Valris

Appearance and Character.
Valris is a slender female common Elf similar in height to the average Betonian woman. As a member of the Lostfolk, she muscled with short brown hair that reaches no further than her chin, often pulled back by a band of leather or a comb made from bone. Like the majority of the Lostfolk, she believes only in true ownership of anything she has made herself, and thus wears rough clothing, as items bought or traded are 'borrowed' in her eyes. This lifestyle has left her with a strong conviction that theft is terribly wrong unless it was stolen from someone else, or was not made by the person who currently owns it.

Biography.
Born in the Aelfar ruins in the forested area of the Purple Vale, the she-elf was named after it - Valris. Her parents set up a small camp and remained there until Valris was three, at which time they resumed their nomadic life, with the young Elf learning their ways as she grew, moving from place to place sporadically. Weather and season affected how the family travelled, so there were occasions where they remained long enough for Valris to make friends, more often than not of humans.

She learnt the ways of hunting and gathering, the most basic life skills that the Lostfolk possessed, early on and was later taught nature magic by her mother. However, once she reached womanhood at sixteen, her parents left her one night, as was tradition. Although she knew that it was a test, that she was supposed to use her learned skills to track her parents, with aide from a network of fellow Lostfolk she had met, Valris decided not to. Instead, the she-elf began to explore the more built-up areas of Betony and learn the culture of the Betonians more thoroughly.