Ok, here she is! I noticed we don't have a druid yet, so...

[hider=Karya of Brackenglade][b]Name:[/b] Karya of Brackenglade

[b]Race:[/b] Wood nymph, a race of forest-dwelling beings descended from the fey.

[b]Age:[/b] 18

[b]Gender:[/b] Female

[b]Appearance:[/b] 
[img]https://i.imgur.com/oGa2N3I.png[/img]

Karya is tall and lanky, standing at 5'10". She has plenty of lean muscle from her archery training and living in the wilderness, and dresses in earthy-toned, practical clothing that often ends up torn around the edges. Her warm tan skin has a ridged texture similar to tree bark. Her sharp golden-brown eyes, and messy hair with vines and flowers woven into it, add to her wild look.

[b]Class:[/b] Druid/Ranger 

[b]Personality:[/b] Confident and daring, Karya is as unwavering as one would expect of someone with characteristics of a sturdy tree. Once her mind is made up, it's near impossible to turn her from her goals. With her boundless energy and good cheer, she fills every moment she can with activity, whether exploring, woodcrafting, or training.

Said determination often leads her to push herself too hard, or get into situations over her head. As far as she's concerned, though, an adventurer needs high standards to be the best they can be - and she has a personal reason to want to excel. It isn't often that someone sees past her boisterous, tough facade, to the fears and regrets underneath. She has to be strong, after all. Strong enough to help others, a certain person in particular.
 
[b]Strengths:[/b]
- Due to her bark-like skin, she's physically resilient.
- She has a strong affinity for plant magic.
- Skilled at crafting, particularly with wood. She carves her own bows and arrows.
- Proficient at archery, with a keen eye and good aim.
- Her knowledge of the wilderness helps in survival situations.

[b]Weaknesses:[/b]
- Vulnerable to fire, and afraid of it - it's common for wood nymphs to be at least wary of fire, since it's a major weakness. Most use runestones for cooking and winter warmth.
- Fey ancestry gives her a weakness to cold iron, a type of iron that's forged at a lower temperature to protect its properties. While she's ok around regular iron and steel, she can't wear it as armour for a different reason - it goes against druidic principles.
- Not the best at hand-to-hand combat. She can use her crafting knife in a pinch, but lacks skill and experience with close range fighting.
- Very little knowledge of urban civilisation and life outside of the druid circle. As such, can come across as ill-mannered.
- Overconfident, and while she means well, she can act like a know-it-all on missions.

[b]Biography:[/b] Born into a druidic circle deep in the woodland, Karya knew only the wilderness for most of her life. As such, she learned survival skills from a young age - crafting, hunting, defending herself and others. Since children in the village are raised communally, she grew up with many role models and mentors, yet the most influential person in her life was her older sister Xanthe.

Not only was Xanthe a formidable defender, hunting down monsters and other threats, her tracking expertise extended to searching for lost travellers. The Brackenglade tribe, despite being looked down on by some as primitive, overall had decent relations with nearby settlements due to not just their trades of enchanted woodcrafts, but their rangers' skill with search and rescue. Karya aspired to this calling, looking up to her sister as an example. In her youthful naivete, she thought no harm could possibly befall someone so skilled and strong...

Until Xanthe left for a mission one day, and never came back.

Not even the other trackers could find her. Karya herself tried a few times, nearly landing herself in trouble, having to be brought back to the village by other tribe members. Painfully aware of how futile these attempts were, she nonetheless refused to give up. If she had to take her training further than most, so be it.

Which was why she enrolled at the prestigious school she'd heard of via adventurers who'd travelled by. Hoseforn Academy. She hopes to eventually become an adventurer adept enough to find her sister, or at least find out what happened to her.[/hider]