Not a recent portrait, but I did go back and edit the face a little recently.

I won't go into her background story until a recent drawing, but I will go into other details. Rema may seem somewhat an archetype of a female soldier, but I've tried to make her story fit as she has grown and experienced.

Dropping her father's surname was a way to remove any attachment to him, and took up her mother's maiden name, in part hoping her grandfather had left some mark in Isalme military it would remember. The blood pact she made with Miriam enhanced her natural abilities, in turn making her an Umbra. With this and the training she received from her, Galla and Bredine of the Cleave-hand Mercenaries, Rema was able to pass General Megiddo's test and enter Isalme military.

She had fought hard to prove she could be what he failed and was also fueled with resentment towards Miriam for deciding they should part ways without reason. The sexism she encountered was expected within all male ranks, but it made it more difficult when a young soldier name Gulio befriended her, eventually wanting more.

Rema had never decided on a sexual preference before Miriam, but her father's abuse made her wary of men, Megiddo doing little to change that opinion. Because of she and Miriam's bond, she would accept no other. Isolated further, she disciplined her emotions as much as possible and presented masculine even though it earned her more resentment. Magnolia had a hard time accepting this, but Rema always held fast that she was a woman that could exist in a man's world.

As an Umbra, Rema has the ability to sense Penumbra as they do through wavelengths created by the abyss or magik and her physical senses. It is especially strong with Miriam as her blood companion, able to sense her from a mile. Besides the physical attributes, Rema has an increased lifespan and is more adapt at magik artes, even on the level of experienced sorcerers within Isalme Army, but she prefers a sword.

Because a Huema or any race given a Penumbra's blood changes over time, Rema experiences gorging and fasting swings, eating nothing for nearly a week without hunger or having such cravings she can eat 3x times the norm. Not just this, but fainting spells occur rarely with the growing assimilation, and increased sex drive proved the most difficult in her time alone.

When she and Miriam do reunite right before she is asked to join the Transients, it seems she does a 180 to a degree. Shafting her hardened military persona was not necessarily abandoning part of herself, but rather accommodating Miriam by assuming the effeminate role in their relationship, as she always had despite being the obvious tomboy. It made less confusion for Miriam's duality (hermaphroditism), but she was the one person she could share her inner thoughts.

When raising Dusk and Mila, Rema took on her stricter side when it came to Dusk deciding to join Isalme's military like herself, but never could give up her strong maternal instincts when it came to them, especially Lauro. Even after confirming that Lauro was indeed the Prince of Nuefraust, a selfish, clingy part of her decided to continue to raise him against Miriam's advice.

As for her fellowship with her fellow Transients, she respected Megiddo for a time. It was Nar and Leien that made her feel a sense of belonging as a knight and soldier. Her loyalty to them was unwavering and discovering their plot with Megiddo made her question her ideals. She never quite forgave herself for failing to convince them to abandon their chosen path.

Another regret was training Dusk to fight. This surfaced before discovering the Alphyn letter when a skilled band of Surlvhalian soldiers attacked them during their reconnesciance of Ez'eliazar Catacombs. She discovered later that one of the soldiers was Dusk's brother, Mat`teniah, the son of the powerful Surlvhalian Chief, Apshul; the man she had discovered to be the one responsible for hiring the mercenaries to kill Dusk and Dinah.
Never telling him, penance was done by assassinating Apshul.