Alexandra Fel'Ryth

Alexandra Fel'Ryth, prior to adventuring

Alexandra Fel'Ryth is the youngest Acadamus Minoris ever appointed at the Rhetoricus Kier, widely considered to a prodigy in the field of history. As an adventurer, she was a founding member of the Shardbearers and the Untethered adventuring guilds. Her address to the Polity in the aftermath of Lysira Aeowyth's destruction of the Relicium was influential in persuading the nation of Kier to join the alliance.

## Early Life

Fel'Ryth was born in Kier, the daughter of Olympia Fel'Sorna and Philip Diel'Ryth, both Sage Majoris of the Sanguis Draconis and the Relicium respectively. Intelligent and stubborn, Fel'Ryth was inspired by the human academics of the neighbouring kingdoms to throw herself into studies, confident that she could complete her studies at a similar pace if she put her mind to it. She studied at the Rhetor Historicus under Sage Majoris Dannyl Averie, though also took a number of classes in wizardry; her hobbies included fencing and trashy romance novels.

## Academic Career

Fel'Ryth graduated from the Rhetor Historicus in 238 AT and immediately applied for post-graduate studies, for which she was accepted. Writing her thesis on the customs of the orcs of Karn Hur, a topic chosen in spite of her parents' suggestions to focus on elven or draconic history, she became the youngest person ever appointed Acadamus Minoris in 241 AT, and took on a teaching position at the Rhetor Historicus. After publishing one book and a number of essays on the history of various cultures, she decided at the suggestion of her father to take a sabbatical to explore the world, as is elven tradition, and travelled south to Jenstead in order to see the sights of the Gildwoods.

## Adventuring Career

While in Jenstead, Fel'Ryth was contracted by the local military presence to track down a camp of deserting bandits in the Gildwoods, alongside adventurers Zenrin, Welby Tosscobble, Barakus, and Thargrim Steiner. The group subsequently made their way north to Kist's Halt, travelling with a caravan of civilians including Cealer Phratis, a student at the University of Septa who was researching the magical botany of the Gildwoods. Fel'Ryth and Phratis bonded over research and an interest in magic, and the two became close. The group was kidnapped en route to Kist's Halt by an unidentified cult of Algabar, from which the group eventually escaped, suffering only a few casualties.

In the company of Anton Calicos, a travelling musician and storyteller, the group were hired by Knight-Captain Rikard Elbith to investigate, and ultimately shut down, a criminal organisation led by Khivar Molla. While investigating what she believed to be related activity in the town's sewers, Fel'Ryth encountered the cult of Algabar once more, and pursued their presumed leader, Zeaky, through a closing teleportation circle, after Zeaky killed Barakus in front of her. Barely surviving the dangerous trip through the wealm, Fel'Ryth killed Zeaky and escaped from the cult's base of operations in the company of Marcus Cassius Cato, a military officer from Avum who was hunting cult presence in the area, and the two destroyed the castle after taking detailed notes on the arcane rituals the cult was investigating. It was during this escape that Fel'Ryth first encountered an activated fragment, which was absorbed by Cato.

After disrupting Molla's operations (and absorbing a fragment of her own), the group continued north to Whinta, where the group formed the Shardbearer's Guild. Here, Fel'Ryth began to research the fragments, working with Thargrim Steiner to develop a rudimentary device for detecting their aura, both before and after they are absorbed. She theorised that a suppression device could hide the magical trail left by those who had absorbed a fragment, though was not able to complete it. In this time she began a relationship with Cealer Phratis.

Under contract from a source claiming to be in the Zeliran royal family, Fel'Ryth encountered an avatar of Espilasha in the Duval Dungeon, before traversing the Godswall to retrieve an artifact from Foven. The Shardbearers then attempted to leave Zelira for the Wickenmoot after discovering a bounty had been placed on Steiner's head. While the guild were fighting off bounty hunters, the dragon Avottolix delivered a message from her father, Philip Diel'Ryth, instructing her to return to Kier with urgency. En route to Kier, Fel'Ryth met the travelling Lysira Aeowyth, who she later discovered was responsible for the collapse of the Relicium.

In Kier, the Shardbearers learned the true nature of the fragments, and the impending return of the Gods. After careful reflection and consulting various sages, Fel'Ryth asked to share her experiences with the Polity, and was invited to make an address during the closing remarks of the debate by her father. Her testimony was instrumental in swaying several key votes (including her mother, who was previously a vocal and influential supporter of the divine faction) that led to Kier's decision to assist Avum's coalition.

Following the vote, Diel'Ryth encouraged the Shardbearers to search for a godswar-era submersible in the ruins of Anthalem. In order to achieve this, Fel'Ryth studied briefly under Antoni Dyatlov to learn a fabric enchantment that he had developed that allowed (relatively) safe travel into the Soulblight-ridden Agony. Joining the expedition as resident expert on the enchantment, she worked tirelessly with the crew's artificer team to aid further research into the enchantment on the journey to Anthelam.

Once inside the Agony, Fel'Ryth joined the Shardbearers on expeditions to explore the tower and, ultimately, locate the ship, while also furthering her own need to learn the truth, if possible, of how the Agony came to be. She considers herself entirely responsible for the deaths of Harfang Corat (who is missing, presumed dead, following Fel'Ryth's rushed escape plan from their ascending raft) and Morthran Goldenbraid (who was killed by agony creatures while providing her with magical healing that saved her life), as well as the release of an unknown entity from a drow vault. During the expeditions she obtained futher fragments, her earlier reservations about their use being brushed aside in the face of the threat of the soulblight, and the need for every advantage she could get.

Having left the Agony with only the most meagre evidence as to who was responsible for the soublight at Anthelam (little of which is favourable), Fel'Ryth accompanied the remains of the Shardbearers to Avum, where, after taking some time to recuperate from the horrors of the expedition, the party rebranded as The Untethered and planned out their route around the north of the continent. Delighted to be playing to her strengths, she has assumed a research role within the party alongside Zan Flin as the group attempts to locate and secure wealm-gates for the mortal cause.

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