Matillis



"And all such things as are hid and not foreseen, I have learned: for wisdom, which is the worker of all things, taught me... For wisdom is more active than all active things: and reacheth everywhere by reason of her purity."

-- Wisdom of Solomon 7:21, 24

Character description (current)
In her bare feet -- which is to say always -- Matillis barely scrapes five feet tall. Her skin is pale, and her black eyes have the overlarge, luminous look of the hungry. Her hair is dark and uneven; with several months' growth since her last hasty haircut, the whole mess just brushes her shoulders.

She did not bring much with her to Terrapin, and she still has little. She wears a chemise of woven hemp, its hem well-frayed. Beneath her shift, a strand of wooden prayer beads hangs around her neck. Atop that she wears a simple tabard of sorts, a gift from Elder Wells and the village. The rough fabric is colored with the village's own indigo, its only decoration narrow bands of resist-dyed patterning at the neckline and hem.

Though not very disposed to physical activity, Matillis is seldom at rest. Her eyes are always seeking out the next puzzle to ponder, or else they are gazing here and there, unfocused, while her mind unpicks some new dilemma. She is often ready with a question or with a counterpoint -- that is, when she's not too busy brooding, or filling new pages in her makeshift book.

Character history:
Matillis Gabranticorii (English: Matilde of Bridlington) entered Bridlington Priory as a novice in 1263, when she was 17. She took her first vows a year later, and by 1265 had petitioned to be granted enclosure. Her petition was granted, and she has served as the anchorite of Bridlington Church for five years since.

Current events:
-- to be expounded upon, in length, when I remember to take my notes home from Mark's --

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