Genevieve Tolleson

Genny

Genevieve “Genny” Tolleson
Information
Title(s)	High Inquisitor
Hair Colour	Copper Red
Eye Colour	Green
Height	6’3”
Build	Lanky and lean
Notable Features	left-handed, tired
Born	Jan. 6 Orvere, Thessilane
Profession	Inquisitor, Secretary, Pie-Maker

Description

“Well meaning and precocious, underestimated and determined, she sticks her neck out into the face of danger, red hair obscuring her vision but her heart guiding her way.” - Matt

To meet Genny is to encounter a mid-twenty year old woman who is plain, pretty on occasion, and generally polite. However, she is not easily overlooked; with her excessive height and the brilliant hue of her long, red hair, it’s simply impossible to blend in with a crowd. She is almost ungainly in the lean length of her limbs.

More subtle details include the the delicate freckles dusted over the bridge of her nose and the stains of ink speckling her left hand, which stand stark against her pale complexion. Only the truly observant or a long-time friend would notice the white scars that line her wrist.

While her attempts to be ladylike are valiant, her clumsiness and lack of balance often betray her as much as her stubborn demeanor. Although her clothes are well made, and of finer fabrics, they’re usually subdued in color. Tailored, floor length and fitted, her dresses are almost military in their rigid appearance, and sometimes worn with a sash or a tied belt of black fabric.

Background

Myrken townsfolk being wary and having a general dislike for their geographic neighbors, it is widely known and fairly obvious that Genny is from Thessilane.

There are a precious few that know her well, and fewer still that know her history precisely. To get the jist there is plenty of fairly reliable gossip, a Nosey Nellie will say, "I think she's the daughter of a noble mother, a hobbyist herbalist or was it a baker? She made pies, I think. Yes. And her father was a physician, one of the best - he served the Duke in Thessilane. They both died in the destruction of Orvere. No. Only her mother did, her father was some time later - after she had already come to Myrken. She has a bother, or two. Maybe it was six? One of them is a doctor too, Bradford, I think? Like his father, he serves Lady Lamai Carver and her husband Christoph in Thessilane. But Tennant, her twin, he’s the famous one - or infamous I suppose. The thief! Everyone knows she despises him."

Timeline

207 AR - To pay for her room, Genny joins the staff of the Broken Dagger. It took only several hours of spilled drinks before she was sent to the kitchen as a cook, where she excells as a pie-maker. Her hard work and harsh words for anyone causing trouble made her fast friends with the barmaid, Dulcie.

208 AR - Times become turbulent in Myrken Wood, friends begin to die or become injured. A letter from home is received and Genny leaves for Thessilane.

211 AR - Genny returns to Myrken Wood from Thessilane, encountering the ‘bodyguard’ Giuseppe on the porch of the Dagger. Immediately she sets to arguing with Glenn, offending his hired hand, and somehow, subsequently obtained a job working for Aloisius Treadwell.

Genny meets and befriends several Dagger regulars, Catch, Winifred, and Descant with whom she helps to plan the Grand Ball (http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=3590). At the ball she met Lamai’s handsome guard, James, with whom she would have a relationship for several years after.

Genny researches The Blight, which is destroying the forest, and in searching for a cure makes a bargain with the druid Lilani to help restore the woods, ground water, and crops. (http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=3654&start=15)

The tax vault is broken into, all of Myrken’s gold stolen, as is it’s Tax Collector, Treadwell. After linking a poison found at the crime scene to her brother, Genny joins the manhunt to find him. (http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=3615) A bandit camp is found, while some get away she does manage to capture her brother, punch, and arrest him. (http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=3618)

212 AR - After Glenn’s inauguration into Governorship Genny was assigned to the newly formed Inquisitory, working with Aleksei River investigating strange happenings and keeping tabs on some of Myrken’s more dangerous elements. Asked to work with Cinnabar Calomel she began a long research project to determine how best to handle Catch and the danger he posed to the town. (http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=3891)

During a particularly heated argument between her friends, Catch and Zilliah, Genny attempted to keep the peace and mistakenly got between the two. Frustrated Zilliah turned his wrath on Genny, forcing into her mind the madman's recollections. Subsequent years are spent trying to regain her sanity and control a variety of telepathic-like abilities which seem to have stemmed from the event.

Genny spends a summer in Thessilane trying to keep Catch from hurting anyone and spending time with her older brother Bradford, upon her return to Myrken she reveals her expanding mentalist abilities to Glenn (http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=3854 ). His encouragement prompts her to begin tutelage with Rhaena to better control her unnaturally obtained abilities. (http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=3866)

213 AR - Genny works with Altias Bromn to investigate the Storyteller and her connection with Giuseppe, meanwhile Glenn goes missing. Rhaena takes control of the city and quietly Genny continues her investigations, learning about the Golben and working with the resistance among the "unswained," or those who have not been affected by Rhaena's mind control. (http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=4132) (http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=4113)

In the height of the Red and Gold Summer Genny forms an unlikely partnership with Agnie to advance the dwindling resistance; together they plan the final moves to take down Rhaena. The very next day Agnie’s mind is overtaken, forcing Genny to seek out their last hope, Ariane. Ariane is already swain, so Genny ‘wakes’ her to reveal the truth about Rhaena. (http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=4169) & (http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=4248 ).

"The Dark Hour" overtakes Myrken and the “Mindwitch,” Rhaena is murdered, there are numerous suspects. (http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=4262)

Suspects continue to be questioned and the search for Glenn continues. Following the death of Rhaena and Glenn’s return, his first public speech, threatening to turn riotous, tests the limits of Genny’s mentalist powers. In an effort to protect Glenn she sways Gloria and Agnie’s emotions, gets punched, and falls off a stage. (http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=4311 ).

214 AR - Genny meets with Ariane and discovers that the essence, or spirit of Elliot haunts the swordwoman’s dreams. Unsure of her mental powers and still scared from what she had done a month earlier she offers to try and remove him from the stone where he is trapped. (http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=56&t=4322)

With Rhaena’s murder unsolved, Glenn’s retreat to solitude, and the realization that she has started down the same path as Rhaena, Genny becomes untethered. Fearing her mental abilities and that she will hurt others, she retreats into the solitude of the Library to try and find a solution. It is here that Gloria finds her and they reconcile (with a kiss). (http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=4395)

215 AR - Efforts are continued to salvage books from the crumbling library. The pie-maker shares a dream with Zilliah and Elliot, which allows her to forgive herself and decide to make Myrken better. (http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=4451 )

216 AR - After the empowering dream with Elliot, Genny returns to clean, renovate, and re-establish the Inquisitory and align it’s purpose to protecting the town. (http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=4606 )

Genny proposes a plan, approved by the Lord Steward Treadwell, to renovate and expand the Meeting House. A Thessilanian architect by the name of Walter draws up the plans and construction begins. (http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=51&t=4785)

Recovered books and a personal collection are re-located to the [[Myrkentown Inquisitory|Inquisitory], to become part of a new library being built as part of the Meeting House renovation project. (http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=4784)

217 AR - Now confident in the control over her mental abilities; a revealing letter is sent to Glenn, detailing long-held affections and a plan to seek out Kals. (http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=4822)

218 AR - Genny boldly ventures into the forest to have a conversation with Kals about Rhaena’s death and whether or not she, herself, is a threat. (http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=4832)

The Present

Construction on the meeting house continues, though her affiliation with it remains relatively private. Walter (NPC, Architect) and Genny’s page / ward Daryl handle most day-to-day operations. More private than previously, Genny doesn’t get out much, conducting business from her desk and visits are more or less by appointment only.

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