Garnet

Garnet was born Margareta Skallagrim, a daughter of an aristocratic family of witches from Geffen. Early on, she led a sheltered life where the only other people she knew were her family and her tutors, and of course her younger sister Dahlia. Young Margareta, or Greta as most called her, was being groomed to inherit the family’s fortunes, but she never felt herself adequate to the task. She always believed Dahlia to be the better magic user.

One night, her parents were teaching her how to summon demons. Once the demon arrived however, Greta wasn’t prepared. The shadows in the room seemed to close in around her and chase her, and she fled from the house into the night.

Lost in the darkness, she tripped and fell into a pond, tumbling into its murky depths. She believed it to be the end as her lungs filled with water. To her surprise, though, she awoke in the morning, safe on the bank. Still terrified of the experience, she fled her family home, never to return.

She eventually landed in Prontera, far away from her childhood home. As she grew older, she became a mercenary and a monster hunter, going by the name Garnet. For her, the hunt is therapeutic. Perhaps if she slays enough demons, she’ll atone for her failure to be the witch her parents needed her to be. She feels most at home on the battlefield, where each swing of her blade is a strike against the shadows that used to terrify her.

Despite taking up a blade and trying to leave magic behind, she found that she could not shake her unearthly powers. Spells frequently came to her lips unbidden, seemingly casting themselves. She doesn’t know why the magic won’t leave her, so she makes use of it as best she can.

Garnet certainly never expected to see any of her family ever again, so it was some shock when she encountered Dahlia again in Prontera years after their childhood together had left her conscious mind. Her sister seemed thrilled to learn that she was still alive after all these years, but the reunion hasn’t done much for Garnet other than bring back feelings of shame and inadequacy. Still, she’d rather not disappoint her family a second time ...

**Class:** Witch

**Race:** Half-elf

**Background:** Haunted One

**Physical description:**

Garnet is a half-elf woman who appears to be in her early to mid-twenties. She stands 5'7" with stark white hair that is cropped in a haphazard fashion, probably from doing it herself. Her eyes are a milky white, but she doesn't seem to be blind. All the same, it's clear she's been through a lot, and she constantly appears as if she didn't get enough sleep.A large scar under her left eye is the only flaw in her delicate features.

She has the unmistakable gait of a warrior, and if there was any doubt, the greatsword strapped to her back is a dead giveaway. Most days she wear utilitarian and well-worn traveling clothes, and the only accent is a well-loved pewter Thor's hammer that she wears around her neck. In cold weather, she wears a heavy coat in a military cut. It's a dark navy color but also seems to be old and covered with dried blood spatters.

Garnet is a woman of few vices, but one habit in particular is an addiction to hand-rolled cigarettes. She prefers to eschew large crowds and other social gatherings. She seems to constantly glance over her shoulder, seemingly worried that someone—or *something*—is following her.