Lena of Orkney

Lena of Orkney was a Homid Get of Fenris Theurge during the Dark Ages.^[1]

Background

Born to Orkeny Islander parents, Lena is but twenty-five summers old. An artist, visionary and a powerful Theurge, she is respected for her tenacity and insight. In her 13th year, only a few months past her First Change, she challenged her sept's guards and advisors, demanding an audience before the chieftain. She knew she must warn him against an assault that would have led to the tribe's defeat. The forces of the Wyrm had planned to strike at the sept when the warriors were out searching for a non-existent foe. Even bloodied and torn, she was able to crawl before the chieftain, climb to her feet and warn him of the danger.

Later, she took ship with a pack of Fenrir pirates and helped raid Leech strongholds in her native Orkneys and in Scotland. She rose to lead that pack, but she frequently parted ways with them and traveled alone. On one such journey, she visited Dublin and meditated in the lost Fenrir caern there. The caern must be reclaimed, she knew, and she preached this gospel to other Fenrir in Ireland.

Lena is a seer, but her visions are violent things - revealing to her the face of the Wyrm and its minions and hinting of ways to kill those servants. She has no time for diplomacy or consensus building or selling some glorious future. The future can look after itself: The Wyrm must be fought now.

Currently, Lena worries about the visions and activities of Ute, the Fenrir skald of Northern Yorkshire. She has learned of Ute's visits with the mortal sorcerer, Gustav, and senses some evil purpose on his part. She things Ute has fallen under the Valdaerman's influence and that her tribemate's drive towards peace and diplomacy may lead to the Fenrir's undoing. Gustav, Lena suspects, must be Kinfolk, and possessed of enough knowledge to manipulate Ute into doing his bidding. If Ute does not turn from her doomed path, Lena intends to stop her.

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