Adele is pragmatic, proud, and particular at first glance; what needs doing is what shall be done, it shall be done well, and it shall be done to exacting standards. Anything less is met with derision and a pointed remark that whomever fell short of the bar can do better, she has seen them do better, and they had best learn how to do so consistently. Perfection is unattainable but she certainly stretches for it all the same in her spells, her research, and her instruction of her students in the Spire. While not entirely beloved those that move on from her classes have a thorough understanding of the Creation and Spirit schools of magic. Her methods may not make her popular but it does make her terribly efficient.
When she has her composure she can come off as dismissive and impatient or even apathetic depending upon the situation. She attempts to cut through the bullshit in order to focus more on what needs to be done rather than feelings hurt by curt words. When she loses her composure the full of her temper shows, usually in marked barbs or snapped commentary about the lack of one's skills being a failing of their previous instructors, not her. Under all this there is a compassionate, playful woman who hides away behind layers of professionalism and the weight of expectation. She is skilled, so too must be her students. Setting a high standard means maintaining it, maintaining it is stressful. But with a bit of care an a bit of sarcasm she can manage well enough without losing her mind.
As a healer her bedside manner is somewhat stilted- there are gentle words and soft assurances she's never mastered the art of using, preferring to be blunt about how much this will hurt, how foolish someone was for getting injured in such a fashion, and the likelihood of their survival. She doesn't gentle her speech if someone is acting dense, has little patience for fools and less for those that do. If she is treating a child Adele is patient and forgiving of their fear and foolishness. Despite her harsh demeanor Adele does care for people- she simply does not trust them to be terribly wise concerning their own health. No matter why a patient is in her tent she treats them to the best of her ability. She may curse their idiocy with every poultice and spell but she will fix them. She does her job, she does it well, and if things become more difficult it only makes her all the more certain that it is worth being done.
When not healing or teaching she is far more lax with her speech, thoroughly informal and playful. Easily amused and faintly mischievous, she does not mind stringing along banter back and forth for a long, fair while so long as both parties are keeping up. Her sense of humor is wry and varied, a touch on the dry side and faintly academic. She does on occasion take a great deal of pleasure in listing out every possible outcome of a foolish action in gruesome detail.
People in large groups don't engage her terribly well, she doesn't have the patience for small talk- but individuals she finds fascinating. Charming. Worth engaging and minding and, should they both have the time and are suitably attracted to one another, flirting. The time for dalliances is few and far between but she does make room for them in her life. As a healer she works with her hands and casts with them more than she would with a staff and is incredibly tactile, leaning and reaching out, touching, ruffling hair, casually embracing her peers (those she deems worthy of such affection), and her students (they are children, siblings, friends of a sort, so why not?)
Personality Pre: Dragon Age Asunder
When she has her composure she can come off as dismissive and impatient or even apathetic depending upon the situation. She attempts to cut through the bullshit in order to focus more on what needs to be done rather than feelings hurt by curt words. When she loses her composure the full of her temper shows, usually in marked barbs or snapped commentary about the lack of one's skills being a failing of their previous instructors, not her. Under all this there is a compassionate, playful woman who hides away behind layers of professionalism and the weight of expectation. She is skilled, so too must be her students. Setting a high standard means maintaining it, maintaining it is stressful. But with a bit of care an a bit of sarcasm she can manage well enough without losing her mind.
As a healer her bedside manner is somewhat stilted- there are gentle words and soft assurances she's never mastered the art of using, preferring to be blunt about how much this will hurt, how foolish someone was for getting injured in such a fashion, and the likelihood of their survival. She doesn't gentle her speech if someone is acting dense, has little patience for fools and less for those that do. If she is treating a child Adele is patient and forgiving of their fear and foolishness. Despite her harsh demeanor Adele does care for people- she simply does not trust them to be terribly wise concerning their own health. No matter why a patient is in her tent she treats them to the best of her ability. She may curse their idiocy with every poultice and spell but she will fix them. She does her job, she does it well, and if things become more difficult it only makes her all the more certain that it is worth being done.
When not healing or teaching she is far more lax with her speech, thoroughly informal and playful. Easily amused and faintly mischievous, she does not mind stringing along banter back and forth for a long, fair while so long as both parties are keeping up. Her sense of humor is wry and varied, a touch on the dry side and faintly academic. She does on occasion take a great deal of pleasure in listing out every possible outcome of a foolish action in gruesome detail.
People in large groups don't engage her terribly well, she doesn't have the patience for small talk- but individuals she finds fascinating. Charming. Worth engaging and minding and, should they both have the time and are suitably attracted to one another, flirting. The time for dalliances is few and far between but she does make room for them in her life. As a healer she works with her hands and casts with them more than she would with a staff and is incredibly tactile, leaning and reaching out, touching, ruffling hair, casually embracing her peers (those she deems worthy of such affection), and her students (they are children, siblings, friends of a sort, so why not?)