Thiala

*"Books are a window to a world through someone's eyes and memories. But I want to see the world for myself!"*

**Thiala** is a member of the Adventurer's Guild. She resides in Phandalin, using a room in the tavern, but she travels around the area frequently. Her familiar is most often an Almiraj called Mr.Grasshopper.

## Appearance

Thiala is quite short, standing at 5'3". She keeps her red in a bob cut. She has elven-green eyes, and a young-looking face. She usually wears a green wizard hat, a white knee-long dress with loose sleeves, a leather jacket, black knee socks and leather boots. She uses a staff to cast spells.

## Personality

Thiala loves learning through experiencing things. Whenever there's something she hasn't seen yet, she has a strong urge to leap to it and perform many types of measurements, as well as creating a drawing of it for reference. This goes well with her Patron's goals, and once every couple weeks, Thiala performs a ritual and sends her findings to her Patron. When she asks people questions, she has little to no self-restraint, often delving into personal matters on their first meeting, if she finds them interesting enough that is. She's most often cheerful, since "every day can bring something new". Despite her search for knowledge, she's quite empty minded, and while not spacing out, she doesn't notice many cues.

Thiala herself is quite lofty, which can lead her to take up things beyond her capabilities if taunted. Her psyche is quite brittle, and a potentially deadly experience can leave her mind scarred. She's most afraid of slow and painful death.

## History

### Backstory

Thiala was born to a rather rich family. Her father was an Elven Wizard, a more respected one in the area. Her mother was a humble human artist. From youth, Thiala was curious about the world and wanted to explore it. She was a bit of a spoiled child, though her father made sure her behavior stays within reason. When she was old enough, at the age of 18, she was sent to an academy, where she could learn and develop her arcane powers. Instead she quickly learned how much she hated studying books and remaining in one place for extended periods of time. At the very least she made a friend, Aaria, a half-elf of drow heritage.

Their situation worsened at the beginning of a second year of education, when classes were no longer gender-separated. Thiala was under-performing, which attracted many bullies to her. The poor treatment of her peers and difficulty in learning put Thiala in a tense situation, where she could easily fail. She wanted to avoid that, so she began looking for a solution. She found one in an old, dusty tome with a symbol of a quill on its cover, thinking it was a spellbook. The book belonged to Alathrien Druanna, an elven deity of Arcana and Knowledge. They saw promise in the young wizard, and made a contact. They proposed a deal: She would deliver any and all knowledge of the world she could, and they would give her power she seeked. Thiala eagerly agreed and signed the tome, not yet knowing what she's getting herself into.

Things were changing for for the better over the next few days. She could stand up to bullies with her 'Fire bolt', the teachers were impressed, if not amazed with her quick recovery. It all came out during an exam, when during Abjuration practice, a student couldn't stop her blast. An investigation quickly revealed her pact, and Thiala was expelled for cheating. In her mind, she had done research to get the powers, so she didn't accept the judgement as correct. She didn't want to admit this to her father and ran away instead of returning home, but he learned anyway. He found her and disinherited her, sad at her failure and disappointed at her cowardice. She was a nobody, with nowhere to go. She cried. Then started walking forward. She had a whole world for her to explore.

## Relationships

### Allanuarra

Allanuarra is Thiala's best and currently only friend within the guild. The drow has shown great kindness to her, and Thiala's seeking a way to repay it. She's slightly reluctant to tell her details about her past, but isn't really pressured, as Allanuarra hasn't done the same either.

## Magic Items

#### Attuned:

* Gloves of Missile Snaring
* Staff of Withering

#### Unattuned:

* Heward's Handy Haversack
* Scroll of Haste
* Potion of Mind Reading
* Potion of Invisibility
* 2 Mystery Keys

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