Max

Max is a girl born into a life of fear and violence; the daughter of a young mother and drunken father, she witnesses her mother's death at the hands of the man who gave her life.
With the loss of her parents, Max is sold into slavery and her imagination is the only escape from her abusive life. Max holds out hope for a life of adventure and isn't surprised when Caradoc appears in her town and explains her role in the prophecy of Alatheia's salvation.

This is Caradoc's first impression of Max:
'It wasn’t only the unique qualities of the legend that struck him. It seemed she was unaware of her youthful beauty hidden beneath a fine layer of dirt and grime. Her long fair hair was unkempt and wild taking on similar traits to the person it was attached to, but still it framed her delicate bronzed face like a rough halo. He offered her a chair in which she sat, her thin limbs jutting ungracefully beneath her insubstantial clothes.'…more