Dendra
| Dendra | |
|---|---|
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| Class | Fighter |
| Occupation | Smithy, bad singer |
| Tier | Expert |
| Ancestry | Gnome |
| Heritage | Wellspring Gnome |
| Alias(es) | Bladesinger |
| Pronouns | she/they |
| Age | 40 |
| Height | 2'9" |
| Partner | N/A |
| Relatives | ? |
| Status | Alive |
| Player | tiresieas (tire) |
Dendra, known to their Dwarven smithing masters as the Bladesinger, is an Associate of the Round Table. Dendra is a smith by trade, and has decided that the best way to advertise their work is to demonstrate their quality in the field. Equally talented fighting with their blade as making them, they primarily wield an innovative Gnomish weapon known as the switchscythe.
Skills
Dendra is a crafter with a penchant for the occult. She considers the battlefield and their comrades a part of an orchestra, that they are not only the conductor of, but the star of. A bard, almost through sheer force of will and personality.
Background
Dendra got the nickname Bladesinger while training under Dwarven forgemasters. Instead of adhering to the tried and tested process to forge steel, Dendra thought that the process would go by faster if the metal would be heated even further beyond its melting point. Their results ultimately resulted in brittle metal that looked burnt, and in another unfortunate attempt, they managed to destroy a furnace by heating it up too much. It's not clear if Dendra learned their lesson, and they are convinced that the Dwarves who called them Bladesinger are pronouncing it wrong - the Dwarves pronounced it like /blādsinjer/, as in one who singes the blade. Dendra thinks that the blades sing when forged by them, and seeks to find the perfect tone the metal makes to make a perfect blade, but they are horribly tone-deaf. If such a tone does exist, Dendra would never be able to replicate it.
Dendra arrived to Onadbyr with a contraption of their own construction, a mobile forge, and moves it around town to show off their work, commonly in Trimarket Square, though they can make a "house" visit as a result. The forge, practically speaking the marriage between a cart and a furnace, seems much too heavy for most anyone to move around, but Dendra seems to move it with the greatest of ease.
Expeditions
* = Log written by Dendra
July 2024
August 2024
September 2024
October 2024
November 2024
December 2024
none
January 2025
Feb 25
none
April 2025
May 25
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