Xaste Den'Mora

Xaste Den'Mora is a Half-Elf Paladin of Vengeance.

## Background

Complicated.

Xaste has a daughter named Luella Den’ora, who she had when she was 20. Luella's father is High Elf named Telthaen Mirakael.

Xaste’s parents are 1 Wood Elf (Father Elthanis Den’vora), and 1 Human (Tesso Tullast). She has 11 siblings, though most are half-siblings. 5 of her siblings are older than her, and the other 6 are younger.

She was born in the home of her father's good friend, Ilthuranil Talas’vanath.

Elthanis and Tesso were “together” for nearly 15 years, though they were never married, making Xaste and her brother Keilis both bastard children.

Elthanis was far too restless to stay in one place for long. His relationship with Tesso was more an arrangement of mutual attraction, respect, and convenience than a romance. When Tesso expressed her desire to find a stable partner who would stay and help raise her children, Elthanis gave her his blessing. Xaste's parents stopped seeing each other in an intimate capacity when she was 2, when her mother expressed her desire to seriously pursue and court Forvan Tullast.

Xaste doesn’t remember when her parents were together, and Keilis only remembers it a little bit. The one who remembers it the most clearly is their older half-sister Nicolett, who saw Elthanis as her primary father figure for as long as she can remember, despite his frequent absences.

Tesso died when Xaste was 9, leaving her and Keilis to be raised primarily by her stepfather, Forvan.

Elthanis stayed on good terms and in frequent contact with Tesso, sending letters and gifts, and visiting often. He had a fondness for Xaste’s younger human half-siblings. Even after her mother’s death, he would visit often, eventually taking her and her brother with him on trips, and making an effort to teach them about their Elven heritage and even took them to meet their other siblings from time to time. Their older half-sister, Nicolett, was old enough to be independent and strike out on her own by the time their mother died, and her death seemed to be the catalyst. The summer following her mother’s death, Nicolett left with Elthanis and Xaste saw very little of her after that.

Growing up, she had several friends, and her childhood was generally a happy one. Her mother’s death was the most painful part of her childhood. She started on the path to become a paladin because a fantastical being appeared before her when she was 16, and called on her to undertake a holy quest. That “holy quest” somehow got her tangled up with Telthaen Mirakael, a Lawful Evil Elf Fighter, and who happens to be  Luella’s Father, and while charming at first, he proceeded to ruin Xaste’s life, ultimately slaughtering most of her family.

Telthaen was thorough; he even tracked down and killed the few full Elf half siblings she knew, her human siblings through her mother, her only full-blooded older sibling, her stepfather, and she even got reports that he killed her younger half siblings that her father had after leaving her mother.

While she’s still not sure why she was targeted, one of the more likely explanations is a blood feud between Telthaen and Xaste’s Elven father, Elthanis.

After about a year after Luella was born, Xaste left her at a temple orphanage to be raised, and to hide her from Telthean. By the time Xaste is whisked away to Ravenloft, Luella should be about 7 years old.

## Personality

#### Personality Traits

I refuse to be a victim and refuse to let others be victimized either. I have no trust for divine beings.

#### Ideals

I’m a monster that destroys other monsters, and anything else that gets in my way.

#### Bonds

I have a child to protect and must make the world safe for them.

#### Flaws

I have no compassion for the dead. They're the lucky ones.

## Family

Father: Elthanis Den’vora. Alive.

Mother: Tesso Tullast. Deceased.

Stepfather: Forvan Tullast. Deceased.

Daughter: Luella Den’ora. Alive.

Lluella’s father: Telthaen Mirakael. Alive.

### Siblings

1st (Oldest) (Elf): Caijyre Den’vora, half-sister, about 400 years old. Alive.

2nd (Elf): Lanthas Den’vora, half-brother, about 250 years old. Deceased.

3rd (Elf): Trinaris Den’vora, half-brother, about 200 years old. Deceased.

\*Note: The 3 eldest siblings are Full-blooded Elves. Their mother was Dasyra Den’vora (originally of the Rightwing family), Elthanis’ first and only wife. Dasyra died some 150 years ago.

4th (Human): Nicollett Mithravich, half-sister. Mother’s eldest, and first bastard child. 18 years older than Xaste. Xaste hasn’t seen her in nearly 15 years. Status: unknown

5th (Half-Elf): Keilis Den’mora, full-blooded brother. Bastard. Only 3 years older than Xaste. Deceased.

6th: Xaste Den’mora

7th & 8th (Human): Gisele & Elodie Tullast, half-sisters (mother’s and stepfather’s twin daughters). 6 years younger than Xaste. Deceased.

9th (Half-Orc): Dranog Bloodbone, half-brother (Elthanis had a fling with a female Half-Orc mercenary from the Bloodbone clan). Roughly 18 years old, but the Orc heritage is strong, making him look almost 30. Alive.

10th (Half-Elf): Imlathan, half-brother. 19 years younger than Xaste. Deceased

11th (Half-Elf): Tybyrn, half-brother. 20 years younger than Xaste. Deceased

12th (youngest) (Elf): Yasnae Dinaeir, half-sister (Elthanis had an agreement with the female Drow Filzira Dinaeir to give her an heir as repayment for saving his life). Roughly 5 years old. Alive.

## See Also

* Elves
* Humans