Kalza Palod

**Kalza Palod** is a tiefling necromancer. She is played by Cam.

Demonika/Monika Fernbloom (Birth / Dead name)

Judgement (father, adoptive)

Aetnon (brother, adoptive)

Hymn (sister, adoptive)

Lara Fernbloom (birth mother)

Cain Fernbloom (birth father)

## Description

### Appearance

Kalza is a small tiefling with vitiligo patches of burgundy and cyan and medium sized horns arching backwards. Her dark purple hair is actually natural in hue, but Kalza does wear eyeliner and mascara. She has two lobe piercings in her right ear, three lobe piercings and an ear cuff on her left ear, a nostril stud on the left side, a labret piercing, and a bellybutton piercing on her lower half of her navel. Being a necromancer, she typically wears dark colors and always wears a necklace with an amethyst pendant. Typical of tieflings, her piercing jewelry, ear cuff, rings, and tail cuff are gold.

Kalza's outfits and the way she wears her hair is constantly changing. Before journeying to Tolkulthol, she wore a black romper with a belt and purple thigh highs and brown traveling boots. She kept her hair in a ponytail with the hair in front of her ears kept with clips. When they got to Tolkulthol, she wore a grey fur-lined cloak, a black turtleneck and fleece-lined leggings and brown snow shoes. She kept her hair in a long braid and wore pink earmuffs and gloves. Currently, in Currana, she wears a navy blue and black dress, matching thigh highs, and black boots. Her hair is kept with half in a bun and the rest falling as a ponytail. The hair in front of her ears is clipped back onto the bun in a traditionally Chinese inspired style.

### Personality

Kalza has a fiery personality. She is quick to judge people and has her walls that she only takes down for the people who prove that they are worth her time. She doesn't know when to give up and will keep going until she's unable to. Her arrogant personality really shines when she's being put in a position of power below others, especially if they are one of the more accepted races in Everrise.

## Biography

### Background

A tiefling born to humans in the small farming town of Hollyhead named Demonika "Monika" Fernbloom spent her childhood being ignored and outcasted. When she was 17, she was thrown out by her parents. Wandering the streets alone and scared, Judgement found Monika wandering the streets. The older tiefling took her back to Reunion and his wife, Orilith. There with Orilith, Monika is renamed to Kalza, meaning "a new hope" in Infernal. Under Orilith's guidance, she learns necromancy and gravekeeping. Kalza herself chooses the surname Palod for herself, which means "the search ends when love is found," in Infernal. After being persuaded to go out and see the world by  Orilith, Kalza set out to see the world. While travelling by a forest, she meets Alavara, who she starts travelling with and eventually forms a romantic relationship.

### Reunion

After coming to Reunion and learning the village's culture, Kalza began working as an apprentice for Orilith and learning the ways of a gravekeeper. The vitiligo splotch on Kalza's neck had the village convinced that Kalza was the new Black Guardian. After being given a significant role in the village as the Black Guardian, Kalza began to see herself as better than other non-tieflings and her depression morphed into anger towards the greater society. Being involved in the cult like culture of Reunion, Kalza's views towards death and justice are completely different and twisted into some darker ways of thinking.

After spending some time in Reunion, Orilith convinced Kalza to leave and go adventure the world. Not only did Orilith want Kalza to see the world, but she also wanted Kalza to learn about the other cultures and races of Everrise to try and make her have a better view of other people.

### The Adventurer's Guild

Her travels led to her meeting Alavara. The two began a friendship that became a romantic relationship. The two's travels led them to a small farm town where they met the rest of the group in a tavern. There, the group combined their efforts and defeated a Wendigo. After this event, the group made their way to Elmstone to be officially inducted into the Adventurer's Guild and to be given their mission from Her Exalted Majesty and Barchibald in order to free the Godslost.

## Relationships

### Alavara ("Ally")

Kalza's first love and current girlfriend. While Ally is more stoic, Kalza is more fiery. Their relationship compliments each other's personalities but it also adds to the trouble they get into.

### Orilith ("Mama")

Kalza's adoptive mother. She is the kind and gentle mother figure that Kalza craved so much growing up. Orilith is extremely protective of Kalza, especially since she taught Kalza everything regarding gravekeeping, necromancy, and death.

### Judgement ("Papa")

Kalza's adoptive father. He was going to the nearby town to exchange goods and found a scared Kalza out in the cold. He was able to convince the young Kalza to return home with him where she could fit in with other tieflings in Reunion.

### Hymn

Kalza's bashful older adoptive sister. The two are the Guardians of Death in Reunion, with Kalza being the Black Guardian and Hymn being the White Guardian. Hymn runs from her duties in regards to death but Kalza embraces them.

### Saphir

The first person in the party that Kalza befriended besides Ally. Kalza taught Saphir how to use magic and it was how the two were able to bond, other than being members of outcasted races. Kalza has helped Saphir research the fey to try and find information about his parents.

### Clairen Longridge

A human that proved herself worthy of Kalza's time. Kalza and Clairen have become friends and have bonded over magic and their mutual sapphic tendencies. Kalza is unaware of the relationship Sorithyn and Rylee have with Clairen.

### Sorithyn Tolkuthol

Kalza is generally very distrusting of Sorithyn and despises being viewed as below her by other people when she reveals her Ahk status. Kalza believes that Sorithyn would bretray the group in a heartbeat if it meant a gain for Tolkulthol.

### Rylee Puddlefoot

Kalza generally distrusts Rylee because of her relationship with Sorithyn. If it was not for that, Kalza believes that Rylee needs to stop trying so hard and let people do things on their own terms.

## Character Information

**STRENGTH**

+0

10

**DEXTERITY**

+1

13

**CONSTITUTION**

+1

13

**INTELLIGENCE**

+3

17

**WISDOM**

+2

14

**CHARISMA**

+0

10

### Notable Items

#### Current Items

* Spellguard Shield
* Amberwrought Orb
* Lens of Truth
* Periapt of Health
* Scythe
* Spellbook
* Wand of Predatory Night

### Abilities

Unless otherwise noted, the following abilities are assumed from the standard *Dungeons & Dragons* materials:

#### Feats

* Keen Mind
* Magic Initiate (Cleric)

#### Tiefling Abilities

* Darkvision
* Hellish Resistance
* Infernal Legacy

#### Wizard Abilities

* Arcane Recovery (5 slot levels)
* Arcane Tradition (Necromancy)
	+ Necromancy Savant
	+ Grim Harvest
	+ Undead Thralls
* Proficiencies (Arcana, History)
* Ritual Casting
* Spellcasting (Intelligence)

#### Wizard Spells

As an 9th-level wizard, Kalza knows five cantrips, plus two from the Magic Initiate feat. She can prepare up to 14 spells per day.

Her spellbook currently contains:

##### Cantrips

* Chill Touch
* Guidance (from Magic Initiate)
* Poison Spray
* Spare the Dying (from Magic Initiate)
* Thaumaturgy
* Toll the Dead
* True Strike

##### 1st-Level

* Burning Hands
* Cause Fear
* Comprehend Languages (Ritual)
* Detect Magic (Ritual)
* Disguise Self
* False Life
* Floating Disk (Ritual)
* Ice Knife
* Identify (Ritual)
* Inflict Wounds (from Magic Initiate)
* Mage Armor
* Magic Missile
* Ray of Sickness
* Sleep
* Witch Bolt

##### 2nd-Level

* Darkness (from Infernal Legacy)
* Hellish Rebuke (from Infernal Legacy)
* Acid Arrow
* Blindness/Deafness
* Cloud of Daggers
* Crown of Madness
* Detect Thoughts
* Enlarge/Reduce
* Gentle Repose (Ritual)
* Invisibility
* Melf’s Acid Arrow
* Ray of Enfeeblement
* See Invisibility

##### 3rd-Level

* Animate Dead
* Bestow Curse
* Counterspell
* Dispel Magic
* Fear
* Feign Death (Ritual)
* Life Transference
* Magic Circle
* Remove Curse
* Tongues
* Vampiric Touch
* Water Breathing (Ritual)

##### 4th-Level

* Arcane Eye
* Black Tentacles
* Blight
* Confusion
* Ice Storm
* Phantasmal Killer
* Sickening Radiance
* Stoneskin
* Wall of Fire

##### 5th-Level

* Danse Macabre
* Enervation
* Far Step
* Hold Monster
* Negative Energy Flood
* Rary's Telepathic Bond (Ritual)
* Synaptic Static
* Telepathic Bond (Ritual)

## Quotations

* "Is that a weed?" (asking Rylee if a leaf on her staff was a drug)
* "Remember that a queen only lasts for a moment in the grand scheme of things, but death is eternal." - A conversation between Sorithyn and Kalza where Kalza tries to tell Sorithyn her feelings of annoyance towards her.

## Trivia

Kalza is coded as being ethnically Asian, Chinese specifically.

## External Links

* Kalza's Character Sheet on DnD Beyond
* Kalza's Playlist on Spotify