Aggie (Agatha) Broadstride

Aggie is an 85-year-old human grave domain cleric who was training in
Edwardsville when she witnessed the summoning of the Worldbreaker. She
doesn't suffer fools gladly, she is very practical and she doesn't like
it when people beat around the bush. She likes it when people get to the
 point (at age 85, she figures she doesn’t have much time left). She
hasn’t been around nobles a lot in her lifetime, but according to Aggie,
 based on personal experience, the noblemen she has seen are just as
likely as common folk to be assholes. She is also kind, particularly to
young people and children, or those in need, and she loves soft things
that make her comfortable and warm, as she’s usually freezing. Soft cozy
 socks are a particular favorite of hers.

Ever since Aggie was unable to save her twin sister, she has made
 it her personal goal to save as many people as possible from dying. If
death is unavoidable, though, she will try and ease suffering as much as
 possible. She doesn’t condone violence generally, but if the death of
one person will avoid the deaths of thousands, she could be convinced to
 see reason. Aggie also doesn’t have a problem sacrificing herself; she
has lived a long life and most everyone she knows is dead. If possible
though, she would like to die for an important cause. Last we saw Aggie, she was on her way to Longriver with Lyle Tealeaf and Larry the Lizard, who had just been Feebleminded by Xanathrax.

### **Appearance** Edit

As Aggie is 85 years old, she is not particularly nimble or quick on
her feet anymore and often uses a cane which her late husband Wexham
carved for her not long before he died. When it rains, her arthritis
flares up and her hands hurt quite a bit. She is short and kind of
skinny, with loose skin; her face is weather-worn from being outside a
lot, and she has white hair that has been cropped short. Her eyes are
grey, and she lost the pinky finger on her right hand as a result of an
accident. She has many scars as well from her time spent on the
battlefield tending to the wounded.

### **Background history** Edit

#### **Early childhood** Edit

Aggie has led a fairly simple life, really, for the most part. When
she was a young girl, she grew up on a farm in the town of Camor in the
Crownlands. The area has very rich farmland, fed by a magically created
river, and her parents made a decent living selling their crops to
Highfield. Her father’s name was Boris Witherkind, and her mother’s name
 was Mellie. Aggie was the youngest child in the family and had 7
brothers and a twin sister Mig (Margaret). Aggie has always had a bit of
 a knack for healing. On the farm, she helped out the animals when they
were sick, and helped the cows and horses give birth – and over time,
that spread to people as well.

One of the most significant events in Aggie’s life was the death
of her twin sister Mig. When they were 7, Aggie got infected with snow
fever. She recovered, but Mig fell ill, and despite Aggie’s best
efforts, she died. Aggie’s family couldn’t afford to call in a real
cleric, and Aggie knew more than the local doctor. Aggie stopped him
from giving Mig some bad medicine – but whatever Aggie did, and no
matter how hard she tried, it wasn’t enough, and Mig died in Aggie’s
arms. Aggie has felt guilty about her twin sister’s death all her life,
as she doesn’t know whether she was the one who made her sick in the
first place.

#### **Hob-goblin conflict** Edit

When Aggie was about 10, a major conflict broke out with the
hobgoblins. Aggie’s brothers all joined the army. Six of them died or
disappeared – the body of her brother Aldric was never found. But even
if he did survive, he never made it back, and he would be over 100 now,
were he still alive. Only Frederic returned from battle, and he had lost
 his mind. He had seen so many horrors on the field that he just
couldn’t get over it. He was sent to a monastery, and died there. Aggie
visited him before the end, and was there when he died, but she couldn’t
 really have a conversation with him anymore. He kept ranting about
scary creatures and primordial angels.

**Training and education**

Having lost almost all of her siblings, Aggie wanted to help
people with her gift, to try to cure them, helping out there where
clerics wouldn’t or couldn’t venture. So she studied her letters and
managed to join the Red Guards, a group of healers. It was the proudest
day of her life, as a position in the Red Guards is highly coveted.
After training in Highfield, Aggie tried to help where she could. She
helped people at home – assisting in many births – and during times of
war, she joined the forces on the battlefield as a medic. Aggie has seen
 much death over the years – some of it a blessing, and some of it
terribly unjust. It’s amazing what some people can survive, and how some
 people die who look like there is nothing wrong with them.

**First marriage**

During her training, Aggie fell in love with a fellow student in
the Red Guard, a High Elf named Fenmaer Stardew. He was from Za’Ramunz, a
 High Elf city in the Crownlands on the other side of the River
Elementus, and they married in secret in Highfield, as Aggie knew her
parents (who didn’t hold much with elves) would never have allowed a
union like that.

Fenmaer was killed in action during the Hobgoblin Siege at
Crescent, almost 65 years ago (the fortified town in the South of the
province of Westshire). Aggie and Fenmaer were taking care of the
wounded in the city when the wall was breached. They were instantly
surrounded by enemies, and Fenmaer was killed trying to shield Aggie
from them. Heartbroken, Aggie returned to her parents. A week later,
Aggie discovered that she was pregnant. She couldn’t hide her pregnancy
after a time, and her parents wanted her to give up her daughter Fenwyn;
 but Aggie couldn’t bear to do so, as she was the last thing that she
had to remember Fenmaer by. Aggie and her parents had a bitter fight,
and Aggie left home with her infant daughter. She never spoke to them
again.

#### **Second marriage** Edit

Aggie resettled in a small town called Raymond Fjord (often just
called Fjord). It is a relatively new town at the fork of the River
Arcanus and River Elementus, and mostly serves as a stopping point for
trade between the major centers of the Kingdom. The people of Fjord were
 friendly enough, especially since Aggie was a Red Guard healer, and
there were so many widows in town that one more did not stand out. Aggie
 eventually met her second husband there, a kind man named Wexham
Broadstride. Wexham used to run a rather well-known and popular Clock
and Tinker’s shoppe. He treated Fenwyn like he was her real father, and
was a great father to his biological children – 2 boys (Henry and Jack)
and a girl, Stel.

Henry, Jack and Stel fell ill with snow fever as small children,
sending Aggie into a crisis – but luckily they all recovered, and for a
time life was very good. Fenwyn, however, never felt like she fit into
small town life. Eventually, Aggie and Fenwyn decided that she might be
better off with her father’s kin. Fenwyn left about 50 years ago to live
 with the Elves; the last Aggie heard, she was planning on training as a
 bard, or maybe a druid.

Life moved on at a slow and steady pace. But then, as inevitable
as nightfall, death came knocking. Wexham died first of old age – he was
 95, and had lived an unusually long and happy life. While Aggie was
very sad to lose him, it was certainly not unexpected. Then a recent
epidemic claimed both her sons’ lives, and Aggie’s daughter Stel died
giving birth to her own daughter. Despite all this, Aggie doesn’t like
it when people feel sorry for her. As a practical woman, she knows her
own time to die is approaching, but she has always felt that she was
meant to do something, and that she somehow hadn’t done that yet.

#### **Aggie's vision and a new career path** Edit

Then, about a month ago, Aggie had a vision in her sleep. Mig
appeared to her, dressed all in white. Aggie told her sister how sorry
she was about being unable to save her when they were seven. Mig said
that she had only vague memories about her life, but that the thing she
remembered most was Aggie trying to help her get better. She told Aggie
that it would be her destiny to help people at the end of their lives –
by either saving them or helping them cross to the other side, if they
were beyond help. She then showed Aggie the other side, which looked
like eternal summer, but shinier, and told her that it is a pretty
amazing place. She asked Aggie not to feel bad for her. Aggie woke up
with tears streaming down her face.

Mig also told Aggie she was to travel to Edwardsville and become a
 cleric of the Faith of the Great Four, and that there is where her
destiny lies. Aggie was very excited about this prospect, as being a
cleric would allow her to practice her medicine and help more people.
Using magic would also require less strength, as she is not as spry as
she used to be. Aggie sent word to Fenwyn (or at least to the place
where she knew Fenwyn was a while ago), packed up her belongings, and
came to Edwardsville, where she has been for the last month. She gets to
 do my work and training in peace, and the people in the temple are very
 kind and turn a bit of a blind eye when it comes to their oldest
resident – but she finds life there a bit boring.

### **Family tree** Edit

Note: names in bold are still alive

Boris Witherkind†            married to           Mellie Witherkind†

1.      Edmund† [died in hobgoblin war]

2.      Theoderic† [died in hobgoblin war]

3.      Merv† [died in hobgoblin war]

4.      Janus† [died in hobgoblin war]

5.      Aethelred† [died in hobgoblin war]

6.      Aldric [never found, presumed dead]

7.      Frederic† [died after losing his mind]

8.      Mig (Margaret)† [died age 7 from snow fever;twin sister of Aggie]

9. **Aggie (Agatha)**   married  Fenmaer Stardew† [first marriage] - daughter: **Fenwyn**
                        then married  Wexham Broadstride†[second marriage] - children: Henry†, Jack†, Stel†

### **Character Statistics**

Current level: 5

Strength: 5; Dexterity: 8; Constitution: 14; Intelligence: 13; Wisdom: 18; Charisma: 14.

Passive perception: 19

Feats: observant, healer