Delia Nohdaerys

Officially joined Rathnir on 19 July 2021.

Delia Nohdaerys is a human huntress, who is applying citizenship for Aurlûnor Velande.

## Biography

### Childhood and Adolescence

Delia Amy Nohdaerys was born off-map in a minor, foreign country of Bralyria, and into a small noble family of Nohdaerys. The head of the family was Delia's father, Ser Vernan "the Sword" Nohdaerys, known for his skills of melee combat as were many relatives of the Nohdaerys family. For his talent, Vernan inherited his father's title as a knight, serving their liege. Oft times, Delia and her family travelled with her father around the Drake Province of their liege, witnessing Vernan's participation in his lord's tournaments with their vassals and neighbors.

#### Knighthood

Being the eldest child of Ser Vernan, it was tradition of Delia to take after her father's profession, cementing her stability to take charge of her family. So, at the age of twelve, Delia practiced as her father's squire, training between the confines of their house's basement or their liege's training yard. From here, as Delia advanced to an apprentice, she became involved with Vernan's community. Thus, the community celebrated when Delia was elected as a dame at eighteen, her father later becoming a soldier. Vernan "the Sword" would be dubbed as the "Officer of Sword."

Later, in the following year, Vernan was blessed with the birth of his son and second child, Toryn.

### Adulthood

Four years later, Delia and Vernan the Sword were present for another of their liege's tournaments, held in celebration for the union of his lordship's daughter wed to an ally's son, the arranged marriage bring unity into the alliance. However, after his second tourney, Ser Vernan took a hard blow and fell from his horse, the concussion and the puncture wound lead the ultimatum of his death. Without being held a ceremony to make Delia the official head of her house, her uncle Chresten took her father's place.

Reluctant to adapt to this change, including grieving the loss of her father, Delia felt herself being alienated from her home, sparking her ambition to leave her life behind. As Delia threatened her leave to Chresten, her uncle permitted her decision if her mother and brother remain at the Nohdaerys House. For Delia already came to legal age, being a woman of twenty-two years, and being Vernan's eldest child, Delia has right for independent decisions compared to her mother and younger brother. Her widowed mother married into the Nohdaerys family, now having to look after her Toryn, already fours of age. The tension between uncle and niece disputed arguments veined in different scenarios. Rumors dictate Delia was Vernan's primary heir in his will, but left neglected by Chresten and she confronted him on the night of her departure. Others say Chresten, instead, refused her leave and ultimately denounced her name and title of the family name. However, Delia's disownment would only become official in the later weeks. Regardless of what any account says of the argument, the Sword's daughter still left her childhood home and without her mother or brother.

#### Journey to the Seas

Delia found refuge within a nearby town called Littledrake, her intentions to leave Bralyria had further seeped; in her goal to travel by sea, Delia consulted with the townsfolk for work two weeks within her stay, and her family name known in the community of the Drake Province allowed her with opportunities to serve as a bodyguard and as a participant for the local tourneys. Although her continued stay with Littledrake spurred questions amongst the townspeople, Delia was hired as a bodyguard by a man named Jagen Tharchir, who has been convicted and pardoned for his crimes of smuggling and theft.

It wasn't until days within Delia discovered a smuggling ring within the town's ports, dealing with banned and illegal products. Learning of her employer's background, Delia blackmailed Jagen to turn him in to their liege of the Drake Province, wavering her support from her family (although determined false) and the town mayor at her disposal. In exchange of keeping him out of the law again, Delia contracted Jagen to involve her in the ordeal and to make ship onto sea to find contacts elsewhere. Although reluctantly, Jagen agreed and Delia became an associate.

Within a week, Jagen and Delia dealt with enough money to buy a minor ship for escape, of which Delia dubbed the ship "The Swordpeake." As Delia's daily appearance began to spark rumors within Littledrake, a speculation struck with the people of Jagen's job and questioning his reliance of abiding by the law. Especially if Delia, Jagen's employee, had any involvement. These spurring rumors later evolved into an investigation by the town's security, triggering the notion for Jagen, Delia, and their associate to depart quickly. A day after Jagen and Delia were interrogated by the investigators, they and their associates made way onto the Swordpeake and departed from Bralyria in the dead of night. Upon their flee, the Drake Province convicted the duo as criminals, wanted to be arrested and trialed. At this point, Chresten Nohdaerys officially disowned Delia from the family name, encouraging a handsome reward for the capture and arrest of his niece for the Province. Regardless of their convictions, the smugglers enjoyed their treasury with no loss of it.

However, the Swordpeake's luck would begin to falter by the disaster by the sea, assaulting them three days into their journey. The ship and her crew dealt with the disaster's turmoil for a night, from shattering into a flotsam of wood, to a great scatter of the crew, and the remnants surrendering into the ocean floor. From here, Delia drifted away from the wreak with a floor board to support her swimming, later succumbing to her stress.

#### A New Life in Rathnir

Delia later washed up in the western beaches of the Empire of Uldarash, suffering a concussion, ultimately affecting her memories for she cannot remember the names of her family, her birth country, her skill in combat, nor her father's death. The only remnants of her past are left in Delia's weathered, torn journal entries that survived the calamity, the accounts only dating between her arrival to Littledrake and her short journey on sea. As a result, Delia lost her capability in combat enough become a novice again. From gathered scripture of her newly established journals, while Delia can remember the faces of her family, she can't place their names. Most influential of all, Delia would forget her father's death with the belief he is alive instead. Although she is aware she hailed and traveled from Bralyria, Delia had no recollection to the way back and was left with no map. If she had brought one with onto sea, it was still lost nonetheless. Empty of navigation, Delia had reason to believe in that her home country was within the realms of Rathnir.

Thus, she started her journey through the Uldarash Empire.

(WIP)