Raili Ilves

A tall, slender woman from the eastern lands of Kärkkäinen, Raili Ilves bears the features of someone who has not had the most favourable life. Not much is known of her past, but it is certain that she comes from the Kingdom of Kärkkäinen, specifically from the Village of Tervajoki. This can be ascertained as she bears the crest of their militia tattooed on her chest.

Her affiliation with the Order of the Path of Saint Arkhan is another matter entirely. She has been a well-known member for over a decade, showing fierce loyalty to their patron saint. She has traveled the western kingdoms since 1670, hunting werhobs with a zealous fervor wherever her holy pilgrimage has taken her. Over the years her reputation has started preceding her, common folk hearing tell of Riley Grin or the Eye of Arkhan approaching and scheming to use her blind fanaticism and hatred for the supernatural for their own gain. From the disorderly village drunk, to a corrupt sheriff or a gambler in debt, Raili has cut many lives short without so much as twitch of the lip. And for little compensation, as her obsessive devotion to the patron saint of dawn keeps her content.

If such a state of mind even exists for a woman that never smiles and whos only hollow eye portrays naught but antipathy and acrimony.

Chapter 1: L'ombre sombre sur le Castow
Her blood-soaked travels have lead Raili to the city of Castow, where she has functioned as feared executioner. With the advent of the endless night and the citys descent into a maddening darkness, she has clutched her sacred relic tightly and resumed her terrible mission, this time under the reluctant blessing of the church.