Ivetta Amoroso

Ivetta Amoroso

female

age 21

Appearance- Average height, brown hair, brown eyes. Fairly attractive and used to men coming up to her at work and asking her out but she always says no.

Family-

Her father Cosimo was an apothecary by trade, but one could also call him a polymath. He knew a little about everything and made extra money helping people around town with various problems. He spent most of his spare time reading and learning all kinds of subjects. He was a very intelligent, kind man and from what Ivetta remembers, read to her often, teaching her of medicine. He died of the plague when she was 9.

Mother Renata is a midwife- helping deliver babies. she also works as a nurse whenever possible, in order to make more money. She is highly respected by almost everyone in town for her skill.She is asked for by name, even by some of the wealthier families.

Little sister Ludovica is her mother's apprentice, shadowing her as she learns to be a midwife as well.

Ivetta works as an apothecary, preparing and selling remedies for illness. When her father died, she became more determined than ever to learn everything about medicine. she read all her father's books on medicines and is largly self-taught. A devout Catholic as well as her family.