#as always if you have any thoughts or questions about Bea or Ailyah or the world they live in

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Who wants to hear more about my OC Beatrix? Great! Here we go!

I’ve been thinking recently about Bea as a character, and I realized I’ve only ever really written her kind of annoyed with her goddess or otherwise being Very Serious, and so I asked myself, “what makes her happy?” This was actually a tough question to answer, because up until then I had only thought of two characteristics for Bea: Annoyed at Ailyah, and Serious Expert Healer. But she must have things she likes, things that make her happy. So I decided that she likes to knit.

As a foundling of Ailyah, one of her duties was to knit things for the poor (and for the other temple residents; Ailyah is a winter goddess, after all), and she was actually not great at it. The other Sisters were all too happy to relieve her of fibrecrafts duties once she showed such an aptitude for Healing She struggles with more complicated patterns, and thinks ‘gauge’ is something that applies to other people. They never told her she sucked, though, so she just kept it up and is now an amateur knitter. Bea can make a mean (stocking stitch) scarf, and a pretty good hat. Her sweaters are wearable, even! Just don’t ask her to make any socks or mittens -- “they’re too fiddly” -- and you’re golden!

Part of her vows as a Crow-Healer of Ailyah is to wear all black, but she still likes to use brightly-coloured yarn to knit. She mostly just gives her bright creations away. This possibly stems from the time, when she was very small, when an older Sister gave her a hand-knit cream-coloured stuffed bear to help keep her nightmares and childish fears away. She still has him, and talks to him in place of keeping a personal diary. His name is Brambleberry.