The Dancer of the Boreal Valley was once a former royal's distant daughter made to dance by the duplicitous Pontiff Sulyvahn. However, it soon became apparent a warrior's lot was her true calling, and she was sent abroad as an Outrider Knight. Though she became little more than a beast, some vestige of her former life as a dancer still remains. Smough, the Executioner, made up for his lack of grace with an enthusiasm for acts of great violence. His sinister gurgling chuckle has heralded the end for many a promising knight. There were even rumours the Executioner's prodigious strength stemmed from a tendency to devour his victims. But that couldn't possibly be true, could it?