Bellany Norwit

Lady Bellany Norwit was the daughter of Baronet Darl Norwit and Lady Eleanor Avengene. Brianna Barter spent a number of months disguised as Bellany.

Family and Significant Relationships
Bellany also had an older brother, Charles Norwit, and a younger brother Darren Norwit.

While a captive of the orcs, Bellany fell in love with the High Shaman T'zar, and wrote the poem "Dark Lover" on this subject.

Appearance and Character
Bellany had red (auburn) wavy hair and almond-shaped hazel eyes. Her overall size was similar to that of Brianna, which allowed the subsequent disguise. She was pretty, but not as spectacularly beautiful as Brianna.

Bellany was close to her mother, and a pious devotee of the Vindicator. She was adept at needlepoint and backgammon, read and wrote poetry, sang in the church choir and played the lyre and the lute. Her sense of humor was limited, and she often missed the ribald humor of her brother Charles.

Biography
Only a fleeting communication, presumably from the spirit of Bellany in Mortaebius's domain, reached Brianna.
 * Bellany was born about a year after Brianna, in 707.
 * When she was about sixteen, she was kidnapped by orcs on the way to enter the Vargrend Academy for girls, in September, 723.
 * While a captive of the orcs, she became the slave of their High Shaman T'zar. She wrote two books, The Diary of Bellany Norwit, Captive of the Orcs, and Darkness and Despair, the latter included the poem "Dark Lover".
 * T'zar loved her, but sacrificed her to gain power.
 * When Brianna Barter fell into T'zar's control, he made a deal with the lust spirit Vulvilea that she could take over Brianna's body, provided she changes the body's appearance to that of Bellany. Once the change was complete, he planned was to banish Vulvilea and bring back Bellany's soul. In answer to Brianna's prayer, Mortaebius interceded killing T'zar and pulling Vulvilea back in to his realm.  Brianna was left severely injured but still appearing as Bellany. After that point, Brianna spent over a year disguised as Bellany (see Chronology).