Character Name: Belladonna
Player Name: SaltyIrishman
Race: Elf
Class: Witch
Social Standing: Outsider
Armor: None
Primary Weapon: Spellcasting
Secondary weapon: Staff
Languages: Eilin - 1, Draconic - 3, Ijián - 3
Skills:
Combat: Stave - 2, Wrestling - 2
Common: Knowledge (Nature) - 3, Medicine - 5, Navigation (Stars) - 2, Survival (Moors) - 2
Social: Bluff - 4, Diplomacy - 4, Intimidate - 1, Sense Motive - 2
Personality: Belladonna does not interact with others much or for very long, so her personality is seemingly underdeveloped. She does not get certain social cues or figures of speech. Living alone in a shack in a backwoods swamp tends to do that to you. Despite her lack of permanent contact, she enjoys talking to others and is always hungry for news of the outside world. She may be primitive, but she has a spark of curiosity and a striking sense of humor you wouldn’t expect from a swamp witch.
Background: Belladonna was once known as Andathir, a bright and cheerful elf girl who seemed ready to take on the world. She had a spark of curiosity that was more like a blazing fire, and in her mind, she was all-powerful. Until the plague. A vile disease swept through her village, taking any and all. Her mother was first, then her sister and brother. Then it was her. She fell ill, sinking to the verge of death. In desperation, her father sought out a hag who could save his remaining child. The hag did it, she cured Andathir and the rest of the village. But it was not out of the kindness of her corrupt heart. As payment, she took Andathir away, wiping her memory of her life before. Now she was Belladonna, who had always been raised by her grandmother.
The villagers did not like this, but what could they do? The hag had saved them. She had cured the disease and taken just a child as payment. It was a better deal than they would have expected. Eventually, it was all forgotten. The plague, the hag, even Andathir. So when the hag became more brazen, stealing things for her magical concoctions, the villagers reacted aggressively. They searched the moors for the hag’s shack, intent on burning it. The hag, in contempt, simply released the plague upon them once more and left, Belladonna in tow. After about 2 centuries of life together, the hag allowed Belladonna to live elsewhere, though she visits often. Belladonna now lives in a shack in the moors west of Harrow’s Gate, helping people who come seeking her aid.
Other: The hag has placed a number of enchantments upon Belladonna, including one that gives her knowledge of Belladonna’s exact position, one that allows her to immediately teleport to Belladonna, and one that allows her to use all of Belladonna’s senses. She does care for Belladonna, but more in the way you’d care for a dog. Belladonna sees the hag as a somewhat overbearing grandmother who won’t let her do all the things she wants to do. She does love the hag as a grandmother however.
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