(http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs7/i/2005/181/d/6/Esther_Updated_by_Ferres.jpg)<br/>Name: Risa Val'urk<br/>Age: 24<br/>Gender: Female<br/>Occupation: Royal<br/>Sexual Preference: Lesbian<br/>Dom/Switch/Sub: Switch favoring sub<br/>Allegiance: Nei J'nesst<br/>Brief Bio: Risa is the newest and arguably best leader of the Val'urk tribe. One that has controlled some of the most fertile lands in the entire planet, a mountain range on the equator called the Scarred peaks which is known for its plentiful mines and sugar cane fields. She became leader at the young age of fourteen after her mother and father disappeared in the mountains during a pilgramage. When Nei came to her tribe she did not fight them. While her tribe had advanced forms of technology in warefare that are maintained to this day they lacked the numbers to effectively battle against the empress. Although had war come both sides would have been hurt bad enough that future conquests would have ended there. Instead Risa formed a treaty, giving her and her named successors full reign over their territory and in return providing the Val'ruk tribes non-military technology.<br/><br/>Since those days her tribe has spent its time trading in food and precious metals and puts its efforts toward breakthroughs in new technology. In fact Val'ruk has one of the few universities on the entire planet that is devoted to higher learning and the advancement of civilization. Thus far due to the university and Risa's own laboratory several technological breakthrough's have been reached and offered to the alliance. Who takes these things and uses them is beyond her purview but there's no question that her tribe lives a life of luxury when compared with more primitive ones.<br/><br/>However the Val'urk tribe has another secret that only the empress knows herself. That being that the military technology and equpment that has been developed is being stockpiled within the fortresses of the Scarred peaks. Its existance is a closely guarded secret shared only with the Empress and Risa has always maintained the outlook that it is only for exceptional circumstances. In truth, Risa isnt entirely convinced that her alliance with Nei will last forever so she prepares for a war that may never come. In the mean time she trades as much as she can and continues to advance the alliance in her own way, always putting her own tribe before anyone else.