Imogen Lynn

Imogen Ashe Lynn is one of the three chaplains at the Three Rivers Guild. Despite being an avowed follower of Pfordin, the much-feared God of Trickery, Gen is known for her bright and friendly demeanor. She is passionate about caring for the mental and spiritual well-being of the guild members, but she is also prone to sudden trips away from the guild when she is called by Pfordin.

## Contents

* Appearance
* Family and Early Life
* Relationship with Pfordin
* Adventures with the Three Rivers Guild
	+ The Believer
	+ The Temple of Pfordin
	+ The Howling Wilds
* Trivia

## Appearance

Flirting with 7 feet tall, Imogen tends to stand out in a crowd. What's more, her classical dark elf features are a rarity in Garamond and earn her quite a few impolite stares from those unaccustomed to pale skin and nearly-translucent hair. If Gen knows that she is a spectacle, she doesn't let on, preferring to approach most situations with a smile.

Imogen tends to lean towards a more feminine style, with a strong preference for pastels. Due to her sensitivity to the sun, she tends to wear clothes that cover most of her skin, often opting for a cloak with a hood or, on the rare occasion, a fancy sun hat. Her cloak is fastened with a brooch of a cute fish which can rotate in on itself to reveal a symbol of Pfordin: a small fish, mouth open impossibly wide to devour a larger one.

## Family and Early Life

Imogen was raised in the countryside outside of Garamond by Nessa and Oliver Lynn, along with her maternal grandparents and her paternal grandmother, Alaura "Nonni" Lynn. Her paternal grandfather, Oleg Lynn, passed away when she was 15.

Despite having lived her entire life on the surface, Imogen has strong ties to dark elf culture through her mother's side of the family. Her maternal grandparents, both professional Storytellers, made certain she was well-educated in dark elf history and legend. Her mother made it a point to bring her on trips to the caves at least once a year, insisting that she remain connected to her family there. Despite her family's best efforts, Gen's knowledge of the dark elf language is just...sufficient.

Things were a bit more unconventional on her father's side. Nonni, a firebrand with a penchant for bucking authority, was banished from the caves long ago after many clashes with the leaders of the community over rules she found to be overly restrictive. Oleg, on the other hand, was a soft-spoken man from E'Shara, who left the forest in order to marry his first wife, a human named Seri. After she died, Oleg met Alaura, and despite their contrasting personalities, they found they had a lot in common, having both left their elven societies behind. Together, Oleg and Alaura founded Lynn Brewery, and there they raised their three children: Gideon, Boyd, and Oliver.

In addition, Imogen has a few "cousins", a term used to refer to unspecified distant relations as well as friends of the family, who live on the surface with whom she has some regular contact. Fionn and Rebecka Herald live in Newinter. They are children of a Storyteller who studied with Gen's maternal grandparents. Due to his work recording dark elf oral history and legends, Fionn often visits the Lynn household to learn from Gen's grandparents. Imogen is also related to Zinnia Freeman, better known as the enigmatic Witch of the Southern Hartlands. Zinnia is generally quite reclusive, preferring to spend her time alone with her experiments with the photosynthetic microbes taken from the dark elf caves. One of Zinnia's inventions can be seen in Lynn Brewery: the small stained glass window in the back of the bar is actually a thin tank of microbes capable of converting sunlight into small amounts of electricity.

## Relationship with Pfordin

Around the age of 17, Imogen began to hear a voice calling her to leave her home behind and travel into the city. Being a rather anxious child and reluctant to put herself in danger, Genna tried to ignore the voice, even when it had become obvious that it was in fact the voice of the Muse, Pfordin.

One night, however, after almost 12 years of steadfastly refusing to consider a life of adventure, Gen found herself in the position to save a child who had gotten lost in the Midnight Shade, with the aid of a massive display of Pfordin's powers. Having seen the good she could potentially do, Imogen finally agreed to become a follower of Pfordin outright. Before she left home, Nonni gifted her with a metal brooch: a simple, cute fish which could rotate and fold in on itself to become Pfordin's holy symbol, a small fish opening its mouth impossibly wide to devour a larger one. Gen has had her suspicions that Nonni may have some connection to Pfordin as well, but the two have never discussed it explicitly.

No one is privy to the exact nature of Imogen's conversations with the divine, but if her facial expressions are anything to go by, it's not always the most harmonious experience. Nevertheless, as time has gone on Genna has seemed to increasingly embrace Pfordin's teachings. She speaks of the importance of a bit of chaos to catalyze change, and the value of trickery carefully applied to achieve learning and growth. Still, in a culture where Pfordin is often feared and reviled as the bearer of misfortune, it's hard for many to see why an incurable do-gooder like Gen would be in league with such a dark and contentious power.

## Adventures with the Three Rivers Guild

### The Believer

Shortly after Imogen joined the guild, she discovered that a biological tinker with the guild, Mimi Khanna, was hiding mysterious creature known as a Believer in her lab. Mimi had hoped to use the creature's shapeshifting abilities to create weaponry, and to that end, she had subjected the creature to a series of torturous experiments. What's more, in order to feed the creature's insatiable appetite, Mimi had been giving it the guild's horses and, when those ran out, the guild members themselves. Mimi coerced two guild members to keep her secret: her brother Fran and Gregg, a bereaved father who blamed the guild for his son's death.

With the help of other guild members, especially her new friend Quinn, Imogen was able to discover the plot and save the creature. Despite Mimi's torture and brainwashing to convince the creature that it was a weapon, Imogen's calming presence and belief in the creature's inherent goodness empowered it to break from Mimi's influence and escape. There's a rumor that Imogen knows where it is now, but if she does, she has kept the secret.

After this incident, concerned with how Gregg's grief was manipulated, Genna insisted that more attention be paid to the mental state of the guild members. Through her efforts, the guild chaplaincy office was born.

### The Temple of Pfordin

A few months into Imogen's time at the guild, a woman showed up at the guild branded with the symbol of Pfordin.

## Trivia

* Imogen frequently goes by "Gen" or "Genna" but never "Genny". Only Nonni is allowed to use that nickname.
* The middle and last names Ashe Lynn are a reference to a character named Aisling who served as inspiration for Imogen. Aisling was also a tall cleric with trickster tendencies who was part of a one-shot campaign that took place in an alternate universe.
* Imogen has a house plant which is inexplicably named "The Viceroy".
* Despite the fact that her parents own a brewery, Gen can't stand the taste of beer.