It's a tale as old as the hills. Born into an isolated clan, Chryesia Wulfsdotter grew up straight and strong. Supple and graceful she bears the auburn tresses of her mother and the high cheekbones of her father. Many in the clan muttered that Wulf Gunderson treated her too softly, let her have her own way too often, and allowed her to learn the ways of the hunter and ranger rather than the duties of a wife and mother. And in the end, they proved to be the wiser.

When Gunderson promised her hand in marriage to the son of a neighboring clan leader, Chryresia refused. Pressed, she fled her homeland, relinquishing her father's name and taking on the epithet of "the Swift".

Skilled in the ways of the wild, armed with a long bow, short spear, and Seax knife she has made her way at random across the land, seeking a place to settle where she will not be required to do as others tell her. She prizes her personal freedom above all else.