Fleur D'Asgarn

Born within Ardougne to low nobles with roots in Taverly, Fleur's childhood was drab yet pampered. Kept behind closed doors and taught to fear the outside world, her tender years were often spent watching the bustling city from a lonely turret window. Due to her father's holdings, the house was very close to the local smithy; through observation she found a peace of mind when regarding the hammer and the anvil.

After her father fell sick, Fleur's widowed mother returned to her hometown of Taverly with the now-teenage young woman. Her mother's less isolationist attitude allowed Fleur to roam about and learn the rudiments of spellcrafting from the druids- alongside summoning, to a lesser extent. When the troll wars occurred, she enlisted with the Burthorpian militia and learned swordplay, offensive magicks and much to her joy, smithing.

To her mother's avail, Fleur's station and work in Burthorpe kept her quite busy. It was here she remained over a myriad of regimes and leaderships, managing to avoid the brunt of the political turmoil due to her slowly-developing talents. This ended during Jekyll's Republic, wherein she was conscripted into Taverly's home guard and fought to defend the state from the invading Asgarnian forces. She was tasked with defending the ramparts.

Due to the flanking tactics of the Asgarnians, a surprise attack on the ramparts and the defenders retreating north, Fleur was embroiled in a tight melee battle atop the wall, alongside her peers. A promising defence was shattered when a shove caused her to stagger into one of the cauldrons, causing the black tar to coat the the left section of her torso and arms, leaving her with horrific burns ranging from her neck to her hip.

From this point in her life, her view on the world changed. The horrors of human-on-human warfare left her questioning the point in her efforts, and sent her mood into a downwards spiral. The days of recovering on a hospital bed a grim reminder of her childhood prison, unable to leave- or do much, for that matter. The Battle for Taverly marked as the start of a series of unfortunate events, culminating in the death of her mother.