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Simon the Blacksmith

Hello, my name is Simon. I am 18 years old, standing 6 feet 2 inches tall, with broad shoulders, powerful chest, and muscular arms. My blond hair, is usually tied up in a pony tail to keep it out of my pale blue eyes. I have been told that, my face is pleasing to look upon, by the females around home. My skin is tan from long hours in the sun working around my Mothers farm.
My father is a solder, while I wanted to follow in his footsteps, my Mother forbade it. To appease her and so that I could have a connection to Father as well, I was apprenticed to the local blacksmith at the age of 12, where I spent the next 6 years learning this craft to the best of my ability, specializing in making weapons. To ensure that the balance, length, weight, and width of each weapon was perfect, I was also instructed in the use of these weapons, by my Father and his fellow solders. Now that my apprenticeship is over I am a journeyman blacksmith looking to start my way in the world. Being the son of a solder, I learned early on the value of making lasting alliances with trustworthy people. Alliances are a two way street, that should benefit both parties equally.

Blacksmith Simon

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While still in shock after losing Mother, I stumbled as the Captain of the Guard rode by me on a horse. Luckily for me a comely wench broke my fall. After helping her up and, brushing the dust off our clothes, I apologized and introduced myself to her. She told me her name was Cynthia, and had to confess that my mother had hired her to keep an eye on me as I was on my own for the first time. This confession, led to me asking how she knew mother. Cynthia, explained that my mother used to do needlepoint for her in exchange for coin and information from town. Cynthia was in her early twenty's, well endowed and had long straight black hair. Her eyes were such a light brown color, that they almost looked gold. I think I fell a little in love with Cynthia just from staring into those eyes, but I digress. Cynthia heard my stomach growling, and led me to the tavern where she worked, I ordered a feast and a room for the night, from my dwindling funds. She sat down with me after I finished my meal and introduced me to some people, where I received my first job as a jeweler. In case you were, wondering working as a jeweler is tedious work, while crafting the various bits of jewelry I had plenty of time to think on the face that Mother decided to hire Cynthia to spy on me. At first I was upset, after all I am a grown man able to take care of myself, after giving it some more thought, having someone that could advise me, was just plain good sense. Now I had to wonder what Cynthia hoped to gain by advising me, did she secretly want me to take her with me if, I made something of myself or was she planing on leading me down a path of destruction? Either way I will take her with me, if I end up ruling the Kingdom she will have a place by side, be it my wife or trusted advisor. If she ends up leading me down a path that leads to my destruction, know this, I will move mountains to make sure she is by my side there as well! My day of work is over, all I can think of is looking in to Cynthia eyes again and hearing if she has any advice, on where I should go from here.