Elaine Corbin

== Overview ==
Elaine
 Corbin is a noble woman of Dokrayth. She lived in a castle that was in 
that was slightly south east of Caerleon and directly north of Briar 
Keep. She was the only daughter of Lord and Lady Corbin. Elaine in 
appearance had all the makings of a proper lady. She knew how to do 
needle point, play an instrument, hold conversation, dance, all the 
things that would make her an accomplished young woman. Despite this 
though Elaine had a wild spirit. She loved to sneak out and get her 
hands dirty so to speak. There were many tears in her dresses that would
 pop up at random. The woman longed for adventure and was constantly 
full of wanderlust. 
Elaine is the mother of Galahad a young 
freshly knighted member of the Knights of the Round table. She had sent 
him to Caerleon to squire only weeks before the Blight. Elaine had 
Galahad when she was near sixteen years old. He was the product of a one
 night of passion between Elaine and Lancelot. 
As it currently 
stands Elaine is wandering about Ga'leah trying to get to Caerleon to 
find her son. It is hard on the road and something always seems to push 
her further away from the city. Elaine's castle was destroyed by the 
Blight and she is the only remaining member of her family. In order to 
survive Elaine has taken to whoring. It is not something she enjoys, but
 she feels she has no choice.
== Early Life ==
Elaine was born 
on the first day of the year just as the sun began to rise up over the 
hills around her home. Her mother had labored for a day and half to 
bring her into the world. The family was overjoyed to have her in their 
lives. Elaine would want for nothing. Her life would be all golden 
light, silks, music, and laughter. Life would be a song for Elaine 
Corbin. Her parents made sure that the she had only the best. However, 
Elaine was not to be a perfect little lady. The girl was a very willful 
child. She had a free-spirit and was wild at heart. She yearned for 
adventure and travel. As a young girl she would spend hours pouring over
 old maps and reading book from different lands.
Elaine while a 
bit of a wild child still was able to maintain her lady-like mask. It 
was her mind that was her strongest weapon. Knights had their swords, 
archers their bow and arrows, but Elaine's quick wit and ability to read
 people were her shield and sword. She used them to get out of trouble 
and to get her way. The blonde haired girl was a bit of a terror, but 
she did have a good heart.
== Prophecy ==
When Elaine was 
fourteen her mother had a dream. In that dream the woman saw Elaine 
giving birth. From her womb sprang a bright light. That light consumed 
the entire room and only when the woman's eyes had adjusted in the dream
 did she see the handsome face that it had formed in to. The dream had 
felt so real to Elaine's mother that she sought out a seer to interpret 
it. The seer informed her mother that the dream was a prophecy. Elaine 
would give birth to the most valiant and honorable knight the realm 
would ever see. There would be many songs written about him and he would
 be renowned throughout Ga'leah. 
Elaine's mother was thrilled to
 hear the prophecy. She made it known to everyone she met that Elaine 
was destined to be the mother to a great knight. It seemed almost right 
away that the woman began seeking suitors for Elaine, but she would have
 none of that. Elaine did not want to be tied down so soon in her life. 
There was still so much she wanted to do. Even if the dream was a 
prophecy and not the result of her mother's subconscious she would not 
let it rule her life.
== Lancelot ==
When
 Elaine was fifteen she was kidnapped by a witch who had heard the 
prophecy. She wished to prevent the woman from ever giving birth to such
 a man. At first she thought that she could break Elaine in her 
captivity, but that proved to be incorrect. Elaine remained as obstinate
 as the day she had taken her from her family. No amount of threats or 
tortures seemed to break the girl down. She even tried to threaten rape,
 but Elaine only laughed at the woman and said, "And risk the 
possibility of me becoming impregnated by the man who does?" This had 
given the witch pause as there was no knowing who the father of the 
child would be. Nothing said that it had to be an honorable man to 
create the light seen in the prophecy. 
"I will kill the babe 
then," said the witch hoping to still frighten the girl. Elaine again 
had only laughed and shook her head. "The child may still yet be born as
 it did not say if he would be my first child or my last. You know none
 of these things and would risk the prophecy coming to fruition?" So 
even such a threat as that did not harm or break Elaine's spirit. The 
witch needed if anything to remove the girl's ability to have children. 
So for weeks the woman began preparing for the ritual to make Elaine 
barren. 
It was all for not as three weeks after Elaine's 
kidnapping a knight named Lancelot came to her rescue. He had been hired
 by the Corbin family to retrieve their daughter. Elaine was quite taken
 with this knight although she did not show it. He was rather arrogant 
and charming with a knack for pushing her buttons and trying to get a 
rise out of her. Elaine pushed back as well. The two got into little 
spats almost the entire way back. There was no denying the attraction 
between them though. You could feel it in the air around them. One night
 a simple kiss seemed to finally break through that tension. Elaine had 
been railing against Lancelot when finally to make her be quiet he 
kissed her and Elaine kissed back. The rest of the ride back to Elaine's
 home was strange. They tried to avoid one another, but Elaine could not
 help but look at this man. He had charmed her, bewitched her, and all 
she wanted now was to never leave Lancelot's side.
She knew though
 it was not to be. He was a knight of humble beginnings. There was no 
noble blood in his veins that she knew of and this was a time before he 
was the famous knight of the Round Table. Still Elaine wanted this man. 
Even if all she got was the chance to travel with him and see the world 
at his side that would be enough for Elaine. The night before Lancelot 
was to leave and walk out of Elaine's life forever she went to him. She 
told him that she knew that he had to leave and that she wished to thank
 him if he would have her. Elaine let her heart fall at his feet and 
Lancelot accepted. The two shared a night of passion. In the morning 
Elaine kissed his brow and said goodbye to him. She returned to her 
chambers knowing he would leave. The young girl of fifteen whispered a 
prayer to the Matchmaker asking that she may see him again.
== Galahad ==
Elaine
 had given Lancelot her maidenhood and in turn he gave her a son. When 
Elaine was discovered to be with child her parents were ashamed. They 
could not believe that their daughter was with child out of wedlock. The
 prophecy soon became believed to be nothing but a dream as they did not
 believe the most valiant knight could be born from such a shameful 
blot. Elaine disagreed though. The whole pregnancy was kept quiet for a 
time, but when Elaine began to show her parents kept her out of sight of
 the public. The lie the told was that she was very ill. Of course 
everyone knew that was just a cover up. Elaine was not one to get sick 
at least not ill enough to leave her bed ridden for months.
Elaine's
 parents wished to try and contact Lancelot but Elaine insisted they 
not. By the time she had discovered she was with child it had been two 
months since seeing the man. He had not sent word to her at all. In 
Elaine's heartbroken mind this meant that the man had gotten what he 
wanted and walked out of her life forever. Why would a child bring him 
back to her side? 
Galahad was born and Elaine swore to be as good
 a mother as possible. The lie they told the people as well as the other
 nobles was that Galahad was Elaine's cousin the son of the her mother's
 late cousin Matilda who had passed away after giving birth. All 
accepted the lie and thus Galahad hid who he was in the public. In 
private though he knew that Elaine was his mother. Elaine taught him as 
best she could. She got him the best tutors that she could and made sure
 that he was intelligent as well as proficient in swordplay. Galahad 
would be the knight in the prophetic dream even if Elaine was the only 
one who believed it now.
== Blight and to the Present ==
Two 
weeks before the Blight came to Elaine's castle she had sent her son 
Galahad to squire in Caerleon. He was a boy of fifteen and had learned 
all he could with his teachers in Dokrayth. The woman wanted her son to 
be near men of honor such as Arthur and Ser Gawain. There was of course 
Lancelot who she knew resided in Caerleon, but Galahad had never met 
Lancelot and the man had likely heard that the boy was only Elaine's 
cousin. There would be no reason for the two to believe they were father
 and son. Perhaps it was wrong to hide the truth from both of them, but 
Elaine had given up on Lancelot many years ago. She had chosen not to 
tell him then and only deep down did she believe that was a mistake.
The
 Blight ravaged Caerleon first. News reached Elaine and she was 
devastated fearing that her son might have been lost. Other rumors 
floated about that Lancelot had lead the horde that attacked, but Elaine
 did not believe it. Eventually the blight came to her own castle. It 
came in via her father's squire who infected many including Elaine's 
father. Elaine's mother set the castle ablaze having gone mad at seeing 
her husband ravaged by the blight. It was a miracle that Elaine made it 
out alive. Had the cook not found her nearly passed out on the ground 
with the fire starting to lick at her she would have perished. 
At
 first Elaine had been grateful to the man. He had saved her life even 
though he didn't have to. The cook fed her, dressed her wounds, and even
 comforted her all that day. However, that night he tried to become far 
to friendly. Elaine told him no which only angered him. The cook then 
decided to force himself on Elaine. He told her that she was to be his 
lady now and he her lord. For two weeks Elaine traveled with this cook 
having to answer to his every whim and let him do what he wished to her.
 Then one morning she awoke before him and slipped on top of him. Before
 the cook knew what her true intentions were she had slit his throat and
 watched him choke on his own blood. Elaine rolled him into a ditch to 
rot and then left.
Since then Elaine has traveled Ga'leah trying 
to find her way back to Caerleon where she hopes to find her son. 
However, she makes very slow going of it as she has found herself 
needing to whore to get by. Elaine is not even sure if she can be 
reunited with her son in the state that she is in.