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"Well meaning and precocious, underestimated and determined, she sticks her neck out into the face of danger, red hair obscuring her vision but her heart guiding her way." -- Matt
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Genny
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{{Infobox character
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| name      = Genevieve “Genny” Tolleson
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| title    = High Inquisitor Tolleson
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| hair_colour  = Copper Red
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| eye_colour = Green
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| height    = 6’3”
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| build    =  Lanky and lean
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| features  = left-handed, tired
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| birth_date = Jan. 6, 190 AR
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| birth_place  = Orvere, Thessilane
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| profession = Inquisitor, Secretary, Pie-Maker
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}}
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==Description==
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“Well meaning and precocious, underestimated and determined, she sticks her neck out into the face of danger, red hair obscuring her vision but her heart guiding her way.” - Matt
  
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==Appearance==
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Upon meeting Genny you have met a mid-twenty year old woman who is plain, pretty on occasion, and generally polite. However, she is not easily overlooked; with her excessive height and the brilliant hue of her long hair, it’s simply impossible to blend in with a crowd. She is almost ungainly in the lean length of her limbs.
  
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Not one to be considered perfect or lovely, Genny is plain. Pretty, perhaps, but plain. She is forgettable aside from the natural red color of her hair and her height. Standing, she is as tall if not taller than most Myrken men. Her hair is long, the ends of it clap the small of her back when it is worn down. She looks to be shy of twenty, younger when she smiles as the bridge of her nose and cheeks are awash with freckles. Barely noticeable are long, thin scars down either arm, the closure is clean as if the sharpest blade had made them. Freckles and scars aside, she is pale, extremely so, as if she barely leaves indoors, a reasonable assumption as her left-hand fingers are often stained with ink from prolonged periods of writing.
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The finer details include the the delicate freckles dusted over the bridge of her nose and the stains of ink speckling her left hand, which to be fair, stand stark against a pale complexion. Only the truly crafty or the long-time friends would notice the white scars that line her wrist.
  
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Genny’s clothes range to suit her purpose. Though she rarely has time for it of late, as a pie-maker she wears her old, stained dress, a faded blue, a foot too short, and patched in a dozen places from burns and wear. More often she wears a gray that sits perfectly between black and white. A personally symbolic dress, as if it is a uniform; the fabric is nice enough, utility the priority over fashion. It wears from collarbone to ankle, a bland front with a long line of at least a hundred buttons down the back and a black sash worn as a belt with delicate white embroidery on the tails. But of course, since her employment with the Inquisitory her personal clothes have steadily improved, no longer several years old and lacking propriety in length.
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While her attempts to be ladylike are valiant, her clumsiness and lack of balance often betray her as much as her stubborn demeanor. Although her clothes are well made, and of finer fabrics, they’re usually fairly subdued in color. Tailored, floor legth and fitted, her dresses are almost military in there rigid appearance, sometimes worn with a black sash or more casually tied as a decorative belt.
  
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She had only several sets until her tutelage with Rhaena began, now she has an assortment of finer dresses and accessories, most which only come out on the rarest occasion. If at all.
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==Background==
  
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==Origin==
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It is widely known, and physically obvious, that Genny is from Thessilane.
  
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What is known of Genny varies by person. Her employer,[[Glenn_Burnie]], surely has a file the size of a small child, whereas some, like [[Agnieszka Kaczmarek]] need only know she is from [[Thessilane]], to begrudge her. The only daughter of a prominent physician, she has several brothers. Of those that are known, there is Bradford, a doctor himself, working for Christoph and the Lady [[Lamai Carver]] in Thessilane. Then there is her twin brother, Tennant, relatively new to and now living Myrken, wanted by the Thessilane government – a criminal. The first she is fond of, the latter, she despises.
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There are a few who might know her well enough to have the jist of her background. Something along the lines of a noble mother, a hobbyist herbalist or was it a baker? She made pies, I think. Yes. And her father was a physician, one of the best - he served the Duke in Thessilane. They both died in the destruction of [[Orvere]]. No. Only her mother did, her father was some time later - after she had already come to Myrken. She has a bother, or two. Maybe it was six? One of them is a doctor too, [[Bradford]], I think? Like his father, he serves Lady [[Lamai Carver]] and her husband [[Christoph]] in [[Thessilane]]. But [[Tennant]], her twin, he’s the famous one - or infamous I suppose. The thief! Everyone knows she despises him.
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==Timeline==
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'''207 AR''' - To pay for her room, Genny joined the staff of the [[Broken Dagger]]. It took only several hours of spilled drinks before she was sent to the kitchen as a cook, where she excelled as a pie-maker. Her hard work and harsh words for anyone causing trouble made her fast friends with the barmaid, [[Dulcie]].  
  
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==Arrival to Myrken Wood==
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'''208 AR''' - Times become tur
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bulent in Myrken Wood, friends begin to die or become injured. A letter from home is received and Genny leaves for [[Thessilane]].
  
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Genny first arrived to [[Myrken Wood]] in the cool Summer of 207. Rather than seeking someone out or passing through, as the truly intelligent did, she immediately obtained a serving position at the [[Broken Dagger]]. It took only several hours of spilled drinks and ruined meals before she was placed in the kitchen as a cook. Her hard work and harsh words for anyone causing trouble made her fast friends with a maid, [[Dulcie]], who eventually bought the place. Genny’s pies, on the other hand, which have been called legendary, are what endeared her to the gluttonous toymaker, [[Aloisius Treadwell]]. Meanwhile, it was her inability to avoid trouble that formed the unlikely friendship with the, then young, mapmaker, Glenn. It was his frustration, a gifted silver dagger, and a few hot words that might be considered one of several catalysts that prompted her to better herself.
 
  
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It was not the repeated destruction of the bar, the terrifying incident with the blood conjurer, or even The Ashfiend that lead to Genny’s absence. It was a letter. The contents of the letter are not known by many, but what is known, is that it was Fall in the year 209 when she left for Thessilane.  
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'''211 AR''' - Genny returns to [[Myrken Wood]] from [[Thessilane]], encountering the foreboding ‘bodyguard’ [[Giuseppe]] on the porch of the Dagger. Immediately she sets to arguing with [[Glenn Burnie|Glenn]], offending his hired hand, and somehow, subsequently land a job working for [[Aloisius Treadwell]].  
  
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==Return to Myrken Wood==  
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Genny meets and befriends several Dagger regulars, [[Catch]], [[Winifred]], and [[Descant]] and helps to plan the Grand Ball (http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=3590). It was here that she met Lamai’s handsome guard, [[James]], with whom she would have a relationship for several years after.
  
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A great deal of time passed before her return, some warm day of May in 211. And with [[Giuseppe]] as her first encounter, she knew for as much as she had changed, so too had Myrken. On this auspicious day she managed not only to argue with Glenn, offend his hired hand, but also land a job tallying figures for the tax man, Treadwell.  
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Genny researches The Blight, destroying the forest and make a bargain with the druid [[Lilani]] to help restore the woods, ground water, and crops. (http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=3654&start=15)
  
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Her work for him lasted scant weeks, before joining Glenn as a secretary just prior to his ascent to Governor. Since, Genny has worked as a Junior Inquisitor with [[Aleksei River]] at Glenn’s newly devised Inquisitory.  
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The tax vault is broken into, all of Myrken’s gold stolen, and as is it’s Tax Collector, [[Treadwell]]. After linking a poison found at the crime scene to her brother, Genny joins the manhunt to find him. (http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=3615) A bandit camp is found, while some get away she does manage to capture her brother, punch, and arrest him. (http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=3618)
  
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In between investigations, where she was paired with [[Altias Bromn]], [[Cinnabar Calomel]], and long hours buried in the Library, Genny had become good friends with [[Catch]] and[[Zilliah]],  as well as Phlynn,[[Winifred Lawson]], [[Lamai Carver]], and [[Rhaena Olwak]].  While hardly enemies, she has been known to argue, extensively, with [[Elliot Brown]] and Agnie.
 
  
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==Madness==
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'''212 AR''' - After Glenn’s inauguration into Governorship Genny was assigned to the newly formed Inquistory, working with [[Aleksei River]] investigating strange happenings and keeping tabs on some of Myrken’s more dangerous elements. Asked to work with [[Cinnabar Calomel]] she began a long research project to determine how best to handle [[Catch]] and the danger he posed to the town. (http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=3891)
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In an angry outburst, provoked by an argument they were having, Zilliah mentally shared Catch’s mind with Genny. Her mind, however, didn’t have the capacity to process what he shared. The traumatic event has since given her unrelenting nightmares prompting her long-time beau, James, one of [[Lamai Carver]]’s knights, to form a protective barrier around her mind. For many months she practiced alone, until she broke the barrier and was able to communicate with Zilliah, sharing words, mental landscapes, memories and emotions telepathically. With practice and Rhaena’s coaching, she has been able to hone her mental skills, though they are still rudimentary.  
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During a particularly heated argument between her friends, [[Catch]] and [[Zilliah]], Genny attempted to keep the peace and mistakenly got between the two. Frustrated [[Zilliah]] turned his wrath on Genny, forcing into her mind recollections of the madman’s mind. Subsequent years are spent trying to regain her sanity and control a variety of telepathic-like abilities.
  
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*The Storyteller and The Mindwitch
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Genny spends a summer in Thessilane trying to keep [[Catch]] from hurting anyone and spending time with her older brother [[Bradford]], upon return she reveals her expanding mentalist abilities to [[Glenn]] (http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=3854 ). His encouragement prompts her to begin tutelage with [[Rhaena]] to better control her unnaturally obtained mental abilities. (Meeting of Minds: http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=3866)
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The Storyteller herself was of little impact for the Junior Inquisitor who, since Aleksei’s leave earlier in the year, had taken on a larger role of research and clean-up on behalf of the Inquisitory. It wasn’t until Glenn’s mysterious disappearance and Rhaena’s sudden departure from sanity that Genny called on Cinnabar and became friends with [[Seamstress|Gloria]] to learn what had happened. After an exhaustive investigation into [[Stefan Berdini]] and a suspicious instruction from Rhaena’s appointed High Inquisitor,[[Giuseppe|The Man in White]], a book of names, listing all of the [[Swained]] was delivered to [[Ariane Carnath-Emory]] at [[Darkenhold]]. It was here that Genny reached out to Ariane’s mind and conveyed all of the information, including the discovery of [[The Golben]] as a prison, likely used by Rhaena to hold Glenn.
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*Investigating the Black Hour
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'''213 AR''' - Genny works with [[Altias Bromn]] to investigate the [[Storyteller]] and her connection with [[Giuseppe]], meanwhile [[Glenn]] goes missing. [[Rhaena]] takes control of the city and quietly Genny continues her investigations, learning about the [[Golben]] and working with the resistance among the unswained. (http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=4132) (http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=4113)
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As of 214, Glenn as returned, though unrest in Myrken is prevalent.
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In the height of the [[Red and Gold Summer]] Genny forms an unlikely partnership with [[Agnie]] to advance the dwindling resistance, together they plan the final moves to take down [[Rhaena]]. The very next day [[Agnie]]’s mind is overtaken, forcing Genny to seek out their last hope, [[Ariane]]. Already swain, Genny ‘wakes’ her to reveal the truth about Rhaena. (http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=4169) & (http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=4248 ).
  
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[[The Dark Hour]] overtakes Myrken and the “Mindwitch,” [[Rhaena]] is murdered, there are numerous suspects. (http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=4262)
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Suspects continue to be questioned and the search for [[Glenn]] continues. Following the death of [[Rhaena]] and [[Glenn]]’s return, his first public speech, threatening to turn riotous, tests the limits of Genny’s mentalist powers. In an effort to protect [[Glenn]] she sways [[Gloria]] and [[Agnie]]’s emotions, gets punched, and falls off a stage. (http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=4311 ).
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'''214 AR''' - Genny meets with [[Ariane]] and discovers that the essence, or spirit of [[Elliot]] haunts the swordwoman’s dreams. Unsure of her mental powers and still scared from what she had done a month earlier she offers to try and remove him from the stone where he is trapped. (http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=56&t=4322)
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With [[Rhaena]]’s murder unsolved, [[Glenn]]’s retreat to solitude, and the realization that she has started down the same path as [[Rhaena]], Genny becomes untethered. Fearing her mental abilities and that she will hurt others, she retreats into the solitude of the Library where she [[Gloria]] finds her here and they reconcile. (http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=4395)
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'''215 AR''' - Efforts are continued to salvage books from the crumbling library. The pie-maker shares a dream with [[Zilliah]] and [[Elliot]], which allows her to forgive herself and decide to make Myrken better. (http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=4451 )
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'''216 AR''' - After the empowering dream with [[Elliot]], Genny returns to clean, renovate, and re-establish the [[Inquisitory]] and align it’s purpose to protecting the town. (http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=4606 )
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Genny proposes a plan, approved by the Lord Steward [[Treadwell]], to renovate and expand the meeting house. A Thessilanian architect by the name of Walter draws up the plans and construction begins. (http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=51&t=4785)
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Recovered books and a personal collection are re-located to the Inquisitory, to become part of a new library being built as part of the Meeting House renovation project. (http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=4784)
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'''217 AR''' - Now confident in the control over her mental abilities; a revealing letter is sent to [[Glenn]], detailing long-held affections and a plan to seek out [[Kals]]. (http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=4822)
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'''218 AR''' - Genny boldly into the forest to have a conversation with [[Kals]] about [[Rhaena]]’s death and whether or not she, herself, it a threat. (http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=4832)
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==The Present==
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Construction on the meeting house continues, though her affiliation with it remains relatively private. Walter (NPC Architect) and Genny’s page / ward Daryl handle most day-to-day operations. More private than previously, Genny doesn’t get out much, conducting business from her desk and visits are more or less by appointment only.
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Genny

Genevieve “Genny” Tolleson
Information
Title(s) High Inquisitor Tolleson
Hair Colour Copper Red
Eye Colour Green
Height 6’3”
Build Lanky and lean
Notable Features left-handed, tired
Born Jan. 6, 190 AR
Orvere, Thessilane
Profession Inquisitor, Secretary, Pie-Maker

Description

“Well meaning and precocious, underestimated and determined, she sticks her neck out into the face of danger, red hair obscuring her vision but her heart guiding her way.” - Matt

Upon meeting Genny you have met a mid-twenty year old woman who is plain, pretty on occasion, and generally polite. However, she is not easily overlooked; with her excessive height and the brilliant hue of her long hair, it’s simply impossible to blend in with a crowd. She is almost ungainly in the lean length of her limbs.

The finer details include the the delicate freckles dusted over the bridge of her nose and the stains of ink speckling her left hand, which to be fair, stand stark against a pale complexion. Only the truly crafty or the long-time friends would notice the white scars that line her wrist.

While her attempts to be ladylike are valiant, her clumsiness and lack of balance often betray her as much as her stubborn demeanor. Although her clothes are well made, and of finer fabrics, they’re usually fairly subdued in color. Tailored, floor legth and fitted, her dresses are almost military in there rigid appearance, sometimes worn with a black sash or more casually tied as a decorative belt.

Background

It is widely known, and physically obvious, that Genny is from Thessilane.

There are a few who might know her well enough to have the jist of her background. Something along the lines of a noble mother, a hobbyist herbalist or was it a baker? She made pies, I think. Yes. And her father was a physician, one of the best - he served the Duke in Thessilane. They both died in the destruction of Orvere. No. Only her mother did, her father was some time later - after she had already come to Myrken. She has a bother, or two. Maybe it was six? One of them is a doctor too, Bradford, I think? Like his father, he serves Lady Lamai Carver and her husband Christoph in Thessilane. But Tennant, her twin, he’s the famous one - or infamous I suppose. The thief! Everyone knows she despises him.

Timeline

207 AR - To pay for her room, Genny joined the staff of the Broken Dagger. It took only several hours of spilled drinks before she was sent to the kitchen as a cook, where she excelled as a pie-maker. Her hard work and harsh words for anyone causing trouble made her fast friends with the barmaid, Dulcie.

208 AR - Times become tur bulent in Myrken Wood, friends begin to die or become injured. A letter from home is received and Genny leaves for Thessilane.


211 AR - Genny returns to Myrken Wood from Thessilane, encountering the foreboding ‘bodyguard’ Giuseppe on the porch of the Dagger. Immediately she sets to arguing with Glenn, offending his hired hand, and somehow, subsequently land a job working for Aloisius Treadwell.

Genny meets and befriends several Dagger regulars, Catch, Winifred, and Descant and helps to plan the Grand Ball (http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=3590). It was here that she met Lamai’s handsome guard, James, with whom she would have a relationship for several years after.

Genny researches The Blight, destroying the forest and make a bargain with the druid Lilani to help restore the woods, ground water, and crops. (http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=3654&start=15)

The tax vault is broken into, all of Myrken’s gold stolen, and as is it’s Tax Collector, Treadwell. After linking a poison found at the crime scene to her brother, Genny joins the manhunt to find him. (http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=3615) A bandit camp is found, while some get away she does manage to capture her brother, punch, and arrest him. (http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=3618)


212 AR - After Glenn’s inauguration into Governorship Genny was assigned to the newly formed Inquistory, working with Aleksei River investigating strange happenings and keeping tabs on some of Myrken’s more dangerous elements. Asked to work with Cinnabar Calomel she began a long research project to determine how best to handle Catch and the danger he posed to the town. (http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=3891)

During a particularly heated argument between her friends, Catch and Zilliah, Genny attempted to keep the peace and mistakenly got between the two. Frustrated Zilliah turned his wrath on Genny, forcing into her mind recollections of the madman’s mind. Subsequent years are spent trying to regain her sanity and control a variety of telepathic-like abilities.

Genny spends a summer in Thessilane trying to keep Catch from hurting anyone and spending time with her older brother Bradford, upon return she reveals her expanding mentalist abilities to Glenn (http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=3854 ). His encouragement prompts her to begin tutelage with Rhaena to better control her unnaturally obtained mental abilities. (Meeting of Minds: http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=3866)


213 AR - Genny works with Altias Bromn to investigate the Storyteller and her connection with Giuseppe, meanwhile Glenn goes missing. Rhaena takes control of the city and quietly Genny continues her investigations, learning about the Golben and working with the resistance among the unswained. (http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=4132) (http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=4113)

In the height of the Red and Gold Summer Genny forms an unlikely partnership with Agnie to advance the dwindling resistance, together they plan the final moves to take down Rhaena. The very next day Agnie’s mind is overtaken, forcing Genny to seek out their last hope, Ariane. Already swain, Genny ‘wakes’ her to reveal the truth about Rhaena. (http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=4169) & (http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=4248 ).

The Dark Hour overtakes Myrken and the “Mindwitch,” Rhaena is murdered, there are numerous suspects. (http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=4262)

Suspects continue to be questioned and the search for Glenn continues. Following the death of Rhaena and Glenn’s return, his first public speech, threatening to turn riotous, tests the limits of Genny’s mentalist powers. In an effort to protect Glenn she sways Gloria and Agnie’s emotions, gets punched, and falls off a stage. (http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=4311 ).


214 AR - Genny meets with Ariane and discovers that the essence, or spirit of Elliot haunts the swordwoman’s dreams. Unsure of her mental powers and still scared from what she had done a month earlier she offers to try and remove him from the stone where he is trapped. (http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=56&t=4322)

With Rhaena’s murder unsolved, Glenn’s retreat to solitude, and the realization that she has started down the same path as Rhaena, Genny becomes untethered. Fearing her mental abilities and that she will hurt others, she retreats into the solitude of the Library where she Gloria finds her here and they reconcile. (http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=4395)


215 AR - Efforts are continued to salvage books from the crumbling library. The pie-maker shares a dream with Zilliah and Elliot, which allows her to forgive herself and decide to make Myrken better. (http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=4451 )


216 AR - After the empowering dream with Elliot, Genny returns to clean, renovate, and re-establish the Inquisitory and align it’s purpose to protecting the town. (http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=4606 )

Genny proposes a plan, approved by the Lord Steward Treadwell, to renovate and expand the meeting house. A Thessilanian architect by the name of Walter draws up the plans and construction begins. (http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=51&t=4785)

Recovered books and a personal collection are re-located to the Inquisitory, to become part of a new library being built as part of the Meeting House renovation project. (http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=4784)


217 AR - Now confident in the control over her mental abilities; a revealing letter is sent to Glenn, detailing long-held affections and a plan to seek out Kals. (http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=4822)


218 AR - Genny boldly into the forest to have a conversation with Kals about Rhaena’s death and whether or not she, herself, it a threat. (http://brokendagger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=4832)

The Present

Construction on the meeting house continues, though her affiliation with it remains relatively private. Walter (NPC Architect) and Genny’s page / ward Daryl handle most day-to-day operations. More private than previously, Genny doesn’t get out much, conducting business from her desk and visits are more or less by appointment only.


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