Wow, great start! But I'm still not quite done with Korva... Arrgghh! I'll try to get the mechanics done as quickly as I can.
As for background, this is what I have skittering around in my head...
Korva, in an unusual bout of rebellion, flees her clanhold to avoid marriage to a dwarf 250 years her senior. She ends up in the city where two halflings seem to befriend her. True intent is to rob the rube of all her wealth. The main problem is that Korva doesn't actually have any wealth. They do, however, discover that she has a rather unconventional set of skills (or maybe just a talent at the thiefly skills). So Korva becomes an honorary member of the Halfling Benevolence Association and ends up helping the two halflings perform burglaries. She isn't exactly comfortable with this (probably being NG at this time) but they are her first friends in the city. This goes on for some time and the three become close friends, especially Korva and Pyoter Padfoot.
Unfortunately, on a job Korva either neglects something considered her responsibility or manages to bump Pyoter causing him to fall from a fairly high ledge to his death. She goes into mourning but refuses to accept that that is what it is because dwarves just don't become infatuated with halflings; it just doesn't happen. The other halfling can't stand being around her anymore and takes off. She eventually comes to the conclusion that her lack of discipline is what caused Pyoter's death and so she turns back to the lawful nature of her people. But she's lost that inherent view of goodness because of the event (now being LN). A few years pass (gaining levels in monk) and she has a visitation from Pyoter's shade. No sense of hostility from it but it certainly unnerves her. She gets visits from the shade rather periodically until she decides she needs to figure out what is up. She seeks someone out to help her and ends up gaining training as a shadowdancer. Eventually finding their mindset somewhat at intolerable odds from hers she takes her leave. Pyoter starts following her around on a fairly constant basis but at least now she can talk to him. He's changed in death and Korva finds him a bit unsettling. At another junction point in her life she discovers a certain flyer...
So don't hesitate to jump in if I'm overstepping anywhere!
