Lady Amoura Nightbird
"Hello, As you know I am Lady Amoura Nightbird, Magistrati of Azuth and a Squire to the Keepers of the Mystic Flame, but what you propably don't know is my history. The reason for this being, not many bards have had the opportunity to hear it so they cannot relate it to you in the taverns, on the roads or at the festivals." Amoura smiles and offers you a large comfy chair by the fire. "Where shall I begin? You want from the very begining? Very well then..."
"I was born on, the 25th day of Mirtul, in the year of the Dragon. My mother was a simple house wife named Corina, she could work a bit of magic, but just enough to make cleaning up a little easier, cantrips do that you know." Amoura smiles wistfully. "My Father was a ranger named Torath, I never got to see him much, but when he was home he would talk me on little nature hikes. We lived about 5 hours from Ravens Bluff, in a nice little cottage." Amoura goes silent for a few moments to collect her thoughts and compose's herself.
"My life was great for about the first 3 years, but who's isn't? I mean we don't do anything, we are waited on hand and foot, and if we cry we get what we wanted right? So what happened?" Amoura smiles and laughs lightly "After that though... things started to go down hill. Unbeknown to myself, and everyone else, someone had plans for me." Amoura looks up to the ceiling for a moment with a grimice.
"One day I was walking through the forest with my mother, we were collecting some wild herbs for dinner. I was playing by the river side happily looking at all the pretty rocks when suddenly the once calm river suddenly became a rapid, white headed river... and arm reached out to grab me but missed, on its way back into the river it riped away a chuck of the riverbank, when it collapsed I fell into the river screaming for my mother... My mother dove in after me, despite the danger. She was able to fight her way back to the river bank and toss me upto saftey, but the hand that had reached for me, grabbed my mother then the river went calm again. I sat there for I don't know how long crying and watching the river waiting for my mother, who never was seen again." In the firelight you can see a single tear streaming down from both eyes, Amoura makes no attempt to remove them...
"I don't know what happened next, but I remember waking up in my room with my father sitting nervously at the side of my bed. When my father saw that I was awake he picked me up and held me against him for a long time, whispering how he was so afraid for me and murmering a few other things, that I cannot remember." Amoura sighs, then looks into the fire. A few days later my father was called for a mission for the local druids grove, so I went to stay with a neighbor, out closest just happened to be about 1 mile away I believe...anyway, one day Marina, my neighbor decided to take me swimming, as you can imagine I was a little afraid but went after a few encouraging words. After a little while of swimming in a nearby pond I felt a tug at my feet, I scrambled out just in time to see a huge water elemental rise out of the water and grab for me again. Marina came running upto the elemental, chanted a prayer then slapped it, to which it just fell apart..." Amoura sighs and is looking very sad. "My Father never came back... One day we recieved a message from the druids saying that my father had drowned. I was devestated. Both my mother and my father taken from me."
"After all had settled, I went to live with Marina, she tought me all about Azuth, for she was a Magistrati of Azuth. As the years passed I grew to love Azuth, and fear the water equally. I could stand small amounts, drinking, bathing and such but anything larger then me, I would never go near. Eventually I moved to Ravens Bluff to fully become a servant of Azuth. I worked at keeping the Shrine clean and studing in my time off, how I loved spending the nights beside the priests side reading the stories of Azuth."
Since then, I have grown up some more, if that wasn't obvious, and I found out who it was that kept attacking me by the water...Umberlee. It was the bitch queen that stole my family and friends from me, and it is she who will pay someday for that. She has made many more attempts on my life and has always settled for a friend or loved one. It seems that she is getting desperate, for she has come in person once to try and take me but failed...perhaps time is drawing to close for her comfort when I will have a hand in shaping her future? Hmmmm... I can only hope so."
"Enough about that though. Although it is of my past, you can see why I do not like to speak of it, but I have gone on many adventures and plan to go on a few more. Through my travels I have meet many gods, Selune, Mystra, Torm, Arvoreen and many others gods, perhaps they will aid in the days to come? Who knows? Well they do that is why the gods act as they do." Amoura stands and smiles to you, her face is a little weary but civil. "I hope that I have been able to help you better understand me better. Take care and have a nice night." Amoura walks you to the door and then closes it behind you with a wave.
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