Tristi of the Wing Kind
Tristi is a very mischievous little punyimpa and she's not likely to calm down anytime soon. Her main focus in life is to get where she wants as fast as she wants. She is only fighting because the El'Dren have stated that the Val will most likely destroy everything that she knows. She is no willing to let the world she loves be swallowed into the belly of the whale and she will fight her enemies to the death.
Tristi has no reason to carry anything other than the twig that enhances her magical properties for some reason. All that she knows of it is that it amplified her spells so that she could defend herself against a Flame Minotaur.
Tristi was brought up in a simple old fashioned Punyimpan home. Her family shoved the ideals of loyalty and virtuosity down her throat for so long that she detested the teachings and decided that she wanted to do what she wanted and take what she wanted.