Name |
Lunette Lokisdottir |
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Species |
European red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) |
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Sex |
Female |
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Age |
Later Twenties |
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Hair |
Red |
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Eye colour |
Blue |
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Lunette Lokisdottir, as her last name might suggest, is the descendant of red squirrels endemic to a colder northerly climate and culture-group somewhat comparable to the Scandinavian regions of Earth. In the ancient past, her ancestral people were sometimes feared as seafaring raiders. In reality, they largely gave this up after a relatively brief time when they realized that trade networking was more lucrative. Short summers combined with the nature of squirrels shaped their traditional cuisine, causing them to rely largely on foods suited to wild harvesting or growing renewably in the cold. Hardwood and pine tree nuts, fishing, and insects were all common ingredients. Lunette's parents still served these foods when they could get them in Simha.
Lunette doesn't say a lot about the specifics of her background before joining the RIS as a detective, but she's said to have a history as a "fixer." This started in her college days, when she found a peculiar talent for "fixing" compromising or embarrassing problems for other students. A scandal when one such fix ended up going off course almost prevented her from finishing college. She nonetheless scraped through to finish a lackluster degree in accounting without much enthusiasm (her parents said it was a safe choice). After a period of continuing to "fix problems" for (not particularly good) pay after college and a couple of close calls with the disreputable clients this kind of work brought her, she realized that most of "fixing" was just private investigating to dig up information and decided it was time to go into above-board work with less danger and a steady paycheck as a legitimate PI.
She generally carries a snub-nosed .38 Special revolver while on the job.
Roasted and fried insects and arthropods are something Lunette looks forward to when she can get them, owing to her parents serving these traditional squirrel foods occasionally when she was growing up.
