Note: Whelan is mothers maiden surname
Name Meaning: Fiery, of the wolf
Status: Future Princess of Accreton
Age: 24
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 135 (lbs)
Background:
Calida never knew her birth father and her mother gave her up at a really young age to a couple in the outskirts of Accreton. She never really saw Alice and Bruno as family or exchanged parents but they brought her up to the best they could. At a young age it was required by Alice to learn to weave her own clothes as times were tight and clothing was more expensive then weaving themselves. At first the task was troublesome, but soon began liking the trade and soon made beautiful cloaks and tunics she would wear more often then the ones she did trade to receive. Bruno on the other hand, felt as he could not bear children to pass down his trade to Calida, the muse of hunting. She learned quickly with her sharp eye how to aim and shoot a bow and arrow.
When she was at the semi right age (and possibly too much begging), Calida was allowed to follow with Bruno's hunting clan to gather meat for the mens families. From there she learned how to prepare and make her own bows and arrows, with the help of blacksmiths creating the metal points, or constructing her own should times get tough in the wilderness. Her enjoyment for the wilderness and 'being one with the boys' was blossoming to want to be sided with them, not so much better. The men in return were not so keen with this mindset, and treated her less due to being a woman and being part of 'manly' activities.
The fire burning in her spirit birthed at a young age, where she needed to be strong against any obstacle that could shove her to the ground. Calida isn't a hand-to-hand physical approach of a woman but instead she uses the talent of her clever attitude to either better herself or those around her. To be a typical woman in the outskirted area meant to be a wife who was willing to bear children, but because Bruno disallowed those ambitions from the start Calida had to find her own place somehow. That was to become a huntress suitable to no ones standards but hers.
Life's mission turned upside down in a form of a letter and Calida now must learn to become poise woman within her to grace the people that was presented to her one day to become hers. Never prepared to take this role from the beginning, Calida must trust the fire within her to stay strong as a lone huntress is isolated to adapt for survival.