Character Sketch - Anka Enora Aelgon

Anka is a young woman from the coastal wetlands village on the far side of the desert. She's the muscle of the group - trained as a "warrior" in the tradition of her tribe since puberty, which includes actual combat training along with meditation, cognitive exercises, and physical yoga-like discipline. So she's very grounded, strong, and more mundane and earthy than her current traveling companions. Although she's in terrific physical and mental shape from her training, she will struggle with the realization that all her "peaceful warrior" training has not adequately prepared her for the gritty realities of an actual life-and-death fight.

As a female warrior she's definitely developed her masculine side. But as she develops I'd like to see another part of her - "the girl" which she hasn't fully integrated - she hates this part of herself, because it contains her weakness and doubt. In the long run, I want to develop and deepen her feminine side as a woman (not just a "girl") - and I think at some point certain characters will begin to refer to her by her middle name "Enora" as a part of this change.

Maybe she will develop a mind blowing feminine super power. Too soon to tell...