↞Playlist↠ ━━┛ ✠ ┗━━ ━━┓ ✠ ┏━━ ↞❖↠ I will climb the rise at daybreak, I will kiss the sky at noon Raise my yearning voice at midnight to my mother in the moon Character Information Full Name: Rionna Caortha Declan (rune-nah keer-ha deck-lan)Race/Culture: Gallovian Ailor - Talahm-Gall region Age: 25 Birthday: June 24th, 289Gender/Pronouns: Feminine-presenting (she/they) Orientation: Asexual BiromanticOccult: Halfvel Marken, Mage (God Magic + Void) Combat Style: Attack: Faith, Defense: Magic Core Concept Rionna is a traveling scholar seeking to learn more about the world and her place within it. Both gentle and fierce, proud and insecure, striking and meek, she is a woman of many contradictions. Still, through the strength of her people and faith in her gods, she hopes to find inward harmony and to make herself known as one excelling in compassion, wisdom, and courage. She is an Eilirik Fornoss priest and Andlistari, focusing primarily on the compassion and loyalty of Leif and Halfvel. She does not, however, incline strongly to their more physical passions. More recently, she has taken to Nidr as one using the strength of the Void to redeem and protect. Appearance Information Rionna is a Halfvel Godborn, having bright sky-blue eyes with grey sclera and naturally black hair, though she dyes it with streaks of auburn to honor her mother. Her hair falls in waves to her ribs when hanging loose, but is usually braided or wrapped in a half-up style. She has high cheekbones, a strong jaw, and an intense gaze. She stands at a modest stature and has a slim and athletic build rather than a muscular one. The backs of her arms and shoulders bear jagged scars, as well as a scar above her left eye, and her skin glows green-blue in the knotting branches of a tree along her spine and shoulders. She dresses to accentuate her rounded hips, but uses alchemy to maintain a flat chest and muscled shoulders. Rionna’s clothing is simple and practical, favoring thick and sturdy fabrics in naturally dyed colors. Typically she prefers darker, cooler colors, but can occasionally be seen wearing something bright. Her jewelry is often of copper, silver, or sapphire or improvised from nearby flowers. Whenever she leaves her house, she is never without her embroidered herb pouch on her left hip and a larger plain bag for her notebook and survival supplies on her right. From her woven belt typically hangs a steel dirk with a blackthorn handle on the left hip and a smaller pattara knife with a carved hilt is hidden inside her right boot. Spoiler: Art ↞❖↠ And as I walk away, I know that I've been through the wars, But that creaking you hear in my bones is not pain, it's applause Proficiencies Constitution: 0 Familiar Disrupt - Free Ailor Pack [x]Dexterity: 2 [x] Ranger Tag Ranger CoverFaith: 7 (Eilirik Fornoss God Magic) [x] Sacred Healing (Mastered) Sacred Martyr (Adept) Sacred Gear (Mastered) Sacred Burn (Beginner) Sacred Judgement (Adept) Sacred Revive (Adept) Sacred Siphon (Beginner)Magic: 5 (God Magic + Void) [x] Magic Snare (Adept) Magic Smog (Beginner) Magic Barrier (Adept) Magic Warp (Mastered) Magic Feather (Adept) Safeguard Pack (Adept) - Free Ailor Pack (Magical Variant) [x] Hobbies/Talents Technology Hobby Medical Hobby Cleric Talent Mechanics Ailor [x] Halfvel Godborn [x] Marken [x]Languages Native - Gallwech Fluent - Driksi Skodje (albeit with a Gallwech accent), Common Moderate - Aontaithe (good understanding/reading, but limited speaking/writing) ↞❖↠ Come away, O human child! To the waters and the wild Plot Hooks Wolf Walker - Rionna is a native of Talahm Gall, a mountainous and wild part of Gallovia rumored to be home to pagan Marken cults and many worshippers of Halfvel. As such, the incorporation of Marken into normal life would come naturally to her even without her Godborn heritage, and, upon seeing their state in Regalia, has worked to see them treated as equals. Some of her work is scholarly, such as her talk before the Howling Soiree, while other is more practical - growing and administering Godsooth, encouraging Marken to talk through their struggles, and assisting in learning to control transformations - but all is done with determined compassion. Suffering Marken in particular are welcome to seek Rionna out for help dealing with their condition, but Tolerating and Harmonised Marken are also encouraged to interact for hunts, comraderie, or other socialisation. Unsurprisingly, this open friendliness and advocacy for Marken may also put her in conflict with Lothar and other purists.Restless Scholar - There seems to be no end to Rionna's curiosity and passion for learning, leading her to throw herself into multiple different interests from natural science to religious folklore to magical theory to culture and languages. If there's a mystery to be unraveled or a story to be told, she is certain to be interested in taking careful notes. She loves to meet people from new places and hear about their homeland, as well as seeking out connections between things she's already seen or heard about. Pretty much anybody can interact with this plot hook. Does your character know something neat? Do they like talking about their cultural background? She would love to hear about it.Love and Loyalty - Rionna is a young Eilirik priest, particularly favoring Leif and Halfvel. She can be approached for discussions of the faith or for various religious duties by any coming in good faith, although she is protective of the Temple against those she suspects of having ill-intent. Additionally, she enjoys speaking to priests or faithful to learn of other religions. Priests and members of religious Knightly Orders are all potential friends or allies of Rionna, although she is not a member of the All-Faith Guild. She does not typically participate in Temple Defenses not involving her own Temple, but has been known to offer healing to the defenders after the battle, while being potentially hostile to those that attack or defile Temples.Songs of the Past - Unsurprisingly, Rionna’s path has led her towards the duty of scholar and scribe, specifically learning to undertake the religious duties of the Andlistari - the Spirit Artists that record and recite the names and deeds of the dead so they will not be forgotten. Anyone is welcome to approach her for a story of the past, as well as tell her a new one to add to her memory. Related to this, she is particularly interested in preserving cultural heritage of all sorts, being equally interested in learning of other's heritage as sharing her own. Want to tell a story about a fallen Fornoss hero? Share it with Rionna and I'll try to write out a poem commemorating them. I'll occasionally write independent ones as well, to be shared at feasts and the like. Characters with an interest in preserving their cultural history, especially if that history is at risk of being lost, are likely to find a quick friend and ally.Star and Sky - Since her youth, Rionna has had a special connection with the teeming forests and open sky, perhaps influenced by the tutelage of an Isldar Warden called Neska who found her way to Firnacol after the village lost their previous healer. Although initially regarded with suspicion due to her worship of Regulus and Aurora, Neska’s skill with medicine eventually earned her a permanent place in the village. Alongside Ealanon, the Marken priestess, and an unusual scholar called Naomhan, Neska became a crucial mentor in Rionna’s youth. Although generally mistrustful of Draconists, Rionna is potentially friendly towards worshippers of Aurora and Severena, Warden and Envoy Archon, and followers of the Radical of Symbiosis. Additionally, enviromentalists, healers, and other protectors of life and nature may find common ground with her, especially Mana worshippers.
↞❖↠ She said "Ride with your brindled hound at heel, and your good grey hawk in hand There's none can harm the knight who's lain with the Witch of the Westmorland." Spoiler: Animal Familiar Solareal, meaning "Starlight", is a vixen that has accompanied Rionna since her earliest days. The fox's fur is a striking orange and black, with some of the black patches tipped with white creating a shifting star-like effect that gives her her name. Her eyes also are an unusual bright blue, leading Rionna to believe her to be a divine companion rather than a mere animal. Solareal loves fruits, berries, and fish, and will often run messages, do tricks, or distract an enemy in exchange for treats. While shy and wary of battle, she is known to disappear into autumnal leaves if attacked. Spoiler: Faceclaim Except obviously Godborn. Fewer freckles, black hair streaked with auburn, and Wolf-God eyes (sky-blue with dark-grey sclera) Spoiler: Art - Updated 1/21/24 Rionna and Marken form. Old art, but it still works. Just with black hair and Godborn eyes. Spoiler: Inventory - Updated 1/1/24 On her person Clothing - A sapphire cormgaltach, hung on a braided silver cord around her neck and shimmering with pale blue light - silver part crafted by Iain Daly - A plaid shawl, often draped around her hips, shoulders, or hair - A Rand's Eye amulet - given by Astrid, hung from her belt Weapons - A steel dirk with a blackthorn handle, hung from her belt - A decorative sgian-dubh with a pattara blade and dark green handle, shaped like a thistle flower and leaf - strapped to her boot - A braided leather sling and several smooth stones Bag - An embroidered pouch full of dried herbs and basic first aid/alchemical supplies - smells of lavender - A few samples of Godsooth treatment - A cylindrical godsamtro device with several steel darts - A Gaimun, a metallic black clay coin inscribed with a volcano and Wai-lan script - A gift from Heishan after Rionna treated her injuries, will buy a request from her. At home - A well-worn notebook filled with Gallwech entries - on her desk - A blue leather notebook with a tree and moon design - a gift from Sivrid, on her desk - Many books about plants, animals, folklore, cooking, history, and astrology, written in both Gallwech and Skodje - Alchemy and Godsamtro supplies - Assorted copper, silver, and gold jewelry - on her closet dresser - A gold necklace with an orange stone - a gift from Orm - A metal sculpture of Rionna surrounded by animals, etched with Gallovian knotwork - A gift from Ivenn, on her desk - Dried Friblomsts, Poppies and Ruby Flowers - a gift from Ivenn, hanging on her doorway Spoiler: Relationships - Updated 1/1/24 Friends Ivenn (isthatanecho)- A Brix seeking to find himself that Rionna met at the OWLibrary. They share an interest in cultural artifacts and inquisitive minds, and, despite their differing perspectives, have found they had a lot in common, often collaborating on research projects and helping each other out of tricky situations. Recently, they've been growing closer in their time spent in each other's company. Affection: ✦✦✦✦✦ ~ Respect: ✦✦✦✦✧ ~ Trust: ✦✦✦✦✧ ~ Fear: ✧✧✧✧✧ Sivrid Sorenvik (MrsCripple) - A priestess that Rionna bonded with over weaving and a shared interest in finding harmony with other beliefs and cultures, eventually confiding to her about her religious turmoil and coming to work with Sivrid in her library. Their relationship hit a bit of a rough patch in more recent history, but the affection is still strong. Affection: ✦✦✦✦✧ ~ Respect: ✦✦✦✦✦ ~ Trust: ✦✦✦✧✧ ~ Fear: ✧✧✧✧✧ Ciodaru Dalca (MippyMoo) - An unexpected friend that Rionna has become close to, identifying him as a fellow scholar, and has developed strong protective affection for even beyond her clerical duties. They can often be found studying in the library together or bouncing theories around. After her journey into the Sewers to break him free of a cruel demon and taking him under her wing after his previous housing fell through, she has come to see him like a little brother. Affection: ✦✦✦✦✧ ~ Respect: ✦✦✦✧✧ ~ Trust: ✦✦✦✧✧ ~ Fear: ✧✧✧✧✧ Kaya Sorenvik (AlphaInsomnia) - A distant and pragmatic woman, but nevertheless a reliable ally. Although not as personally close to her as to Sivrid, Rionna is warming to Kaya, including her in her sphere of loyalty not only for her relation to others, but for her own sake. Affection: ✦✦✦✧✧ ~ Respect: ✦✦✦✦✦ ~ Trust: ✦✦✦✦✧ ~ Fear: ✦✧✧✧✧ Revna Vikstrom (Iyyushi) - A brusque Urlan that frequents Fairbanks and the Temples. While Rionna finds her personality a bit difficult to read, she has developed a strong respect for the Knight and lends her aid in more scholarly pursuits, as well as offering combative or medical support when necessary. Affection: ✦✦✦✧✧ ~ Respect: ✦✦✦✦✧ ~ Trust: ✦✦✦✦✧ ~ Fear: ✦✦✧✧✧ Astrid/Asgeir (MantaRey) - The former Mayor of Fairbanks and a friend, despite their relationship initially being a bit distant. She greatly respects his devotion to the gods, but has found it difficult to get to know him and fears the influence of the demon that possessed him after his unfortunate excursion. While initially frustrated and overwhelmed by his sudden departure that left her unexpectedly as Mayor, she has come to forgive him. Affection: ✦✦✧✧✧ ~ Respect: ✦✦✦✧✧ ~ Trust: ✦✦✧✧✧ ~ Fear: ✦✦✧✧✧ Alfvinda (realfreya) - One of Rionna's many half-siblings, but perhaps the one she's warmed up the quickest to. While quite opposing in personality, the pair have quickly learned to work together and watch each other's backs as they work towards their mutual goal - training and protecting the Marken of the city. Affection: ✦✦✧✧✧ ~ Respect: ✦✦✧✧✧ ~ Trust: ✦✦✧✧✧ ~ Fear: ✧✧✧✧✧ Acquaintances Signe (Okanara) - A Hvarkirik Aelriggan Knight known to Rionna from Fairbanks and her contact with the Order. Although her parentage and intimidating presence set Rionna on edge, she does cautiously trust her enough to consider her an ally. When she came to consider learning Nid magic to defend herself and others, it was Signe that she sought out as a mentor. Affection: ✦✧✧✧✧ ~ Respect: ✦✦✦✦✧ ~ Trust: ✦✦✦✧✧ ~ Fear: ✦✦✦✧✧ Viggo Sorenvik (SupremeCripple) - Rionna primarily knew Viggo through Sivrid but, though respectful towards him, kept a wary distance from the intimidating man. After going through some battles together, however, and being bound by secrets and circumstances, they have grown closer as friends. After her recent appointment as Mayor, Rionna asked him for help in political matters but has had little contact with him since. Affection: ✦✦✧✧✧ ~ Respect: ✦✦✧✧✧ ~ Trust: ✦✦✧✧✧ ~ Fear: ✦✦✧✧✧ Subekti (Ezalb) - A nervous Allar Rionna met at the High Willow. Although their religions and outlooks on life are quite different, she regards him as a friendly acquaintance and an interesting discussion partner. She finds Subetki quite mysterious and, as such, is driven by curiosity to learn more about his past and present. Affection: ✦✦✧✧ ~ Respect: ✦✧✧✧✧ ~ Trust: ✦✧✧✧✧ ~ Fear: ✧✧✧✧✧ Seltyr (Rowet) - A young Aelriggian Rionna met while cleaning the Baskarr Temple after it was attacked by Volarik. She quickly took a shine to the idealistic Feka, especially after discovering his interest in protecting religious sites, and has worked with him on occasion cleaning or defending Temples. Affection: ✦✧✧✧✧ ~ Respect: ✦✦✧✧✧ ~ Trust: ✦✧✧✧✧ ~ Fear: ✧✧✧✧✧ Naomhan (ghirko) - A middle-aged scholar Rionna knew from her home village. His exact connection to her is unclear, but she believes him to be a distant relative of some sort. They're not particularly close to each other, but have a familiarity born out of a shared interest in gaining knowledge. Affection: ✦✧✧✧✧ ~ Respect: ✦✦✧✧✧ ~ Trust: ✦✧✧✧✧ ~ Fear: ✧✧✧✧✧ Iain Daly (Ampers07) - A young Gallovian craftsman that Rionna met at a festival a few months after her arrival. They quickly took a shine to each other, but any blossoming friendship faltered after his sudden departure from the city. Affection: ✦✧✧✧✧ ~ Respect: ✦✧✧✧✧ ~ Trust: ✦✧✧✧✧ ~ Fear: ✧✧✧✧✧ Orm (SorryNari) - An Urlan Rionna met at a Fornoss festival. Although she paid him little mind at the festival itself, she later found herself deep in conversation with him about life, philosophy, and religion. Further discussions proved pleasant and thought-provoking and she came to greatly appreciate his company, but since his sudden withdrawal, their relationship has become more distant. Affection: ✦✧✧✧✧ ~ Respect: ✦✧✧✧✧ ~ Trust: ✦✧✧✧✧ ~ Fear: ✧✧✧✧✧ Wulf Grofsmid (rimacutem) - A dwarven warrior mostly known to Rionna as a campaigner against the Ordial and a devoted to Dauw. While she can respect his dedication to his god and is sympathetic to his goals of dwarven autonomy, she finds Wulf to be a harsh and unpleasant presence to be around, as well as having a distaste for his recent joining of the Lothar. However, despite her personal dislike of him, they are able to have a civil relationship as fellow Eilirik. Affection: ✧✧✧✧✧ ~ Respect: ✦✦✧✧✧ ~ Trust: ✧✧✧✧✧ ~ Fear: ✧✧✧✧✧ Lynmard Lomstedt (Simslp) - An unusual scholar that Rionna encountered while studying alchemy in Anglia, now surprised to find him in Regalia and elevated in status. While sometimes frustrated by his long-winded nature and fence-sitting habits, she respects him as a scholar and occasionally goes to ask him questions about whatever research puzzle she's working on. Affection: ✧✧✧✧✧ ~ Respect: ✦✧✧✧✧ ~ Trust: ✦✧✧✧✧ ~ Fear: ✧✧✧✧✧ Merowald Risburg (essentialess) - A dwarven Bloodcast that Rionna has mixed feelings about. She finds the knight mildly irritating and disapproves of certain allegiances, but finds it difficult to hold a grudge when Mero is so clearly a fun and good-natured spirit. Ultimately, she regards her with an attitude of "Well, her heart's in the right place even if her head isn't" and occasionally enjoys her company for short periods of time. Affection: ✦✧✧✧✧ ~ Respect: ✧✧✧✧✦|| ~ Trust: ✦✧✧✧✧ ~ Fear: ✧✧✧✧✧ Dathil (Sam_thing) - An energetic Yanar Rionna met soon after her arrival in the city. While frustrated with her complete lack of survival instinct, she enjoys Dathil's sunny company and occasionally visits to discuss magic with her. Affection: ✦✧✧✧✧ ~ Respect: ✧✧✧✧✦|| ~ Trust: ✦✧✧✧✧ ~ Fear: ✧✧✧✧✧ Gwenferwi Marth (AtticCat) - A woman first known to Rionna as Cadwyn's sister and then as the right-hand of the Truth Ministry, resulting in mistrust. Since the Ministry's fall and Gwen's arrival in Fairbanks, some of this wariness has faded and been replaced with cautious friendliness, but she hasn't entirely forgotten her previous role. Affection: ✦✧✧✧✧ ~ Respect: ✧✧✧✧✧ ~ Trust: ✧✧✧✧✦|| ~ Fear: ✧✧✧✧✧ Heishan (Lizmun) - A Red Hunter with a complex morality. While rejecting Heishan's intense violence, Rionna has found herself on semi-decent terms with the Archon. She generally avoids interacting with Heishan's doings, but has been known to heal her injuries after battles or even occasionally fight beside her when their interests align. Their viewpoints are quite opposed, but Rionna has a level of respect for Heishan's determination and conviction that makes it possible to interact civily, although this respect has been damaged by Heishan's recent occupation of the Eilirik Temple. Affection: ✧✧✧✧✧ ~ Respect: ✦✧✧✧✧ ~ Trust: ✧✧✧✧✧ ~ Fear: ✦✦✧✧✧ Cadwyn Marth (DolittleGuy) - A fellow Gallovian and Fornoss faithful, which counts for something in Rionna's book. She once regarded the knight with distant respect, despite privately disapproving of some of his allegiances and actions, but considered him a potential ally even if not a friend. After Fury's attack on the docks, however, this association has become strained. Affection: ✧✧✧✧✦|| ~ Respect: ✧✧✧✧✦|| ~ Trust: ✦✧✧✧✧ ~ Fear: ✧✧✧✧✧ Disliked Ruzgar (Yigit) - An Archon that Rionna had little personal contact with until he crashed on her doorstep, near-death, and she used her clerical skills to heal him despite knowing him to be a purist. This contact returned, however, when Ruzgar led a group of draconists and sellswords to occupy the Eili Temple, leading Rionna to join in the fight against him. After Kaya negotiated a peace with him, he approached Rionna in the Temple to explain his reasonings and to carry an apology. Despite not quite being willing to forgive, Rionna's anger is at least tempered with respect, laying the groundwork for a potential reconciliation in the future. Affection: ✧✧✧✦✦|| ~ Respect: ✦✧✧✧✧ ~ Trust: ✧✧✧✧✦|| ~ Fear: ✦✧✧✧✧ Caan (bwmwags3) - A Yanar that recently converted to the Old Gods faith. Although initially suspicious of her intentions due to the Yanar flip-flopping between religions before suddenly declaring herself a devoted only a very short time after conversion, Rionna did eventually come to have a cautious friendliness towards her. However, her previous dislike and suspicion has returned after having reason to doubt Caan's loyalty to the gods. Affection: ✦✧✧✧✧ ~ Respect: ✧✧✦✦✦|| ~ Trust: ✧✧✧✦✦|| ~ Fear: ✧✧✧✧✧ River Barlowe (Ghostified_) - A Marken that Rionna met through Ciodaru shortly before his trial. While sympathetic to his plight of being hunted by the Lothar, Rionna held him at arm's length as she deemed him too reckless and foolish to risk trying to help. While angered by the Lothar's treatment of him, she fears that it's only a matter of time before he makes one foolish decision too many and doesn't want him to drag others down as well. She currently suspects his return to the city under a new name, but the same foolish nature, but has neither proof nor reason to seek his downfall. Affection: ✧✧✧✧✧ ~ Respect: ✧✧✧✦✦|| ~ Trust: ✧✧✦✦✦|| ~ Fear: ✧✧✧✧✧ Erwin Braunschweiger (BeetrootSalad) - Being one of the more prominent and notorious of Lothar, it would be easy to guess that Rionna would not look fondly upon Erwin. It is, however, slightly more complicated than that due to the accounts of him given to her by the Sorenviks and his surprising civility during his interactions with her. Despite his reputation, she considers him to be one of the slightly-more tolerable and reasonable of the Lothar, for what little that's worth. Affection: ✧✧✧✧✦|| ~ Respect: ✧✧✧✦✦|| ~ Trust: ✧✦✦✦✦|| ~ Fear: ✦✦✦✧✧ Hated Lothar Knights - While never particularly fond of the Lothar in general, Rionna's intense dislike was originally confined to Riftan Vaedra in particular. However, her ire has since turned to multiple others in sequence and it is now safe to say that any Lothar is automatically met with dislike and mistrust. Affection: ✧✦✦✦✦|| ~ Respect: ✧✦✦✦✦|| ~ Trust: ✦✦✦✦✦|| ~ Fear: ✦✦✦✧✧ Spoiler: Values - Updated 11/23/23 - WIP Eventually I would like to have a whole detailed values and principles section here, but this will do for now. I especially would like to take inspiration from @isthatanEcho and their Ideals tabs with conflicting Allies/Enemies lists. Obviously, this is OOC knowledge, but I welcome prodding and testing of values ICly. Those at the top of the list are the strongest and the hardest to bend or break, while those at the bottom are a bit weaker. Loyalty - “Loyalty is the highest of virtues and disloyalty the gravest of sins. To place yourself first above all others is to invite ruin, for strength is found in the bonds between people and their gods, their kindred, and their allies.” The strongest virtue instilled in Rionna from both her culture and religion is to be true to your own. Her first goal is to live honorably according to the Eili gods, especially Halfvel and Leif, followed by the protection of the Fornoss, Gallovian, and Velheim people in general, Marken, and close ‘chosen-kindred.’ Compassion - “A heart of stone isn’t worth living with. Love and compassion bring light to the world, and a world without light is dead.” Despite living in an often harsh world, Rionna has quite a soft heart for others, especially those she sees as being wronged or oppressed in some way. While this warmth is most readily seen towards those familiar to her in some way, such as other Northerners or Marken, she believes in offering a chance to people regardless of the circumstances of their birth. She has great respect for those who use their strength mercifully and disdains bullies. What hatred and malice she does occasionally harbor usually stems from love of someone the enemy has wronged. Freedom - “No matter what happens to your body, never allow your spirit to be chained.” Being born in the Gallovian mountains and raised under the open sky, Rionna has a powerful appreciation for the personal freedom to travel where one pleases, believe as one pleases, and do as one pleases, provided it doesn’t harm others. Her general philosophy on this matter is ‘live and let live’, preferring to not interfere too much with others' free will. She hates being confined against her will, being trapped in arbitrary role expectations, or having her hand forced in any way, as well as having a strong distaste for authoritarians or any that interfere with the freedom of others. She harbors a quiet distaste for the trappings of empire and entitled noblity, but begrudgingly tolerates it to keep the peace and her head. Her natural instinct is towards peace, citing the law of hospitality that host and guest should never assault each other under a shared roof, but is not completely unwilling to resist if provoked. This makes her a potential ally towards Asha, oppressed people, or Northern regionalists, while bringing her into conflict with Allorn-loyalists, Regalian jingoists, and other authoritarians. Knowledge - “Ignorance of something doesn’t make it go away. If you want to make a mark on the world, you need to understand it first.” A restless hunger for knowledge is one of the primary motivating forces for the young woman, who seeks to learn about everything from natural history to interpersonal intrigue to religious philosophy. While loyalty and compassion maintain some boundaries to her search for knowledge, there are times when this hunger takes precedence over the needs of strangers. Similarly, “more curiosity than sense” is almost certainly what will one day be on her gravestone. Courage - “Courage isn’t about foolish recklessness or having no fear. It’s about recognising the danger, acknowledging your fear, and enduring despite it.” Though she often projects a confident persona to better fit in with the forceful habits of her kin, the reality is that Rionna often feels quite anxious and full of self-doubt when confronted with challenges or threats. However, she has reframed this into a belief that ‘Courage is action despite fear’ and strives to keep the fear from paralyzing her despite her personal difficulty doing so. Indeed, she sometimes privately questions the wisdom or effectiveness of the more bold and brash individuals whose fearless courage is so lauded in Northern cultures, despite still privately admiring and envying them. Still, courage is easily seen as one of her weaknesses. Survival - “Last stands are grand and glorious, but memory doesn’t protect a family. When all else fails, live to fight another day.” The world is a dangerous place and, having seen persecution and violence in her day, Rionna tends to regard the world with a wary suspicion that tempers the wondrous curiosity sparked by her quest for knowledge. Believing that you must always look out for yourself because few others will do it for you, she places great emphasis on the need to survive and endure, using her knowledge and skills to protect herself and her kindred through what means she must. Sometimes this manifests itself in a 'cut and run' instinct, while others it hardens into a need to stubbornly stand and fight. Spoiler: Fornoss Revenant - INACTIVE This is a minor character summoned using the Fornoss Divine Mechanic and therefore only makes occasional appearances for specific tasks before returning to Eilliheim. The Spirit is currently INACTIVE. Full Name: Ealanon Faolàn Doirmor Race/Culture: Formerly Gallovian Ailor Age: 45 (at time of death) Gender/Pronouns: She/Her Occult: Unbound Primal Revenant Core Concept Ealanon was once a warrior priestess of Firnacol until her death protecting the village from attack. She now resides with honor in Eiliheim, but occasionally enters the world in defense of the faithful. Appearance Information Ealanon was a tall and broad-shouldered woman with thick black hair and Wolfgod eyes. She appears just as she did in death - wearing battered leather and chainmail, quarter-shifted with Marken claws and fur to the elbows, and wielding a greatsword splattered with blood. The Spirit is pale-blue in color and semi-translucent, fading slightly at the edges, but is laced all through with bright-blue divine energy. Proficiencies Strength: 7 Unyielding Strike Bruiser Slam Bruiser Flurry Bruiser Parry Bruiser Agony Bruiser Ruin Bruiser RampageMagic: 0 Sinistral Rage (Primal - Spirit Buff 2) Sinistral Implode (Primal - Spirit Buff 1)Faith: 7 Shaman Defense Shaman Aura (Spirit Buff 3) Shaman Darkness Shaman Earth Shaman Synergy Sacred Buff Sacred Martyr Sacred Rebuke Languages Common Gallwech Life Story Birth - Born the only son of a barren mother who prayed fervently for a child and was visited by Halfvel. Unfortunately, a hard delivery took her life soon after and Ealanon was raised by his aunt and uncle. Childhood - Learned both to be both a great warrior and a mighty priest. Transitioned to womanhood in her mid-teenage years and grew into a powerful druidess with a particular gift of prophecy. Adulthood - Was a crucial mentor to Rionna Declan in her youth, teaching her many of the rituals she knows today and how to control her Marken transformations. Although the soft-spoken and shy girl Rionna once was never thrived under Ealanon's combat training, her example continues to inspire her to this day. Death - Died in the year 301 AC defending Firnacol from purist attack, taking many enemies with her and allowing the village's non-combatants to escape. She was buried with the greatest honor her people could pay a fallen warrior, burying her on her feet with weapons and armor interred with her, and her spirit passed peacefully into Eiliheim.
- I hadn't really updated my relationships tab since I made this sheet, so trying to keep that up to date. I decided to experiment with greying out relationships that she hasn't had contact with for a while so their information is still present while also marking them as a now-distant relationship. If I decide later that I don't like it, I'll change it. - Also, I noticed a few pronoun errors here and there, so I've fixed those. Technically both she and they are acceptable, but Rionna usually uses she. - I have an art piece that I'm working on that I plan to add eventually, and I think I may also add some descriptions of her God Magic once I have them all settled out.
- Updated points to new system - Added Tech Suit information - Added plot hook - Updated Inventory and Relationships
- Minor point adjustments to take Medical Packs - Adjustments due to the Fornoss update - Relationship updates
Significant change. Rionna is no longer Slizzar and is now a Halfvel Godborn. I'll go through all the Extras tabs later when I have time - they're currently still old.
Moderate update to Extras section. - Animal Familar section added, Art updated - Relationships updated - merged Active and Inactive Relationships together - Values slightly updated - I still want to do more later, but the bare-bones works for now. Also I forgot to make a note previously, but I'm leaning more into the cleric vibes with a Holy Spellblade build now.
Added a section for Rionna's Divine Mechanic spirit. The spirit hasn't made an appearance yet, but I wanted to have her information here for future reference. If you'd like to be someone that plays the Spirit when she appears, let me know!
