This is probably one of my favourite miniatures ever; certainly my favourite among pre-slotta figures. Why? Well, it's so simple, and yet the balance of everything is perfect - the pose, the proportions, the delicate traits of the face and hands, the way the dress and cloak fall around her body. The way she seems to grasp her dagger tightly, almost hiding it behind the cloak. She has a shady air, looking at something and planning to dash for it, blade flashing.
She was included in the Dungeon Adventurers Starter Set sold by Citadel in 1983, and referenced as Diann the Girl Thief. Sadly no sculptor was credited.
To me, she is Adelheid - Elke for her family and friends - also known as the Forest's Daughter. Growing up in the Coldwood between the Wasteland and Nordland, she displayed strange powers over plant and beast since childhood, and she was sent to be apprentice of Old Maud, Priestess of Rhya and Taal. By her fifteenth year, Elke could bless the crops of the village, protecting them from blights, and summon squirrels to her bidding; when running in the woods, she could jump as far as a deer and walk in the rain without getting soaked. The denizens of the wood adored her and would treat her as a holy saint.
She would not join her older brother Roel de Rood and his band of Outlaws, but would instead help the local Border Watch against any invasions from creatures of darkness, such as Giant Spiders, Goblins or Beastmen. That is, I use her as a Priestess of Taal and Rhya in the Drakwald Border Watch warband I use in Mordheim (based on the Stirwood Outlaws).
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