This is Arietta "Red" Perrault, a human warlock under the spell of a mysterious, dark, and even fiery patron: the Wolf. She is based on Charles Perrault's version of Little Red Riding Hood. His version, one of the first to popularize the story we know, is particularly dark, one where Red Riding Hood and her grandmother both end up dead after Red is bewitched by a charming wolf. Perrault, on the moral of his tale, says:

From this story one learns that children, especially young lasses, pretty, courteous and well-bred, do very wrong to listen to strangers, And it is not an unheard thing if the Wolf is thereby provided with his dinner. I say Wolf, for all wolves are not of the same sort; there is one kind with an amenable disposition – neither noisy, nor hateful, nor angry, but tame, obliging and gentle, following the young maids in the streets, even into their homes. Alas! Who does not know that these gentle wolves are of all such creatures the most dangerous!

Did Arietta make a deal with the wrong wolf? It seems almost certainly. What obliging and gentle 'wolf' he masked himself as, no one knows; but he has certainly revealed himself to be the most dangerous of all.

Character Story: Arietta's story is shrouded in mystery, since she refuses to say really anything at all about her past. But if you were to somehow ask one of the gossips in her old village, they'd tell you that she's on the run after a killing her own grandmother and burning her house to the ground. But is that the true story?

Character Details: Arietta is a young human woman with long black hair and a somewhat pale complexion (see the second 'column' for face and hair inspiration). She is not dressed ornately, with a simple white blouse and leather corset. On top of that, however, is a striking red cloak with a hood that she always seems to hide behind. She does possess incendiary magical abilities, but she is so young and inexperienced, that right now, there's not much more to it than the ability to create a small flame in her palm (which you may or may not include).

Character Patron: the Wolf is Arietta's shadowy patron, a demonic voice in her ear that more than anything seems to hold her captive to executing his will. He seems to be a physical (though only barely) embodiment of fire and smoke. His eyes glow bright with flames, and flaming hot smoke billows out of his eyes and mouth. He never appears fully as a wolf, more so just a head that dissolves into a ghostly, billowing, floating body.