Post by dmonkey on Jun 15, 2009 2:43:17 GMT -5
[If we're using the Forgotten Realms background benefits: Background: Arcane Refugee (+2 Arcana)]
After her home in the Fey Wild was destroyed my a mysterious event, she (and her twin brother) were sent to live with their distant relative, Koll, in the town of Moonstair. Unfortunately something went terribly wrong. During the trip to Koll's house the convoy carrying the two babies was attacked and Anika was thrown from the carriage. Thrown from her basket the young girl tumbled into barn located beside the road. Instead of being a good omen, this was not enough to escape the dreaded bandits beseeching the carriage. They moved on from the carriage to the barn which was now hiding the small baby. Finding nothing of value the vial men set the great building ablaze and watched as it began to collapse. Trapped inside the inferno, was Anika.
Rather than be destroyed by the fire, the baby girl was able to keep the red-orange villain at bay. For some very strange reason she found that she was attracted to the flames. Willing them to grow and dance for her. Captivated, she stared wide-eyed as they devoured the barn she was in, but left her alone completely.
A couple, passing by a few days after the ordeal heard sounds of a crying baby and thought the worst, but when they found the beautiful baby girl lying in the middle of ashes they quickly took her as their own, and raised her in the Arcane ways.
Anika was a fast learner of the magical arts, and when Anika turned 10 she began having strange dreams of a boy with dark skin, and glowing green eyes. Unsure what to make of this, her adopted parents just told her that it was only a dream, and that dreams would pass in time. Still, Anika never stopped dreaming of him, and some times, she saw him even in her awakened mind. He was using swords. No, not using them, dancing with them.
When she turned 13, Anika's adopted mother became pregnant and soon after, Anika had a baby sister. However, one night not long after the baby was born, Anika set her bedroom alight after having a nightmare about bad men, and burning buildings. It was then, that the two people she had grown to call family told her that it would not be safe for her to remain with them. And so, at age 13 Anika was left to fend for herself.
10 years past and Ankia had grown into the most beautiful young woman she knew, (which was saying alot, because as a traveling entertainer, you knew alot of people). She had been going from place to place with a group of Strolling Players preforming spectacular dances with flicker fire, when she found herself in [whichever city the party is in now]. Captivated by their motivation, and their prowess she seeks to join with them and hopefully find the green eyed man.
After her home in the Fey Wild was destroyed my a mysterious event, she (and her twin brother) were sent to live with their distant relative, Koll, in the town of Moonstair. Unfortunately something went terribly wrong. During the trip to Koll's house the convoy carrying the two babies was attacked and Anika was thrown from the carriage. Thrown from her basket the young girl tumbled into barn located beside the road. Instead of being a good omen, this was not enough to escape the dreaded bandits beseeching the carriage. They moved on from the carriage to the barn which was now hiding the small baby. Finding nothing of value the vial men set the great building ablaze and watched as it began to collapse. Trapped inside the inferno, was Anika.
Rather than be destroyed by the fire, the baby girl was able to keep the red-orange villain at bay. For some very strange reason she found that she was attracted to the flames. Willing them to grow and dance for her. Captivated, she stared wide-eyed as they devoured the barn she was in, but left her alone completely.
A couple, passing by a few days after the ordeal heard sounds of a crying baby and thought the worst, but when they found the beautiful baby girl lying in the middle of ashes they quickly took her as their own, and raised her in the Arcane ways.
Anika was a fast learner of the magical arts, and when Anika turned 10 she began having strange dreams of a boy with dark skin, and glowing green eyes. Unsure what to make of this, her adopted parents just told her that it was only a dream, and that dreams would pass in time. Still, Anika never stopped dreaming of him, and some times, she saw him even in her awakened mind. He was using swords. No, not using them, dancing with them.
When she turned 13, Anika's adopted mother became pregnant and soon after, Anika had a baby sister. However, one night not long after the baby was born, Anika set her bedroom alight after having a nightmare about bad men, and burning buildings. It was then, that the two people she had grown to call family told her that it would not be safe for her to remain with them. And so, at age 13 Anika was left to fend for herself.
10 years past and Ankia had grown into the most beautiful young woman she knew, (which was saying alot, because as a traveling entertainer, you knew alot of people). She had been going from place to place with a group of Strolling Players preforming spectacular dances with flicker fire, when she found herself in [whichever city the party is in now]. Captivated by their motivation, and their prowess she seeks to join with them and hopefully find the green eyed man.