Dame Brionna Valsun, Knight Commander
Physical Appearance
Dame Brionna Valsun is a feisty 34-year-old knight commander with caramel skin and curly dark brown hair that flows to her shoulders. Her powerful nose and cheeks are freckled beneath her piercing hazel eyes. A white scar runs from her left brow to the bridge of her nose.
Background
Born in Jhelom to an affluent weaponsmith family, Brionna’s prodigious fighting talents manifested from a young age under the tutelage of a weapons master hired by her family. At the age of seven, she began her journey to knighthood. Though she began as a page with The Silver Serpents, she quickly outperformed noble lads training as squires in combat drills and competitive tournaments, earning acclaim. Several orthodox mentors were critical of her stratospheric notoriety, feeling that such success should be saved for high-born furthering family legacies. Even though the order realized Brionna’s abilities could not be overlooked, simmering animosity from envious, less-talented adolescents spurred petty hazing. Their misbehavior ironically encouraged her rigorous training routine. Brionna was sixteen when she was targeted by elder squires who attempted to instigate an honor duel in the hopes that she would decline owing to her youth. Brionna, on the other hand, ruthlessly defeated the bullying ringleader, violently expressing her superior skills. Fearful elders were about to banish her when progressive voices intervened, praising Brionna’s patience in waiting until she was directly threatened with force. Over the next decade, Dame Brionna rose to prominence fighting mountain trolls and ogres, pioneering unconventional techniques that combined martial prowess with crafty tactics. Despite her modestly defiant freedom from hidebound conventions, she was annoyed by her consistent denial of promotions. She gladly transferred to The Green Company charter to escape suffocating tradition, and perhaps a new start away from the many adversaries collected over the years.
Personality Traits
Brionna is normally quiet, speaking only when required, but when engaged in serious matters, her expressions are animated by intense convictions. Her often-curt speech is peppered with sarcasm and formal tone. Brionna silently chafing at bureaucratic limits and perks claimed by sheer lineage rather than true merit, yet generally complying to protocols out of duty. Her irreverent personality rejects artificial politeness and mindless convention.
Behaviors & Relationships
Brionna fosters profound camaraderie with warriors by leading charges from the front and gaining moral wins against injustice rather than dwelling over ambiguous codes. When appropriate, she maintains respectable public behavior but discreetly mocks the over-the-top chivalrous. Brionna seeks harsh realities above cozy lies from advisors she respects more than likes.
Motivations & Goals
Brionna seeks greater influence in leading the order toward ethical advancement by scrutinizing certain outmoded rules she sees as hypocritical to stated beliefs or impedimental to assisting vulnerable commoners. Through excellent leadership, she takes risks to question entrenched conventions.
Brionna harbors deep anxieties that her defiant personality stems from egoistic aspirations for authority rather than genuine opposition to erroneous hierarchies. Brionna wrestles with unpleasant similarities to those she dislikes due to arrogance as she teaches subordinates with similar temperaments, wondering if her own rebellion is motivated by pride rather than principle.
Complexity
She will give leeway to people who have earned her respect when they make mistakes or fail, and let the hammer of judgement fall upon those she dislikes.
Secrets
None of note.