Vienna Porke is a travelling bardic performer from the city of Longshadow, who has travelled her home nation of Nirmathas in order to try finding a place where her music can be enjoyed by all. While she occasionally visits back to her place of birth when she can, she more or less simply travels on her own with a donkey to carry her stuff and a trumpet to make the travel a bit lighter on her heavy stomach.
For a while, she used to travel with other bards of many different races as well, in a group known as the Brass Mugs. This included a Human violinist by the name of Marvin, a dwarf drummer from Highhelm named Copperbeard, a Sylph singer named Kiera and a elven dancer named Cerci. Among them, she held a particular attraction towards Copperbeard, and actually managed to get an engagement from him, to which she said yes.
However, it was not meant to be. While travelling on their way to Phaendar they tried making it through the Fangwood... only to come across a nightmarish plague of blighted fey that massacred them. Only her and Kiera survived, and even then they were on death's door when they actually made it to their planned town. And since Kiera's scars have left her completely unable to speak due to ruined vocal cords... only Vienna was still able to perform among her original group.
Due to the incident, and also not wanting to forget what she had been through Vienna made a new home in Phaendar while still travelling around the country. She tends to stay away from the Fangwood but otherwise she's still trying to put on a happy face. However, her ultimate goal is to eventually build up enough money to find someone who can cure the Blightburn, so that those who were affected by the Blight are no longer threatened by it.
Note for Ironfang: While she wasn't born, after the incident she's stayed close enough to Phaendar to consider it a sort of new hometown, and as such is very much familiar with everyone.
