Anika Amarant

The daughter of General Falkfuhrer Pol Amarant of Stangengrad Military Academy, Anika grew up wealthy and wanting for nothing. Until her early 20s, she was considered by many to be an aristocratic, spoiled snob--if highly skilled in business, trade, and diplomacy. That changed however one day when she witnessed brutality at its worst -- the slaying of her younger brother by an unidentified killer. After that, she realized how dire the situation was in her homeland and that she needed a purpose beyond being a mere aristocrat, but she also knew that vengeance would help nothing. This led her to learning the specialist ways of the courtier in order to further allow her to aid others (and of course herself), and later at the age of 23, to join the women's empowerment and military team of Kara's Daughters.

Over the next 2 years, Anika gained a reputation for skillful diplomacy and persuasion throughout Falkovnia and even into some surrounding countries. This aided her when the time of the Census Day attack came upon them, and Kara Drakov was in danger. Kara had suffered a breakdown after possession by a doppelganger ghost, and the only offer of help turned out to be a vampyre plot. Anika and other Daughters managed to get Kara out of Falkovnia to an Oneiromancer named Karl Bauer in Lamordia. Because of Anika's bravery, Kara was recently able to return to Falkovnia and, with a plea to her father, maintained her citizenship and was restored to her rightful place.

While in snow storm-ridden Lamordia, however, Anika spotted an injured and sick young snow owl that had been afflicted by presence of the White Fiend. This awoke something in Anika and, taking the owl into her care as a friend, she now is learning the path of the ranger in order to better aid her country and fellow sisters of Kara's Daughters.