Monana Mona

### Relatives

Noshishi Dol Noshi (Mother),Nijiji Dol Niji (Sister), Jorvin Dol Tovin (brother), Trimmin Dol Tomin (brother)

### Relationship

Single, and a little too busy to change that right now

### Faith

The generally good gods

Monana Mona is a lalafell astrologian. She has a wariness toward matters of politics and considers herself fortunate to be last in line to the throne of Ornatir.

## Backstory

Monana spent her youth learning the magical arts and studying under the tutelage of the old witch Matoya, whose pessimism never rubbed off on her. After her sister was attacked by thri-kreen and her brother-in-law killed, Monana's mother, queen Noshishi, ordered that she be escorted on her next venture to the witch's cave by the paladin Leora. Together they made their way to Matoya, who encouraged Monana to venture to the joining of Luracia and get experience there. With only a cart and a mule, Monana and Leora made their way to Pavone to see the wonders of Luracia, completely unaware of what fate had in store for them there. Perhaps Matoya's guidance was more than coincidence...

## Campaign

### Aether Nightsong Arc

Leora and I came to Pavone for the joining of Luracia, and before we got to do anything cool the entire city was attacked by thri-kreen. This was not good. Luckily there were a few of us there that soundly put the threat to rest: Eero, Modokus, the esteemed Edric, our new acquaintance Minty, the mysterious Ena, and of course Leora and myself. I figured the best I could do was give magic rocks to bystanders so they could contribute from a distance. That one guy was really good at it. Shame I didn't catch his name, he could have joined us on our adventure.

We took some time to rest and recuperate, and that's really when we became a band of adventurers. We didn't even bother waiting for Luracian reinforcements in the morning before we went down to investigate the source of the insect army. Our investigation was rather short-lived. There was much to explore down there, there were dark dreams of purple aether, and Eero's fiancee was missing. We had a choice what we wanted to help with, and I'm glad we chose to look for Anella.

### Mysteries of the Mist Arc

We climbed the mountain and fought a battle against the barbarians, but our reception was... strangely warm and cold at the same time. A dragon, a war, an indoor firework show, and a centaur later we came back with scattered info and raised suspicions on both ends.

We also picked up a random lady who was also getting the dreams, and she was supposed to stick with Eero and keep him safe but she was gone by the time we finished in Quedem.

The underdark was unpleasant. Dank, cold, wet, confusing and disorienting. No stars up above. The cave ceiling always felt too close. I don't know how the bigger folk could stand it.

We met a village of gnomes and goblins. I still feel The Scrapyard needs liberation, but I'm afriad we just have too many pressing problems to help them escape. I was hoping that once we got out from the darkness I could gather resources and form a plan to assist, but fate had other plans.

When we returned to Pavone, there were battalions of Ornatir warriors all around petitioning for help, and I was reunited with my brother, Jorvin Dol Tovin, who told us that Ornatir was attacked again by the thri-kreen. My mother didn't know where I was, I never reported back to Master Matoya, and our band of adventurers knew what they were doing. I left, heading back to my homeland to assist where I could.

Matoya seemed unbothered by what I told her, but that's always the case with her. When you fully accept that the world may end any minute due to magical malpractice I suppose a giant purple crystal is less surprising. Still, she remarked that my disposition has changed, and yeah, I guess it has. That will happen during times of stress.

The damage in Ornatir was... bad, but not unprecedented. It was on a greater scale than what we saw in Pavone, absolutely, but only in scale. There wasn't anything new, and with the thri-kreen tactic of attack randomly and retreat it's hard to get a read on what can be done to prevent future calamities. I can't leave all up to the cards for guidance into the future, I need to make decisions for myself.

As I was coming to this resolution I got a message from Edric. There's an underground adamantine citadel, summon the Luracian army! Okay... I'll just.. do that? Sounds like a lot happened while I was gone.

If I'm being honest, I don't think there's much I can do to help at home. I didn't get the chance to visit my mother, but from what I could divine it wasn't pressing to visit her. I'm headed back to Luracia to inform them of what he found out. I hope they can divine where he is.

I might leave my stone with Master Matoya. I've learned to cast Sending without the stone, but I know she'd never answer in the time needed for a casting of the spell. And she has her raven to act as courier if I need to get a message to her majesty the queen.

## Relationships

### Edric

I'm constantly in awe of how knowledgeable Edric is on all arcane subjects, and I'm quite glad he's able to cope with the array of personalities in our band of adventurers. He's a noble, but unlike me he seems well suited to the task of leading, and I'm happy to follow.

### Eero

He's reserved and his people are a... peculiar bunch. But he's sincere and I really hope he's reunited with his loved ones as soon as possible.

### Leora

I think Leora needs some help, but I don't think she respects me enough to listen to my advice. She's a mixture of a range of emotions; guilt, concern, fear, empathy, haughtiness. I feel like she's trying to form genuine connections with others, but it's just hard for her. She thinks of me as an employer's child that she has to babysit, and I wish I could help her understand I'm someone she can talk to. I hope my absence made things a little easier.

### Yunet

She didn't pay me much heed when we spent a little time together, but I'm the only one not her size. I'd say she needs to not wear pretty dresses into battle, but I've been wearing a set of fine robes since I left home so I don't have room to judge.

### Modokus

I sometimes wonder how scary he is. He never makes a sound, and I can't see his face from down here. If he's not a scary guy, I wonder how our enemies feel when he unleashes on them. He somehow manages to keep a low profile despite standing 7 feet tall.

### Minty

She made me a sweater, so she's very nice. It's fun to watch her banter with Lykus. Her training has really paid off, but I somehow feel like her healing magic used to be a lot stronger.

### Via

She's also very nice, and a little cloud headed. I like her though. She never hesitates to do the right thing. In fact, she never hesitates to do anything.

### Yoko

I don't even know what to make of him. He's the only one on my eye level, and yeah, gnomes are a self-described strange people, but I've never seen one with plants for hair, a metal cat, and troll friends.

## Magic Items

* Delver's Claws
* Bag of holding, from Edric. Contains a lot of stuff, including:

* Gauntlets of Ogre Power, *Acquired from Luracian Armory, given to Leora*