Shata

Shata is a human notharian adventurer. She is a friend of Casia and helped to train and guide the Destined youths.

## History

She was part of the group which infiltrated Vasheedas to confirm the existence of a secret entrance into the palace throne room. There they witnessed Sorcerer king Garoth Ursuul recieve knowledge of four youngsters who were important. One of them was the same half-elf child that Nissus carried in her locket. Before they could act, the group was betrayed by Tûgrakk. She and Casia were able to teleport away.

A trimester later, they travelled to Casia's home village Salmon river to find the half-elf child before looking into the others. To their suprise, they found all four of them in the same village. As they were telling tales that evening at the inn, a monster attacked. The two adventurers were able to fight it off, and then gathered the youngsters to tell them that would have to leave the village immediately.

Shata found horses for everyone, and they set out northwards. The same evening at camp, the youngsters asked the two adventurers about the situation but recieved few answers due to the concern of leaked information if anyone were to be caught.

The next morning, they were awoken by the horn of a orc fist. While they set out to outrun them, they were intercepted by another fist and they had to fight. Shata and Casia was able to fight off the entire fist, tanarukk leader and all save for one orc which the combined efforts of Lucas Shepard and Vincenzo got.

After the battle, it was declared that the youngsters would recieve more training. During the evening, Casia took Leliana aside and explained that she had noticed Leliana's potential for magic. While she had a ritual to confirm what Leliana would be most suited for, it was not without danger to Casia so it would be delayed for now.

During training the next day, Lucas asked Casia for a knife which Leliana could use and recieved one.

They travelled further north until they reached a abandoned, ruined city. While it was uncertain of how safe it would be, it was decided that the next camp would be made there. Shortly after finding a suitable building, Shata and Casia went to speak privatly. During this time, the teenagers snuck out.

When they got back, they explained that they had found an odd building and had avoided large, walking machines. Shata and Casia explained that they knew of these machines and had hoped that their claims of danger would be enough to deter the group. When the teenagers explained where they had been though, they all went back to the building. There, Casia and Shata showed that the field would disintegrate anything that were not of an old soul. The group speculated that the teenagers may have souls over 5000 years old from various reincarnations. Afterwards, they went back to camp.

At camp, emotions flared over the recent events. When he had an oppertunity, Lucas asked Shata for additional training in order to protect themselves. She were prepared to agree, but he would have to swear an oath of secrecy. He accepted and she revealed a form of mind training were Lucas would face her memories of previous battles, to be done daily from that point on.

A few days of travel later, the time had come for Leliana to experience Shata's test. She used ritual to possess Leliana's body and cast several spells through the teenager. When the test concluded, Shata told her that she had potential to learn bardic magic. Waldemar was overjoyed for this, tossing Leliana around in celebration. When Vincenzo saw this, he was furious with jelousy. He took the oppertunity to quickly go through Casia's bag, finding a communication book in her Bag of holding. When Casia noticed this, she struck Vincenzo away and scolded him.

The next night, Casia and Shata began the training for Lucas. As they were preparing to sleep, a memory which Casia had experienced from a previous mentor was projected into Lucas mind. The 7th order were preparing to fight against demons in a charge to take control of a city. Lucas experienced death several times as he acted of his own volition in the projection. Each time he died, he was brought back to once again attempt the same manuever that had previously killed him. He experienced as the epic battle was fought into a throne room, where the memory ended shortly thereafter.

At least, their journey ended when they arrived at Shata and Casia's destination. The lair of a bronze dragon, whom Casia spoke with. She briefly relayed the betrayal and the importance of the youths they had brought along.

The journey continued, and the mentors would not let the teenagers get another chance to explore the city.

A few days of travel later, the time had come for test Leliana's magic. Shata used a ritual to possess Leliana's body and cast several spells through the teenager. When the test concluded, Shata told her that she had potential to learn bardic magic. Waldemar was overjoyed for this, tossing Leliana around in celebration. When Vincenzo saw this, he was furious with jelousy. He took the oppertunity to quickly go through Casia's bag, finding a communication book in her Bag of holding. When Casia noticed this, she struck Vincenzo away and scolded him.

The next night, Casia and Shata began the training for Lucas. As they were preparing to sleep, a memory which Casia had experienced from a previous mentor was projected into Lucas mind. The 7th order were preparing to fight against demons in a charge to take control of a city. Lucas experienced death several times as he acted of his own volition in the projection. Each time he died, he was brought back to once again attempt the same manuever that had previously killed him. He experienced as the epic battle was fought into a throne room, where the memory ended shortly thereafter.

At last, their journey ended when they arrived at Shata and Casia's destination. The lair of a bronze dragon, whom Casia spoke with. She briefly relayed the betrayal and the importance of the youths they had brought along. The dragon studied each of them individually, adressing them by their race.

When Casia and Oceanus finished their discussion, Casia told the group that the dragon would sent them closer to Baltharn's capital, Panderom, which had been their destination all along. Everyone gathered in a circle for Oceanus to prepare the spell.Just as the spell was being finished, an being with traits of both orc and bat flew into the cavern. Oceanus attacked it with his lightning breath, but it was sent along the group as the spell finished. It turned out that the beast had died, but its presence frightened the group. Shata and Casia exchanged quizical, vague murmurs about what it could mean. The group set out for the short journey to the capital.

The next night, Lucas kept up his training with Shata. But while he was in a deep state of dreaming, his real body was attacked. Another beast of the same kind which had attacked Oceanus lair had breached the camp and pierced Lucas with its claws. The rest of the group woke up and attacked. It was fought off enough that the bivouac sphere could be activated, which warded it off. Lucas had fallen into a coma, which Shata determined that he could be awoken from if he was taken to a healing stone. As such, the course towards the capital was kept.

After riding the next day, the group arrived at Panderom in the evening. As the healing stones would not available until the next day, they found an inn rested. In the morning, the inn was attacked by shadowlike beings. The youths fought upstairs while Shata and Casia fought off the rest as more beings appeared on the base floor. Both groups were succesful in defeating their foes. Shata declared that the group would not be safe, so they set off to leave Panderom. But on the way out, they were about to be interecepted by individuals which Shata and Casia recognized. Quickly recognizing that the youths would be captured if their importance were found and that they would not be able to outrun them, Shata and Casia decided to remain behind to give the rest of the group a chance to escape. Shata quickly gave directions, that they should head towards Lahal. But if unable, they would not to go through The Notharian Empire. There was little time for goodbyes, and Waldemar, Leliana and Vincenzo escaped with the still comatose Lucas.