Abslinda

## Description

Abschluss is a short 5'2 navy skinned Tiefling with unguligrade legs and golden keratin. She has a pair of wings which unfurl to a whopping 20 ft wingspan, which she typically keeps folded as neatly behind her back as she can. Her hair, unlike the rest of her non-flesh is silver, rather than gold.

Abschluss has a particular fascination with the arcane, and is rarely seen without her spellbook on hand. She dabbles with calligraphy and artful penmanship as a means to augment her spellcasting, and especially her spell notation.

She has never understood the interest Anfang, her brother, has shown with martial prowess, preferring instead to double down on her arcane research. Abschluss, thus, has uncovered a few documents related to the Order of Scribes on Daleos, carefully cultivating her spellbook as she teaches it as though it were her own child.

## History

In 879 and 880 Dalehold, Angela "Birdie" Vogel was all the rage among men and a few women. The favored Sex Worker of the town, she became rather affluent, and didn't have many untended needs. Though she had one desire, something she wanted, more than anything in the world, was kids. Angela, despite all her efforts, was found to be infertile.

Turning to religion, Angela began praying to the gods for her wish to be fulfilled, and for 6 months, the gods ignored her. Then, in July of 880 a devil intervened, sending an to answer her prayers. Nine months later, she gave birth to two winged tieflings, named Abschluss and Anfang. The town ostracized her, and she moved away to live on the farm of an old man named Ben.

Angela raised her children with kindness and love, though taught them to avoid magic and the supernatural as though they were certain death. Abs and Fang grow up obedient until they turned 16, when Ben revealed that he was a wizard.

The twins always knew that something wasn't exactly *right* with them, and they clearly weren't the same race as Ben and their mother, who were both humans. Ben patiently explained what a Tiefling was, and answered the twins' questions. Then, he offered to tutor them in magic and help them find their father.

They continued learning from him for 3 years, with Abs being taught more obscure lore and practices while Ben taught the basics of sword combat to Fang.

Then, Old Ben died at the ripe age of 89, and after his funeral the twins sat down their mother and explained what they had done with Ben. She was a bit hurt at first, however, loving her children, she accepted them and their actions as they were their own individuals.

The twins expressed interest in going to Osteria to continue their training and research at the House of the Sanguine Helix, and while Angela expressed her concerns, she agreed to allow it on a few conditions:

1) Abs and Fang would not have their membership or research funded by her,

2) They continue working with her for roughly one year until their 20th birthday,

3) The Twins do not target her with spells, including things like *sending*,

and 4) They write her a letter at least once a week, each.

On April First 901 Abschluss and her twin Anfang left home and flew for Osteria.

Towards the end of May, Abschluss Disappeared through a portal in the Helix' Basement. She vanished to the hells, and supposedly found and interected with her father in some way. She also died while she was absent Daleos.

At midnight on the first of July, Abs' contingency plan, called Abslinda, managed to rift from Stygia, the frozen fifth layer of the Hells, to the Helix. She promptly began possessing Fang, and has remained hidden inside him ever since.