Grog 44 : Gisele, the burly milkmaid
Age: 16
Story:
Gisele was born to an unremarkable serf family in the Vexin region close to Gisors (after which her parents named her). While she had to guard the cows from her young age with her older brother, she would also help gathering kindling from a young age and once given her first hatchet she practiced with it relentlessly. Her brother often tricked her into chopping wood in his place, until she took over this responsibility from the whole family. Naive and easily deceived by her brother and neighbouring children she grew up with, she'd end up doing the hardest jobs, carrying the heaviest loads... All this only build up her strength and not her common sense.
While keeping cows she confronted a vagrant and as the situation got out of hand, she put her axe in the man's skull, killing him in a single blow. While the villagers never reported this to higher authority she found herself ostracised. When the bishop of Beauvais' men came looking for his lost messenger, she was given a pouch of money, what she could carry and a tearful farewell from her family.
Appearance:
Gisele is a big burly teenage girl, most men only reach her shoulder when she stands upright. She is still ill at ease, having reached this height only a year ago. Her Norman heritage is fully apparent, she has a high forehead, a strong jaw and strawberry-blond hair which she keeps in two chest length braids, which poke down from her white woolen coiffe. She wears loose long dresses, which allow her to stride and move about as she works outdoors. She rarely goes out without a her iron shod woodman's axe, which doubles as her walking stick.
Why are they in the covenant?
The story of a huge girl using an axe as a walking stick travels fast, and this caught the interest of a passing redcap. She was found injured and bleeding by a farmer family, with the bodies of two highwaymen lying before her. The redcap paid for a doctor to heal her, but in exchange demanded that she come work for them in a Covenant. Given the chance to settle down, guard cows and chop wood, she made an oath to the Redcap there and then. The Redcap brought her to the party's Covenant, where she happily guards cows and practices her axe work.
She can easily be a dangerous shield grog, but also help feed the Covenant when not needed on the field of battle.
Stats:
| Attribute | Score |
|---|---|
| Str | 2 |
| Sta | 2 |
| Dex | 1 |
| Qik | 0 |
| Com | 0 |
| Pre | 0 |
| Int | -1 |
| Per | 1 |
Virtues: Large, Puissant (single weapon), Warrior
Flaws: Ability Block(social skills), Naive (minor), Poor student
Abilities:
Animal Handling (Cows) 3
Area Lore (Vexin) (farms) 2
Athletics (Running) 3
Awareness (Mounting Guard) 3
Brawl (Kicks) 2
French (Norman) 5
Profession (Cowherd) (Guarding the cows) 4
Single Weapon (Axe) 5+2
Swim (Rivers) 2