Caelynn

## Appearance

Caelynn is a short tan to dark skinned Eladrin woman in her late teens. A big facial scar across her lips dominates her otherwise round features. Her hair is a deep almost burgundy red, her eyes a shining fiery amber color. Usually her hair is in a multitudes of simple braids to keep the curls out of her face, but she will let it down for special occasions or just put her hair into a simple ponytail when she feels save.

Her general style of clothing is black on black and generally more utility focused the only true embellishments being her elaborate ear cuffs, a nose ring and some beading in her front braids. A thing to note: She has freckles all over her body.

Other than the scar on her face another prominent feature are her tattoos of swirling dark shadow that extend from her finger tips up to her elbows.

She revealed to the rest of the party that hiding under her usually buttoned up clothes are big scars caused by creatures within Ravens Wrath.

Spring: Cherryblossom Pink hair, golden eyes, freckles shimmer like fresh dew drops (only seen during non-nightmare nights)

Summer: Crimson red hair, golden eyes, freckles that shimmer like ember (main appearance)

Autumn: ?

Winter: stark white hair, silver eyes, very light freckles that look like frost, frostbitten lips (seen during nightmares)

## General Personality

Cae seemingly picks a fight whenever her whim dictates. She generally is condescending, sarcastic and aloof...or at least that is what she wishes to portrait most of the time, as especially Pryderi and Passion/Brizzy have seen cracks in the well put together persona that show a deep caring nature to her.

Something that is however very much visible to all is her daredevil attitude and flirty nature. Someones hot? Cae will most likely hit on them and on occasion make it a friendly competition if other people are also interested. If danger is afoot you can be sure that Caelynn flings herself into it garnering style points if possible...like doing a canonball into a pool of water while fully knowing you can't swim.

Behind this facade however is a genuinely anxious and scared person. Slowly but surely she's letting the rest of the party see her anxiety and fears, a sign of her trust and comfort among the rest of them. Most of her fears seem to be coming from her time in Ravens Wrath, although her nightmares play a significant role as well.

Drunken Cae showed more facettes to her personality. She is a big hugger, seemingly enjoying physical contact a lot more than her usual demeanor would suggest. Her honesty definitely shines through the more intoxicated she gets openly offering information without the usual carefully calibrated half truths.

## Background

Cae hails from Yodroth on the continent of Okaya and has travelled here to find a person. In her childhood she helped out her mother in the local clinic by tending to the sick. During her childhood she was homeschooled in mostly practical matters as well as trained to be a cleric of the Raven Queen, keeping mostly to herself and her parents in this time.

At some part between home and Sylas, Caelynn was in Ravens Wrath for en extended period of time, almost dying around 4 different times. During her time there she met the Lich Steve and entered into an agreement with him.

## Known Facts

* Caelynn can't swim
* She refuses to run and would rather teleport or walk casually even in the face of urgency
* She is trained in mundane medicine and healing at least to a base degree
* In her childhood she has visited the Feywild before
* Her mother hails from the feywild and has told her stories about the place
* She has been in Ravens Wrath for at least 6 months months
* She has almost died previously to meeting the party (once due to mutated rabbits, another by a not-deer and two additional times)
* Cae prefers to bend the truth instead of outright lying
* Caelynn is not her true name
* Cae is pronounced missing under her true name
* Her mother is an Eladrin, her father a half-elf
* Her favorite color is "the sky on fire"
* Her goal is revenge and she knows she will die in the process
* She was lead to Sylas by following ethereal golden strings
* Cae is immune to the venom in death bees
* Cae suffers a reoccurring nightmare of being hunted by something unseen. Around 2 years ago her escape in said dreams started being thwarted by golden strings binding her keeping her from running further and causing the threat to get her
* Since Ravens Wrath Cae has been scared by animals and prefers to stay away from beasts
* Cae has not only met Steve but refers to him as her close friend/brother

## Equipment

* Longsword - The sword is an heirloom she inherited from her father
* ~~Ring of Insight - A ring found in the temple to the God of Law grants 1d4 on Insight~~ given to Milly S9 to help her sus out bullshit
* Haunted Dagger of the Knight of Oman - Contains the soul/soul fragment of Sir Elias and will grant the holder knowledge of how to be more chivalrous (pretty fucking judgy tho)
* Leather Armor - Bought after her scalemail almost got the party killed due to being so noisy
* A symbol of the Raven Queen holding her cloak
* Mirror of Possibility and corresponding label that gives example phrase "What if I was you" (stolen from Wild Walk)
* A bright yellow dress in a very girly style
* A girly nightgown in a soft pastel pink

## Relationships

### The Party

Caelynn is not the best in social situations and is very vocal about that fact. She does try her hardest to fit in and not hurt anyones feelings, but is very much still struggling. Towards Móna she openly refered to the group as her friends and that her loyalty lies with them, willing to take the fall if need be.

During Bootcamp Cae explicitly expressed her feelings of friendship towards the rest of the group and has made it clear that she cares for them (even though it is under a layer of neccessity)

### Passion/Brizi

Cae met Passion pretty early on in her journey during a Poker tournament that she utterly lost to them. Since their travel paths were aligned and both seemed to crave action and chaos they teamed up and traveled to Sylas together. The changeling is probably the closest companion Cae has in the group even if they don't exchange many words, or perhaps precisely because of this fact. Neither pries into the others business and there is a great deal of respect and mutual understanding.

After a heart to heart (Session 10) Cae and Passion patched up some of what went wrong and are starting to get closer to one another, though much is yet left to be learned. After it was revealed that Passion is destined to die Cae assured them that she would do everything in her power to not allow this. Passion checking up on her during bootcamp after the first lost sparring match distressed and touched Cae in equal measure. She most definitely appreciated the change from Brizi to Passion during the subsequent shopping trip. During the sleepover Cae definitely took note of how much Brizi kept to themselves and the little bit of information that she did give. Especially the prospect of meeting more facettes to Passion/Brizi intrigues Cae.

### Chance/Lucky

Despite what their constant bickering might suggest Caelynn thinks extremely highly of Chance and has vowed to help free him of his chains, making it very transparent that she has no love for anyone who would thrust a fate like this on a person. Added to her disdain against his fate is the fact that both like a good drink and have zero regard for their own safety as long as the story in case of survival is a fun one. After fainting at the Raven Queens temple her stance towards Chance has become an even more protective one. After Chance thoroughly chewed her out for Midnights disappearance Cae feels indebted to him, knowing she has caused him to be in trouble due to her actions took a toll on her confidence and she wants to do everything in her power to prove to him that he can trust her.

When making sure whether her hunch about Chance's blood being gold drip was correct she gave him her true name in return, letting him know she is technically a missing person under it. When Móna confronted the party Cae made it clear she was backing up Chance and when she trailed behind made it clear that Móna should not lose trust in Chance for Caelynns actions. When Cae was apprehensive about sleeping outside Chance calmed her, making sure she'd be able to rest, which she is deeply thankful for and deepened her trust in him. During sleepover Cae inquired about the names he goes by, expressing her discomfort with the name Chance, wanting to make sure that he has one that describes him and not the lamp. When prompted to pick one she settled on "Sweetheart", expressing her appreciation for his kindness towards her. In the same night she fell asleep in his arms thanks to drunken overheating, when she didnt have a nightmare that night and still dreamt it moved something in her.

### Pryderi

The constant changing of seasons without rhyme or reason in Pryderi freaks Cae out. In the mornings she can usually be found up with the bard and it is noticeably that she tiptoes around certain seasons before she relaxes a bit. There is very much the air of mentor and student about the more quiet moments of the two, especially with Pryderi having offered to teach Caelynn Sylvaen, maybe even in exchange to getting a clearer handle on his changing seasons. There is however occasionally the tension of a big age gap, like in moments where Pryderi (fairly accurately) confronts Caelynn with the fact that she does care deeply about others, despite pretending not to. Since he showed her his curse of having plants die around him in session 8 Cae has a new drive to find out what's going on and aid him in his journey to fix whatever did this to him.

When faced with how to deal with friendship issues for the first time Pryderi may not have been Caes first choice, but she definitely craved his input, being someone older and wiser in her eyes. She openly admitted that she sees him as a mentor and wants to learn more than just Sylvaen from him. When Pry revealed that he had to leave something behind when crossing from Feywild to Material Plane and Steve kept him from retrieving it Cae definitely felt concern for him and wants to help him retrieve whatever it is that was lost. First however she is set on finding out more about him.

Cae was terrified of Pryderi finding out the truth about her link to Steve and is incredibly relieved to have the full truth out now and not being judged or laughed out the room. There is a definitive weight of her shoulders now around the older Eladrin and an increased curiosity about his history.

### Milly

To Cae Milly is a little overwhelming at times. It's very clear that she hasn't been around a lot of genuinely openly and unashamedly joyful people at least in the last few years of her life and that the tabaxi takes some getting used to. That doesn't mean that Milly is an unwelcome presence though. Cae genuinely seems to cherish the more quiet moments of joy that Milly brings into her life. Despite not saying so Millys proposal of a sleepover greatly comforted Cae after the events at the Raven Queens temple. Milly is slowly becoming a good friend to Cae, giving her advice on everyday things like friendship and generally how to act.

Cae and Milly went on a quest for Millys "friend" and the two bonded a great deal more. Seeing Milly take an interest in being better at the more shady dealings they might have to take care of got a lot of respect from Cae. Knowing that Milly is a friend of Quills worries Cae a lot. She is aware of the effects a lich can have on ones life and seeing her innocent friend entangled in something like this does give a bit of a pause to her. Cae wouldnt outright judge Milly for her actions or tell her to break off the friendship, but she definitely intends to keep a special eye on the tabaxi.

### Steve

Caelynn thinks very highly of the Lich, openly referring to him interchangably as brother or friend in equal measures. As far as the party knows she tried to enter a pact with him and something overcame the ritual that neither of them quite understood or know how to control or handle yet. She doesn't seem to mind, openly stating that the outcome doesnt matter.

To her Steve is a protector and confidant, she tells him everything via makeshift prayers, unsure whether he hears her or not, understanding that their bond is vastly different from god and priest.

### Sir Elias

Despite her annoyance at the judgmental dagger Caelynn has come around to try and respect the soul of the dagger after Chance has pointed out her double standards regarding corporeal and non-corporeal beings bound to magical items. So in an attempt to fulfill the wishes of the dagger (and not have a diplomatic conflict arise should the daughter of Distian "Dick" Paran ever cross their paths again) Cae agreed to learn the ways of knighthood from Sir Elias.

### Midnight

There seems to be an unspoken respect between the two women whenever they cross paths, helped by Caelynn and Passion handing over a troublemaking harpy as their first true interaction with the former assassin. After a mysterious visit by a cloaked woman blackmailing Midnight she asked to see Cae in private, the content of said conversation only known to the two of them. When it was found out that Midnight vanished in Session 8 Cae started panicking (even though she has yet to know the extent of her guilt about this)

### Móna

Caelynn knows one thing for sure about Móna: That she doesn't know jack shit of how powerful her new employer actually is. So she keeps things straight in their private communications and contracts fearing that a lie on paper would later on result in more trouble than it's actually worth.

Móna referring to Cae has Chance's right hand gave her an odd sense of pride, though she didnt voice it. There is a great deal of respect for Móna despite her heated temperament.

### Katanya Daniels

Cae flirted with the head of the Wild Walk Armory due to their seemingly compatible personalities, but the date fell a little more flat than expected. Despite being a nice evening the relationship seems to be headed towards friendship more than anything more nsfw.

## Known Abilities and Spells

### Natural Abilities

* Darkvision up to 60ft
* Feystep of 30ft - Whenever She uses this to teleport she disappears into a few flying sparks and appears in a blaze of flame, the effect smells like standing in a field on a hot summer day
* Trance - Instead of sleeping a full 8 hours Caelynn only needs to meditate for 4. She doesnt assume any meditative position though and outwardly looks like she is taking a nap. Whether she is having one of her vivid nightmares is clearly visible via her being in the season of winter.
* Sword Fighting - Cae is very adapt with swords and other weaponry, easily able to wield the massive longsword she carries
* Cannot be put to sleep by magical means

### Spells

* Cure Wounds (Level 1) - Caelynn will clasp her hands around the effected area, her palms glowing red as the flesh mends itself back together in an unsettling manner
* Inflict Wounds (Level 1) - Caelynn simply reaches out her hands grabbing the person, causing shadows to gather and emaciate the victim causing them damage.
* Guiding Bolt (Level 1) - Caelynn clasps her hands in a prayer like gesture and flings her hand out pointing at her foe. The magic manifests with a strong smell of blood, visually reminiscent of an inverted light as it clings to the victim and exposes weak points for herself or others to exploit.
* Locate Object (Level 2) - Caelynn clasps her hands in a prayer gesture closing her eyes to concentrate on an object she wishes to locate. The air is filled with a potent smell of blood and when she opens her eyes they shimmer over black before returning to her natural state.
* Spiritual Weapon (Level 2) - With a flourish Cae summons a large intricately decorated scythe. The blade resembles an extended Raven Wing.

## Miscellaneous

* IC: Cae isnt really able to cook much for herself and seems to have no desire in changing it
* IC: Milly caught her sneaking something into her pocket and has confronted Cae about it, who was extremely evasive about the entire deal refusing to give a straight answer to any and all questions
* IC: During the vision by Rudy given to Cae and Chance Rudy pointed out that her name is an Alias. So far only Chance and Cae know about this
* IC: When Lilith spoke about the Crusades to Caelynn she visibly tensed up electing to not speak and hold her anger back.
* OOC: Caelynns Pinterest board holds folders on her unspoken feelings about all party members
* OOC: Her Spotify Playlist is one of three created for the character, the other will only be shared after an in game event and reveal

## Gallery

Cae, Steve and the Raven Queen by DMScar guide by NessRaven Queen Temple Vision by NessCae Tattoo Guide by NessCae by Lukas