Mara the Incorruptible

Personality
Cold and callous, Mara has dedicated her life to the protection of Hierman Ja from planar threats. She has often been criticized for her lack of empathy towards those she wages war against, and those she executes. Mara the Incorruptible, brings a crusader like volition to leading the Vigilants war effort in the east.

Appearance
Mara has a strong build, her shoulders are wide, and her arms are thick. Her hair is stark white, and her eyes a soul rending grey. She looks unnaturally young for her age. She does not converse often with anyone but her Goddess and her soldiers, though it is said even her gaze is enough to strike fear into the unjust.

Always at attention, every bit of her movement paints her as a leader, her confident strides compel people to follow her lead, and her idle stance provides her soldiers with a sense of security that they are on the right path, and can handle whatever may come.

Background
Thirty five hears ago Mara Líf became the youngest person to take up the mantle of Head Protector of the Vigilants of Heb'Dar, following in the footsteps of her father Verndari Líf after his assassination. Since her appointment as Head Protector, Mara has tightened the Vigilants hold on all things planar in Hierman Ja.

The great republic has seen peace from almost anything extra planar for nearly thirty years now, although some people question Mara's methods. She banished all planar outsiders to the far eastern reaches of Hierman Ja, to an archaeological landmark known as the desert of swords. Her and her soldiers hold a line at Verndari keep, a great fortress designed to resist any attempt to overrun it.

Many criticize Mara, saying her actions have led to an increase in planar threats, as previously peaceful races bargain with dangerous entities, raising corrupt armies, vying to break the Vigilants line and rejoin the Republic of Hierman Ja. While many politicians in Hierman Ja disapprove of her actions, few speak out about it, in fear of drawing Mara's attention and having citizens of their cities conscripted to the ranks of the Vigilants. Some more distasteful people have taken to attacking her character, raising conspiracy theories about her age, and why no one but her personal guard has seen her outside of her armor in thirty years.

Jesters and fools often poke fun, saying that she is actually three gnomes in a suit of armor, wearing Head Protector Verndari's daughter's face. While there have been more serious accusations that she is hiding some cryptic tattoos under her armor, that give her the power of some extra-planar deity so that she may complete a master plan to raise an army of daemons in the east. These ideas are usually dismissed as fast as they are brought up, and the explanation remains that her connection to her goddess Gerana has protected her from the usual weather of age, until she may complete some greater purpose.