Whitney de Rolo

The night the Briarwoods came, Whitney lost everything. She watched as her mother and father were slaughtered. Her brothers. Her sister. Very badly wounded, and mistakenly thought to be dead, her limp, unconscious body was tossed in a pile with her brothers. And left. But she wasn't dead. With the de Rolo family dealt with, the pile of bodies was left, to be taken care of a little bit later.

Regaining consciousness, Whitney struggles out from among her brothers bodies, covered in blood both theirs and her own, her hair heavily streaked through with white, and she somehow manages to slip from the castle. Traumatised and horrified and bleeding badly, she stumbles and limps her way to the docks, sneaking onto a ship at random.

As it turns out, it happens to be a pirate ship. Having just come off a very nice haul, they had come there to rest and let things cool down a little before setting sail once more. They take her in, keeping her from dying of her injuries and giving her a way to escape Whitestone and the Briarwoods.

Unaware of the survival of her youngest sister and one of her older brothers, she flees with the pirates, joining their crew once she is well enough.