Delilah Fairweather

Delilah is played by Lamp in Ebon Ward West. She is a cheerful ex-paladin with the vindictive bastard archetype. She appears in the main Ebon Ward series in episode 67. She features again in the beginning of episode 89.

## Background

Delilah was born into a family of moderate noble esteem. She was an only child, and found it her responsibility to raise her family's status. The problem was that she wanted to accomplish this goal without having to get married. Fortunately, her strong sense of justice made her a perfect candidate as a Paladin of Arete. Arete as a god truly encapsulated the ideals of a paladin: be honorable, honest, and courageous. If you falter, then Arete turns her back on you. It was harsh, but simple to understand.

Things went well for several years until Delilah was sent out to find a nearby gang of thieves and cutthroats who had a nasty habit of slipping through the fingers of larger teams. After days of searching, she found little sign of them but had her attention drawn by some scraggly, wounded adventurer types. She swiftly offered them aid and learned that they were being pursued by a gang of murderous cutthroats, which was convenient, since she was looking for some of those. It seemed to be fate. However, after a bloody skirmish she learned fate has a habit of surprising you in inconvenient ways. The truth was the adventurers she had been protecting were the cutthroats she was meant to bring to justice. This proved to be an issue as she was swiftly absorbed into their ranks. Though Arete doesn't typically approve of deception, Delilah thought of herself as simply doing her job, waiting for the moment that she could cut down her marks for acting against Arete's will. They had her aid them in theft, murder, smuggling, and all other manner of illegal activities and Delilah made many plans to cut them down for their disregard of the law. However, things are rarely so simple, for when they stole it was to help those in need, when they murdered it was to kill foul-hearted monsters of men, and when they smuggled it was to free prisoners of laws that would have them killed for petty crimes.

In time these dubious characters resembled companions far more than Delilah's fellow paladins ever had; paladins who always kept their emotions an arms' length away so they could be a vessel of law. Delilah learned just how much she hated that in the time she spent with her new companions, her new family, so when the day came when her former Paladin allies came for them she had no issue picking which side she would defend. With honor she would face her past, with honesty she confessed her actions, and with courage she battled opponents she didn't have a chance of besting.

Before that point Arete had turned a blind eye to Delilah's actions. She had been a victim of circumstance simply trying to survive and bide her time until she could be reunited with her peers. The moment Delilah turned her blade against them, however, this all changed. In a moment, Delilah had her power stripped from her and faced the full scorn of a god of justice powered through the blade of her former superior. It is not unusual for those smited by a paladin to have scarring from the rush of holy energy, but it is rare for it to prominently persist on anything other than a demon. Delilah quickly fell unconscious after that, left for dead in the desert, drenched in the blood of her slaughtered companions.

Delilah doesn't know if they thought she was dead, if she was left alive as punishment for defying her paladin order, or if she was simply left alive because she was forgotten about. Whatever it may have been, she didn't expect to open her eyes again, content to die alone in the desert sun, but instead she found herself in unfamiliar surroundings. Apparently she was spotted by a scout from Ebon Ward West who had seen her survive a powerful smite and felt she might be a valuable subject to research. After that the strange cycle appeared to continue, with Delilah once again being roped in with some odd cutthroats with their hearts in the right place. The only difference was that this time Delilah wouldn't let her new family down.

After the events of Ebon Ward West, Delilah travels to the Obsidian Spear with Lyre Lute, Josen, and Lord Kriegan.

## Abilities

* Wields a bastard sword, and wears adamantine armor
* Incredibly durable (has an ability[maybe a feat?] that allows her to stay conscious and fully able to act and attack at any level of negative hp until instant death)
* Friendship
* Spite
	+ Can smite people who hurt her friends, and smite using spite
* Incredible luck