Player Name:	Kristin	MorningGlow: Winner GWA '03 The Blacksmith (Best Craftsman)
Player E-mail:	E-mail Kristin
Character Name:	MorningGlow
Gender:	Female
Age:	343
Soulname:	Myna
Origin:	Native
Family:	- Flowerfall: Mother (Deceased); - Bucktread: Father (Deceased)
Soul Siblings:	None
Lovemates/ Lifemates:	None
Recognized Mate:	None
Magic:	None
Skills:	Hunting, Animal Medicine
Weapons:	Spear and Knife
Personality:	Once she was outgoing and has an easy laugh. She could easily be found with a smile upon her face. Recent events in the tribe have mellowed her out to the point of unease around her tribemates. She's dedicated and patient. She's a rather strange cookie as she finds Snapjaw irresistible. But she's had her nose nipped too many times by the old wolf, so to speak.. not literally. So she's gone to making him a figure in her dreams and that at times depresses her. These dealings with Snapjaw have made her much more leary of trying to find another for a Lovemate. Rejection can be harsh. She's a rather imaginative female, which doesn't help her in anyway. She can often be starry-eyed in a dreamy state. She loves hearing stories of the past, or flights of fancy made for the enjoyment of all during dreamberry hazes, but she can't tell a story for the life of her. She just doesn't have the skill to put what in her mind into words or on hide. However, often her mind will look upon a situation and compare it to this story she heard of that. Always having been extremely close her bonded wolves, She was never very sure on her thoughts about griffins. She'd rather be firmly planted on the ground or in a grounded tree, rather then risking her neck upon a winged critter. This doesn't mean she's totally against them, she's just afraid to fly upon one. Unless the situation is serious, she feels that elves of wolves blood were not meant to fly, even aided. For all her misgivings of griffins, she will be the first to rush to the aid of an injured one and was. And that's how she ended up bonded to one. Now she is forced to deal with her fears and learn to love something she feared. It is a slow processes and while she has come to truly love her bond, her feet are still on the ground. She is passionate about the lives of animals and the elves within her tribe. Though she knows there is an order to life and she does eat meat, she will help the tribe's animals or even animals they won't eat, in need. She also tries to take the weight off of the healers by supplying the tribe with herbs and medicines that she learned in her time with the last herbal healer/Midwife. And she helps out with every animal and elfin birth craving to be with the young. It's this passion that makes her a good Animal Healer and Midwife.
Likes:	Listening to stories of the past, tales of fantasy under a dreamberry haze. Having Fun. Saving the life of an animal. Bringing a cub into the world - no matter whether elfin or wolven.
Dislikes:	Flying (Unless there is no other option), humans, dislikes being disliked, death
Fears:	She has a fear of flying. Being above the trees on griffin back is rather petrifying for her. She doesn't mind climbing high in trees, because at least they are firmly attached to the ground. Other fears include being lost and alone, losing an animal even after she works so hard to save it, losing a cub during birth, and losing friends - losing friends has happened so much of late.
Appearance:	She's rather short for an elf, only reaching 4'. She has a bit of a womanly figure to her, coupled with athletic arms and legs.
Marks/Scars:	Long white scars across her left side, from a bear swipe. A second long scar from a bear- like creature attack runs along her other side, making a matched pair.
Hair:	Straight fire red hair. It's cut short, however she had two thin braids on each side of her head that are gathered to the back of her head. The binding is decorated with short and broad off-white feathers that fan behind her head. The braids are long dropping to mid back.
Eyes:	Almond shaped with long lashes. The color is a bright blue at the edges and fades to a light blue at the iris.
New Green Clothes:	Let's start off this whole design with a dark maroon body suit. The neckline is wide with an over drape made of a yellow ochre color. The sleeves of the outfit are short and flared, with a ragged cut. The legs flare out at the bottom hem and are split to allow her feet freedom. She has yellow ochre colored boots on that disappear under the flared legs, to fit snuggly at her calf. The crowning touch of the outfit is the loosely tied material around her waist. It's tied so that the semi triangle shape of it hangs down one hip. The off white fabric is decorated with yellow ochre fringe.
White Cold Clothes:	They are similar to her new green clothes. The one difference in the style is the long sleeves under the flared short sleeves. Over this outfit she wears a fur-lined vest that drops to mid calf. It is fitted against her body by a sash that's tied in the back. Her head is kept warm by a fur-lined hat. It has a back that drapes down her neck, keeping the back of it warm as well. The fur she used for this outfit is mottled brown and white Ravvit furs.
Jewelry:	Gold hoop earrings
History:	Born one morning to Flowerfall and BuckTread, her father stated simply that her red curls could rival the Morning's Sun. And so she was named MorningGlow for her bright red hair. She didn't have the trademark temper that normally goes with the hair. Instead she had a fiery imagination. She was known at times to pretend to be one of the long dead chieftesses or something much more strange like a wolf. So it was no surprise that her first bond was a rambunctious wolf pup named WildPlay. The two were an inexhaustible pair. And like most cubs they were out cold before the sun came up. When she had just turned 15 years of age tragedy struck. Her and her parents had gone out on a hunt to supply some food for the tribe. A cave that smelled of old bear distracted MorningGlow. Thinking it must be empty of any occupants for some time the young elf and bond made their way inside. They played a game of Bear and wolf, until her parents sent for her. They were not at all happy that their daughter had snuck off to play. Embarrassed about her getting caught, she started to leave. The only problem was a rather large bear blocked her way out. With a frantic sending that went out to more then just her parents MorningGlow found herself knocked across the cave floor by the bear's first swipe. WildPlay tried to protect her, but he quickly fell prey to the bears furious attack. Her parents arrived just in time before the bear took another swipe out of her. They fought bravely, but her father was first to fall as the bear grabbed him in a bearhug and bit his neck opening the big vein there. Her mother wild with the loss of her Lifemate attacked the bear driving the knife into it's chest. However, she didn't get away in time as the bear fell it grabbed her head in it's jaws. Her skull was crushed by the falling weight of the bear. MorningGlow fainted. When she came too she found herself being carried by Snapjaw upon wolf back, she saw him as kind of a hero rescuing the fair elfess in distress. And there her first crush developed, she seemed rather starry-eyed for the Old Wolf. However, she did learn a lesson and all her imaginative play became visions of daydreamed fantasy within her mind. She was for a long time not allowed to join in the hunt, instead she was left to care for the cubs. She used her imaginative nature to create games for the cubs to play, keeping them happy for hours at a time. She also spent a lot of free time learning herbology from the healer and the various things to do for animals. This training took her down the road to being an animal healer. She was the one called for the little things, the bigger more life threatening injuries were given to the magical healers. She wished she had those powers, but never really missed them. She found great satisfaction in a night of hard work and watching over a sick wolf. It took over a hundred years before she proved herself worthy enough to hunt again. She found it not all that easy and was embarrassed that at such an age she did not have enough skills to hunt. So she was taught much like a cub and she hated it. Having been her guardian after her parents' deaths, it wasn't surprising that Snapjaw took on her teaching. He was determined to get such foolish flights of fancy out of her skull. MorningGlow took all the lessons in stride and seemed to drown in her crush for the Old Wolf. Until one day she actually got up the nerve to offer herself to him. He turned her down in such a way, that her feelings were bruised for sometime. She didn't learn though and every time was shot down just as unkindly. She finally did give up, but still held him high in her mind and often made him the hero of her own personal stories. She does hold the personal feeling that someday he will accept her, even though part of her knows that will never happen. She's only recently lost her most recent wolf bond to the ravages of age. This wolf had been the closest one she's ever had. He had been her companion in many things even though love and loss. When his time had come she sat with him for the days it took him to pass on. She held his head in her lap and caressed his white riddled fur, and fed him pain-dulling herbs. She sent to him and spoke to him until he took his last breath. Leaving him to the scavengers to feast on, she returned to the Hurst feeling lonelier then she had ever been. But she keeps much of this feeling to herself and goes about her duties to the tribe, healing sick animals and hunting for food. He had many turns of the season before her and who knows-- Her last wolf bond will soon become a faint memory as the Way carries her onward. In a strange turn of events in MorningGlow's life, not long after her wolf's death she found herself bonded to a griffin who had nearly killed her. She tried to ignore it, but the griffin would not leave. He even fought his way into the ranks of the roost to stay near her. When she confronted him with it, the old griffin told her he was trapped and had to stay. She yelled at him that she tried to push him away and named him Freedom to prove a point, but the old griffin stayed firm. Thier bonding brought a new exprence to them both, they often shared dreams without meaning it. And Freedom learned from those dreams that the night he tried to kill her haunted him. It took his fiercly protecting her and getting injured during a bear-like creature's attack to finally put that nightmare to rest. They're settling in to their new bonding slowly, they still share dreams and often can find their thoughts being read by the other. A bit disturbing for both, but they're learning. And MorningGlow's feet are still firmly planted on the ground. Much to her surprise, MorningGlow's importance in the tribe is growing. With the death of a healer and the midwife. Her Herbal skills are needed more and more. Recently, MorningGlow has been asked to be Midwife a postion she's honored to have and looks forward to fullfilling. The one thing better than this would be to have her own cub.
Bond Beast:	Freedom, Griffin, Age: ancient. Gender: Male Freedom is an ancient griffin who is missing one ear. He and MorningGlow bonded by accident, during a time when the old griffin tried to attack the elfess. The old griffin is like a giant feathered Grandfather with deadly claws. He dotes on the Hatchlings, thinking they're a precious gift that has to be protected. He's friendly and is not afraid to give advice, but he can just as easily turn and give a tongue-lashing if he thinks you're being a fool. He's a fierce fighter and a gentle soul wrapped into one. His only flaw is his affections for Phoenix Dagger who'd rather him jump off a cliff. But then that makes him a good match with his Bond.