Lila Hun'ett

Lila Hun'ett is a Drow Hexblade Warlock played by Shannon in Godkiller.

## Backstory

### House Hun'ett

Lila grew up in House Hun’ett under the rule of her mother, Viconia. She never really knew her father, who she learned was named Veldrin, because he left the family. That was what she had been told, at least, but she had a very strong suspicion that her mother killed him shortly after she was born. No one ever questioned the disappearance of Lila’s father, but that just reinforces the fact that Viconia killed him in Lila’s mind.

The Hun’ett tribe was one that dealt in wars and more importantly raids. Groups of fine tuned soldiers would venture out of the underdark and wage war on the villages and cities above and kill anyone they could. Lila hated this fact, but she was afraid of the punishments her mother would enforce if she spoke out of turn and instead said nothing. She fought alongside many of the warriors from her tribe, but she hated every second of it.

Lila never knew growing up that being the daughter of the leader would put her in such an important position. She had been hoping that some of the more experienced leaders would take over in her stead but was unaware of the clan’s tradition. For many many years the leaders of the Hun’ett tribe passed down a weapon to the eldest daughter in order for them to carry on their legacy. Lila had been trained for an important ceremony all her life, but was never told the implications.

One day, when Lila was deemed old enough by her mother, the ceremony commenced. Lila went through the motions, gliding into the Great Hall in a silken dress and ignoring the declarations of war and bloodshed around her. Lila approached her mother at the head of the room, and as she was told many times she knelt down and extended her hand. This was all she had been taught before, and she flinched when her mother’s voice boomed throughout the room.

“Lila. As the eldest daughter of the clan Hun’ett, you are the one who must continue our traditions,” Viconia spoke in an almost bored tone, “My child, you will be the one to wage wars on the elves and others above once I am gone, and it is you who will wield the sword capable of doing so.”

Once the words left her mother’s mouth, Lila felt an odd tingling sensation in her hand. She lifted her head just in time to see a light glowing in the shape of a very familiar weapon before her mother’s sword materialized in Lila’s hand. She jumped up with the blade in hand, staring at it as the blade became more solid in her grasp.

“This sword has been passed down for generations to the eldest of the clan. You will kill all you can with this weapon, as the gods have deemed fit. You will take down our enemies and anyone else you deem ready for the grave,” her mother continued, unaware or uncaring for her daughter’s anguish, “You are the next leader of our tribe, Lila, and you will act as such.”

Lila stood and backed away from the altar, shaking her head while trying to control the fear coursing through her. She never wanted this. She hated killing anyone for these silly wars and feuds, and she did not want to be the one responsible for so many deaths as the leader of the clan. Her mind was already being clouded with images of prior battles she had fought, as well as future ones. Whether these images were conjured from her already anxious mind or the weapon itself was unclear, but Lila was terrified nonetheless. Lila’s mother yelled for her to stop, but she was already bolting towards her room. She needed to leave, she needed to get out before these people she considered family tried to force her into a life of violence. She didn’t want to kill anyone else for no reason, but the sword that had been gifted to her would never leave. Countless times while she tried to pack all she owned Lila threw down the blade, only to watch as the light collected in her palm once again before the sword materialized in her grasp again.

### Escape

Once everything she needed was packed away, Lila snuck out. She avoided all of the patrolling guards and every high ranking soldier her mother sent to bring her back to the ceremony. She found an exit out of the underdark and took it, not worrying about where she would end up in the world. When she emerged she was nearly blinded by the sunlight, so unused to the surface in the day that she needed time to adjust. Once she was able to orient herself she went in search of anything, stumbling across a town after a few days wandering the isle.

She was immediately called out by the people in the tribe, and many guards were summoned to investigate why a strange drow had wandered into their tribe. The appearance of so many armed soldiers frightened Lila, and when her sword materialized in her hand she gripped onto it out of instinct. The sudden rush of anger that flooded her mind caused her to lash out and she attacked one of the higher ranking soldiers present. The entire skirmish was a blur in her mind, but she managed to cut off one of his limbs before she finally threw the blade to the ground. The people of the village outcasted her, and she kept to herself without another fight.

For a long time she lived on her own on the outskirts of the village, the tribespeople not trusting her enough to speak with her. That was until Kiel reached out. He was an outcast as well, and the two became friends the more they spoke and interacted with each other. He was the first person she ever considered a friend, so when the ship came and he wanted to depart she followed.

While travelling on the ship Lila was able to bask in the sunlight and fresh air like she never had before. She enjoyed learning about the world on the surface, and while the artifacts Kiel and the crew were searching for were interesting, she was trying to find out anything she could about her sword. She didn’t know enough about the treasures or items the ship was set on finding, and when Kiel touched the gem she was terrified of what it might have done to him. Despite this she left the ship with Kiel, not wanting to be alone again, and decided that she wanted to help him find whatever it was he was looking for while also searching for her own answers.

### Joining the University

Lila began teaching Military History at the university. She had learned about so many battles during her childhood, her mother’s wish that she would continue to wage them once she took control of the house. Lila wanted to use this knowledge in a more beneficial way. She wanted to teach how these wars shaped their world, but more importantly how many didn’t need to be fought. If she couldn’t beat the anger that her own weapon drew out of her, she wanted to let students know that anger was not always the answer. Along with her main teaching, Lila also conducted research on occult magics. She still desperately wanted to know how her weapon worked and how she could overcome the effects it had on her mind. The university funded this research, although it was done in secret, and only asked that she shared any other findings with the institution.

After a time, Ryvanne was brought to her classroom. He had no memory of where he came from or who he was, and after telling his story Lila tried to help him. She used some of the funding she received for her own research to try and find more information on his weapons, clothes, or even the circlet he wore.