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Message: <blockquote data-quote="reddist" data-source="post: 2082471" data-attributes="member: 5212">Okay... here's a background for one of the PCs I offered to Mr. Prez.  It's kinda long.  Many apologies.  If someone will tell me how to add that spoiler button, I'll edit it.never mind, I figured it out!The short form is a battle sorcerer (or straight sorcerer, I haven't really decided) who doesn't REALIZE she is a sorcerer... she thinks she's a druid.[sblock]Background: The Elven Battlemage Illandyll Kilvestri, the product of over a dozen generations of carefully selected parents, is a direct descendant of the Elder Aeratus, a wyrm of ancient and terrible power.  With Illandyll leading the Kilvestri warbands the clan vastly expanded their Woodsholm, and many small tribes of forest dwellers were drawn into Kilvestri fealty.  After the expansion, Illandyll had a role in the oversight of these smaller tribes, to teach them to understand and respect the woods they lived in, and to make use of the innate power inherent in such lush natural surroundings.  Under Illandyll’s tutelage, many of these human and Orc tribes developed powerful Druids and Shamans, aligned with the Kilvestri in thought and deed.One such tribe was known locally as the Blue River Stone Clan, named for a great chunk of smooth blue stone that served as a center piece for their grounds.  They were barbarians only in that they lacked the complexity and sophistication of “civilized” societies… they were a kind and peaceful people, who easily adapted to the Kilvestri teachings.  One woman in particular, Lorrian Bacca, was a beautiful young maiden who quickly learned to harness nature’s power and became a Druid of no small stature.  She also caught Illandyll’s eye, and he found excuse after excuse to visit the people of the Blue River Stone.As Lorrian grew in power she eventually gave up her Bacca name and took the name Oakmaiden, a true follower of the Green Path.  The mentor/protégé relationship between Lorrian and Illandyll grew into something more, and soon Lorrian was with child.  However, Illandyll’s political leadership within the Kilvestri Woodsholm would not allow him to acknowledge a bastard child, especially one born to a human woman, and he left Lorrian in shame.Lorrian raised Felicity as best she could, teaching her they ways of the forest and its spirits.  Felicity was a rambunctious child, her mixed blood giving her a curious waif-like appearance.  When she was twelve, Felicty Oakmaiden began to show signs of innate magic ability, exciting Lorrian into thinking she could pass on her Druidic knowledge to her daughter.  Unfortunately, before such teaching could began, the savage Orc Hordes descended upon the Kilvestri forests in vast numbers, slaughtering all who stood in their way.  The Kilvestri Elves were driven back, deep into the heart of their Woodsholm, and the many small tribes were left to the ravages of the Orcs.The Blue River Stone clan was shattered.  Felicity survived by hiding under the ruined timbers of a burnt hut, shivering in the dark while the Orcs prowled through the grounds slaughtering the wounded.  Finally, after three days of cowering in under the ashen logs, hunger finally drove her from her hiding spot.  Her clan was decimated, and it appeared she was the only one left.Felicity Oakmaiden put all of her knowledge to the test, relying heavily on what she could remember of her mother’s teachings.  She did what she could to put her people’s spirits to rest, reciting the rituals as best as she remembered, then scrounged for useable items from the wreckage of her clan grounds.  Before she left the grounds, she chipped off a piece of the blue stone, and fashioned an amulet which she wears around her neck. In the woods she ate what nuts, roots, and berries she could identify, fished and trapped squirrels and rabbits, and made the most of her shattered life.  Her magic ability began to blossom, but its effects were not as she anticipated.  From her mother’s teachings, Felicity thought her powers would be more oriented towards the Green Path, but for some reason her abilities defied her expectations.  She firmly believes her powers stem from her connection to the natural world, and is often confused when her abilities manifest themselves.When word of a young human female surviving on her own after the Orc raids reached the remaining Kilvestri, Illandyll believed he knew who she was.  He sent scouting parties to find this young woman and bring her to the deeper parts of the forest where the Elves were camped.  He did indeed recognize his blood in the young woman, and saw immediately that the blood of the Elder Aeratus also flowed in her veins.  He also realized he could not keep her with him, nor teach her to harness and refine her sorcerous abilities.  He had to turn her back into the woods, and encourage her to seek out humans with whom she might more identify.  One bit of help he gave her was to offer her a finely made Elven scimitar, with thinly etched runes along the blade.  If she were a true descendant of the Elder Aeratus, perhaps she could awaken the powers latent in the blade in the years to come.  He released the young woman at the edge of the forests, and bid her farewell.Felicity Oakmaiden was once again on her own.  The Elves suggested she leave the Kilvestri lands and search for other human settlements, hoping to find another society where she might once again make a home.Appearance: Felicty doesn’t spend a lot of time grooming herself.  She is happy to bathe in a river or stream, and perhaps pull a rough comb through her thick auburn hair, but that’s about it.  She wears the roughly made clothing of her clan and ties her hair back with a strip of deer hide.  Her packs and bags are all made of leather and deer hide with bone buttons.  She stands maybe 5 feet 4 inches, weighs in at 120 pounds, and is lean and wiry.  While she is by no means bulky, there is certainly no extra fat on her.  Personality: Felicity was driven slightly mad by her ordeal with the Orcs.  She firmly believes her magic abilities come form her mother’s teachings and her connection to the Green Path.  She has no knowledge of her father, and certainly no knowledge of the sorcerous blood flowing through her veins.  Lorrian’s teachings on nature and lore have turned into a long run of serial obsessions for Felicity, and she can be intensely passionate about a particular cause, but only for a short time.  The cause can be as large as an endangered forest or polluted sea, or as small as a single tree or sick squirrel.  She has no sense of proportion, but no real staying power, either.She hasn’t yet made any good, steadfast friends since the Orc Hordes raided her clan.  She has been sent out to search for people she could identify with, and her two main sources of “identity” are her hatred of Orcs and her love of the Green Path… though she has lost sense of what the Green Path actually is.[/sblock]</blockquote>

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