PLAYED BY: Eloise Helgestad
CHARACTER NAME: Ash
GENDER: Woman
PRONOUN(S): She/Her
CLASS: Cleric
AGE: Seems to be middle aged.
RACE: Syndar
HAIR: Black.
EYES: Eyes are constantly hidden.
OCCUPATION: Cleric of the Mahsai.
KNOWN SKILLS: Skilled in divine magic and religious practices.
BIRTHPLACE: May’kar Dominion.
APPEARANCE: Always seen in black robes accented with gold chains. A golden blind mask adorns her face, hiding the features from above her nose. A hood covers the rest of her head, leaving her mouth exposed.
RELATIONSHIPS: Often can be seen accompanying Eden.
RUMORS: A collector of odd religious artifacts and trinkets. They seem to have themes of death.
BIO / BACKGROUND HISTORY:
Ash was orphaned from a young age, found as one of the few survivors of a burned diplomatic caravan in the May’kar desert. Two women took her in after finding her while tending to the dead. They raised her, teaching her their own faith and as much as they could of the Syndar people’s. As she grew she began to study in the order that her mothers were a part of. This order was dedicated to the funerary rites of an old religion. In the halls of that small temple she began to learn how to care for the dead. Cleaning the bodies with herbs and oils. Wrapping them in cloth wraps bathed in the waters of the Lagdhu Deva. She became devout to this work.
When the undead threat became more prominent their work became harder and harder. As more and more undead rose to terrorize the people of Faedrun more bodies were simply burned. The risk of funerary rites was too great. Her beloved order that had given her a home was now dying. This culminated when the city guards exhumed the bodies of those buried in the halls, burning them in an effort to prevent a potential catastrophe in the small catacomb.
When the Penitent started preaching in the streets of Saresh some of her order began to join them, outraged with the current state of the city. She was thankful her mothers had passed before they were able to see the conflict that erupted within the small order. Friends turned to enemies as the assembly hall became a circus. Arguments and sometimes violent disagreements became a regular sight. Ash had decided it was enough. She departed her order and the city of Saresh.
Some time later she learned of the May’kar’s betrayal of the Grand Alliance and how they joined the Penitent cause. She couldn’t help but wonder how much of her order survived in the Penitent now.
Eventually she made her way to Mardrun, meeting the Celestine Eden on the boat. She now works to collect artifacts and scriptures from her homeland.