I briefly remember my early life. It comes in dreams, and sometimes flashes and voices appear in my mind - while painful to see and hear, I somehow can sense a warmth to them. These visions, are the only connection I have, to understanding my origin
I spent my life trying to figure out these visions of a beautiful place I never been, why I am clearly so different from all those around me, and why I was born into a world that is disgusted by my very existence.
My origin stars as a toddler, my memories start being on the outside of a large and vibrant port city. While being only a toddler completely alone, survival in any land let alone a city of cutthroats, thieves, nobles, sailors, and how could one forget monsters all throughout the land. The Only good fortune initially placed upon me was that being such a unique creature with a strange affinity to get along with animals, I was able to survive amongst forest creatures for quite some time. As I grew I started hunting and being active amongst various animal groups, and helping them where I was able to.
Yet if any humanoid looked upon me, they would see a savage, dressed in clothes found on dead travelors, or the occasional Ranger who took upon me the kindness of leaving me things inside special trees that had a sense of magic to them, granted I do not know if these things were meant for me, but they allowed me to survive abandoned -- in retrospect, I do not even know if these Rangers intended for me to take those things. Sometimes Dryad's would point me in the direction of some water and hold some conversations with me, and help me with so many things that seemed pointless at the time, but it allowed me to harvest food without them attacking me, and permission to hunt for my survival -- which to an abandoned child that alone was worth it's weight in gold.
After Several years of this survival in the Forests. A Young Couple, with an escort of what appear to be knights with them, felt my presence and ordered their company to stop so they could investigate, and what they found was me helping myself to some goods left in a tree -- Mainly some seemingly useless object that for some reason I can't seem to let go of.
At first I immediately hid, knowing how humanoids felt towards my existence, yet these two reacted differently, one being slightly confused and not understanding why they felt almost cold. The other fascinated by something so unique.
Yet as soon as I felt it was time to run, it was too late, I was frozen in place, paralyzed unable to understand why. At first I was angry and terrified, thinking these humanoids have gone too far, it's usually just looks of disgust, or the occasional mistaking I am an unthinking monster and then seeing I'm a human-like child, I am just assumed to be a dirty slim rat, and spit on and left alone. Being trapped had never been a thing before.
I was immediately put in restraints and escorted to a cart, and once I was able to move again tried to run from it, but quickly stopped after being talked to like a person for the first time.
I was adopted - rather allowed to exist - by this strange couple. A Holy Paladin woman, and an eerie Warlock. They both had strong but different reactions when they saw me in the forest that day, and brought me to their home. A large Mansion in the Lower Nobles district.
The next several years were defined by them helping me understand my visions to some extent. The place I was being shown was the Celestial realm, in the Great Unicorns Domain. I was likely born to a Demi-God in the Service of Meilikki, but with the blood of a Demon Lord, we can only guess what happened there.
Upon reaching adulthood, the family that took me in like a research project, some Higher Nobles were uncomfortable by my existence in the City, and as quickly as I was brought in, I was cast out, at least now, I have an education, have trained with the closest thing I've had to parents and those under their command, some gold and equipment to my name, and the object I found in the woods, a Beautiful Talisman of a Unicorn.
- Skill Proficiencies: Animal Handling and Nature
- Languages: Sylvan and One other
- Equipment: Explorers Pack, 10gp, Holy Symbol, Light or Medium Armor, Simple or Martial Weapon
Your Holy Symbol you found in the tree Symbolizes the Attachment to your mother, and her Arch-Diety.
Complete Rejection and Hatred to the Symbol would elicit a much Stronger reaction from God Abandoned, (Discuss with your DM potential add-ons, such as the Inverse of the Goddess Meilikki's servants befriending you or feeling strong attachment to you etc...)
Complete Acceptance could potentially remove that Curse all together, it could potentially open up other paths and maybe allow for you to become a Servant of the Goddess and reunite with your Mother.
Depending on your Path, you could potentially open up the opportunity to catch the Eye of another Dirty who may offer you an opportunity to come into their service .
Other creatures that have a link with a deity of any kind tend to notice you a lot less then others, almost like you are an invisible presence. Though when someone with a link to a deity looks at you directly they start to feel lost and distance from their beliefs and deity for a brief moment. They then try their best not to look at you. This effect grows stronger or weaker, based on how you decide to handle being Abandoned.
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Upon understanding your existence in the most rudimentary form. How will you respond? Will you take the warmth in your visions of home as your mother's Guilt for abandoning you, or maybe you feel it's regret and she wants you to find your way home?
With the knowledge you gained from the Noble Family, do you feel the call to Eradicate all undead, and maybe earn the respect of those in the Celestial Realm?
Being Shunned by Your mother, does it cause you to maybe want to seek out your father and Take Revenge?
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