Stats

Appearance

      Rosa has a very slender build, mainly due to the muscle kept hidden underneath a thin-layer of fat which makes her deceivingly 'soft' to those who do not know her well. Aside from that, there is a gentleness to her features which makes her readily approachable by those in need or children. It is due to her caring nature and pleasant appearance many confide in her. The fact she is blessed with healing abilities only amplifies the way people are drawn to her. Though, given her innate nature is so pure, her eyes will often change in a very open physical display of which side is more dominant at the time based on how brown or blue they are.

     Still, it is not always fun and games and she acknowledges that. While most of her time now is spent caring for children and serving as a healer for The Soldier's Respite, she can often be found there wearing nothing more than a simple dress with occasionally a hint of leather armor underneath it. Whether wearing a dress or her light armor, she may hold on to her dagger or keep it at her side as a precaution, the hilt decorated thanks to the smith she shares her room with. She would never, however, be caught without the small sapphire handcrafted pendant Vek made for her not too terribly long before they started dating.

     During times of stress or when there is threat of danger, her small frame actually adorns her old guard uniform - a set of full-plate armor with a few decorative symbols on the right shoulder and knees which identify her as a combat medic and frontlinesman. While geared up, she will also brandish two shortswords with very different makes. One is a silvered blade, sharpened and used mostly on those she believes it will be more effective while the other appears to only be made of steel. Looks, however, are very deceiving, for that blade is actually touched by magic and holds an edge far better than her other ever could.

     There was also a time where things had gotten very dark, a third blade which appeared more like a katana was part of her attire. A demonic blade known only as Vilkensai, the weapon was the embodiment of the evil trapped within it and became affixed to her after a fight gone wrong. During the brief time it was with her, her personality hardened and the normally pleasant woman became distant from those she cared about. Any attempts to remove it yielded in excruciating pain for the woman wielding it, and only with the help of several was it able to be sealed for good. 

Persona

      A very happy, carefree sort of individual, Rosa is one of the most pleasant people anyone will ever meet guaranteed. Kind to all, even those who meant her ill-will in the past, she greets strangers with a friendly smile and laughs at almost all jokes. Seldom found without a smile, she is compassionate and does all that she can to ease the suffering of others - no matter how little she knows them. It is for that reason many are drawn to her and that she is so highly regarded as a talented healer.

Abilities

     Due to her unique heritage and upbringing, she has accumulated a defined set of skills. For keeping things easier to follow with at the Soldier's Respite, I have decided to include a list of her skills below:

   - Medicine Skill: Her time spent as a frontline guardswoman has given her a unique understanding of how to treat a variety of wounds through physical means. This includes but is not limited to sprains, fractures, broken bones, burns, gashes, stab wounds, arrow wounds, and even magical burns.

    - Restoration Magics: The most unique of her traits as a healer, Rosa was also blessed from birth with the gift of restorative magics. The usage of her magic is often times tiring and requires her to be able to touch the person she is offering healing to. The worse the wound, the more energy required to heal it. She often even has the ability to numb the area around the wound, making it so no pain can be felt while setting a broken bone or stitching a gash. Often times, the use of her magic is directly correlated to a change in her eyes which will become lighter in color the more magic is used and in the way her fingertips will light up with a soft glow. The only types of creatures who fail to benefit from her healing magics are those of fiendish or undead origins.

    - Shield of the Aegis: This is a unique magical ability which she can not maintain for very long. When in times of great stress or when in serious danger, she can throw up a shield made from holy light which burns anyone with evil or foul intentions. The negatives is she can only maintain this ability for several minutes before it severely drains her; the other, is the shield can only be thrown up around herself and any others in her immediate vicinity.

History

     Born to a human mother, Maria, she speaks very little of her mother other than stating she was very sickly throughout most of her childhood. At a fairly young age, she also mentioned joining the guardsmen of the place she was born to try and make a living for herself. For years, she was belittled for her petite figure and sent on tedious missions or to scout the town, but eventually, the guardsman realized she had her uses when equipped with more than just a sword.  Due to the rough times it reminds her of, she prefers to not talk about her past but is very open and honest with those who approach her with questions about it. After all, if it weren't for her past she wouldn't be the person she was today and that is how she has decided to look at it.

     After traveling for a while, she found herself drawn to an old tavern where she ran in to an old acquaintance of sorts from many years ago. Due to their convenient timing, she stayed for a few nights where she was quickly found by a child who lost her parents. Heartbroken for the girl, she extended her stay to try and help the child in any way she could, filling in as the girl's mother until the two became quickly inseparable. Bound to the place, she found herself being admired by those around her for her ability to aid everyone without question, but she found herself drawn more and more to her friend from years ago. He was a shoulder she could lean on when all else seemed to be going wrong, and because of that, the two quickly became nearly inseparable to the point he ended up helping her protect the young girl in her care.

     All was well in the world, but incident after incident began occuring which terrified the new adoptive mother, some of the incidents even directly involving her. Fearing for her safety as well as for that of her family, the budding couple took the little girl with them to seek shelter in a new place which they now call home, The Soldier's Respite. While Vek has taken up work as the tavern's personal blacksmith, she herself was quickly asked to aid with healing those who came in injured.

     Now, the woman spends most of the time caring for Saya. Just as the little girl is drawn to her, she finds herself attached to the child. The silver-haired girl relies on her to get by, and despite the obvious physical differences between the two, she treats her no differently than her biological mother would have. She has also given birth to a beautiful baby boy, Rusty, whom she and Vek both adore for his friendly demeanor. Needless to say, to this day, there is still no end to the amount of compassion she has.