Medb Tormalin, called the "Wood Witch," was an Asrai Mage Lord who protected a part of the magical forest of Athel Loren where there were numerous burial cairns.[1a][2a]
Medb inherited the title of "Protector of the Cairns" from her father, a Wood Elf Mage Lord of some renown himself, after he was slain in battle against the Vampire Counts of Sylvania. It is her duty and desire to patrol the many glades within the forest where in times past the dead of many races have been buried in vast numbers. She does so riding on the back of her loyal Unicorn steed, Silverhorn. Medb's taming of Silverhorn is so famed among the Wood Elves that it is now sung of as a ballad by the bards of Athel Loren.[1a]
The Wood Witch has proved her mettle in battle on many occasions, fighting alongside the Guardians of the Cairns. Countless numbers of Undead have fallen before her wrath as necromancers and Liches have desecrated the ancient burial mounds and the hordes of the living dead have destroyed her beloved forest.[1a]
Appearance[]
Throughout Athel Loren, Medb is renowned not only for her mastery of the magic arts, but also for her beauty. She is slender of body and her skin is like ivory.[1a]
Like many of her race, she has piercing, steely violet eyes, but unusually her otherwise auburn hair is streaked with green. Her robes and clothes are almost entirely stitched together from leaves and she wears the feathered head-dress of a mage of the Cairn Glades Kindred. Before going into battle, Medb paints herself with swirling magical designs which deflect the blows of her enemies.[1a]