<div class="floatright">(http://103.41.106.120:54132/h/b7c24c7de06bda7321b9adaddb09a4cf13f243f5-107290-800-1132-jpg/keystamp=1548085200-9efb61d5a0;fileindex=11023747;xres=2400/19_Twilight_Knight.jpg)</div>Jalna has heard the tale from her mother, Joann countless times.  Tame and trivial at first during her earlier years after her birth, but as she got older the telling took on a darker, serious tone, telling of the horrors that occurred on that fateful day when the great city of Lutan and it patron deity, the goddess Lux, fell into the dark tendrils of the evil god, Tenebrax and ushered in the Eclipsing Age upon the world.   All of this and more have been drilled into her whole being by her mother until it she saw it as gospel truth in order to prepare her for the eventual day that she would face the dark lord, Tenebrax as the new Lightbearer as her mother did.  But it was not just her mother who was grooming her for what was to come.  Born in the barbarian village of the Karhu Tribe, where Lux sent Joann to in order to escape from the clutches of the dark lord during that time, Jalna learned all there was in being part of the tribe, learning of their ways especially through her adoptive father, Veikko.<br/><br/>It was Veikko who gave Jalna her name, after finding her mother naked and weary in the outskirts of the village and took her in to be his mate.  While stern and overbearing like many of the Karhu he came to truly love Joann in spite of her being an outsider, even when she  was with child that was not his own.  Joann was truly grateful of him and genuinely loved him in return, more so when he came accept Jalna as his very own daughter and kept her under his care.<br/><br/>Nineteen summers have passed and Jalna is now in the prime of her youth, having learned and weathered out to what its to be a Karhu barbarian like learning living off the land and surviving several mishaps along her way into adulthood, including attempts on her virginity by the more foolhardy and lusty males of the tribe who thought of taking advantage of a child of an outsider,  in spite knowing she was under Veikko’s wing, who while not a village chief was a warrior of some renown.  Regardless of whether it was through the goddess’ blessing and protection, or through her own efforts thanks to her upbringing, or both, Jalna overcame such tries on her chastity and has remained pure up to this point, something she thinks Lux would be pleased with and thus rightfully gives her thanks to.  Though her mother has reminded her from time to time, that chastity was a luxury Lightbearers could not cling to for long, especially when constantly battling the forces of the dark lord or when having to make compromises, this coming from her very own experience.<br/><br/>Jalna trudged to a stop, catching her breath after having dragged today’s game, a deer, from where she killed it. The village where she lived most of her life was within sight but was some ways still.  She looks in the direction of where a few youths of the tribe, younger than her, have set off on their own, seeking for adventures beyond the borders of the village, farther than where she killed her first bear on her eighteenth birthday, and where   foreign traders, who occasionally come to the village to make trade, come from, telling of tales both wondrous and horrific of the lands unseen yet by most of the Karhu.  And here, Jalna, still remains, having yet to set forth and do Lux's will. But this is due to the running doubts in her heart and mind as the upcoming Lightbearer.  She is well aware of heritage and what is required of her, and yet she wonders at times like now, can she really do it?  Does she really have what it takes to be the new Lightbearer and surpass her mother? Can she even vanquished Tenebrax and free the world from his wicked reign where Joann failed?  For now though it was her growling stomach she had to worry about as she hastily resumed her trek back to the village, pulling her kill along in order to prepare it for her day’s meal.<br/>