Ilia Forsmith

Overview
The dwarven Guardian of Fire, Ilia is a feisty, passionate bundle of brawn. She lives in Faurge, up in the tallest mountain (imaginatively named Faurge Mountain), as the cook of King Aenid. She says she could indeed beat the shit out of him and take the throne for herself, but she likes cooking and she likes getting paid, so she's happy where she is. She's married to the most esteemed blacksmith in perhaps all of Ilragorn, Rilladin Forsmith - and as dwarves are already incredibly adept at smithing, being the best of the best brings in a lot of coin. Between them, the Forsmiths are incredibly rich.

Description
Ilia is short but packed with muscle (and a little fat but don't ever tell her that), with dark skin contrasted by her strikingly bright red eyes and hair, which is tied up into a very untidy bun. When she isn't wearing her cook's garments she's wearing her dragonriding outfit, comprised of leather chestplate, gloves and boots, thick, tough trousers and a fearsome whip as quick and sharp as her wit. She does sometimes wear goggles but usually if she's working in her husband's forge.

Beliefs
Few and far between, even though she was personally appointed Guardian by the gods. Only one she has tenuous belief in is Rorinxes, the god of dragons.

Lifestyle and Job
As the head cook for King Aenid, Ilia's kept pretty busy, barking orders to her subordinates while also helping to prepare feasts and consult the king on what the feast should even be. He pays decently.

At the family forge she is Rilladin's right-hand woman, using her fire magic to blast metal and her raw strength to hammer it into shape. There is a noticeable difference between her finished work and Rilladin's finished work, but he often goes back over her sword or her armour and gives it the final touches, before giving her equal credit when he sells it.

Guardianship
Ilia is the Guardian of Fire. Apart from general dwarven magic she also has incredibly powerful fire magic, such as Flame, Fireball, Firestream and Wildfire - the last spell being too powerful and destructive to use. She makes sure that fire-based magic is kept in check and that physical fire, lava and magma don't spiral out of control; she does most of this just by existing so she doesn't have to do much. She has innate control over fire and incendiary substances like magma, so if something does go awry she can (hopefully) take control of the situation.