Arianne

Arianne is a Gifted folk witch who lived in and around Sherwood for many years, being a friend to the likes of Granny and Torvi Ylvakrí until she came to the village of Chellaston to help with a pestilence that afflicted many of them. Using her gift of healing, she cured the people, but when word of her deed was heard by Robert Giscard, he sent a group of men to arrest her for witchcraft, manufacturing a tale of malevolence to elevate his power and respect by bringing such a "dangerous" witch to justice.

After further investigation, Giscard quietly tracked down and captured her sister, who he held as a hostage at Nottingham Castle, and he devised a plan; he would spread the tale far and wide of her impending execution at Normanston, where she would be used as a bait to lure more magic practitioners out of hiding who he knew of - those residing somewhere within Sherwood Forest.

The mages of Sagehollow duly arrived, and were successful in liberating her, forcing Giscard to go to the contingency plan he had laid out - she had been instructed, were she to be freed, to spy on these mages and report back to him at regular intervals, or he would kill her sister. This was later discovered by the mages of Sagehollow, who did not begrudge her operating under such duress, and instead agreed with her becoming a double agent, passing only information that is vetted by the mages first.