Name: Nadezhda "Nadya" Lovel
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Appearance: Stereotypical, and quite purposefully so. 5'7", slender tomboy figure (yet can move her curves if so desired). Curly brunette hair, dark eyes, full lips, white, straight teeth. Her skin is tan, with a small mole near the corner of her mouth. Generally, Nadya dresses in native garb-- purple and gold bandanna around her head, large gold hoop earrings, off-white peasant shirt, brown and red fringed shawl and a long blue skirt trimmed with tiny bells. She also wears jangly gold bracelets and anklets, some with brass coin charms. She also avoids shoes, but sometimes slips on leather thong sandals.
Personality: Nadya is very clever and flirtatious, both of which come with the job. She is daring, willing to risk a scraped knee or a disapproving glare from her parents to get what she feels they need. She is disdainful of the silly people who fall for her family's act, but concede it's a living. She's is sarcastic and blunt, but very kind and gentle to those who capture her heart. She enjoys taking care of wounded or sick things, whether people or animals, and love songs. She also loves the color yellow.
History: Born to Donka and Ferka Lovel, Nadya is one of three children and many many first cousins and half-cousins and second cousins, etc. Her family first emigrated from "the Mother Land" over one hundred years ago, but is content to aimlessly ramble across the continent, amusing villages with their strange ways. The entire caravan enthusiastically panders to the gypsy stereotype, loudly praising the old customs, wearing the traditional clothes, keeping the accent strong from generation to generation, and engaging in all sorts of "gypsy-ish" activities such as acrobatics, fortune-telling, story-telling, singing, dancing, etc. Usually, Nadya's group travels in a caravan of ten to twenty wagons, but the one she was riding in was separated from the others when the axle broke. Nadya stayed with the wagon to watch over the sick goat that rode in it, among other things.
Misc: She can play the tambourine and the fiddle, as well as a little bit on the lyre. Her part in the caravan is to dance, weave baskets, sing (but only sometimes) and pretend to read palms. Of course, since she is behind the scenes, Nadya herself does not believe that one can tell the future by reading palms, and enjoys laughing at people who do.
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Appearance: Stereotypical, and quite purposefully so. 5'7", slender tomboy figure (yet can move her curves if so desired). Curly brunette hair, dark eyes, full lips, white, straight teeth. Her skin is tan, with a small mole near the corner of her mouth. Generally, Nadya dresses in native garb-- purple and gold bandanna around her head, large gold hoop earrings, off-white peasant shirt, brown and red fringed shawl and a long blue skirt trimmed with tiny bells. She also wears jangly gold bracelets and anklets, some with brass coin charms. She also avoids shoes, but sometimes slips on leather thong sandals.
Personality: Nadya is very clever and flirtatious, both of which come with the job. She is daring, willing to risk a scraped knee or a disapproving glare from her parents to get what she feels they need. She is disdainful of the silly people who fall for her family's act, but concede it's a living. She's is sarcastic and blunt, but very kind and gentle to those who capture her heart. She enjoys taking care of wounded or sick things, whether people or animals, and love songs. She also loves the color yellow.
History: Born to Donka and Ferka Lovel, Nadya is one of three children and many many first cousins and half-cousins and second cousins, etc. Her family first emigrated from "the Mother Land" over one hundred years ago, but is content to aimlessly ramble across the continent, amusing villages with their strange ways. The entire caravan enthusiastically panders to the gypsy stereotype, loudly praising the old customs, wearing the traditional clothes, keeping the accent strong from generation to generation, and engaging in all sorts of "gypsy-ish" activities such as acrobatics, fortune-telling, story-telling, singing, dancing, etc. Usually, Nadya's group travels in a caravan of ten to twenty wagons, but the one she was riding in was separated from the others when the axle broke. Nadya stayed with the wagon to watch over the sick goat that rode in it, among other things.
Misc: She can play the tambourine and the fiddle, as well as a little bit on the lyre. Her part in the caravan is to dance, weave baskets, sing (but only sometimes) and pretend to read palms. Of course, since she is behind the scenes, Nadya herself does not believe that one can tell the future by reading palms, and enjoys laughing at people who do.