Javre, the Lioness of Hoskopp, is a former warrior priestess from the Great Temple of Thond. Javre's defection from the temple causes her mother, the High Priestess, to frequently send assassins after Javre. She possesses a magic sword that is claimed to be forged from a fallen star and shines with a blinding light.
History
Sharp Ends
Small Kindnesses - 573 (autumn)
Javre is found passed out and beaten in a Westport smoke house run by Shevedieh (Shev). Shev nurses Javre and lets her rest in Shev's bed. Later, after a botched burgularly committed by Shev, Javre rescues Shev from Crandall. In the ensuing conflict, Javre easily incapacitates Crandall and kills his hired thugs. Shev murders Crandall. The duo is forced to flee the city due to Crandall being the son of Horald the Finger, a local crimelord.
Skipping Town - 575 (summer)
After a successful heist in Near County, Shev and Javre return to their employer Tumnor only to discover that his hands have been nailed to a table. Weylen, a warrior priestess from Thond, has used Tumnor as bait to kill Javre. In the ensuing fight, Weylen and her soldiers are killed.
Two’s Company - 576 (summer)
On a journey through the north Shev and Javre meet Whirrun of Bligh on a narrow bridge. After some introductions, Javre and Whirrun decide to fight to see who will let the other pass. Shev tells them that she doesn’t mind if they kill each other, but if they fight on the bridge, they are likely to kill her, too. They go to Whirrun’s side to fight, but are interrupted by some of Bethod's men who hunt Whirrun. Javre and Shev help Whirrun kill all of Bethod's men except for Flood. While Shev cleans off the blood, Javre and Whirrun have sex. They are again interrupted when three warrior priestesses, Golyin, Ahum, and Sarabin Shin, from Thond apear to kill Javre. They decide to team up to deal with their various opponents, to Shev's misery as Javre and Whirrun enter a sexual relationship.
Three’s a Crowd - 587 (autumn)
Javre and Shev have fallen out in the intervening years, but Shev enlists her old friend's help in saving her lover, Carcolf, from Horald the Finger. Shev finds her drunk and drugged with some Union men, amongs them corporal Tunny. Shev takes Javre to the mission to rescue Carcolf. They manage to fight their way to Carcolf only to find her in good shape and in conversation with Horald. It turns out that Horald wasn't interested in Shev and only wanted Shev to come because he knew that she would bring Javre with her. The whole thing was a setup planned by Javre's mother. She gives Javre the choice to either return with her to Thond or to steal something from a Magi. She reluctantly agrees.
Tough Times all Over - 592 (spring)
In Sipani, Javre intercepts a mysterious package carried by Fallow and his guards. She boasts of escaping a "madhouse for wizards" and reminisces about being tortured and escaping from the interrogators of the Prophet Khalul. After effortlessly beating up the guards, she enters Pombrine's brothel and hands the parcel off to him. She accepts her payment from him but takes half of it in "flesh", retiring to a room with three of Pombrine's male prostitutes (and a female one to warm them up for her).
While she is enjoying herself she sees Shev scaling down the building outside her window, having just stolen the package from Pombrine. The two old partners are surprised to see each other, but with the guards moving in, Shev tells Javre to forget seeing her and flees.