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Kienna was born to a pair of commoners, one a physician and the other a soldier. The three lived at the eastern fringes of the Northlands, but after a raiding party lead to the death of Kienna's father, the surviving two moved inland. Kienna's mother was pregnant and wished to birth the child away from conflict for safety's sake, but passed from sickness not long after. Not yet an adult, girl sought to work in the shop of a trader, but was rebuffed. Every day she turned up with a new argument on why she should apprentice under the merchant, and every day he refused, though he grew more approving each day. After a month she learned the reason why: The merchant had reached out to an old friend to see if she needed an assistant in her lawyering, and she had been interested enough to meet with Kienna. For several years she worked as the personal servant and scribe for one of the rare few lawyers of Redrain. Not only did she translate and transcripe texts, she passed on rumors and gossip that might be useful in formulating a compelling argument. In time, she had developed her skills enough that she was granted permission to travel to Arx and help the House there. Kienna packed what precious few things she had and left for the capital.

A tumult of coppery twists and tangles frame this young woman's face. Windblown locks often breeze past her freckled face and slate-gray eyes despite her fruitless attempts to tame the snarl. She looks young for for her age, in the way that the undernourished commoners often do, with a waifish wisp of a figure that strongly suggests at feminine features without outright declaring them. Fine-boned facial features give way to narrow shoulders and slender arms. Her fingers are delicate, fineboned and largely free of callous. Limbs betray no notion of strength, and despite her slim figure, she possess the tender physique of someone who has done little hard work in their life.

Kienna has the wild, thrill-seeking heart of the northerners, but tempers that edge with a scholarly, bookish facade. In truth she hides her low birth behind a mask of refinement. She feels insecure about her youth and rank compared to many of the other lawyers, and pursues her cases with a ruthlessness one might not suspect by her size and demeanor. Keinna plays dirty, and loves every second of it.