Radhārc

Radhārc is one of the leaders of "The True Xynnites".

Radhārc was born to the monks at Xynnar, and lived her whole childhood according to all the rules and ideals the monks had. At some point, she discovered that she had a natural inclination to magic. The monks didn’t practice magic, so she kept it quiet, only doing magic after dark.

Eventually, Radhārc was sent on her mission. She went into the town of Montshire, preaching to the people, and when a heckler asked her to prove the will of her Gods, she cast a spell on him, showing off her magical talents. In the crowd was a disguised representative from Xynnar, who reported back to the High Priestess that Radhārc was an evil witch.

Radhārc was called back to Xynnar, where she was tried and exiled for her crime of being a witch. Radhārc then left the monastery, and traveled across Briham doing magic tricks to get by.

One day, Radhārc was wandering around Montshire, where she met the woman who would become her wife, Rumia, who had been exiled from Balerno for stealing a bottle of berry wine. For the pair, it was love at first sight. They moved into the mountains near Montshire and built a cabin. Shortly after moving in, she and her wife stumbled upon young Zevedei and took him in as their own.

But Radhārc’s magic had a dark side. On a supply run to Montshire, she found a weak young boy and brought him home, hiding him from Rumia. She raised him from the earth as an abomination with wolf-like features. She commanded him to stay in his abomination form, and raised him as a pet and servant, eventually allowing her precious “Spot” inside with her and her wife. After years of training him, he one day disobeyed her and she banished him away from her, which she regrets even several years later.

Radhārc attempted to look for Spot multiple times, often making trips around the nation of Briham. On one of these trips, Radhārc found herself in Kamaeeraska. The locals there captured her and sentenced her to death. She managed to get away due to an illusion spell, but held a grudge against the town and made sure to personally destroy it when the cult took power.

Radhārc lived quietly with Rumia and Zevedei until she ran into Kelshan while on another supply run in Montshire. The two reminisced about their time in Xynnar and Kelshan told Radhārc that he believed her magic was a gift from the Gods. He convinced her to join forces with him. Now, she travels Briham in search of Spot, who she believes will be an asset to the cult, and her wife and child live in Spaulding under protection of the cult’s army.

## Journal

The following contains the entries of a journal written by Radhārc and found by the party:

> (An entry dated eight years ago)
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> Rumia and I took a stroll around the mountains after last night’s storm today. As we were walking, we heard what sounded like the mews of a little kitten.
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> Unsure of where it was coming from, we made our way down the mountain until we got to the cave near the Misty Woods. We approached with caution and found a young tabaxi in there.
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> “Are you angels?” He asked, calling out to us. “Am I dead?”
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> “We are not angels,” my wife replied. “We are from the mountains. What is your name, child?”
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> “I am Zevedei. I come from the forest. My family sent me for my Great Trek to become a man.”
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> “How old are you, my dear?” I asked him.
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> He’s five. How barbaric! After speaking with him a bit, we convinced him it would be safe to come with us. We fed him mutton and mashed potatoes and warmed him by the fire.
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> He feels abandoned by his family. As he should. Rumia and I will take good care of him.
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> But I must keep him away from Spot. It’s far too dangerous.
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> (An entry dated five years ago)
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> Those damn Xynnites!!
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> I’m on my annual supply run to the cities to get anything Rumia and I might need for the Arctus season, and I tied up my horse outside of Kamaeeraska today. I was in the market buying some fresh linens and cactus blossoms when the Kamaeeraskite authorities nabbed me. They told me that, by order of the Synnite Church, I was set to be executed.
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> They took me to the gallows, but they were smug. They left me alone for just a moment and I crafted an illusion of myself, and went and hid. I stayed where I could see the illusion and keep it cast. They hung the essence of me, but luckily not me.
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> The Xynnites will pay for what they did. So will the Kamaeeraskites. I’m on my way back to my mountain home now. Seeing a vision of yourself die is… gut-wrenching, to say the least. I must not tell Rumia.
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> (An entry, with the date smudged so you cannot read it. The handwriting here seems rushed, angry even. There’s a few spots where the quill has cut through the page.)
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> I sent away that bastard mutt Spot today. He’s disobeyed me for the last time. What an ungrateful brat! I took him and raised him from his pathetic life of squalor into his true, most powerful form. And how does he thank me? By attempting to (the ink here is smudged to the point where you cannot read it.)
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> I hope he realizes that he cannot survive in his human form forever. The Beast I have unleashed will always win. He will always be a monster of my design. And one day, he will come crawling back to me, his master.
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> (The final entry, dated a year ago.)
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> Kelshan, the Dragonborn from the monastery, found me. At first, I was concerned when I saw him show up at my door with Rhut, the Goliath,
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> However, after speaking with him a bit more… I have faith in Xynna once more. He has formed a group which he calls the True Xynnites, and he invited me to join him. He told me that he’s always admired my abilities.
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> I was happy to accept, on the condition that Zevedei be inducted as a leader as well. I think that securing him a powerful future is the best thing I can do as his mother.
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> Soon, Rumia, Zevedei, and myself will leave our mountain home to make Castle Spaulding ours. We’ll hang Zartu and all the damn Xynnites we can get our hands on. We’ll cleanse Briham and resurrect the nation. Born anew.
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> All Hail the True Xynnites! All Hail Kelshan.
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> And All Hail me.
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