Aurea

Aurea is an elf paladin.

## Backstory

Aurea is the third of four children, born to the headman of her settlement. She grew up in a remote elven settlement in the mountains.

In her youth she was involved in an accident that was caused by her brother. He has felt incredible guilt about it ever since. She eventually developed rivalries with her sisters, friendly rivalries, but rivalries nonetheless.

Soon after reaching adulthood, she left to go on adventures and help people in need. On her adventures, she encountered a saint of Regin, who inspired her to perfect her athletic skill. She also found an impossibly ancient goliath who slew a great beast before her. He gutted it and tore off one of its legs before he vanished. Approaching, Aurea saw something in the viscera, and investigated. She found a magical cloak, which she cleaned up and has been using ever since.

One day she heard mysterious laughter and the world around her changed. She found herself in a busy town. Almost immediately a woman was thrown out of a window. One thing led to another and she found herself being chased by a serial killer who could possess the bodies of others. She later found herself in a village trying to save a woman from a man in a mask armed with a kitchen knife. Later, she was in a camp site with a group of adventurers who were attacked by a masked man with a longsword. This lasted a year, being attacked by serial killer after serial killer. This traumatised her, and soon fighting against them became all she knew.

## With some concerning individuals

While hiding in a cabin in the woods, the world around her changed again, and she found herself in a grand hall. There was a group of individuals there, as well as a figure who looked like the serial killers she'd been fighting against.

Aurea hung about with the group, peaking their curiosity when they learned that she could cook fish with her phaethon powers. They all journeyed to another city, where they were hired by Vellig's father to kill Vellig's half-brother Kehl, who had become a serial killer. The party went into the woods where Kehl was known to live and encountered him there. The party, against Aurea's advice, went to speak with the court wizard, resulting in Kehl killing Alfred, a guard who was friendly towards them, with Lamius' own trap. The party followed Kehl's messages to a mutant hunting tower in the woods, where Kehl had planned on ambushing them. Aurea flew up the outside of the tower, so Kehl targeted her first, though he missed. During the fight, Aurea accidentally set fire to the building, and Kehl was thrown from the tower. When that didn't stop Kehl, Aurea dive bombed him from above, weakening him enough for Vellig to behead him. Aurea then claimed his knife as a trophy.

After getting their reward for dealing with Kehl, Aurea went to the library to research the stories she was trapped in, planning on killing the killers who inspired them. During this time, the idiocy of the other party members led to Kehl coming back to life as a celestial plant monster. The party was contacted by a nearby monastery afterwards and their help was requested to deal with some raiders. Aurea had two of her retainers set up base in a tavern in the city while she and her messenger went with the party. On the way, they fought duergar, and from a masked one who Aurea was unsure about, she claimed a mask and a poisoned dagger. At the monastery, they fought a number of duergar, with Aurea dealing the finishing blows to a number of them. She also channelled her god's power to obliterate a bone golem.

The party managed to find Saint Eligius, and during the ensuing events, Lamius threw him down a pit. Aurea, honouring her oath to keep him safe, dove down to rescue him. There, she saw Erichthonius before flying out. When Erichthonius killed the demigod who had come to kill him, Aurea was the only one who was able to stand her ground against the flood of blood, remaining in the ruined room when the rest of the party were scattered across the island.

## Goals

Aurea has a number of life goals. She has three main long-term ones:

* Killing serial killers.
* Becoming a Celestial.
* Get on better with these *concerning individuals* who don't listen to her advice and have stated they only keep her around to cook fish for them.

She also has a number of other, short-term goals:

* Identify the origins of the stories she was trapped in.
* Kill the dragon that terrorised the Gadegls.
* Learn the name of Kehl's knife.
* Befriend a Chupacabra.

## Trivia

* Aurea uses her sword to give her enemies a handicap, and drops it and her shield when she gets serious.
* Aurea has memorised a number of Beadudéma's sacred texts, and spends her free moments trying to learn more.
* Aurea keeps trying to make checks that require intelligence, despite being an idiot. She often tries to act smart, but is not the most competent.
* Aurea is surprisingly oblivious to Lamius' nature as a sadistic maniac.