Rena Verhen-Proudhammer

**Rena Verhen-Proudhammer** is the oldest child and first daughter to Elina and Raaz Verhen. She is Lith Verhen's eldest sister by 6 years, Senton's wife, and mother to Leria, Falco, Teryon, and Lenart. She is also Orpal's twin.

## Appearance

Rena is a gorgeous woman 1.70 meters (5'7") tall with shoulder-length blond hair with shades of black and bright brown eyes. Between breast-feeding and carrying the children around all day, the muscles in her arms become as toned as those of an athlete.

## Background

When Lith is born, she is the only one along with her mother Elina that take care of Lith, earning his affection.

When Rena turns 16, she participates in and wins the Spring Maiden contest by a landslide. She begins hanging out with young bachelors before settling with Senton Proudhammer, son of Lutia's blacksmith Zekell. After dating for almost a full year, Senton and Rena decide to marry. Zekell insists on keeping the Verhen name as a security measure since messing with a mage's family is tantamount to suicide. During the aftermath of Nalear's attack on White Griffon Academy, Rena and Elina help comfort the Ernas sisters. Lith helps deliver Rena's daughter Leria, who is around the same age as Aran, their new younger brother.

After several months of Ranger duty and his family's badgering, Lith brings his girlfriend Kamila Yehval to meet the Verhens for his 18th birthday. The meeting is awkward at first but the tension is quickly broken by the children's arrival. Lith kisses Kamila in front of the family to their delight. Kamila gets accustomed to the family during dinner.

Rena later becomes pregnant with triplets, one of which has the same congenital disease as Tista, the Strangler. Lith requests the help of Quylla, Marth and Vastor, but they are unable to cure the disease, as it is much more dangerous to remove it from a newborn than a young girl over time, much less minimizing the strain on Rena and the other unborn triplets. Lith then requests Faluel the Hydra and Nalrond for help, and they are able to successfully cure the triplet. Faluel also follows up on helping Rena deliver her babies, and Falco is named after her.

### Awakened Apprentice Years

After Lith's 18th birthday, he reveals his Hybrid Form and Awakening to his family. They quickly accept him and even reveal they knew of his Awakening ever since he attended White Griffon Academy. Rena even suggests an annulment to Senton in case he wants to leave the family, though Senton quickly acquiesces, grateful for Lith having saved their children.

Lith explains his latest world tribulation to the family, but is derailed when Elina reveals Orpal had visited with Kamila's parents Crefas and Kima Retta with news of Trion's "suicide." Rena and her parents react with grief but Lith and Tista are enraged at Orpal's return. The family descends into an argument in which Tista and Lith refuse to believe Orpal's redemption and brush off Trion's death while Raaz and Elina try to argue leniency. Rena is torn but tries to empathize with Elina, being a mother herself.

After the family makes up, Lith reveals the DoLorean as a gift to the family for safe travel. The Verhens take a trip over the Trawn Woods before touching down in Lutia, though quickly leave disgusted when the villagers make overt marriage proposals after witnessing the flying craft. They visit Count Lark's household, where they disembark to rest while the Count takes the DoLorean on a joy ride. The Verhens have dinner at Lark's with him commenting on Aran and Leria's magical education. Talk about Aran and Leria's magical misdeeds leads Lith to bring the two on a magical bootcamp.

Orpal returns with Kima and Crefas who try to associate with Lith to pay off their debt but give away too much, allowing Jirni to expose their crimes and arrest them. Rena attempts to oppose Tista and Lith's refusal to accept Orpal's new persona, but Jirni subsequently discredits Orpal's fake backstory, causing Orpal to reveal his true colors before being kicked out the house.

Lith returns from the Eclipsed Lands and shows the family his new Tiamat form following his breakthrough to the violet core. He also introduces his family to Crevan Gershal, Lenanna, and Jhet, and Tezka as members of his Phoenix and Abomination families respectively. Kamila breaks up with Lith after he reveals Solus to her. The rest of the family, unaware of this reason, tiptoe around him after the break up. News of Lith's single status spreads around the Kingdom and many flock to court him, including beasts hoping to mix with his Guardian bloodlines. After one tense evening, Rena convinces Lith to reveal the reason for the breakup.

Lith brings the family to the Trawn Woods where he shows them the tower and introduces them to Solus as his other half. Raaz, Elina, and Rena take the revelation poorly, believing Solus to be a homewrecker. However, after seeing Solus' anguish at their reaction as well as Lith's expectation of their reactions, they rescind their initial judgments. He shares with them their memories in a mind link, including what Solus could remember from her previous life as Elphyn. The Verhens apologize and embrace her as a member of their own family.

#### Visiting Grandma

The Verhens visit Salaark in the Blood Desert. Aran and Leria regularly return to Lutia to play with Frey and Filia during their lunchtime, before returning to the Desert to sleep. One afternoon, Lutia is attacked by the Balkor copycat and numerous mercenary groups. Aran and Leria are brought back to the Desert accompanied by Abominus and Onyx. The magical beasts speak to Elina and Rena for the first time to explain the situation, causing the two women to faint.

Aran and Leria become traumatized by the event and refuse to return to Lutia until several weeks later. The children become more reassured after seeing Lith turn into a Dragon.

## Quotes

* *"Take care, little brother. Always remember that no matter how many bad things you see out there, this house will always be the place you belong to. If you ever need our support, you'll find us here."* (Rena to Lith, Chapter 361)
* *"Oh, gods! He said the L word. Lith usually avoids it like the plague. This is bad."* (Chapter 483)
* *"Be careful. He cheats at everything with magic."* (Rena to Kamila, Chapter 485)
* *"Oh great, we meet for the first time in over half a year and even you can't see past my belly? Besides, you would know already if you bothered asking those few times you called. You scared Mom to death, little runt. Don't you dare to do that ever again."* (Rena to Lith, Chapter 909)
* *"I've lived here long enough to know how a Healer works, how you work. With white lies and omissions."* (Rena to Lith, Chapter 917)
* *"My parents are definitely too human to be an evil overlord in disguise. I shouldn't have let fear get the best of me."* (Chapter 932)
* *"How stupid do you think we are? Even when you were helping Faluel treat my babies, Quylla was the only one chanting. I was scared, not blind and deaf."* (Rena to Lith, Chapter 932)
* *"You already do more than enough for the family. Taking care of the children is our job. You have too much on your plate to take care of this as well."* (Rena to Lith, Chapter 1281)
* *"As for you...I demand an explanation! How did you seduce my little brother into this mess?"* (Rena to Solus upon meeting her, Chapter 1428)

## Trivia

* In the early chapters Rena used to be called "Eliza," though this was changed later on due to the name being too similar to Elina.

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 7
2. ↑ Chapter 909
3. ↑ Chapter 973
4. ↑ Chapter 3
5. ↑ Chapter 41
6. ↑ Chapter 319
7. ↑ Chapter 483
8. ↑ Chapter 910
9. ↑ Chapter 914
10. ↑ Chapter 919
11. ↑ Chapter 932
12. ↑ Chapter 1266
13. ↑ Chapter 1278
14. ↑ Chapter 1281
15. ↑ Chapter 1341
16. ↑ Chapter 1420
17. ↑ Chapter 1424
18. ↑ Chapter 1427
19. ↑ Chapter 1430
20. ↑ Chapter 1540: Family Care (Part 2)
21. ↑ Chapter 1543: Quality Time (Part 1)
22. ↑ Chapter 1584: The Pain of Loss (Part 2)
23. ↑ Chapter 1670: Fields and Ovens (Part 2)
24. ↑ Chapter 15: Author's Note