information sheet.

[rakta]

lauralae

pronouns

she/her

dob

unknown (nov 4)

class

warlock / druid

subclass

archfey / tome / moon

race

eladrin elf (variant)

STR

9

DEX

12

CON

14

INT

19

WIS

14

CHA

20

Born in the realm of the Feywild, Lauralae was raised among her fellows in the Seelie court until the lure of dark magic became too much for her to resist. Falling prey to Kannoth, she was taken into a pact by the Unseelie Queen of Air and Darkness and punished with an eternal curse.

positive

determined ◇ dedicated ◇ intelligent ◇ courageous ◇ kind

neutral

suspicious ◇ irritable ◇ frustrating ◇ demanding

negative

independent ◇ disillusioned ◇ dangerous ◇ fearful

Once a winter Eladrin elf, born in the Feywild, Lauralae's pact with the Queen of Air and Darkness transformed her into a mirror image of the rest of her kind: rather than having silvery hair and and pale blue skin, she is pale, with dark hair and amber eyes. She cannot remember changing, only that she woke up this way. Rejected by other Eladrin elves, she crossed the border between worlds and ended up in the Material Plane, cast out of the Feywild forever.

height

5'2"

build

small, lithe

hair

black

eyes

amber

BACKGROUND - KEY EVENTS

1301

LAURALAE IS BORN. Daughter of a lower noble in the Seelie court, she is raised to be well educated and with the expectation of a good marriage to be had. She is sometimes able to visit the Seelie palace, but is not close with any of the key nobles and has no links to true Seelie nobility. She was brought up to believe in the beauty of nature and the michevious mystery of her fellow elves, and trained as a Druid.

1329

LAURALAE LEARNS ABOUT KANNOTH. Reading an old book in the depths of the Seelie libraries teaches Lauralae about Kannoth, an Unseelie Necromancer who is willing to trade power to those that seek him out. She secrets the information away as plans for her marriage continue to develop.

1331

LAURALAE SEEKS KANNOTH. Six months of her life are spent crossing the Feywild in search of Kannoth to attempt to make a deal with him; whatever he asks for in return the power she longs for. Upon meeting Kannoth, believing him to be the one from the stories she had read, she asked for his tutelage, heedless of the reputation that preceeded him. Kannoth agreed to her terms, but asked a boon of her once her education was complete - and Lauralae offered it freely, without considering what that boon might be.

Kannoth intended to kidnap her and transform Lauralae into one of his undead subjects in Cendriane, but his loyalty to the Queen of Air and Darkness meant that he was forced to pass Lauralae along when the Unseelie queen took an interest in her. Rather than becoming an Undead Fey, Lauralae was tricked into a pact with the Archfey, the boon she had promised Kannoth being reaped by the Queen herself. Furious, Lauralae attempted to deny her pact and escape the wrath of the Queen, resulting in her being gifted a curse for her transgression.

1341-1372

CONTENTMENT IN THE MATERIAL PLANE. Sent back to her home, Lauralae was alienated due to her new pact and curse and was exiled, forced to leave the Feywild for Faerûn. After a few years of isolated wandering, she ends up living with Myrana, an elderly seeming woman who takes her in and teaches her herbology, poisons, cooking and basic survival, alongside additional languages.

1373

ROMANCE BLOOMS. Time continued and, for months after, life didn’t much change - not until someone else came into her life. A man, Aramas, visited, offering coin for poisons, and Lauralae was struck with infatuation; he was secretive, sly, and she was enchanted by the mystery he offered.

The two of them dance around one another for a few months between his visits until one evening she confesses her affection for him, and he in return. A month later, she shares her curse with him, and Aramas attacks Lauralae. When she comes back to life, she finds that he has gone to her home and also killed Myrana, leaving her a blooded and torn corpse in their hut. Lauralae leaves the home, never to return.

1373 - 1453

ISOLATION. Filled with grief, Lauralae spends the next eighty years living alone in the forest, learning to develop her skills, haunted by dreams of her mother and her Archfey patron. She was nothing more than a creature of vengeance: to find a means to punish Aramas for the death of her mother, to find a way to free herself from her curseand to ensure that she would once again have her own freedom.

She survives by hunting, growing herbs and trading them with merchants and travellers that pass by, or stealing into villages to swap her wares. She interacts with people rarely, and becomes a recluse, known more as a myth of a 'witch' than anything real.

curse of the queen of air and darkness

Lauralae's hands are coloured dark, like charcoal, from her fingertips up to just below her elbow. Should anyone touch her hands without protection (e.g. gloves of some kind) they are wounded with lightning damage, and Lauralae received psychic damage at the same time.

warlock pact - pact of the tome

Lauralae's warlock patron is the Queen of Air and Darkness, mistress of the Unseelie court in the Feywild. The motivations of the Queen are unknown to Lauralae. As part of her pact, Lauralae has gained a set of special abilities: Fey Presence, Misty Escape and Beguiling Defences, detailed on her character sheet.

She has access to a pact book called the Book of Shadows, granting her additional spells (cantrips). She also has the invocation 'Book of Ancient Secrets' which allows her to learn and cast ritual spells.

druidic magic

Due to her upbringing as a Seelie Druid, Lauralae has access to the ability to wildshape. Her most common forms are that of a wolf or a bird, but she can become other animals when she chooses to.

rachel . alice englert . gmt . aziraphale

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