Personality

Illyria is not a forthright woman; she is usually just slightly hesitant to say her opinion, except when she feels deeply about it. She is not quick to anger, but if taunted enough will blow her top completely- she has a surprisingly large vocabulary of insults.

She can be incredibly stubborn willful, and is a bit scared of admitting that she's wrong. She is usually fairly easygoing, but has a rather cynical view of law and 'righteousness'. She doesn't believe that law is actually just- it mostly lines the Nobles' pockets, keeping the rich rich and the poor poor.

She doesn't give trust easily, as much as she may want to. There are some people, however, whom she will instantly trust for one reason or another- it may be the way they hold themselves, the way they speak, the way they act, any number of things.

Speech Patterns

Having grown up in an elven society but with a human father (for a short time, at least) Illyria speaks both Elven and Common fluently. She prefers to speak common, as speaking in Elven reminds her of things she would rather not remember.

Most often, she doesn't compress words, and doesn't often use slang terms. However, she has been on the mainland where slang Common is more, well, common, so she does sometimes compress words - 'they would' 'they'd' etcetera.

She doesn't ever stutter; but when she is utterly shocked she often repeats key words in the sentence, eg.