Yarrow

average height & a little on the chubby side - their legs and arms are thick and muscular from years spent climbing trees, and their skin is dusted with freckles. their hair is light brown with dark roots and light tips, and it sticks out in all directions. when they feel overstimulated, they will brush their hair down over their eyes. they always wear their round frame glasses, and a wooden spiral gauge in each ear.
they have a smooth rounded chunk of palistrom wood they wear as a necklace, and they refer to it as a lucky charm from a friend. their palisman, honeyhoof, is almost always in their living form, rather than on their staff.

yarrow was extremely spunky and outspoken during their youth, but it was mostly all fluff until they found something they could be truly passionate about. as they aged, they mellowed out quite a bit, and they now tackle problems with a (mostly) level head, but they're still willing to fight for what they believe is right.

as a student at hexside, yarrow was enrolled in the plant track, though they studied beast keeping magic in their own time and, more specifically, the care and customs regarding palismen. throughout their youth and teen years, yarrow witnessed the steady decline of palistrom trees, until they were eventually restricted altogether, something that yarrow never fully understood. upon their graduation, yarrow took it upon himself to dig deeper into the disappearance of palistrom trees, all while furthering their studies in plant and beast magic in hopes to care for and cultivate any remnants or seeds they might find.

this led them further and further down the path of wild magic, and further resisting the coven system until they eventually abandoned bonesborough entirely, leaving to live in the woods to continue their work free from prying eyes. eventually they would meet the bat queen and, after both understanding they had similar ideals, worked together to keep intruders out of their part of the woods and keep the palismen safe.