Gilda Hazlitt is a Seelie Boggan Wilder in the Kingdom of Chalk on the island of Albion.
Overview[]
Gilda was born in Camden to an English doctor and a Japanese violinist and grew up in a home with every comfort. As the oldest of three, she often looked after her younger siblings when her parents were busy and so learned dozens of different recipes for sweets: puddings, pies, biscuits, and cakes. These treats kept the younger ones quiet and happy. Of course, she could cook "real" food, too, and made sure they weren't malnourished. When the time came to choose between university and apprenticing to a pastry chef, there was really no choice.
With that choice, Gilda discovered her true nature and everything turned upside down. She left her apprenticeship and moved to Brighton with her mentor: a kindly old pooka named Cedric. After her Saining she moved to a little flat of her own over a bakery in the North Laines. A few weeks later she met Gladys, who had just acquired a nightclub down by the Pier. The two were inseparable and within a month they swore the Oath of Truehearts to one another.
Now Gilda runs Pandora's Box and makes baklava for Gladys and for festivals. She misses the life she might have had as a pastry chef but she has turned her talents to tending bar.
Personal[]
Gilda fusses over everyone, especially Gladys. She likes nothing more than a good party but there's always a part of you concerned that someone will get hurt. Over time she's learned that nearly any hurt can be fixed and it's better to run the risk that spend your life afraid.
Image[]
Gilda is a plump Asian woman in her early mid-twenties. She has a motherly quality about her that belies her wild spirit. Her clothes tend to run toward flowing silks and bright colors and she's rarely seen without a cocktail in her hand. She often wears long, dangling, gold earrings and sometimes wears her glossy black hair in a bun fixed in place with a pair of lacquered chopsticks. In her fae mien, she looks a little chubbier, though that only serves to make her seem more merry. She wears the same flowing silks and occasionally sticks a cocktail umbrella in her hair.
Treasures[]
She has a hip flask that never runs out of strawberry wine. It helps people "let their hair down" by lowering a person's temporary Banality by one for a scene. Though it never runs out of the liquor, Gladys gripes that after about a keg's worth it gets syrupy and too sweet.
Stats[]
Court: Seelie
Legacies: Crafter/Rogue
Seeming: Wilder
Kith: Boggan
Physical: Strength 2, Dexterity 3, Stamina 3
Social: Charisma 4, Manipulation 3, Appearance 3
Mental: Perception 4, Intelligence 3, Wits 3
Talents: Athletics 3, Brawl 2, Dodge 2, Intimidation 4, Subterfuge 2
Skills: Crafts (Baking) 4, Drive 2
Knowledges: Computer 2, Linguistics 1, Mythlore 2
Backgrounds: Dreamers 2, Gremayre 4, Resources 3
Arts: Legerdemain 4, Primal 2, Wayfare 3
Realms: Actor 3, Scene 3
Glamour: 4
Willpower: 3
Banality: 4
References[]
- CTD/MTAs: Isle of the Mighty, p. 59