Nola Nothi-Keaku

Nola Nothi-Keaku (pronounced: /'noːla nɔði kiːku/ NOH-la NAW-thee KEE-koo) was a Goliath Paladin of Bhyasa.

## Description

Being a Baraeli Goliath, she was not tinged quite as grey as Goliaths from other multiverses. She had fiery red hair in an echo of her fire giant heritage, and towered over all except bearfolk and the rarest of humans at a full 7' 4". She was covered in runic looking tattoos of celtic-knot-esque imagery depicting trees and winds and symbols representing glory and duty.

## Personality

Nola has always been a wild spirit, but very observant of her family’s traditions.

## Abilities

Nola has all the abilities that one might expect of a Paladin, using many of her feats and spells to help or bind others.

## History

### Pre-Campaign

Nola's parents were Numi Nothi and Bel Keaku. Numi was a man in good standing with the tribe, often dispensing wisdom and a helping hand. He instilled most of the teachings Nola would go on to apply in her own life. Bel was a house-husband, who often worried for Nola's safety when she would get in over her head.

In her youth, Nola was a lookout for her tribe. She had been playing in the forest and climbing tall things since she was only knee-high. At the age of 11, she ran twenty-five miles, without stopping, to warn her clan of an approaching Boulder-Biter orc clan assault. With her warning in tow, her tribe was able to plan an ambush that led to a decisive Goliath victory with few casualties on either side. This event made her a hero among her clan as a child. But as she grew to maturity, coasting on her childhood achievement, she started to be looked down on by many of the clan elders.

She had not yet earned her third name, which is given to Goliaths when they become adults to recognize their greatest feats (e.g. Trueeye, Nightchaser, Swiftstriker) when an image of Bhyasa appeared to her, saying:

> *There is to be a deicide in this century. We know not where, we know not when, and we know not how. It cannot be stopped and it is not in our power to ask you to stop it. We have made council with the likes of Vindrasa, Bhirgu, and Drashbarian, and have appointed you the defender of the vacancy in your lifetime. When this deicide eventually does come, it will render great harm to the perpetrators, disallowing them from killing and stealing godhood simultaneously. They will recoup. In that time is when your work truly begins. You must defend the throne of whatever god is so fated to die until such a time that a worthy successor can be named. Until that time, leave your homeland and make your way through the wide world, seeking powerful and good natured fellows that may house in them the potential for godhood. Hold with you the tenants of Bhyasa's Will and you will not fail.*
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 and so she set her sights upon Dolomaria in pursuit of her divine quest.

### Campaign

At some point on her quest, Nola found herself under the employ of Hildegarde Hawkheim, along with a Ranger whose name no one bothered to remember. They were assigned to protect Hawkheim's two children, Sybil and Galton, while they attempted to rid the city of Grey Gate of a Fungal Blight infestation. The party went to the goblin lair that the infestation was housed at known as the Grey Garrison. However, upon arrival, Galton refused to listen to anyone's advice and drew the party into countless traps and disadvantageous encounters. Eventually the Ranger was killed by a rat known as Mother Rat, and the party was captured by the goblins inhabiting the ancient structure. Galton attempted to stage an escape and was killed by the Hobgoblin chieftain Nurdiak, while Sybil and Nola were sent into the heart of the structure to become one with the Ghomoloch Tree where they remained for three weeks.

The party which would later be known as, "The Schoon Crew," then arrived at the Grey Garrison and were attacked by an enthralled Nola, who did significant damage to them. However, the battle taking place very early in the morning of the Summer Solstice, Bhyasa was able to connect with Nola directly, freeing her from her curse. Newly freed, Nola helped "the Schoon Crew defeat Velka the Outcast and joined them on their, at that time, meandering quest to stop the Fey Lord Ghomoloch.