Treasure

Treasure is a Human woman who grew up as a pseudo-captive by the Foreckaw in their capital of Gunhalmeir. She escaped in her teenage years, and entered a strained relationship with a Foreckaw who followed her named Gammak.

## Appearance and Personality

Treasure is a rather pale woman with tired brown eyes, much like her mother. Her hair is a simple faded blond kept over a striking green headband. She has a relatively boney and pointed face, and she tends to favor more loose and rugged clothing. She is relatively tall, and has some muscle to her build, though she hides it well and keeps a slight appearance.

There seems to be a lot of internal conflict within her, mostly stemming from her involuntary stay in Gunhalmeir for over half her life. She doesn't appear overly extroverted, though she has noted that she used to play outside the walls of Grajita with friends before she was taken, thus her recent reclusive and aimless personality may be related to the trauma as well. She doesn't appear easily offended, or quick to lose her temper, and has some inherent strength in her, able to fend off the dangers within the Gryusch Wilds alone, even in her depressive state.

Wonder twice remarked about how Treasure reminded her of how Goal might've been if she had gotten to grow up.

## Story

Treasure appeared to have been taken from Grajita by a Foreckaw Woman around 2242 of the Human Era. She was traumatized by this experience, and was subtly forced to integrate with the culture that she wanted no part of. Supposedly the Foreckaw Gammak, who was around her age, had his eye on her the entire time, but they never spoke during her stay there. She would often write in her journal about certain things during this time, trying to stay positive even with her new unfortunate situation.

About seven years after her capture, she dared to escape the city. Gammak had somehow noticed this, and left into the Wilds to find her. They eventually reunited, and their relationship grew strong on their journey back to Grajita. When they had made it to the walls, Gammak had no choice but to linger in the brush closeby, waiting for Treasure to return to him outside. They managed to maintain a relationship outside of the walls for a few years, but eventually Gammak grew fearful of being away from her, due to the inherent dangers being in the Wilds presented. The threat of death appeared to outweigh his devotion to her, and eventually, he started to fixate more and more on the idea of returning to Gunhalmeir.

Treasure would never return to the Foreckaw Capital, thus their relationship strained. Treasure saw how close he was to leaving, but didn't want to lose him. In desperation, she covertly gathered all of her mother's savings, and spent it all on an ornate necklace with the inscription "My Treasure". She gave this gift to Gammak, who was convinced to stay a little longer.

Eventually, during one of their walks through the northern Wilds, a Magenti Pulsa attacked them. Treasure was unable to kill it, and they managed to flee. This was the catalyst for Gammak deciding to leave back to Gunhalmeir, taking the necklace with him. This drove Treasure into a spiral of downcast thoughts, though she searched for him endlessly, spending more and more time waiting outside the walls hoping he would return. She would often bring her journal with her, leaving notes and messages for Gammak around where they had used to wander together.

A Faerie noticed Treasure's frequent trips to the edge of a cliff nearby the Magenti River, and mistook Wonder for for Treasure when they met. As Wonder had already spoked to Treasure's mother about the missing girl, she understood that Treasure was likely in the area. After finding a few of her notes, Wonder returned to the cliffside to see Treasure on its edge, contemplating jumping from it.

When Wonder offered to pull Treasure away from the edge, she declined, and kept her eyes focused to the brush below. As Gohst interjected, and Treasure turned to see him, her heart almost leapt out of her chest seeing the large green figure. When she realized it wasn't Gammak, she once more contemplated jumping. Treasure explained the situation to the group, and how she had nothing left to return to in Grajita, not able to bear telling her mother about their savings, and how she spent them so foolishly. When she talked herself into hysteria about the subject, Wonder calmly reached into her pack and pulled out the very amulet Treasure thought was missing.

This immediately calmed her down, though she was obviously bewildered and confused how Wonder had come across such a thing. It was explained that the amulet was clutched by the skeletal remains of a Kaw inside the den of a deadly Wursh. Unfortunately, being that far east of Grajita indicated that it was Gammak, and he had decided to flee back to Gunhalmeir, and abandon Treasure. Finally having some answers about the disappearance of her lover, and once more having the priceless necklace in her hands once more, she decided she could return to Grajita and try to resume her life where it was halted as a child.

Once reuniting with her mother and Wonder in Grajita, Treasure gifted her the pen she had been using for her journal all of these years, in exchange for the shameful and depressing pages Wonder had found out in the Wilds. Treasure claimed she might need to stay at home and finally decompress from her time at Gunhalmeir with her mother, after sorting out the financial turmoil she had placed them in.

Before Wonder and her group left for the ancient Pulsekaw ruins to the east known as Jiarum, they stopped by Treasure's home to check on how she was doing. She admitted to being unable to tell her mother the truth about their finances, and she had been unable to find a buyer for the necklace. The Lorekeeper, who was with them at this point, openly asked how much Treasure had paid for the necklace, which turned out to be 600 gold of her mother's money. Since Lorekeeper could identify the necklace was made from rare Doloway, she casually offered triple that amount, which stunned everyone.

A down-payment of 250 gold for the necklace was made, and a contract was written alongside it. Lorekeeper noticed the pain the necklace had obviously caused Treasure, and gently prodded her to see if she would part with it, despite not being paid fully. Treasure knew that Lorekeeper was with the group that had saved her life, so she made the choice to trust the jester, giving her the necklace right then and there. As she wept, Lorekeeper cradled the necklace like it was the newborn life Treasure was now experiencing away from the troubles of her past. She vowed to repay the remaining debt once she had returned to her wealth kept in The Library.

As Treasure returned to her task of making a meal for herself and her mother, she mused that everything happened because she couldn't make a choice between comfort and freedom.

## Quotes

"Foreckaw voices are so harsh when raised."

"That son of a bitch... he didn't have to "think about it"! He just left with my heart, and my life around his damned neck!"