Thora Gunhild

When she first started training as a fighter, one of Thora’s instructors criticized her for her solitary tendencies. “Why aren’t you spending your downtime socializing with your group?” he said. “High morale saves lives.” And so she made a considerable effort to hang out, talk, and laugh with others. It was fine, but also exhausting. When she found a slot in a full-time adventuring group it was necessary to do it all again; invest time and effort into getting to know the people she’d be depending on. Now it’s done, but it seems like an inescapable expectation. Whenever she goes out to the forest alone to lean against a tree and listen to the Creator’s message on the breath of the wind, inevitably she’ll be tracked and interrupted: “Whatcha doin’?” None of them seem to understand how important it is for her to disengage and decompress. They think there’s something wrong. Nothing is wrong. She needs solitude.