New Character Submission - Sasha Westwind

[corbinc]

Character: Sasha Westwind
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Class: Cleric
Race: Human
Alignment: True Neutral
Deity: Katia
Domains: Animal Water

Biography:

Sasha grew up in Prantz with poor merchant parents who never really understood her. When she was 9 Lord Rael took over the city. During the initial attack, Sasha's grandmother was killed, leaving Sasha without a confidant. She learned to distrust adults and began taking refuge in the city parks. Her parents became shadows of themselves during the occupation, leaving Sasha mostly unsupervised. She met a Cleric named Nina on one of her walks who told her of Katia. In Nina, she found that one person who could replace what she had lost when her grandmother died. She spent nearly every free moment learning the ways of Katia from her new mentor.

When she turned 18 Sasha knew she could stay at home no more. She escaped her past by running to the Forest of Fog where her mentor lived. While there she met Eesa Soulcry and her parents, Teefal and Zerpa. Though of another faith, she quickly became a part of their family.

Through her twenties, Sasha continued to study with Nina and further develop her abilities and faith. During this time she helped Eesa and her parents patrol the Forest of Fog never venturing beyond for Eesa's parents had fear in the time of great darkness.

When the light returned Eesa convinced Sasha that it was time to become real adventurers much like Eesa's parents were before Eesa's birth. Sasha and Eesa left for Mistone without telling Eesa's parents. They arrived in Port Hempstead knowing no one but with hope in their hearts.

Sasha could be described as a quiet, reserved soul who is slow to trust others. She reveres the quiet solitude of the woods and the even handedness of the Mother. Sasha's early experience with Lord Rael's forces taught her that humankind can not be trusted and that Nature's fierce impartiality is the only truth.

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Cleric required paragraphs:

1. I have read the information on Katia and I will play Sassha as a faithful cleric of Katia to the best of my abilities.

2. Traveling in the woods and helping others who do the same is Sassha's way to praise Katia. In her time within the Forest of Fog, Sasha grew to love the rhythm of the forest, which gave her solace from her distrust of people. She honors Katia by helping others similiarly distrustly of city folk.

3. For a decade now, she has been helping those in the Forest of Fog, and only now has arrived in Mistone with her friend Eesa. As any follower of Katia, Sasha favors wooden weapons suchs as staves and clubs and wears leather armor. Together they hope to honor She Who Shapes All in service to fellow wanderers.

[corbinc]

Was just told about chaotic neutral ... so will change to true neutral.

Also, I made two mistakes ... one, I created the NWN character on layo already, and two, I choose default packages.

Can I delete the NWN character from the server database and start over? (Sorry, didn't see the point in the FAQ until afterwords).

[darkstorme]

Simply remake the new character (when you are approved), with a slightly different name. Sasha Westwinds, perhaps. Or Northwind. Or something. Also, when making changes (for example, from Chaotic Neutral to True Neutral), please make the alterations to the original bio, so it's easy for our reviewers (like me, say ) to see.

That all being said, your biography will require a few more things before it can be approved.

First, you'll need Teefal Soulcry's player to PM a GM (me, for instance), authorizing your use of his character in your bio.

Second, how did Sasha become a part of the clergy of Katia? Teefal's submission is lost to us, so we've no idea whether his parents were devout clergy, or whether she came to her faith through a different source. Remember, however, that to a cleric, their god is the most important thing in the world. It is this sheer, unyielding faith that gives the cleric their power, as it allows them to be a vessel for some of the might of their deity. This should be reflected in Sasha's bio.

Also, Sasha would have been 9 in Prantz when it fell to Lord Rael's forces. How did this experience alter her outlook?

Finally, aside from her devotion to Katia, what is she like? Is she friendly? Callous? Introverted? Is she quick, or a slow learner? Is she loyal, or fickle? All of these things will give you a better handle both on Sasha as a character, and on her particular interpretation of her alignment.

Thanks!

[darkstorme]

Hi again!

This is looking much better - just one small thing that needs addressing. Dogma point #3 is also meant to address clergy's chosen weapon, dress, and armour. Katia is one of the more stringent clerical outfitters - metal armour and weapons are more or less verboten.

Once this statement has been adjusted accordingly, this character should be good to go.

Thanks!

[darkstorme]

With the understanding (although not explicitly stated in your statements) that Sasha may not wear metal armour while still a devout Katian...

Your character has been approved.

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