Role

Chapter 2

Ilythyrra has grown, some, as a magus. She has attained her 17th title, yet, with plans
to attain more. There have been losses, however. When Ilythyrra was still fresh out of
the academy, she hired a mercenary to aid her in her fighting and travels. He was a human,
which is something Ily had never traveled with or studied up close before. During their
travels, in the Forest of Nowhere, the human died at Ily's side. She mourned the loss and
learned a lot from the death. She learned that her actions, however noble or well-intended,
can have horrible effects on those around her. Including allies. This is a lesson Ilythyrra
takes most seriously, and has reflected upon greatly. She and the human mercenary shared a
drink from a bottle of wine. A bottle she still carries for now. Drinking from it at certain
milestones and accomplishments. She plans to finish it someday, and perhaps by then she will
have mended the pain a bit.

The failures do not end there, for Ily also made a grave mistake while wandering the swamps
of Ysigrath. There she met a paladin. The Paladin was ill, and Ilythyrra handed him a sprig
that she thought would cure him. Instead, the Paladin dropped dead at her feet. She mourned
and prayed, as it was all she could do. She still remembers the poor soul's face as he looked
to her with disbelief and shock as his eyes went cold. Ilythyrra had let him down, and
though she was ignorant of the right sprig to save his life, she cannot forget the look in
his eyes. One of utter disbelief. She shudders every time she thinks of it. It haunts her,
still. However, Ily knows in her heart that it was a mistake. That she had never been in
that situation before, and made a horrible decision. She, thinking as a magus and as a
servant of Azorinne, could not let that break her. She learned from the mistake, and knows
what she did wrong. She will try to aid others who do not know the right herb. To see such
failures not repeated.

Ily has met many people in her travels, already. She has met the Captain of the Brigade,
several very important Paladin folk, as well as an Elven prist by the name of Celedyl.
Celedyl was a kind and gentle soul. A healer by trade. Someone who looked to mend blood
and bone and spirit, rather than destroy those things. It was Celedyl that gave Ilythyrra
the first Eclipse-marked Tome she had ever received. And he spoke to Ily of Azorinne's
divine will. Celedyl has since passed on, into Azorinne's arms, but Ily still remembers and
plans to carry his message of Azorinne with her.

Continued in another entry.