Soalheira Lumorndaer

Panshaw (former)

## Description

### Appearance

Short, brown, wavy, pixie haircut. Broad and strong shoulders, defined arm and leg muscles. She's often seen wearing overalls and summery colored shirts.

## History

### Traveling Family

Before she was born, her mother was rescued by a party of polyamorous travelers. Every member was a fighter, a ranger, or multi-classed with one of those classes. All of them took care of Soalheira's mother and even raised her, along with a few other children. Everyone formed a family-like bond with each other.

The party often camped in forests and mountainous areas, so Soalheira became very connected to nature. She quickly became a skillful forager. A party member who became her father figure taught her how to read the stars and to trust her intuition when traveling. Of course, she was also shown other ways of reading maps and to find her way across the lands. Soalheira enjoyed digging her hands into the dirt and interacting with the foliage and any animal that calmly approached her. It was always a grounding experience and even when she wandered away from the party, she was never truly alone and had connections back to them.

When she reached 12 years of age, the party came to the agreement to start training her. They laid out the large variety of weapons they carried, but each one Soalheira worked with, there wasn't any special connection. Some she wasn't even capable of wielding or using. For the time being, they taught Soalheira self-defense so she could get out of fights. To strengthen herself, Soalheira made up her own workout routines, relying on what was available in nature. She often got in trouble for challenging her "cousins" to wrestling matches.

When the poly-party was passing through a town, 16 year old Soalheira noticed a group of monks in the center of town. They were giving a demonstration of their meditation and martial arts to form radiant light magic. Entranced by their performance, Soalheira snuck into the crowd of people to get a closer look. The monks finished their demonstration and as the crowd dispersed, Soalheira zipped over to a monk. All the questions poured out of mouth. The monks were amused and admired her fascination. They answered as many questions as they could, describing the Way of The Sun Soul and their monastery in a town known as Panshaw. She asked how she could join. The monks exchanged glances to each other, then drew a sun-like symbol on top of Soalheira's left hand. "When you're ready, you'll find your way to Panshaw. We'll help you by then." After hearing these words, Soalheira's party scooped her up and left the town.

For months, she begged her mother to allow her to become a monk. After discussing the importance of letting Soalheira have this experience and to finally get proper fighting training, her mother gave in. While fearful to lose connection of her only child, she recognized the benefits the monastery could offer and overall joy it'll bring to Soalheira. The party helped Soalheira pack and took her halfway to Panshaw. She completed the journey by herself, explored the town, and eventually ran into one of the monks. They took her up to the temple to begin her induction.

### Sun Soul Training

While she had the passion and an abundance of energy, her instructors' first goal was to help her ground herself and concentrate on that energy. Soalheira first built up her combat skills, gaining more techniques and using her quick wit to make faster and smarter decisions. She even created her own workout schedule and routine. Many of the new members joined her training, exchanging methods.

One of the leaders of Soalheira's training faction believed Soalheira's hardy strength was distasteful and a distraction from truly harnessing her light energy. She moved Soalheira to a new faction to get her to practice meditation, to find steadiness. For someone who grew up with constant change and new environments, this faction shift threw off Soalheira's balance. She struggled to hold a meditative state while in the temple. Becoming overly frustrated, she approached one of her new instructors and asked if she could explore other locations to work on her meditation. The instructor lead her to a distant garden from the temple. They helped Soalheira return to her original ways of grounding herself and achieving long durations of meditation. Together they invited other students who were interested in learning in the garden so students with similarities of Soalheira could blossom and bond.

Several years pass, and Soalheira has proven time and time again to being a well-rounded Sun Soul Monk. After surpassing the levels of training she needed to complete, the highest leader of The Palace of Blazing Light promoted Soalheira to an instructor. A swift pressure to be presentable, formal, and level-headed fell onto Soalheira's shoulders. Thinking she can bear the weight, she molded herself to be what her leaders expected to be. At first she enjoyed her new self. Soalheira would glide through the halls of the palace, silent yet elegant. Her young pupils viewed her as inspiring and comforting. Villagers of Panshaw were intrigued by her mystique and self control. But when she felt like she could relax and have some fun, Soalheira was scolded and would be deemed as unprofessional.

### Meeting Pinwe

By the time Soalheira was 103, she was promoted to a higher level of instructor, but also a part of The Palace of Blazing Light's council. She was expected to help with organizing trips to different towns, monitoring the lessons and training, host induction ceremonies and many many other responsibilities.

Trying to give herself breaks, she went out into the market to help the locals with transporting different goods to their appropriate stands. Without noticing, a short, blonde-hair, golden-eye elf bumped into the side of Soalheira. She looked down to see him on the ground, a bit dazed. Offering a hand and asking if he was alright, the elf man stared at her speechless. She gave him a soft smile and introduced herself. He was only able to stutter out his name. "Uh, P-Pinwe!"

As she tried to go about her business, Pinwe kept popping into the scene. Amused by his excitement every time he saw her, she would sit and listen to Pinwe's random stories. He told Soalheira how he became a wizard, how long he's been studying, how he's traveled to so many places to research other forms of magic that each class is capable of harnessing. She was quite intrigued how quickly she was learning about this man without having to ask many questions about him. He'd just say it. Eventually, she had to stop him when he tried to talk about monks. Of all his researching and studying, he barely knew a thing about monks! It was a while until she realized he was trying to impress her, but eventually caught up. Now it was her turn to do some talking.

Soalheira invited Pinwe into the palace to give him a thorough tour and better inside of The Way of The Sun Soul. As she was describing her journey as a monk, Pinwe's nose was buried deep in a journal, writing nearly everything Soalheira was telling him. She snatched his book and pen, grabbed his hand and lead him to the distant garden. There she taught him how to meditate, connect with the surroundings, find that light energy from within. After giving Pinwe time and a place to work on meditation, she saw a large shift in his character. Pinwe was able to let go, appreciating the nature and people in Panshaw as well as his time there. Soalheira was worried that she was distracting him from his work, but he ended up thanking her for pulling his head out of his studies. That she was the best person to ever enter his life. He then insisted that she wrote the book about Sun Soul Monks instead, and offered to be an editor or at least a connection to get her work published. By the time she was 107, her book was published and a flood of people who were interested in learning The Way of The Sun Soul arrived in Panshaw. She thought that Pinwe would be leaving after her success, but was surprised to see him stay after his team and colleagues leave town.

Growing more and more fond of Pinwe's company, Soalheira would sneak Pinwe into the palace. When she would hide him, her personality quickly switched when talking with her fellow monks and leaders. He tried to ask her why this happened, but she'd dismiss it and just say it's to hold up her title and professionalism. A festival began at the center of Panshaw, and Pinwe convinced Soalheira to take some time to unwind with festivities. Once they got to a clearing, there was a large gathering of civilians dancing and celebrating. Pinwe dove right into the crowd, dancing and picking up an instrument to strum a little bit. Feeling inspired by his confidence and embrace to the chaotic and messy, Soalheira finally freely expressed herself.

A following night during the festival, Soalheira and Pinwe were celebrating in a tavern with some of the villagers and entertainers. Pinwe was doing party magic, but was suddenly grabbed by Soalheira who eagerly asked if he wanted to join her in watching the fireworks. He immediately stopped what he was doing, held onto Soalheira’s hand and let her lead him to a viewing spot.

### Ariel Lumorndaer

*"My darling son... I miss him dearly. I'm proud to have been his mother. I can't believe he used to fit in my arms, and grew into a man who has to duck every time he enters the house. He was always so creative and outgoing. I loved his mischief when he would lurk in the dark corners of the house, waiting to surprise me or his father. It broke my heart to see that flame fade when he was with Nadja. I hope he's in a better place. I'd give anything to hold him one more time..."*

### Pinwe Lumorndaer

*"My goodness, this man is certainly a hand full. What can I say, I'm absolutely in love with his chaos.* *Even though I'm the Sun Soul Monk, his soul shines the brightest, especially when we're together. I admire his drive for knowledge, his determination for discovery, and his compassion to share with everyone who is willing to lend an ear. I, of course, am the first to lend an ear. Most of all, I love his gentleness and patience. I saw it the most when he was teaching in Panshaw and a little bit on our adventures. He's so sweet to children and shows time and time again of being an amazing educator. Pinwe is and always will be the love of my life."*