Aine

Before Exile
Aine grew up in the Murrough forest, with the looming presence of Mount Crom a constant reminder of the harsh god's intolerance for dependency on others and weakness. She practiced with her fellow clan members in the arts of battle and hunting, and there was already talk of her trying out for the Bearguard when she was still a young woman, although it was in doubt if she would ever be a powerful enough warrior to become one of the elite highlanders. She showed remarkable aptitude for finding rare herbs and mushrooms, and making interesting and sometimes dangerous concoctions with them. Although her approach to healing is generally "quit whining like a newborn pup and walk it off" she did learn some herbalism and basic medicine from the healer in the clan, and sometimes her experiments lead to visions of the future that were remarkably accurate.

Then one day a slaver raid on her clan destroyed the village and most of the warriors died in combat together with the chief. Although she fought bravely she was not honoured to die, and was shamefully captured by the slavers. After weeks of attempting to break her spirit and turn her into a slave, the slavers decided to stop spending resources on her and left her on a cross on the edge of the exiled lands to die.

Exile
Aine was exiled during the Fifth Age.