#remcanon

[i-am-hiremwen]

Meme

Day 29: Would they be more likely to act for the good of one or the good of many? Good of one - she knows that, for the most part, the only person that'll take care of her properly is herself. Any effort/time that's left after sorting herself out will be spent helping out people, though.

Are they manipulative? Yeah - she knows that she's a woman in a man's trade, and she knows how to make that work for her. But she's also not too shabby (but by no means invincible) in a fight, and she's (just about) smart enough to know when she's out of her depth. She walks a fine line in Bree, which according to my headcanon is more traditionally-minded because it's more isolated, between acceptability and transgression.

Choose a holiday and come up with a potential scenario involving your character and that holiday. She's usually hunting for festivals, and she'll kinda stand at the back of the room and watch everyone eating the deers she ran down with a small smile on her face. If it's a verse with kids, then she'll probably tell stories, and she'll have made little presents.

[i-am-hiremwen]

Meme

Day 28: Do they value faith over reason or vice versa? She does have some kind of faith (it's a mish-mash of Dunlending and Elvish beliefs), but faith won't feed her at the end of the day (think Joey Tribbiani - "That's a nice story - can I eat it?") So in some ways, she doesn't really care about faith - reason dictates how people act, and that's what affects her the most.

Do they believe in an afterlife? She does, but as a peredhel, she doesn't know where she fits into it - will she follow the paths of Elves or Humans? Will she just exist in some kind of limbo for the rest of time?

Do they have any habits that reflect their beliefs? (Ex. regular prayer, vegetarianism, etc.) No - she can't afford to do anything other than the bare minimum. She goes to the festivals (usually because she's provided them with meat etc) more for Rosie than anything else.

Do they respect the beliefs of others? So long as people aren't trying to kill her or steal her stuff, she has a general apathy to other people - so long as it doesn't get in her way, they can do what they want.

[i-am-hiremwen]

Meme

Day 27: Do they believe that a person can redeem themselves from mistakes of the past? Yes, if they're willing.

What scares them? Death, spiders (she's heard stories about the Mirkwood spiders, and the idea of being paralysed while you're being desiccated holds very little appeal for her).

How do they feel about death? Have they been significantly affected by it? She's pretty ambivalent - in her minor capacity as a healer, she's seen more than she would have otherwise, but from a personal perspective, she doesn't feel much towards it at all. It would be a relief - she doesn't want to live forever. As for other people - if it's inevitable and they're in pain, she won't hesitate to commit a mercy killing, if they ask. She thinks it's more noble to do that than to let them suffer.

[i-am-hiremwen]

Meme

Day 26: Do the ends justify the means in their eyes? Mostly. She can't really afford to have scruples - but if it means that someone 'lower' than herself gets hurt, then she'll try and avoid it, or do it and recompense them.

Are they a leader or a follower? Why? Leader, in the sense that she doesn't follow anyone. She's more a lone wolf than anything else, so to speak. It's a pretty black and white question - I can see her leading if the occasion calls for it, and she'd be capable, it's whether people would listen to her.

What do they feel responsible for? (Ex. I owe it to the world to do this.) She's responsible to herself, but she kinda follows the idea of family still, just not her father - so she's trying to sort her act out for Rosie.

[i-am-hiremwen]

Meme

Day 25: What is one thing they feel strongly about? Loyalty - she values promises being kept, and that's something that's been passed down throughout her family in Bree as well (Lebryn couldn't afford loyalty, so cutthroat were the sellsword squads).

One trait they admire? Ditto.

What disturbs them? Betrayal/infidelity. She sees it as counter-intuitive: why make a promise you know you either can't or won't keep? That's one of the main reasons she refused to marry Dydoc - because it would make her unhappy, and because she wouldn't be the wife that he deserved.

[i-am-hiremwen]

Meme

Day 24: Describe one fight they’ve had in the past (physical or otherwise).

She gets into fights on a daily basis - usually at the tavern, either defending herself or her money (sometimes her alcohol); but that's pretty much the nature of the job, although obviously deers don't put up as much of a fight as wargs. She has scars on her abdomen from where a warg used her as a chew toy, but Einar's squad was coming by at the time and they helped her out.

[i-am-hiremwen]

Meme

Day 23: Stuck in a waiting room. Which magazine do they pick up? None - she'd be that person in the waiting room who's pacing up and down, tapping their feet on the floor or sighing loudly. Impatient porcupine.

Morality:

What is one thing in their past they’re ashamed of? One thing they’re proud of? She feels a bit silly about how strongly she protested the marriage with Dydoc - she sees that her father was trying to make something for her (and himself) the only way he knew how, and she burned a lot of bridges by doing that. But at the same time, she's proud of the fact that she was able to get by without other people (bear in mind, she doesn't know how much her father helped, by paying off her debts etc).

[i-am-hiremwen]

Meme

Day 22: Describe one (or more) plots you would like to do. SO MANY. I'd love a modern verse, to be honest. I'd also really like to do Mama Remwen (amanofmyown we need to make Beran a thing). Ooh, and doing a plot where she finally manages to leave Bree and so South/East/North/anywhere. Ummm...doing plots with other Bree peeps? So other hunters/townsfolk etc.