Sofiel

“
*There is always some good in the hearts of those who do wicked things. It only takes patience and compassion to bring it out.*
”
— Sofiel.
**Sofiel Astier** is a Heavenborn Cleric participating in the quest for the Lost Mines of Colmanth.

## Description

### Appearance

Sofiel is of average height and dressed in red and white vestaments with a small leather belt, waterskin, and herb pouch on her waist. She wears a plain red hood and has a wooden dragon pendant hung around her neck on a leather string.

While an onlooker cannot see her entire head, they would notice that she has brown hair and olive skin. Her eyes have a faint golden glow around the iris, which becomes more pronounced as she is channeling healing magic.

### Personality

Sofiel prefers being able to act and help those in need rather than sit idly by and perform long and lavish ceremonies like the Divine Concord required. She hated the waste and flaunting of wealth and power by the elder priests and wanted to do good with their coin and influence.

Sofiel refuses to take or harm others as she believes that good can come from anyone if they are given the proper guidance and example. While she tries to teach any who might listen about this path of peace, Sofiel has nothing against those who are violent as it often is all they know.

## Biography

### Background

Sofiel was the oldest child in the Astier family of Siedell, which were farmers by trade. When she was born, Sofiel had a strange golden glow in her eyes and small feathers in her hair and on the back of her shoulders. Her parents brought her to the local church to see if there was some remedy for these strange conditions, however the priests told them that she was destined to spread the word of the many divines and that these were wonderous signs. Her parents, wanting to gain the approval of the local clergy, gave her to the church to serve them.

   Sofiel was then groomed to be a priest of the Divine Concord and taught about the many divines of this world. As a child, she had a natural talent for healing others and a great empathy for those who were suffering. During her time in the church, Sofiel continued to learn more about the divines and realized that the worship and sacrifice that some of these greater deities demanded was fundamentally flawed. She finally came to a breaking point when she witnessed the corruption and power struggle that defined the clergy. They worked to advance themselves rather than help those who truly needed it, and Sofiel, with this new realization, fled into the woods around Siedell to escape this system. It is in these woods that she came into contact with a small hermitage that worshipped Ceros. After learning about this deity and worshiping him, she felt a call to promote life in the world and help those in need.

    Months had passed after first encountering this group, and Sofiel had a dream about an individual who would need her help in the nearby town. She wandered around Siedell that night and encountered Gundren Rockseeker being mugged after a night of heavy drinking. Coincidentally, a tiefling by the name of Redmond de Luavac was also there to fight off the attacker. After the mugger ran when confronted with the tiefling, Sofiel looked to dress Gundren's wounds. She spent the night talking with these people as she felt a strange connection with the dwarf and especially the tiefling. Before dawn, she went back into the woods but kept thinking about this recent encounter. Later that month she had another strange vision about some peculiar artifacts that were important to Ceros. She wanted to learn more about these and ask her new dwarf friend if he might recognize any that Sofiel would describe. Upon entering the town, she noticed a caravan being formed by Gundren, which was conveniently heading towards the location of these artifacts, and the tiefling among a small group of other individuals. She offered her services on this journey as a healer, and set off to help anyone along the path and find out more about these artifacts of Ceros.

### Adventuring

Sofiel set out with the caravan in order to find out more about the strange visions she was having and help her old friend and any who might need it on her path.

## Character Information

### Abilities

* Disciple of Life: Sofiel is able to heal others more effectively. Whenever you use a spell of 1st level or higher to Restore Hit Points to a creature, the creature regains additional Hit Points equal to 2 + the spell’s level.

### Belongings

* Leather armor and priest vestments
* Assorted priest supplies
* A hand carved wooden dog icon

## Quotations

* "You should really be more careful about who you insult after drinking that much." -Sofiel treating Gundren Rockseeker's wounds after a brawl

## Appendix

Lost Mines of Colmanth PCs
**Genevieve** (Half-Elf Bard) **·** **Godric** (Human Fighter) **·** **Herbie** (Halfling Warlock) **·**
****Sofiel**** (Heavenborn Cleric) **·** **Redmond** (Hellborn Cleric)