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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 5702049" data-attributes="member: 19675">As a half-breed born into a family of high status in the Elven court, Rillion was never going to have an easy time of things.  Besides, she preferred her time spent with the family's game-master to her studies, which, of course, caused all kinds of tension.  So, while still quite young, she set off into the world, seeking out her human father, and found him in the city of Arellen Bay.  A merchant...with a family.  She did not want to dirupt this family either, so she didn't tell him who she was, but instead, volunteered to be the bodyguard of his youngest son (her half-brother), soon to be sent off to be a mage's apprentice.At first, the job was ideal.  For the most part, she was left to her own devices while the Wizard's wardings kept all within them safe.  But one day, she was attacked by a giant ant- something that had no place in the Wizard's lands.  After killing it, she hastened to the Wizard's home...and the closer she got, the more she found.  By the time she had fought her way into the building, she had noticed a weakness in their carapace, marked by a black diamond shape, which led to a quick kill.It seems her charge had gotten into a spat with his mentor, and in a childish fit, had used magic to vent his spite upon him.  But it was magic he did not understand, and he had inadvertently increased the size of all the ants in the kitchen, not just the one he had intended to direct at his master.  The house was in chaos: several staff had been killed, as had the master (surprised and dismembered in the privy).  Her half-brother, who might have been able to reverse the spell had snapped.  Only Rillion could save the survivors of the initial attack, and with her arrows, knives and then with whatever the house had to offer, she slayed ants untold in number.In the aftermath, she saved seven staff and her half-brother.They returned to Arellen Bay and told their tale...but her half-brother lied.  According to him, she had been lax in her duties, and only belatedly had come to his cries for help to save him from the madness of his evil mentor.Rillion did not waste time- she quit on the spot and left with only what she had in her pack, her human family still unaware of her true identity.  Still tired from her misadventures, she sought out an inn for food and lodgings.  As she dined that evening, she wondered if she could find work as a sellsword, scout and vermin-slayer...</blockquote>

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