Rune Le Torneau

“*I will make the land once more fertile and lush.*”
―Rune Le Torneau, to the Redanian villagers

Rune before losing her eye

### Hair

Brown hair, dyed with henna, is long, straight and is styled differently every day

## Political Information

### Nationality

* Redanian (Possible Zangvebarian ancestry)

## Relationships

### Sibling(s)

* Bromar- Older brother
* Gwulnaeth- Older sister
* Rokar- Twin brother
* Glezka- Younger sister
* Phossi- Younger sister
* Agnu- Younger brother
* Firdall- Younger brother

### Lover(s)

Brirvone of Ban Ard

**Rune Le Tourneau**, ***"The Matriarch of the Earth",***  or simply **Rune**, was a lesser-known Redanian sorceress. She cut ties before the reign of Radovid V took effect, avoiding the witch hunts becoming a Dwimveandra.

## Biography

### Early life (1139-1150)

**Rune's family** accrued a huge debt in the capital of Tretogor and needed money desperately, **Rune's mother** ended up leaving **Rune** in the woods at the age of eight to fend for herself. **Rune** was adopted by a mage, as a child when she was a child she befriended the village witch who discovered the girl's magical affinity to the Elemental Plane of Earth, her adoptive mage parent enrolled Rune in Aretuza academy at the age of 12.

### Rune wronged a female bard (1157)

A 19 year old mage trainee Rune wronged a locally established young female bard with a bit of magical talent who caused Rune a terrible wound vitally damaging Rune's left eye, resulting in her wearing a magical eye patch. **Rune** plans revenge if she ran into her in the future.

### Rune graduates from Aretuza (1160)

A 22 year old **Rune** completes her initial sorceress training and goes through the change, though her eye is only partially healed it had to be replaced with a magical false eye which she keeps covered with an eye patch. She graduates as an adept mage with her specialty in Earth magic. She goes back to her family home to show her family, she survived them leaving her behind. She is then assigned by the Brotherhood of Sorcerors to the kingdom of Redanian under its King at the time Radovid III.

### Rune helps a noble & is attacked by a Werewolf (1166)

April 1166. A 28 year old Rune is hired by a noble in Toussaint for a political favor. Later Rune is attacked by a werewolf, that the witcher **Adalwulf of Aedirn** had been hunting, he saves Rune, who quickly tries and succeeds in befriending the expressionless monster-hunting mutant.

### Rune enters into a happy relationship (1173)

A 35 year old Rune meets the Kaedweni mage Brirvone of Ban Ard and starts dating him.

### Helping Rune (1178)

December 1178. A now 40 year old Rune sends a contract to the witcher **Adawulf of Aedirn** to come to Toussaint. At the request of the the Duchess Adela Marta, the pair are charged with identifying and stopping a beast which had been interrupting the budding wine industry of Toussaint. The beast turned out to be a starving Hirikka, after a bit of convincing **Rune** allowed **Adalwulf** to fed the beast and it departed in peace. The Duchess was told about the peaceful nature of the beast, unfortunately the news reached her too late as moments later a knight came to present the Hirikka's head to the Duchess. The knight was reprimanded while **Rune** and **Adalwulf** were rewarded for their efforts.

### Adalwulf of Aedirn visits Rune at Aretuza (1187)

Rune invites her friend the witcher Adalwulf of Aedirn to visit her as she stays at Aretuza to apply for her Mistress-ship. **Adalwulf** alongside a sorceress named Arrah of Verden, ended up saving a pair of apprentice sorceresses named Mevre and **Itlem** from being assaulted by a trio of shady men.

### Rune terraforms the land (1188)

A friend from Rune's childhood who became a village head hired a now 50 year old Rune to turn wasteland into usable land around Redania. Rune becomes fairly successful earning the title of 'Matriarch of the Earth' for her ability to coax and tend the earth into a healthy state.

### Rune gets injured by an accident (1190)

Due to a construction accident Rune ends up resting and healing for 5 months.

### Rune makes up with the bard (1200)

Rune ends up deciding to forgive the bard who wronged her and makes up with her, while drunk at a tavern. They are now acquaintances. She now lives in the Nilfgaardian Empire.

### First Northern War (1262 - 1263)

Rune was in Redania at the time of the First Northern War as such she wasn't involved in the Invasion of Cintra.

### Second Northern War (1267 - 1268)

Rune attended to affairs in Redania avoiding participation in the Second Northern War. It was at this time that Rune hear rumors of anti-mage hate and decided to cut ties with the Redania crown becoming a Dwimveandra.

### Third Northern War ( 1271 - 1272 )

Rune like many magic users went into hiding following the events of Loc Muinne, she does still work though often low key and in disguise.

## Friends

* Adalwulf of Aedirn  [ Witcher ]
* Razan of Cintra [ Witcher ]

## Known enemies

* Radovid V
* Mage Hunters
* Witch Hunters

## Relatives

* Parents (Both dead)
* Bromar Le Torneau (Older brother) {Deceased}
* Gwulnaeth Le Torneau (Older sister) {Deceased}
* Roka Le Torneau (Twin brother) {Deceased}
* Glezka Le Torneau (Younger sister)
* Phossi Le Torneau (Younger sister) {Deceased}
* Agnu Le Torneau (Younger brother) {Deceased}
* Firdall Le Torneau (Younger brother)

## Personality and traits

“*I'm capable of other types of magic, you know. I just feel an affinity to the Chaos from the Plane of Earth.*”
―Rune to a fellow mage
Reassuring in her friendliness, she could be a bit manipulative, be a bit cowardly and had a bit of an egotistical streak that came with most sorceresses from Aretuza. She had a duel nature of being a peace-maker and a trouble-maker at the same time. Her manners were poor and she could become easily bored. She had a rational way of thinking but a idealistic positivity with her friends. She tended to rove around the lands never really settling anywhere.

Standing 6' 0" tall, this dark skinned woman has a stoic and stern feel about her. A particularly notable feature is her eye patch.
She has an oval face, a large nose, small lips, and her grey eyes are round.
Her brown hair, dyed with henna, is long, straight and is styled differently every day.
She wears pale eyeliner, pinkish lipstick, excessive foundation, natural-colored blush and hot pink eyeshadow.
She has pierced her tongue.
She has long arms, a short torso with a larger-than-average waist, and toned legs.
She has a scenic tattoo on her left thigh, an illustrative tattoo on her right upper arm, and a complex tattoo on her hands.
She usually wears ripped, matching clothes that are mostly pastel-colored and revealing, and she wears a silver amulet.

## Religious beliefs

**Rune**, because of her time in **Aretuza** didn't believe in any particular religion but had wariness/respect for Chaos.

## Abilities

### Magical

* Magic
	+ Gesture Casting: The ability to cast mystical/supernatural phenomena through hand gestures/seals/signs.
	+ Incantation: The ability to use magic by using magic words from a certain language, in most cases Elder Speech.
		- Magecraft
			* Aether Elemental Magic
				+ **Telepathy** - A Aether based spell that allows the caster to communicate telepathically with one subject for the duration of the spell. Telepathy has the additional effect of crossing language barriers.
				+ **Summon Staff** - A Aether based spell that allows the caster to dematerialize their staff and transport it to a place they have been within the last day. They can cast the spell again to summon the staff back to them.
			* Earth Elemental Magic
				+ **Healing Magic** - A Earth based spell that allows the caster to stimulate the natural healing of a target, this spell can be casted repeatedly to deal with more serious wounds as well.
			* Earth Magic
			* Hexes
				+ Hex of the Beast
			* Rituals
				+ Consecration Ritual

### Trained Abilities

* Alchemy
* Gwent
* Staffmanship

## Equipment

* Gemstone Amulet
* Alchemy Kit
* Makeup Kit
* Writing Kit
* Simple Wooden Mage's Staff
* Armored Hood
* Redanian Halberder's Armor
* Armored Trousers
* Belt Pouch
	+ Chronicle
	+ Black Magic Doll
	+ Journal
	+ Gwent Deck (Monsters)
* Bedroll

## Trivia

* Due to her family's dark skin color it is believed that one of Rune's ancestors was a foreigner to the Continent, maybe from Zangvebar.