Phoebe Fulgur

The Lady of Lightning

## Backstory

### Early Childhood.

Phoebe Fulgur, now a Paladin of Apsu, was born in Oppara, in the decaying empire of Taldor. Her family was a formerly prosperous noble house, esteemed due to their relationship to metallic dragons and Apsu Himself, though her family's fortunes and status had been squandered and damaged almost beyond repair. Despite these setbacks, her family tried to give her and her brothers a good life, raising them to be courageous and good people.

### Flight to Minkai.

However, their content family life was not to last, as one month after her 11th birthday, her Family's enemies moved against them, and to protect them, her parents sent her and her older brother to Minkai, him to learn arcane magic, and her to learn the way of the Scaled Fist.

As soon as they arrived in Minkai, she and her brother were separated, promising to meet each other at least once a year, with her brother heading to the capital, while she was taken to the monasteries of the Scaled Fist, seeking to emulate the Dragons that her family used to relate to.

### Training

Her training, as with most in her monastery, was thorough, instilling into her a sense of work and dedication to her cause, yet the very nature of the Scaled Fist monastery, in contrast to most of the other monk monasteries, allowed her to maintain the majority of her personality and exuberance intact, seeing how they relied more on force of personality, rather than force of will.

So, as she trained her body in the ways of the Dragons, she kept herself sharp by practicing art, finding solace in dancing, which she assimilated to her monastic training regimen, a fact her teachers encouraged, for it greatly aided her in mastering her forms, allowing her to equalize to her peers, some of whom had been training for almost their entire life.

### Last reminder of home

Despite her intense training, she was able to keep her promise to her brother, with whom she met once a year, on the anniversary of their arrival in Minkai. For Phoebe, such moments were like an ocean of calm, where she could rely on her brother's godlike patience to act as a foil for her decidedly more brash and impulsive demeanor. Furthermore, he was her last reminder of home, the land where their parents still lived in, now completely cast out, leading to their second promise: One to return to Taldor and restore their family's honor.

### Prophecy of Dismay

On the fourth year of her training, Phoebe was introduced to more advanced forms of meditation, where it was said that if one concentrated hard enough, they'd be able to see a prophecy of the future, though few, if any at all had ever reached such a level. Through a stroke of luck, (Whether good or bad remains to be seen), or Divine intervention, Phoebe saw a vision of a future during her very first session, a vision of a bleak future she has not detailed to anyone at all, but after that day, her eyes were always warier, ever watching, even if there was nothing she could do about it.

### Rise to service.

Three years after receiving that vision, Phoebe went on a pilgrimage, as most members of her monastery would, to meet with one of the metallic dragons of the area, a Bronze Great Wyrm. Residing within a massive freshwater lake, this specimen of Dragonkind was revered as a local patron by many, seeing as it protected them from the less savory supernatural creatures in the area. During the pilgrimage, each aspiring monk would present themselves to the wyrm, and It would judge them worthy or unworthy. When it was Phoebe's turn, the ancient dragon paused, deep in thought, as it asked for Phoebe's full name. Upon hearing it, the dragon immediately judged her more than worthy, raising her to become a warrior of Apsu. When asked why, the Wyrm cryptically cited family matters.

### Departure from the temple, and return to the Inner Sea

After her rise to service, she remained at the temple for two more years, finally earning her spot as a fully trained Monk, and gaining the right to wander Golarion, seeking to spread the teachings of the Scaled Fist.

With a last visit to her brother, who promised to follow her back as soon as he could, she departed from Minkai back towards Golarion to start rebuilding the name of her family, and what better way than the city host to the Starstone Cathedral?

## Appearance

Phoebe is a somewhat short girl, with long, somewhat unkempt chestnut hair, and deep, caring hazel eyes. However, her eyes are constantly surrounded by electric sparks and short bursts of lightning, intensifying as her emotions do, which means that in battle, her eyes become orbs of pure amber, inspiring fear in all her enemies.

In spite of all this, most say that her best feature is her smile, which rarely leaves her face, and gives her the appearance of an open, trustworthy individual.

Usually, she wears relatively casual clothes, more suited for warm climates, though she is an avid shopper, despite all her teachers' and her brother's efforts, and she will never say no to buying a new outfit, as long as it makes her look good.

She has a lithe, yet deceptively strong and hardy build, and although normally she lacks grace, she can dance with the best of them, or at least that's what she says.

## Personality

Generally speaking, Phoebe is a confident, charismatic woman. She's very much a people person, always eager to meet new folks, as long as they aren't evil or particularly chaotic. This, as a rule, extends to any and all sentient races, even those inherently malicious, especially if she sees they are making a legitimate effort in overcoming their nature.

Confidence wise, Phoebe is a proud girl, who will never back down from a challenge, especially if issued from the other side of a battlefield. This pride is especially tickly in regards to her strength of character and her religion, considering how few humanoids worship the Father of Dragons.

However, her personality suffers a paradigm shift the moment battle is invoked. She becomes alert, determined, and absolutely implacable. Furthermore, this 5'3" girl can intimidate grown men into submission, and if that doesn't work? she will beat that fear into them with her bare, electrified hands.

## Relationships

She's become shopping buddies with Verus and Jaci, though she feels that the latter should dress more like a guy. She's also a huge fan of Ines and his work, and hopes she's able to buy more of his fantastic creations later on.

On the alcohol side of things, she has acquired a drinking buddy, the absolute behemoth of a woman that is Hel, and is eventually hoping to beat her in a drinking competition, even if deep down she knows this might never be more than a pipe dream. She's also met the half-orc Ulgar, who Phoebe wishes to properly educate on exactly why civilization, law, and order beat out savagery, chaos, and primal impulses. Furthermore, she met Dala before her transformation, and was pleasantly surprised by the Catfolk and her strange, mechanical implants.

On the family side of things, Phoebe still loves her parents dearly, and thinks often of them, even if she can't go and help them as she currently stands. Furthermore, her brother is literally her favorite person in the world, and she'd protect him to her last breath, because even if he's older, he's not as inclined to physical confrontation as she is.

On the less amicable side of the spectrum, Phoebe despises what Taldor has become, and all the nobles within it, up to the current regent, and while she has no aspirations nor designs upon the throne, she wishes that there was a more capable government in charge.