Rana is an attractive and well-proportioned human female who hales from the Icerime peaks.  Growing up in Stoneclimb, she has always heard tales of Skywatch and the mystery that surrounds its magical closure has always fascinated her.

Her family are firmly "middle class", as owners of a tavern/inn in Stoneclimb.  There has never been anyone exceptional in her family - no adventurers, no ne'er-do-wells, no brigands, no heroes, no clerics, no mystics, no nothing - she comes from a solid lineage of averageness.  However, at around the age of 7, Rana realised that there was something different about her.  Sometimes when her mam told her to do the washing up, Rana just had to think about it and it would be done.  As she got older, Rana found that she could do more things like when she was snuggled into her bed at night but she wanted to play with one of her puzzles she could make a light which let her do this.  Or, when she had to darn her stockings (which she detested doing!) they would seem to repair themselves.

Rana didn't know what was happening to her, but she wasn't afraid of it.  However, she was afraid of telling her mam and da because she thought for certain that they would send her away to some temple or something where she'd be kept and poked and prodded or worse ... she would never see them again.  One day, though, her mam saw her "doing the washing up".  Instead of shutting Rana away, her mam (Lelana) told her that it was okay - that she was special and would surely go on to great things.

Her parents don't understand the magic, but they had seen magic and they encouraged their daughter to practice and not be afraid of her gift.  According to her da "it's just like the blacksmith being good at shoeing horses or your mam being good at making jam - we all have something we are good at".

Rana is now of an age where she is ready to go out into the wider world and expand her knowledge and experience.  Her parents helped her get started, they bought her much of what she travels with now, including Sunshine (her mule) and made her promise to be safe.

Rana wants nothing more than to become the first in her family to be more than just "average" -- she wants to find a way into Skywatch and understand the magic which seemingly flows through her veins.