Rai'sann Omsell, "the shrew", is made leader of the punks of the Mountains of Doubt, the "Dross Clan". Dross are the impurities skimmed from the surface of melted metal. They see themselves as the exception to the rule, relelling that others see them as that which others cast out, as scum. Rai'sann could be described in any of the following terms: spunky, a partier, loose, a heavy smoker, a "spicer" (user and dealer), charismatic, enthusiastic, philanderer, exotically beautiful, voluptuous, sensual, a flash dresser, and young (for an elf). She is like a cat in a fight, using her magical gloves, from which energy blades extend from the base of each knuckle, giving her a +2 attack/damage. A command word activates them, which is from ancient elven. The gloves are artifacts from the time before the great winter, when the elven empire was much larger and more powerful. She may alternately use a wicked-looking two-handed bastard sword, which she wields expertly.

Rai'sann is a female high elf, formerly of the upper crust of Caleray, a wealthy town located to the south of Brin, the capital city of the elven Kirsch empire. Caleray is known as a center of magical lore. Among the beautiful marble buildings housing the seemingly endless tomes of the arcane stands a tall structure of obsidian without visible doors. It is decorated with gargoyles and statues of vampires and other creatures of the night. A deep red penetrates the black natural glass at night, giving it an otherworldly glow. Within the monument endless shelves of books documented the forbidden knowledge of the land. In the 1300's the front door had been sealed shut, the only visible opening to the square structure a slot in the door, through which books and scrolls could be shoved through. The former librarian was animated as a sort of intellegent zombie to shelve the books and scrolls inserted through the front door.