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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 9693920" data-attributes="member: 18182">[ISPOILER]Fielle is an artificer who works for her family tavern as the fix-up girl. She is abused by her parents and her older sister, not physically but verbally and emotionally. Fielle's only use to her family is to fix up whatever needs fixing and to design stage tricks to enhance her sister's singing and performance. Fielle's sister is a talented singer and performer and is the family's bread-and-butter. One day, Fielle gets so fed up with the emotional abuse she is about to craft a tasteless potion to slip into her sister's drink that will permanently destroy her vocal chords, taking away her ability to sing and even speak. Just before she can carry through . . . she is whisked away by the mists to Barovia. We don't learn all of this until later in the narrative.Despite her dark choice, Fielle is a kind, sweet soul who tries to calm the other characters who are distrustful and angry at each other. She is an innocent, and becomes the glue that binds this disparate party together. But unfortunately, she is a reincarnation of Tatyana and a dead-ringer for Strahd's lost love. She also becomes possessed (kinda) by the spirit of Tatyana, the two of them share her body and conciousness.Strahd plays with all of the characters, but is intent in turning Fielle into his new bride. He turns her into a vampire, and she is overwhelmed by the need for blood. At first she is horrified after killing several young village girls gifted to her by Strahd, but the darkness begins to win her over and she begins to enjoy her new power, having felt so powerless in her previous existence. Tatyana herself remains a horrified voice of reason and compassion as Fielle turns to the dark side.The party returns from Lamordia with the macguffin that will separate Tatyana's spirit from Fielle's and save them both from being a vampire . . . hopefully. Fielle goes along because she doesn't want to be Strahd's slave for eternity. At the end, the party is seemingly victorious, Tatyana's spirit is placed into a flesh golem (a pretty one) and sent off with Van Richten, Fielle and the party return to the Forgotten Realms, the party convinced she is no longer in danger, no longer a vampire . . . but then she gleefully murders and drains her parents and sister, and starts plotting her next move, the rest of the group unaware . . .Fielle's story is a tragic loss of innocence and turn to darkness. Perfect for gothic horror mixed with the epic fantasy of D&D. IMO.[/ISPOILER]</blockquote>

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