Galiena Erenaeth\u2019s Backstory<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The sound of an infant crying rang through the silent woods, drawing the attention of some of the more mysterious residents of the Cormanthor Forest, including Pixies and Sprites who looked at each other quizzically as the infant continued to cry. There was no sign of the infant\u2019s mother or father nearby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cShe is doomed to die,\u201d came a mystical voice behind the gathered fey, who jumped and were startled by the presence of the creature who spoke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDra\u00edocht,\u201d one of the Pixies looked at the magnificent unicorn, whose soft purple eyes gazed down at the infant, \u201cyou would allow this innocent infant to perish?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dra\u00edocht, the unicorn, whose mane blew gently in the wind, looking as if it were made of wispy clouds simply said, \u201cHer parents have abandoned her. They care nothing for her. Why should we?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cShe is but an infant,\u201d Beag, the small, female Pixie pleaded. \u201cShe\u2019s done no wrong in this world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHuman blood courses through her veins,\u201d Dra\u00edocht said matter-of-factly. \u201cBy their very nature alone, humans are often more trouble than orcs and goblins, because we repeatedly trust them, simply to be betrayed again and again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBut!\u201d Beag exclaimed, pulling black the blanket around the infant\u2019s head, \u201cElf blood courses through her veins too, see her ears?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dra\u00edocht nudged the infant with his white nose. \u201cWhat am I to do with a child? How can I care for one? None of you can. You would get bored or lose interest or grow frustrated once the infant began crying.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Feywild,\u201d Beag offered. \u201cTake her to the Feywild.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Feywild,\u201d Dra\u00edocht seemed to laugh at the notion. \u201cAnd what?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Satyrs and the like could raise her,\u201d Beag suggested, fluttering her wings proudly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Satyrs,\u201d if Unicorns could laugh, Dra\u00edocht would have done so. \u201cYou have been away from the Feywild too long. The Satyrs would simply sing and dance and forget to tend to the infant.\u201d There was a long pause before Dra\u00edocht finally said, \u201cBut I see if I do not help tend to this child, all of you will never forgive me. I will take this infant to the Feywild.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The child, named Galiena Erenaeth, meaning \u201clost child of the woodlands\u201d was brought to the Feywild. Brought before the Dryad, \u00c1lainn, Galiena was left to her care. Almost immediately, a Faerie Dragon named Dearbh\u00e1n took immediate interest in the infant, cuddling on top of her as if she were a sleeping bed. \u00c1lainn did not discourage Dearbh\u00e1n\u2019s behavior. As Galiena grew older, the Fey of the Feywild took interest in her, teaching her things about the Feywild, as well as the world where she had originally come from, filling her mind with endless wisdom; all the while she and Dearbh\u00e1n grew closer and closer, until they had become inseparable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sixteen years growing up in the Feywild had exposed her to magic. Seeking to learn how to wield such powers drew some concern from the Feywild; as they\u2019ve seen too many times, where humans with powerful magic had used it for darkness. Though a Half-Elf, the human side of her blood had always been a concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00c1lainn who had been taking care of her called upon Dra\u00edocht, the mystical and powerful Unicorn who protected the Dalelands and explained Galiena\u2019s interest in magic, and expressed her concern for the young child learning such power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dra\u00edocht, who had been secretly checking on Galiena almost daily since leaving her in the Feywild with \u00c1lainn did not share the Dryad\u2019s concern. If anything, like Dearbh\u00e1n, the Faerie Dragon, Galiena had grown on Dra\u00edocht.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The magnificent beast approached her and explained that he could bond with her and unlock magic that coursed in her veins; but there would be a cost. The secret of the magic within her and the process of the bond would bind her soul to Dra\u00edocht, which meant that if Dra\u00edocht needed her, she would be forced to answer her patron\u2019s calls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Galiena agreed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The process had been unexpectedly painful. With a cut from Dra\u00edocht\u2019s horn, their blood and souls bound to one another in a magical, mystical, process that left Galiena on the ground vomiting wildly for hours. When she was finally able to regain her composure, Dra\u00edocht explained as a part of the process, in the presence of great evil that threatened nature, or was unnatural, Galiena\u2019s eyes would glow a soft, purple hue, similar to Dra\u00edocht\u2019s own eyes. Dra\u00edocht also offered her a main of his wispy white hair to tie to her quarterstaff. The strand of hair would always allow Dra\u00edocht to know where she was, no matter what plane of existence she was on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Galiena explained that she wanted to return back to Faer\u00fbn and see if she could find out why she had been abandoned by her parents. Had they been killed? Was she abandoned for another reason? It had been something that chewed at her soul since she had learned the truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dra\u00edocht smiled, and with a nod of his magnificent main, had teleported her back to Kne’Urth\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Galiena Erenaeth\u2019s Backstory The sound of an infant crying rang through the silent woods, drawing the attention of some of the more mysterious residents of the Cormanthor Forest, including Pixies and Sprites who looked at each other quizzically as the … Continue reading