Ghislaine [55.63]

"We are the Thirteen; from now until the Darkness claims us."

Most notable among Ghislaine's personality traits was her razor-sharp intelligence. She enjoyed reading and researching, and she often served as a source of information for Manon. If interrupted while reading, she tended to become irritated and snarky. On the battlefield, however, she fought expertly and obediently. Her battle prowess and her brains combined made her a formidable member of the Thirteen.

It had been an exception when Ghislaine's mother convinced the High Witch to send her daughter to a mortal school in Terrasen a hundred years ago. She had learned magic and book-things and whatever else mortals were taught, and when the witch had returned twelve years later, the witch had been different from the others - still a bloodthirsty Blackbeak, but more human than the rest. She had a sense of impatience, of life clinging to her.