Hol Foresteater

## Personality

Hol isn't one to follow any rules that are given to her.  She shrivels up at the thought of any type of structure being given to her life, and hates the idea of someone stepping in and telling her that there are things that she can and can't do - she's a free spirit and she'd like for it to stay that way.  As such, she is naturally inclined to rebel - though, she does it all good-naturedly, and certainly isn't one to go out killing or hurting someone else just because she was told not to.  She only ever does as she's told if she sees reason in it herself, but otherwise she's going to do what *she* wants to do.  She doesn't hold any judgement or discriminate against other people, no matter who they are, where they're from, or what they've done - the monks who raised her taught her better and trained her out of those behaviors - and is a strong believer in second chances.  If part of that second chance means that the first step might just be her having to sit down and chat with someone that has literal blood on their hands, then so be it.  She's unafraid of interacting with criminals but is hesitant to commit any crimes herself; she doesn't really want to get caught up in dealing with local authorities, thank you very much.  She isn't, however, against stirring up a bit of trouble here and there: causing a bit of chaos is just a bit of fun in her eyes, and she really doesn't see the problem with it.  Hol is an open and friendly person who has a smile and kind word for just about everyone (if she wasn't so young, she could be attributed to a very motherly figure - and, maybe, once she's older, she will in fact be that), but like most fire genasi, her moods are volatile.  She tries to relegate this the best she can with meditation, as she doesn't enjoy taking her emotions out on the people and things around her, but sometimes it simply can't be helped: though, in general, she always has been less of a wildfire and more of a camp fire.  She does lean towards impatience, though, and isn't one to wait around when there's something to be done.  She enjoys being able to lend a helping hand, and her laid-back nature helps to allow others to let her do so.  Contradictorily, Hol gives off a very chill vibe: she rolls with the punches and isn't one to be caught off-balance by anything that comes her way (or, *just about* anything).  She's a quite social and outgoing young woman who's unafraid of inserting herself into any kind of situation, whether it be social or physical in nature.  She could be called headstrong, as she doesn't tend to think through her actions before she takes them; at times, it can land her in sticky situations, but she isn't a particularly stupid person (just as all genasi are) and isn't headstrong enough to, say, take an owlbear on all by herself.  who.  would.  ever.  do.  that (not me).  Her training as a monk also manages to temper her some.  Along with all of that, though, Hol carries with her a strong sense of determination - she has a mission to accomplish, though she isn't completely sure *what* that mission is, and she isn't going to rest until it's finished.

## History

Hol was born to a human mother and an efreet father.  She never met her father, and he was never involved in her life except from what she would occasionally hear about him from her mother: he was friendly to her, they got along well, and his name was Kais.  She never gave Kais much thought, though - she was far more preoccupied with her militaristic mother, who employed high standards for her because of her genasi race and longer lifespan.  Hol had little patience for this (much as her mother had little patience for her, in general), but she was a child and could do little about it.  On her best days, her mother ignored her, and on her worst, she was full of scoldings and expectations for her to *be better* and lectures about how she *expected more* of her.  When she was eight, she decided she'd had enough of *following the rules* and being punished for having rather strong emotions about having to do something she didn't like.  She ran away from home, but after a couple weeks of being hungry and alone, she was found by a kalashtar monk named Nedon.  He offered her a meal, and more than that, he said that his monastery would take her in and train her, if she was interested in such a thing.  Eager to be given a *choice*, for once - something that her mother had never done - she instantly jumped on it.  As she grew up inside the walls of the monastery, though, she proved to be different from most other children there - she wasn't as disciplined as the other kids, and found trouble believing in religion.  She often found herself getting into trouble and being scolded for her actions later, but not really feeling any remorse for them.  She made plenty of friends there, though - most of the older monks were seen as a collective parental figure, and all the kids she grew up with were like siblings to her.  When one of her "siblings", a half-elf girl named Hele, was cast out for reasons that the older monks never explained, Hol was heartbroken and it took her weeks to recover from the loss of her friend.  When she turned eighteen, the head of the monastery called her in for a meeting and told her that he decided to cast her away like he'd done to Hele so many years before.  She'd never really obeyed the rules laid down for her, even if she'd picked up the mentality and fighting aspects of being a monk easily (and, indeed, she had), and she couldn't be part of the monastery if she wasn't willing to devote herself wholly to it.  Hol was hurt - the monastery had been the only place she really considered *home* for her whole life, after all - but she listened; if only because she didn't see herself having any other option, and she's been adventuring ever since.