Vanna

Character overview

Vanna is a Druman traveler who uses runes in combat and has taken part in scouting, hunting, and efforts to aid her companions.
Vanna is five-foot-one, with pointed ears. She wears armor and carries a crossbow.
Vanna, also known as Vanna Wintercrest Wintercrest, is from Druma. Her father is a dwarf, and her mother an elven mercenary who traveled as a warrior. She joined The Party at Torrentmoot and took part in its scouting and hunting expedition. Vanna approached the scholarly dromaar Davorr, heard his hopes for an alliance against the Whispering Tyrant, and said she hoped cooperation would be possible. When Bonesnap asked about her presence, she said Ardax had invited everyone and that her side had come to learn more. She had hunted before but never aurochs. During the first day's search, she read droppings to determine where the herd had bedded and whether it was moving toward water. Around the fire, she said Druma might ally with Belkzen and explained her parentage. On the second day, she continued scouting despite the failed cooking. When burrowing creatures attacked camp, Vanna spoke occult words in Dwarvish and shot one with a devastating hit. Later, she and Solara stepped on the same shifting stone while approaching the aurochs, alerting the herd.
At Torrentmoot, Vanna helped repair and rig equipment for the evacuation. The next morning, she searched for a crossing with Solara, found a spot that appeared fordable, and advised caution. She said the unattached skin in the water was abnormal, suggested striking it from a distance, and threw a stone toward it. During the fight with the skin slugs, she traced runes and detonated them at several points; after one detonation while Klein was held by a slug, he was no longer held. She said she could use the battle axe found underwater but would not use it often. In a fight near Torrentmoot, she shot and destroyed a ghoul, fired again, and reloaded, then detonated a rune she had placed on the wizard. After the wizard blinded her, she chose not to advance; despite her blindness, she traced and invoked a rune against it. Apollo cleared her blindness after the wizard was defeated, and Solara provided further healing.
Vanna is Druman and travels with The Group. She helped Vaska navigate east from Torrentmoot and recognized that Ardax’s Puzzle Box combined mechanical and magical elements. She asked Kestrel whether the Knights of Lastwall sought support from Belkzen and heard that Kestrel wanted coordination against the Whispering Tyrant. During the fight in the tomb, Vanna invoked a rune that reduced her companions’ fear, then traced a fiery rune onto the white-haired undead, reducing its resistance and burning it. She invoked another rune against it and badly burned it again. Kar praised her as the greatest fighter he had seen and, inspired by her, destroyed the undead with his hatchet. After the rescue, Vanna transferred the enchanted longsword’s striking enchantment to Fizzik’s handwraps and its remaining potency to Vaska’s warhammer. Kar later told others about Vanna’s heroics, including how she punched the undead.
Vanna has demonstrated an understanding of the natural world, using her skills to track and identify creatures. She has gained a reputation as a warrior among the orcs. She expressed that she would welcome an attempt to kidnap her as part of an orc courtship tradition and stated she would not trust a Razmiran. During the tooth-fairy attack, she opened a crate releasing the creatures, used explosive runes against them, and killed the last tooth fairy with a detonation, though she was sickened by their plague dust. At Broken Spears, she joined the hunt for the perytons, shot the mother with her crossbow, and used a fiery rune to burn her. After Vaska killed the mother, Vanna promised not to shoot the daughter if no one else attacked, then asked about the promised treasure.

• She read animal signs to track movements and searched for a crossing, advising caution.
• She has spoken occult words in Dwarvish and traced, invoked, and detonated runes in combat.
• She has used a crossbow against burrowing creatures, a ghoul, and a peryton.
• She transferred enchantments from the enchanted longsword to allies’ equipment.
• She joined The Party’s scouting and hunting expedition and alerted an aurochs herd with Solara.
• She discussed potential cooperation and alliances involving Druma, Belkzen, the Knights of Lastwall, and opposition to the Whispering Tyrant.
• She helped prepare equipment for the evacuation and fought the skin slugs near Torrentmoot.
• She fought the tooth fairies and perytons, and promised not to shoot the surviving peryton if no one else attacked.