Fairstep

Fairstep is the mother of Riptide and the aunt of Swiftkill and Bloodspill.

She was first seen in the background of the twenty-first page of the original comic, after Bloodspill fights off Whitewind to protect her sister Swiftkill. On page twenty-two, she urges the Inarians to let her niece Swiftkill speak her side of the story. This came to moot when Whitewind banishes her and the rest of the "Blackbloods" from Inaria.

In the second issue, which has since been discontinued, she tells the other Blackbloods to bring the bats they've caught for the Elders, who were debating over whether or not to return to Inaria. When the Elders inform the Blackbloods that they are to return to inaria, Swiftkill refuses to go, and Fairstep and Nightrun make a failed attempt to convince her to come with them. Fairstep believes that her niece should let go of her past and put her trust in Whitewind again.

Fairstep reports to Warbound about Swiftkill's refusal, and went with the rest of the Blackbloods to Inaria, leaving Swiftkill and Bloodspill behind. It is not known what would've happened next, as the original comic was discontinued not long after.

It is not known if she will make an appearance in the reboot.