Name: Sigrunn
Appearance: A very old female dwarf. Her appearance is similar to that of a crone, with an arched back, and her head is clean shaven and oiled. She wears worn clothes made for comfort only, and on her shoulders she wears a thick cloak to keep her warm. A blindfold suggests that she is blind, and her skin is wrinkled and leathery.
Race: Dwarf
Age: A dozen or so years away from 500
Height Average
Weight: Slightly above average
Eyes: Worn out. She is blind and wears a blindfold
Hair: None, and it doesn't seem it will ever grow out again
Personality Profile: Calm and persuasive
General Health: Surprisingly vigorous for someone at her age, yet, she is still quite frail compared to the vast majority of adventurers
Deity: Chauntea, Selune, Gond
Initial Alignment: Neutral Good
Profession: Seeress, Teacher, Mentor and mystic
Base Class & Proposed Development: Sorceress/Priestess
Habits/Hobbies: She is often found in Ulcaster's Ruins, teaching students or meditating. Occassionally, she makes various potions from the oily shrubs nearby, which she sometimes gifts away to valuable allies
Languages: Common, Undercommon, Dwarvish, Jotun
Weapon of Choice: Occasionally uses something ceremonial
Background: Originally she comes from the east, from a dwarven stronghold she does not tell much about. She has taught many students in her past, but always moved on once her work was completed, as she is without a family or clan. Now, she has come to the Sword coast.
Goals: Her immediate short-term goal is to gather students willing to learn under her once more. The Order of the Silver Rose aligns closely to her interests, so she has sought them out for an audience.
In the long-term, Sigrunn works towards the greater good of all. She locates herself in the Ulcaster Ruins as it has a history for teaching magic and philosophy, and she wishes it to be known as such once again.
Possible Plot-Hook Ideas and Misc Facts:
Sigrunn's philosophy is surprisingly refreshing, and she often poses difficult questions to her students that unveil the inner workings of what it means to be good, what good is and why it all matters. Any stranger may seek her counsel in the Ulcaster Ruins, and she will be looking to take on a limited few students with great potential.
As an old historian she also likes to exchange stories of the past, in order to reveal what they can teach us.
Some characters may notice her vigour, and ask how she has come to possess it. Closing in on 500 is a venerable age for dwarves, as few ever go above that age. Dwarves tend to get stronger as they age but their health starts to decline rapidly approaching 400 years. Sigrunn is well past that by now and retains a good part of her vigour somehow.
Sigrunn is calm and calculating, but she is also very driven by her goals. At this age, she does not have much time left to see them fulfilled, and she hopes to pass it onwards to her students. This urgency is slightly unnerving. With a limited ability to gaze into the future, perhaps the seeress has witnessed her own demise?