Character Sheet:<br/><br/>Character name: Tamen (Ayshia's father)<br/><br/>Played By: Nim<br/><br/>Age: 36<br/><br/>Position in lodge: Carver/Spear and Bow maker<br/><br/>Hearth: Crane<br/><br/><br/>(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vwAd72qE7xY/T6JadgNLrNI/AAAAAAAABAE/eha6hrzh3HM/s1600/marco+hietala.jpg)(http://th03.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2012/291/2/4/marco_hietala_by_crazyevilgirlie-d5i69b9.jpg)<br/><br/>Model: Marco Hietala of Nightwish<br/><br/>Description : 5'11" around 200 lbs.  Extremely long dirty blonde hair which falls nearly to his waist with a long full beard more often than not worn in two long braids which hung down from either side of his chin.  With his somewhat high forehead and full rounded cheeks (especially when he smiles) Tamen makes for a striking figure.<br/><br/><br/>Character Personality: Tamen by nature is rather quiet and soft spoken.  Some would call him the strong silent type. With a deep seriousness about him which if one did not know him well could be mistaken for anger.  Although must would agree that one of his strongest traits was the love and devotion he held for the daughter of his spirit.  It was a love which spilled over towards his camp most of whom he had spent all of his life with and around.  More than willing to lend an ear. But is a true stickler for detail with a deep reverence for nature which is easily seen in his carvings and bead work.<br/><br/>Hobbies - Interests: Being a Master Carver Tamen is rarely if ever seen without a sharp knife in one hand and something to carve in the other.  Whether he be working with wood or bone it didn't really matter to him.  He understood their properties and to which use each of them was best suited for.  With a mind for experimentation and the continual thirst for any knowledge which would benefit his craft.  Absolutely loving the challenge of improving their weapons or just plane honing his skills to the best of ability.<br/><br/><hr/><hr/><br/>Character Sheet:<br/><br/>Character name: Vanyel<br/><br/>Played By: Nim<br/><br/>Age: 32<br/><br/>Position in lodge:  The Shamans husband<br/><br/>Hearth:  Mammoth<br/><br/>Description :<br/>(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_flvBI2iuCqo/S-5WN8KXADI/AAAAAAAAAb0/c9lODQTcIIM/s1600/Russell-Crowe_1.jpg)<br/>Model: Russell Crowe<br/><br/>Vanyel stands around 5'9" weighs 168 lbs.  With shoulder length wavy brown hair and eye brows.  For the most part Vanyel keeps his beard well trimmed except during the winter season when he lets it grow out a little longer.  Within the depths of his expressive green eyes it is easy for one to see that Vanyel is a truly kind and caring man.<br/><br/><br/>Character Personality: Vanyel was the oldest son of a Shaman from The Fox Camp.  From his mother he learned everything she knew about healing from curing mild headaches, mending broken limbs and even some more advanced surgical techniques which had been in use at the time.  From his father he had learned how to hunt and make clothing out of the furs and skins from the animals they hunted.<br/><br/>During his mothers training he developed all of the traits one might expect to find in a Shaman.  However because of birth defect which left him with little voice capabilities he never finished formal training to become a shaman himself.  It wasn't that he couldn't speak so much as the fact he could not speak any louder than a soft whisper which often sounded somewhat ruff and harsh around the edges.  It was a set back that he had been told could be over come or over looked and not affect his position but he was not comfortable with the idea feeling himself to be inadequate to the full task of being a Shaman.<br/><br/>In order to avoid having to be to close within anyone's personal private space his mother and father had taught him and their camp a special sign language that he could use to speak more openly to the rest of the camp without having to lean in to whisper into peoples ears.  These limits often making him feel very self conscious and more of a burden than an actual benefit to his camp.  A fact that made him work even harder at proving to himself his own self worth.  Whatever activity he undertook he pored himself completely into the task at hand.  Always striving to do everything to the best of his abilities.<br/><br/>Vanyel was a relatively new addition to the Wolf Camp.  Having only lived there for 5 years with the woman he met and fell in love with during one summer meeting.  His beautiful Oena whom he loved dearly and would do anything in the world for her if he thought it would please her or make her happy in some way.  Outside of their personal sleeping space like everyone else he calls her Mammut.  Inside their personal sleeping place is the only place he still uses her given name.<br/><br/>Vanyel's speech difficulties also led him to be a rather quiet individual who did far more listening than he ever did talking.  His first couple years with his new Camp were filled with the difficulties of teaching them his sign language.  But with Mammut's help who had alread learned it from Vanyel's Shaman the process was much easier than it might have been other wise.<br/><br/>It was also because of the use of this sign language that Vanyel had a unique encounter with the flatheads or the Clan as they called themselves.  He had been on a hunting trip with a couple of his friends from the Wolf Camp as a young man when one of them had tripped over an unseen root and broke his leg in two places.  While working on the mans leg two flatheads approached cautiously and offered help in the form of splints and leather.<br/><br/>Vanyel had been surprised to see them using hand signals which were similar to his own yet also very different in their full expression as these men seemed to speak not only with their hands but with their whole body as well.  Vanyel learned that these flatheads or clan members had a cave not all that far out of the boundaries of the the lands the Wolf Camp considered to be their own.  And over the course of ten years he had learned how to speak not only that particular caves language but also the ancient form which could be spoken to any clan member any where in the world.  The thought that this was possible had been almost over whelming and was one which Vanyel and his Shaman had spent many nights in discussion about.<br/><br/>Hobbies - Interests: His two largest interests are medicine and leather work.  His leather work of course included making clothing but also included making cooking pots and tents for the camp.  Vanyel was also interested in bead work which he spent a fair amount of his time during the winter months when they were confined to the lodge to work on.  He also really enjoyed going out with Mammut when she went to gather her herbs or just taking a walk for the fun of it.  He also enjoyed swimming and other various physical activities and games which the Wolf Camp joined in together.  Whether it be races or other competitions he just enjoyed being active during the spring and summer months.<br/><br/><br/><hr/><hr/><br/><br/>Character Sheet:<br/><br/>Character name: Lorna<br/><br/>Played By: Nim<br/><br/>Age: 38<br/><br/>Position in lodge:  Headwoman<br/><br/>Hearth: Reindeer Hearth<br/><br/><br/>(http://www.aceshowbiz.com/images/wennpic/sela-ward-2011-moca-gala-01.jpg)<br/><br/>Model: Sela Ward<br/><br/>Description :  Lorna stands around 5'7", weight (she'll never tell ~grins~) those she has a full womanly figure.  Lorna has straight with only a hint of waviness, long very dark brown hair.  Dark brown eye brows with light brown eyes.  With a strong jaw line and high cheek bones.<br/><br/><br/>Character Personality: Lorna is generally a very happy and bubbly woman filled with love and compassion for her 5 children.  Her oldest daughter is a young woman awaiting her first rights with bright anticipation.  Dalia her 13 year old daughter that positively dotes after her older sister emulating and idolizing the young woman.  Dustin the 7 year old son who can never make up his mind as to what he wants to be when he grows up.  Then finally the 5 year old twins Thomas a little boy so full of energy he keeps the whole camp on their toes with his antics and non stop questions and his quieter twin sister Tamarah who loves basket weaving and gathering flowers.<br/><br/>Even with her own large family to look after the headwoman still has enough love and compassion to share with the people of the Wolf Camp which she co-leads with her younger brother Kerr.  Lorna is a both a stern and fair leader never afraid to speak her mind when she feels the need to do so.<br/><br/>And though she tries very hard never to show it in public and especially not in front of her children.  Lorna mourns the loss of her estranged husband who one day up and walked out of the lodge 3 months before the twins had been born and had not been seen since except very briefly on a couple of occasions at the first couple of summer meetings immediately following his disappearance.<br/><br/>Hobbies - Interests: Her greatest interest outside of her family and caring for the camp is cooking.  If there is a feast to be held Lorna is right there in the middle of everything cooking up a storm.  Quite often experimenting with new herbs and different methods of cooking.  And is widely known through out most of the camps for her special talents of making some of the best blackberry wine any one could possibly ask for.<br/><br/>However with the needs of her family and the Camp always being looked to first Lorna truly never has developed any true hobbies of her own other than cooking.  Although she enjoys trying her hand at other skills during the long winter months when there is little for anyone to do but sit around talking while working on projects.  Her projects rarely come out quite the way she plans but she is always the first to laugh at her own mistakes and not let them get the best of her.  The important part to her is just being with the rest of the camp.  Sharing in this time when they all really have time to sit and talk with one another without having to worry about who's going to go hunting and gathering for at least a few months out of the year.