Leliana

Leliana is a balth villager. She is from the small village Salmon river.

## Background

As he grew up, she became good friends with both Waldemar and Lucas Shepard. Waldemar even became almost part of her family, as Waldemar's mother took her in when Leliana's grandmother died. When she partook in the balth weapon training, she trained with the longbow.

## History

The day before the winter solstice festival, she met up with her friends and discussed what they would do during the festival. Later that day, she learned that Waldemar had talked with one of the newly arrived traveling adventurers, Shata and she would tell them adventure tales that evening at the inn.

That same evening, the trio ignored Vincenzo's attempts to interrupt the story time. But they would not be able to ignore the monster that burst through the inn's wall. Leliana took stock of the situation quickly, grabbing a spear from the weapon barrel and looked after Lucas parents to make sure they escaped. Once Shata and Casia had defeated the monster, Lucas tried to get Waldemar and Leliana to quietly leave with him as he had noticed that the monster tried to go after Lucas and Vincenzo during the battle. But they were intercepted by Shata, who brought them to Casia and Vincenzo. The two adventurers told the four youngster that they would have to leave this village as soon as possible.

Waldemar and Leliana went back in to meet with Uthal, whom Waldemar explained the situation to. She was upset, but her son gave her reassurances that that they would return some day. When they returned to the adventurers, Shata had gotten them all horses for the journey ahead.

The next morning, they were awoken by the noise of the horn of a orc fist. The group headed out to avoid them, but were caught by a seperate fist who intercepted them. Leliana was knocked out during the fight, but Casia was able to quickly get her up again. Shortly after this, the group was able to escape the orcs. Shata and Casia declared after this that the youngsters would recieve more training on the coming journey. During the evening, Casia took her aside and explained that she had noticed Leliana's potential for magic. While she had a ritual to confirm what Leliana would be most suited for, it was not without danger to Casia so it would be delayed for now.

During the training next morning, Lucas got Leliana a knife from Casia so that she would be able to defend herself in close-quarters combat.

They travelled further north until they reached a abandoned, ruined city. While it was uncertain of how safe it would be, it was decided that the next camp would be made there. Shortly after finding a suitable building, Shata and Casia went to speak privatly. Vincenzo took this oppertunity to sneak out to explore the city. The other teenagers snuck after him aswell, one after one leaving with the though to look after the previous one. The building Vincenzo decided to explore had a magical field surrounding it, which removed the snow of each teenager who went inside. When they all got back, said that they knew of these machines and had hoped that their claims of danger would be enough to deter the group. When the teenagers later explained to Shata and Casia where they had been, they all went back to the building. There, Casia and Shata showed that the field would disintegrate anything that were not of an old soul. The group speculated that the teenagers may have souls over 5000 years old from various reincarnations.

The journey continued, and the mentors would not let the teenagers get another chance to explore the city. Shortly after leaving, Leliana accepted Casia offer to find out her magic potential.

A few days of travel later, Lucas told Waldemar and Leliana that he would sworn to undergotraining but couldn't tell them any details. Waldemar was worried that this hadn't been discussed before Lucas agreed to it, so the three promised that they would trust eachother and talk about major decisions. At this time, Leliana also told them of her own dicussions with Shata regarding magic. Shortly thereafter, the time had come for Shata's test. She used ritual to possess Leliana's body and cast several spells through the teenager. When the test concluded, Shata told her that she had potential to learn bardic magic. Waldemar was overjoyed for this, tossing Leliana around in celebration. When Vincenzo saw this, he was furious with jelousy. He took the oppertunity to quickly go through Casia's bag, finding a communication book in her Bag of holding. When Casia noticed this, she struck Vincenzo away and scolded him.

At last, their journey ended when they arrived at Shata and Casia's destination. The lair of a bronze dragon, whom Casia spoke with. She briefly relayed the betrayal and the importance of the youths they had brought along. The dragon studied each of them individually, adressing them by their race. When Casia and Oceanus finished their discussion, Casia told the group that the dragon would sent them closer to Baltharn's capital, Panderom, which had been their destination all along. Everyone gathered in a circle for Oceanus to prepare the spell.Just as the spell was being finished, an being with traits of both orc and bat flew into the cavern. Oceanus attacked it with his lightning breath, but it was sent along the group as the spell finished. It turned out that the beast had died, but its presence frightened the group before the group set out for the short journey to the capital.

The next night, another beast of the same kind which had attacked Oceanus lair had breached the camp and pierced Lucas with its claws. The rest of the group woke up and attacked. It was fought off enough that the bivouac sphere could be activated, which warded it off. Lucas had fallen into a coma, which Shata determined that he could be awoken from if he was taken to a healing stone. As such, the course towards the capital was kept.

After riding the next day, the group arrived at Panderom in the evening. As the healing stones would not available until the next day, they found an inn rested. The next morning, Shata revealed that she had bought equipment for all the youths. While Leliana and Vincenzo checked out the bought weapons, Waldemar went up to check on the comatose Lucas. When he entered the room, a shadowlike being emerged from behind the door and attacked. Waldemar fought to protect Lucas, while Vincenzo and Leliana ran up the stairs. The youths was able to fight it off, and when they got down Shata and Casia had defeated all the beings below aswell. But they declared that the group would not be safe, so they set off to leave Panderom. On the way out, they were about to be interecepted by individuals which Shata and Casia recognized. Quickly realizing that the youths would be captured if their importance were found and that they would not be able to outrun them, Shata and Casia decided to remain behind to give the rest of the group a chance to escape. Shata gave directions, that they should head towards Lahal. But if unable, they would not to go through The Notharian Empire. There was little time for goodbyes, and Waldemar, Leliana and Vincenzo escaped with the still comatose Lucas.

The 3 youths decided that they would head towards Lahal but would first get a map from the closest city. They also decided that they would avoid resting in populated areas, since they had been attacked one too many times to risk civilians. During the evening of the same day the had left Panderom, Lucas woke up.

During the travels next day, the came across the carcass of a mammoth but didn't investigate as it had several axebeaks prowling around it. The group rested for the night shortly away from avillage to avoid resting within it. During Lucas watch, the camp was attacked by a yeti. The beast quickly knocked out Lucas, but the rest came to his rescue and killed the beast.

The next day, the group arrived at the village Philden ride, where they discovered that the innkeeper's daughter had been kidnapped last night. Waldemar quickly decalared that they would find her, while Lucas and Leliana tried to make the business more subtle. While they looked for tracks to follow, Leliana brought up that they weren't supposed to be distracted or draw attention, both things which would hinder their journey. Her pleas fell on deaf ears and they followed tracks which Waldemar managed to find. As they rode, they found previous campsites which had been left behind before traveling into a forest. In there, the group found a meadow with the kidnapped woman, a large portal, and the Summer court butler. The butler explained that this was the womans wish, and that she would be kept asleep until she was married to one of the court's princes. Unable to persuade him, the group took action and attacked. During the battle the butler used magic to control all melee weapons in the area and made them attack the group. The butler was defated and killed. The group hurried back to the village, as the woman was still asleep and terribly cold. They recieved a heroe's welcome with the whole village joining in the retellings. Waldemar took the woman to the innkeeper. As they didn't have anyone that would be able to help her in the village, it was decided that she would be taken to the closest city. Waldemar at first suggested that they could travel together, but Leliana arrived and put a stop to that idea and explained that the group's presence would bring danger to these villagers. She found the rest of the group and they left the village in the late evening.

At camp, Lucas and Leliana was furious over all that had happened. Waldemar insisted that they did nothing wrong, in turn driving Lucas to give in and start going back to the village to tell them that they would be able to travel together.

The next day, the group road back to the village to find Waldemar alongside the villagers who would travel alongside them to Riveron. At the end of the same day, they arrived at the city and dropped off Moona and her parent at the residential Healing stone. Lucas told the group that he had some business to take care of and set off on his own in the night of the city. Not to be outdone, Vincenzo left to explore as well. Leliana and Waldemar went back to the inn where they would sleep, The shining golden knight, where a wedding party was taking place. While Leliana and Waldemar was enjoying the party, a Doomssayer loudly interrupted the party while Lucas was hiding behind him. In a sudden moment of clarity the doomssayer started calling out the group members as chosen champions of destiny, guessing the first letter of each ones name. Waldemar quickly shooed him out while Leliana got the party going again.