Artesia is tall and beautiful. She is highly intelligent and sexually open. It is strongly hinted throughout the series that Artesia (and most, if not all, of the other female characters) is bisexual. She has a keen understanding of war and strategy. She possesses an enchanted sword of an unknown magic type from outside the Highlands and it will inflict wounds on otherworldly creatures that cannot otherwise be hurt by mere steel. It contains five magical runes; the smith Hymachus believes it to be 800 to 1,000 years old and possibly made by the legendary armorer Brage.