Appearance:
- The first thing anyone notices about Vayen is her poise, around 5'7" she grew into her womanly figure- not quite elegant as a dancer or fine rich blooded woman but disciplined and strong cored.
- Her hair long and dark like burnt chestnuts is always braided back into a bun, while it would be more practical to have it cut short like many others she has a vain attachment to it.
- No stranger to split lips, bloodied noses and brows you look closer upon her face there are many small and faint scars blended within her freckles, most from old injuries where practice took a more serious turn, the more notable is her left cheekbone which sits a little higher and wider from a break that never really healed correctly.
- Finally looking past the black kohl eyeliner she wears to reduce the suns glare her eyes are an appealing shade of gold flecked hazel eyes.
- Her garments usually consist of riding attire as she spends a majority of her time tending to the Order's stables- leather long boots, woollen charcoal grey trousers and hand-me-down shirts. Her armour consists of light scale leather vest with a high neck collar, laced leather gauntlets and her initiate black great coat moulded for horseback.
Personality:
- Vayen enjoys the respected fear that's associated with being a Witch Hunter and has a particular arrogance about her (Humility is a lesson she could learn well) this being said she holds herself to a higher caliber than everyone else, consistently measuring her skills and training against her mentors and older initiates.
- Constantly being reminded by her mentors to keep a level head Vayen struggles with her emotions- she is curious, passionate and stubborn, while these traits can be moulded with experience and time but they have gotten her many beatings for unruliness and a sharp tongue.
- Vayen craves experience and wants to prove her skills. She usually does not lack courage and is more than willing to put herself first.
- She walks proudly with purpose and would never shy away from looking a person in the eye.
- A sharp and blunt tongue has gotten her into and out of trouble many times.
Strengths:
From an early age she showed promise in many areas of her training like most of her brothers and sisters of the Order. A natural horsewoman and with particular aptitude for tracking she was placed under the tutelage of the Order's Master Scout where she developed skills in wild craft (foraging and hunting etc) and herbalism such as natural medicines, salves and poisons.
Weaknesses:
- While they are conditioned to push through many of their fears, Vayen still struggles with her fear of deep and open water. She can swim albeit not very strongly.
- The Order's teachings have moulded her views of the world but she has many unanswered questions and needs unmet that cracks are beginning to form in her beliefs which may leave her impressionable to outside influences.
- A desire to prove herself at almost any cost.
- During the cooler months of the year her fingers become stiff and painful from repeatedly being broken during her years of training leaving it difficult to do small detailed work for long periods of time.
Equipment:
- Naginata style staff (preferred weapon) roughly the same height as her. Slight curved blade at one end and a pointed tip the other.
- Katana styled blade, usually slung on her saddle or worn on her left hip when carrying.
-Blue rune etched knife that every initiate is given, worn on right hip/belt.
Small leather saddle bag used to keeping herbs and salves etc when on the road.
Other: Vayen spends much of her time when not training within the stables tending to the Order's horses and hunt dogs and refining her tracking skills.