Blades of Iberia: Aminah

(First idea for a pregenerated character for my Burning Wheel campaign)

Aminah's life has never been easy. Living near the Christian north, with the constant skirmishing and war has given her much familiarity with blood and the death rattles of the wounded. While her husband raided and fought for glory, she has been fighting a secret war against the Absence - ralliying and commanding troops from the keep. Two months ago, he met his appointed hour, leaving her with two wars to fight.

Now she prepares to travel to Cordoba, to gain official recognition of inheritance of her husband's land, and to make a fatal blow against the Absence so she can focus her attentions solely upon the threat without- after all, whether demon or man- who can last without belief in the Highest?
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