OCC: I decided to do a little bit of jae's backstory here... hope y'all enjoy.
Part one: Wedding Day
"It's only like it was yesterday," a man coughed, looking at his young daughter, "That you charmed even the elves to buy my goods."
"Ada, you know as well as I that our merchandise speaks for itself," his daughter sighed as a taller half-elven maiden tightened her corset.
"And it is you who weaved it's words. You certainly have your mother's talents. If only she could see you now."
"I wish I knew her, Ada."
"She was a spirited woman, precious Jae, full of life and charisma..." he trailed off sadly.
"Ada..."
"Now now... today is a joyous day, not a day for tears of memories past. Time to celebrate life... to celebrate something that the Varanites can never truly take away from us."
The bride smiled sadly.
"Be grateful, Jae," the woman who had been tightening the corsets said, "You are marrying your first love. not may of arranged marriages can say that."
"Perhaps someday you may marry too, Ariadne..."
"No Jae, I have committed myself to my god and have made a vow of chastity so important I will defend it with my life."
Jae smiled. Ariadne Amon had been her bodyguard for many a year, but will be departing on an important mission on the following day. Jae had no use for a bodyguard any more, for she was gaining a husband.
"Come," Ada said to his daughter, "Let us get to the ceremony."
It was on this day, Jae Eleutheria was married to Cor Kii.
The next day, her father passed away due to an uncurable illness. The clerics could not help, and Ariadne was gone to train up to be a paladin for her god.
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Part Two: Cor leaves for war.
“You have everything?” Jae asked her husband.
“I think you have put on me more armor than an army of brutes,” Cor laughed.
“I just want you to be safe.”
“This is war, Jae… I need to move too.”
She looked up at him, tears in the corners of her eyes.
Cor smiled sadly and but a thumb on her chin and looked down into her eyes. “I will come back to you, my love. Know that.”
“It’s war, Cor, how do you know?”
He took a hold of the necklace around her neck. “So long as you wear this token of our marriage, I will be with you. It’s simple but it will suffice.”
Jae looked down. “I’m not sure what I’ll do without you, Ada or Ariadne.”
“Skia here seems to be happy to look after you.” He patted the panther on the head, causing the big cat to purr loudly. “She’s stuck by you this long… what has it been? Six years since you rescued her from the streets?”
“I suppose…” Jae said quietly.
Cor tipped her chin up to look him in the eyes, his blue eyes piercing her own. “I’ve asked Ea to protect you.”
She turned her face away, but Cor moved it back and kissed her fully on the lips.
“I will write you, I promise, as often as is permitted.”
She nodded.
“Goodbye my Jae, my love.”
Cor then made his way out the door. Jae followed him outside.
“Come back to me, my love… come back to me…” she said to him as he made his way out to war.
“You have everything?” Jae asked her husband.
“I think you have put on me more armor than an army of brutes,” Cor laughed.
“I just want you to be safe.”
“This is war, Jae… I need to move too.”
She looked up at him, tears in the corners of her eyes.
Cor smiled sadly and but a thumb on her chin and looked down into her eyes. “I will come back to you, my love. Know that.”
“It’s war, Cor, how do you know?”
He took a hold of the necklace around her neck. “So long as you wear this token of our marriage, I will be with you. It’s simple but it will suffice.”
Jae looked down. “I’m not sure what I’ll do without you, Ada or Ariadne.”
“Skia here seems to be happy to look after you.” He patted the panther on the head, causing the big cat to purr loudly. “She’s stuck by you this long… what has it been? Six years since you rescued her from the streets?”
“I suppose…” Jae said quietly.
Cor tipped her chin up to look him in the eyes, his blue eyes piercing her own. “I’ve asked Ea to protect you.”
She turned her face away, but Cor moved it back and kissed her fully on the lips.
“I will write you, I promise, as often as is permitted.”
She nodded.
“Goodbye my Jae, my love.”
Cor then made his way out the door. Jae followed him outside.
“Come back to me, my love… come back to me…” she said to him as he made his way out to war.
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Part Three: Miscarriage
Face stained with tears, Jae had wandered over to where bloody remains had been put.
“You shouldn’t be up and walking,” a healer who had been stationed with her said.
“She needs a proper burial.”
“My dear, it never was alive.”
“She was to me!”
The healer backed off, seeing something in Jae’s eyes that appeared to frighten her. Jae was not to be reasoned with.
“She was my child, as soon as I knew I was carrying her I swore to protect her. I prayed to all the freaking gods to protect her and she couldn’t even last to be properly birthed. Don’t tell me that is the will of the gods. Any merciful god would never have done this. This was my child. This was Cor’s child. She shouldn’t be dead.” Jae crumpled to the ground.
The healer didn’t speak anymore. She saw a flicker of fire in Jae’s eyes. She had never liked that a female panther had been with the woman, and was now nuzzling her.
There was a knock on the door. Jae looked up as the messenger handed the healer a piece of parchment. “Give it to me.”
“But in your condition.”
“It’s from Cor, so give it to me!”
The healer quickly gave the letter to her.
My Jae:
As I write you this letter, the crusader knights are calling us up. I think of you all the time, even as I battle these Varanite bastards. Damien died yesterday, but he bought us time to retreat back to our line. All that’s left of our childhood friends are myself and Ariel. Our squadron moves out today, I pray that Ea will protect us. We’re doing a deep probe against the Varanite west defenses where rumor has it, a Claw Warlord was spotted. Take care of yourself. In only three more weeks I’ll be stationed back in Dasar, back to be near you. Ea protect you my love.
Yours, as always,
Cor
Tears welled up in Jae’s eyes. She had heard of these Claw Warlords and what they could do. She then prayed to every god she could think of to protect at least him. She couldn’t bear to lose another person that she loved.
The panther just looked up at Jae, with a small bit of knowledge in her eyes.
OCC: letter in this post and the coming one written by peregrinus.
Face stained with tears, Jae had wandered over to where bloody remains had been put.
“You shouldn’t be up and walking,” a healer who had been stationed with her said.
“She needs a proper burial.”
“My dear, it never was alive.”
“She was to me!”
The healer backed off, seeing something in Jae’s eyes that appeared to frighten her. Jae was not to be reasoned with.
“She was my child, as soon as I knew I was carrying her I swore to protect her. I prayed to all the freaking gods to protect her and she couldn’t even last to be properly birthed. Don’t tell me that is the will of the gods. Any merciful god would never have done this. This was my child. This was Cor’s child. She shouldn’t be dead.” Jae crumpled to the ground.
The healer didn’t speak anymore. She saw a flicker of fire in Jae’s eyes. She had never liked that a female panther had been with the woman, and was now nuzzling her.
There was a knock on the door. Jae looked up as the messenger handed the healer a piece of parchment. “Give it to me.”
“But in your condition.”
“It’s from Cor, so give it to me!”
The healer quickly gave the letter to her.
My Jae:
As I write you this letter, the crusader knights are calling us up. I think of you all the time, even as I battle these Varanite bastards. Damien died yesterday, but he bought us time to retreat back to our line. All that’s left of our childhood friends are myself and Ariel. Our squadron moves out today, I pray that Ea will protect us. We’re doing a deep probe against the Varanite west defenses where rumor has it, a Claw Warlord was spotted. Take care of yourself. In only three more weeks I’ll be stationed back in Dasar, back to be near you. Ea protect you my love.
Yours, as always,
Cor
Tears welled up in Jae’s eyes. She had heard of these Claw Warlords and what they could do. She then prayed to every god she could think of to protect at least him. She couldn’t bear to lose another person that she loved.
The panther just looked up at Jae, with a small bit of knowledge in her eyes.
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Part Four: Cor's Death
Jae put flowers on the makeshift grave in front of her house and lowered her head. Tears welled in her eyes as she stood up and put a hand to her stomach. She had sent the healer away, determined that she could handle herself just fine now.
Determined to continue on, despite how difficult it would be.
It was then that I saw him. With this sight, I felt doom.
Ariel turned the corner, shifted out of invisible, handed me a note and Cor’s two-bladed sword. He then moved on his way, very uncomfortable to be around a grieving wife. He had no wife of his own, so he could not even comprehend the pain of losing a loved someone.
Jae looked down at the note, fearing what it would read, knowing it at the same time, but read none-the-less.
I was in the back like usual. Cor was leading the way, since Damien died, he’d been leading us, though he’d never been good at finding traps. The Varanites had not been offering too much resistance, but we were still being cautious. Then he appeared, the Claw Warlord. I’d fought Talon Warlords before, but this was something entirely different. That scythe cut Xek in half before he could even draw his sword, right through the plate mail he always wore. I studdered out a spell, barely phasing the Claw, and causing him to turn towords me. Then Cor charged him, that two-handed, two-bladed sword of his hitting the Claw on his shoulder, crushing the armor. The Claw turned on Cor, who was shouting at me to run. Last I saw, the Claw had sundered his sword and was swinging for his neck. I just went invisible and ran…
Later I went back, still on invisible, and I retrieved his sword for you to keep, to remember him by.
-Ariel
Upon reading the letter, she crumpled to the ground outside her house. Not a tear came to her eyes.
“Take this, it will ease the pain.”
Jae looked up, eyes squinted.
“Take,” the old man told her.
She took the gift and clenched her fist around it, and closed her eyes. As her tears finally fell, the house they had lived burst into flames.
Jae put flowers on the makeshift grave in front of her house and lowered her head. Tears welled in her eyes as she stood up and put a hand to her stomach. She had sent the healer away, determined that she could handle herself just fine now.
Determined to continue on, despite how difficult it would be.
It was then that I saw him. With this sight, I felt doom.
Ariel turned the corner, shifted out of invisible, handed me a note and Cor’s two-bladed sword. He then moved on his way, very uncomfortable to be around a grieving wife. He had no wife of his own, so he could not even comprehend the pain of losing a loved someone.
Jae looked down at the note, fearing what it would read, knowing it at the same time, but read none-the-less.
I was in the back like usual. Cor was leading the way, since Damien died, he’d been leading us, though he’d never been good at finding traps. The Varanites had not been offering too much resistance, but we were still being cautious. Then he appeared, the Claw Warlord. I’d fought Talon Warlords before, but this was something entirely different. That scythe cut Xek in half before he could even draw his sword, right through the plate mail he always wore. I studdered out a spell, barely phasing the Claw, and causing him to turn towords me. Then Cor charged him, that two-handed, two-bladed sword of his hitting the Claw on his shoulder, crushing the armor. The Claw turned on Cor, who was shouting at me to run. Last I saw, the Claw had sundered his sword and was swinging for his neck. I just went invisible and ran…
Later I went back, still on invisible, and I retrieved his sword for you to keep, to remember him by.
-Ariel
Upon reading the letter, she crumpled to the ground outside her house. Not a tear came to her eyes.
“Take this, it will ease the pain.”
Jae looked up, eyes squinted.
“Take,” the old man told her.
She took the gift and clenched her fist around it, and closed her eyes. As her tears finally fell, the house they had lived burst into flames.
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Part Five: Sorcery discovered
Take this, it will ease the pain.
Jae looked around to see her home had become scorched rubble. Flames still flickered inside. Out from the shadows of the flame, stepped Skia who stopped just before the grieving new widow.
“You do have yourrr motherrr’s powerrr.”
Jae’s eyes widened in terror as she realized it was the cat who was speaking to her.
“Don’t be scarrred. You know me.”
Jae just blinked.
“Yes I am quite capable of communication. I was just waiting.”
“Waiting for what?”
“Yourrr powerrrs to emerrrge.”
Jae blinked, again.
“Yourrr fatherrr mentioned to himself once in my prrresence about yourrr motherrr being a powerrrful sorrrcerrress. I knew when I met you that it was only a matterrr of time.”
“Till what?”
“Till you knew what you werrre.”
“That is?”
“Sorrrcerrress.”
“I’m a what?”
“Sorrrcerrress. Rrreally tirrred of rrrepeating myself.”
Jae blinked, again.
“Forrrgive my rrr’s. I am a cat.”
“So, I’m a sorceress.”
The cat nodded. “And can be quite powerrrful with trrraining so morrre houses can surrrvive.”
Jae blushed looking at the rubble of her home. “But, who are you?”
“You know me. I am Skia, shadowcat, pantherrr extrodinairrre. And I prrrnounce myself yourrr familiarrr. You don’t get a choice in the matterrr.”
“So I’m your mistress then?”
“If you prrreferrr. That is not yourrr name, but I find your name morrre difficult to prrronounce than Mistrrress.”
“Um, okay.”
“I owe you my life, Mistrrress. The least I can do is give it back to you.”
Jae smiled sadly. “Well… where to now?”
“Firrrst, mourrrning and contrrrol.”
Take this, it will ease the pain.
Jae looked around to see her home had become scorched rubble. Flames still flickered inside. Out from the shadows of the flame, stepped Skia who stopped just before the grieving new widow.
“You do have yourrr motherrr’s powerrr.”
Jae’s eyes widened in terror as she realized it was the cat who was speaking to her.
“Don’t be scarrred. You know me.”
Jae just blinked.
“Yes I am quite capable of communication. I was just waiting.”
“Waiting for what?”
“Yourrr powerrrs to emerrrge.”
Jae blinked, again.
“Yourrr fatherrr mentioned to himself once in my prrresence about yourrr motherrr being a powerrrful sorrrcerrress. I knew when I met you that it was only a matterrr of time.”
“Till what?”
“Till you knew what you werrre.”
“That is?”
“Sorrrcerrress.”
“I’m a what?”
“Sorrrcerrress. Rrreally tirrred of rrrepeating myself.”
Jae blinked, again.
“Forrrgive my rrr’s. I am a cat.”
“So, I’m a sorceress.”
The cat nodded. “And can be quite powerrrful with trrraining so morrre houses can surrrvive.”
Jae blushed looking at the rubble of her home. “But, who are you?”
“You know me. I am Skia, shadowcat, pantherrr extrodinairrre. And I prrrnounce myself yourrr familiarrr. You don’t get a choice in the matterrr.”
“So I’m your mistress then?”
“If you prrreferrr. That is not yourrr name, but I find your name morrre difficult to prrronounce than Mistrrress.”
“Um, okay.”
“I owe you my life, Mistrrress. The least I can do is give it back to you.”
Jae smiled sadly. “Well… where to now?”
“Firrrst, mourrrning and contrrrol.”
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Part Six: Apprentice to Falson Almaran
“Out, you need to go on your own now.”
“But Ariadne…”
“Jae, I mean it. Skia needs to mate but she’s too damn picky. Blasted sorcerors and their cats! I can’t take it anymore. Out!”
Ariadne Amon had taken Jae in for the last couple years while she was in mourning. She had been pushing to get the young sorceress out to work more on her training and get over herself, and the fact that Skia was in heat pushed matters along quickly.
So Jae walked on her way from Ariadne’s home, not too far from the woods of Daris, to the village of Daris. Dasar had gotten too dangerous to travel to with the dark druids on the road. It had used to be a pleasant place to live, but Jae had made a bad habit of burning down houses in fits of grief, so she had to move out of there quickly. Jae hoped that she could meet up with a well-known sorcerer and Kingseeker initiate named Falson Almaran. She hoped he would have her as his apprentice, although she didn’t think she should even give him the option to say no. She hoped he’d be good to learn from, and that he would tolerate Skia. Skia had been eying his familiar for months since they had come through the woods on some sort of mission.
A dwarf named Tengin had took her under his wing for some hunting for a time, then she met Falson and Skia went with Drakin to the Dancing Daggers.
The rest… is history…
“Out, you need to go on your own now.”
“But Ariadne…”
“Jae, I mean it. Skia needs to mate but she’s too damn picky. Blasted sorcerors and their cats! I can’t take it anymore. Out!”
Ariadne Amon had taken Jae in for the last couple years while she was in mourning. She had been pushing to get the young sorceress out to work more on her training and get over herself, and the fact that Skia was in heat pushed matters along quickly.
So Jae walked on her way from Ariadne’s home, not too far from the woods of Daris, to the village of Daris. Dasar had gotten too dangerous to travel to with the dark druids on the road. It had used to be a pleasant place to live, but Jae had made a bad habit of burning down houses in fits of grief, so she had to move out of there quickly. Jae hoped that she could meet up with a well-known sorcerer and Kingseeker initiate named Falson Almaran. She hoped he would have her as his apprentice, although she didn’t think she should even give him the option to say no. She hoped he’d be good to learn from, and that he would tolerate Skia. Skia had been eying his familiar for months since they had come through the woods on some sort of mission.
A dwarf named Tengin had took her under his wing for some hunting for a time, then she met Falson and Skia went with Drakin to the Dancing Daggers.
The rest… is history…
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Part Seven: Looking Back
Dear Cor,
I try to sleep in the tent at Dragonwatch that Falson occasionally uses (according to the Brutes) but I can’t anymore. I just stare at the roof over my head and look back. You, my husband, are gone and there is no going back. I now have seen what a Claw can do upfront and I’m in no hurry to be near one again. You didn’t stand a chance. But now, I feel something warm on my lap. Skia dropped a cub on me, as if presenting it to me for inspection. I smile and take a closer look at the tiny cub. Female. Skia came back with another, holding it by the scruff of her neck. Another female. Skia motioned that there were more, and then came in with two more. Four cubs, two females and two males. I need to go back to Daris, to be near Falson and tell Drakin he was a daddy now.
They’re so tiny, and so very cuddly. They’re sleepy but the one on my lap seems to enjoy the petting I am giving her. So much like her parents.
It made me long for our child I had to bury a few years back. She was even tinier than these, not fully developed, not able to live out on her own. I threw all my anger at the fertility god that my friend Ariadne so fully devoted herself to, but I now realize, it was just as well. With the news of your death, the child would have most likely been killed anyways, with my uncontrolled sorcery and burning down not just one, but multiple houses in my grieving period, I could not have kept her alive. Maybe, it was to be this way. But nothing stopped the pain. It came around this time every year. Every year that marked the anniversary of the founding of my power, the miscarriage to your death, left me with utter physical agony that I could not figure out how to fix, with all the clerics in the land.
But it’s time to move on. Skia tells me that is what you would want me to do. That you would like Falson and that he would do me good. I’m still not certain. People around town talk about him being a queer, but that’s just cause they don’t understand. I like his hair long (like I liked yours that way)… I sometimes wonder what it would be like to run my fingers through it… and the robes, they suit him. And the fact that he’s a virgin? You were 10 years my senior and you were still a virgin when we got married. So not being laid by a woman has nothing to do with queerness… but I don’t think anything I would say would convince Az or Hak or anyone else of a similar persuasion of it. I give up. I care about him, but I’m his apprentice, and doubt he’d see past that. But perhaps he would. Perhaps Lone was right, that there was something there… at least that was what he implied. Perhaps it would do Falson good if I was there when he woke up…
I went to Palemoon recently with Ivae, a elf rogue who I find very intriguing, and a few others. It was an interesting thing. I thank the blessed cleric that he is, Lone greatly for the raise dead scrolls he lent me. When he was off killing things, I had to bring Ivy back to life. Sometimes when the cleric is distracted, us sorcerers have to do our best to keep other people alive… if we can.
Apparently this Kell person has come back. He was tormenting Lone while he and I were hunting in the Varanite caves. Something in the mind. Such power is beyond my comprehension. Falson told me about Kell, and that was enough to make me realize I shouldn’t be one to go against him. I got a similar eerie feeling about Kell that I did when Falson mentioned Maelstrom the one time we were on route to Dasar to see about finding a cure for when Sergent Isiovel got poisoned.
More recently I went hunting again with Ivae, Chi and Swift. Had to deal with a Talon. That wasn’t pleasant. Remind me next time to head the advice about not going north of Raven’s Watch.
Lone and Isis are getting married soon. I hope Ea and whatever other gods bother to listen to me will bless that. I hope nothing will stand in the way of their happiness.
I guess, I just wish for my own.
So, I slowly move the purring cub off my lap, scratch Skia on her head, and make my way to leave, asking the Brutes to keep her and her cubs safe. I ask it as a favor, not as an order, for I’m certain they have much more important things to do than look over adorable panther cubs. The one I talked to, I never quite got his name, but seemed to be a little intrigued that there were four panther cubs now residing at Dragonwatch. Sometimes I wonder if they understand that Drakin is not the same as Dragon, though. It’s always difficult communicating with them.
Your Jae
PS: I hope you don’t mind that I think this, but, I really hope Falson wakes up soon.
Dear Cor,
I try to sleep in the tent at Dragonwatch that Falson occasionally uses (according to the Brutes) but I can’t anymore. I just stare at the roof over my head and look back. You, my husband, are gone and there is no going back. I now have seen what a Claw can do upfront and I’m in no hurry to be near one again. You didn’t stand a chance. But now, I feel something warm on my lap. Skia dropped a cub on me, as if presenting it to me for inspection. I smile and take a closer look at the tiny cub. Female. Skia came back with another, holding it by the scruff of her neck. Another female. Skia motioned that there were more, and then came in with two more. Four cubs, two females and two males. I need to go back to Daris, to be near Falson and tell Drakin he was a daddy now.
They’re so tiny, and so very cuddly. They’re sleepy but the one on my lap seems to enjoy the petting I am giving her. So much like her parents.
It made me long for our child I had to bury a few years back. She was even tinier than these, not fully developed, not able to live out on her own. I threw all my anger at the fertility god that my friend Ariadne so fully devoted herself to, but I now realize, it was just as well. With the news of your death, the child would have most likely been killed anyways, with my uncontrolled sorcery and burning down not just one, but multiple houses in my grieving period, I could not have kept her alive. Maybe, it was to be this way. But nothing stopped the pain. It came around this time every year. Every year that marked the anniversary of the founding of my power, the miscarriage to your death, left me with utter physical agony that I could not figure out how to fix, with all the clerics in the land.
But it’s time to move on. Skia tells me that is what you would want me to do. That you would like Falson and that he would do me good. I’m still not certain. People around town talk about him being a queer, but that’s just cause they don’t understand. I like his hair long (like I liked yours that way)… I sometimes wonder what it would be like to run my fingers through it… and the robes, they suit him. And the fact that he’s a virgin? You were 10 years my senior and you were still a virgin when we got married. So not being laid by a woman has nothing to do with queerness… but I don’t think anything I would say would convince Az or Hak or anyone else of a similar persuasion of it. I give up. I care about him, but I’m his apprentice, and doubt he’d see past that. But perhaps he would. Perhaps Lone was right, that there was something there… at least that was what he implied. Perhaps it would do Falson good if I was there when he woke up…
I went to Palemoon recently with Ivae, a elf rogue who I find very intriguing, and a few others. It was an interesting thing. I thank the blessed cleric that he is, Lone greatly for the raise dead scrolls he lent me. When he was off killing things, I had to bring Ivy back to life. Sometimes when the cleric is distracted, us sorcerers have to do our best to keep other people alive… if we can.
Apparently this Kell person has come back. He was tormenting Lone while he and I were hunting in the Varanite caves. Something in the mind. Such power is beyond my comprehension. Falson told me about Kell, and that was enough to make me realize I shouldn’t be one to go against him. I got a similar eerie feeling about Kell that I did when Falson mentioned Maelstrom the one time we were on route to Dasar to see about finding a cure for when Sergent Isiovel got poisoned.
More recently I went hunting again with Ivae, Chi and Swift. Had to deal with a Talon. That wasn’t pleasant. Remind me next time to head the advice about not going north of Raven’s Watch.
Lone and Isis are getting married soon. I hope Ea and whatever other gods bother to listen to me will bless that. I hope nothing will stand in the way of their happiness.
I guess, I just wish for my own.
So, I slowly move the purring cub off my lap, scratch Skia on her head, and make my way to leave, asking the Brutes to keep her and her cubs safe. I ask it as a favor, not as an order, for I’m certain they have much more important things to do than look over adorable panther cubs. The one I talked to, I never quite got his name, but seemed to be a little intrigued that there were four panther cubs now residing at Dragonwatch. Sometimes I wonder if they understand that Drakin is not the same as Dragon, though. It’s always difficult communicating with them.
Your Jae
PS: I hope you don’t mind that I think this, but, I really hope Falson wakes up soon.
Jae Eleutheria – Kingseeker Initiate
Ariadne Amon – Paladin of Ishtar
Bella Tari
Mikyla Peregry
Mercii Kai-Dama
Ariadne Amon – Paladin of Ishtar
Bella Tari
Mikyla Peregry
Mercii Kai-Dama