Sad Gnomish Woman

name: Moira Mossfoot

information: Moira is a 29-year-old forest gnome, a member of a diminutive species that make their homes inside large trees, and burrows. They protect themselves with illusion magic and stealth, preferring to hide and use cunning to solve their problems rather than fight. Though shy with outsiders, they can be gregarious and friendly when they open up.

occupation: farmer - Moira specializes in pumpkins and squashes, but she’s adept at growing root vegetables and herbs.

appearance: Moira is a cute, diminutive young woman with long, wild and fluffy chestnut-brown hair. She has big, bright blue eyes, and pointy ears. She often has a sad look on her expressive face. As a forest gnome, she has a short stature typical of an adult of her species.

clothes: Moira wears a large, red mushroom hat with white spots, to protect her from rain and sun like. She wears a simple blue dress over a white tunic. Over her blue dress, she wears a brown overalls built for field work. She also wears brown leather arm bracers, handed down to her from her father. Her clothes are cinched together with an old, worn leather belt, and she wears sturdy leather boots up to her calves. Moira carries a pruning knife and shears on her belt. She also sports berry-shaped earrings handed down to her from her mother.

traits: Moira can be sweet, caring, compassionate, and thoughtful. She puts everyone else’s interests ahead of hers, often to her detriment, because the thing that gives her the most joy is making other people smile. The loss of her parents to a thunderstorm however has dampened her mood, and although she tries to to remain caring and thoughtful, she’s finding difficulty in keeping her spirits up. She has a fear of lightning.

backstory: Moira Mossfoot hails from a humble gnomish village called Thistlesprout, at the eastern edge of the Autumnshade Forest. The soil of Autumnshade Forest is fertile especially for growing fruits like squash, and every Halloween they hold the Autumnshade Pumpkin Festival, where they carve pumpkins into jack-o-lanterns, and eat roasted, salted pumpkin seeds, while telling scary stories around a great candle-lit jack-o-lantern mound, to honor the dead. Moira lost both of her parents to a thunderstorm last year, and is struggling to keep going. Her parents tended to the pumpkin patch, intending to pass the tradition onto her when they felt she was ready. Despite her best efforts, many of the pumpkins this year are smaller, some even suffering blight - but she is determined to honor their memories at this year’s Pumpkin Festival.

abilities: Despite Moira’s small stature and cute appearance, she’s an adept illusionist, having learned the magic from her mother. She’s also a skilled farmer, and an excellent pumpkin carver.