Tira 'The Terror' Stormswrath

Subclass: Tempest

Lineage: Human

Alignment: Chaotic Neutral

Faith: Talos?

Gender: Female

Size/Height: Medium/6ft

Weight: 185lbs

Age: 28

Hair: Silver

Skin: Fair / Light

Eyes: Silver

Feature: Ship’s Passage

When you need to, you can secure free passage on a sailing ship for yourself and your adventuring companions. You might sail on the ship you served on, or another ship you have good relations with (perhaps one captained by a former crewmate). Because you’re calling in a favor, you can’t be certain of a schedule or route that will meet your every need. Your Dungeon Master will determine how long it takes to get where you need to go. In return for your free passage, you and your companions are expected to assist the crew during the voyage.

### Backstory

Tira’s first memory was of storms, lashings of lightning and the rumbling of thunder sending her to into comfortable slumber. Her adoptive parent, Gregor Stormshield, recalls how, while on a mission north of ‘The Wall’ he came across a young child playing alone in the valley of the mountains, running around, and giggling in the snow. Unable to locate any parents, Gregor rescued the child and took her back to ‘The Wall’ where he brought her up as his own. As Tira grew in years a distinctive lightning bolt birthmark only grew brighter and bolder upon her face, as her natural temper sparked along with it and bestowed the name Stormswrath upon her.

Tira did well at the wall, making allies with the criminals, pariahs, cutthroats, and general miscreants of ‘The Walls’ order, she was known for being able to control aspects of the weather and dropping fog clouds at important moments to allow for escape when overrun north of the wall. It was around this time, that Tira became aware of Talos, a couple of the other men at ‘The Wall’ were known to worship in secret and they were all confident that Tira was a daughter of Talos and always felt much safer north of ‘The Wall’ when she was there. Talos meant little to Tira, but the more she looked, the more she found similarity between herself and the aspects of Talos and began to assume that he was the source of her magical powers. As her magical abilities got stronger and more became aware of her north of the wall beginnings, it began to invite too many questions. Not being tied to the service of the order having never officially registered, a position became available at Stormlight, a short distance away on the water. Always wanting to travel on the seas, Tira took the opportunity to leave and take up a post that benefitted from her innate skills and training, allowing her to embrace that inner voice for adventure, without having to venture all that far.

Tira quickly rose in the rankings at Stormlight and before long was promoted to commander, leading most of the military manoeuvres and expeditions from the mighty lighthouse. As time went on though, others became suspicious of her allegiance, she was capable, but where did she really align? Her powers and prowess in battle overshadowed her other comrades and several male comrades began to take exception with this, while others began to fear her. As tensions rose amongst all involved, Tira decided it might be time to heed the call to adventure and head somewhere that appreciated her abilities for what they were and tended to ask very few questions to go with it.