El-Laiana Galanodel

Early Life
El-Laiana appeared some time after the Revolt of Clouds, a disastrous military defeat which destroyed much of the Elvish Overseas Territory, and annihilated the Elvish Expeditionary Force. The event rocked the continent to its core, and has prompted a massive military crackdown in recent decades by the Elvish military.

El-Laiana was taken in by a clan of Moon Elves in the far frozen reaches, called the Circle of the Frozen Selene. They trained her as a ranger and eventually she became so adept at their skills and so nimble with a blade that they trained her as a blade dancer.

Personal Life
El-Laiana is accompanied by a birch dryad called Sserousha, which is the sound of a cold wind through a tree's upper boughs. El-Laiana can't really make that sound, so she calls her Ssera. They are deeply in love and committed to each other. Ssera gave El-Laiana a catkin of her flowers, which El keeps woven into her hair and tucked behind her right ear.

Meeting the Team
El-Laiana and Ssera were returning from an attempted transit toward the southern extreme of the continent when a patrol of large, black powered armor troops found them and gave chase. They encountered the others in a caravan heading toward Ereyn and hid among them. El-Laiana quickly proved herself a capable and brutal warrior as a guard for the caravan, and Ssera proved herself an amazing cook.