Lien Califan

Description
Lien has tan skin and muddy green eyes. Her features are more human than elf, but her long ears easily betray her mixed heritage. Her messy charcoal-colored hair is restrained by a metal headband with intricate embossing. Her upper torso, arms and neck are concealed underneath a comfortable orange-red shawl she inherited from her father. She wears a simple dark blue tunic with gold trim over an immaculately clean chain shirt. Her hands, protected by cracked leather leather gloves are clad in cheap, rusted steel. She is rarely found without her well-polished shield and lance.

Lien is impulsive and impressionable. She lacks real-world experience, and so she easily misplaces her trust in strangers and underestimates dangerous situations. Though she strives to hold herself to the ideals of chivalry and honor, her lack of patience and wisdom often leads her astray. Lien tries to believe in the innate goodness in other people, but when she is spurred into action, she pulls out all the stops and uses any means possible to resolve the situation heedless of the consequences.

Background
Lien grew up in New Parme with her younger brother, Milo. Her mother Sora and her father Jastro left the two in the care of their elven grandparents, Enderis and Calidor. Motivated by tales of adventure, Lien left home at age 17. She tagged along with a trade caravan headed for Fellport before departing aboard the merchant/passenger ship, Nereid's Favor. Lien remained on the Nereid's Favor for four years, until the ship was severely damaged in a storm off the coast of Havenshield. The crippled ship hobbled back to port, but Lien decided to use the opportunity to seek new adventure.

Lien spent the better part of the year enlisting in various knightly orders, eventually gaining entrance into the prestigious Ordo Templis Dragonaurs. When she was given the "righteous quest" to find the Holy Grail, she left Havenshield for Fellport, where she met up with Erak, Karidas and Gustaf.