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"Such an odd young woman" --Sarcyn
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“When I am gone, there will be two things said of me. They will say, I fell often and had a very thick skull…”
  
 
==Appearance==
 
==Appearance==
For a young woman so talented in the kitchen, Genny is a stick of a girl. Not particularly well endowed and soaring above other women, she stands equally as tall as most average men. Her hair is somewhat long and somewhere between a fiery red and strawberry blonde, and almost always pulled back in some way or another. Despite her height she is fairly young looking, eighteen or nineteen, probably an accurate estimate though she only ever says she’s the twin of the fourth, of five brothers. Her complexion is fair and smooth, dusted with freckles. However, rough scars appear on her hands and wrists from an encounter with the blood conjurer [[Sumakta]]. Her eyes are a vibrant green and thanks to such terrifying encounters; they are almost always alert either simply to be of help or in anticipation of defending herself.
 
  
The clothes she wears are well made, of very sturdy construction, and utilize fine materials with beautiful dyes, but clearly with some wear. Her priorities are for ease of use rather than fashion, though the cuts are flattering if not a few years out of style and perhaps a foot too short for her height. Always on her is an easily and usually concealed dagger, a gift from [[Glenn Burnie]], it is ornately engraved but otherwise unremarkable.
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Not one to be considered perfect or lovely, Genny is plain. Pretty, perhaps, but plain. She is forgettable aside from the natural red color of her hair and her height. Standing, she is as tall if not taller than most Myrken men. Her hair is long, the ends of it clap the small of her back when it is worn down. She looks to be shy of twenty, younger when she smiles as the bridge of her nose and cheeks are awash with freckles. Barely noticeable are long, thin scars down either arm, the closure is clean as if the sharpest blade had made them. Freckles and scars aside, she is pale, extremely so, as if she barely leaves indoors, a reasonable assumption as her left-hand fingers are often stained with ink from prolonged periods of writing.
  
In recent times the local population are often surprised as she has become far more plucky, confident, and outspoken – though her clumsiness, it seems, will never go away.
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Genny’s clothes range to suit her purpose. Though she rarely has time for it of late, as a pie-maker she wears her old, stained dress, a faded blue, a foot too short, and patched in a dozen places from burns and wear. More often she wears a gray that sits perfectly between black and white. A personally symbolic dress, as if it is a uniform; the fabric is nice enough, utility the priority over fashion. It wears from collarbone to ankle, a bland front with a long line of at least a hundred buttons down the back and a black sash worn as a belt with delicate white embroidery on the tails. But of course, since her employment with the Inquisitory her personal clothes have steadily improved, no longer several years old and lacking propriety in length.
  
==Background==
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She had only several sets until her tutelage with Rhaena began, now she has an assortment of finer dresses and accessories, most which only come out on the rarest occasion. If at all.
Born to a well-to-do, respected doctor and his wife from [[Thessilane]], Genevieve Tolleson, “Genny” has a twin brother, Tennant and five other brothers. The only younger one is Markus. From youngest to eldest her other brothers include Kaden, Bradford, Jeryl, and Garrett.
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In the spring of 207 Genny’s father became ill with an unknown disease. Confined to his bed he was forced to close his practice until Garrett, the eldest son could return from his training and take over the family business. Since, the Tolleson siblings have ventured out to go to school, find work and support their father with the hopes that there is a cure.  
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Of late, it is important to note that Markus has taken up with a band of thieves and is assumed missing or dead.
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Originally trained as an assistant to her father, Genny worked with healing herbs, creating medicines and salves for her father’s patients. Cooking came naturally with her knowledge of herbs and from her mother’s instruction before she passed away.
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==In Myrken & At the Dagger==
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==Origin==
Genny arrived at [[Myrken Wood]] after a fruitless quest for a job as an herbalist. But with little official training, no references, and the fact that she was a girl, the search was nearly doomed from the start. This experience would contribute greatly to some of her later decisions. It was late summer several years ago when she accidentally happened upon her job as the cook at the [[Broken Dagger]], when the cook then on staff simply walked out on the job and a barmaid Genny had been talking to begged her to stand in for the evening.
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On numerous occasions the clumsy cook has had to stand in for absent, generally lethargic and / or disappeared barmaids (as is standard fare in seedy joints such as the Dagger). However, the attempt is usually followed by tripping and soup ending up in someone’s lap or in starting a brawl between half the occupants. In almost every instance, her friend [[Dulcie]], the best barmaid in her opinion, has saved her from jeers, taunts, and even weapons.
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What is known of Genny varies by person. Her employer,[[Glenn_Burnie]], surely has a file the size of a small child, whereas some, like [[Agnieszka Kaczmarek]] need only know she is from [[Thessilane]], to begrudge her. The only daughter of a prominent physician, she has several brothers. Of those that are known, there is Bradford, a doctor himself, working for Christoph and the Lady [[Lamai Carver]] in Thessilane. Then there is her twin brother, Tennant, relatively new to and now living Myrken, wanted by the Thessilane government – a criminal. The first she is fond of, the latter, she despises.
However, it was on one particular occasion that her clumsiness and fear caught the attentions of the necromancer [[Sumakta]] who attempted to use his magic to drain the blood out of her.
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==Arrival to Myrken Wood==
  
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Genny first arrived to [[Myrken Wood]] in the cool Summer of 207. Rather than seeking someone out or passing through, as the truly intelligent did, she immediately obtained a serving position at the [[Broken Dagger]]. It took only several hours of spilled drinks and ruined meals before she was placed in the kitchen as a cook. Her hard work and harsh words for anyone causing trouble made her fast friends with a maid, [[Dulcie]], who eventually bought the place. Genny’s pies, on the other hand, which have been called legendary, are what endeared her to the gluttonous toymaker, [[Aloisius Treadwell]]. Meanwhile, it was her inability to avoid trouble that formed the unlikely friendship with the, then young, mapmaker, Glenn. It was his frustration, a gifted silver dagger, and a few hot words that might be considered one of several catalysts that prompted her to better herself.
  
''The sensation was unlike any other feeling, the pull of blood away from its core - the heart thumping wildly to keep it, to bring it back and unable to do so. It was like a horse at full gallop had been restrained in so much that despite all of its muscles throbbing wildly, grasping forward, no ground could be made. Her head was light and the vision darkening at the edges as if slowly the picture were disappearing entirely, "...stop..." Her voice was raspy, choking, ... gurgling.''
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It was not the repeated destruction of the bar, the terrifying incident with the blood conjurer, or even The Ashfiend that lead to Genny’s absence. It was a letter. The contents of the letter are not known by many, but what is known, is that it was Fall in the year 209 when she left for Thessilane.  
  
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==Return to Myrken Wood==
  
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A great deal of time passed before her return, some warm day of May in 211. And with [[Giuseppe]] as her first encounter, she knew for as much as she had changed, so too had Myrken. On this auspicious day she managed not only to argue with Glenn, offend his hired hand, but also land a job tallying figures for the tax man, Treadwell.
  
Thankfully and unfortunately many of Myrken’s most colorful people can be found at the Dagger at one point or another and she has made good friends with [[Aloisius Treadwell]], probably because she makes some of his favorite pies, or just because she provides food at all.
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Her work for him lasted scant weeks, before joining Glenn as a secretary just prior to his ascent to Governor. Since, Genny has worked as a Junior Inquisitor with [[Aleksei River]] at Glenn’s newly devised Inquisitory.  
  
[[Glenn Burnie]] though they usually end up arguing, this frequent patron has on occasion offered helpful advice and the gift of a fine dagger to ensure that Genny has the means to protect herself, a treasured gift which she still carries. Recently, upon her return to Myrken she repaid his kindness by offering a very fine manuscript entitled, Tales of the North: Folklore and Stories from Hexal and Beyond. The volume included many maps, diagrams, and surveys of lands that have been little explored.
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In between investigations, where she was paired with [[Altias Bromn]], [[Cinnabar Calomel]], and long hours buried in the Library, Genny had become good friends with [[Catch]] and[[Zilliah]], as well as Phlynn,[[Winifred Lawson]], [[Lamai Carver]], and [[Rhaena Olwak]].  While hardly enemies, she has been known to argue, extensively, with [[Elliot Brown]] and Agnie.
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She is also friends of [[Rhaena]], [[Lessa Harpwind]], [[Raid]], and most of the Dagger regulars who don’t try to kill her.
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==Ongoing Story==
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==Madness==
After her recent return to Myrken there is some speculation that she did more than visit her family in Thessilane during her absence. Genny has returned with a little more fire in her stomach and outspoken tendencies which were not at all present before. And it has been disclosed to [[Treadwell]] that she “has nowhere else to go".
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In an angry outburst, provoked by an argument they were having, Zilliah mentally shared Catch’s mind with Genny. Her mind, however, didn’t have the capacity to process what he shared. The traumatic event has since given her unrelenting nightmares prompting her long-time beau, James, one of [[Lamai Carver]]’s knights, to form a protective barrier around her mind. For many months she practiced alone, until she broke the barrier and was able to communicate with Zilliah, sharing words, mental landscapes, memories and emotions telepathically. With practice and Rhaena’s coaching, she has been able to hone her mental skills, though they are still rudimentary.  
  
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*The Storyteller and The Mindwitch
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The Storyteller herself was of little impact for the Junior Inquisitor who, since Aleksei’s leave earlier in the year, had taken on a larger role of research and clean-up on behalf of the Inquisitory. It wasn’t until Glenn’s mysterious disappearance and Rhaena’s sudden departure from sanity that Genny called on Cinnabar and became friends with [[Seamstress|Gloria]] to learn what had happened. After an exhaustive investigation into [[Stefan Berdini]] and a suspicious instruction from Rhaena’s appointed High Inquisitor,[[Giuseppe|The Man in White]], a book of names, listing all of the [[Swained]] was delivered to [[Ariane Carnath-Emory]] at [[Darkenhold]]. It was here that Genny reached out to Ariane’s mind and conveyed all of the information, including the discovery of [[The Golben]] as a prison, likely used by Rhaena to hold Glenn.
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*Investigating the Black Hour
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As of 214, Glenn as returned, though unrest in Myrken is prevalent.
  
 
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Revision as of 19:58, 9 January 2014

Genevieve Tolleson

“When I am gone, there will be two things said of me. They will say, I fell often and had a very thick skull…”

Appearance

Not one to be considered perfect or lovely, Genny is plain. Pretty, perhaps, but plain. She is forgettable aside from the natural red color of her hair and her height. Standing, she is as tall if not taller than most Myrken men. Her hair is long, the ends of it clap the small of her back when it is worn down. She looks to be shy of twenty, younger when she smiles as the bridge of her nose and cheeks are awash with freckles. Barely noticeable are long, thin scars down either arm, the closure is clean as if the sharpest blade had made them. Freckles and scars aside, she is pale, extremely so, as if she barely leaves indoors, a reasonable assumption as her left-hand fingers are often stained with ink from prolonged periods of writing.

Genny’s clothes range to suit her purpose. Though she rarely has time for it of late, as a pie-maker she wears her old, stained dress, a faded blue, a foot too short, and patched in a dozen places from burns and wear. More often she wears a gray that sits perfectly between black and white. A personally symbolic dress, as if it is a uniform; the fabric is nice enough, utility the priority over fashion. It wears from collarbone to ankle, a bland front with a long line of at least a hundred buttons down the back and a black sash worn as a belt with delicate white embroidery on the tails. But of course, since her employment with the Inquisitory her personal clothes have steadily improved, no longer several years old and lacking propriety in length.

She had only several sets until her tutelage with Rhaena began, now she has an assortment of finer dresses and accessories, most which only come out on the rarest occasion. If at all.

Origin

What is known of Genny varies by person. Her employer,Glenn_Burnie, surely has a file the size of a small child, whereas some, like Agnieszka Kaczmarek need only know she is from Thessilane, to begrudge her. The only daughter of a prominent physician, she has several brothers. Of those that are known, there is Bradford, a doctor himself, working for Christoph and the Lady Lamai Carver in Thessilane. Then there is her twin brother, Tennant, relatively new to and now living Myrken, wanted by the Thessilane government – a criminal. The first she is fond of, the latter, she despises.

Arrival to Myrken Wood

Genny first arrived to Myrken Wood in the cool Summer of 207. Rather than seeking someone out or passing through, as the truly intelligent did, she immediately obtained a serving position at the Broken Dagger. It took only several hours of spilled drinks and ruined meals before she was placed in the kitchen as a cook. Her hard work and harsh words for anyone causing trouble made her fast friends with a maid, Dulcie, who eventually bought the place. Genny’s pies, on the other hand, which have been called legendary, are what endeared her to the gluttonous toymaker, Aloisius Treadwell. Meanwhile, it was her inability to avoid trouble that formed the unlikely friendship with the, then young, mapmaker, Glenn. It was his frustration, a gifted silver dagger, and a few hot words that might be considered one of several catalysts that prompted her to better herself.

It was not the repeated destruction of the bar, the terrifying incident with the blood conjurer, or even The Ashfiend that lead to Genny’s absence. It was a letter. The contents of the letter are not known by many, but what is known, is that it was Fall in the year 209 when she left for Thessilane.

Return to Myrken Wood

A great deal of time passed before her return, some warm day of May in 211. And with Giuseppe as her first encounter, she knew for as much as she had changed, so too had Myrken. On this auspicious day she managed not only to argue with Glenn, offend his hired hand, but also land a job tallying figures for the tax man, Treadwell.

Her work for him lasted scant weeks, before joining Glenn as a secretary just prior to his ascent to Governor. Since, Genny has worked as a Junior Inquisitor with Aleksei River at Glenn’s newly devised Inquisitory.

In between investigations, where she was paired with Altias Bromn, Cinnabar Calomel, and long hours buried in the Library, Genny had become good friends with Catch andZilliah, as well as Phlynn,Winifred Lawson, Lamai Carver, and Rhaena Olwak. While hardly enemies, she has been known to argue, extensively, with Elliot Brown and Agnie.

Madness

In an angry outburst, provoked by an argument they were having, Zilliah mentally shared Catch’s mind with Genny. Her mind, however, didn’t have the capacity to process what he shared. The traumatic event has since given her unrelenting nightmares prompting her long-time beau, James, one of Lamai Carver’s knights, to form a protective barrier around her mind. For many months she practiced alone, until she broke the barrier and was able to communicate with Zilliah, sharing words, mental landscapes, memories and emotions telepathically. With practice and Rhaena’s coaching, she has been able to hone her mental skills, though they are still rudimentary.


  • The Storyteller and The Mindwitch

The Storyteller herself was of little impact for the Junior Inquisitor who, since Aleksei’s leave earlier in the year, had taken on a larger role of research and clean-up on behalf of the Inquisitory. It wasn’t until Glenn’s mysterious disappearance and Rhaena’s sudden departure from sanity that Genny called on Cinnabar and became friends with Gloria to learn what had happened. After an exhaustive investigation into Stefan Berdini and a suspicious instruction from Rhaena’s appointed High Inquisitor,The Man in White, a book of names, listing all of the Swained was delivered to Ariane Carnath-Emory at Darkenhold. It was here that Genny reached out to Ariane’s mind and conveyed all of the information, including the discovery of The Golben as a prison, likely used by Rhaena to hold Glenn.


  • Investigating the Black Hour

As of 214, Glenn as returned, though unrest in Myrken is prevalent.