Teeke
Lord of Altera
Oh, lovely topic.
This is something I've wanted to discuss for some time.
Baissel Aarn, commonly known as Raindes, started in the community as a happy-go-lucky forest elf. She was devout and pious. Good intent nearly oozed from her body. She was the type who willingly and happily protected the innocent and the weak. She protected children from harm, to the point that she was attacked, and nearly killed. Was always willing to take someone into her home, feed them, house them. She followed the law, and did her best to help uphold it as well. She had sworn off violence, even when defending someone she would not strike the attacker. I considered Raindes to be true good.
After some time of wandering the lands, and making a bit of a home in Tauredal, Raindes started her own settlement. Eresse. The meaning behind the name is Solitude, she was hoping to form a peaceful community far away from the hustle and violence of all the other lands. Slowly and surely her community began to grow, as the community grew so did her good nature. Though a dark side started to show. Despite being non-violent and good to the point of fault, Raindes would threaten people. These threats usually revolved around the person doing some sort of wrong, and Raindes wanting them to stop. Eresse was to be seen as the center of good in the world.
Eventually the community grew large enough that it was able to sustain itself. Despite having a large number of friends, a huge forest to call her home, and the admiration of many... She acted as though her life were missing something. She wanted love. Raindes was deeply longing for a husband, someone whom she could have a family of her own with. She found such a man, and was willing to give up everything to be with him. She longer cared about the community she founded, and was focusing on her own desires and life. For the first time ever Raindes was putting herself first.
Something important happened prior to this. Lathan Telote, someone whom Raindes admired and loved deeply, died. This shook the very core of her being, and sent her into a depression... which she continuously masked behind smiles and happy thoughts. Very few, perhaps none, knew how hard she took this death. She visited his shrine in front of the Silver Serpent at least once daily, usually more often... either immediately before, or immediately after her daily prayers at the Sisterhood's Temple. Her grief never truly got to take form, and was burrowed deep into herself.
It's important to note that she never visited Lathan's home after he died. She was too grief wrought to even admit this was something she wanted to do. This changed when Scardrac visited her in Eresse and asked her to bring him to Lathan's house. Very few knew where the geezer's shack was, or even how to get to it. She knew because she had stalked him...several times... She complied and brought her husband to be along with them. They traveled to his home, and for the first time in months(?) Raindes was able to accept how hard she was taking his death. Her grief was so evident that her husband to be presumed she had a romantic relationship with the man. She was convinced even more so that she had to find love and hold onto it tight.
She started living with Gordon, her husband to be, shortly after this. She more or less abandoned her life in Eresse and started the life of a housewife in Grafjell. She became a barmaid, a barowner in fact. Almost completely gave up on prayers, certainly was not praying constantly as she used to. The home the couple had in Grafjell was small, and they were beginning to think of having children, so they moved back to Eresse and constructed a home on a hill. This hill overlooked many beautiful sights and would have offered a fantastic place for their children to grow up. Several residents of Eresse did not like Gordon, mostly because he was taking their Raindes away from them.
And then it happened.
Somnastra, Dayter, and Tybalt came to the strange house on the hill. They were unaware Raindes had moved back, and was making a home with a man. They were awestruck and dumbfounded by the fact that Raindes was inside, wearing a dress, and was acting...wifely. Sadly her husband was not at home, so she entertained the party alone. She cooked a small meager meal and served it. Conversation was difficult, awkward looks were abound... After dinner Somnastra and Raindes had a short chat. The long and short of it was that Raindes had changed. The exchange left Raindes feeling horribly hurt, so she fled to find someplace to be alone.
She fled to the deep south of the Sorrows, where she kept a very small shack on a very small island. This had been her personal retreat for sometime and she brought her closest friends there.... The list of people whom had visited the island could be counted on one hand. One of these people, Samara a young half elf whom Raindes was teaching to one day take over her role as Elder of Eresse and Priestess of Shalherana, noticed Raindes's absence after some time and brought her mother and Raindes's husband to the island in search. Raindes had decided at this point that her happiness did nothing but bring misery to others, so she wished to stay secluded alone forever. The sudden appearance of these people angered her a great deal... and she murdered the three of them in cold blood.
Ultimately this led to a mystic visiting Raindes's island. She had started calling herself Eressea, or lonliness. And pleaded with the mystic to please lock her away so she may never harm anyone and so that no one could ever visit her. The mystic obliged, and created a very large barrier around the island...
Eressea spent a very long time alone on the island, occasionally...at first... she'd have visitors. Eventually... they stopped visiting.
Eressea had a very long time alone to think about what mattered to her, what was important in life, what she wanted to do with her remaining years.
She chose to die.
The aged elf dug two graves on her island. She dumped keepsakes from the people she had killed... and gave the objects a burial. She then placed herself in the second grave. She pulled a rope. Dirt fell in to the hole, she suffocated and died.
to be continued
This is something I've wanted to discuss for some time.
Baissel Aarn, commonly known as Raindes, started in the community as a happy-go-lucky forest elf. She was devout and pious. Good intent nearly oozed from her body. She was the type who willingly and happily protected the innocent and the weak. She protected children from harm, to the point that she was attacked, and nearly killed. Was always willing to take someone into her home, feed them, house them. She followed the law, and did her best to help uphold it as well. She had sworn off violence, even when defending someone she would not strike the attacker. I considered Raindes to be true good.
After some time of wandering the lands, and making a bit of a home in Tauredal, Raindes started her own settlement. Eresse. The meaning behind the name is Solitude, she was hoping to form a peaceful community far away from the hustle and violence of all the other lands. Slowly and surely her community began to grow, as the community grew so did her good nature. Though a dark side started to show. Despite being non-violent and good to the point of fault, Raindes would threaten people. These threats usually revolved around the person doing some sort of wrong, and Raindes wanting them to stop. Eresse was to be seen as the center of good in the world.
Eventually the community grew large enough that it was able to sustain itself. Despite having a large number of friends, a huge forest to call her home, and the admiration of many... She acted as though her life were missing something. She wanted love. Raindes was deeply longing for a husband, someone whom she could have a family of her own with. She found such a man, and was willing to give up everything to be with him. She longer cared about the community she founded, and was focusing on her own desires and life. For the first time ever Raindes was putting herself first.
Something important happened prior to this. Lathan Telote, someone whom Raindes admired and loved deeply, died. This shook the very core of her being, and sent her into a depression... which she continuously masked behind smiles and happy thoughts. Very few, perhaps none, knew how hard she took this death. She visited his shrine in front of the Silver Serpent at least once daily, usually more often... either immediately before, or immediately after her daily prayers at the Sisterhood's Temple. Her grief never truly got to take form, and was burrowed deep into herself.
It's important to note that she never visited Lathan's home after he died. She was too grief wrought to even admit this was something she wanted to do. This changed when Scardrac visited her in Eresse and asked her to bring him to Lathan's house. Very few knew where the geezer's shack was, or even how to get to it. She knew because she had stalked him...several times... She complied and brought her husband to be along with them. They traveled to his home, and for the first time in months(?) Raindes was able to accept how hard she was taking his death. Her grief was so evident that her husband to be presumed she had a romantic relationship with the man. She was convinced even more so that she had to find love and hold onto it tight.
She started living with Gordon, her husband to be, shortly after this. She more or less abandoned her life in Eresse and started the life of a housewife in Grafjell. She became a barmaid, a barowner in fact. Almost completely gave up on prayers, certainly was not praying constantly as she used to. The home the couple had in Grafjell was small, and they were beginning to think of having children, so they moved back to Eresse and constructed a home on a hill. This hill overlooked many beautiful sights and would have offered a fantastic place for their children to grow up. Several residents of Eresse did not like Gordon, mostly because he was taking their Raindes away from them.
And then it happened.
Somnastra, Dayter, and Tybalt came to the strange house on the hill. They were unaware Raindes had moved back, and was making a home with a man. They were awestruck and dumbfounded by the fact that Raindes was inside, wearing a dress, and was acting...wifely. Sadly her husband was not at home, so she entertained the party alone. She cooked a small meager meal and served it. Conversation was difficult, awkward looks were abound... After dinner Somnastra and Raindes had a short chat. The long and short of it was that Raindes had changed. The exchange left Raindes feeling horribly hurt, so she fled to find someplace to be alone.
She fled to the deep south of the Sorrows, where she kept a very small shack on a very small island. This had been her personal retreat for sometime and she brought her closest friends there.... The list of people whom had visited the island could be counted on one hand. One of these people, Samara a young half elf whom Raindes was teaching to one day take over her role as Elder of Eresse and Priestess of Shalherana, noticed Raindes's absence after some time and brought her mother and Raindes's husband to the island in search. Raindes had decided at this point that her happiness did nothing but bring misery to others, so she wished to stay secluded alone forever. The sudden appearance of these people angered her a great deal... and she murdered the three of them in cold blood.
Ultimately this led to a mystic visiting Raindes's island. She had started calling herself Eressea, or lonliness. And pleaded with the mystic to please lock her away so she may never harm anyone and so that no one could ever visit her. The mystic obliged, and created a very large barrier around the island...
Eressea spent a very long time alone on the island, occasionally...at first... she'd have visitors. Eventually... they stopped visiting.
Eressea had a very long time alone to think about what mattered to her, what was important in life, what she wanted to do with her remaining years.
She chose to die.
The aged elf dug two graves on her island. She dumped keepsakes from the people she had killed... and gave the objects a burial. She then placed herself in the second grave. She pulled a rope. Dirt fell in to the hole, she suffocated and died.
to be continued
