L.E.W.

[bonfire]

full name: lorelei emmeline willoughby
age: twenty-one seasons
species: hare
gender: female
allegiance: good

appearance:

lorelei is a young, fit hare. she is tall and lean, built like a runner with long legs and trim muscles. her fur is sable --- a deep chocolate brown everywhere except her frontal area, where the fur turns into a caramel colour from her throat all the way down to her abdomen. her eyes are a startling jade-green, and her features sharp and angular; beautiful in an alien way. she prefers to wear short tunics of green material, whose short length allows her to use her body freely and whose colour compliments her eyes. otherwise, she wears what is provided and doesn't fret about her appearance unless she's covered in mud or some such situation.

belongings:

lorelei only likes to carry what is necessary, so her belongings are often constrained to a weapon or two and a haversack --- not including clothing, that is. she always carries a bow and a quiver of arrows, though none have metal heads. a silver medallion hangs from a ribbon of jade-green silk around her neck; a token of love from her mother. the medallion was won by her mother as a young long patrol hare, and lorelei never parts with it.

job or position: none.

personality:

lorelei is a dreamer. she can be very sociable when she chooses, and often has too much energy for most to handle, but in her heart she loves to dream. her fantasies are safest within her own brain, and usually are stories of love or adventure or both wrapped into one epic tale which will never have a greater audience than one. she loves to have fun and will try her hardest to make the creatures surrounding her as happy as they can be, and usually succeeds. sometimes she does crazy stunts or performs silly antics just to evoke a laugh or smile, and it has earned her a reputation in her family. in any case, she tries consciously to portray herself as the spirited young haremaid, an intelligent beauty whom everybeast wants to be around. of course, living in a secluded patch of woodlands hasn't done much for her social life. she keeps a secret hope for the perfect romance tucked away amongst her other fantasies and tales, but above all she wants to live her life as if it were a legend, put down in others' memories. she sees everything she does through the eyes of the beholder, and consciously makes an effort to be interesting unless she is completely alone. she loves singing, music, life, motion, love.

history & background info:

let's face it: the only reason lorelei isn't back home in the woodlands is because she got bored. though the haremaid was born at salamandastron, her mother beseeched her father to move their family away from the horrors of war and didn't let up until they were waving the mountain goodbye. settling just north-east of redwall abbey in a quiet, peaceful corner of the woodlands, lorelei was raised to be gentle and kind. her mind was never supposed to stray toward battle, but her father was loathe to let his firstborn live naiively. having been an archer himself, he taught her in secret the ways of the bow. by the time her younger siblings --- twins, three seasons younger than she --- were speaking, lorelei could hit almost every mark her father set for her. by the time her youngest sibling --- ten years younger than she --- could walk, lorelei was a master of her shortbow. all this secrecy inspired questions in the young haremaid, but she could never ask them aloud. at the age of seventeen lorelei began asking her mother for permission to visit the place of her birth, but the steadfast harewife refused to allow her daughter to go on such a dangerous journey. finally, though, the haremaid's stubborn pleas won over her mother's stubborn refusal, and she was granted permission to wander. lorelei willoughby now journeys to redwall abbey and salamandastron, seeking the answers to her questions.

other details:

as far as weapons go, lorelei's favorite weapon is a bow and arrow, and is well versed in the arts of bowbeastship. she is best with a shortbow, since her slight build yields little muscle with which to string and draw a longbow, but can manage fairly well with any kind of bow. she can use a blade well, but not expertly, and is completely untrained in the use of a sling. with javelins, pikes, or staffs she manages fairly well, but if it came to combat she would certainly lose. with her bare paws, lorelei has no formal training and probably would not amount to much in combat.

[Aalai]

Approved--

although one thing strikes me as odd. Why aren't the beginnings of your sentences capitalized? Now that I double-check nothing in the paragraphs is capitalized.