<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=305102.msg14879507#msg14879507">Quote from: PhantomPistoleer on 22-05-2019, 03:54:28</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I like the first one.  Tell me more about these dark urges?  <br/><br/>I like knife masters, man.  They're my fave.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/><div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/Px2j01Z.jpg)</div>She was born in the Tanglebriar of Kyonin after a remote cadre of elven warriors disappeared there 22 years ago.  It's not clear what she was exposed to in the earliest years of her life, and she doesn't remember-- possibly due to the demonic influences of the place itself, and possibly due to the nature of her experiences there.  She finds herself having strange, selfish-- or even sadistic-- urges, which are completely contrary to the teachings, and to the empathy, she has internalized since her adoption as a child by the temple of Sarenrae.<br/><br/>Trying to balance this internal need, she practices a philosophy of necessary evils; if she believes that the ends justify the means, she is more than willing to break societal laws or inflict extreme pain on others to accomplish her goals... but there are certain limits she can't (or won't) cross regarding evil acts, seeing something in them that sickens and terrifies her.  Still, she engages in rare acts of exploration, finding herself seeking opportunities to exact justice, to spy upon remote cults, to read the books buried in the closed, locked shelves at the libraries.<br/><br/>Puberty saw her adoptive temple chiding her, even outright punishing her, for seducing altar-boys and acolyte-girls from their dormitories, from the streets, and even during sacred rites.  It was apparent that the girl would have nothing of temperance, so they imparted all that they could before sending her to Chesed, where she could be mentored by a "stronger" personality.  As a result, she became the apprentice of a trapsmith named Josie Fitarius, who enjoyed her company-- and her<i>company</i>-- until she was 21.  Upon Josie's encouragement, she took up the quest to the Stolen Lands in the hopes of finding adventure and purpose.  (rushed ending)