Role

Chapter 1

Qalita was born of two star-crossed lovers. Her mother, Jazmira, served the
Acolytes as a healer on permanent assignment in Hamsah Mu'tazz, the city of
her birth. Though generally law-abiding, when her ethics were put to the test,
she chose light over law when confronted with offering her divine aid to a
Maran who hunted the wicked in her city. She refused to confess to her crime,
and with few witnesses, she was placed in custody during the investigation.

Her captor was Solan d'Sair, an anti-paladin Vindicator of the Blood Tribunal and
of fierce sexual appetite. Though evil, he was an agent of law, and would not rape
a prisoner. But Jazmira was a woman of remarkable allure, and Solan was a man who
acquired what he desired. So, he placed Jazmira under a perpetual worldbinding so
his true nature would not be known, and over the weeks courted the prisoner, until
she fell in love with him.

What had begun as a deception and desire for raw sexual conquest, blossomed into
true love. Solan, though he felt Jazmira foolish and naive, grew to sincerely
love her in his own selfish way. And for her part, Jazmira felt an irrational
passion for her strong, dark captor. Even once the truth of Solan's dark nature
became revealed, she was a Priestess of Love, and could not deny her own emotion.
She would plea with Solan to redeem himself, and Solan would utter false promises,
and she would melt and submit to him. In Solan's mind, his lies were a mercy
to the woman he burned for, and he concealed his true nature as much as he could
around her. He began to see her as his precious & adored, yet caged, pet. She
was his sorce of comfort, love, and pleasure, and in exchange, he protected her
and kept her insulated from the harsh and evil truth as much as he could.

By the time Jazmira was found guilty of her crime and sentenced to death, it
was known that she was with child. Solan pleaded to the Justicars that it
would be an act of injustice to punish the unborn child for the crimes of the
mother, and that her execution should be stayed until the child was weaned.