Lanessa al'Treen
| Lanessa al'Treen | |
|---|---|
| Lah-NE-sah el TREEN | |
| Created by | Kanamai Hukini (player) |
| Information | |
| Gender | Female |
| Occupation | Novice |
| Affiliation | The Grey Tower |
| Nationality | Manetheren |
Lanessa al'Treen is a Manetheren Novice of the Grey Tower.
Description
Lanessa al'Treen was born in the Two Rivers and grew up on a remote farm several miles from the town of Watch Hill. She is 5 feet five inches tall, with long reddish brown curls and hazel eyes. Nature is her consuming passion and she is not afraid of any obstacle in the way of her pursuit of knowledge. As she arrives at the Grey Tower, she is fifteen years of age and has the spark but has not yet experienced touching the source
Biography
It was a cool morning in Autumn and the birds chattered merrily in the trees, announcing to the world that dawn was well developed and the insects in this particular part of the forest were exclusively theirs. Lanessa sat amidst crackly red and orange leaves, furiously sketching a flying insect she had never seen before. Secretly she wondered if anyone else had either. There was nothing to describe it in the books she had managed to borrow, and she knew few people with a comparable interest in nature. Lanessa was one of those children gifted with a near perfect visual memory. Though she was being extremely careful not to frighten the insect being transferred to a picture in her notebook, it really wouldn't matter whether it flew away or not. Every tiny detail was already fixed in her memory, down to the exact shade of blue in the veins of its crinkly silver wings.
Hours passed as minutes and the reddish tinge of Lanessa's flowing wavy hair shone with the sunbeams filtering through the trees. There was something she was supposed to be doing but details escaped her in the thrill of learning. Whatever it was, tickling guiltily at the back of her fifteen year old mind, would have to wait. An opportunity to sketch a rare insect surely took precedence.
"Lanessa! Where are you" Mother is almost frantic trying to do the housework by herself and Aunt Jachelle is due to arrive before lunch." Lanessa's brother Lane could"ve been talking to himself as he crashed carelessly though the forest, scattering anything of any interest to her study. With a weary sigh, she rose from the forest floor and walked in the direction of his voice. Yes, that was it. There was to be a visitor and she had promised Mother to help clean the cottage in preparation.
"Here I am, Lane. Thanks for reminding me but do you have to be so frightfully noisy?" Lanessa pouted, glancing regretfully in the direction of the now absent flying insect. Gripping the precious notebook in one hand and several pencils in the other, she almost danced through the woods towards the cottage. A carriage was just pulling up at the gate and a dangerous looking man was helping the woman who surely must be Aunt Jachelle, down it's wobbly steps. Mother shot Lanessa a withering glance that promised more at a later date.
"Welcome, Sister," she smiled. I'm afraid we aren't quite as prepared as I'd hoped, but it's lovely to see you." Another furious glare was directed at Lanessa. "And this must be Callum. I'd heard you had bonded a Warder."
Lanessa, left her mother to speak with Aunt Jachelle and Callum, sneaked into the spare rooms and straightened the beds. She hurriedly set up two vases and was just placing the flowers in one of them when Jachelle stepped lightly around the door. There was a long awkward silence, as her eyes seemed to bore through Lanessa to the very soul. "You can't stay here for very much longer, Child," she finally said.
"I can't? I mean. Why? Is there some danger?"
"Ah no, Child " no danger yet. Unless ". Has anything strange happened around you recently?"
"No, Aunt Jachelle, nothing. Life is the same as always in the Two Rivers. Nothing ever happens here. We are too far from the town to hear news of anything strange happening and I must admit, I like it that way."
"That's not what I mean, Child." Aunt Jachelle was speaking gently but the quietness in her voice was touched with excitement. "You have the Spark. I can feel it in you quite strongly. I mean, you can't continue to live here until it emerges by itself. You might not survive the experience."
There was a gasp from behind as Mother appeared behind her sister. "Oh no, Jachelle! You can't mean it. Surely not Lanessa. How can I manage to keep the house without her?"
"I do mean it and there is no way around it, Sister. I'm sorry. She will have to come back to the Tower when Callum and I leave at the end of the week. I'm so sorry you have to be parted from your daughter, but she's almost of an age to marry anyway. You would"ve only had her for another couple of years."
And so it was settled. Lanessa spent the week farewelling her friends, wandering in her favourite parts of the woods, and talking at length with her mother and aunt. They Grey Tower was only a couple of day's ride from the farm and Mother promised to send Lane, or Father, when she couldn't come herself. Someone was to visit every month with news and supplies. Lanessa was torn two ways. It was a big adventure, but it meant leaving her loved familiar world far behind.
Career History
- Novice
