Louise Hestian

Louise Hestian is a researcher, traveler, and photographer in Eldham. She was born in another world. She can't exactly remember the details of her birth or the first years of her life, but she does remember being taken away from home at the age of 9.

She got on a fisherman's boat, exploring it out of curiosity when the boat began to rock violently. She was tossed around and around, but finally managed to find a place to lie down and slept. When she woke, she was in a whole new world. The people there spoke a different language, had a different culture, and had a different king.

She travelled from place to place, eventually finding a small village that would take her in. It was there she learnt the language of the land, travelers' tongue, and the culture of the world. She learnt she was in a great land called 'Eldham', and she learnt of the people that lived in it. She was given the name 'Louise', meaning knowledge.

After years living in the village, she began to travel the world in search of the unknown and the anomalous, and also making use of a new invention, the 'Camera', to take photos of cities, people, and animals. She also carries with her a research journal, recording and reporting on new discoveries. One day, she hopes to return to her homeland, and to find her parents, whoever they were. Until then, she'll continue travelling and researching.

Use of Cameras and Travels
Whilst growing up, there was a great fuss about a new invention, the Camera. It could almost magically capture any moment in time, given that the subject was still as a stone, and the conditions were right. Louise began using the camera after she left the village in search of knowledge, pioneering the use of reflective plates to sear images onto a harder surface than glossy paper, which would give the image a much more refined quality.

Using plates, she managed to capture and photograph a multitude of previously unknown or unphotographed species in the unexplored west of Rathnir, especially in places such as Beauridine, and Macmar Island. By her knowledge, she is one of the few researchers in the world to make use of the camera to record her sightings. Currently, she is raising money to fund an expedition to the land of Jagdas, which is believed to generally be to the south of Eldham, where she is from.