I think these categories would be adequate and familiar to a large segment of  AE players:

Containers
Magic Crafting
Armor - Amulets & Necklaces
Armor - Belts & Sashes
Armor - Boots & Shoes
Armor - Cloaks & Capes
Armor - Gloves & Gauntlets
Armor - Helms & Hats
Armor - Pants & Leggings
Armor - Rings
Armor - Shields
Armor - Torso
Weapons - Ammunition
Weapons - Axes
Weapons - Blunts
Weapons - Bows
Weapons - Crossbows
Weapons - Large Blades
Weapons - Polearms
Weapons - Small Blades
Weapons - Thrown
Weapons - Wands & Staves

They are drawn from the
AE Auction's unofficial item database

Skills for the Character/Settings page for Ashen Empires ....

Foraging

Harvesting

Planting

Bows

Crossbows

Thrown Weapons

Gold Repair

Iron Forging

Iron Repair

Iron Smelting

Metal Salvage

Mining

Leadership

Baking

Brewing

Mixing

Roasting

Fly-casting

First Aid

Jewelry Making

Jewelry Repair

Jewelry Salvage

Leather Repair

Leatherworking

Skinning

Tanning

Leather Salvage

Alchemy

Body

Critical Blast

Critical Heal

Mage Weapons

Mind

Nature

Soul

Axes

Block

Blunt Weapons

Critical Hit

Dodge

Double Attack

Large Blades

Polearms

Small Blades

Unarmed Combat

Cloth Repair

Sewing

Spinning

Weaving

Carpentry

Lumberjacking

Milling

Wood Repair

Wood Salvage

Very nice, thanks a bunch! 

I have just few corrections.
These skills were ommitted:
    Planting
    Leadership
    First Aid
    Skinning

And for whatever reason - in game at least - the skill for Thrown is actually called "Thrown Weapons"

Now we're wondering about Character Stats, right now that section of our Char/Settings kicks out an error page. 

Stats are like follows:

Race: Human, Elf, Orc
Faction: Silvest, Whisperdale, Krog

Str
Dex
Int
Con

Level: 1-105
Gender: Male/Female