Theodric Vale
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Theodric Vale
Species
Hill Dwarf
Appearance
Theodric is a narrow-shouldered hill dwarf with the weathered look of someone carved by rain, road dust, and worry rather than stone. His beard is cropped short on the left side and braided only on the right, where three copper rings clink when he turns his head. He walks with a slight stoop, but the stoop vanishes the moment he notices tracks, as if his spine remembers old purpose. His hands are callused, ink-stained at the fingertips, and one thumb is permanently nicked from years of knife work. The contradictory detail that people remember most is his bright, almost festive yellow scarf, patched from a child's dress and tied with absurd care over a mud-colored coat.
“Low, deliberate, and dry as old chalk, with the occasional rough laugh like a boot scraping stone. He speaks in practical images from roads, weather, and animals, and never wastes words when a glance or a pointed finger will do.”
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Distinguishing Features
Three copper rings braided into the right side of his beard
A yellow scarf patched from an old child's dress
A scar across the knuckles of his left hand shaped like a crescent bite
Tiny white flecks in his eyebrows from a lamp oil flash years ago
A perpetual scent of crushed wormwood, leather, and wet ash
Voice
“A gravelly baritone that tends to flatten at the end of a sentence, as if he is always leaving room for bad news.”
Clothing
A patched frontier coat over a wool vest, rough trousers tucked into scuffed boots, a yellow scarf, fingerless gloves, and a belt hung with pouches, twine, and small tools.
Body Language
Still as a fence post when listening, then suddenly quick and angled when action is needed. He rubs his thumb along his knife sheath while thinking, and his shoulders lift protectively whenever someone mentions the road after dark.
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