Zasenna Salmastrien

Saint Zasenna Felndŵr Salmastrien was a Silver-ranking Iconoclast active in the Fallo in the late 16th century. She became a martyr as one of the most noble and just martyrs of the cause, despite her untimely end, and became canonised as a Saint. 
As expected for one of the Iconoclasts, she was a tracker, a monster hunter specialising in undead, and a skilled fencer. In 1579, what was meant to be a routine response to a reported threat ended up starting a chain of events that led to her death. 
== At Dawn ==
She was part of the Salmastrien line (ancestrally from Maestrien Isle), daughter of Luth Salmastrien, and great-granddaughter of Felyndiira Salmastrien, legendary member of the Bracken Iconoclasts and from whom she gained her middle name (transliterated and truncated into Fallonese). However, her father Luth never told Zasenna of the Iconoclasts; he took the secrecy seriously. Perhaps he was worried that she might be put in danger if she knew. 
Born in the village of Saint Ecbert's Hallow on the large verdant isle of Maeldaf, she grew up visiting the Fallo often, and came to know the area well. At her father's residence, House Salmastrien, she was taught from a young age how to hunt, ride, fight, and about history, monster ecology, and cartography. She disliked much of it, not understanding why her father was so set on such a militaristic and thorough education. Zasenna trained at the Sedian Academy for few years once she turned 19, eventually as a Captain. The experience she gained was invaluable to her training. She travelled around, but rarely strayed from the Fallo for too long after her Academy days. 
== Sins of the Fathers ==
By the year 1567, Zasenna had been serving in the Sanctum guardia for a few years, when grim tidings came from up north. In Halcyon, her father Luth Salmastrien had been murdered in the Port-au-Réine arrondissement. Zasenna took her leave and travelled to Halcyon only a month after news reached her ears. There, she tried to find out what she could. City life was certainly a big change for her, especially going from the rural moors of the Fallo to the most urbanised city in the world. 
Her search was fruitful, though. After spending a lot of nights at the the Golden Rifle Inn during which she and Lamella dated, she bumped into Vaurok Shortass, an ex-member of the Halcyon Watch and a Iconoclast himself (though again, he kept this a secret intially). When she learnt that Vaurok knew her father, the truth came to light fast, and Zasenna underwent the rollercoaster of emotions. Her father was a legendary secret agent, and so had been her great-grandmother. And she learnt he had been stabbed to death with a scalpel in a morgue by Hyram Westford, who too now was little more than ash. 
 
It took her some time to process this naturally, and she spent quite some time in Halcyon. But homesick and determined, she pledged herself to the Iconoclasts, and almost instantly formally requested she return home to the Fallo as soon as her training ended. They agreed, of course. 
== Rage Unleashed ==
Upon her return to the Fallo, Zasenna moved to Treviso, and spent the next few years operating out of it. She proved herself rapidly, and her name opened doors - though to avoid attention sometimes, she used the moniker 'Fell', from her middle name. She gained a knack for tracking and killing the undead, but she was just as fearsome against the living too. By the mid 1570s, she had earned her silver badge of honour, and she led many missions. It was during this time she became familiar with the Moor Riders, including an important duel with Ioreth Rhesyra, the third-in-command of the infamous cruel bandit lord, Malak Coldblood. This duel ended with Ioreth being permanently wounded, but both participants surviving. 
Zasenna kept helping to organise operations against the Moor Riders, whilst continuing her duties to hunt down monsters in the Fallo. Her commanding officer was the gold-badged, one armed knight Arbalest.
== The Final Problem ==
In 1579, Zasenna was investigating a routine reported disturbance; simple reports of some kind of small-scale infestation in the Loamy and Estir Woods. However, when she arrived, she found some zombies. No big problem - she began clearing them out, but was helped out by a mysterious figure dressed in rustic robes and smelling like animal shit. The man, a kobold hermit, introduced himself as Wisp, and helped her smash a pulsating crystal. She took its shards. Zasenna returned to Wisp's company's camp, when the encampment was attacked by a cavalry charge of the Moor Riders. Zasenna rushed to aid the camp guards in repelling some of the attackers - whilst several wagons were lost and some guards died, the Riders were repelled, and some of the camp guards managed to capture none other than Elluin Ethanderal, the right hand man. Zasenna tagged along with the caravan, to ensure Elluin was taken to a proper jail. He could have serious information on the Moor Riders to finally put them down for good. Three days later at the town of Abavale, Zasenna began writing up what she had seen in the Loamy Woods. She also spent some time with some of the guards, who were ensuring the captive Elluin was under wraps. At the town post office, the guards alerted her to an intercepted Moor Rider order calling for her assassination. Being no stranger to death threats, Zasenna took note of it, and kept her guard up, but was not in any panic. During dinner, she made an error of judgement, and revealed that she was a Iconoclast to some of the camp guards. However, unbeknownst to her, they had actually pickpocketed her to confirm this before she even told them!
With her, she was carrying the shards of the crystal that the camp guard Wisp had helped her destroy. She sent them off via courier to Arbalist in Treviso, but they would be intercepted. That night, some hours before dawn in the Weary Walker Inn, a Moor Rider assailant, Ioreth Rhesyra, utilised a stolen inkwell to engulf the hotel's second floor in an inky cloud. They then entered Zasenna's room, after another camp guard left the door open. The assassin pressed her crossbow up against her back and fired a single shot, which would have instantly killed her, almost painlessly. Zasenna's diary, badge, ring, and sword were all stolen by the assassin, and the camp guards found her body only minutes too late. 
== Legacy is a Powerful Weapon ==
Zasenna's death silenced her before she could tell the Iconoclast what she saw or learnt, but it also created several more loose ends for the Moor Riders and the Moomyns. She was a rather inspirational sort, with a successful life, and a great contribution to good in the world. Yet still, her passing stung. She was canonised as Saint of the Underdogs. 
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