Nuellen Swiftstrike

(A slow, WIP.)

"My first memory is of the forest..."

Description
Nuellen stands a little below the average height of a Sin'dorei woman at 5'6". Considering her below average height, her body seems perhaps a bit more compact than most women of her race, who are often seen as lean, leggy, and languid people. If a stranger who did not know her past or life, they might've ventured to describe her as slightly-pudgy. Nuellen is also a Ranger, well-skilled with a bow, and more knowledgable about animals and tracking than some. She's in-fact a Ranger-Captain, so she has worked hard at her craft. This has made her already compacted body one that is toned and well-muscled around her arms, back, and legs. The woman wrestles with her bear for fun, damnit, and she can shoot arrows while running either on the ground or through trees. She's trained hard with the expectation that she better be able to win the fights she gets herself into. Her outdoosy life has made her skin only slightly tanned, and her naturally dark-brown hair sometimes has a few streaks of lighter brown. But she's also a mother, so her hips and breasts have filled out a bit more than her Ranger fellows. She had twins, as well, and as a first-time mother that was dangerous for her. So much so, that she had indeed encountered complications and suffered greatly for them. After her recovery, there are times when she seems to look tired or carry a fatigued posture.

She has an oval-shaped face with a slightly squared jaw, but there are no hard edges to her features. Almond shaped eyes are relatively centered on her face and are colored with a mix of light green and teal. The glow in  Nuellen's eyes is a bit pale or faint in hue for her. Thanks to being a Ranger and having to fight where she is needed most, she has gained a few battle-scars. Some are just tiny little nicks and snips on her hands and arms from animals or just plain hard-work, but she has also gained a few interesting ones as well. One is very noticable, but only if she were topless or had her back exposed, so it's not really work mentioning. She does have one facial scar of note: a long, very clean cut from a sharpened sword that runs along the right side of her face, beginning just above her brow, along her cheek and stopping just below her mouth. It healed up nicely, but has since effected her smile, making it look a bit crooked. This one is the only one anybody really gets to see, thanks to her armor covering anything else major or superficial.

This woman's personality plays very much into how she tends to herself. Nuellen doesn't like to keep long hair, and will cut that dark-chocolate brown hair with her skinning knife if she's nowhere near a barber to get a trim. She keeps it no longer than shoulder length, and perhaps the shortest it will ever be is just above her chin. IT IS REALLY MESSY. No I'm serious. Unless she is required to attend some fancy function where grooming is involved, it's like she never picks up her brush and only runs her fingers through her hair. She knows what soap and shampoo is and loves to use it, but beyond that, it air-dries and is left to fend for itself until its next hacking. In fact, the only thing she really DOES trim are those rediculously long eyebrows that elves also have. She trims them only enough to go just past her face. She's just far too laid-back to really think about hair and make-up, sadly, but thanks to her race, it's not as if she would look ugly. Just very, very natural and wild. Which is fine with her, as she loves the wild and being out where there is nature.

If not at home and in her cotton pajamas or casual clothing, she is seen in her favorite set of armor. It's made with a mix of 3/4 light and heavy chainmail and 1/4 hard, boiled leather. Thanks to how she fights, she has had her armor colored to try and match most of the forests of her environment, which is a mix of darker greens and browns. Apart from her personal looks, she keeps her armor and weapons perfectly clean and well-maintained. A better way of describing her overall look is "a well-organized mess." She has an assortment of bows, swords, and knives, but her most used and favored bow is one that looks simply- made with a light-colored wood, but has a collection of vines and large leaves wrapped all around it. Magic keeps these leaves alive and even will cause pink flowers to bloom on it.

Personality
Nuellen tends to act differently according to the situations she may find herself in. Either as a laid-back woman who is easy to approach, cheerful and kind, serious and dutiful, or someone who would prefer to silently observe over being the center of attention. She walks about the cities with a calm smile on her face and often keeps one of her pets out with her at all times - a known avid pet collector, as she loves animals of all kinds.

She doesn't seem to have a quick temper, however she can be quite intimidating when her patience as run thin. She can carry conversation confidently and will speak her mind when asked for an opinion. She's long since grown the habit of turning into a mother hen sometimes, looking out for those whom she cares for, and will openly admit that she's protective of them.

Nuellen has a deep respect for nature and druids, and she does her best to restore habitats back to the way they once were or as close to a compromise as possible, understanding that how everyone treats their home will affect them in the future and hopes that everyone will see that as well and act appropriately.