Role

Chapter 2

Gwendelya was born to a very affluent family of house Tir'Randir, the daughter
of Erynhend and Maenwen. As the years past, Gwendelya grew into a very curious
child, often spending her days exploring the clan catacombs and the hidden
passages and secret rooms within. Becoming concerned about what rumors might
spread from her fascination with this morbid playground, her parents set the
young elf down in front of the house encyclopedia. They hoped to channel her
curiosity in a more productive direction, but they couldn't have imagined the
flames this would stoke in Gwendelya.

She was fascinated by the endless pages of chronicles and depictions of relics,
the bestiary, the maps. It consumed her and she knew from that young age that
hers would be a life of adventure and exploration. She constantly pestered her
parents with questions about the clan's past, though it wasn't long before she
was more of an authority on the subject than they were.

The elven child set a busy schedule for herself that included archaeology and
religious study in the afternoon and combat drills in the morning and evening.
She had found old training regiments and practiced regularly. Her personal
favorite was from a templar poet named Taranqare who was said to employ a
strange dance-like footwork to evade enemy attacks.

Gwendelya joined the Paladin Guild as her anscestors did before her. However,
she encountered the first snag in her efforts. Praying generally to the Gods
of light, an intangible guilt began to manifest as she suspected that she was
merely pursuing prayer for family tradition. For years she languished, the
meager prayers she offered outshined by her peers.

Determination found her again after the children in Darsylon began having vivid
dreams and night terrors. Soon, news arrived that children all over Thera were
likewise affected. Other tangible wonders in the sky began. Strange gleaming
dust fell from the sky on multiple occassions, but when chromatic lightning
tore the sky assunder and countless eldritch figures whispered a cryptic and
somewhat menancing vow, Gwendelya fueled her training with concerned urgency.
Then a giant eyeball stared down at the world below, she began preparing to
leave Darsylon and continue her training at the Theran Academy to learn from
Paladins abroad. These events concerned all of Thera and she wanted to know her
allies. Driven by her duty, and the chance to examine this anomaly, Gwendelya
begins her adventure.