Briar - Wicca

Briar

Briar is a young human witch born into a military family, her father is a sergeant and her mother is a certified wicca with the same troop. She is the 3rd child and her older brothers are mean-at-arms. The family has traveled with their Lords troop, manning castles and fighting bandits in the highlands and moorlands. She has spent some time with her brothers, mostly to learn a few ranger skills and to mind the horses and animals while they are out scouting. She has also spent time with her mother learning a few witchy ways, gaining and some simple skills in talking to and blessing the beasts of the troop; pack horses, cart horses/oxen, war dogs, cavalry mounts and making sure the food animals are healthy.

Briar has a familar Ash, a mist crow (since a black crow is a bit too witchy for soldiers comfort) Ash: a mist or hooded crow and is an ashy grey bird with black head, throat, wings, tail, and thigh feathers, as well as a black bill, eyes, and feet. They are very similar to the carrion crow. Like other corvids the mist crows are very intelligent, they are omnivorous and opportunistic foragers, eating; insects, berries, grain, crabs, mollusks and carrion. Mist crows live in cold to temperate zones, and in a wide variety of habitats; mountains, moors, woodland edges, estuaries, coastal cliffs, shrubland, fields, cultivated areas, and the urban environment.