{"id":2778,"date":"2021-01-06T07:47:37","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T07:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/?page_id=2778"},"modified":"2021-12-02T03:23:08","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T03:23:08","slug":"twilight-origin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/characters\/the-discovery-characters\/twilight-origin","title":{"rendered":"Twilight Skybane Origin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Twilight\u2019s mother was a young, beautiful woman when she gave birth to Twilight. Her mother was named Abrigal Skybane, married happily to the man who had given her everything \u2013 Kernar Skybane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Long ago \u2013 almost six generations ago \u2013 one of Kernar\u2019s ancestors, tired of living in poverty, finally broke and made a pact with a demon. His ancestor asked for his family to be rich \u2013 and the demon, Belaros answered \u2013 and granted the request, on the agreement that one of his daughters in his bloodline will be born with a chain bound to him \u2013 and she is to be sacrificed to him; if not, he will send his Cult of Belaros to hunt her down \u2013 and murder anyone who stands in their way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Twilight was named after her golden eyes, which her mother said, reminded her of the rising and setting sun. Twilight\u2019s features did not change, until she reached the age of five, when her skin developed a purple hue. Her mother, fearing she was choking rushed her to the Priests \u2013 who watched as horns slowly emerged from her forehead. The Priests informed her that her daughter was a Tiefling \u2013 that somewhere in their bloodline, one of their ancestors (when Abrigal herself denied making such a pact) had made some kind of a deal with a demon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Priests offered to free Abrigal of her burden; but she refused. When Twilight first began learning at schools, she often suffered endless glares, hissing, and name calling (most claiming that her mother had laid with a goat). When this got to be too much, Abrigal began homeschooling Twilight. Her mother cared deeply for Twilight; but even her own father would often be startled when he would see those golden eyes reflected in the darkness of her room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Twilight\u2019s mother was found murdered \u2013 the loyal authorities believed it\u2019d been a burglary gone wrong, Twilight was heartbroken. Her mother had been the only one that ever made her feel comfortable. When the news reached Twilight, she quickly packed her bags and left \u2013 not even saying goodbye to her father.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unbeknownst to Twilight, it\u2019d been the Cult of Belaros coming to claim her soul for their demonlord. They had found Abrigal, who refused to give up where Twilight could be found; and running away that night saved her life, as the Cult came to her home and murdered her father.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keeping to the road, Twilight quickly fell off the radar of the Cult being able to track her down. She rode with strangers and learned various trades; one that appealed to her was music. Through music she was able to convey her emotions and sadness over the loss of her mother, like she\u2019d never been able to do before. And it was a particular human bard named Severin Goldenharp \u2013 who, ironically \u2013 did not even play a harp. He played a unique instrument that Twilight had never seen or heard before \u2013 something he called a \u201churdy-gurdy.\u201d The two became very close as he taught her how to play the instrument. In the six years she\u2019d been on the road, she\u2019d never allowed herself to get close to anyone until Severin. He was kind, charismatic, and did not care about her \u201cdemonic-like\u201d appearance, that she was so ashamed of. Severin taught her, not only how to use the hurdy-gurdy, but that through music, you can enchant people, so they no longer see you \u2013 you take them away through music. You touch their souls just as much as any Cleric and Priest could.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also showed her how, through music, you can charm \u2013 or even harm \u2013 someone, by twisting notes in such a fashion, that it works similar to magic. He also taught her how to speak to someone, how to use her tone, her words in such a way that she could, despite her appearances, easily sway or woo someone; her taught her how to be charismatic and sly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was not until they reached Moontide Port, that Twilight realized the two had spent nearly three years, traveling together; playing together at various taverns along the way. Upon reaching the Moontide Port, Severin explained that he was headed for the new continent he\u2019d heard about. He offered to pay Twilight\u2019s way, but she declined, realizing she\u2019d allowed herself to get too close to Severin. He said he understood and gave her his hurdy-gurdy to have, and remember him by. She watched him leave, and even as the ship left the port, she felt an immediate sense of regret.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It would be a year of living in Moontide Port, playing local taverns where she was widely accepted before she decided to also travel to this new continent, and perhaps run into Severin again. She tried to tell herself that she hadn\u2019t remained in Moontide Port hoping that Severin might come back on a ship, saying he couldn\u2019t bear to be away from her; but she knew, perhaps that had been why she never left the port city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Twilight booked passage aboard the \u201cDestiny\u2019s Courtship\u201d \u2013 however, over the course of the three week sailing trip from Tawaim to Vareen (the unofficial name of the new continent, meaning \u201cthe new land\u201d in the Ancient Elven tongue), Twilight found that the unusual crew of the Destiny\u2019s Courtship did not judge her \u2013 as a matter of fact, the ship itself was made up of an unusual crew which included an male Aasimar by the name of Haylin Stormlight<\/strong>, a female Tabaxi named Prellena Glintclaw<\/strong>, a male Kenku<\/strong> who ironically maintained the crow\u2019s nest (due to his ability to have a booming voice) named (again, ironically) Whisper<\/strong>, and a female Triton named Rita Naom<\/strong>, and rounding up the unusual crew was the captain, a female Minotaur named Krella Wavebreaker<\/strong>. The crew enjoyed and welcomed Twilight\u2019s music \u2013 and rather than disembarking when reaching Vareen \u2013 Krella asked her to officially become a part of the crew, which Twilight accepted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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