Larina Reinhart

Larina Reinhart was born in the Eldergrove Forest in the year 60 BNE to an Elven mother and a human father. Her father, Garen Reinhart, was a ranger that led expeditions into the forest and knew the lay of the land better than anyone. He had been a woodman his entire life, growing up on the frontier at the edge of the forest and spending his life walking through its ancient groves.

His love of the forest and respect for nature prompted an elf named Naneth to reveal herself to him after she had watched him from afar for many months. The two of them spent countless hours walking in the woods, enjoying each others' company and unique perspectives.

Soon, Naneth gave birth to a baby girl. Knowing that the child would not be safe if she were to practice the druidic magic of the elves, Naneth and Garen agreed that the baby should be raised as any other human and Garen took the child to his home on the fringe of the forest, away from the traditions of the Elves. She maintained her relationship to her mother, however, and on moonlit nights Naneth would visit her and tell her of ancient Elven myths and legends.

When she was old enough, Larina began to join her father on his treks through the forest. She became adept at hiding her pointed ears beneath her long dark hair and learned to get along well with the humans that her father helped guide through the Eldergrove.

She lived happily with her father until 2 ANE, when Garen passed away of natural causes at the old age of 82. Larina, whose Elven heritage meant that she aged half as much as a human in the same time span, searched the forest for her mother and the enclave of Elves. She eventually found them but not all of the Elves welcomed her, and some treated her as an inferior because of her half-human parentage. Despite this, she dedicated herself to the study druidic magic and began to increase her knowledge of the connection between all living things.

One day, shortly after beginning her studies, she awoke to find that the entire enclave had vanished, her mother along with them. With no family to tie her to the land she grew up in she decided to travel inland to experience the human world that she had been groomed for. Immediately, she saw that the laws of nature were being perverted in Meridian, twisted against those whose connection to it were strongest, used to glorify the name of the Emperor and to damn all those opposed him. As she had learned deep in the Eldergrove, the balance of nature was not to be trifled with and she vowed to see it restored.