Iduna

Role in Story:	Vittorius' wife, Andrine’s deceased mother.

Occupation:	Warrior, noblewoman.

Physical Description:	Sharp but lovely features, fiery red hair, and winter blue eyes.

Personality:	A strong, passionate woman, with a temper to match Vito’s, she was kind and affectionate, though she missed her homeland dearly.

Background:	Vittorius in his youth met Iduna on a diplomatic mission to Salissard. They fell in love and she returned with him to Artemisia as his wife. They had Andrine, but she was ill and spent a lot of time in the castle with her young daughter and Caro, her young niece.

Notes:	She would have been styled Duchess Iduna [mother unknown].

Name Iduna means ‘ever young’ or ‘loving’ in Norse.