Vettä

## Description

Vettä is a very happy-go-lucky girl, bubbly even, born in Osteria to two human parents and raised to be a proper girl. She has white hair, grey eyes and blue skin. As she is a Water Genasi, her skin is perpetually moist, and she perpetually smells like the fresh morning dew upon the grass in spring. Perched on her shoulder is Hamsuke, her partner in cuteness. It's unclear if he is a familiar or not, but he seems to understand her and other people, although he always ducks away when danger arises.

Ever since she became an adventurer, she has been wandering around Osteria during the day, wearing an old ringmail and a shield. It's mostly because she isn't particularly strong or agile, and needs the protection these garments offer. Her quarterstaff therefor sees little action, as she tends to rely on the great magic she has received from Lathander.

She is a servant of the Morning Lord, and if you hadn't noticed her holy symbol you needn't worry: she will definitely tell you all about it. In fact, you should attend her church sometime soon. No really!

## History

Vettä's parents were in for quite the surprise when she was born, as her skin was sky blue, and she readily parted the bathwater immediately after birth. It probably was too cold!

As Vettä grew up her parents introduced her to the Church of Lathander, or rather a local sect of it which didn't see eye to eye with the regular priests of Lathander at the Temple of Many Gods. Vettä took to it like a fish to water, and over the course of her younger years got into plenty of trouble with other children whom she thought were being sinful. Cooties were a true punishment from Lathander, to be sure!

Even during her more rebellious teen years, the Church was the sole thing she and her parents agreed upon, and Vettä was to be trained as a priestess of Lathander. She showed prowess in the magic and the rituals, but it was mostly her strong will and personality that shone during training, and as such she overcame the boundaries between divine and arcane magic. Lathander happily granted her acces to both, through imposing his divine will upon the weave of magic!

During these times of training, it was the head priestess of the Church who encouraged her to seek out the society she had been somewhat isolated from. The priestess meant well, as she hoped it would temper her zealous nature and the exposure would lead to her accepting the various ways in which people could live. She took this advice and took up a job at the Rabbit's Respite, where she did indeed meet many people from all walks of life, slightly to the displeasure of her parents who spoke to the head priest about it.

Vettä worked there for quite some time, whilst her training continued towards its completion. Unfortunately.... the now growing influence of the head priest (and her parents), who was a tad more strict on scripture, only saw her become more and more fanatic, to the point where she judged several patrons to be degenerate, harlots, sinners and damned. Suffice to say, the job didn't last much longer beyond that. Vettä quit her work and became an adventurer, a career which has seen her take on many a monster and giving great advice on marriage to sinful lust-filled harlots.

More recently, a bandit named Ricky was intimidated into converting to the Church of Lathander. It was his wisest option at the time, and for many years to come.

As Vettä would say: "Why are you bleeding out, adventuring is easy!"