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| + | === D&D Character === | ||
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| + | As per [http://www.easydamus.com/character.html this]: | ||
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| + | '''Lawful Good Human Cleric''' | ||
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| + | ''Alignment:'' | ||
| + | Lawful Good- A lawful good character acts as a good person is expected or required to act. He combines a commitment to oppose evil with the discipline to fight relentlessly. He tells the truth, keeps his word, helps those in need, and speaks out against injustice. A lawful good character hates to see the guilty go unpunished. Lawful good is the best alignment you can be because it combines honor and compassion. However, lawful good can be a dangerous alignment when it restricts freedom and criminalizes self-interest. | ||
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| + | ''Race:'' | ||
| + | Humans are the most adaptable of the common races. Short generations and a penchant for migration and conquest have made them physically diverse as well. Humans are often unorthodox in their dress, sporting unusual hairstyles, fanciful clothes, tattoos, and the like. | ||
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| + | ''Class:'' | ||
| + | Clerics- Clerics act as intermediaries between the earthly and the divine (or infernal) worlds. A good cleric helps those in need, while an evil cleric seeks to spread his patron's vision of evil across the world. All clerics can heal wounds and bring people back from the brink of death, and powerful clerics can even raise the dead. Likewise, all clerics have authority over undead creatures, and they can turn away or even destroy these creatures. Clerics are trained in the use of simple weapons, and can use all forms of armor and shields without penalty, since armor does not interfere with the casting of divine spells. In addition to his normal complement of spells, every cleric chooses to focus on two of his deity's domains. These domains grants the cleric special powers, and give him access to spells that he might otherwise never learn. A cleric's Wisdom score should be high, since this determines the maximum spell level that he can cast. | ||
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Description
Soft, comfortable, cozy: these are all adjectives that might be used to describe Madilla, whose taller-than-average frame is gently padded in a pleasing way. She wears her curly, red-brown hair cut to shoulder-length, though it's usually pulled away from her pale, oval face in a series of tidy, pinned-up coils. More 'interesting' than outright pretty, her nose is too large and wide for beauty, and her lips too oddly quirked; still, her pale green eyes are full of life, and there are few who'd call her outright unattractive.
WYSK
- A fixture of the HRW Infirmary since the summer of Turn 17, when she arrived as an Apprentice accompanying then-Weyrhealer Delifa, Madilla has been Weyrhealer since Month 3, Turn 30.
- She openly admits to haling from a hold near Peyton, in the Fort Area. By all accounts, her family are very conservative and authoritarian. After so many turns at the Weyr, Madilla has adapted to Weyr life, but remains quietly conservative in some ways.
- It's well known that she was engaged to weyrmate W'chek for about a turn before the relationship abruptly ended. A few turns later, she spent a little over a turn in a relationship with Journeyman Healer Varens.
- She has two children: Lilabet (b. Month 3, Turn 23, father: B'tal) and Dilan (b. Month 4, Turn 27, father: ?).
- In general terms, Madilla has a reputation for being hard working and dedicated, with a softer heart and more empathy than is often useful.
- An avid quilt-maker, she has been known to give her work as gifts, and occasionally takes commissions.
History
Early Life
Madilla's family have held a small piece of land some distance north of Peyton for as many generations as anyone can remember. They cultivate a small collection of crops, raise a few animals, and look forward to occasional visits from circuit-riding Harpers, though more for news than education. Led by Madilla's uncle, Tredor, her father's eldest brother, the hold is not especially affluent, though they generally produce enough to feed themselves and provide their share of the tithe; it's enough.
Born after what should have been the end of the pass, Madilla's earliest turns were easier than those of her older sibings and cousins. She was her mother's third child, with four half-siblings from her father's previous marriage older than that; between all these siblings and her numerous cousins, there was always someone to play with, after they'd finished their extensive chores. Maddie, as she was most often called, was a relatively serious, thoughtful child, a girl who kept her head down and did what she was told - as was considered appropriate in a girl-child. She had no illusions that her life would hold anything but marriage and children, and was content with the idea: she played happy families with bundled rags, and cared for her younger cousins and siblings, dreaming of the day when she would have her own.
She was eight when the Comet Pass began. News took some time to reach them-- and when it did, it brought with it genuine panic. Their relatively comfortable Interval lives were thrown into disarray when a whole field was lost to burrow in early Turn 12. It was a lean turn; three of Madilla's older brothers left home to ease the burden on the family, hopefully to find better work at Peyton, or perhaps further afield.
In the end, however, it was neither thread nor poor crops that made for the biggest change in Madilla's life. She was eleven, already in many ways a miniature adult, when her cousin Jessil was badly gored by a rampaging bull. A runner was sent towards Peyton to find a healer, for Jessil was his father's heir, but that journey would take hours; until then, it was Madilla's aunt Essa, who had some little knowledge of herb-lore, who would have to keep Jessil alive - and Madilla was sent to assist her. When Journeyman Kandos arrived, it was far too late to save the patient, but not too late for Madilla's natural talent for healing to be recognised. Perhaps, Kandos ventured, they would consider sending her to the crafthall at Fort Hold when she was a little older.
It was an unthinkable thing, at first, this idea of sending a daughter out into the world when she ought to marry and have a family. Still, the experience encouraged Madilla to seek out her aunt's expertise; she learned what she could of herbs and remedies, and found she enjoyed it. It was Essa who first suggested that they not discount the Journeyman's suggestion - and, indeed, wouldn't her own son have been saved, perhaps, if they'd had a properly trained healer to tend to him? Madilla's parents were not opposed, but it took longer for Tredor, whose word was law, to come around. He'd intended to marry Madilla off to a nearby hold, and she certainly needed no fancy learning for that. But Essa was undeterred, and so too was Madilla's own mother: at thirteen, finally, she was sent out into the world, to the Healer Hall. In her place, her cousin Evaris would marry that local boy, and in time, Madilla would return home and look after her family. That was the plan.
At Healer Hall
Madilla arrived at the Healer Hall at the very beginning of Turn 16. It was... utterly overwhelming. Snow was new. The size of the place and number of people was new. The pace of everything was new. This idea of learning, in a classroom, in a structured fashion was new. Having women in charge was very definitely new. Indeed, it felt as though there was nothing familiar at all-- it felt like a horrible mistake, as though she was out of her depth and should not be here at all. Perhaps the worst of it was that the education that had been deemed sufficient for her, back home, was in no way appropriate for an Apprentice - she could barely read her classes, let alone write her reports. Were it not for Journeyman Kandos' recommendation, and the notice of a few of her teachers, she may well have been sent home. Instead, she was assigned to Harper Hall for additional classes. Grateful to have been given this opportunity, instead of being simply sent home, Madilla threw herself into her classes with more vigor than ever, determined to prove herself.
She was lucky, gifted with an excellent memory that helped her learn what she needed. Perhaps more important than that was her 'adoption' by her pharmacy teacher, Journeyman Delifa, who reached out to the shy, overwhelmed, lost young Apprentice, and gave her the support she needed. Essa's herbalism training stood her in good stead: this was one class she did not immediately struggle with.
She also made friends; indeed, she was generally well-liked by the other Apprentices, and found herself enjoying their company.
At the end of Turn 16, was delighted to be called to walk the tables to full Apprentice. Perhaps, deep down, she was less confident about Delifa's confidence that she would be a wonderful Pharmacist one day... but oh, it was wonderful to know that she'd made it past the first hurdle, and wonderful, too, to have someone like Delifa who really seemed to care about how she was doing.
Which is why it was gut-wrenching, six months later, to find out that Delifa was leaving her teaching post at the Hall to take a posting as Weyrhealer at High Reaches Weyr, where her family was from. Madilla knew it was a move that made the older healer happy, but the idea of losing that support hurt. And yet, it was not for that reason that she said yes when Delifa asked her to accompany her to the Weyr: she went because she'd been asked to, because it never for a second occurred to her that she had the option to say no.
Apprentice at High Reaches
High Reaches Weyr was terrifying, but also exhilarating. If the Hall had been eye-opening, the Weyr was ten times so-- and yet, no matter how intimidating and horrifying it seemed, sometimes, it did not take very long at all for it to begin to feel like home. It helped that she made friends: Leova, Oysric and Milani, especially, but also Delifa, who became more and more a mother figure to her. That became increasingly important, somehow. Leova took her for her first visit home in nearly two turns, and home... no longer felt so much like home. Did she even belong there, anymore? Could she?
Being posted was different, too. At the Hall, life had been focused on classes; at the Weyr, she spent far more time with actual patients, if often in an observatory capacity. It was increasingly clear, even to Madilla, that unless she could learn to stand on her own feet and gain confidence in her own abilities, she would never be the healer she wanted to be: pharmacy really would be the only option.
At the end of Turn 18, it was Delifa, with Madilla alongside her, who diagnosed Weyrwoman Satiet with a failing liver. The experience hit Madilla hard: the secrets, in part, but also the knowledge that this was a patient none of them could save. After Satiet died, in the fourth month of Turn 19, Delifa successfully petitioned the Hall to give Madilla her Senior Apprentice's knot: she'd earned it, she said.
Senior Apprentice
If nothing else, getting that Senior Apprentice's knot reminded Madilla that her Apprenticeship would not last forever-- and that, one day, she really would be able to have the husband and family (admittedly, it was the family she was interested in above the husband) she had always dreamed about. Babies filled her thoughts: she was desperate to be a mother. In part, this may have been fuelled by her increasing awareness that she would not be returning to her family home; more and more, she knew that her visits bothered her family, that she was now considered... tainted. It hurt. But High Reaches was home, now, and that helped.
It was some months after her promotion, when she was seventeen, that she met Whitchek, a good holder boy whose intentions towards her seemed ideal: marriage, children, family. Their (adorably chaste) courtship resulted in an understanding of marriage (or weyrmating, for by this time Whitchek was a Candidate) in the future, after she walked the tables; it was not an agreement that Delifa was especially comfortable with. Madilla felt none of the sparks she'd heard others talking about, with Whitchek, but he wanted what she wanted: it was enough. Even after his Impression to Zhikath, she was confident that her future was looking increasingly settled.
In Turn 20, Delifa, who had picked up a relationship with a childhood friend of hers, L'van, discovered she was pregnant. Already in her forties, it was not an easy pregnancy, and both she and her Apprentice struggled with it. Madilla was envious, and also frustrated with her envy. It was all made a hundred times worse when Tiriana broke the news: W'chek had been having a relationship with another of Madilla's friends, B'tal, for months. He was gay. And she was...
Hurt.
Worse, Delifa went in to premature labor, and gave birth to twins, only one of whom survived. The following turn, it was Milani's turn to be pregnant, and all the while, Madilla tried to remind herself that she, too, would get a chance one day. One day.
She spent the summer of Turn 21 participating in an advanced training course held at the Hall, one designed for Apprentices with 'potential', whatever that meant. It was an amazing summer, and at the end of it, she returned to the Weyr in time to deliver Milani's daughter. A month later, she was surprised to be presented with her Journeyman's knot, received a turn earlier than even her wildest dreams had anticipated.
She wrote home to tell her family about her knot, but she did not visit; she'd known since her last visit that she wasn't really welcome anymore, that they were too worried about the 'influence' she might have on her siblings and cousins, and now, their children, too. It was a turning point, and an ending.
Journeyman
Now finally a Journeyman, there was nothing to stand in Madilla's way as far as having children was concerned... nothing but Delifa, who had an inkling of what her fellow healer planned, and was not much pleased. Delifa had always known Madilla had a penchant for making friends she didn't necessarily approve of, but this was forever. She made Madilla promise to wait six months, at least, and Madilla, ever dutiful, promised.
In fact, Madilla did have plans: as soon as her six months were up, she was going to get someone to give her a baby. T'rev, then Fort's Weyrleader, and a good friend, actually offered, as did bluerider Z'yi but Madilla took matters in to her own hands, and asked W'chek. A plan was made.
Within the six months, however, that plan was also broken, when Madilla found out the startling fact that W'chek hit B'tal. One thing after another piled up, and in the end, she put those intentions on hold (much to Delifa's relief). No doubt the other Healer was less relieved when, some months later, Madilla accepted B'tal's offer to get her pregnant, instead. Their daughter, Lilabet, was born on the twelfth day of month three, Turn 23.
Having achieved her goals in life, as a Journeyman and now a mother, Madilla found herself largely content. Certainly, it bothered her that she didn't have her own mother for support as she adjusted to these new phases of her life, but she had so many others - and now, her daughter.
In Turn 25, she fell into a relationship with Varens, another Journeyman Healer. It was-- nice, a comfortable thing, something she enjoyed. They saw each other for the better part of a turn before he asked her to move back to the Hall with him, and get married. In the end, though she wanted that life, Madilla found herself unable to do it: she couldn't drag Lilabet away from her father, and her home, and Madilla herself found she did not want to leave.
A turn later, one of those reasons for staying became abruptly no more: B'tal died, suddenly and tragically, and Lilabet was left without a father. Briefly, Madilla considered creating a story to explain her daughter, a dead father, to give her the ability to visit home, but she couldn't do it: she couldn't lie, not even to give Lily a chance at more extended family.
It was later that turn that Madilla became pregnant for a second time, the result of a single night with Devaki. The exile's disappearance from the Weyr made it impossible for her to tell him; accusations of murder made her unwilling to tell anyone else. In the end, she named no one at all as her son's father, and become determined now to worry about anything but her children: they didn't need fathers. They had her.
Although Madilla had hoped to add a third child to her family, she put those dreams aside after Delifa was diagnosed with a terminal illness in Turn 29. As her mentor grew weaker, Madilla picked up more and more of her duties as Weyrhealer before finally taking over altogether in the third month of Turn 30, when Delifa was forced to retire south in order to preserve her health for as long as possible.
Weyrhealer
The transition from 'Journeyman' to 'Weyrhealer' was not an easy one, and made all the more complicated by the fragile state of High Reaches' politics since Iolene's murder. If Madilla was sure of one thing, however, it was that if Azaylia and Brieli could step up with so little experience, so could she. Nonetheless, being in a position of authority proved troubling, especially as matters got more and more complicated-- whose side was she on? How could she even know?
Worse still was attempting to navigate these waters without Delifa, who had been her mentor and friend for well over a decade.
The double flight resulted in a number of further complications. For one, Devaki returned to the Weyr, now married to the sister of Lord High Reaches Hold, and with recognised blood. For another, Madilla fell into a friendship-turned-more with H'kon, one of the brownriders at the center of the leadership mess, which rather muddied her feelings on the matter.
And then, in the middle of the third month of Turn 31, Delifa died.
Life has gotten... terribly complicated.
Relationships
- Aishani: So this is who you are. I don't quite know what to think.
- Azaylia: If you can do it, so can I. I'm so proud of you.
- B'tal: I wish you could see our daughter now. You'd be as proud of her as I am, I'm sure.
- Delifa: I miss you. I'll try and look out for your daughter. I just don't think it's enough.
- Delvana: I know I'll never be able to replace her for you, but you know I will do anything I can. All you need to do is ask. Please.
- Devaki: I have to tell you the truth, now. It terrifies me.
- Dilan: You're still too young to ask the question. I don't know what I'll say when you finally do.
- H'kon: I won't walk away from you. Not over this. I'm here. Any time.
- Iolene: I didn't really know you. I don't know that you did good things for the Weyr I love. But I'm so sorry for what happened. No one should die so young.
- I'kris: No one.
- Issedi: I'm afraid of meeting you.
- Leova: How is it possible that I have known you for so long? I'm glad you can talk to me. I'm even more glad that I can talk to you.
- Lilabet: I suspect you know and see more than you say. You're too old for your turns, and far too wise.
- L'van: I think you should come home. She's gone, but there are people here who care about you.
- K'del: I hate seeing you so bereft. It's hard imagining this Weyr without you at the helm, now. I hope you find peace. Without destroying other people.
- K'zin: I'm proud of you. I hope this is everything you dreamed it would be.
- Satiet: I still think about you. About your daughters. About... I suspect you'll haunt me forever, somehow.
- Varens: I wonder, sometimes. Whether I made the right decision. But I look back and... I know I did. I'm sorry I hurt you.
- Vrianth: You've been inside my head. I trust you... but it's a strange feeling. Don't do that when I'm trying to help.
- W'chek: I forgave you for lying to me so many Turns ago. I'm not even sure if it was a lie. I still think we might have been happy, but that was a long time ago.
RP Logs
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Other Trivia
TV Tropes
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- The McCoy
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- The Mom
D&D Character
As per this:
Lawful Good Human Cleric
Alignment: Lawful Good- A lawful good character acts as a good person is expected or required to act. He combines a commitment to oppose evil with the discipline to fight relentlessly. He tells the truth, keeps his word, helps those in need, and speaks out against injustice. A lawful good character hates to see the guilty go unpunished. Lawful good is the best alignment you can be because it combines honor and compassion. However, lawful good can be a dangerous alignment when it restricts freedom and criminalizes self-interest.
Race: Humans are the most adaptable of the common races. Short generations and a penchant for migration and conquest have made them physically diverse as well. Humans are often unorthodox in their dress, sporting unusual hairstyles, fanciful clothes, tattoos, and the like.
Class: Clerics- Clerics act as intermediaries between the earthly and the divine (or infernal) worlds. A good cleric helps those in need, while an evil cleric seeks to spread his patron's vision of evil across the world. All clerics can heal wounds and bring people back from the brink of death, and powerful clerics can even raise the dead. Likewise, all clerics have authority over undead creatures, and they can turn away or even destroy these creatures. Clerics are trained in the use of simple weapons, and can use all forms of armor and shields without penalty, since armor does not interfere with the casting of divine spells. In addition to his normal complement of spells, every cleric chooses to focus on two of his deity's domains. These domains grants the cleric special powers, and give him access to spells that he might otherwise never learn. A cleric's Wisdom score should be high, since this determines the maximum spell level that he can cast.
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