Vieraslayer
The Diary of Alvyne Vierahealer
After searching for Jote for a while, I've realized a few things about the wood-warders. Rael is all business when she has to be. It's like she and Kjrs turn into totally different Viera when they have to do what they were trained to do. It's only when they're not on a mission they act like complete idiots.
Fran and Balthier were helping. Balthier says that they'll go after the Talisman as soon as Fran's sister is returned home safely and everything. Fran and Rael started an argument at one point, which ended with the chief wood-warder receiving a nasty scratch across her face. I think Rael was saying something about Myko again while they were waiting for me to sniff the area thoroughly. I have to keep Rael busy that means.
Neve is Fran's cousin; Sylva's sister Naja was her mother. She's a fine wood-warder and a decent Viera. She can keep Rael and Kjrs quiet a lot of the time, but Rae still needs to remind her who is the chief wood-warder. She and Kjrs are the finest Eruyt Village has. If I didn't know better, I'd think that means Eruyt Village has some pretty poor warriors, but Rael and Kjrs are wonderful warriors if nothing else.
Arla, one of the other wood-warders, is actually Hala's eldest daughter. She's young, but Jote trusts her like few others. She's one of the few who knew that Myko was half-Hume back when it was a closely guarded secret. I mean, now everyone knows, but it used to be a secret. They were afraid the Viera would not accept Myko or worse, try to kill her. Half-Humes are getting more common, however, so now nobody really cares. Arla has a little sister that is only a few days older than Myko. For a long time, Arla wanted to be a wood-warder, even though her mother wanted her to be a salve-maker. Hala seems to just have finally accepted Arla for who she is. I've noticed that sometimes Viera have issues accepting things that are not normal. It's typical for a Viera to follow in her mother's footsteps. All Arla's sisters have gone into the path of the salve-maker.
The other wood-warder assisting with the rescue is from Tarva Village. She was sent by Kara to help the search and rescue effort and her name is Kalj. She's a daughter of Janzyn and one of Tarva Village's wood-warders. Janzyn has three daughters in Tarva Village that are wood-warders who are about the same age. There was some incident where Janzyn slept with about nine of the Viera women in Tarva years and years ago that resulted in his being expelled from his home village permanently and Kalj and her half-sisters Mjra and Nova were born a year and a half later.
I'm still getting nothing. I can tell Rael is getting really upset. I am not incompetent, nope-nope! Carraka is just an expert at covering her scent. I have to find something! It hurts me to think what Carraka and Atlas are doing to poor Jote!
--Alvyne Vierahealer