Fox

Story
In the innermost courtyard of the castle of Asteaweth there was a sacred forest. At the heart was a great tree that grew blue leaves. It was widely whispered in Asteaweth that the tree was one of the reasons it was so lush and green. The tree was a mystery and a jewel, tended by gardeners that were said to be only half-human. The fox people were sworn to silence while in the presence of the tree. They could never speak its secrets.

An adept, Fox was tasked with climbing the tree every morning to pull down the dead twigs from the upper branches. She was swift on her feet and would flit up and down the tree with ease, using the blade she hooked to one wrist to slash down the dead and dying so that they would not make the tree ill. Every night she would curl up on one side of the tree, fluffing her tails beneath her, not needing anything else for a pillow.

One night, the sky was darker than usual. She had heard that the king had refused the king of a neighbouring kingdom his daughter’s hand. Fox rarely paid attention to what went on outside the garden, but the people of the castle had been whispering about it. The sound had reminded her of bees. She was grateful when it became quiet again.

A rustle in the leaves above her alerted her to something amiss. The leaves never rustled due to breeze, someone was up in the branches above her head. Leaping up, holding her knife in front of her she looked for the intruder. Sitting on a long thick branch was a shadow. She thought at first it was another of her people, but no. The creature was a deep blackness, swallowing the few stars that shone in the sky. It turned and looked at her and attacked.

She slashed, wounding the demon, but not before it had taken a twig of the sacred tree complete with three blue leaves. Fox swore from that day onward, she would not be helpless when the demons came for her homeland again. She would fight them all if that was what the heart of Asteaweth needed.

In-Game Description
Fox is made by the fox into human form, with a powerful mana. As a mage-type hero, the fox has a moderate attack distance, and a wide range of spell damage. The fox is good at using her tail with spells to change the attack, and her charm of the surgery also makes her enemies easily into a crisis.