2022 Character Creation Challenge - Elowen the Fae Foundling for Beyond The Wall RPG

 

Character Stats

NAME: Elowen    CLASS: Warrior/Mage    LEVEL: 1

ALLIGNMENT: Neutral    BASE ATTACK BONUS: 1    INITIATIVE: 5

STR: 9(0)    DEX: 19(+3)    CON: 10(0)    INT: 13(+1)    WIS: 11(0)    CHA: 8(-1)

ARMOUR CLASS: 15    FORTUNE POINTS: 3    HIT POINTS: 8 (8)

SKILLS: Command, Sense Magic

KNACK: Defensive Fighter

SPELLS: Greater Illusion, Veil of Sleep

Saving Throws

Poison: 14    Breath Weapon: 17    Polymorph: 15    Spell: 17    Magic Item: 16

Equipment & Weapons

Dagger    +4 to hit    1d4 damage

Short Sword    +4 to hit    1d6 damage

Longbow    +4 to hit    1d8 damage (quiver with 20 arrows)

Leathers +2 to AC

Peasants Clothing

Carved Goblet of Ivory which was left in her swaddling clothing

10 Silvers

Trait

Fighting Finess.  she uses her Dex bonus (+3) to hit with melee weapons, note, this does not affect her damage bonus which remain 0.

Description

Elowen was found beneath the ancient standing stone in the centre of the village, a goblet of ivory upon her breast and was taken in by a farmer and his wife who live near the village and they brought her up as if she was their own.

At first Elowen was little different from the other children in the village, her skin much fairer than the others, her features a little different but she was accepted by all until, as she got older, she began to change. her eyes became the colour of autumn leaves, her skin the colour of porcelain,  her ears much more elven in shape which she tried to cover with her jet black hair.  Then brown coloured leaves began to grow amongst her hair and she started to be shunned by others, tormented by bullies and blamed for any slight ills that befell the village or its inhabitants. 

At first, Elowen would cut or even pull the leaves from her hair but within days they simply grew back.  To avoid the ridicule and torment she received from the villagers she took to being a shepherdess and look after her fathers sheep, alone, out in the mountains around the village.

Although Elowen kept herself away from the village as much as she could, she was not without friends, the local hunters would camp with her and her adopted sister, Hazel, the witch's prentice , who Elowen has always looked out for.  She is very close to Midwinter, wayward daughter to local nobleman, they both learned to fight together, also Midwinter's quiet brother Tristram is close to her, she also has a friend in Auden, the witches beast keeper.

Although Elowens appearance is so different from human looks and she is a farmers daughter, she is very beautiful and glamorous, she is tall and has an ethereal presence which can mesmerise and befuddle  mortals and she has a very commanding presence although she probably does not realise it.

Elowen does not know who her real parents are or were, nor why she was left under the standing stone in the village and what, if anything, is the meaning behind the ivory goblet left with her.

A few notes.

Erowen's charisma is very low at 8, I decided to go with this as I felt it reflected not her personality or her ethereal beauty but the fact she looks very different from mortals, her white skin, elven ears and in particular the leaves that grow in her hair, all make humans react poorly towards her.

She is however extremely quick and her trait fighting finesse gives her a fantastic +3 to attacks with melee weapons as well as ranged weapons, making her a formidable warrior.