Shavri Maren

## History

Shavri was born in the 56th Year of Peace, the ninth child of Gedal Maren and Megnil Takkost. Her father, a half-orc cleric of Gozreh, held a deep-seated faith that the wilds would provide - and so they had, from the day 16 years prior when he started construction on the homestead he planned to share with his new, human wife, to the date of Shavri's birth, through her childhood, and beyond.

Shavri was a rough-and tumble youth, with a strong bond with nature, an almost instinctive call on the magic of the natural world, and most importantly, the ability to see spirits. When Shavri turned 15, her parents could no longer deny that she needed proper training, and sent her to learn under the shaman of a nearby orc clan, Kruzne Desuak, alongside her elder sister, Kinci.

The next ten years of Shavri's life were spent competing against Kinci in rigorous, and often brutal, training. Kruzne constantly reminded both of her students that, at the end, only one of the girls could truly be her apprentice, and that she would only be keeping the one that proved her worth. Shavri learned a great deal in these years, in regards to how to speak with the spirits and perform shamanistic magic. She also learned how to sleep with one eye open, as both Kruzne and Kinci would make several attempts on her life over these years.

At the age of 25, after more fratricide attempts than she would care to even try to count, Shavri accepted that she would never surpass Kinci in Kruzne's eyes as a suitable apprentice, and more importantly, she didn't *want* to. She fled into the night, setting her destination as the one place she knew that Kruzne and Kinci would never find her: the large city of Akasa Kas.

In the year she spent traveling on her own, she found an orphaned wolf pup, which she named Zangi, who has become her ever-present companion. She also purchased a mule, which she named Megra, from a traveling band of traders.

## Appearance

Shavri is a young woman of fairly average stature. Her musculature is more in line with a human than a half-orc, but her green skin and tusks prove her heritage. She keeps her red hair trimmed short.

A bow and quiver are a constant presence on her back, and a coal-furred, blue eyed wolf walks in her shadow.

## Personality

Shavri is whip-smart and extremely perceptive. She clearly prefers the company of animals over other people, but is capable of getting along with people quite well when necessary.

She does have an odd tendency to speak to Zangi as though the wolf were a person rather than an animal, holding entire, seemingly one-sided conversations with the pup. (Persons with the ability to speak to animals would be able to follow both sides of the conversation and back up Shavri's insistence that she's not crazy.)

## Relationships

Father: Gedal Maren, half-orc cleric of Gozreh, age 60

Mother: Megnil Takkost, human artisan, age 60

Brothers:

* Zeg Maren, half-orc wilderness guide, age 41
* Gaut Maren, half-orc alchemist, age 39
* Dake Maren, half-orc artisan, age 35
* Zedri Maren, half-orc artisan, age 23

Sisters:

* Beghu Maren, half-orc soldier, age 40
* Tajki Maren, half-orc cleric of Gozreh, age 31
* Cuolno Maren, half-orc adventurer (fighter), age 30
* Kinci Maren, half-orc shaman, age 29 [note: hostile relationship]
* Wolain Maren, half-orc artisan, age 27

## Aspirations

Shavri aspires to learn more about the spirits and shamanism (preferably through her own studies but she would accept a teacher, so long as that teacher is not an orc). She also aspires to guide Zangi as the pup grows up, and to learn more of the druidic magic awakened in her in her travels.