<div class="floatright">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/c/c6/Red_haired_girl_in_armor_fighting_a_giant_serpent.jpeg)</div><strong>Shaylee Heartfire</strong><br/><br/>Unlike many dwarves, Shaylee never apprenticed to a craft guild.  Instead, she studied the arts of healing.  Saranrae's dogma of compassion and mercy tempered by defending the innocent and scourging the unrighteous had always appealed to her, and her lack of crafting abilities put her soul less in line with the dwarven god Torag.<br/><br/>Ten years into her apprenticeship with the healers--at thirty-five, she became a formal servant of Saranrae, learning to wield the power she granted, and putting aside axe and hammer for Saranrae's favored scimitar.<br/><br/>In her fiftieth year, at the completion of her apprenticeship, Shaylee sought a new amulet of faith from the jeweler clans.  She leered of a girl her age who'd just completed her aprenticeship.  Hildegard was said to be equally skilled with spell, steal, and jeweler's tools.<br/><br/>Intrigued, she found the girl and commissioned her new amulet forged of gold and colorful crystal.  She took the opportunity to get to know Hildegard better, for she had few friends outside her clan and priesthood.<br/><br/>They had several meals together while Hildegard did the work.  When it was done, Hildegard also gave her a pair of earrings as a token of friendship.<br/><br/>It turned out Shaylee was nervous about piercings, and Hildegard teased her gently and helped her through it.  After that, they enrolled to take militia duty together.  Their friendship grew over the next five years, come from shared adventures, intimate baths, and mutual exchanges of gifts.<br/><br/>Though it had been a few weeks ago, Shaylee was still blushing at the latest gift.  Beneath her feminine breastplate, she now had beautiful gold and ruby nipple studs...<br/><br/>As they approached Dagnabit's table, Shaylee paused to whisper in her friend's ear, "I know I'm being stupid, but I keep imagining everyone in this bar knows what's under my armor and is staring right through it.”<br/>