Dauntless was hatched at 1:08, on the 7th day of the 2nd month (the month of blossoms) in the 368th year of the Paloran calendar.

Victory, birth name of Chithos, Kobold name of Dauntless, is a miner, hunter, but very much a gamer, and now a reluctant adventurer as she sets out on a mission given to her by Chronesthia, to find someone called "Von Rythmann" and kill or otherwise stop him from using the powers he stole from her, before she dies and her curse preventing him from using them expires with her.



When first given the mission by Chronesthia in the Temple of Chronesthia Dauntless chose three items form her hoard to aid her in the mission. One of these was The Creation of Rubies, one was the deck of many things, and the last was a Drought of Draconic Ascension.

Before leaving the temple, she drank the Drought and grew larger, but no other changes began yet. This Drought was made using the blood of Ruberylith and as Dauntless had been consuming crystalized scales from Ruberylith's burial mound all her life, she now contained a great deal of Ruberylith's magic.

The group departed for The City of Valkour after Chronesthia passed into her Twilight slumber, predicted to last a year before she dies.

The City of Valkour

In Valkour, Dauntless began experiencing more changes to her body, growing in size to be as tall as a human, with sharp claws and a more draconic bearing. She then ended up playing with the Deck of many things, which caused the following effects:

If she lies to deceive, she transforms into a random animal: Randomizer

A form of Lycanthropy has been applied to her.

The character receives two visions and the knowledge that one vision is true and the other false, though she does not know which is which.

Mystery - Something extraordinary has happened, but the players don't know what.



The group took a quest to kill something in the woods which was killing hunters, which was discovered to be the last Dire Boar (though the party did not know it was the last). They killed it and then encountered the troll tribe of Gabbuk Leafsnaggle who is Zilli Mot'zron'drak's husband. Her daughter Drak was also there, and the group spent the night with them in exchange for the boar meat. In addition, the trolls cleaned the skull and hide, and now due to the extra meat none of the tribe will starve in the winter.



After this, the group returned to Valkour, where they found many people discussing winter housing, and the incoming first storm of winter. The group decided after some discussion that they would not stay in Valkour, wanting to pursue the main mission without staying through the winter in one place. But they wanted to have winter traveling equipment and some money before they set out.

Selling the skull at first seemed difficult, as the blacksmith nearby didn't value it much, but she did value the hide and purchased it, as well as bartering the price down with a shield for Arwel and some wolf harnesses for Zilli Mot'zron'drak.

During that conversation, the blacksmith's wife mentioned the secret undercity of Valkour, as the party were plainly not humans. The group figured the skull would be best sold in that area and ventured into the undercity.

The party had to locate and speak to Kurbarar to gain access, after which they explored the undercity, the true dwarven city of Valkour. They met with The collector and sold the skull for a high sum and trades.

Dauntless also sold the large bottle the Drought came in, with a tiny residue in the bottle. She received a shapeless magic chain mail shirt which could adapt to any form, and cannot be truly sundered by normal means (as it just comes off and can be re-applied).

She also experienced a startling moment when Zilli drew Snicker-Snack, prompting Dauntless and Zilli to both reenact an ancient scene of conflict between Chronepsis and an Orcish god. They do not remember what they reenacted, but the collector, Arwel, and Kefka Scorchstone witnessed it.

After this, the group visited other shops and locations in the undercity, before leaving, gathering their things and staying the night in the Deepwoods Monastery.

In the Monastery, Dauntless struggled with feelings of lost control, struggled and failed to meditate, and eventually slept.

The next morning as dark clouds gathered, the group bid farewell to the monks. Before leaving the city completely, Zilli gave Dauntless a gift of a blank deck of cards, that she could decorate or design however she wished.

Traveling

The group left Valkour and into the first winter storm. Thankfully though it was cold, it was not as heavy as it could have been, and the group was able to use Kefka's instant tower to sleep each night, making the travel much less risky.

Within the tower, strange things were discovered. The names of past users, the skeleton of a mage near the fireplace, and due to an extensive search of the tower by Kefka, a secret chamber in the basement where a spell circle is inlaid on a small table with spaces for spell components and scrolls.

Later in the travels on the night of the 15th, Dauntless was overtaken by a spiritual lycanthropy possession, as Ruberylith took over and (with some physical changes, including wings that stayed after Dauntless took control again) stalked up to Zilli's room and demanded she hand over Snicker Snack. Zilli refused and a tense standoff ensued, including Isk Chrona trying to talk her down.

A sleeping spell gave Ruberylith more control, but Heroism put Ruberylith into a slumber, and the group was able to put her into the secret chamber, where eventually Ruberylith woke up and clawed at the door, screaming and trying to bother everyone else. To continue making noise without hurting herself, she pried the inlay out of the table and scraped the door with it to continue pestering them.



The next morning, Dauntless woke rested and well, with no memory of the events.

The group spotted footprints in the snow, someone had observed them and left without getting closer.

The group has trouble finding a place that evening to place the tower, discovering in the process that there's a kobold ambush set up at a bridge, and eventually initiating combat. The combat is mostly made difficult by the kobolds shooting from the dark, but as the tides start to turn, Zilli uses the mask of Olidamarra to channel the god, who appeared in a feminine form and chastised the shaman leader of the group, Kikishi. She said that she'd let things play out and then give her a second chance.

In the following round the shaman, two kobold archers, and the tribe's Champion were slain, which Olidamarra undid, and the kobolds surrendered.

The kobold group is: Kikishi (the shaman) Ranas (the Champion), Kafe and Kore (sisters), Maro, Shaki (which means "Something will happen"), and Orn.

That night Dauntless fought off any influence from Ruberylith, focusing instead on the group, Isk, the new kobolds, and her new wings.



On the night of the 17th, Dauntless first taps into the might of Ruby voluntarily, overcoming a Protection from evil spell, but protected from Ruby's influence so they are able to talk to eachother instead of a complete take over of control.

Chronepsis, Ruberylith, Victory, each are considered to be born from the death of the last, and their great fear of the blade Snicker Snack is born from this, it being the thing that killed Chronepsis.

The Protection from Evil spell wore off as Dauntless tried to meditate, and their thoughts grew dark. Dauntless witnessed Ruberylith burning her trade contracts with Everwill, and abandoning Chronesthia to her fate when the time goddess asked for aid.

The next morning, Dauntless and Ruberylith speak. In that discussion, it is revealed Ruberylith had a child later in her life, and that child withered away, destroying her emotionally.

During this conversation, Dauntless took up Ruberylith's full name, Ruberylith Chrirarth Ekiejarach Aethaurach, but replaced the final quartet ("mother of fate") with Victory. In draconic, "Vivec".

When the idea of sabotage was brought up to Ruberylith, now renamed Ruby, the spirit experienced a mental break, unable to cope with some hidden emotion or trauma.

The City of Hinterweil

On the 18th, the group decides on their disguises and they enter The City of Hinterweil.

Victory wore clothes and Zilli's mask of the schemer in an effort to appear more refined, with the kobold tribe and Isk leading the way. In the process, Victory was exposed to the influence of humans. She unfortunately had a critical failure and was heavily influenced, taking a more domineering approach over "her" kobolds for the time being.

The group found a cheap enough inn, called "Mel's Greathall" where the half-orc hostess named Charlotte welcomed them. The group got rooms, one for Victory and all the kobolds, and Victory stayed in the room until dinner.

At dinner, Victory was troubled by the careless actions of Arwel and Zilli and retired again to her room quickly. Kikishi had snuck away, and Victory felt that Kikishi might have run away or betrayed her.

Later that night, Kikishi returned with a prayer book used by The Mourners of Palor in Church of Palor to enact some of their mental effects. She also brought back a pamphlet from a school detailing the structure of Palora.

During the next few days, the group sought to earn more money. To this aim, Victory worked at The Jaunt earning quite a bit of money and gaining the notice of The Society of Golden Dragons. After a week or so of work, she was offered official membership, and removed one of her teeth to become her Keystone Feature in the function of that group.



She also spent some of that time learning from Zilli how to dance!

On the 3rd day of Roots in the year 392, Hinterweil was having a Lunar Festival where the group joined in.

Victory found out that she could use the blank deck of cards to draw a new form of herself, and drew a human form, "Tammy" Tamera Greenbow which apparently Ruberylith had disguised herself as for a while.

Using this form, she participated in the festival, ultimately winning at the dart toss and obtaining a bottle of wine.

She also spotted Rekyevalish for Zilli and chased him, briefly getting into a conversation and only leaving when Zilli arrived. The ever romantic Rekye did kiss her, but their moment didn't go any further than that.

The festival moved on to watch the sailing of the ceremonial boat, and the group went out to the shore of the lake to watch.

The boat unexpectedly blew up when it was lit on fire, instead of burning slowly. In the same moment, a being identified by Zilli as a Holocaust Disciple was summoned.

This creature threw four Salamanders to the shore to slaughter the festival attendees, and the group immediately went forward to defend them.

In a moment of terror and fear, Victory was overwhelmed by Ruby, who attacked the leader of the four Salamanders with viciousness.