Editing Valkor (section)

===Alise the Merciful===

At 40 years, Alise is very young to be a matriarch. She was born of a noble Templar family, but left her former life behind to follow the path of the Church of Elements in the monastery. Alise rose to the position of a matriarch very quickly, and malicious tongues claim that her high-born lineage made it happen. Alise  leads the White Monastery, and she is possibly the strongest matriarch in the sect of the Sisters of Grace. She has no official position, nor is she allowed by the laws of the Templars, but she is respected so much that there are at least five patriarchs and matriarchs who are ready to obey her without questioning. Alice is said to still be in contact with some of the Templars, and Maelyrra Maerlith-Madris is said to be a personal friend.
 
Alise is a rotund, sturdy woman who wears a white robe (meaning she has taken an oath of chastity).  She always speaks softly and softly, and her followers say there is compassion and understanding in her big eyes. A couple of hours of conversation with her is said to have led many hardened criminals and murderers to improve their ways. She has created her position as a skilled peacemaker and negotiator with an almost supernatural ability to find the root of the problems and make people settle things in peace. 
 
Alise is sometimes suspected of witchcraft. She is said to be relatively modest (TOO modest) for a matriarch of the monastery, and she only rarely shines the light of the church.