Acacia Thistlebright

**Accacia Thistlebright** is a ghost-wise halfing knowledge cleric of The Artisan and player character in Tales of Vitore. She is a member of Team Novitori.

## Introduction

*I'm Acacia Thistlebright. I'm a halfling Divinity graduate at the Veyeth University and I minored in Archaeology. There's just something so beautiful about the way that people used to live, and the way that even that work can be used in service to The Artisan. While I might miss my family on my travels, I will always hold them close to my heart.*

## Description

### Personality

Acacia holds that the knowledge of a craft or an art or any information and situation is as important to the Artisan as actively practicing it. It is the role of a student and a teacher that she seeks to provide, beyond the extensive learning that she seeks to help feed her own personal hunger for knowledge. Acacia actively pushes to help others around herself, be they outcast or otherwise, because the craft and dedication that others put into their work is, in essence, a form of worship to The Artisan, and while she will not point this out unless actively ministering, it is this action that she sees as pleasing and worthy of attention and respect.

## Story

### Background

Acacia was born in Douglas, Avandra to a decently sized halfling family. She has four lightfoot/stout halfling parents named Coda, Ulysses, Tamara, Sani. She is a middle child, between two older siblings named Satran and Izzi, and the youngest Kithra. Her family were devout followers of The Artisan. Acacia's latent Ghostwise halfling psychic powers began to develop in her late adolescence, leading her to not speak for a full month due to nearly forgetting how to. The development was shocking for the family, as no other child or parent had any psychic power connections, and the “mutation” was quickly attributed to a gift from The Artisan, or perhaps another deity trying to move in on the family's devotion.

After standard primary and secondary schools, Acacia was enrolled in the Veyeth University, initially as an undecided major but eventually found her way to the Divinity school. As such she has taken a wide variety of classes among the various schools. This breadth of knowledge is what lead her further into a clerical role in the University Ward. Acacia has spent time both working in and avidly reading books in Enchanting Reads, carefully devouring tome after tome. Acacia has spent more than one semester working with Professor Rhys Cadigan in history as well as the concept of archaeological study. Acacia managed to get an assistant role on an active archaeological dig-site as part of a work study program, this went off so well that she minored in History (Archaeology).

Acacia becoming a Cleric of The Artisan was at least partially planned out for her since she was very young, but still somewhat of a surprise to the family due to her particular spin on it. Acacia follows The Artisan in the aspect of a scholar and a traveler rather than that of a merchant or a trader.

## Relationships

### Raph Morgan

Acacia has spent time with Raph and his family in a friendly way.

### Zala

Acacia has been tattooed by Zala in the past