Laffent Ferrl

Laffent Ferrl, Crusher First Class, is a roccoa officer in Suitov Iceheart's Dark Army.

Appearance

Tall, straight back, strong stance, short-cropped light brown hair, lively burnt sienna eyes.

Often cheerful and robust in a Nordie sort of way. She has a great range of skeptical expressions too.

Laffent is actually something of a classical roccoa beauty. Wide hips, a strong jaw and both upper and lower body strength are all considered attractive in a woman.

Pronunciation

Ferrl is pronounced with a schwa* before the L (like in 'referral', but shorter - perhaps closer to how an American English speaker would pronounce 'furl'). Laffent is stressed equally on both syllables.

Clothing and armament

In uniform

Ferrl is a longbowman, though she occasionally mixes it in with infantry.

When in uniform but not in armour, she'll be seen in a black-and-gold tunic and black riding leggings, with boots and sometimes gloves (light, not gauntlet).

As an archer she's normally in light armour for movement's sake. When she gets in close and dirty she wears heavier stuff; rocca are strong enough to be kitted out very solidly. An archer's helmet has large eyeholes for visibility, though the design protects the eyes as well as possible otherwise.

She always has a standard longsword. Her bow is absolutely huge. Nobody human or faleigh size could string or bend it.

Background

Ferrl is from the roccoa-ruled continent on Shade. She claims to have been the knacker in her (extended) family.

She has a younger brother, also a soldier.

Quotables

"Bollocks and pebbledash!"

--[Laffent's first ever words on a storyboard] (which may be abandoned or continued; either way the quotation is certainly characteristic...)

Stories

• Will feature in Twine Wars
• Less earth-shatteringly, is in Shopping Trip

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* a schwa is a [neutral vowel sound], like the e in 'kitten' and 'Laffent'