Valerie Kristen

Valerie Kristen (Tyahilian: Валера Кристен) (Born Jade Kristen) is a Frostmarcher Vald journalist. She is the founder and chief editor of The Tyahilian - a newspaper based in Tyahil - since the Fall of 24 VE.
It is clear she traces her origins to Rathnir, having followed along with the rest of the Valds as they made their great voyage to Abexilas, after which she broke off from the rest of the Valds to move on in search of something new.
== Biography ==
=== Early Life ===
Valerie Kristen was born someplace in the northern areas of Sørligste, having grown up most her life traveling between villages with family to perform various odd jobs before moving on again, never granting her the stability needed during such eventful times. The varying dialects and difficulty understanding people from many of the villages always did intrigue her, leading to a great interest in the linguistic diversity seen in the Valdic language.
As she grew up, she always remained in Sørligste, most notably finding herself a resident of Frostmarch. She hopped towns some more, staying for a short bit, helping out, and then leaving, before she made it to Hafnarfjoll, in which she took up long-term residence.
=== Hafnarfjoll ===
Having bought a small residence in Hafnarfjoll, Valerie began putting herself out there again, picking up writing linguistic textbooks about the West-Valdic dialect continuum as well as being tasked with creating posters for Hafnarfjoll encouraging hard work as well as advising people to enter military service. These posters saw moderate success which led to some short-lived recognition among citizens of Frostmarch.
Unfortunately, this life didn't last long, as she found herself uninspired by the local scenery oncemore, she began travelling abroad, still keeping her home in Hafnarfjoll, but remaining absent from it for the majority of the time. This led to her home eventually being retaken by the city's council, who then made moves to demolish it to make space for future developments. Due to this, Valerie was forced to return to being a nomad.
=== Tortugan Piracy ===
As tensions grew between Frostmarch and the Lorent, Valerie found herself now under the banner of the Pirate Dominion of Tortuga. With this, she found refuge on Tortuga Isle. Remaining a writer, she often found herself on Tortugan ships, documenting their travel for recordkeeping and storytelling. It was during this that she was witness to various acts of piracy, during which she remained fully complicit and true to her work, though many of her records kept have not survived and she remains unwilling to elaborate on what happened further.
=== Great Voyage To Abexilas ===
After a long time of doing this work, she eventually ceased associating with the pirates, moving back to the Valdic villages she grew up in, where she remained indefinitely. During this time, she was shown visions of the icy comet, heralding a feeling of impending doom. She, along with countless other Valds made the voyage to Abexilas, where they could escape the inevitable end of their homeworld. 
Having finally made it, she now departed from the other Valds, making it port to port via various ships she helped out on. Eventually, she would find a Tyahilian crew, whose crew she would join and follow along with, making it to Port-Troika, where she took up residence indefinitely.
=== Tyahil ===
Living in Tyahil, she quickly made attempts to integrate herself, signing herself onto a few small roles, acquainting herself with the legal system, and quickly thereafter, opening her own newspaper, The Tyahilian. She quickly found various editors to help write articles and translate them into the Tyahilian language.
== Appearance ==
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