Nyr Lazurite (PC)

Nyre (rhymes with fire) Lazurite grew up in the deepest known settlements of duergar but as soon as he reached adulthood he left the cave cities to join a cult-like band of wanderers (the Siblings of Dust?) who travel across the Duodom camping and living off the land modestly. His name could be spelled Nyre or Nyr.

## Physical description

#### Appearance

Nyre has a very faint grey complexion and inquisitive eyes hidden behind a circular pair of shades that allow him to withstand the flagrant light on the surface. He dresses in flowing robes and tunics consistent with the hippie aesthetic of the Siblings of Dust. He has a strong jawline. His bald head is smooth like a stone.

#### Personality

Nyre is sensitive to the pain of others, from the smallest creature to the largest tree. He believes that the natural cycle of life and death, of hunting, cultivating, and renewing are worth emulating. Sentient life has attained consciousness and a new way of living that minimizes unnecessary suffering and this is by Nature's design. Still he shuns the comfort of large human settlements. He thinks that a healthier way of life would not involve permanant settlement, but rather permaculture and travelling with the seasons and relying on foraging and hunting.

The difficulties in Egemor and some of the struggles he encountered in his wanderings have made him pretty anxious and vigilant, which he tries to hide by appearing chill on the surface. He always wanted to be someoneelse all his life. He didn't really feel at home underground, and though he felt some belonging with the Siblings of Dust, he may only have obeyed some of their more irrational teachings to conform. This desire to transform really made sense once he explored druid magic.

Many of his beliefs and in line with Siblings of Dust.

The Code of Dust (moral code of the Siblings of Dust)

1. Be like the dust
2. Go where the wind takes you
3. Live off the land
4. Leave the land more bountiful than when you arrived
5. Protect the land
6. Don't speak anger or sadness
7. Dust does not mingle (vaguely abstinence)

Nyre tries to strictly follow the Code of Dust, and sometimes he follows it so blindly that he almost verges on spiritual bypassing.

Deep down he believes that listening to our own natural instincts is the best way. Striving to consume more, and being convinced that your own ideas are best are both dangerous pitfalls. Uncertainty is as important as faith. He gains this insight when he feels more disillusioned with the Code of Dust.

#### Backstory

Though Nyre was raised deep in Egemor, he found it really depressing because of the looming shadow of the Empire Civil War's legacy. He feels that so many inhabitants would dwell on how much was destroyed or changed. In his youth he would spend lots of time with friends in the desert who he met when helping with trade caravans.

After several trade missions he met a mysterious band of wanderers named the Siblings of Dust. Once he gained their trust they performed a ritual to welcome him into the fold, and introduced him to the Great Cactus. He feels a connection to the Great Cactus which lives in the deserts near Egemor. The Great Cactus gave him a small potted cactus to raise which represents their connection.

The person he is closest to in the Siblings of Dust is Uram of the Sands, an Orc druid whose magic is connected to the desert. Uram helped Nyre discover his own druidic magic. Nyr is less spell focused than Uram, and focused on powers of Wild shape. The first animal form that Nyre took was a desert armadillo (possibly?)

Nyre has a reoccurring nightmare where he is with friends though he can't quite fathom who they are specifically. From the darkness indiscernable specters attack and they are all routed and separated. While he does have an interest in adventuring he often doubts that he is brave enough.

Just before Nyre met the adventuring party, he arrived at the corresponding town with the Siblings of Dust. He broke with tradition and snuck out one night to a tavern and drank too much. He passed out and woke up in the streets the next morning. The nomads and their caravan were nowhere to be seen. He doesn't know if something bad happened to them, or if they abandoned him. He really does not think that his friends would have abandoned him, especially Uram.

##### Q & A

1. **What made you be the class that you are? Why did you choose it? Was it chosen for you?** Nyre never quite felt like he belonged in Egemor. He was always interested in the surface world and the desert, and had many pets and mushroom gardens when he was underground. When he joined the Siblings of Dust, one of them (Uram of the Sands) helped him realize he had a Druid's gifts, and taught him how to grow his power.
2. **Who are or were your parents? Their occupations, personality traits, something unique?** Nyre never knew who his parents were but was raised by his grandmother, along with his two brothers and one sister. They lived on a mushroom farm with an overgrown but cosy cavehouse. There was something that felt lonely about that place.
3. **How is your love life? Do you have someone? Are you lucky in love or very much not? What are your goals for the future?** Nyre is the equivalent age of a 30 year old human. Most of his adulthood he followed the vague rules of the Siblings of Dust. Most of them believed that the moral code prescribed celibacy and he tried to follow that but struggled. There were two times where he fell in love and had brief romantic relationships while passing through different villages. He often thinks of his second relationship with Fili. Fili was a male duergar minstrel who was on a summer music tour when they happened to meet and have a brief romance. He does not feel guilty at all for possibly breaking the Code of Dust in this way. How do they even know that the Code really was prescribing abstinence, it could be a misinterpretation.
4. **Besides adventuring - what are you hobbies and interests?** Cactus cultivation, the surface world, herbalism, ecology, permaculture, obscure religions, meditation, camping. He cultivated a lot of hobbies with the Siblings of Dust, though he sort of feels like a jack of all trades and a master of none.
5. **What are the strongest relationships you have?** He does correspondence like falconry with his sister who he was closest with. They try to keep each other updated on their day to day lives. She lives in Egemor in a very typical way of life deep underground and they love to trade storeis in letters about their highly contrasting life and adventures.
6. **What is your dream/goal that propels you? What would you like to achieve before you die?** Nyre wants to have seen as much of the surface world as possible. Part of him wants to stay wandering forever but in solitary moments he fears he is running away from something but he does not know what. Sometimes he wishes he would finally find a place he could find home. He has encountered a lot of wanton destruction of nature and this saddens him. He will seek out dangerous adventures to prevent unneccessary suffering and protect innocent living things and maintain the balance of nature.