Lady Delazny and Beatrice Introduction

"Fair 'cross the land, from Sandpoint through SkorThey are the heroes the people adore!Their weapons held high, with love in their heartsThey safeguard the folk, tear monsters apart!
Fighting for love, for the hunt, and for fame,Villages sing of the saviours that came:'Great Freya, she blesses Delazny and Beatrice,Brave slayers of threats, and eaters of peaches!'"
"You're still going with that, with eaters of peaches?"
"Okay so look, my dearest, my joy, you know I love your name, but would you consider changing it to something that rhymes better?"
"You know, you'll appreciate it when we slay a cockatrice."
"I don't know what that is but we must hunt one down immediately!"
"Nope. Come help me with the tea."
"Anything, my sweet! Alas, my fair, beauteous verse, forever neglected for mere practicality..."
==Lady Delazny and Beatrice: Astounding Adventurers!==
For the past few years these two have been travelling the valley, looking for adventure, and offering their services to settlements in need. They specialise in hunting down monsters or beasts who threaten local communities, but will happily accept any work so long as it is good, noble, and within their power (perhaps with the help of a few mercenaries).
Delazny and Beatrice are strongly devoted to their Goddess, Freya, and approach their work as an expression of their faith; they express Freya's love through their compassionate service to the community, and they honour the hunt as they track down and manage threats.
==Lady Delazny – CG – Swashbuckler (Inspired Blade)==
Lady Delazny is a tall, brown-skinned half-elven woman. She is boisterous and flamboyant, loud and prideful, full of praise for everyone she likes, but mostly herself. She affects an exaggerated aristocratic manner, with no particular concern for how seriously it is taken. She is usually seen wearing an elaborate, knee-length gown, which appears to be embroidered and patched with myriad clashing colours and patterns, and which shows signs of heavy damage and frequent repair. She is rarely seen without her rapier at her side, or in her hand.
She was born on the streets of Skor, child of a dockworker and a tailor. Growing up, she heard tales of daring and heroism, in the streets and the taverns, and was inspired by them. At an early age, she left home to seek adventure and glory, and has been on the road ever since.
She spent some years fighting with a number of companies, but quickly tired of tedious mercenary work, and set out to find her own glory. Then, as now, she moved between towns, offering help to those in need, though also seeking opportunities for personal fortune. When opportunities were dry, she supported herself as a tailor.
Early in her adventures, she was swept up by a local procession of Freya, led by the priestess Rather Holy Melissa, and immediately recognised a faith that provided the opportunity to live the life she needed to, among like-minded folks, one which honoured her own values of love, romance and the hunt. Delazny's faith comes very naturally to her, and she expresses it through everything she does.
At the age of twenty three, in the aftermath of a minor adventure, Delazny espied the lovely Beatrice - held captive in a high tower by her cruel father – and immediately fell in love, as she is wont to do. She mounted a daring rescue, stole Beatrice away, and the two have been travelling together ever since.
==Beatrice – NG – Cleric (Sacred Attendant)==
Beatrice is human, slightly shorter than average, with pale skin, short curly hair, and a buff physique. She is quiet and calm, laconic and straightforward, though slightly awkward. She speaks casually, but as if she's never quite sure how to. She is usually seen wearing a long, loose skirt, and a plain top. Her sleeves and hems are usually caked in mud, dirt, and stains, no matter the occasion. She tends towards earthy colours, greens and browns.
Beatrice was born to a noble family, a minor branch of House Ordheilm. Hers was a strict family, mired in peculiar traditions, loaded with expectations regarding the proper station for its scions. Beatrice did not take naturally to the station that was assigned to her. She was expected to fight, to worship Pharasma, and to lead. She quite liked the fighting, but otherwise preferred to spend her time reading, gardening, and sororitising with the house staff. She clashed frequently with her father, and, at the age of 15, formally rejected the path laid out for her, announcing her intention to live life on her own terms. She named herself "Beatrice," and demanded recognition. Her father responding by locking Beatrice in her chambers. There she remained for three years, before escaping with the help of Lady Delazny.
Since gaining her freedom, Beatrice has travelled with and fought alongside Delazny. Immediately awed by her partner's faith, she sought out a Freyan procession, and, under the guidance of the priest Really Really Pious Belathor, she wholly dedicated herself to the goddess. Beatrice practices her faith rather differently than Delazny; where Delazny expresses her faith and love naturally, Beatrice feels the need to work at it, and to make sense of it. A keen student of theology and history, she labours to understand Freya, and to resolve the tensions she sees as inherent in the Goddess' nature. Within a year of her escape, she was formally welcomed to the Freyan priesthood, and gifted the title "Excessively Devoted Beatrice." She has now been travelling with Delazny for the past four years.