Ingvildr Knight
Ingvildr Knight |
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Guests of Starhaven may assume: Seeing her...
* around the haven in general and the carpentry workshop in particular
* bringing in a fresh kill to the New Moon Inn
Having her...
* discuss woodwork or basketry commissions
* be welcoming but guarded
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Introduction
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- 1. Character
- 1.1 Appearance
- 1.2 Specifics
- 1.3 Clothing and Accessories
- 1.4 Palette
- 1.5 Personality
- 2. Skills
- 3. Relationships
- 4. History
- 4.1 Threads
- 5. Gallery
- 5.1 Credits
Ingvildr Knight is currently the Ryūsei (Shooting Star) in the Shingetsu Trading Company.
Born to New Caledonia, at the pack's disbandment, Inga followed other members of her family to set up the Shingetsu Trading Company in the Miramichi Wilderness.
She is skilled in hunting (mainly through archery), arrowsmithing, bow making and black-ash basket weaving. She trades her wares as well as others belonging to the trade company.
1.2 Specifics
1.3 Clothing and AccessoriesIngvildr sometimes wears a necklace or a couple of bracklets made of stones and "a mixture of bone, wood, and sea glass beads on twine, knotted to look pretty and to clank with melodic chimes at movement" "Miniature Frithr charms and some Caledonian unicorns were the centerpieces of many of the accessories." made by Kalypso Savoy and presented for in Call to Court Ride the storm, daughters of thunder. 1.4 PaletteFur |
Cape Cod (#383D3D) |
Tapa (#77716D) |
Muesli (#AE8B67) |
Napa (#B3A495) |
Tiara (#CFD6D6) |
Optime Hair |
Napa (#B3A495) |
Eyes |
Chelsea Cucumber (#92A759)) |
Nose and Pawpads |
Tuatara (#23221F) |
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Chicago (#5D5B5A) |
1.5 Personality |
Summary: independent, loyal, focused |
Ingvildr has a strong sense of family loyalty and devotion and a strong work ethic. She is fiercely independent and struggles to balance her own need for solitude and communion with the natural world, and her desire to fulfil her sense of family loyalty. When Ingvildr has something on her mind, an idea or enthusiasm, it is often all consuming and draws her complete focus. She’s capable of forgetting all else when her mind is fixated on a goal and this can frustrate others who might consider her selfish. She is often not aware of this. These periods of obsession are frequently followed by periods of complete disinterest as she moves onto the next exciting thing. Despite feeling strong emotions, her facial expression is considerably more guarded than her sibling’s, and she is more reluctant to express her feelings openly, especially to strangers. When upset, Ingvildr can be cold. She is more likely to glare, give the silent treatment and sulk than come to punches. However, if pushed, she will fight. She can hold a grudge and be frustratingly incommunicative if she doesn't feel appreciated. With romantic relationships, she is more likely to disengage as she becomes less interested over time. Typically, she is not sympathetic to what she sees as weak or needy behaviour. On occasion, Inga does like to relax and although she rarely seeks it, she enjoys being the centre of attention.
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Sexuality |
Ingvildr could be considered naïve when it comes to her sexual awareness. Although she has on occasion met and had a romantic interaction during her travels, she has not fallen in love or experienced the pain of heartbreak. Her encounters have been solely initiated by the other party and Inga is typically slow to recognise the interest. She does however deeply admire beauty and adornment in dress and jewellery of others, which can develop into a minor infatuation, although this is less a sexual interest than a desire to move and look like the other, yet despite this, having been brought up by her father who tended to not wear clothes, she finds it difficult to express her fascination with decorative elements and elegant manners in her own appearance. |
Spirituality |
Ingvildr simultaneously holds contradictory beliefs having had a range of incomplete religious training from a number of directions. From her mother’s lineage she had developed a belief in aspects of the Norse gods. She is deeply attracted to the Norse gods due them representing a link to her unknown mother and her name. From her father’s stories she has a deep respect for the sun god Fenris. From her upbringing in New Caledonia, she became aware of the Old Caledonian gods and the stories associated with them. She is highly suspicious of anyone, or anything, related to the goddess Nín. |
Substances |
Ingvildr is naïve on the topic of illicit substances. She has limited experience and no sense of judgement regarding the topic, but nor is she particularly interested. Since moving to Starhaven, she has begun to drink alcohol more regularly and likes the way it helps her to relax. |
2. Skills |
Main Focus: Archery
Inga has taken a steadfast interest in archery. She was taught by her father and has been learning under his tutelage since she could hold a bow. She trains regularly to maintain her strength and accuracy and can be found doing so in all weather conditions. During the archery competition at Casa Di Cavalieri Olympics in June 2021, Ingvildr won second place. Archery is Inga preferred hunting strategy. She sees contribution to the pack's food stocks as a key part of her role. In New Caledonia she was a marksman.
In addition to learning how to shoot arrows, Ingvildr has trained in crafting bows and arrows. She began learning to be a fletcher from her father. She can frequently be seen searching for birch in the silver strip, and is frequently found shaping arrowheads, straightening wood, and fletching arrow shafts. Although less proficient with bow making, this is a skill that Ingvildr is working hard to develop and her typical bows are easily suitable for beginners and ammateurs. She has made a few pieces which she has been particularly proud of. In New Caledonia she was a Tinker.
During her travels, Inga came across basket weavers who use the wood of the black ash tree.She has brought this knowledge back to New Caledonia, where she became a weaver.
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Auxiliary Skills and Hobbies
A hobby that she took an interest as a result of her father's influence. Inga can identify different types of trees and what woods are best for certain projects or crafts. While she is less devoted to practicing this skill over archery or arrowsmithing, her curiosity in it remains strong.
Another hobby introduced to her by her father, Inga is a fair rider and competed in the Lancaster Stockshow in the Barrel Racing on her father's horse Streibo. Ingvildr's inherited Elenore in 2023:
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3. Relationships
Ingvildr was born in New Caledonia. The daughter of Thyri Dawnbringer and Merlin Knight, Inga and her sister, Sólveig Dawnrunner, were nursed by Teagan Stryder following the untimely death of her mother and another sibling. Despite her losses, Inga grew up with a number of family members, including aunts Kalypso Savoy and Gaia Dawnrunner, a milk sister, and an abundance of cousins.
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Key Family Relationships
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Friendships etc.
- Azalea Eternity: Azalea helped Inga to obtain the schematics for building a beehive for Sólveig.
- Lossë Fir-Chlis: Lossë helped Inga build the beehive.
- Battalion: Battalion and Inga, both marksmen in New Caledonia, shared their interests in hunting and archery.
4. History
Ingvildr was born in alongside her sisters Rúna Stormbringer and Sólveig Dawnrunner on the 12th February 2020 to Merlin Knight and Thyri Stormbringer in the house where her parents lived #16 City Square as members of New Caledonia. Sadly, Rúna passed away after only six short days of life, and following complications from the birth, her other Thyri also departed the living world.
Devastated by the loss of his beloved, and faced with two pups less than a week old, Merlin requested the aid of packmate Teagan Strider to nurse Ingvildr and Sólveig. In the safe comfort offered by New Caledonia, Ingvildr grew into a confident, healthy pup. She developed a strong relationship with her blood sister Sólveig, and they were rarely seen apart. Her milk sister Naomi Stryder offered another valued friendship. As a parent, although heartbroken by the lost of his partner, Merlin was generous and patient. A role model to Inga who, eager to please her father took a keen interest in his woodworking and archery skills. Aunts, Kalypso Savoy and Gaia Dawnrunner, provided much needed female role models and maternal affection. Kalypso in particular took a keen interest in her twin nieces and further guided Inga when as an adult she became interested in developing trading skills.
Ingvildr shifted for the first time in August 2020, shortly before her sister.
Ingvildr had a reasonably sheltered upbringing. She never really knew her mother, and so whilst the unhappy emotions that surrounded her birth must have been present to her as a young pup, she would not have been aware of what was happening. Her aunts and milk mother stepped in and provided female support during her early childhood, and her father was lovingly devoted, trying to make up for the absence of his wife. Ingvildr developed a close relationship with her sister Sólveig and further developed a broad range of friendship building skills due to the presence of many cousins and her milk sister Naomi Stryder. Keen to please her father, Ingvildr developed good manners and took up his favoured skill, archery. She has proven herself to have natural talent and enthusiasm for her weapon of choice. Furthermore, she quickly developed a love of the outdoors and physical activity.With the help of her father, she learned to ride a horse, shoot a bow and make arrows. Merlin was particularly proud of his daughter when she came second in the Casa Di Cavalieri Olympics archery competition and on developing her skills as a tinker. She later competed in barrel racing in the Del Cenere Gang Lancaster Stockshow in 2021 and thoroughly enjoyed the competitive environment.
Being a wandered at heart, driven by a curiosity to see new places and understand the wider world, Ingvildr spent more time away from pack lands. Determined to be able to look after herself she spent her autumnal months exploring new places. During this time, she met wolves who knew the art of basket weaving using black ash. In the early months of 2022 tragedy struck her pack and, having not been around involved in the lead up to the attack, she berated herself for not recognising the dangers, especially so after the death of her milk mother. Late winter turned into spring but Ingvildr, already with a tendency towards periods of solitude distanced herself from her family. She was unable to deal with the emotional overwhelm that struck her following the realisation that the home which she had always imagined to be safe was vulnerable.
During late spring Ingvildr made various trips north to search out places with knowledge of her dead mother’s gods. From a young age, Ingvildr had heard of these gods from her father, but they were not the same gods as typically were worshipped by New Caledonia members. In search of something to calm her heart she sought knowledge.
Conscious he was now eight years old, in September of 2022 she agreed to accompany her father to Portland, to the Citadel. Life in the Citadel however was not to Inga’s taste. Although she met many new canines, she missed her home and the land of New Caledonia which she knew so well.
In late November 2022 before the worst of winter set in, Inga returned to her homeland. However, over the winter, New Caledonian entered a period of unease. Following a short period of violence and treachery, which for Inga resulted in the loss of a cousin and severe injuries when she attempted to save Pippa from a fire in the Dye Studio, Inga left with her sister and other family members.
The group resettled to the Miramichi Wilderness, forming the Shingetsu Trading Company.
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5.1 Credits
Ingvildr was adopted from Mandi.
- Full body puppy (by Mandi)
- Lupus chibi (by Gen)
- Full body Lupus (by Despi)
- Adult Optime avatar (by Despi)
- Adult Optime avatar - background (by Despi)
- Adult Optime avatar - circle (by Despi)
1 25% Common Gray Wolf, 25% Unspecified Wolf Species, 15.63% Mackenzie Valley Wolf, 12.5% Eastern Timber Wolf, 12.5% Italian Wolf, 9.38% Arctic Wolf ⇑