Yava

Yava was a Redanian peasant woman, as well as the alderwoman of the Redanian village of Carsten and long-time friend of the witcher Adalwulf of Aedirn .

## Early life

Born one of three children to the alderman of Carsten. Yava's mother was kidnapped by nobles when a lord's son took interest in her. Her relatives were merchants and she grew up always surrounded by yelling, haggling, and money. Her father Achill was rescued by a Witcher named Adalwulf of Aedirn in his youth and Yava grew up being told stories of the Witcher's exploits by her father.

## Hunt for the Mula (1202)

The village alderman's daughter Yava (9) met Adalwulf when she was only nine years old. Despite the town elders warnings she took a liking to Adalwulf doing what she could to help with the Witcher's investigation, including splitting off from him to ask questions when the villagers purposely kept tightlipped. With Yava's information and Adalwulf's knowledge of monsters they are able to deduce that the beast targeting the Gustfields region is a Mula. Yava was not present during the fight with the Mula, as Adalwulf sent her home for her safety. She however was present during Adalwulf's presentation of the Mula's head as a trophy. The client refused to pay the proper price for the Mula, instead demanding that Adalwufl accept the original contract price. Yava stepped forward and asked her fellow villagers to pool their money together to at least give their savior a better reward than what would be offered for a single drowner. Adalwulf offered a quarter discount because of Yava and the villagers were able to supplement the contract money to reach the sum. The two departed as friends, Adalwulf promising to visit her in the future.

## Yava befriends a bandit gang (1222)

**Yava** (29) befriends a bandit leader **Fritz** and gains his group The Sanguine Wolf Squad's favor, she convinces the group not to target Gustfields and instead to help the town in exchange for aid. It is during this year that **Yava** becomes the alderwoman of Gustfields.

## Yava trains with a soldier (1225)

**Yava** (32) helped and trained with a soldier to get ready for eventual war, he teaches her how to handle a staff.

## Yava has a bit of financial fortune (1237)

**Yava** (44) earns quite a bit of coin working as a temporary merchant to her bandit friends, she invests the coin she earns into Vivaldi's bank to be reinvested and continues to live modestly.

## Yava accuses a relative of Witchcraft (1248)

**Yava's** merchant relatives visit bringing along their strange daughter, **Nainelme** (7). The girl is not right in the head and has a psychopathic moment. She almost attacks a village boy, instead of lying and saying the girl attacked him to defend her relatives honor **Yava** (55) blames the attack on possession by a devil, which leads the villagers to believe **Nainelme** is a witch. She is 'exorcised' and let go. She has a burning hatred for **Yava** after the experience, she later grows up to be a criminal of a meager gang.

## Yava loses a lover and gains a daughter (1261)

**Yava** was involved in a romantic tragedy. Her lover committed suicide. They found out about **Yava's** age despite her youthful appearance, believing her to be a witch and themselves for having 'communed' with witches, they decided to kill themselves. Surprisingly at her age (68) ended up having a child with them, a healthy but shy daughter named Carria. Her oldest friend **Adawulf of Aedirn** attended her lover's funeral at **Yava's** request and she named him the godfather of **Carria**. **Adalwulf** tried to tell his friend the Witcher's life is not for a little girl but **Yava** insists **Adalwulf** be the one to look after her daughter if something happens to her.

## Yava befriends a Redanian Duchess (1269)

A Redanian duchess Neilva Lorelei Hunter became bound by bond with Yava (78) when the two women were trapped together during a monster attack. Yava ended up chasing off the monster with her staff-fighting skills. When Neilva escorts Yava home she meets Yava's daughter, Carria and becomes quite fond of the girl. Yava and Neilva then regularly visit each other, often with Carria in tow.

## Yava takes in Adalwulf and his companion Aine (1271)

Following his trip to Skellige, when Adalwulf returned to the mainland with his Ulfur companion, he made his way to the relative safety of Gustfields to outrun the war and make plans for the future. The Witcher and companion would stay with Yava and Carria carrying out local contracts until they left the area.

## Friends

At the time of her and **Adalwulf's** first meeting was a peasant girl, the daughter of the alderman village of Carsten in the kingdom of Redania.
Her and Adalwulf would maintain a strong friendship through her life, to the point of her naming Adalwulf the godfather of her only child.
* **\*Hunt for the Mula (1202)\*** After being summoned by her father, Achill, Alderman of Carsten, a village in the Gustfields region following monster attacks, Adalwulf's investigation hit a wall the villagers refused to talk to him whether out of fear, racism or hatred no one seemed to want anything to do with him. Yava took a liking to Adalwulf and went around repeating his questions and telling him the true answers. With her help, Adalwulf was able to deduce the monster was a Mula. Adalwulf sent Yava home when she wanted to come slay the monster. She was there when he turned in his bounty and was instrumental in seeing he got somewhat fair compensation. She asked that he come back to visit her as her friend.
* **\*Carria is born (1261)\*** A daughter is born to **Yava** who recently lost her husband to suicide, **Adalwulf** attends the funeral at his friend's request. **Yava** officially names **Adalwulf** her daughter's godfather.

The Gustfield Bandits AKA '**The Sanguine Wolf Squad'** (Foster Family)

The two became friends during a monster attack.

## Relatives

* Alderman of Carsten (Father) {Deceased}
* Kalwik (Brother) {Deceased}
* Krelcar (Brother) { Deceased }
* Nainelme (Distant relative) [Criminal]
* Unnamed Man (Husband) [Peasant] {Deceased}
* Carria (Daughter) [Source]

## Personality and traits

**Yava** is blissfully optimistic and even-tempered. She believes it is important to be healthy, clean and she has an open mind about new ideas. She also believes you should be content with what you have, but wanting more is not bad. She often serves as a mother/sister figure to the Gustfield bandit gang.

Standing 5' 6" tall, **Yava** usually wears plain, functional work clothes. She often accompanies her friend **Neilva** to social functions as **Neilva** appreciates her friend's take on life and politics. A particularly notable feature is her misleading appearance; she looks much younger than she really is.

She has pale skin, a narrow face, a small nose, very thin lips, and her blue eyes are narrow. Her straight light brown and gray hair falls down past her shoulders. She has short arms, a wide torso with lightly defined muscles, toned legs, and average-sized feet.

She usually wears a peasant's dress though her friend, the Redanian Duchess Neilva Lorelei Hunter gives her dresses and asks her to dress up for their outings together. She rarely seems to get tired having an almost unnatural level of vitality.

## Skills and Abilities

* Trained
	+ Physical
		- **Staff Proficiency**: Through training, **Yava** is able to wield a staff with great proficiency and skill for close quarter combat purposes that can be used to her advantage.
* Magical
	+ **Anomalous Human Physiology**: As an Anomaly, **Yava** has the magical abilities of one.
		- **Animated Reflection**: Because of **Yava's** anomalous nature, her reflection has a mind of its own.
		- **Longevity**: **Yava** because of a rare genetic condition possesses an extended lifespan, allowing her to live longer at prime age than a normal human.
			* **Decelerated Aging**: **Yava** ages slower than normal for her species and potentially giving her (and her daughter) a long lifespan.
		- **Pulse Strike**: **Yava** can create strikes or attacks that create a pulse-like wave.

## Trivia

* **Yava** seemingly ages slower than other humans, to the degree that when she is in her late 60s, she appears to be in her early 20s whether this is by genetics or haphazard magic is not known as this time, as both of her siblings died.
* **Yava** is an Anomoly, a strange existence that defies the laws of the world, her great health and fortitude, her lifeforce as well as her reflection moving independently is the evidence of this.
	+ Yava is unaware that she has the ability to emit a 'pulse' of Chaos from her hand as a means of self-defense.
* **Yava** is an NPC created in the Witcher TRPG for Adalwulf of Aedirn's campaign, specifically as someone player character **Adalwulf of Aedirn** owes a favor to, her character was then fleshed out from there.
* Anomalys are based off of the class introduced to D & D.

## Notes

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