Abandoned for her deformed wings, Geradian was found by Galdor on one of his trips back to his homeland. Not willing to leave a hatchling alone in the wild, unable to fly, Galdor took her in, and with Asparian's help, repaired her wings with the same paper ritual that saved his own. Now grown, Geradian considers the Wildclaw scholar her father, and Clan Forspeca as her home. Still, she feels an attachment to her native Starfall Isles, in part because its magic gave her back her wings.

The clan, while accepting of outsiders, is militaristic in its ways due to the presence of the Freoða Mercenary Company. Because of this, Arcanes like Geradian and her father find themselves patronized by other clan members from different homelands, looked down upon for the supposed fragility that all Arcanes must share. Tired of being looked down upon, Geradian is making her bid to join the Company proper, not as a mage, but as a soldier. Her goal is to protect her first homeland through the Company's missions, and prove once and for all that she and the Isles are strong enough to fight.