Balaro

Balaro is a foundling living in Amalo.

Appearance
Balaro was 15 years old in The Grief of Stones.

Personality
Balaro was sympathetic and forthright, as she was the first to suggest Thara Celehar needed a healer, and encouraged both Thara and Ziniän (and herself) to escape the Hill of Werewolves, despite the difficulty. She was also practical, such as when she pointed out that Thara couldn't travel all the way to the Airmen's Quarter after being inside the Hill of Werewolves, because he was a mess. She blamed herself for following Pavalo Temin's orders while under threat.

Life
Balaro was a foundling who lived at Pavalo's Cemchelarna School for Foundling Girls. Pavalo and her lover, Anvina Renthalar, concocted a scheme wherein they took pornographic photos of the foundlings to sell for their own gain, and to use as blackmail in case the girls ever dared to speak out about it. Balaro was one of the victims, and followed Pavalo's orders to threaten Thara into going with Pavalo to the Hill of Werewolves, along with another foundling named Ziniän. After Pavalo was killed by the revethavar, Thara re-emerged and met again with Balaro and Ziniän. The girls unknowingly dropped their knives and pressured him to go to a healer before going to the Vigilant Brotherhood, and took him to Revano Galinin for healing. They then traveled to the Vigilant Brotherhood chapterhouse in the Airmen's Quarter, and met with Azhanharad. Balaro gave a deposition on what she knew.

Balaro later talked to Anora Chanavar about Pavalo's school. Presumably she was sent off to a new place to live and/or work along with the other foundlings after the school was disbanded.