Hena Goqabah
Lady Hena Goqabah is a knight and the wife of Orisan Caleil . She originates from the region near Long Road on eastern Arastir, where she achieved knighthood as a Sun Knight at the age of 19. Her and Orisan were wed in 196, following their meeting at a noble ball in Mooton and Orisan taking an extended trip to Long Road.
Lady Hena fights with spears and polearms, and coats her weapons in poisons she extracts directly from the venomous snakes she breeds.
Within Boldern Tower, Hena is respected and feared but sometimes seen as just too outlandish to fit in. In the training yards she is sometimes seen butting heads with Meryn Calloway over how best to train for combat.
She seems to have too much energy to be contained within the walls of Boldern Tower, so her and Orisan frequently ride horses into the mountain where she likes to hunt boars or other animals with her spear.
Quotes:
Her: "My favorite poison is one the knights of my land call the Reminder, from my favorite viper Black Death. A few drops of it will kill a man in a few hours. A single drop carefully placed will make him shit black blood for a week. Every time he sees that blood he can remember that all it would have taken is a few more drops but I chose to grant him mercy."
About her (Meryn Calloway): "Rare to see a woman warrior, and I respect her for that. But you can't forget she is one when ye see her small frame. A single blow would knock her off kilter and put her in the ground. All that fancy footwork means so much energy, too. Give a man a good shield and armor and he could outlast her even if he were half as skilled."
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