Irelyn

A half elf life domain cleric in service to the goddess Selune.

General Information

Irelyn Sylstina Ophriya is twenty four years old and at the beginning of the story a wandering cleric performing miracles of healing for the citizens of the kingdoms she happened to be passing through. She is a woman and her pronouns are she/her/hers. Despite her noble quest Irelyn was met with hostility and hatred due to the fact that she is a half-elf meaning she did not belong to the human race or the elf race. This left her stuck and feeling alone in the world.

Appearance

She is the average height of a woman standing at five feet four inches. She has long hip length black hair which is curly in texture, she usually wears this in a half up half down hairstyle or in a braided hairstyle. She has elf like ears which are not as long as a true elf's ear but still more pointed than a human's. Her eyes are a brilliant turquoise color, her father having that same eye color. She has a slender figure like that of an elf.

Personality

Irelyn is a kindhearted. Her name means beautiful soul and she lives up to this name. She treats all with respect and does her best to help everyone she meets. With this kindhearted nature also comes a distance. She will not reveal anything about herself or her past. She doesn't allow herself to get close to people for fear of getting hurt. Once she does get close to a person she is extremely loyal to them. She would go through any trial, take on any pain to make sure that they are alright. With this selfless nature she tends to neglect herself often resulting in self hatred as well as an explosion of emotions when she's alone.

Family

Her mother is an elf named Sylstina Lidre. Her father was a human named Eikhar Ophriya. They met at a tavern during a night of drinking. This resulted in a drunken night which resulted in Systina being pregnant. She was disgusted by the fact that the child she was carrying is a half-elf, having despised half-elves her entire life. She was exiled from elven society until she gave birth to Irelyn leaving her on the doorstep of Eikhar's tavern with a note explaining that she was his child and that she wanted nothing to do with her. Eikhar at first was surprised and quite scared not prepared at all for fatherhood, however, he grew to love being a father.

Backstory

0-10

After being abandoned by her mother and given to her father, they soon learned she was a half-elf as her ears began to grow in. The village wanted her father to get rid of her, them being intolerant of elves and highly intolerant of half-elves. Her father refused to get rid of her but, as a compromise made a promise to the villagers that he would never teach her elvish customs and traditions. He did, however, secretly teach her elvish as a way of giving her some of her elven heritage and in case she wanted to seek out the elves in the future but he made her promise to never speak it with anyone but him. He was a doting and loving father and gave Irelyn as happy of a childhood as he could, having her help him run the tavern/inn that he owned and operated. When she wasn’t with her father, her childhood wasn’t as happy. The children of the village shunned and bullied her, the adults encouraged their children to act like that, even joining in the harassment at times. Her father knew of this, but every time he tried to stop it they found another way. He was the only one in the village who was kind to her. Irelyn and her father had an extremely strong bond, yes they got into the occasional spat but they always made up. She adored and looked up to her father but would often wonder about her mother, who is she? Why isn’t she here? Her father always avoided the subject, not wanting Irelyn to know that she was an unwanted child. Soon she discovered the note that had been left with her as a baby and her and her father had a huge falling out. Then, something terrible happened. She grew up in a pretty remote but wealthy village and so it was the target of a dastardly plot. Two bandit gangs banded together to raid the village, they looted every building including the tavern. Her father told Irelyn to hide and he hid her under the floorboards. She had to watch as her father was murdered and her home was ransacked. Then once they left and had looted all the houses, they set the village ablaze. Irelyn nearly died from smoke inhalation but she managed to free herself. Guards from a nearby town found her lying in front of where her home once stood, half dead and alone. She was the only survivor.

10-18

She was taken to the church to live and worship the goddess Selune. She had to be cared for but even once she was healed physically and mentally she would never fully heal. For months she didn’t speak, she couldn’t bring herself to do anything but sit and stare blankly at a wall. With time and a newfound faith, she began slowly healing from what had happened but she was still filled with regret. Before, she had hated her father for a bit for not telling her about her mother’s note. She was wracked with guilt from the harsh words she had said and also hated herself for what she was. She hated being a half-elf, she hated not fitting in with humans. After eight years of being trained in the clerical arts and becoming her own person, she decided that if the humans would not accept her, then maybe the elves would. She knew elvish and still was fluent in it so she set off in search of her mother. When she got to where her mother was from Annohania she was immediately sent away, not wanting anything to do with her. They refused to allow her to see her mother and refused to help her learn about anything related to the elves. She now hit an all-time low. She had hoped the elves would accept her, now, she had no hope at all of being excepted.

18-24

Being abandoned by the elves and humans she didn’t know what to do or where to go. The only thing keeping her going was her faith and strong connection with the goddess Selune and so she for the next six years wandered the continent performing healing works on people hoping that would make someone, anyone welcome her with kindness. This was not the case. She was often cast out as soon as she was done healing, no one lent her a helping hand. No one trusted her, no one cared about her. After being kidnapped by the king of Haia and forced to heal his daughter. She was unable to heal her fully and had to run from the palace. She ran throughout the capital city until she ran into a travelling caravan. Not having many options she joined them and this is where she met Brian, Liathana, Nevishar and Ryan.

LOL She's DEAD!!