Renn

Renn is the player character of fsteak in campaign two. She is a 16-year-old changeling sorcerer who has grown up in Wolis as a member of the Worthing Estate. She is also connected to the Changeling Secret Society, Children of Similus, though is not one of their agents.
Renn has taken on a number of different personas throughout the campaign, and until Session 50 seldom revealed her true form as a changeling. Formerly she had no true name and assumed various aliases; recently she has chosen Miren (nicknamed Renn for short) to be her true name.
== Description ==
Renn has grown up spoiled with an incredibly lavish lifestyle; however, behind the scenes it was a manipulative, underhanded environment, and she was very limited in who she was permitted to see and what she was permitted to do. Now that she is accompanying the party and seeing the world, her views are changing at a rapid pace.
Renn has an abundance of drive and curiosity, and no shortage of opinions. She is inexperienced, immature, and rash, usually letting her emotions do the talking. She struggles with trust, self-worth, and identity issues.
Renn is a naturally gifted mage, but she has little formal training aside from what her magic tutor Edger has taught her.
== Appearance ==
Renn's true form has pale features, with gray-white skin, short ashen gray hair, and big black eyes. She is short and scrawny, and as is the case with changelings, looks somewhat androgynous.
Her attire changes to suit her current persona, but she has a tendency towards wearing greens and blues. She favors pants over dresses and skirts. Contrasting her mother Adrienne, she doesn't tend to wear jewelry unless it has a practical purpose; most notably she wears a small hoop earring in her left helix that serves as her arcane focus. 
== Personas/Faces ==
=== Lady Serenn de-Porpington Worthing ===
Lady Renn is Renn's public-facing persona, a selfish, snobby, prideful noble who is tired of being cooped up in the Worthing Estate and presents herself as older than she actually is. Lady Renn is the persona Renn has used through most of her life. She wants nothing more than to gain the approval of her parents, but despite herself finds it difficult to obey their rules.
=== Truffle ===
Truffle is a face Renn has used sparingly, usually when she needs a quick disguise. He claims to be a traveling calligrapher and tends to have better manners than most of Renn's personas. Renn doesn't like having a beard, one reason she doesn't stay in the form of Truffle for very long. His appearance was inspired by someone she saw on the cover of a magazine.
=== Fern ===
Fern is a face Renn used briefly in Alibrook. Fern claims to be a hopeful would-be adventurer at the Starter Dungeon. She tries to abide by a number of tips to be a good adventurer, but her inexperience and tendency to panic often get in the way. Like Lady Renn, Fern is easily provoked and tends to be inconsiderate of others. She is not a very good liar.
=== Tallo ===
Tallo is a persona Renn and Cecily created together after Renn got permission from her parents to travel the world. Tallo is abundantly curious and creative and likes to ask a lot of questions and experience new things. She is childish, selfish, dishonest, and prone to emotional outbursts. She likes to frequently alter her appearance, sometimes even changing her race and gender. When Renn identified as Tallo, she tried to convince the party to help her complete shady jobs for her mother, in hopes of making her parents proud of her.
=== Vale ===
Vale is an unintentional persona that came about when Renn had an emotional breakdown in Oceanside, when she realized her parents had wronged her by tricking her into an underage marriage with Julien. Vale is quiet, distant, and passive, her demeanor often flat and despondent. She tends to be a lot calmer than Renn's other personas. Cecily described her as "spooky gloomy."
=== Leitha ===
Leitha, or Lei for short, was created in Wolis with help from Teer. Sharing many similiarities with Tallo, Lei is curious, impatient, and immature. Like Renn's previous personas, Lei struggles with feelings of worthlessness and self-destructive behavior, but more openly acknowledges them. She is making a conscious effort to be more considerate of others, but often stumbles along the way.
== Session Zero ==
During Renn and Veggrek's shared session zero, Renn was assuming the persona Lady Renn. She convinced her parents to allow her to seek out Edger, her new magic tutor (and then-current crush), who had recently departed unannounced for Alibrook. Lady Renn's parents hired a small armored bodyguard, Veggrek, to accompany her. The two became acquainted the day before they were to leave, and Veggrek quickly drew Lady Renn's ire when he freed a captive exotic owl that she purchased as a pet.
On Numrenth 5, Lady Renn said goodbyes to her mother and her best friend Cecily, and then began the (supposed to be) two-week carriage trip to Alibrook, joined by Veggrek and the coachman Stuart. That day they ran into a goblin on the road named Dort, who Lady Renn insulted, inciting him to try to wreck the carriage. That night while staying at the Days Out Inn, Renn snuck away, assumed the identity of Truffle, got drunk, and passed out, spurring Veggrek to go on a frantic hunt to find her.
The next day, the carriage was hijacked by Dort, causing it to careen off the road and crash. The marooned group wandered briefly in the woods trying to find their way, until Lady Renn activated a mysterious mirror she'd acquired from her neighbor Izora, which allowed her to trade memories for a teleport scroll. Lady Renn and Veggrek were teleported to Alibrook, while Dort and Stuart were left behind in the woods.
== Notable Relationships ==
=== Adrienne ===
Renn's relationship with her mother, Adrienne, is one of subtle manipulation and abuse. Though Renn was pampered with a rich, luxurious upbringing, she was incredibly isolated, and Adrienne groomed her over the years into being willing to set aside her own thoughts and desires in order to please her parents at any cost, going so far as to trick her daughter into an underage marriage to benefit the family's business dealings. Despite the grooming, Renn has not shown much interest in the family business, instead seeking a life of adventure, which ultimately led Adrienne to kick her out of the Worthing Estate. Renn's feelings about her mother are complicated, as she is starting to realize the evils of her behavior, but still grapples with Stockholm Syndrome. Renn's self-worth, trust, and identity issues stem largely from Adrienne.
=== Cecily ===
Cecily and Renn were introduced when they were 11 years old, when the Cardews moved to the Wolis noble district a few houses down from the Worthings. With encouragement from Renn's parents, the pair became fast friends. Cecily invited Renn to share in her passion for theater and literature, particularly Star Walk, and the two bonded over writing Dark'ness fanfiction together. They remained friends for many years, but against Cecily's wishes, Renn cut her off when she realized she was a selfish, toxic force in Cecily's life. Cecily has moved on to bigger and better things, but has left the door open for them to potentially try to rekindle the friendship again someday, when they're both in a better place.
=== Edger ===
Edger entered Renn's life after she irked enough of her home tutors into quitting, leaving her parents to seek out Edger as a replacement. He only served as her tutor for a few months, but in that time, though she was a poor student and a major problem child, he managed to impart some rudimentary magic and combat skills. Through his unrelenting patience and support, Edger left a lasting impression on Renn, becoming a major role model for her (as well as the target of a brief kid-crush). Renn is trying to adopt his teachings as an adventurer. She picked up a love of cloud/stargazing from him.
=== Ephemera ===
Early on, Ephemera and Renn had a very strained relationship. Renn didn't trust Ephemera and was wary that she might be threatened or harmed by the large woman. Ephemera displayed little tolerance towards Renn's impulsive, manipulative, and selfish behaviors but tried to make amends a number of times. In OOS 100, Renn forgave Ephemera for lying to her about Anna's death, accepted her as a friend, and resolved to help her get her body back. Though Renn is still a frequent source of exasperation for Ephemera, the two get along much better than they used to, with Ephemera even looking out for Renn, and Renn unconsciously mirroring some of her behaviors.
=== Izora ===
Renn first saw her neighbor Izora when she was 5 years old, from out a window of the Worthing Estate. She was entranced and created a "persona," Great Pink Sparkle Dragon, based on her image. Izora and Renn didn't formally meet until years later, and their interactions were, for the most part, curt. Renn behaved rudely towards her, extremely jealous that Izora was able to go outside despite being an archetypal Purifier target. After Renn took to a life of adventuring, she and Izora have worked together on several occasions, and Renn has apologized for her prior conduct. She highly commends Izora's skills with magic and laments that the two of them were never friends.
=== Jeffrey ===
Having been taken care of by the family's head butler Jeffrey her entire life, Renn views him as somewhat of a father figure. Jeffrey, too, has stated that he thinks of Renn as his own daughter. While Renn was still living in the Worthing Estate, Jeffrey overall respected his employers' wishes and didn't allow the young changeling to leave the estate unbidden, but he often accommodated or turned a blind eye to her antics when she bent other household rules. After Renn was kicked out by Adrienne, Jeffrey still welcomed her warmly and kept her mother away from her.
=== Kiono ===
Despite traveling together, Kiono and Renn don't interact much and don't get along. When Kiono's existence was made known to the party, Renn found her overly secretive, uncaring, and shrugoffish, and this opinion was made worse when Kiono went against the party and killed Anna. Kiono often reminds Renn of her past home tutors, who harshly berated her. Despite constantly being at odds with each other, Renn has noticed many similarities between Kiono and herself, and this has motivated her to try to work towards an amicable relationship.
=== Sors ===
Sors and Renn have only briefly interacted with each other. Renn tries to maintain some distance between Sors and herself, finding she's not really sure how to talk with their young new party member. She does, however, try to fiercely assert that the young tiefling is not a burden.
=== Teer ===
When Teer and Renn met, she thought of him as nothing more than a tool, but she quickly came to view him as a protector and emotional support. Early on in their relationship, Renn was bossy and possessive, and would become fiercely upset at the prospect of him leaving or never getting his root system repaired. Renn has been a frequent source of worry for Teer, but as they have grown and worked through their personal issues, they have become very close friends, confiding in and looking out for each other. Renn looks up to Teer as a mentor figure, much like how she views Edger, and she deeply cherishes their bond. 
=== Tovaris ===
On the surface, Renn has been spoiled by her parents' upbringing, but her relationship with her father Tovaris is mired with neglect. Tovaris is often absent, preoccupied with Wolis City Council duties, and as a result, the two have spent little quality time together and don't know each other well. Though usually complicit with his wife, when Tovaris learned his daughter was tricked into an undesired marriage, he worked to annul it immediately. He has also expressed support for Renn's desire to be an adventurer.
=== Veggrek ===
Veggrek and Renn got off to a rocky start. He was hired to be Renn's bodyguard in their session zero, and she quickly found out he was a goblin, which at the time she considered to be disgusting monsters. Their relationship was turbulent, Renn at one point risking Veggrek's life, Veggrek at one point letting Lysaro nearly kill Renn. But eventually, the two became close friends, and Renn cites Veggrek as one of the primary people she looks to for lessons in kindness and forgiveness.
=== Xelbari ===
Renn met Xelbari when she was 10 (and he was, at the time, stuck in the body of a 12 year old). Xelbari is one of the first people Renn was acquainted with who is not involved in the Worthing Estate. Despite the party warning Renn about his questionable morals, she admires him and formerly had a kid-crush on him. Renn is in awe about how explosively fun and powerful his magic is, and how he manages to get away with seemingly anything. In OOS 65, Xelbari rescued Renn from a suicide attempt.
== Quotes ==
* Information is powerful. You have information that benefits you; perhaps you see it as irrelevant, but consider this. It provides you context and potentially can give you an advantage in certain circumstances. What is unknown is dangerous and can cause just as much, if not more, panic. Sharing this type of information creates a benefit for yourself but also for your al and those you entrust with it. (Note from Vale, to Ephemera, OOS 45)
== Trivia ==
* Renn loves cucumber sandwiches and crème brulee. She claims no one makes them better than Jeffrey.
* Renn has two first languages; she learned Common and Sign Language concurrently.
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