Ziraella

Art By: @SaintCinder

**Ziraella** is a player character in MagiRPG, played by Miss Magitek. She is a half-elf drow barbarian, path of Wild Magic. Currently, she travels with Altan, Kaelyn, and Milo as part of Acq Inc's new Ten-Towns office.

## Description

### Appearance

Zira has light purple skin and deep, purple eyes. Her hair is ashen with a teal tint, it flows long on her left side to her chin while the right side of her head is shaved. A small scar can be seen on the side of her shaved hair.

She wears no armor and mainly sticks to blue clothing with leather accessories. She's never dressed appropriately for the cold, and doesn't seem to mind the freezing temperatures of Icewind Dale.

The only protective clothing she wears is a green tattered scarf that she refuses to part with and even sleeps with at night.

When raging, Zira's eyes turn a bright white and her voice changes to a more booming, forceful tone.

### Tattoos

Zira has tattoos of blue roses across her right arm, that are easy to see with her short-sleeve shirt. She also has a tattoo of eagle wings on her back.

During the campaign, Zira got an enchanted tattoo of a small bird (swallow) tattooed on her arm by Danae. This tattoo gives her

### Personality

Zira is very quiet and soft spoken. She tends to be as agreeable & friends with all members of the party, and keeps to herself often.

Zira feels a drive to exemplify her childhood hero, Drizzt Do'Urden, by standing up for those who need help - much like he did for the people of Icewind Dale. With her wild magic rage, she often conflicted in these feelings, as she sometimes feels she should find her own path rather than following down one of a hero she has never met.

## Biography

### Early Life

It's unclear where Zira was born, or where she spent her earliest years, what is known is that at a young age, she was found by Speaker Kendrick Rielsbarrow of Good Mead, who brought her back to Ten-Towns fearing for the child's safety in the unforgiving wilderness of Icewind Dale.

Kendrick, not having any children, raised and trained Zira as if she were his own daughter, teaching her how to fight and wield a two handed great sword as he did.

In her childhood in Good Mead, there were only two other children who were close to Zira's age. The three of them were very close and hung out often in the forest close to Good Mead. Zira was very close with Tarquin, a human ranger boy, and she had developed a crush on him. One day, an Owlbear had attacked the three children in the woods, and Tarquin had been seriously wounded. Angered by this, Zira went to strike the Owlbear, but her powers had reached a level she had never seen before - and became uncontrollable. The power was so strong that it further hurt Tarquin in the fight, and even pushed back their friend Jade. Traumatized by this experience, Tarquin and Jade stopped hanging out with Zira.

   In the years following, Zira became increasingly isolated in Good Mead and decided to travel outside the town more. Zira became close with Mishann, a cleric at the House of the Morning Lord in Bryn Shander, and frequently visited the town.

Growing up, Zira heard stories of the adventurer Drizzt Do’Urden and the tales of him saving the people of Ten-Towns, mostly through books and recounts by his halfling friend, Regis. She traveled through various parts of Icewind Dale that he had traversed and became increasingly familiar with the Dale. When traveling through Kelvin's Cairn, she encountered a small alcove with a piece of a green Piwafwi cloak that she believes once belonged to him, and Zira wears it everywhere she goes - she even sleeps with it.

Zira feels connected to Drizzt in an unexplainable way, in that she has a similar purpose to him. It could be a false direction, or they could actually have a connection beyond their drow heritage. Zira has a theory that Drizzt could be her father. Nonetheless, Zira feel a drive to exemplify his tales by standing up for those who need help.

### Background: Folk Hero

One night, while Speaker Kendrick was traveling to Easthaven, Good Mead was attacked by a pack of wolves. Zira, who was only a teenager, defended the people of Good Mead alongside the dwarven logger, Shandar Froth. This was one of the first times she tapped into her wild magic powers. The people of Good Mead declared her a local hero.

She also performed a service for the local Temple of Tempus in Ten-Towns. They now offer her healing and aid whenever she visits.

### Wild Magic

Zira has a strong connection to magic that she does not fully understand or control. But she strives to keep that power in check and avoid hurting innocent people with it.

## Relationships

### Altan Edenwalk

Zira has often confided in Altan for advice, as his words are often 'tough love' which she sometimes needs to hear. He also was the first person that Zira opened up to about her theorized connections with Drizzt Do'Urden, which was previously something she kept close to her chest. Altan has often been very insightful on Zira's emotions, and is usually unafraid to talk with her about her feelings when he suspects something has her down.

### Kaelyn Loara

Kaelyn and Zira share a close bond due to both having strong power in need of control. While Kaelyn has his draconic abilities, Zira has her own "wild magic" rage. Kaelyn has tried to help Zira learn to control her rage through meditation and concentration. The two of them are also sparring partners, and Kaelyn has also taught Zira to be more light on her feet, thus granting her extra movement feats.

### Milo Fernkettle

Zira and Milo have been very friendly. Unlike Kaelyn and Altan, who have often voiced their suspicions of Milo and his strange use of magic, Zira feels that there is nothing to fear with Milo and his abilities and feels the other two are being unnecessarily cautious.

### Maru

While Zira was often very quiet around the group when they had first met, Maru was the first one to open up to Zira and start conversation with her. This is something Zira really liked about him. The two of them shared a friendly rivalry on who would win Wolfie's affection, as they both were close with the wolf companion.

### Danae

While traveling to Lonelywood, the group met a woman named Danae who runs the town's main tavern. Zira immediately took a liking to Danae as she was also a tattoo artist specializing in arcane tattoos. Zira got tattoo work from her and the two had immediately hit it off. After Lonelywood was destroyed by the Frost Maiden, the party was able to save Danae from nearly freezing to death.

## Equipment and Gear

In episode 20, Maru gave Zira a new blade as a gift - a weapon called Howler. Maru said that this weapon once came to the aid of wolves in the Feywild.

This silver greatsword tingles with magical power which can unleash itself at any time. On its handle is noticeable bite marks and a hilt carved in the image of a wolf.

   Howler is a magical blade that gets '***+2'* bonus to all damage and attack rolls.**

**Sentience.** Howler is a sentient true neutral weapon with an Intelligence of 13, a Wisdom of 15, and a Charisma of 16. It has hearing and darkvision out to a range of 120 feet. Howler also has keen scent and has **advantage on all perception checks relying on scent.**

The sword can speak, read, and understand Common, and it can communicate with its wielder telepathically. Its voice is of a gravely warrior ready for combat. It knows every language you know while you’re attuned to it.

**Personality.** Howler does not think or care much about its past, always looking forward to the next battle. Howler has no allegiances or purpose; it is merely a hunter and a survivor.

### Abilities

* While most Barbarians choose to go into Rage as a bonus action, Zira does not have full control over her rage, so often she enters fights without it. However as a homebrew ruling, she's able to enter rage as a reaction to taking damage which retroactively applies her resistances to that damage provided by rage.

## Trivia

* Zira carries a field guide written by the famous halfling Regis, which has info & tales of his adventures with Drizzt in Icewind Dale.
* Miss Magitek based the character of Zira off of Ciri from The Witcher. The name "Zirealla" comes from "Zireal", which is Ciri's elven name.
* Zira is bisexual, and is romantically attracted to female and femmes.
* Tracie's playlist for Zira can be found on Spotify.

## References

1. ↑ https://youtu.be/-rTCF\_ICr3c?t=7377