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[Zorra La Rousse]

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Zora La Rousse of Yew: Zora began life in Yew with her father, and her mother. Her father being first a noble paladin versed in the ways of chivalry and warfare, and her mother a very famous mage who learned an ancient mystical art of being able to quiet literally sing magic spells into crystals to store them for later use.

Her earliest memories were of her father's wonderful stories full of the history of the lands and adventures.
Zora's mother on the other hand would read to her sometimes for hours, sometimes while in her bed or sitting indoors but their favorite reading time would always be out on the grass surrounded by sun and wind. Later of course as she learned to read herself Zora would read for hours on her own. She had an insatiable hunger for books especially anything on the history of the world.

On her tenth birthday her father presented her with her first journal. It was a lovely thing really, covered in magically colored pink leather, the journal was filled with empty pages to write her own tales with in, and a special magical quill that would never run out of ink or splash unseemly drops on the paper. This turned out to be all she needed to launch herself into the project. Soon the entire town of Yew had this lovely little girl under their feet asking questions but always observing and then writing in her books.

She attended the College of Scribes and learned about inscription, but it soon became apparent that she knew much more than her very teachers and so she decided to wander the world in search of history and knowledge. Now on her 30th journal, Zora wandered the lands filling her books with tales of the Great Void Battle, of the great Lord British, of the heroes across the land who would defend the cities from attacks.

At the age of 18, Zora decided it was time to come home and to write and catalog all that she had seen. Returning to the overjoyed arms of her parents Zora spent several weeks becoming familiar with her home town again. She told stories to everyone she knew and passed on what she knew of the state of the other cities and towns around the world. Zora also demonstrated some of the skills she had learned along the way. Naturally she had to learn to defend herself in her travels and to survive she had to learn camping skills and some cooking and how to use her sword. She would never admit it, but she could do a fine job with a stew or a roast. Zora had also learned to play several instruments and often told her tales to the accompaniment of music and song. Unfortunately her time in Yew came to an end when the town was invaded and ultimately destroyed in a senseless war. Her father died defending the town her loved so much, giving his life at last to defend Zora's mother when she grew too exhausted to continue casting spells. With his final breath Lord La Rousse spoke the magic words that opened a gate briefly. . Zora had felt the danger to her parents and fought her way to their side, too late to do more than prevent the monsters from defiling his body. With a last whispered word of love, she gathered up his sword and removed her father's magical amulets and rings and teleported herself to her mother's side. They found themselves in the strange merchant city of Luna where they made their home in a small cottage just outside the city itself.

Today Zora is committed to continuing to keep the history of the world alive for everyone, and to restoring the beautiful city of Yew. She has vowed that once again Yew will rise to become great. She still writes in her journal and tells tales of adventures, only now they seem to be a lot more about the bravery of her father. While she makes her home with her mother (now with serious dementia), she does continue to wander, and most likely you will see her around the realm keeping a pen in hand and waiting for her next battle.