<div class="floatright">(https://i.imgur.com/5UW9oaW.jpg)</div>Beatrice Vales<br/><br/>Monk/Fighter (https://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=2097343)<br/><br/>In a far away monastery, Beatrice trained, day after day, trying to follow the Path. She followed all the teachings, practiced all restraints and yes, she never seemed to achieve what other students seemed to be able to so much more easily. The oneness with all, the peace of mind, the focus from which their vaunted martial abilities were a mere consequence. That was, until one day, while pleasuring herself in a rare moment of weakness, she had an epiphany: self-denial was not the way. Or, at least, not her way. How could she achieve oneness if she was missing such a crucial part of herself? From that moment, she excelled beyond other students, far beyond what she once was. But she did so by slowly, one at a time, rejecting most of the monastery's teachings, letting herself bloom, embracing and delighting in pleasures, simple and sensual. Soon, she was thrown out. But it mattered little. She knew she could no longer grow in such a staid place. She would find others, who would accept her as she was, with whom she could share her new self in all sorts of... interesting ways. Who knew? Perhaps some day, she would found her own monastery, to teach the Path without forcing them to reject their true selves.