Backstory
Where did your character grow up? What place do they call "home" now? (could
be the same or different.)
When Cornelia was little, she was raised by her parents in a small cottage in the forest. After her parents died, she went to a boarding school where she learned her skills as a wizard. Now she is a wanderer and does not have anywhere she considers "home."
Who raised your character and how? What are these people doing now?
As a small child, she was raised by her parents. (Her father was an elf, and mother a human). After they were killed, she was raised by the teachers at her boarding school. Now, she is on her own.
How did your attribute scores affect your character?
She was at the top of her class in school, due to high intelligence. She also has confidence due to her high intelligence/wisdom that she will be able to solve the mystery of who killed her parents, and that she will know what to do at the time to bring justice and avenge their death. She has a lot of trust in her intuition.
What made your character obtain the class they have now?
She became a wizard by chance, because the boarding school that took her in after her parents death was a school specific for wizards.
What your character doing in recent years before the campaign's start?
My character has been traveling around, trying to find information about her parents murderers. Prior to that, she was attending a school for wizards.
What motivated your character to leave their previous lifestyle and become adventurers?
Cornelia's main goal has always been to find out who killed her parents and avenge their death. After graduating from school, she had no place she considered "home" to return to, so set out on her journey and has been looking for clues ever since.
Which people are important for your character?
Her parents, although no longer alive, are the most important people to Cornelia. Second to them
What connections does your character have to the other player characters?
Cornelia met Vigo Mortanion shortly after graduating school and beginning her journey. He tried to recruit her to his Cult of Beauty, and also requested that she perform a spell on some old Cleric (Sister Teddy). Cornelia them to find her once she was able to learn the right spell and slipped away into the night.
Name a promise you have made to another player character that you would never break.
She made two promises to Vigo Mortanion - the first that she would try to learn a spell to help beautify Sister Teddy, and the second that she would do everything she can to help find his parents' murderers. She would be willing to break the first promise, but would never break the second promise.
If nothing happened, what short/long term goals does your character have?
She is looking to find who murdered her parents and avenge their death. Once she completes that goal, she hopes to find someplace that she'll love enough to eventually call home, along with a group of people that will become her family.
What makes your character a likeable adventurer that others would be willing to have to risk their lives for?
Cornelia is truly a good person (chotic good). She would never think of harming anyone who didn't deserve it. She is also on an honorable mission to find out who killed her parents and bring justice to the world. She is also pretty charismatic, and knows (or will know?) spells to make her even seem even more charismatic and be able to win people over and gain information, and be someone people really want to help.
What has your character done in the past, that they now deeply regret?]
She regrets wandering off too far as a child. It was while she was out adventuring in the forest that her parents were killed. She came back to find them murdered and feels as though she could've helped prevent their death if she was there.
Are there any people that would wish harm to your character and why?
Possibly whoever killed her parents, but who they are and why they killed them is a mystery to her.
More optional plot hooks:
- My character's lineage might not be what I think it is. -This one will be unknown to you as player as well. Do not add details-