Sweetwind

also called Sevenfingers

Contents:

GENDER: Female

RACE: Elf (pure)

AGE: 202

ORIGIN: Windchaser's Veldt

CURRENTLY AT: Eight-of-Dreams Holt

SOUL NAME: Hla

SOUL NAME KNOWN BY: Only herself, so far

LIFEMATE: None

LOVEMATE(S): Heat, Torch, Nighteyes, No-Berries, Black Cat, Wind, Moontracker, ... just about any willing partner

FAMILY:

• FATHER: Furgreaves (deceased)
• MOTHER: Night-touch-day (deceased)
• BROTHER: Shatterflint (deceased)
• AUNT: Vinetreasure
• COUSIN(S): Hawk-Eye (female, deceased), No-Berries (male)
• CHILD(REN): None

FRIENDS: Nighteyes, No-Berries, Sky Arrow, Torch, most everybody except Spice.

BONDBEAST(S): Stifler, a male swiftcat (cheetah) and Cloudfront, a young female mountain cat.

PETS: None

HAIR: Light brown, wooly, to mid-back, with bangs

EYES: Green

HEIGHT: 4 feet 3 inches

WEIGHT: 75 pounds

SKIN TONE: Copper

BUILD: Average

CLOTHES:

• SUMMER: Green sleeveless V-necked tunic, imbricated leather gloves and boots, leather belt with circular buckle.
• WINTER: Add floppy apple-green leggings and a bison-fur cloak.

JEWELRY: Silver hoop earrings.

SPECIAL POSSESSIONS: Sweetwind is saving up bits of silver which she gets by trading with trolls (distasteful tho' it is), a ring here, a button there, until she has enough silver to make a silver platter.

WEAPONS: Bow (excellent), sword (fair).

TALENT: Sending (below average but adequate), animal bonding.

SKILLS: Hunting, food preparation, cloth-weaving, garment-making.

SCARS/MARKINGS: Sweetwind is missing the first finger of her right hand.

LIKES: Sweet-smelling flowers, felines, sleeping through daybreak.

DISLIKES: Trolls, overcooked or overseasoned food.

OUTLOOK ON LIFE: We've all got to pitch in and help each other, and let's have a good time while doing it.

PERSONALITY: Friendly, humorous. She often seems simple-minded, there are a lot of things she doesn't know or hasn't thought too deeply about. But don't let that ignorance fool you into thinking she's stupid-- she can be quite clever at times. It's disarming to those who don't know her well.

HISTORY: Sweetwind's tribe live in a veldt-like environment and bond with swiftcats (cheetahs). Sweetwind's parents and brother were killed when trolls kidnapped the family (hoping to get a rockshaper) and Sweetwind met Heat in a troll dungeon. They escaped, but Sweetwind couldn't find her way back to her home. So she stayed with Heat until the DreamCall, when Sweetwind went to Eight-of-Dreams Holt to live.

Holt Information:

Stories about Sweetwind

• The Right Time - Illustrated. Sweetwind's origin story. Succinct yet detailed. I am tempted to change bits of it to improve continuity with the more recent stories, but I've presented it exactly as it was written in 1987. Did I fall prey to the "Lone Elf from a Destroyed Holt" cliche? You decide!
• Journey to Hot Springs - Illustrated. Sweetwind treks from Eight-of-Dreams to Heat's home and back.
• Once Upon A Silver Platter... - Illustrated. Sweetwind gets an odd notion and gets in a bit of trouble with the Cheiftess.
• Cataclysm - Illustrated. Sweetwind leads a group on an extended hunting trip into the plains, with dire results.
• Moving Day - A day in the life.
• Attraction & Defenestration - Illustrated. Sweetwind takes up with that scoundrel Black Cat. In my opinion this is the best story I've ever written (coauthor notwithstanding, I did write most of it).
• The Cuckoo's Egg - Sweetwind and Sky Arrow go on an egg hunt.
• A Striptease in Silver - Illustrated. Sweetwind and Black Cat get it on. Erotic. Please do not access this file unless you are 18 years of age or older.
• Family Reunion -Illustrated. Sweetwind's aunt and cousin join the Holt.
• Settling In - Illustrated. Sweetwind's aunt and cousin make friends and learn about the Holt - learning things that even Sweetwind didn't know! This story comes with a complimentary recipe.
• Dustbath - Sweetwind and No-Berries bathe together. Erotic. Please do not access this file unless you are 18 years of age or older.
• Aryonal's Pledge - Sweetwind tells the tale of her tribe's origin.

© 1999-2000 linda_tam@alumni.hmc.edu

Last updated on October 16, 2000.