Character

A mistress of the red, this arrogant duelist hunts wielders of forbidden magicks.

Born to a wealthy Ala Mhigan family, Valerie Redwyne lost her parents to the King of Ruin's bloody purges of the nobility. She was spared this fate by her grandfather, an Archon of Sharlayan and member of the Crimson Duelists, though it cost him his right hand and future as a red mage in the process.

After Garlemald took Ala Mhigo, Valerie escaped the country with her grandfather and traveled across Abalathia's Spine to the colony of Sharlayan. There, she attended the Studium but was involved in a scandal that led to her expulsion not long before her graduation. This, in turn, led to a falling out with her grandsire, whose abusive teaching style resulted in her cutting ties to him altogether.

She made a new name for herself in Ul'dah, not only as a mercenary and adventurer specializing in hunting cultists, ashkin, and voidsent, but also as a student of its signature trades: weaving, goldsmithing, and alchemy. Her varied skills and interests, as well as several successful publications on subjects ranging from magic to history to fashion, have helped her carve a place within the elite merchant class of Ul'dah.