Ara-kataja Ketena of Daneval

Ketena of Daneval is a kazena woman and the Ara-kataja, also known as the leader of the Danejran. She was born in Yllajaro, Daneval, Delvaruud.

Backstory
Ketena was born to two kazena parents in the coast city of Yllajaro, Daneval, Delvaruud. Her father worked on the docks so Ketena got introduced to pirates and the sea. Since she was a young girl she always wanted to be a pirate.

One thing she never understood was that pirates always looked so shoddy. Despite being a little rougher and wilder than the average kazena woman, she does still care quite a bit about her appearance. She therefore always claimed that she would one day become "the pretty pirate".

At age 15, Ketena applied for a spot on a danejran ship. She got put into danejran training quickly afterward and was ready to go on her first ship, the Rajen soron, at age 18. She was trained primarily as a swordswoman though is also an adept slinger and offensive-alchemist. She worked her way up to the rank of Ferjaze 2nd class on the Rajen over 7 years of service.

During a sleepless night, Ketena roamed the ship's deck and looked at the stars. All of a sudden, she heard the cry of a feathered lacetrice, an extremely rare occurrance this far at sea. She fruitlessly tried to search the sky for it when suddenly, a dark blue-purple feather whirled in front of her feet. Recognising this as a black feathered lacetrice's tail feather and its symbolical significance, she proudly stuck it into her hat, hoping that would give her the push she needed to become a kataja herself.

At age 25, she was let go from the Rajen soron and she went back to Yllajaro. For a while she worked at a danejran training camp where she taught future ensigns in swordfighting. She quickly got bored though, as the "adventure inside her came calling". After about a year she was hired by a visitor on another plane of existance to help defeat the evil forces there.

When she returned, barely any time had seem to have passed. She quickly got drafted for a position of Ferjaze 1st class on the Marmahe. 4 years later, duing the siege on Sarr'atah pass (between aileron and lya ri'renad), both kataja Beneron of Teveral and kvarenmahe Serana of Yllajaro were killed in battle. Ketena being the highest in command after their death, was informally promoted to kataja of the Marmahe. The siege on Sarr'atah pass ended with Delvaruud being the victor in good part by Ketena's excellent captaining, resulting in her formal promotion to kataja with distinction.

When ara-kataja Tjanaros of Daneval retired only 3 years later, Ketena was considered for the position of ara-kataja because of her work during the siege on Sarr'atah pass. She underwent the trial by combat against the other candidates and finally against ara-kataja Tjanaros, where she proved victorious. During her fight with ara-kataja Tjanaros, he inflicted a deep cut on her left breast, leaving a prominent scar. Getting scarred by the ara-kataja during the exchange of power while being victorious is considered a sign of great fortune.

After she got appointed and inaugurated as ara-kataja, she got her own warship built, the Ana matore. This was the most impressive as well as luxurious warship ever built by the danejran and has remained the fleet's flagship ever since. Ketena chose to captain the Ana matore to stay in action. A specially appointed mage stays in contact with the danejran headquarters, allowing her to rule over the fleet during her voyages.

She now roams the seas looking for adventure and unfortunate trade ships to plunder, all the while ruling over the danejran and fighting along fiercely in battle.

Appearance
Ketena is, despite being middle aged, a quite fair kazena woman. She is quite tall but slim for a kazena. She has a fair, slightly darker than usual red skin. She maintains her face with a layer of makeup, but tries to maintain a quite natural look with it except for some eyeliner. She has only small bumps for horns and slightly shorter ears than a usual kazena woman. She has bright orange eyes. She has long, braided, blood-red hair topped with a magnificent pirate's hat lined with brass and with a big black feathered lacetrice's tail feather coming out of the left fold. She wears tight fitting, quite fancy clothes, also with brass colored accents. She wears a corset which also pushes her breasts up. Her breasts are plump and the left one has a clear, significant scar on it. She wears two scimitars on her back and a marare krajakore sling and purse on her belt, often along with a few marare krajakorae.

Behaviour
Because she is a kazena, she has a harder time resisting temptations like sex and alcohol. Her general low restraint regarding these temptations does not help either.

Though she is a pirate, and would probably look quite shabby, she spends quite a bit of time to maintain her looks and keep them up to spec. She always carries a small makeup kit with her everywhere she goes and gets very upset if she can't find it right away.

Ever since she was a small child, she was enamered with pirates and pirate life, roaming the seas. She wanted to one day be the captain of her very own ship from a very early age. The shores of daneval will always be her real home and she has a special place for it and her homeland in her heart.

Ketena likes a job well done, especially if she can convince someone else to do it. Though she knows like no one else that if you want something to be done right, you often have to do it yourself.

Holding more true to the danejran code than most danejran, she is known amongst her crewmates to be very a reliable person.

Facts
Because of her very youthful look and because she maintains it well, people often guess her to be only half her actual age.

Because Ketena is trained in basic marare krajakorae crafting, she knows how to make them if the components are available. She cannot craft them, though, unless the exact alchemical components are readily available.

Appearances
Ketena appeared in  when she was 26 years old.