Olwyn the Reclaimer

Olwyn hails from the eastern edge of Prester, in the forested footlands that make up the border between Prester and Knagel.

As a child, she was haunted by a recurring nightmare. In it, strange green fairy-like creatures, whispered to her in a strange tongue, while the world around them cried out in anguish. The dream occurred so often that Olwyn was able to phonetically write down the message whispered to her.

Obsessed with discovering its meaning, as a teenager Olwyn travelled around eastern Prester, until she came across a reclusive sect of Druids known as the Reclaimers. The man she encountered, named Tor, recognised the message as being in Sylvan, which he spoke. He would not translate the message for her, but offered to teach her Sylvan, so that she could translate it herself.

Olwyn took up residence with the Reclaimers and began to study Sylvan. But that was not all she learned. Her hosts began to indoctrinate her in their belief system.

The essence of the Reclaimer's Doctrine:

* The Reclaimers believe that the presence of the humanoid species (humans, elves, halfings, etc.) brings only death to nature.
* Their main aim to to cleanse the land of these parasites, including themselves at the very end.
* They believe in accomplishing this goal via any means necessary, provided it is not an exploitation of nature. From methods such and murder, poisoning, etc. to the equipment they use (they don't share the normal Druid aversion to metal armours), they use whatever they can to accomplish their goals.

Olwyn slowly began to take these viewpoints for herself. All the while, her nightmares continued. But as her knowledge of Sylvan grew, she came to understand the meaning of the whispered messages.

"Help us. We are dying. All of creation is dying. We are sucked dry, and soon we will only be the husk. You can save us. Kill them. Kill them all."

Olwyn shared this new revelation with Tor, who simply smiled and asked her to come to the main meeting tent that evening.

Upon entering the tent, Olwyn saw that a ritual had been prepared. In the middle of the tent was a circle of elaborate symbology drawn in the dirt. In the center was a Prestish man with bound hands and feet. Olwyn stood in the doorway of the tent, more out of curiosity than shock, as her Reclaimer brethren filed in. The last was Tor, who led Olwyn towards the man in the circle. As she approached, the man's muffled cries intensified from behind his gag. Tears began streaming down his face, but Olwyn could recognise him now that she was close. This was her father.

The group of Reclaimers gathered in a circle around Olwyn's father and began to chant the very Sylvan words from her dream. How did they know? Had Tor shared the contents with them? Before she could ask, Tor looked to her and said "The dream you have, it is not yours alone. It is the dream of the Reclaimers. It is our shared burden, and our mission. Join us."

Tor unsheathed a dagger and held it out for Olwyn to take. The chanting of the Reclaimers intensified, in escalating perfect unison. Olwyn took the dagger and slowly approached her father. He squirmed around, placing his bound hands towards her so she could free him. Instead, Olwyn, taking a fistful of her father's hair in one hand, reached the knife around and slit his throat, filling the cryptic symbols drawn in the dirt below. The Reclaimers erupted in cheers.

Olwyn served for 2 decades with the Reclaimers, doing whatever needed done to advance their cause. Now, in her late 30's, rumours of the great dungeon of Basarab IX have made their way to eastern Prester, and to the Reclaimers.

Upon learning of the dungeon, the Reclaimers took the stance that it represented a deep and festering wound in the earth, like an arrow stuck in the flesh, causing rot. They sought to choose from among them a warrior for a mission: to rip out that arrow, destroy the evil there, and allow nature to heal and reclaim what is hers alone. Olwyn is tasked with destroying the very dungeon itself, no matter the cost.

Olwyn was sadly unable to fulfil her mission as she was slain by a giant slug during exploration of jungle-filled caverns on the fifth level.