Dirt

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*Dirt was a player character in the main Crossworlds campaign. Following his Test of the Starstone, he became the patron of natural cycles of life and death, nature, poison, and survivors.*

## History

Dirt was originally created by Cardea Xoti, alongside nine other leshies, to be used as an experiment subject for poisons. He remembered very little of this part of his life, and only remembered a dark tent and negative feelings. A Poppy leshy erased his memories and shortly after, he escaped in search of an antidote.

Due to his recent memory loss, Dirt did not find any sort of antidote. He did, however, find Squishy, a giant scorpion that would become his animal companion. They traveled together and eventually found Ivy and Pandora, and traveled with the group from there.

In his dreams, Dirt had the easiest time meeting deities from the Porphyra pantheon. He accidentally met Lyvalia prior to her ascension, where he told her the story of her ascension. Because of this, she was aware of a twist that would have otherwise ruined her plans. This immediately put him in her favor, despite her not knowing him beforehand. He also meets Rajuk Amon-Gore, who cushions his words enough to establish a wary alliance.

In Cantilena, Dirt met Cardea Xoti. Despite not recognizing her, he felt immediately on edge and escaped while Redacted persued answers on his behalf. The next morning, Redacted told him about his true origins. Dirt had a rush of memories from his first few weeks of life. He very promptly had an emotional breakdown.

Once the shock faded, Dirt recruited Redacted to help him stop his mother from hurting anybody else. The party briefly discussed killing her, but talked themselves down to finding a way to take away her magic. Together, Dirt and Redacted broke into the shop where Cardea worked and worshipped and attempted to steal her holy text--a Book of Secrets dedicated to Lyvalia. Instead, Lyvalia intercepts them and offers to take away Cardea’s divine casting, so long as they leave the holy text. They accept.

In Kritya, Dirt agreed to take the Test of the Starstone. His individual test of will placed him in the tent where he was created, amidst his leshy siblings and Cardea. He immediately set to saving them all by stealing the dagger from Cardea while she slept. He wrapped her in a *Sickening Entanglement*, summoned wolves to attack her, and led the other leshies to safety, the stronger carrying the weaker/sicker. Once safely away and with wolves out, Dirt set the tent on fire.

Following the test, Dirt communed with Rajuk in dreams to speak about the doorways. He managed to get not only a confession, confirming the party’s suspicions that Rajuk Amon-Gore was the driving force behind the doorways’ closure, but a motive. When asked, he said that Killian is also in on the plan. However, Faulkner and Mairi are not, even though they "each [had] an important place in [his] plan." During this dream, Dirt cut off their alliance.

This worried Dirt greatly and encouraged him to start the intervention at the party. Mairi, who'd previously thought he was cute and a friend of Rajuk, had doubts. However, he showed her his memory of the dream to show her he was telling the truth.

Back in Refersi, Dirt met with Lyvalia in his dreams once again. He managed to get the recipe for the Zenith, a poison capable of killing gods. He then brewed this poison for the party's final battle.

In the final battle, Dirt once again faced off with Cardea. He struck the final blow and cast a spell that would turn her into a plant, stuck in the place where she died as a poppy flower.

Following the finale of the campaign, Dirt established a haven for leshies in the forest.

## Trivia

* As a deity, methods of worship include taking care of and talking to pets or plants, camping, sharing travel stories, adventuring, stepping out of one's comfort zone, and acts of kindness or comfort.