Ciara Kelly

Overview
Full biography found here.

Appearance
Hair: Tightly coiled hair that runs down to her mid-back and the colour of cherries.

Skin: Alabaster with freckles powdered along her face and figure.

Eyes: Hazel with a blend of moss green and flecks of gold.

Height: 5’2”

Weight: 115 lb

Markings/Noticeable Features: High cheekbones, plump lips, and round bottom.

Personality
Ever since Ciara was a young girl she has had a kind heart. Always found petting the farmland cattle and repairing the wings of fallen birds, seeing something in pain or struggling was never easy for her and thus she does her best to remedy the situation in whatever way she can. People would classify her as quite the empath, and even though she is not graced with any magical abilities, perhaps what truly sets her apart is her sweet disposition in an otherwise harsh and greed infused world.

It is not unheard of for her to be puttering about the house, fixing and cleaning whatever needs to be done, and trying to grow a garden in the modest sized yard of her late husband’s estate. Usually humming to herself, Ciara is also a natural storyteller and loves to create delicious meals at home. She is a rather giving woman, however, which can be a bit of a weakness as people are known to take advantage of those who have a bleeding heart.

Abilities & Proficiencies
Ciara may not have ease with magic but her skills are in following:


 * Farming
 * Gardening
 * Cleaning
 * Cooking
 * Herbalism
 * Sewing
 * Painting/Drawing

History
The Kelly’s are originally immigrants hailing from a land lush in superstitions and ancient beliefs. While they had no choice but to flee the country due to a famine, they were able to make the best of things by finding a home in Dillowatch and purchasing farmland. Ciara was born in a loving household consisting of her father, mother, grandmother, and six other siblings. While it was cramped in the building at first and irritation could be on the high, everyone learned how to better communicate and come together as a solid unit, helping out when they could and where they were needed.

Eventually the Kelly’s were able to make use of their talents and develop fruit, soon allowing them ways into purchasing proper animals such as cows, pigs, and other sorts. Everyone had a role and each child lived a day of chores, but came to understand the value of coin and the labour involved.

Ciara was a bit of a daydreamer, however, and would often be found sitting under one of the apple trees in their orchard, a sketch pad in hand and crafting what she could see. Oftentimes she would return with small animals and nurse them back to health, making sure they could survive by swatting the farm cats away so they did not feast on the injured.

Around the age of eighteen Ciara came to meet a man named Shane O’Sullivan, hailing from an Ech caste but rather separated from his own flock. Shane believed in getting one's hands dirty to see success instead of exploiting others, which put him at odds with two of his own brothers, and his mother. He left his main home to make anew, taking his small business with him focused on building and selling handmade furniture. When the two met it was almost love at first sight. Smitten by their looks and manner, they quickly came together and within six months were wed.

Both of them kept living on Kelly lands for two years, having the wedding in the barn itself with their closest friends and relatives coming around, until Shane was given quite a lovely offer on his items. This brought considerable wealth to their door and, with Ciara’s approval, the two moved to Steamhaven and established themselves as city folk. They purchased a two story high home located in the Lower Yems, a rather cozy place with four bedrooms, perfect for them to start their own family.

It was with some grief that the two struggled to conceive a child, and at first Ciara had a period of melancholy, worried that her womb was unable to hold a baby. Yet, as twisted as fortune is, by the time she discovered she was finally pregnant it was with absolute sadness that Shane was ill. Unable to stop the illness nor find a cure, Ciara had no choice but to watch her husband fade away. Her only peace was that he at least got to see the birth of their child and hold their little baby, a small boy they named Cillian, before death took him to rest.

Ciara could have moved back to Dillowatch and purchased another lot, even set up her own business, with the funds her late husband left her, but instead she decided to remain in the house. To her, she believed this was the house her husband would have wished to see their child grow, and so she was adamant to remain.

Now a single mother living in a rather harsh world, she does what she can. Ciara has her own market stall in the Lower Yems where she sell’s homegrown goods and crafted clothing, oftentimes bringing her wee bairn with her, keeping an eye on him as he sleeps and she does what she can to provide. While her husband had enough money to keep them comfortable for a long while, Ciara is not one to be idle and would rather keep adding to the funds to ensure the rest is only needed when truly necessary.