Welcome to the Lands of Arda
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Thirteen fragments, beings with vast power, originating from the Divine Realm, traveled to this newly found planet. These fragments, later known as the major gods, live in the Divine Realm together with other fragments. They called themselves fragments as they believe they all originated from one, all powerful being, that created all universes, but then split. The thirteen fragments were close like siblings and always did things together. The planet when it was found was barren, without life or magic, but it had potential. The one that was first to spot this new planet, named Arda, did not hesitate to detach herself from the Divine Realm and imbue with the planet to give it life and magic. That was seen as a great sacrifice by the other twelve, who knew that their sibling Arda would not be able to return until this planet is no more.
The twelve gods split into three groups, which were later known as Gold (Good), Silver (Evil) and Emerald (Neutral). The groups stayed the same, except from three changes. Dominaria switched from Gold to Silver, Iskar from Emerald to Gold and Oromne from Silver to Emerald. The exact dates of those changes are largely unknown but they are approximated at the end of 1st Era or the early centuries of the 2nd.
From that change and onwards no shifts have been reported. The groups are as following:
| Gold (Good) | Silver (Evil) | Emerald (Neutral) |
Besides the twelve major fragments, lesser fragments travelled to the world of Arda for various reasons. Other seeking to gain followers, other intrigued by events, other simply by curiosity, others banished from their previous worlds or other seeking refuge from forces that want them perished. These Lesser fragments are not as powerful as the twelve gods and cannot sustain themselves by feeding from multiple plains. They are also referred as "local gods" and such local communities or events is what feeds them. They full extent of their power varies, but many estimate them to be equally strong as the first dragons. Lesser fragments are not widely known, even though they'd wish to be. Even if they could be amassing a large amount of followers, they prefer to be more subtle, to not incur the wrath of major fragments for stealing their energy. Some of the Lesser Fragments work as Patrons, offer power to individuals known as warlocks, in exchange of tasks or worship.
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Backstory
Where did your character grow up? What place do they call "home" now? (could be the same or different.) [75 words max]
Ava grew up in her family's castle and had a very sheltered childhood. The closest neighbor was miles away. It was in the beautiful countryside, a lot of rolling hills. Ava enjoyed reading in the garden. She still considers her family's castle home, but is unwilling to go back until she finds answers to why she was abandoned at the altar.
Who raised your character and how? What are these people doing now? [75 words max]
Ava was raised by her parents, and has an older brother, Jack. Her parents preferred Jack, as he was the heir, and so she spent a lot of her childhood with tutors, with her governess, and reading. Her parents are still nobles, but with a significantly diminished reputation since Ava was abandoned at the altar, and then ran off. They are unhappy she is gone, but Ava doesn't know that.
How did your attribute scores affect your character? [175 words max]
Ava always knew she was intelligent, however her parents didn't ever really try to push her. She got an education-a noble girl's education. She saw all the things her brother got to learn and was upset. Her parents told her a noble lady didn't need anything Jack was learning. She tried very hard to prove she could do more, but her parents were firm. As intelligent as Ava is however, she lacks street smarts. Often in her youth she didn't think things through very much. She hasn't gotten much better at this, and lacks any form of street smarts.
What made your character obtain the class they have now? [75 words max]
Ava has always loved magic-however it was deeply forbidden for her study in her family's home. She figured, if she was going to run away, she might as well do what she wants, and learn magic. She loves being a wizard and wants to create her own spells at some point.
What your character doing in recent years before the campaign's start? [75 words max]
Ava was studying magic. She truly enjoyed her studies because it was the first time she ever felt challenged at learning. She had also been trying to investigate Alastair's disappearance, but had never really made much headway due to the strain of her studies.
In the last 2–3 years, what had your character been doing?
What motivated your character to leave their previous lifestyle and become adventurers? [120 words max]
Ava had been set up to marry the son of another noble family, Lord Alistair. Despite her reservations about the arranged marriage, Ava trusted her parents' judgment and believed it was her duty to fulfill their wishes. She spent months preparing for the grand wedding ceremony, hoping that love would grow between her and Lord Alistair over time. However, on the fateful day of the wedding, Lord Alistair failed to appear at the altar. Ava's heart shattered into a million pieces as she stood before the crowd, abandoned and humiliated. The shock and heartbreak she experienced that day left deep emotional scars that she still carries.
Which people are important for your character? [75 words max]
Anders and Night. She has worked with them and considers them both friends. She is excited to adventure with them more.
What connections does your character have to the other player characters? [175 words max]
Ava met Anders on his ill fated last smuggling trip. Anders wasn't aware of the danger of the magical artifact he was carying. Ava informed him of the nature of the object.
Name a promise you have made to another player character that you would never break. [75 words max]
Ava gave Night information on a magical object. She later found out that item was stolen, but swore not to tell anyone.
If nothing happened, what short/long term goals does your character have? [75 words max]
Besides finding out what happened with Alistair, she would like to be learning more about magic. She would also like to one day marry and have kids.
What makes your character a likeable adventurer that others would be willing to have to risk their lives for? [75 words max]
Ava is an optimist, she is the first to try and cheer someone up if they are down. She is a very social person, and is comfortable talking to people. She's very easygoing, and finds it easy to cool a situation down. She is very trusting, and cares deeply for her friends.
What has your character done in the past, that they now deeply regret?[75 words max]
When Ava was young, 10-11ish, she had a fight with one of her history tutors. Ava felt that he, a commoner, shouldn't be yelling at a daughter of nobility, and so she complained to her parents. Her parents fired the tutor-(not what she wanted at all, she just wanted him to be talked to), and when Ava explained this her parents refused to rehire him. It made her realize the power she holds, and she's regretted it ever since.
Are there any people that would wish harm to your character and why?
Ava's brother Jack might harm her. He feels that Ava's personality is the reason why Alistair abandoned her, and the family's reputation is poor because she ran off as well. He feels it might be better if she was gone.
Backstory
Fenvalur was born and raised inside of aldion, sadly he didn't quite get to know his mother or father, the most he saw of one of them was in a cloak with a mask on as they abandoned him and left him in the forest. Luckily he was always quite smart with his actions and continued to live as time went on and as he grew up he kept his nature side, as he always had a strange kin to it so he continued to embrace it learning from the animals how to hunt and how to survive to live. He frequented the towns and cities of aldion selling what he found or made for small amounts of coin, he took different people inside the forests like new adventures so they can try and understand their environments without hesitation, they always started to trust him slightly because of my knowledge on the forest and creatures, and my cheerful smile that seemed to make the travels fun and enjoyable. On some of his outings to town he kept seeing the true blunt side of a monarchy, and peoples hatred and it also effecting him on things he kept trying to do as he was treated awful and like a lowlife, well sadly that only got worse as one day he was traveling out to the woods like normal, he was warning the people about the different territories of the creatures to stay clear if they see certain man made marks, unknown to me one of the mark i made to keep away from a dangerous animals land had been scratched up on one of its hunts, and he didn't notice one of the newbies heading into it just for some berries as a light snack. All he heard were the screams of the kid, as we all rushed to save them i told everyone to just stay back as releasing the territory he also stopped at its edge, he knew there was nothing he could do to stop it, soon word got around town and painted me as the evil one and received even more hatred he had to flee south to caldar. He made it there luckily very quickly using his skills from home and started roaming around the edges of caladr, making new friends inside ironrim people seemingly taking a nice liking to him, a few elves started showing him around laughing making jokes asking about where each came from using basically the last of his coin for drinks and food, this went on for a few weeks one of the elves Brywynn Eagerbeam and cheerful female summer elf told me about this fun little town called owlreach, she went on about its location and feeling of seclusion because of its wooding and seems perfect for me by how our chats go, she even let out there's supposed to be a carnival rolling in there in about a months time. I thought it over quickly gave her a hug and said goodbye to them each Theris Farmoon a more serious type male winter elf, and firm hug and handshake to Oriynore Silverguard a stern but kind female elf guard, then finally a long hug Ililen Summerfall a male summer elf that was almost like a brother/father figure to him that he never had. He gave them all a kind wave and he started heading out towards owlreach, after a week and half he finally reached the village he did what he needed to survive helping out different villagers making friends, just enjoying his new peaceful life waiting for the carnival to roll in and see why people were so excited to for it, then that fateful day came.
Backstory
Where did your character grow up? What place do they call "home" now? (could
be the same or different.) [75 words max]
Before Friday became "Friday" he was known as Theodore Zindo. He grew up in Lynev in an orphanage. He was the only human in the orphanage full of gnomes and halflings, but he and the other children were treated well. The orphanage has sadly burnt down because of him (giving him permanent damage to his vocal cords).
Who raised your character and how? What are these people doing now? [75 words max]
Conorin and Noopnub Brambleman - the couple who manages the orphanage
Odima Brushdew - the halfling priestess who Friday was following when he thought he was going to become a man of the cloth
Multiple halfling and gnome brothers and sisters at the orphanage;
How did your attribute scores affect your character? [175 words max]
Friday learned how to deal with people growing up in an orphanage full of people. Being the oldest out of the orphans, he took care of many of them as they all grew up. Second, as he trained at the church, he created a way to study that allowed him to read and retain information better.
What made your character obtain the class they have now? [75 words max]
Friday was training to become a cleric of Oromne, and as he was practicing magic, he had a surge of wild magic, starting a large fire that burned down the orphanage. Luckily, everyone survived, but all their belongings were destroyed. Since that day, he has not been able to fully control the magic within him.
What your character doing in recent years before the campaign's start? [75 words max]
In the last 2 - 3 years, Friday has been looking to earn money to build a new orphanage for his family. In this time, he met Monday and joined her menagerie because of the promise of gold. Friday and Monday argued more than the other members of the menagerie, but they were allies.
What motivated your character to leave their previous lifestyle and become adventurers? [120 words max]
Guilt motivated Friday to leave his previous lifestyle. His family is without a home and staying at the church and he is trying to earn as much money as he can to help them.
Which people are important for your character? [75 words max]
Currently, the people important to Friday are the other people of the menagerie (Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday) as well as the rest of his family at the orphanage.
What connections does your character have to the other player characters? [175 words max]
Communicate with the other players and create two positive connections with two other player characters. Could have been friendship, coworkers, family relation or any relation that results in some degree of trust.
Name a promise you have made to another player character that you would never break. [75 words max]
Again communicate and agree on a promise your character has made to one of the two other characters (you have connections to), that you wouldn't break. The other character doesn't have to promise back the same.
If nothing happened, what short/long term goals does your character have? [75 words max]
Short term goals: wants to build a new orphanage for his family
Long-term goals: wants to complete his training and become a priest
What makes your character a likeable adventurer that others would be willing to have to risk their lives for? [75 words max]
Friday is a nice person. He doesn't have a lot of control over his magic, but is willing to do whatever it takes to correct any issues he causes. Growing up in Lynev, he also knows a lot about magic and magic items
What has your character done in the past, that they now deeply regret?[75 words max]
The fire he started spread quickly and destroyed other homes and businesses.
Are there any people that would wish harm to your character and why?[100 words max]
- Multiple people who had their homes and businesses destroyed by Friday
More optional plot hooks: [Choose one]
- I have done something in my past that others might not forget.