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#CMRN Character Profile: Ailie Rademacher
Name/Nickname/Pronouns: Ailis Aldith Rademacher, she/her (she’ll accept Ailis in formal situations, but vastly prefers Ailie)
Magical Being Type: Hereditary witch; her family specializes in food magic. Ailie’s in particular centers around feeling out flavor profiles and undercurrents in food, seeing what goes well together and sensing what people will most enjoy.
Age turned in 2019: 27
Gender/Sexuality: Cis female, gay
Profession: Baker; she owns a bakery downtown and supplies several local coffee shops and, occasionally, restaurants.
Family: Unnamed Rademacher parents and an identical twin sister, Lisette, as well as brother-in-law Ty. She’s close to her parents, though appreciates a bit of independence from them (they’re a little disappointed neither daughter wanted to work at their restaurant); Lis is her best friend in the world and the person who knows her better than she knows herself. She’s also extremely fond of Ty, mostly insomuch as he makes Lis happy. Through her witchy founding ancestor, she’s distantly related to the brewery witches and considers them family.
Important Relationships to Other Characters: Anabel (and eventually Cy) is her roommate; Aurora is her ex. She’s pretty friendly with everyone in general, especially people with whom she grew up in Hexham.
Other Relevant Character Notes: She’s currently trying to figure out how to evoke emotions or specific thoughts through her food, so there’s a nonzero chance people will be experimented on for this purpose. She also spells her kitchen to be able to move things around telekinetically; it’s pretty much the only non-food-related set of magic she’s worked to perfect, as it makes her life much easier.
Rough Timeline of Their Story: Probably sometime in 2020? Undetermined, but early spring of that year at earliest.
Appearance: Ailie is short, barely a couple of inches above five feet, and on the chubby side of curvy, with a round face and proportions for which “generous” might be an understatement. She’s pale-skinned, often rosy-cheeked, and pretty in a very wholesome sort of way. Her hair is strawberry blonde (pale gold in the summer, nearly red in the winter, and occasionally augmented with bright streaks of some unnatural color), shoulder-length and with a tendency to curl. Her eyes are a warm milk-chocolate brown. When not at work, she’s likely to be wearing cute, flowy dresses or skirts in bright or pastel shades and tons of vividly colored, ridiculous jewelry; her ears are double-pierced, along with piercings in her left cartilage and left nostril. (FC: Valerie Lefkowitz)
Personality: Ailie has exactly the sort of personality that you might expect from a small-town baker: unflagging cheer, endless compassion, unfailing competence in a crisis, and an eternal supply of food for just about everyone. She’s sweet and kindhearted, consistently and devotedly optimistic. She prefers to think the best about people, whenever possible, and though she’s not exactly naïve or too trusting, she can definitely be talked into giving people more chances than they might necessarily deserve, because she will always choose to think that they can change. She’s much better at providing comfort than at providing advice, but she’s really, really good at the comfort.
She’s a true extrovert, happiest when she’s surrounded by people and ready upon first introduction to be just about anyone’s friend. She loves people—being around them, hearing about their lives, befriending them—and would do literally anything for her closest friends and family (and certainly quite a lot for her less close friends and casual acquaintances, too). She’s the sort of friend you’d call at 2am in a crisis, and also the sort who would have already left a box of your favorite cookies on your doorstep at the first sign of distress (followed by her company, if any indication was given that it would be welcome) (and even sometimes without said indication, though of course she won’t stick around if she’s unwanted). Her boundless curiosity about and fondness for people makes her rather nosy and a terrible gossip; she’ll aim to keep secrets with all the best intentions, but she’s a terrible liar and her emotions pretty consistently show on her face.
In times of trouble, Ailie is very much a “take action first, panic later” type. However, she hates taking the lead on things unless absolutely necessary and she’s uncomfortable being the center of attention, preferring to work behind the metaphorical scenes to make sure things run smoothly. The counter of being a friendly, empathic extrovert is the deep-seated fear of being disliked or being alone; it’s part of why she’s so ride-or-die for her friends, the low-key hope that the more she’s there for them, the less likely they would be to leave her (though of course her emotions about it aren’t nearly that calculated). She constantly worries about overstepping her boundaries or overstaying her welcome with people, and she’s sensitive enough to take even mild rejections deeply to heart (though she does her best not to show that). She hates asserting herself for her own benefit, but if anyone else needs her to or if she feels it’s in someone else’s best interest, she’ll go for it without hesitation. She’s a purely good person who absolutely can’t fathom or stomach cruelty or rudeness; it takes a great deal for anyone to push her to the point of being icily polite (that’s as close to mean as she’ll ever get), but when she gets there, boy, is that ever an indication of having Fucked Up But Good.
Backstory: Ailie was born and raised in Hexham, to parents descended from Leonie Archembault, one of Hexham’s founding witches. Her family had moved out of the town a couple hundred years after the town’s founding, then moved back several generations ago, so by the time Ailie and Lisette came around, the Rademachers were already a fixture in Hexham. She was a friendly child, and her parents got along well with most of the town’s residents, meaning Ailie’s childhood and young adulthood were fairly uneventful: she made friends, she did well but never too fantastically in school, she progressed well with her magical education, and she generally had a pretty clear view of what she wanted out of life.
Her interests had always lain in the direction of baking, so it had sort of gone without saying that she was going to go culinary school. Her parents more or less took it for granted that she would, after proper training, be the pastry chef at their restaurant; it’s possible, though Ailie would never admit it, that this decision, made on her behalf, was what inspired her to head to Novebora rather than to a culinary school closer to home. She knew she would miss Hexham and her family and friends terribly, and she always fully planned on returning and making a permanent home there, but she liked the idea of putting a little distance there first—both to get any sense of wanting to travel out of her system and to make sure that this was what she really wanted.
And she did indeed end up doing both things; she had a bit of a wild spell in college, taking the opportunity to act out of character and do things that no one back home would have expected from her soft, wholesome personality—again more or less just to get it out of her system, since she fully expected the rest of her life to be calm and uneventful. It gave her the confidence to come home and be wholly, truly herself, as well as to tell her parents that she didn’t want to work in their restaurant: she wanted to open her own bakery. Which disappointed them, of course, but they understood that it was what she wanted to do, and proceeded to enter negotiations for stocking some of her desserts anyway, because they know what’s good.
Ailie more or less had it all planned out, coming back home from college and starting her life in exactly the fashion she wanted to continue it. She moved into 5 Hawthorne Street with two of her childhood friends with whom she’d stayed in touch throughout the years, she got a loan (with her parents’ reluctant help) to buy the storefront for her bakery downtown, and she settled into creating her new life. And part of that, for her, had always included the prospect of a romantic partner, so when she found herself spending more time with Aurora, another childhood friend who now owned her own store downtown, it seemed like everything was falling into place. The two of them officially began dating a few months into Ailie’s moving into 5 Hawthorne and setting up her bakery, and for a while, it seemed like everything was falling into place for her.
However, a few months in, Ailie began to have a bit of a sinking feeling about Aurora’s relationship with Fox and Maximilian’s daughter Torrie, who had been her best friend when they were younger and who’d left Hexham for college. It was just a hunch that more-than-platonic feelings were there, and she didn’t want to overreact if she was wrong, and with the relationship was going, for the most part, pretty well, she didn’t want to screw it up. And then, about a year in to the relationship, as the two of them were beginning to contemplate something more serious… Torrie moved back to town, and it became extremely obvious that Aurora did indeed have real feelings for her, and Ailie absolutely refused to come second in someone else’s affections like that. So the two of them broke up, though Ailie wasn’t entirely honest as to why (it was clear Aurora didn’t think things would work out with Torrie, but equally clear that she didn’t mean to be as obvious about it as she was, so she just gently nudged Aurora in that direction, trying not to be too obvious about it herself), and she let Aurora think that it was a mostly-mutual, amicable breakup.
And, for the most part, it really was—but the truth is, it hurt Ailie much more than she let on, to Aurora or to pretty much anyone else (except Lisette, to whom she tells everything). She had been really invested in putting all the pieces of her life together, and she’d really hoped Aurora might be a part of that; so, really, though she did feel a bit heartbroken about the whole thing, it was less about Aurora herself and more about being alone, when everything else about her life was going according to plan. So though everything else has still been going well for her (and still is!), and she’s pretty content with every other aspect of her life, she’s sort of sworn off trying to date again—she doesn’t want to take the risk, and she prefers to keep her life comfortable rather than get hurt if things don’t work out again.
In the meantime, she’s more than willing to add new friends to her already lengthy list, and she’ll flirt if she senses the mere whisper of possibility—though she won’t let it go further than that—and, as her and Anabel’s friend moved out earlier in 2018, she’s low-key looking for a new potential third roommate for them, because they like the place much too much to think about downsizing. And in between this and her new direction of magical food experimentation, things are going pretty well for her overall.
Magical Being Type: Hereditary witch; her family specializes in food magic. Ailie’s in particular centers around feeling out flavor profiles and undercurrents in food, seeing what goes well together and sensing what people will most enjoy.
Age turned in 2019: 27
Gender/Sexuality: Cis female, gay
Profession: Baker; she owns a bakery downtown and supplies several local coffee shops and, occasionally, restaurants.
Family: Unnamed Rademacher parents and an identical twin sister, Lisette, as well as brother-in-law Ty. She’s close to her parents, though appreciates a bit of independence from them (they’re a little disappointed neither daughter wanted to work at their restaurant); Lis is her best friend in the world and the person who knows her better than she knows herself. She’s also extremely fond of Ty, mostly insomuch as he makes Lis happy. Through her witchy founding ancestor, she’s distantly related to the brewery witches and considers them family.
Important Relationships to Other Characters: Anabel (and eventually Cy) is her roommate; Aurora is her ex. She’s pretty friendly with everyone in general, especially people with whom she grew up in Hexham.
Other Relevant Character Notes: She’s currently trying to figure out how to evoke emotions or specific thoughts through her food, so there’s a nonzero chance people will be experimented on for this purpose. She also spells her kitchen to be able to move things around telekinetically; it’s pretty much the only non-food-related set of magic she’s worked to perfect, as it makes her life much easier.
Rough Timeline of Their Story: Probably sometime in 2020? Undetermined, but early spring of that year at earliest.
Appearance: Ailie is short, barely a couple of inches above five feet, and on the chubby side of curvy, with a round face and proportions for which “generous” might be an understatement. She’s pale-skinned, often rosy-cheeked, and pretty in a very wholesome sort of way. Her hair is strawberry blonde (pale gold in the summer, nearly red in the winter, and occasionally augmented with bright streaks of some unnatural color), shoulder-length and with a tendency to curl. Her eyes are a warm milk-chocolate brown. When not at work, she’s likely to be wearing cute, flowy dresses or skirts in bright or pastel shades and tons of vividly colored, ridiculous jewelry; her ears are double-pierced, along with piercings in her left cartilage and left nostril. (FC: Valerie Lefkowitz)
Personality: Ailie has exactly the sort of personality that you might expect from a small-town baker: unflagging cheer, endless compassion, unfailing competence in a crisis, and an eternal supply of food for just about everyone. She’s sweet and kindhearted, consistently and devotedly optimistic. She prefers to think the best about people, whenever possible, and though she’s not exactly naïve or too trusting, she can definitely be talked into giving people more chances than they might necessarily deserve, because she will always choose to think that they can change. She’s much better at providing comfort than at providing advice, but she’s really, really good at the comfort.
She’s a true extrovert, happiest when she’s surrounded by people and ready upon first introduction to be just about anyone’s friend. She loves people—being around them, hearing about their lives, befriending them—and would do literally anything for her closest friends and family (and certainly quite a lot for her less close friends and casual acquaintances, too). She’s the sort of friend you’d call at 2am in a crisis, and also the sort who would have already left a box of your favorite cookies on your doorstep at the first sign of distress (followed by her company, if any indication was given that it would be welcome) (and even sometimes without said indication, though of course she won’t stick around if she’s unwanted). Her boundless curiosity about and fondness for people makes her rather nosy and a terrible gossip; she’ll aim to keep secrets with all the best intentions, but she’s a terrible liar and her emotions pretty consistently show on her face.
In times of trouble, Ailie is very much a “take action first, panic later” type. However, she hates taking the lead on things unless absolutely necessary and she’s uncomfortable being the center of attention, preferring to work behind the metaphorical scenes to make sure things run smoothly. The counter of being a friendly, empathic extrovert is the deep-seated fear of being disliked or being alone; it’s part of why she’s so ride-or-die for her friends, the low-key hope that the more she’s there for them, the less likely they would be to leave her (though of course her emotions about it aren’t nearly that calculated). She constantly worries about overstepping her boundaries or overstaying her welcome with people, and she’s sensitive enough to take even mild rejections deeply to heart (though she does her best not to show that). She hates asserting herself for her own benefit, but if anyone else needs her to or if she feels it’s in someone else’s best interest, she’ll go for it without hesitation. She’s a purely good person who absolutely can’t fathom or stomach cruelty or rudeness; it takes a great deal for anyone to push her to the point of being icily polite (that’s as close to mean as she’ll ever get), but when she gets there, boy, is that ever an indication of having Fucked Up But Good.
Backstory: Ailie was born and raised in Hexham, to parents descended from Leonie Archembault, one of Hexham’s founding witches. Her family had moved out of the town a couple hundred years after the town’s founding, then moved back several generations ago, so by the time Ailie and Lisette came around, the Rademachers were already a fixture in Hexham. She was a friendly child, and her parents got along well with most of the town’s residents, meaning Ailie’s childhood and young adulthood were fairly uneventful: she made friends, she did well but never too fantastically in school, she progressed well with her magical education, and she generally had a pretty clear view of what she wanted out of life.
Her interests had always lain in the direction of baking, so it had sort of gone without saying that she was going to go culinary school. Her parents more or less took it for granted that she would, after proper training, be the pastry chef at their restaurant; it’s possible, though Ailie would never admit it, that this decision, made on her behalf, was what inspired her to head to Novebora rather than to a culinary school closer to home. She knew she would miss Hexham and her family and friends terribly, and she always fully planned on returning and making a permanent home there, but she liked the idea of putting a little distance there first—both to get any sense of wanting to travel out of her system and to make sure that this was what she really wanted.
And she did indeed end up doing both things; she had a bit of a wild spell in college, taking the opportunity to act out of character and do things that no one back home would have expected from her soft, wholesome personality—again more or less just to get it out of her system, since she fully expected the rest of her life to be calm and uneventful. It gave her the confidence to come home and be wholly, truly herself, as well as to tell her parents that she didn’t want to work in their restaurant: she wanted to open her own bakery. Which disappointed them, of course, but they understood that it was what she wanted to do, and proceeded to enter negotiations for stocking some of her desserts anyway, because they know what’s good.
Ailie more or less had it all planned out, coming back home from college and starting her life in exactly the fashion she wanted to continue it. She moved into 5 Hawthorne Street with two of her childhood friends with whom she’d stayed in touch throughout the years, she got a loan (with her parents’ reluctant help) to buy the storefront for her bakery downtown, and she settled into creating her new life. And part of that, for her, had always included the prospect of a romantic partner, so when she found herself spending more time with Aurora, another childhood friend who now owned her own store downtown, it seemed like everything was falling into place. The two of them officially began dating a few months into Ailie’s moving into 5 Hawthorne and setting up her bakery, and for a while, it seemed like everything was falling into place for her.
However, a few months in, Ailie began to have a bit of a sinking feeling about Aurora’s relationship with Fox and Maximilian’s daughter Torrie, who had been her best friend when they were younger and who’d left Hexham for college. It was just a hunch that more-than-platonic feelings were there, and she didn’t want to overreact if she was wrong, and with the relationship was going, for the most part, pretty well, she didn’t want to screw it up. And then, about a year in to the relationship, as the two of them were beginning to contemplate something more serious… Torrie moved back to town, and it became extremely obvious that Aurora did indeed have real feelings for her, and Ailie absolutely refused to come second in someone else’s affections like that. So the two of them broke up, though Ailie wasn’t entirely honest as to why (it was clear Aurora didn’t think things would work out with Torrie, but equally clear that she didn’t mean to be as obvious about it as she was, so she just gently nudged Aurora in that direction, trying not to be too obvious about it herself), and she let Aurora think that it was a mostly-mutual, amicable breakup.
And, for the most part, it really was—but the truth is, it hurt Ailie much more than she let on, to Aurora or to pretty much anyone else (except Lisette, to whom she tells everything). She had been really invested in putting all the pieces of her life together, and she’d really hoped Aurora might be a part of that; so, really, though she did feel a bit heartbroken about the whole thing, it was less about Aurora herself and more about being alone, when everything else about her life was going according to plan. So though everything else has still been going well for her (and still is!), and she’s pretty content with every other aspect of her life, she’s sort of sworn off trying to date again—she doesn’t want to take the risk, and she prefers to keep her life comfortable rather than get hurt if things don’t work out again.
In the meantime, she’s more than willing to add new friends to her already lengthy list, and she’ll flirt if she senses the mere whisper of possibility—though she won’t let it go further than that—and, as her and Anabel’s friend moved out earlier in 2018, she’s low-key looking for a new potential third roommate for them, because they like the place much too much to think about downsizing. And in between this and her new direction of magical food experimentation, things are going pretty well for her overall.
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also yessss so many!!! They will be such good friends!!