ULLA IRONSHIELD
DwarvesCheese Maker
"Cheese is patience made edible. You can't rush it, can't force it. You just create the right conditions and wait. The cheese tells you when it's ready.""
Identity
- Residence
- Baragorn - The Cheese Caves
- Civilization
- Dwarves
Appearance
• Physical: Stout with strong arms and a permanent smell of cheese. Her clothes are always slightly damp. • Clothing: Work clothes suitable for cave work, tools always at hand, and always a cheese sample in her pocket. • Distinguishing Marks: Hands that can judge cheese by feel, a nose that knows when cheese is ready, and a mind that thinks in aging and cultures.
Relationships
- Family - Her husband (handles sales), her children (one cheese maker, one who left for the surface)
- Allies - The Cheese Makers Guild, those who appreciate good cheese
- Rivals - Mass producers of cheap cheese
Personality
- Traits: Patient, genuinely passionate about cheese, surprisingly knowledgeable about biology, fiercely proud of her product
- Mannerisms: Always has cheese to taste, tests aging wheels constantly, speaks of cheese like children
- Voice: Warm and enthusiastic, with the satisfaction of honest craft
Backstory
Ulla has been making cheese for decades, from simple varieties to complex aged wheels that are sought by connoisseurs. Her cheese caves are carefully controlled environments where she coaxes flavor from milk. She believes cheese making is both science and art.
Daily Life
Tends her cheese caves through the day, turns and tests aging wheels, sells to customers in the evening, and spends nights monitoring her caves.
Story Hooks
- 1 She needs help obtaining an unusual milk source for her experiments
- 2 Someone is sabotaging her cheese caves
Narrative Value
Source of cheese, quest giver for food-related missions, potential ally with unique products ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════