Grimassi

Grimassi (originally named Dinae) is a follower of Grimace. She currently studies medicine under Abelard of the Bees in the Canton of La Vieille. She lives in her small clinic office.

History
Grimassi used to be a mapmaker. Her partner was an intelligence agent. They were often apart for long periods of time while they were traveling for work.

She suffered injustice: a Woenish Lord Temporal exiled her partner for treason. Grimassi only learned this after she returned home after a journey, expecting to meet her partner at the pub. She waited hours, then asked the bartender if they'd seen them. The bartender let Grimassi know that her partner had been exiled and excommunicated two days previously.

Grimassi prayed that night for suffering to come to the Lord Temporal. Grimace heard her prayers, and saw that her cause was just. When Grimassi awoke, she had been Tempered: her hair was white, and her brown eyes had curdled to blood red. She no longer knew her given name. In fact, she didn't remember her old life. All she knew at this moment was that her true name was Grimassi. A steel warhammer with a thorned haft, a symbol of Grimace, hung in the air in front of her door. Grimace's voice materialized in her mind: "My justice is yours to wield." Grimassi took up the hammer, and, wearing a wicked smile, went to fulfill her divine directive.

In order to get revenge, she had to give up her memory of the act of injustice - so, she doesn’t actually remember why she did it. Even while she was killing the Lord, she didn’t remember why she wanted to; she was guided only by the desire for revenge.

Description
Grimassi carries herself tall. Her stature and composure, as well as her solemn expression, generally intimidate those around her. This effect is amplified by her strong facial features and heavy jaw.

Her hair is long and white. She usually wears it down, but will sometimes tie it up before battle or when concentrating. On her left upper-arm she wears a steel arm ring shaped like a thorny rose vine. She wears a long, sleeveless, dark-grey cloak over a sleeveless, dark-green tunic. Her tunic has black edging along the neckline and bottom hem. A black leather belt is tied around both garments at her waist. For protection in battle, she wears thick dark leather strips wrapped around her wrists and shins. These leather strips have flexible emerald rose vines embedded in them through some magical process. She wears simple boots of dark leather. She always carries a simple pack across her chest, and a small pouch secured to her belt.

Grimassi's weapon, Thorn, is more important to her than any other posession. The entirety of the weapon is formed from one continuous piece of steel - it appears to have been forged using magic. The head of the hammer is massive; flat on one side, with a menacing spike on the other. The head seamlessly meets the haft, which is covered in sharp thorns. Her hands are heavily scarred from gripping it. It is far too heavy for most other warriors to lift.

Family
Grimassi's parents, Kinnel and Renli, are diviners living in Lamplight in The Shards. They're both in their 80s, and remarkably youthful for their age. Her sister Joena is a cellist in La Vieille's travelling symphony, and a pirate during the symphony's off-season.