Character Profile: Odwyn

One of the main stars of Nostos, a current WIP.  She’s already gone through many changes since she first appeared, but I think I’ve finally got an idea of who she is.  I’ve even drawn up a sketch that I plan on inking and colouring in the next few days, so there will be a visual to go along with this chart.  But for now, you can get to know Odwyn and a bit of her history.

Basic Info

Full Name: Odwyn Tyra Halstir

Reason or meaning of name:  The tradition of the northern dragons is to name the child for the parents, taking the mother’s name for the second name and the father’s name for the surname.  The father’s name is typically shortened so only the first syllable is used, and the old suffix ‘-dottir‘ has been shortened in recent generations to simply ‘tir’  Her given name, ‘Odwyn’ means ‘wise white one’ in the northern dragonic languages, deriving from the name of one of the dragonic gods, Wyda.

Name:  Odwyn

Birth date:  12 January

Gender:  Female

Orientation:  Lesbian

Race:  Dragon, feathered

Nationality:  Væłvólskan

Physical appearance

Age:  87 years

Eye colour:  bright blue

Feathers:  white

Feather patterns:  none

Weight:  idk still working on that.  how does one calculate the weight of a dragon?

Height:  6.3 ft to the top of her head, 4.2 ft to the top of her shoulder

Length:  17.2 ft

Wingspan:  34 ft

Personality

Good personality traits:  loyal, always keeps her promises, kind

Bad personality traits:  nervous, impressionable, reluctant

Mood character is most often in:  quiet

Character’s greatest joy in life:  enjoying a quiet sunrise with her father

Character’s greatest fear:  losing her father like she lost her mother

Life philosophy:  Take it slow.  

Greatest strength:  her loyalty to those she cares for

Greatest vulnerability or weakness:  her inability to make decisions on  her own

Biggest regret:  never finding out more about her mother’s disappearance

Goals

Drives and motivations:  to find answers

Immediate goals:  find the meaning of her dreams

Long term goals:  find out what happened to her mother

Past

Hometown:  Wyvałarin

First memory:  her mother coming home from a long trip, bearing a little carved white stone swan as a gift

Most important childhood memory:  when she was first learning how to fly, her mother took her fishing at a nearby lake and showed her how to fish on the wing

Dream job:  a merchant flyer, like her mother was

Past

Current location:  Wyvałarin

Occupation:  mail flyer

Family

Mother:  Tyra Arnbjorg Magnistir (disappeared)

Father:  Halstein Einara Ketilsson

Siblings:  none

Favourites

Colour:  pink

Music:  good ol’ traditional dance reels

Food:  raggmunk and lingonberries

Literature:  folktales, especially told in front of a fire on a cold winter’s night