Trode Fiona Shields Hunter

**Trode Hunter**( Real name: ~~Trode Fiona-Shields Tordarroch/Hunter~~)***,*** "The Lost Daugther of Undvik*,*or simply **Trode**, was a ward of surprise of the witcher Sustor of Redania and later his companion in his contracts and quests.

Born to a blacksmith family, following the return of her father's rescue from slavers by **Sustor**, the witcher ended up receiving the girl as his payment for the law of surprise.

By the time **Trode** was thirteen she had achieved Adept rank blacksmith skills, and handled all of her Witcher foster father's armor and sword repair needs with a portable forge.

And by the time she was nineteen she had achieved Journeyman rank as a blacksmith.

## Biography

### Trode becomes Sustor's Ward of Surprise (1243)

A blacksmith from Undvik had been taken by slavers. This man had been on contract as a blacksmith for 8 months to another clan and was about to finish up to head home to his wife when he was taken by Skelligen slave traders (Probably Clan Dimun). The blacksmith's wife put a rescue contract up on the island of **Undvik** in the Skellige Isles, so happens **Sustor** was on the island and ended up taking the contract, he ended up slaughtering the slavers and rescuing the man who not having any money promised him a reward via the Law of Surprise. The man was surprised to discover his wife had a child in his absence a daughter named **Trode**. The man honored his oath giving the Witcher his daughter, and the wife gave the Witcher a pouch of coin. **Sustor** having no experience with babies booked passage out of **Skellige** and made his way to Redania to ask his original family for help though only his sister Neilva agreed to help him raise the baby, he ended up taking contracts from **Neilva's** contacts for the next five years to ensure he was nearby to raise **Trode**.

### Sustor starts taking Trode with him to contracts (1248)

When **Trode** turned five, **Sustor** ended up taking the girl with him on his contracts, during dangerous hunts he'd have the girl stay with his clients

### Sustor notices Trode interest in the smithing arts (1250)

During one of his more dangerous contracts two years later one of **Sustor's** clients noticed **Trode's** interest and latent talent in blacksmithing. The witcher didn't return for several days so the smith thinking the witcher had died took the girl on as an apprentice. He was surprised when the witcher returned alive though tired and filthy from the hunt, **Sustor** collected his reward and his ward, the client pointed out **Trode's** (7) interest and suggested that the during his contracts in the future to have her apprentice under a local blacksmith, this is a policy **Sustor** adopted for the rest of **Trode's** childhood and the rest of her teenage years.

### Sustor is imprisoned for a year (1255)

Charged under a false accusation **Trode's** (12) foster father **Sustor** is imprisoned. **Trode** journeys to Novigrad showing up at the Hunter estate telling her foster aunt **Neilva** that **Sustor** had been imprisoned. **Trode** is taken in to the Hunter household and gets a job apprenticing to Éibhear Hattori.

### Sustor is released from prison (1256)

**Trode** (13) now a Adept rank blacksmith goes with **Neilva** to greet **Sustor** upon his release. **Trode** refuses to leave her adopted father's side following this event. The pair leave a few days later, back on the Path. She brings a portable forge along with her and starts handling repairs and maintenance on her foster father's swords and armor.

### Sustor and Trode explore a ruin (1260)

**Sustor** and **Trode** (17) explored a ruin, hunting a monster through the large and complex ruin.

### Trode trains for Journeyman Rank (1262)

**Sustor** started thinking about the girl's future though it was nice to save money and not get gouged for coin, he worried about **Trode's** (19) safety so he dropped her off with his sister **Neilva** again to complete her Journeyman qualifications. **Trode** was not known for her patience so after she got her rank she sought out and found her adopted father before he'd even received word of her promotion.

## Friends

* Sustor of Redania (Adopted father) [Witcher]
* Jag Laittatrson (Adopted uncle) [Witcher]
* Razan of Cintra (Adopted grandfather) [Witcher]
* Éibhear Hattori (Blacksmithing master) [Aen Seidhe]

## Relatives

* Neilva Lorelai Hunter (Foster Aunt) [Human]
* Yoana Tordorrach (Distant relative) [Human]

## Abilities and Skills

* Journeyman Blacksmith- **Trode** can craft and repair weapons and armor up to the Journeyman level.

## The Witcher TRPG Stats

Stats: TBA

Abilities: TBA

Skills: TBA

## Notes

* **Trode** is a pure fanon creation as such there is no official proof of her existence in the Witcher works outside the fanon community.