Morana Sokol

Morana Sokol is a new antagonist in Volume 2 of The Coming Storm, and a high ranked member of a group called Cold Void.

Background
In her earlier years, Morana was a simple girl who grew up with a loving family. Their cozy cabin home was located up north in a snowy village named Skrivanje. The village was moderately populated, and practically everyone knew Morana as the warmest soul in the cold village landscape, if not the most beautiful. Everyone treated her like family, and praised her and the Sokol family with all kinds of gifts for their children.

Growing up, she and her brothers and sisters played all over the village, though her parents always told her to never go near a certain house—for some believed a deadly folklore which surrounded it. Years ago, a man named Mr. Frost dwelled inside, and one night he went Grimm hunting. Legend has he came back with a Beowolf carcass barely alive, and as he prepared to skin it (unknowing it would soon dissipate), it rose up one last time and bit his heart out, taking him with it to realms unknown. Now, Morana was the most logical of her siblings, and was against the idea of venturing there. But when her little brother and sister went there of their own accord, she had no choice but to follow and make sure they were safe. When she approached the hut, she heard two screams and ran inside, only to find their still twitching bodies on the floor—and a Beowolf towering over them. The Beowolf looked animal-like in all its bloody glory, sure, but its eyes... They read as almost human to Morana. The next instant, it lunged for her, and she was helpless to defend herself with nothing but a mirror. She held it up before her...and then everything went white.

When Morana woke up, she was being tended to by the village nurse, who told her that her eyes had been horribly damaged by shattered glass from the mirror she tried to use as a shield. Her brothers and sisters were alright, but too weak to walk. She heard she might never be able to see again, and thus, she fell into a depression. With bandages over her scarred eyes, she was consoled by the village ever more than previously, which only drove her deeper into despair.

The cycle continued on until Morana was seventeen, and she came to a shocking discovery. She could see the blurry outline of the world in front of her. The realization donned upon her—there were ways to try and fix herself, if not improve her situation. With a seeing eye, she set off to lands outside the village, and came upon the city of Xervia. At first, she was treated with a serious lack of respect for her condition, and few seemed to care what rewards would come with such a tedious task, all while her vision started to grow darker and darker. So, she resorted to something a little more...unorthodox. She learned of Dust, and the endless possibilities that came with its physical enhancements. With one last shot at restoring herself, she went and performed something those in Skrivanje considered witchcraft or demonic—Dust fusion.

The fusion with the wind and ice Dust nearly took her life, but she toughed it out to survive, if it meant being able to see the beautiful world again. Upon recovering, she opened her eyes...to find its effects had only taken her eyesight completely. Morana was devastated, if not completely heartbroken. The depression completely consumed her heart, and she secluded herself, knowing those in the village wouldn't ever welcome her back when they heard of what she had done.

Trivia

 * The name Morana Sokol is entirely Slavic, and translates to "death falcon." Morana, in Slavic mythology, was a goddess that represented death, winter, and nightmares, therefore giving birth to the concept of Ms. Sokol.