Iolanthe has spent the intervening years learning, first, to cope with her disability, using her familiarity with silver smithing to make ends meet, then throwing all of her free time into the furnace of learning new skills. Through sweat and tears and no small price in blood, she took up arcane artifice, and managed to design and properly enchant her D Legs (so named because the sharks had taken her C Legs, you see). Her gait is perhaps not as graceful as it once was, but many long years relying on a wheelchair have certainly helped her upper-body strength. Most folk, especially those shorter-lived, have forgotten about Silver-Oak, and Iolanthe admittedly prefers it that way - she hopes to put her hot-blooded youth behind her and find a crew far more loyal than the last. Folk she can trust to have her back while she watches theirs.

And maybe someday she'll see Bethrynna again, and give her old lover a proper reckoning for the brusque treatment after being discarded like a broken toy.

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Iolanthe "Io" Amnedon, "the Silver-Oak Shark"

15 STR / 9 DEX / 18 CON / 16 INT / 12 WIS / 14 CHA

High Elf Artificer (Armorer)

Chaotic Neutral

Sailor (Pirate)

Proficiencies:

Saves - Intelligence, Constitution

Equipment - Heavy Armor, Simple Weapons, Shields

Skills - Arcana, Athletics, Investigation, Nature, Perception

Tools - Thieves’ Tools, Tinker’s Tools, Jeweler’s Tools, Smith’s Tools, Navigator's Tools, Vehicles (Water)

Languages - Common, Elven, Draconic

Heritage Notes:

Medium

Speed: 30

Darkvision 60 ft

Advantage on saves vs. charm

Immune to Magic-based Sleep

4 hr Trance in lieu of sleep

Bonus Wizard Cantrip (Booming Blade)

Elven Weapon Training

Bonus Language (Draconic)

Background Notes:

Personality traits -

My friends know they can rely on me, no matter what. (If I'm indispensable, I won't be left by the wayside again.)

I never pass up a friendly wager. (A friendly wager be just a li'l fun we're having.)

To me, a tavern brawl is a nice way to get to know a new city. (Promise I'll pull my punches ;) )

I would rather make a new friend than a new enemy. (from Criminal; Who doesn't like friends?)

The best way to get me to do something is to tell me I can't do it. (from Criminal; Never was one for listening to people telling me what I should or shouldnae do.)

I have a joke for every occasion, especially occasions where humor is inappropriate. (from Charlatan; Don't give me that look, you know it was funny.)

There are some who would say I am "condensed bastard energy"

Ideals -

Freedom: The sea is freedom--the freedom to go anywhere and do anything. (Don't know about you, but I hate gettin too bogged down and tangled in one spot.)

People: I'm committed to my crewmates, not to ideals. (We're s'posed to be here for one another, an' I at least am gonna honor that.)

Independence: I am a free spirit--no one tells me what to do. (from Charlatan; If'n I wanted to get ordered around, I would nae have left home.)

Friendship: Material goods come and go. Bonds of friendship last forever. (from Charlatan; unless those friends stab ye in the back. But that won't be happening, now, will it?)

Bonds -

I was abandoned on the shore by my crew when I was injured during a sahuagin raid, and I intend to settle the score someday. (Rumor is Beth's still up to her old games, so... hopefully it's just a matter of time, aye?)

I owe my guild a great debt for forging me into the person I am today. (from Guild Artisan; well, I dinnae pay dues to the Port Holidon Silversmith's Guild anymore, but they gave me an opportunity what I can't begin to thank them enough for.)

Flaws -

Once someone questions my courage, I never back down no matter how dangerous the situation. (I'll show ye what I can and cannot do.)

I can't resist a pretty face. (from Charlatan; An' from the looks of things, neither can you.)