Aoife

Aoife was a player character in Campaign One, a member of the Daybreakers, and the godchild of Mother Tree.

## History

### Early Life

Aoife was born in 8:59 Imperial, in the midst of the siege of Keldoon. The Moon King had set his newly-created Siege Castle, as well as his army of silver knights led by the Hate Knight Illustrex, upon the forest city of Keldoon. With the invading army fast approaching, and little hope of survival, the forest god of Keldoon, Mother Tree, created a child, into which all of her powers were transferred. This godling was the infant Aoife. Aoife was entrusted to Mills Boulderstride, the young king of the united clans of Hobb. He fled with her from Keldoon just as the gates were overrun by the Moon King's forces.

### Hobb

Aoife was raised in Hobb as Mills' ward, where she learned the arts of magic, medicine, and combat. For a decade, Hobb fought a losing war on two fronts, the Moon King approaching from the south and the Javarran Archmage from the south. When Aoife was 16, this conflict came to a head. The exiled queen of Casmir, Helenah Casmiri, accompanied by the ex-assassin Wulfric Silvertongue arrived to warn the city of a final invasion force, the combined forces of the Archmage Raven and the Moon King. Mills made Aoife flee the city with Helenah and Wulfric. This would be last time she saw Mills in this lifetime, as the city was overwhelmed shortly thereafter.

### Hiding

Aoife fled the destruction of Hobb with Queen Helenah and Wulfric Silvertongue. Only days after their escape, Helenah went into labor, and Wulfric's former apprentice, Murder-And-Receive-Coin caught up with him. Aoife delivered Helenah's baby while Wulfric dueled the new guildmaster. Helenah died in childbirth and Wulfric was slain, leaving Aoife alone with the infant Adrasteia Casmiri.

### Death

Aoife lived in hiding for two years with the child heir to the Casmiri throne. However, her desire to search for Mills Boulderstride eventually became too strong to resist, and she found a family to take care of Adrasteia. She returned to the fields of Hobb, but was overcome by the servitors of the Siege Castle, just as Mills had been before her.

### Revival

Aoife awoke nearly a century later, severely weakened and with no memories, alongside the similarly-weakened Helenah Casmiri, Wulfric Silvertongue, Adrasteia Casmiri, Raven, and Mills Boulderstride. They were informed by the witch Tabitha Ettergrave that they had been summoned as shades to help overthrow the Moon King, who still reigned after one hundred years. After seeing the devastated state of the kingdom, the six agreed, and set out to recover the fragments of the Moon King's power entrusted to his lieutenants.

### Daybreakers

The Daybreakers, as the six would become known, travelled to each of the five cities of the Moon King, defeating the Moon King's lieutenants and regaining their power and memories. Aoife gradually regained the knowledge of her past life, her relationships with the other Daybreakers, and her status as a godling.

The Daybreaker's campaign ended in final siege of Casmir, where they stormed the Lunar Palace, defeated the Moon King, and shattered the Intruder Moon in an event known as Moonfall. She emerged from the rubble of the cataclysm as a savior of the world.

### Later Life

Aoife returned to Keldoon and took her place as a leader, assisting with the rebuilding of the long-abandoned city. Her nascent godling powers began to manifest, and she became known as the Revered Mother of Keldoon-- not yet a god, but not fully human.

## Personality

Aoife was the youngest of the Daybreakers, and often proved the moral center of the group. Optimistic and cheerful, she held empathy for all life and had a strong sense of justice. She had a strong affinity for the natural world, and bonded with several animal companions on her journey, including Dinner the rat and Sweet George the mule. Her strong morals often put her at odds with the more pragmatic members of the Daybreakers, particularly Raven.

## Powers and Equipment

Aoife was a powerful druid, and could transform into the forms of animals great and small. She was a talented healer and gifted in magical and mundane medicine.

Aoife wore painted Keldonese plate armor and wielded the magical sword Eschaton, although she more frequently relied on her magic in combat.