Medea Sylphya

Full Name: Medea Sylphya.
Nicknames: Lady of the Trees, Whisperer.
Age: Around 300.
Gender: Female.
Race: Wood Elf.
Affiliation: None.
Rank: Mystic/Lady of the Trees (Wood elfin title for skilled druids)

Hair & Eyes: Long reddish brown hair braided with leaves, roots and flowers. Left eye is hazel, right is dark green.
Height & Weight: Tall and thin.
Specific Details: Her body is covered in intricate tattoos, many of animals or plants but some more abstract line and chevron patterns. Most striking are a detailed leaf pattern on the left of her face and a huge multicoloured dragon covering her back, with the limbs extending over her chest and the head over her right shoulder. She generally wears rather light clothing to better show off her marks.
She can almost never be seen without a large dark green and rust coloured snake. She shares a bond with the creature, named Sythe. She is also often seen with a delicately carved wooden pipe shaped to resemble a serpentine dragon.

Place of Birth: Falrhon, a small forest settlement.
Place of Residence: Same as above.
Parents: Unknown; when asked she tends to be very vague about her origins..
Siblings: None.
Children: None.
Other Relatives: None.

Likes: Nature, smoking her herbs, helping those in need, art.
Dislikes: Lack of care for nature, Injustice, poisonous herbs., Noth
Personality: Even amongst her own people, Medea is difficult to define. Her mood often jumps between emotions suddenly and often without warning. She can often seem rather cool and distant, even aloof, though she doesn't intend to be. As a general rule, she is a very friendly and social person who enjoys the company of others, perhaps unexpectedly considering her race's reclusive nature. She is very open and will calmly discuss topics that many people may deem inappropriate, often without even realising.

She is an extremely confident woman, her openness coming from being completely comfortable in herself. This is not to be mistaken for arrogance; quite the opposite, she is often rather humble. She simply cares little for the attitudes of others and so behaves as she pleases. This attitude is not without it's risks, as in the past some have mistaken relaxed attitude and self-assured demeanor for conscious seduction.

Despite all of this, she is actually rather quiet when amongst others. Often she will sit in the corner of a room blowing smoke rings in silence until she feels her opinion is relevant. This has led some jumping to the conclusion that she is shy, those unfortunates quickly realising their mistake when she does decide to speak her mind.

She despises injustice in all it's forms. As a druid she is devoted to preserving the balance of life as she perceives it; In her eyes, all life is equal and should be treated as such. For this reason she generally avoids large cities as she finds them oppresive to their environments. She also despises Noth, seeing them as an unnatural twisting of the laws of life and death.

History: For someone so open about almost everything else, she is rather evasive when it comes to her history, often deflecting questions or answering them cryptically. The most detail she will go into is the first century or so of her life was spent in the forests of her kind, mostly undergoing training to better understand nature. The exact nature of this training is a closely guarded secret amongst her people, but whatever it was she gained great skill in understanding plants and animals. She uses this knowledge to earn the few coins needed to spend time in larger civilisation, spending her life travelling from place to place.

At some point it is clear that she encountered and befriended her snake, Sythe. The animal itself is an anomaly, looking at it one can see a clear intelligence in it's eyes and it is obvious that it understands and obeys her. The exact nature both of the creature and of their bond is a mystery, but it is almost certain that the beast is far older and wiser than it appears.

Her recent life has been spent travelling the world, exploring anywhere she can to learn more of life in general. She is always facinated by new people and cultures, making an effort to learn more about them and understand their practices.