Nest Cadwallader

Name: Nest Cadwallader
Player: Sam Wright
Origin: Fey Woods
Legend: Champion
Organisation: Court of Seasons
==Significant Relationships==
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==Advances==
===General Resources===
Binding Wards
Tome of Undead Warding
Cleansed Necromantic Crystal
==Background==
When Nest was born it was seen as a time of joy for her parents. Their fellow villagers congratulated them on a healthy baby girl and her brother Merrion was overjoyed at the prospect of a playmate, but this was short-lived. Within days of giving birth, her mother grew ill and the fever took her too suddenly for healers to prevent. Reeling from his loss, her father threw himself into his work as a carpenter and grew distant, leaving Merrion in charge of looking after his sister.
This proved to be a demanding task, as Nest was a ferociously curious child and often wandered too deep into the surrounding woodland for comfort. Nest made games out of hiding from her brother, often tricking him into thinking she was elsewhere until his frustration grew to anger and she revealed herself. Nest lacked an inherent fear of the dangers of the woods, to Merrion's never ending despair, and throughout their childhood she tested his patience beyond all reasonable limits. In spite of this, there were no two siblings closer than Merrion and Nest, and the protective instincts they felt towards one another were unrivalled. It soon became known throughout the village as the Cadwalladers grew that you did not cross one without the crossing the other.
It was when Nest was sixteen that the first few villagers went missing. Disappearances are a fact of life in the Fey Woods and nothing was thought of it at first. Then entire families started vanishing overnight. People disappeared from their beds without a trace, and by Nest's twentieth year the village was a third of its size and scared. No one knew who was taking them or why, just that they were under siege. Prayers to the Ancestral gods were fruitless. Some fled, seeking safer ground, believing the land itself to be cursed. Nest's father insisted they stay, in order to remain close to her mother, and with the remaining villagers they carried on as close to normal as possible. Nest continued exploring the woods, while Merrion learnt their father's trade. Then one summer's morning, Nest went for a walk as she did every day, venturing out beyond the village boundaries. When she returned, every single villager had vanished, her father and brother included, and she was left alone. No amount of searching could reveal their whereabouts, but Nest refused to stop wandering the woods until Merrion was returned to her.
Her search threw her into the path of many dangers, and soon her natural talent for not being seen was insufficient protection. She learned how to fight, and how to use the mysteries of the forest to her advantage. She sought answers for what happened to her people everywhere she went, even training with a school of Illusionist wizards in the hope that they held the key, but to no avail. As years passed, Nest's endless search grew desperate and directionless, and an impotent anger became her driving force. Hope began to feel like a distant memory, until news reached her of an effort to unify Athesia and civilise its lands. A civilised world was one with answers and knowledge, and if King Kiya sought to bring an end to the untamed chaos that took her family, then Nest was more than willing to serve. She knew her brother was out there, somewhere, and King Kiya and his resources were her best chance of finding him.
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