Legendary Durance: It's rumored that Alain's Durance lasted hundreds and hundreds of years... perhaps as long as a millennium.
Memory Loss: Alain's memory is broken. She can't remember anything about her pre-Durance life, and very little about her Durance itself. She is somewhat reluctant to go to the Hedge, as a result.
Friends in High Places: Alain was once a Foreign Service Officer for the U.S. Department of State. While no longer a civil servant, she carries a not-unimpressive amount of clout in political quarters, and is even more influential among the bluebloods, who fawn over her for her dignified references and philanthropic enterprises.
Gentrified Bearing: A diplomat, still, while bound in the servitude of her Durance, Alain's Mien is a little disturbing to some, hypnotic to others.
Critter Magnet: Animals love Alain. Hedge creatures lose their shit over her.
Hard to Read: As with glaciers, what's visible on the surface belies what's hidden in the depths.
Oneiromancer: She's been known to use dreamweaving to 'inspire' others. It's widely known that she was part of the group that reached
Marjorie's Bastion, and less widely known that it was her cunning pivot of tactics that turned the tide, and woke the Winter Crown. Because of course, it would be gauche to brag.
