Clear Summer Sky

Artwork by melindakusumah

### Relatives

Song of Blades (Father), Tumbling Feather (Mother), Lilies on the Water (Younger Sister)

## Biographical information

### Place of birth

The River That Joins Two Lands, Sanctauri

## Appearances

### Debut

Session 1

Clear Summer Sky, usually called Sky, is a Tabaxi Sorceress and one of the Player Characters in the Wishtakers campaign. She, along with Dune, Jem, Cazmodahn, and Levi comprise the Wishtakers.

## Backstory

### Childhood and Apprenticeship

Sky was born in the town of The River that Joins Two Lands, during the midst of a violent winter storm charged with powerful elemental energy. Some of the magic that brought about the lightning and rain was absorbed into her, although her parents did not yet know this. Her arcane powers revealed themselves a few months after the birth of her sister. While her father was away from the house, and her mother was caring to her newborn kitten, Sky sneaked out of the house during a thunderstorm. Once her absence was noted, her mother rushed outside and was horrified to see Sky struck by a bolt of lightning. Yet miraculously, she was completely unharmed. Afterwards, several other anomalous occurrences led her parents to conclude that Sky had untapped magical abilities.

She was placed into an apprenticeship of the reclusive and eccentric town wizard, Sands in an Hourglass. In his youth, Sands was an ardent traveler, and his tower was filled with books, lore, and exotic curios he had collected. Under his tutorage, Sky studied an array of subjects. She learned how to speak other languages, like Elvish, Dwarvish, and Uncommon, and she studied sciences like astronomy, biology, and mathematics. The largest portion of her apprenticeship involved the study of arcane arts, allowing Sky to become a full-fledged sorceress.

One day, a flock of aaracokra traders came into town and Sky noticed a map of Sanctauri with the location of a ruined yuan-ti temple among their wares. Her curiosity was piqued, and, despite the warnings of her parents and her tutor, she set off for the temple to test herself. Despite the temple being abandoned long ago by its yuan-ti creators, the traps within were still functional. Despite the dangerous trials, Sky was able to make her way to the center and recover the treasure hidden within: a Serpent Stone, which became her arcane focus.

### The Search for the Amulet

In her studies, Sky came across an old tome describing the legendary treasures of Mezmus. One of the treasures listed was The Amulet of Nine Lives, a tabaxi relic with the ability to resurrect the ones who wore it. However, the records stated that it mysteriously vanished, and its current whereabouts are unknown. Filled by feline curiosity, she decided to head out on her own journey in search of the missing artifact.

She left the jungles of Sanctauri and headed to the neighboring region of Dreth. She headed to the city of Winslan, hoping to gain access to the archives in their college of magic. However, the laws of Dreth require any magic user to be properly licensed, and it would be poor security to allow a foreign stranger access to the nation's repository of knowledge. Thus, she was issued to task of recovering a rare magical item to prove herself worthy of a magic permit. Joining her on her quest were Ophelia Fleming, a human noble seeking to gain the favor of her father, Alekos, a satyr minstrel who sought to move from the forests in northern Dreth to the larger cities, and Vircice Forellil, an elven government official supervising the expedition. The party were able to recover the artifact, and Sky was admitted into Winslan College.

As a student, Sky exceeded in her studies, in no small part due to her prior apprenticeship. She quickly became good friends with one of her professors, Galaval Webb, professor of archeology. In her free time, she scoured the college's library, looking for any clues hinting at the Amulet's location. She befriended fellow student Nyarthosh Xyrith, a white dragonborn searching for the hoard of Gypsu the Fjord Mother. The two friends helped each other in both their research and classwork.

Sky's research eventually yielded her lead: a druidic cult based in Mandro. She learned that the cult worshipped magic, and collected magic items from across Mezmus. Believing she had found the culprit, she set out for Mandro. After a long and difficult journey, she was able to reach the cult's base around an enormous tree. Unfortunately, the Amulet of Nine Lives was nowhere to be found. She left the rest of the base untouched, so as to not incur the wrath of the cult, and returned to Winslan College.

### Heading to Deziran

Saddened by her recent failure, Sky fell into a rut. Her research yielded no real leads, and she rarely spent time with anything other than classes. Webb, noticing his pupil's lack of motivation, gave Sky a suggestion to boost her spirits. He admitted that since Dreth had no permanent tabaxi population, information about them in the college's archives may be lacking. However, he recommended that Sky visit his colleague, Clockwork Rumor. He was also a scholar, but living in Deziran and being a tabaxi himself, he may be able to help her on her search. Reinvigorated, Sky set out for the city of Last Oasis.

## Powers and Abilities

Sky has a variety of abilities and skills that she employs throughout her adventures. Some of these powers are inherently hers, while others are merely products of magical items she owns.

### Innate Abilities

#### Spellcasting

As a sorceress, Sky has a variety of spells at her disposal. She tends to favor elemental spells in combat, sending out fireballs and bolts of lightning. Outside of battle, she has a some utility spells, allowing her to create illusions, teleport, and other effects.

#### Metamagic

In addition to simply casting spells, Sky is able to manipulate the details of how a spell works. Known examples of this include casting a spell more quickly, making enemies more vulnerable to her spells, and changing the elemental nature of a spell.

#### Limited Flight

By manipulating the air around herself, Sky is able to fly for short periods of time. This is rarely used as a means to elevate herself, rather she uses it mainly as a means of escape. The blustering winds and liftoff from the ground mean that enemies who might otherwise take advantage of her retreat are unable to make opportunity attacks.

#### Minor Weather Manipulation

Due to her storm sorcery, Sky is able to somewhat affect the weather around her. She has been shown to cause rain to stop falling within a small radius, and is able to change the direction the wind blows.

#### Tabaxi Heritage

Sky has a variety of abilities unique to the tabaxi race. Most notably, her claws allow her to climb surfaces with little difficultly. Her claws are also sharp enough to be used as crude weapons, although due to her affinity for magic, this feature is rarely used. She also has access to the Feline Agility feature, allowing her to break into an intense sprint and cover a lot of ground in a short period of time.

### Abilities from Items

#### Resurrection

As the current holder of the Amulet of Nine Lives, if Sky is killed while wearing the amulet, she should be brought back to life, assuming that the amulet currently has charges. This is yet to be demonstrated.

#### Travel to the Astral Plane

Sky's Robe of Stars allow her to instantly travel to and from the Astral Plane. Unlike Astral Projection, both Sky's body and mind are transported. Time on the Astral Plane does not flow in the same way as it does on Mezmus, so Sky may spend mere seconds on the Astral Plane while minutes or even hours pass on the Material Plane.