Pixie engineer

It was a perfect night. For Mary Ann Wilkinson the crystal clear sky almost made it seem like there was no boundary between her and the far away stars. Perched on top a small hill dubbed Birch Hill although there were no birch tree around. She reflected back at what she had accomplished thus far, the choices she had made in her life up to now. She considered herself lucky to have been capable of deciding what she wanted to do early in her existence. At the young age of twenty-four she had already mastered advanced mathematics, astronomy and was now knee-deep in history, archaeology and weapon design and fabrication. At barely 5 feet Mary Ann never let her miniature frame keep her from doing the things she liked and she is still a little girl at heart, donning her double ponytails and carrying her belongings in her charr plush backpack.

Mary Ann is one of my oldest Guild Wars 2 character, dating back early september 2012. Right from the start I knew I wanted to turn her into a steampunk engineer and managed to find her armor style and dye choice quite rapidly. The only two additions that came later on are the Tybalt backpack and the Adventurer's Spectacles, the latter being the closest I could find that resembled soldering goggles. Going for deep brown, brass and dark green colors was a natural choice for a steampunk style but I chose not to show shoulder armor because in Mary Ann's case I don't think it added anything to the overall look.