Kristara Haleven

Kristara Marie Haleven is an NPC Bard of the Original Trynser Campaign for several editions of Dungeons & Dragons. She is adept in performing a large variety of musical instruments, though she is most commonly seen with a lute. She is also proficient with singing, dancing, ballad, limericks, storytelling, melody, composition, the flute, harp, pipes, bazouki, sitar, and generally anything she got her hands on.
She is also proficient in finding things out, and deciphering writing. She knows nearly two dozen languages well enough to be understood.
She is piercingly intelligent and brilliantly charismatic as well as shockingly beautiful with her long loose golden blonde hair and sky blue eyes. She is vivacious and playful most of the time, and enjoys partying and spending time with fun men and women. Although bonded closely with Lyus Sleyden, she (and he) lives a life of sexual abandon. She's been with Lyus, Timien Griffonsmane, Barnaby Karmuliken, Azgar Taagenhof, Gina Atakares, Nyssa Antellios, Alyssa T'sibritze, and more.
Still, her bond with Lyus is the closest of all. The two seem to be settling into a deeper, though still happily open, relationship. Kristara's claws only come out when Lyus becomes infatuated with a woman who refuses to share (Alyssa).
Kristara never really had a family to call her own. Born illegitimately, her mother died of a lethal venereal disease and her father left her in a strict upper class orphanage in Delternas. Music, literature, languages, and other fine knowledge was mercilessly hammered into her head by her cruel taskmaster, Mrs. Verneelin. Eventually, these studies that were her prison became her escape. 
Her real escape came one summer when she was only 14 years old. While the children of the orphanage were returning from a trip to the City of Dolphins Opera House, she slipped away into the quiet alleys of the city.
Her attractive features (even at her young age) and her elegant upbringing got her a quick job at a quality bordello, where she earned enough money to slip away to Kasteban.
After doing so, she found work in another high-class bordello. There another of the ladies introduced her to the lute, which she has had a love affair with ever since. Another of the ladies was a sorceress of some skill, and she taught Kristara some of the fundamentals of casting magic. Even after Kris struck out on her own to be a professional entertainer (of a musical nature) she came back and got lessons from her teacher when she could afford them. Unfortunately, her teacher was murdered by a jealous john.
Kristara met Lyus soon afterwards. Together they traveled down to Delternas where they encountered Timien's group and joined together. Kristara took to service with the Imperial Chancellory and the adventures of being sent to different danger zones. The major curse of this type of service is being stuck with most of the paperwork and bookkeeping.
Category:Original Trynser Campaign
Category:Fist of Anneal subcampaign