Mairi Creely

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Mairi was a non-player character in the main Crossworlds campaign.

## History

Mairi was born in a small village near the Porphyra doorway, located in the heart of the Crossworlds' mountain range. Her parents were dedicated followers of Rajuk Amon-Gore, and raised her with his tenets in mind. She grew up believing death to be not only a part of life, but something with the capacity for beauty and art.

As such, when a plague swept through her village at a young age, she had a clearer mind than most others. Even as her parents fell ill, she tried to find the beauty in her situation. And as they died, she swore to follow Rajuk Amon-Gore's tenets still.

To avoid the foster system, Mairi became a runaway. She found fellow Rajuki who trained her, and she slowly worked her way up the ranks in search of a home. This led her to Killian Foy, the Black Bishop at the time. He heard out her story and, having a soft spot for orphans and seeing a lot of potential in her, decided to take her in. This was much to the chagrin of Faulkner Byrne, a Grim Cardinal who became both her abuser and her confidant.

Despite their natures, Mairi saw Killian as a father figure. The only time she ever felt afraid of him was when he believed she wasn't around, and threatened Faulkner over his disrespect for Shade's clergy. She became his information broker quickly due to her ability to blend in, loyalty, willingness to act, and photographic memory.

When Killian drew the party in, she watched them carefully and began monitoring them. She escorted Redacted back to the Flower and Compass Inn on the first night they met. She periodically checked in until realizing they were planning on betraying the deal they'd made with Killian. She was found, and stalled until he arrived. During the fight, she was badly hurt, but revived and brought to safety by Killian.

During one of Dirt's astral projections, Killian relayed to her that he felt sorry for almost killing her. She told him, truthfully, that she held no hard feelings over her near-death experience. Later, the group reunited in Cantilena. Mairi was at one point teleported to the party's location so that they would retrieve Redacted.

When Pandora consulted Killian regarding their strange dreams, Mairi prompted Killian and Faulkner to reveal a bit more truth than they originally intended on. Later, however, when Redacted prompted Killian to cast interrogation, Mairi asked him several questions to fill in gaps in her information. This mainly consisted of questions surrounding his car salesman persona.

Mairi attended the party in Capua Tor in hopes of gaining information about the party and their alleged newfound divinity. Upon meeting her, however, they told her about the information they had gained from Rajuk Amon-Gore. They expressed concerns about her safety, which she brushed off and told them that her choices were her own, even after Journey showed her visions of her afterlife through Early Judgement.

Despite this, she agreed to travel with them to Refersi. Over the course of their journey, she was persuaded to leave the cult in concern for her own safety and pursuit of knowledge. She accompanied them to Matteo Cherith's house, where they were safe from scrying. She explained in full that she had enchantments on her that made her vulnerable to scrying from both Killian and Rajuk. Together, the group crafted a plan to help her escape.

However, when she met with Killian before the gala, the party disrupted their plan to ensure her safety. Killian agreed to let her go, but warned them that they had to keep this subterfuge under wraps. She was freed from her enchantments at the Deific Gala.

Mairi fought with the player characters in the final battle. After Rajuk was gone, she made a point of stabbing her own short sword through his robes. After this, her sword remained with the divine sword as a replica.

Over the next several decades, Mairi travels throughout the planes. She becomes a lich through Shade, who helps her hide her phylactery where it will be safe. She also consistently communes with Pandora to check in, and gets a vibrant tattoo to replace the space where her holy symbol was. She remains loyal to Shade, calling him her father and Lyvalia her stepmother. She continues to pursue missions and gain information in his favor.

## Trivia

* Mairi has photographic memory and can only lose memories by magical means.
* In a semi-canon session, Mairi created a slideshow ranking all of the fanfiction written about the pantheon. She "left out the ones that made [her] want to ingest zenith."
* Following canon, Mairi considers Luka her brother. The two have a sibling relationship, as much as Luka denies it.
* Years after canon, she adopts two rats named Rhyme and Reason.