stormsouldevil
2021-12-01, 10:29 AM
Heyo
Im getting to play my first Warlock and also maybe first evil character (I have her marked neutral, but we will see.)
Format is a little clunky because the DM wants a brass tacks kinda thing for quick reference so if he needs to check something he can do so quickly.
I feel like the character defenitely wants to be RPd as a tug of war between good and evil. Buf let me know if you get a different feel, and also how you feel about her story.
"Zephyra was born to two human parents, unaware of their own infernal legacy they scorned their daughter giving her naught but a name and at least having the decency not to drop her down a well. They traveled into the city of Neverwinter, such abominations being at least less hated in such places, and was abandoned at the Hall of Justice, a temple patroned by the god Tyr.
Once the shining hall of the God of Justice, the Hall of Justice has been helmed by lesser men in recent years; the men and women of quality being promoted to positions of prestige while the less glamorous tasks such as running the orphanage fell to… less scrupulous sorts. She had few friends at the orphanage, often looked at with fear and distrust from both children and adults.
Glasya, daughter of Asmodeus and an archfiend herself, began appearing to Zephyra in dreams. Tempting her with not just power but the kindness and love she had been denied in the waking world. It was intoxicating but still Zephyra resisted. She resisted for 10 long years before she had had enough.
Zephyra finally gave in when one of the girls at the temple tried to break one of her horns off. She reached out to her “dark mother” and pulled from the weave a fragment of eldritch energy and used it to sear the girl’s face halfway off. Fleeing the temple, she found herself in the Dwarven Quarter where she was taken in by Gundren Rockseeker who took pity on the sobbing girl. After hearing her tale, he was incensed by her treatment and concerned about the archdevil on her shoulder. He took her in as a ward and started trying to protect her from the vicious bishop that wanted her burned at the stake. However, the case was not going well.
Glasya appeared to them both one night and made a simple offer; she would give them the witness they needed to free Zephyra from her legal torments; and in return Zephyra would open her mind to Glasya; living in the 6th layer of hell by dream. Glasya would also grant Zephyra access to magics and other abilities "oh not for her soul, no. Merely to protect my investment."
After winning the case Gundren took Zephyra to all matter of wizard and cleric, but the contract made with Glasya was iron clad. Instead, he sought to balance the devil on her shoulder and reinforced her belief in Tyr; who despite her poor treatment by his lesser followers, Zephyra still in many ways loved the god of Justice.
When she came of age, he found her an apprenticeship with a human jeweler, “A good honest craft”. But by night Glasya tempted her daughter just as fiercely. Teaching her of the blood war, and the pleasures of indulgence; but also how to use her budding gifts of magic; how to tempt and lie, and twist.
Zephyra stands on a knife’s edge between heaven and hell. "
Im getting to play my first Warlock and also maybe first evil character (I have her marked neutral, but we will see.)
Format is a little clunky because the DM wants a brass tacks kinda thing for quick reference so if he needs to check something he can do so quickly.
I feel like the character defenitely wants to be RPd as a tug of war between good and evil. Buf let me know if you get a different feel, and also how you feel about her story.
"Zephyra was born to two human parents, unaware of their own infernal legacy they scorned their daughter giving her naught but a name and at least having the decency not to drop her down a well. They traveled into the city of Neverwinter, such abominations being at least less hated in such places, and was abandoned at the Hall of Justice, a temple patroned by the god Tyr.
Once the shining hall of the God of Justice, the Hall of Justice has been helmed by lesser men in recent years; the men and women of quality being promoted to positions of prestige while the less glamorous tasks such as running the orphanage fell to… less scrupulous sorts. She had few friends at the orphanage, often looked at with fear and distrust from both children and adults.
Glasya, daughter of Asmodeus and an archfiend herself, began appearing to Zephyra in dreams. Tempting her with not just power but the kindness and love she had been denied in the waking world. It was intoxicating but still Zephyra resisted. She resisted for 10 long years before she had had enough.
Zephyra finally gave in when one of the girls at the temple tried to break one of her horns off. She reached out to her “dark mother” and pulled from the weave a fragment of eldritch energy and used it to sear the girl’s face halfway off. Fleeing the temple, she found herself in the Dwarven Quarter where she was taken in by Gundren Rockseeker who took pity on the sobbing girl. After hearing her tale, he was incensed by her treatment and concerned about the archdevil on her shoulder. He took her in as a ward and started trying to protect her from the vicious bishop that wanted her burned at the stake. However, the case was not going well.
Glasya appeared to them both one night and made a simple offer; she would give them the witness they needed to free Zephyra from her legal torments; and in return Zephyra would open her mind to Glasya; living in the 6th layer of hell by dream. Glasya would also grant Zephyra access to magics and other abilities "oh not for her soul, no. Merely to protect my investment."
After winning the case Gundren took Zephyra to all matter of wizard and cleric, but the contract made with Glasya was iron clad. Instead, he sought to balance the devil on her shoulder and reinforced her belief in Tyr; who despite her poor treatment by his lesser followers, Zephyra still in many ways loved the god of Justice.
When she came of age, he found her an apprenticeship with a human jeweler, “A good honest craft”. But by night Glasya tempted her daughter just as fiercely. Teaching her of the blood war, and the pleasures of indulgence; but also how to use her budding gifts of magic; how to tempt and lie, and twist.
Zephyra stands on a knife’s edge between heaven and hell. "