Nova Lynne Barlett

## Biography

Nova is a recurring NPC in Highway to Hell. She is an Aasimar cleric. She was first introduced in the Rockhaven arc when she was shopping for medicine ingredients. She introduced herself to the party as Nova Barlett. At the time, the party was still searching for clues into Mitchell's disappearance, and this was the closest they'd gotten to answers in a while. She works at the clinic in Rockhaven and trained many clerics in the town in the ways of medicine and healing. Nova raised Icasseus all on her own, but doesn't know if she feels more like his mother or his sister.

## Backstory

### Early Life

Nova was born to Zahiri Barlett and an unnamed Aasimar in Greece a very long time ago. She always had an interest in medicine and aspired to be a doctor when she was older. When her family moved to London, it was during the height of the Black Plague, so she had the opportunity to volunteer at hospitals all over town.

## Nova Barlett

### Relatives

Mitchell Barlett (brother), Zahiri Barlett (mother, decesed), Tala Reyes (mother, alive), Bexley Barlett (sister), Icasseus Barlett (son?)

## Appearances

### Zahiri's Disappearance

When Nova was a young adult, Zahiri was unexpectedly arrested by the Demon Council. She witnessed this with Mitchell, who was a pre-teen at the time. This took a severe mental toll on the whole family, but it mostly affected Tala, who tried and failed to save Zahiri from imminent execution. The Barlett children then had to raise themselves, as well as care for their mentally ill mother. When they were all practically adults, Nova, as the eldest, made an executive decision. For the safety of their family, they would move Tala somewhere safe and all go their separate ways in the event that the Demon Council was also looking for them. They found a cottage safely tucked away in the English woods, where they left Tala to live out her days before saying goodbye to eachother.

### Post-disappearance and Rockhaven

Nova moved to a heavenly domain to hide, which is where she met the god Sanders. Sanders' domain was small, but his followers were devoted and loyal. She was seeking a purpose and Sanders decided to give her one by giving her a child to raise: Icasseus Barlett. She felt fulfilled taking care of Icasseus, but in the back of her mind felt that she wasn't doing enough, so Sanders gave her a new job. Sanders then tasked her with going to a different planet and starting a settlement there. Sanders put a tiefling woman and a human man into an area and told Nova to watch the two, but encourage them to mate and have children. This was successful, and once it proved to be fruitful, Sanders sent her out to find construction workers and people who were efficient in industrialization to move into the town that would soon become Rockhaven. Despite the fact that she created this town and all of its systems (money, gov't, workforce, etc.), she was told not to put herself in a position of power for fear that the peoples of Rockhaven would worship her as a God had they known all of her influence. Sanders is very strict about not worshipping false idols. However, Nova wanted to have some influence on the people, and gained the clearance to start her own clinic, as people were dying and getting hurt without any real way to fix their ailments. She and Icasseus were the only people working in the clinic for a few years before a family of displaced clerics stumbled into town and sought out work there. This encouraged more people to come and learn from Nova and her ways of medicine, and she lovingly gained the nickname Dr. Nova, which is now her official title.

## Trivia

* She is a recently realized lesbian.
* She is the eldest of the Barletts.
* She created constellations specifically for Icasseus when she was teaching him about the stars.