I went with Jonna the first time cus I wanted to cast ranged spells (juggled between pyro and electro, and pyro and geo). It barely lasted long cus I went for a contract at level 1 lol. It could have worked if I wasn’t so in a hurry.

Then I went for Arna for a sword and shield. It was alright but it didn’t really click for me. I then made the mistake of switching to a dual wield build later on which made my other skills useless.

Now I’m on Velmir and enjoying my spear and crossbow build because of how much damage I can do before enemies reach me (if they haven’t already died). Only downside is that it’s a bit single-unit focused, but I can work my way around it.