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Age: 20
Gender: Female

Appearance: With a classical if severe beauty, Svana's looks have not gone unnoticed by the men of her village. However, the rest of her appearance is unadorned and unfussy; she refuses to braid her long dark hair into the same elaborate styles as her peers and her linen clothes and hide coats are practical and a little unflattering on her boyish frame. Her eyes are a clear green, framed by straight, determined brows and broad cheekbones. Her skin is tanned from hours spent outside but her hands and feet are rough from working out on the plantations on the edge of the forest or roaming the stony beaches barefoot in the summer.
Personality: Impulsive, carefree and with a fiery temper when provoked, Svana rarely follows any path but her own. She is kind and sympathetic to the downtrodden but occasionally her own indignation and black-and-white view of the world makes her tactless and hasty.
Biography:
As the grand-daughter of the Jari, elder of one of the wealthiest families of his village, Svana has enjoyed a relatively comfortable life. Although the Jari; her grandmother Mandu, is officially the leader of her family, it is her father, Halden, who sits on the ruling committee and has a considerable amount of influence when it comes to the decisions of the day-to-day running of the village.
As her mother died in childbirth, it was Mandu who looked after her as an infant. Ever since she was old enough to walk, she has always entertained a fascination with the forest. There are a few young women in the village who are better cooks than Svana, or a better aim with a bow, but none who surpass her in her ability to track animals or people through the forest and none who know it better than she.
When she was sixteen, her older brother, Tari married Kaba, a girl from one of the other families in the village, and moved into the family compound. Together, Kaba and Mandu tend to the crops in the plantations that surround their huts and, although Svana should help, more often her curiosity takes her away from the village. Their lifestyle is a familiar and content one but Mandu worries that she will never show enough interest to attract a husband and, unbeknownst to Svana, has been investigating potential suitors for her grand-daughter.
CharacterTaking: Native
Other: She carries a small knife for cutting down shrubs and skinning animals with her at all times. A necklace of small polished quartz pieces- a gift from Mandu- is strung around her neck.

Svana's Story