Hello, Scribes! Rita came to us with a list of questions her DM had given her to answer for her backstory. After going back and forth, we helped her create answers to those questions. She needed contacts throughout the land, the biggest job she ever pulled within her gang, The Obsidian, and why did she leave. Here is what we came up with. Let us know what you think!
Contacts
The Crow
The Crow doesn't reside in a certain city or town, rather he floats all over the map, trading secrets for items and money. No one knows how he knows all this information but he seems to know everything and anything. He seemed to be anywhere that he was needed. He was the main informant for Dreana while she was in Obsidian. She often went to him to get the latest gossip on who was the richest in town or where some expensive items were housed. He's a very secretive man who is very cocky about his knowledge. He wears a mask similar to a plague doctor mask and never reveals his face to anyone.
Aired Torkas
Aired Torkas is a half-elf that often partnered up with Dreana on missions. The two quickly became best friends and worked together a lot. Aired developed feelings for Dreana but never told her. Once Dreana "died", he got exiled from The Obsidian due to him lashing out at the leaders in anger. He now resides in Allryne living a low profile life as a bread maker.
Sapphire of Briarsport
Sapphire is a rather new official of Briarsport. The way she came to be in power is quite shady and almost no one trusts her. Yet, she came to power. She isn't the wealthiest or the best town official, but she tries her hardest. There's a rumor going around that she came to power by bribing the other town officials with money stolen from other towns. Sapphire actually was a member of The Obsidian, working her way into power to gain knowledge for the group. She used to be friendly with Dreana and considers her a dear friend. She's put her thieving days behind her in trade for power and fame. Rumor has it that she has a tiara that she has stolen from a faraway princess that Dreana wants.
Biggest Job Ever Pulled
In the town of Weeping Rose, there's a very wealthy college that is known for its intelligence. The people who attend there are picked through rigorous testing and only one person makes it in the college a year. They specialize in magic and look for ways to determine the future. The Crow told Dreana that there's a wizard who is rumored to have a way to gaze into the future with a special telescope that uses a "star piece" to power it. Dreana and Aired told the leaders of The Obsidian and were assigned the job to steal the telescope from the college.
After weeks of staking out the place, they decided to put their plan into action. They successfully broke in without any trouble and located the telescope and the writings about it. In the notes written about it, it was determined that the "star piece" is actually an ancient powerful gem stolen from a dead mage. Once gazed through the telescope at a person, visions flash through the person's mind. Although it’s cryptic and a jumble of images, it shows bits into the person's near future.
They were amazed! They tried it on each other and what was shown was troubling. Dreana's future was darkness and the dread of death and in Aired's future was guilt and sorrow.
The two escaped the college and decided to do something against the rules. They wanted to keep the telescope for themselves rather than turning it into the leaders. And so, they did. They told the leaders that it was in fact just a rumor and left it at that. But the leaders were skeptical but didn't question them too much.
Why she left
After the college incident, things were stressful for the pair. The leaders kept a close eye on the two of them and didn't believe that they actually didn't find the telescope. One night, the leaders came into Aired's house and captured him. They took him to an unknown location and tortured him for the truth. Eventually, he admitted that they did steal the telescope. The leaders told him to get the telescope to them or else they'd both die.
Aired ran to Dreana and told her everything through tears. He kept apologizing to her for everything, but she assured him it was okay. Dreana sent Aired away and said she would figure everything out. That night, Dreana wrote a note. It read,
"If you're reading this, I'm already dead. It is true that I and Aired lied about the telescope. I just wanted it all for myself, but everything was my idea. Aired didn't want to do it but I forced him. My guilty heart is too heavy to bear anymore. I'm sorry."
Using a mixture of various meats and limbs she stole from a local graveyard, she created a fake dead body. She purposely left a map to the nearest cliff next to the note and took off in the night. She threw the 'body' off the cliff and ran off with the telescope. The news of her death spread and Aired was destroyed. His best friend was done and took all the blame. Aired was convinced that she was killed by the leaders of The Obsidian and lashed out against them. They banished him from the group since.
Dreana has since changed her appearance and doesn't talk about her past. But, she still has the telescope with her. She misses Aired but is scared to contact him in fear of him getting killed.
The original idea was given to us by Rita Katanjian. It was written and revised by us, Bards of Lore. We take no credit in the creation of the places listed or the story.
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