First Person Survey for:  Euryleia (U-reel-e-a)

Name Given at Birth: Euryleia "Woman Wanderer"

Nicknames: Hipp-"Horse", or Legs

Hometown or where you were born: Under a temporary lean-to shelter in a forest.

Current Residence: Where ever the hunting is good.

Age: 25 summers

Class: 

What do you do, your main function in life/society: I hunt & fish for barter.

Have you ever gone skinny-dipping / do you know how to swim: Yes, I know how to swim very well, and I only go "skinny-dipping" when I bathe.

Do you make fun of people: Only those who are weak make fun of others to make themselves feel stronger.

Favorite Color: Black, as is the night when everything truly comes alive.

Have you ever committed or been convicted of a crime: Only if looking good is a crime.

Closest friends/How did you meet: Gunnar. We met in a barter's marketplace and became interested in each other's hunting techniques and, after further conversation, fighting styles. We ventured out on a hunt together the next morn and have been friends ever since.

One Pillow or two: My softest fur hide stuffed with hay or brush, whichever is available at the time.

Pets: My fawn hide, blonde maned 4 year old stallion I raised from a foal Thrasher, my 2 hunting dogs - River & Breeze, and Fisher, a white & silver colored weasel pup I took pity on after I killed his dam when she went for my freshly caught fish.

Favorite Type of Music: Rhythmic drums and reed pipes.

Hobbies/Pastimes: I like to hunt, fish, ride, and swim.

Personal Hygiene: When there is water, I bathe. Unless I am on the hunt, and that is when I wear the sent of the animals which enables me to get closer to them than would my own natural scent.

Favorite Food: Meat!

Are your parents alive, do you get along with them: They are dead.

If your parents are dead, when and how did they die: In my 11th summer, my family's camp was crashed by raiders for our food, supplies and stock. I wanted to stay and help fight them off, but my mother bid me hide in the near by woods and she would be after me shortly. I hid for 2 days. Under the cover of darkness on the 3rd night, I crept to the site of our leveled camp and there discovered the beaten bodies of my parents lashed to the support pillars of what was left of our lodge.

Favorite place to relax: In the boughs of a large shady tree.

Favorite Holy Day / Why: The Summer Solstice, because it is the celebration of birth and life.

Favorite Drink: Mead, when I can get it.

What's your bedtime: When I am tired.

What, if anything, do you usually wear on your feet: Brown, knee high, fur lined, laced, moccasin boots.

Are you married or single: I have yet to find my life mate.

Do you have a family / who are they: My family is a far away tribe of Amazons who banished my mother for what they said was," abandoning the traditions".

Favorite Entertainment: Watching males fight over females.

Favorite Subject in School or Chore growing up: Caring for the horses of my family.

Least Favorite Subject in School or Chore growing up: Washing the clothes of my family.

Favorite Sport: Baiting large game.

Most Humiliating Moment: It was the harvest season of my 9th year. I was involved in a contest with some local village boys of hitting a stump about 20 steps away with rocks. I noticed that a few of them were off to one side whispering amongst themselves, when one of them walked up to me whilst I was in mid throw, and kissed me!

Proudest Moment: I was fishing a river alone when a large bear decided he wished to partake of my freshly caught game and fish. I wrestled it and killed it with only my boot dagger.

Craziest Person or silliest you know: No one is more odd than I.

What do you look for in the opposite sex: Strong of body and mind, (but not too smart, wouldn't want him getting any ideas of dominating me!), and he must like animals.

In our Hierarchical Society everybody has somebody "over" them, Who is your immediate "overlord" No one can rule a wild spirit!

Favorite Sport to watch: The male and female courtship.

Do you remember your first kiss: I gave him a bloody nose, a black eye, a fat lip, and I knocked him on his a$$.

Do you keep in touch with your childhood friends: We moved around too much for me to make any lasting friends.

Where is your favorite "Vacation" spot: A beautiful, secluded valley where the mornings are misty and the rain is warm.

Have you ever been overseas: I came from a small port in Spain where I bartered passage for my horse and hid myself amongst the cargo to come to this country.

Do you have Dirt/Mud floors or Stone: All of the earth I walk and sleep upon.

What is your bed made of: Earth, straw, hay or brush, and skins & furs.

How many people sleep in your bed: Depends on how cold it is.

1. Loves animals, but also knows the need for food and clothing.

2. Despite appearances, is shy.

3. Has big feet!

4. Sleeps with a dagger in hand.

5. Would like to wear the gowns of a noble woman, just once.

6. With enough sun, hair turns from dark brown to red to blonde from the tips up.

7. When a confrontation occurs, prefers to ride horse for a few hours than to kill someone.

8. Secretly wants to find a life-long mate.

9. Is not fond of milk.

10. Knows how to read and write a little.