Carnellia Stilidan

Carnellia Stilidan

Cleric/Mage 6/5
Alignment Chaotic Good
Description:
Sex: Female
Race: Elf Drow
Hair: Long white hair, very pretty
Eyes: gray
Age: unknown perhaps 120 years
Height: 5’ 1”
Weight: 97 lbs
She is about 5’ 3” tall. She is very petite in stature, but she never lets that stand in her way. She dresses as a priestess of Bast in very Egyptian garbs (see description in background area). Her gray eyes are very penetrating and a little unnerving. They are set in an oval face with high cheekbones, very pale skin and sensual lips.
Role-Playing:
Carnellia has attitude. She can be cocky and prideful, but she is also friendly and fun loving She is feisty. Opinionated, and refuses to let anyone bully her. She is definitely not afraid to speak her mind. When she was a half elf she was often pushed to prove herself, which she refused. Her basic thoughts are that people will make their own impressions of her. Why should she have to prove anything, her actions should speak for themselves. She likes to play practical jokes and believes that life is meant to be live to the fullest, and so she enjoys all the pleasures that she can. She especially loves lovemaking. It is such a fun and intimate pleasure.
Lastly, Carnellia is a bit of a loner. She has never really “fit in”. She calls no place home (until recently and even then she has no permanent settlement). While she loves her friends dearly, she knows that each can protect themselves and would never “need” her. That’s not to say they wont miss her, just that they have their own lives and Carnellia is often on the fringes of them.
Carnellia has met her Goddess, Bast, and that coupled with being a priestess has made her devotion to the Cat Goddess even greater. She will follow whatever path Bast leads her on. She does not always understand, nor does she feel she is the right person for some of the tasks, but who is she to question the will of the Gods?
Goals:
Her main goals are to bring Bast to the drow. She wants to see Bast worshipped in place of Lolth (the evil demoness/Spider Queen). She would also like to raise a family with Nilorim. She has totally accepted her drow transformation and sees mating with Nilorim as a final manifestation of that change (accepting drows as her own race)
Background:
Late on the night of the full moon, you hear the howl of an animal. It seems almost feline in it's sound, but you cannot be sure. Upon hearing this you decide to investigate. You create a path through the forest and eventually the trees open up to a clearing. In the distance, you see an odd site before you. A small woman on her knees is holding up her arms. Her forefingers and thumbs are brought together to form a diamond between her two hands. Her back is arched towards the ground and her head is tilted so that her face is towards the moon. If the moon had been the sun, she would appear as if she was basking in its warmth. As you get closer you see she is very pretty in an exotic way. Her hair flows down her back. It is silky and it looks to be the color of the midnight sky. She is clad in a dress of some sort, definitely not of this region. When you look closely at it, it is obvious that it is Nereganti (Egyptian). It has a long circular collar made of elongated Lapis and Onyx stones that circles her shoulders. Under the collar and crossing her chest (in an X formation) are more stones set into cloth. Her breasts are bare. Below her breasts, the "skirt" of her dress begins. This portion of the dress is made of a mesh type material with a box weave that has "spots" in them. It fits very snug, yet allows her the freedom to move.
Next to her, you realize, is the cause of your curiosity. A beautiful, lethal looking black panther is seated along side of this woman. His voice is raised in an eerie, yet beautiful song to the moon. As odd as these two look, there are more oddities here. Sitting on top of the large cat is yet another kitty. A small white "domesticated" cat is perched on this large beast's head and the panther seems to enjoy the company. You hear the woman chanting and think you make out the name of the goddess Bast. She is obviously performing a ritual of some sort. You wait until you hear nothing for a while.
To say the least you are intrigued. Who is this woman and what is she doing alone in the woods with just a couple of cats for company? You decide to take a risk and venture to her. Before you ever reach her, she "senses" your presence. The panther is the first to turn and stare. You get the feeling that you had better be a friend or you will be dinner. You stop and wait. Gracefully the woman rises. You see that while she has a small frame, she is tall, about 5' 6" high. She approaches you. As she gets closer, you realize that she is elven. Well actually, you notice that while she appears elvish, she was not fully elvish. Her skin is darker than most elves. It has a swarthy tanned appearance and her ears are slightly rounded. Strength emulates from her, but not a physical strength so much as strength of presence. Part of her hair is pulled back into to braid while the back is loose and flowing as you noticed earlier. She is wearing a headdress (more like a headband) with an Udjat ("eye of Ra") in the center. The "spots" you noticed on her dress earlier are actually tiny stone beads made of onyx.
As she stops before you, her piercing gray eyes seem to penetrate to your soul searching for something. Then she smiles. It's an impish grin as if she is amused by something. "Hello, may I help you?"
A bit startled by such a warm welcome, you tentatively smile back. "Hello. Ummm…it won't bite me will it?" you ask pointing at the panther.
"That all depends," she smiles sweetly " If you intend to harm me yes, Melkin will do more than bite. If you are a friend, then you have nothing to fear."
After assuring her that you are not a foe, but a friend, you ask about her. She tells you her name is Carnellia Stilidan and that she is a Priestess of Bast. She introducers the animals are her companions (she makes it a point that they are not pets, but equals). Melkin is the panther and Bast'Ed is the kitty. After introductions are over, you find that Carnellia is an adventure with much to tell. You ask her if she would allow you to record her life and adventures, for you are a traveling bard. "If you wish, I have nothing to be ashamed of. Besides, some may benefit or enjoy it."
And so onto Carnellia's life...
Carnellia has an unusual background. She began her life in a human village, not too far from Greyhawk. Her father, Telthumos, was a foreigner to Greyhawk, a merchant. He came from Neregan to sell cloths and create beautiful clothing from them. He was a devout follower of Bast and for many years traveled the surrounding areas of Greyhawk telling of her while selling his wears.
During his wanderings, he encountered many creatures and beings that he had never seen in his homeland. Among them were elves. Never encountering elves before he was startled when he first saw them, their delicate beauty amazed him. He learned that they loved his elaborate tailoring style and he felt a kinship with their pleasure loving ways. After a few years of being a traveling merchant, he meet his one true love. To his surprise, as well as hers, he fell in love with an elf. Carlaria was a very pretty High Elf from one of the elven villages and she too loved Telthumos. It was decided that they would settle into a human village so that Telthumos could continue his attempts to bring the teaching of Bast to his people (human's of Greyhawk that is). Carlaria knew she would outlive Telthumos and felt that his work was important therefore she consented to leave her family. About two years after they married, Carlaria bore a daughter, Carnellia.
Carnellia had a happy life. Her mother and father doted on her. The local villagers tended to look funny at her, because she was so different. The locals didn't care much for her impish practical jokes or her prideful ways. To them she was just too chaotic and undisciplined in nature and took the strangest things as insults. Carnellia felt that the villagers just wish to see what they want and would continue to believe that. Such is life. No use dwelling about who likes you and who doesn't.
Carnellia's closest human friends were the twins, a girl and a boy, who lived next door to her. Tatiana and Trevor. While living in the village, Carnellia's life was basic and nothing "special". She learned of Bast from her father and became fascinated with the tales of the magical arts that the Gods of Neregan performed. At an early age, she decided she wished to be a priestess mage of Bast. It was her path and it would honor her father very much.
Carnellia was still young when her father passed away. It hurt her very much, she loved her father and missed him greatly. Her mother took them back to the elven village of her youth. It was here that Carnellia was able to comprehend her elvish nature more completely. She knew why she was so different from the human villagers. The elves have a difficult time with half-elves and Carnellia was no different. Often times she was force into situations that made her "prove" to the elves that she was worthy to be in their midst. Carnellia hated this and often ignored the jibs to prove that she was good enough. She still ignores those who wish her to do this.
Finglordel was her closest friend in the elven village. He helped her fit in and learned what it was to be elven. He was also her first lover. They were a cute, typically elven couple, but it was never a soul match. It lacked a true sense of continuance. She still keeps in contact with Finglordel and some of her other elven friends, but they have lives of their own and she has hers…there is no real connection.
Finally, Carnellia decided to discover life for herself. She had spent many years learning magical arts from the elves, but she still had to become a priestess of Bast. So she left her mother. She began her journey to Neregan to study, however she never made it all the way to the great desert lands of the pyramid builders. She decided to stop at the eastern edge of the continent and joined a Nereganti community. Here she learned of Bast in a local Temple and became a priestess.
After becoming a full priestess mage of Bast, she started searching the world for more experiences. Carnellia believes that to live life to the fullest is the only way. In order to do this she needed the excitement that adventuring would bring her, so without further ado she set out away from the temple and entered the risky life of an adventurer.
It was at this time that she met one of her oldest friends, Princess Damellia of Furyondy. Their adventures together would be numerous. The first group of friends/adventures she was with would eventually become the "opal ring-bearers", named thus because of the opal rings found in a chest early in their adventuring. Damellia, Rolm, Anastasia, Bart as well as Carnellia, all wore the rings. They became local heroes in small towns around the Woolie Coast, but eventually all have gain recognition as heroes in their lifetimes.
Carnellia has experienced many changes in her life. On her first major adventure, she was sent off to a tropical jungle island, and all because she was "drawn" to the spell book that teleported the party there and when on the island they had no obvious way back. She spent many months on this island battling the evil of the Sea Hag who lived there.
At one point, while on the island she was turned to gold by a gourd (she suggests never looking into gourds by the way). She had to have the top two layers of her skin peeled off by the other party members, all the while still being on a tropical island with NO SKIN AND NO PROTECTION FROM THE SUN...ouch. When the party finally left the island, it was only to be transported to the frozen tundra. Princess Damelia had gone through the hag’s mirror (after the party defeated her). The rest of the party did not wish Damelia to be alone and possibly in danger so they all went through. Each member who showed up in the frozen artic arrived with no clothing and only one item of their choice. Carnellia kept her spell book. Bast’Ed, her cat had a symbol of Bast around her neck that she retained (luckily so Carnellia was able to make it into a new holy symbol). The party members also retained their rings of water breathing/free action. Carnellia’s melded with her opal ring. Bast’Ed also kept her ring, which was on her paw.
The party would travel the artic on trying to make their way home. Shaa, a crystal dragon, and Dalamar, a half drow joined the party. Shaa became one of Carnellia’s dearest friends. Dalamar Carnellia tolerated – he was a drow and you know how THEY are. Eventually they encounter a White Dragon. Luckily, even through (or actually because) the party has a paladin in their midst, they are about to see that the dragon is not evil. They even negotiate with her to gain passage back to warmer climes. Horath agrees to shuttle them as long as Carnellia agreed to stay with her to teach her magic. Thus begins a long friendship with this very sweet white dragon. (apparently Carnellia has a thing for dragons…lol).
After exchanging spells with Horath, Carnellia traveled through the valley of spirits on Horath’s back, where the rest of the party (joined now by Gamoth, Amajaro and Slee) waited for her. When they reached the end of the valley and climbed the massive stairs, four Cat God/Goddess confronted the party. Lo and behold, one was Bast (the others were the Cat Lord, Ki and Meerklar). Carnellia was truly amazed. Here she was face to face with her Goddess. She knew that she had been blessed to achieve such special treatment. Bast granted each party member a boon. Carnellia did not wish to make a hasty choice and Bast allowed her to stay with the Goddess. Carnellia spent three glorious days with her goddess. Finally, she requested a familiar that was a panther. Bast agreed and that is how Carnellia gained her friend Melkin. Melkin and Carnellia have a very special telepathic connection. On top of it, he is smart enough to know Nereganti. He is Carnellia’s staunch bodyguard and friend. So Carnellia returned to Oerth only to find that it was 3 year later. Apparently, three days in the paradise of the Goddess equals 3 years on Oerth. She found that all of her friends had moved on with their lives.
So she began a new chapter of her life and meet her best female friend, Kara, and her love Anthana. There was a small band of Portown adventures and Carnellia joined their party. No one in the party really trusted Carnellia and she had no desire to "prove" that she could be trusted. That's just her way. Kara didn't like her and loved to tell how she was "Kara the Mage killer". Truthfully, Kara wanted to kill Carnellia in the beginning. Carnellia's comment, when she found out Kara held the same last name as a friend of hers, didn't help matters any either. She made the comment "Oh, do you know a braggart, ass by the name of Raitan Drake?" Or something close to that. Boy did that set Kara off. What Carnellia didn’t know was that Rai was Kara’s brother. Well, in the end all things worked out. For a short time Carnellia took up teaching Kara a little magic (funny because later on Carnellia would do the same for Raitan) and Carnellia (years later) was one of Kara's Bridesmaid.
Therefore, Carnellia met up with the famous (or infamous) Portown group for a very brief time. It was during one of their many spats with evil that Carnellia was "whisked" away yet again. It happened while trying to save Melkin and Anthana. Being able to see through Melkin’s eyes, she see they are about to die, so she reads a scroll of teleport. The scroll, being higher level that she is, messed up and she was teleported to her white dragon friend, Horath. Well, her she was again away from friends and society. She spent three more years away from her friends and the lands she was familiar with. It is this experience that caused Carnellia to swear that she would never read another scroll again! On top of all this, while she has no way of returning to her loved ones, she is forced to see Anthana crucified through Melkin's eyes and there is NOTHING she can do. Unknown to Carnellia, Anthana did not die on the cross. However before she could return to him he did die on another mission.
When she returns to the "real" world, it was to help Damellia regain Furyondy and then battle Illithid. There she meets up with Rai, her old friend. Thus begins her Sea Adventures. Well at least she didn't get messed up there -with the exception of becoming lovers with her best friends brother. Who says you can't be friends and lovers? Carnellia swore Rai to secrecy. One to irk Rai and two because she doesn't want Kara to find out. Carnellia feels she just wouldn't take it very well. Don’t get her wrong, she like Rai enough, but he certainly wasn’t a “life” partner. He was a good time and Kara may not take that very well. After many adventures on the sea, Carnellia decided it was time to relax a bit. She became a member of the mages guild in Greyhawk and rented an apartment in town. She study magic and became a little reclusive for a while. However that was not to last. Soon Carnellia would go on the most life changing adventure of her life. Two small groups of hand picked heroes were called upon by Mirquin (a good priestess of Corellon who happens to be a drow) to reek havoc in the domain of Lolth, the Spider Goddess of the Drow. A few days before the parties were arranged, the Spider Goddess (who also happens to be a demoness) was banished from the Prime Material Plane. There was a limited amount of time to destroy Lolth’s base of power in Oerth and hit her hard in her domain within the Abyss. Carnellia was asked to join the party that would dish the damage in the underdark home of the drow, while other heroes would venture to the Abyss). The underdark group consisted of: Carnellia, Melkin, Tasha Whiteblood, Vladamir Drake, Arianna, Raitan Drake, Gunny the Dwarf, Ael’Mara (a priest/ranger of Corellon), Allyrion (a priest of Zeus), Elderan, and Rufus.
Shortly after the Abyss party arrived and secured the Temple of Lolth, that group de-itemized the Underdark party. The Underdark group was charged with keeping the temple-cavern secure and, once the Abyss party had left, travel to the drow city of Erelhui-Cinlu where they were to wipe out the clergy of Lolth. If possible, they were to destroy as much of the Spider Queen's base of power as possible with the hope that some other power may challenge her rule both in the city and in the greater Underdark. To help them in this endeavor is the rescued, male drow rebel, Nilorim.
The first night, while the rest of the group watched and guarded the cavern. However numerous spiders, ghouls, ghosts and even a Vampire attacked them. After a valiant fight on all levels o the temple (their were 4 levels in all), the party succeeded in protecting the Abyss party, who needed their rest in order to do battle in the Demonweb. The heroes awoke the Abyss party and were cured of their wounds and the poison. When Mirquin awoke, she tapped the vampiress with her holy mace, blasting it out of existence. The Abyss party left the Prime Material plane and the Underdark group went to sleep. The next day their assault on the domain of the drow would begin. . .
Carnellia has a distinct dislike for drow, a prejudice born of her elven blood. Nilorim, the rescued drow male, has gotten under her skin in a very bad way. His cocky attitude and arrogance annoys her, not to mention his disrespect of women. She knows women in his society view men like slaves, but the party he is part of does not. She sees no end to there feud in the future!
While on their way to the drow city of Erelhui-Linlu, the party encounters a group of drow escaping form the city. A battle ensued, in which many of the party members were injured. Carnellia have two levels drained from her from a drows death lance (she went from 6/6 entering the underdark to 5/5). After the battle, while searching the bodies, the party found more than a dozen scrolls and several potions. Rufus tried one potion, a philter of love, and fell madly in love with Tasha. Carnellia, due to her phobia of scrolls, refused to read them. So Ael'Mara started going through the scrolls. The first one was illegible. The second was cursed...
A wave of Chaos formed around Ael'Mara and broke around the party. Those that tried to get away were the first to be overwhelmed. Except for Ael'Mara, Allyrion and Rufus, all the other heroes were spontaneously reincarnated as races of the Underdark. Nilorim became a hobgoblin (a racial enemy of the drow), Boodan a goblin, Arianna a kobold, Tasha and Vladimir a mated pair of duregar (gray dwarves), Carnellia and Raitan a mated pair of drow, Melkin a pech, Gunny a troglodyte and Alderan a mind flayer. It was all the group could manage to not kill one another. As it was Nilorim was nearly slain twice -- both times by Carnellia. Her previous dislike of Nilorim was intensified when she became a drow and he a hobgoblin. Their verbal battle ended with Nilorim calling Carnellia bitch, which she hates above all else, and so she blasted him with magic missiles. After he was healed, he continued his assault on Carnellia (the boy just never learns), and she blasted him again. The other party members where able hold Carnellia away before she killed him.
Carnellia and Rai had a very difficult time with their transformations. Rai had recently gotten married and was appalled at his desire for Carnellia. He would do everything to stay away from her. Carnellia try everything to seduce him. They had been lovers once and now in this form, her body demanded mating. Luckily for Rai’s sake, he was able to control his urges and stay faithful to Flora.
After Alderan (who can no longer speak since illithid have no vocal chords) gave Allyrion his wand of force (and a post-hypnotic suggestion to submit for "meal time" in the future), the group was able to cross the chasm and make camp in the far cavern. There they bedded down after an uneasy truce.
Arianna combined with Carnellia, Allyrion and Ael'Mara to cast remove curse. Originally Carnellia swore that she would never stay a drow. However she decided to remain one to help the party gain entrance into the city. She was after all a full drow and a woman. She was a priestess to boot. This would hopefully help the party. Something greater than Carnellia could understand was guiding her in her decisions. The priest/priestess managed to restore Raitan, Gunny, Nilorim and Boodan. The clerics again cast a series of remove curses, restoring Arianna, Vladimir, Tasha. They also dispelled the love sickness of Rufus for Tasha. Giant spiders and shadows stalked the party and heroes made short work of them before they have a chance to flee. Elderan removed cursed back into his elven-form.
As Nilorim returned to his drow form, an odd thing occurred. Carnellia and Nilorim became mated pairs. The attraction was strong. Carnellia began to bridge the gap between herself and Nilorim. He was receptive to her offers of peace. In fact, they would eventually become lovers. While they journeyed to the city Carnellia began explaining to Nilorim about Bast. He was very receptive to the cat goddess, who in subtle ways reminded him of Lolth without the nasties. Eventually over the course of their travels, Carnellia converts Nilorim and in the process falls in love with him. She is also given a dream by Bast. She dreamed that she was a captain of a barge full of drow. She would lead them to the joys of Bast. Carnellia knew what path Bast wished for her. She would remain a drow, not because it helped the party but because it was her destiny. She would convert the drow and have them turn from their evil ways!! Often in her conversations with Nilorim, she would question Bast choice of leaders. Nilorim stood by her, he too was falling in love with Carnellia.
The party made it way to the city and encounter the guardpost. However the city was in chaos and the male drows had taken over the gate. Carnellia, pretending to be a noble drow, demanded entry. The male drows did not like her request and began attacking the party. Eventually, the group killed the drow and entered the city. In the guardpost, the party rescued a female drow, Narizza. She did not appreciate the party’s help. She felt there was little difference between the “evil” drow and the heroes methods, it was just a different name given to it. Ael’Mara and Carnellia would have many arguments over Narizza.
Narizza joined the party. In the days that follow the group battled demons bent on destruction as they made their way to the temple. In the temple, they fought and killed numerous priestess. In the main hall they even destroyed two handmaidens of Lolth. So the party did what they came to do and could venture back to the world above. However, the demons would not make it easy for them. In a final battle, after Brand, Time and Kara joined the party, a Demon Prince attacked the party. Through the battle many of the men in the party were touched and were tainted (they could not procreate before being healed!!). Ael'Mara and Nilorim where included. Eventually the Prince and his minions were defeated and the party got ready to leave. Carnellia, in a very teary goodbye, wished her friends well. She would miss Tasha most. Her and Tasha had become very close in the underdark and she let Tasha know that they would always stay friends no matter how far apart they are She would remain in the underdark trying to gain a rebellion and overtake it for Bast.
And so Carnellia remains a drow and in the underdark in an attempt to have Bast. There is little doubt that even if she wished to she could not become half elf again without a very powerful wish. She has the native abilities of the drow now. Even though she has chosen to leave the top-world, she now feels she has a home and a people, something she never had up top. She also has love and a purpose in life. So even though she leaves her friends to venture into a world that, for the moments hates everything she represents, she is happy. The only exception to this is that she can’t make love to Nilorim until he is fixed. She want to have children with him and will do all she can to fix his tainted sperm.( The odd thing is that if she has children, being half elven she had a soul – elves do not – her children could be born with souls. They may be the first elves with souls.) May Bast go with her…
Ability Scores:
Strength: 14
Intelligence: 16
Wisdom: 15
Dexterity:15
Constitution: 12
Charisma: 15
Perception: 13
Notes:
Hit Points: 27
Armor Class: -6
XP: 36,028/40,181
Magical Items:
Opal ring/water breathing ring: Allows the wearer to breathe water and have free action.
Gloves of missile snaring
+4 Ring of fire resistance and of fire elemental control - -2 saves vs. Water or cold. Once ring is activated( must kill iffretti to active) will prevent any fire elemental +2 on damage.
Silver medallion with 7 arrows - +4 saves vs. Poison
Staff of Dinelta +1 (staff of adding)
+4 dagger
+3 drow buckler
+5 drow chain mail
Amulet of proof against detection
Amulet of protection against evil
Ring of Arachnid control
Arrisa’s Throwing Dagger - +1(to hit and damage) vs. regular, +3 (to hit and damage) vs. larger than man.
Spell books (too many to note)
Eclavadras Crown of Rulership – allows wearer to rule through beauty. Dominates males to allow them to do wearer’s will.
Proficiencies NW:
Healer, Taylor, Swimming and Seduction
Languages: Drow, Common, Nereganti, White Dragon, Feline
Proficiencies W:
Throwing Dagger, Dagger, Quarter Staff
Drow Abilities:
120’ Infravisions, +2 all saves vs. magic, blinded by bright light, fairy fire, darkness, detect magic, know alignment, levitate, move 15 Cleric Drow abilities: Clairvoyance, dispel magic, detect lie, suggestion
Spells:
-1st level-
Detect Magic
Identify
Magic Missile
Read Magic
Sleep
Feather Fall
Armor
Unseen Servant
Burning Hands
-2nd level-
Invisibility
Mirror Image
Continual Light
Web
Strength
ESP
Ray of Enfeeblement
Wizards Lock
-3rd level-
Lightning Bold
Fire Ball
Hold Person
Slow
Item
Haste
Dispel Magic
Moorak’s Ankor
Water Breathing
Special Abilities:
Melkin – Black Panther telepathically linked to Carnellia (a gift from Bast). 4th level fights like a jaguar. St: 12 Int: 7 Wis: 7 Dex: 15 AC: 6 MV: 15 HD: 3+1 HP:27 Attacks: 1-3/1-3/1-8+ 2-5/2-5 Perception: 18 Defences: Surprised only on a 1, -1 initiative modifier, 20’ forward spring, 20’ vertical spring, can climb WELL, reduced damage from falls, stalking. Special: Itelligence:7 Wisdom:7, speaks Egyptian and Cat, empathically linked to Carnellia. Is learning Common.

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