Ardian was a Silvan elf who was born able to sense the forest, which was surprisingly Sentient.
Ardian promised she sworn off men given most Ellons just want her for her powers but for some reason with Thanion just sending her a sweet smile across the room and actually getting to know her as he was completely oblivious to her powers made the elleth full for the dumbass.
Ardian enjoys her time and even goes out her way to get time with Thanion even before the most oblivious ellon ever asked her to court him she got to see a side of Thanion which was only reserved for family memebers.
Ardian chose to become a healer with a great sense of justices and care for injured soldiers it's mostly how she was able to spend so much time with Thanion even if it was scolding him for getting hurt again and again, she just hope Thalion wasn't like his father.
When Ardian first knew she was pregnant it wasn't because of her or the healers it was because of the forest, new trees and plants were flowering a sudden spring onset in winter.
The Forest affected her and she affected the forest so as much as Thalion was Ardian's son emotionally he was the son of the forest as well.
The Nioun (or 'Pure Nioun" as people tend to call them) are a race of massive, intelligent life forms that traversed to Ardia through the Dimensional Fog Gates.
Not much is known about their kind, apart from the fact that they possess great powers, are unaffected by the fog of death, and are the reason for the creation of mutations and eventually transformations (named "Nioun Monsters")of many of Ardia's vast array of species.
The Nioun are killers, although they enjoy death, violence, and psychological warfare, they take no pleasure in killing the weak and fragile (as most in Ardia are weak by their standards, they do try and scale by the current standards Ardia has to offer).
As cold as they seem to be, they are emotional enough to care about their kind and those they deem worthy.
Silius is an Enormous "Pure Nioun", standing at 389cm, he is twice the height of a standard Sangarian.
Silius is the only known "neutral" Nioun, as he is seen beating to death a fellow Nioun as he was disrespectful toward an Ardian, even though he was strong in Ardian standards (though Silius felt that this Ardian could become much mightier given time)
Batgirl #1 ‘Shattered’ (2011) by Gail Simone, Ardian Syaf, Vicente Cifuentes and Ulises Arreola. Edited by Bobbie Chase and Katie Kubert. Cover by Adam Hughes.