Natalia Dalca, dread witch of the Ever Forest
Description
A young brunette woman who looks no older than twenty, with a stony expression and dark slate eyes to compliment. While her features are largely quite ordinary, many cannot help but find her alien, exotic, or sometimes downright obscene. Some attribute it to her personality, others say it is her solemn visage, while others say it is her tendency to wear heavy flowing cloaks with a hood pulled over her head. Though, not unlike other witches, there seems a certain malevolent aura that surrounds her, the possible curse of their wicked magic suffused into their very being, that transforms them into something not entirely human? While often conjecture at best, the rumors and theories of the witches are usually based somewhere in fact or history.
Personality
A lifetime of magical practice, complete with its ostracization and following reclusiveness, has strained what little social development and skill she had. Enigmatic and levelheaded at her best, eccentric and detached and antisocial at her worst. The communal hatred of the arcane by people the world over bred a strong animosity and distrust against those without the gift, which only proceeds to further that rift with outsiders.
Equipment and Abilities
For possessions she possesses only her clothing, an untitled book bound in black leather, and a curious pendant worn around her neck.
In terms of physical ability, Natalia is capable of effectively that which one would expect from a young woman of her size and frame. For that which leaves the realm of physical, she is highly gifted. The scale of her heretical talent is what led to her eventual capture, for her potential was deemed horrifying by the common folk. Not only can she heal the wounded, but strike down foes from afar through command of the forces of nature itself. Yet, this is not why she is feared so. There is speak of collusion with beings not of this world, of hellish 'contracts' made with dark entities for power.
History
Very little is known about Natalia, as her own past is even more a tightly-kept a secret than the contents of her infernal book. What is known, however, is that she lived much of her life with other witches in the forest, who taught her until she was able to pursue the depths of the arcane alone. Upon rumors from loggers, the shrieks of village housewives and the maddened ravings of petty lords on the hunt, each story corroborating about the terrors lurking in the forest, a large party was sent to capture the abomination and bring her to justice.