Darla's Beginnings

Darla grew up in a small village called Buckelwell and comes from a family of farmers. As a young girl she was gifted with the ability to use magic. There are rumors to this day what caused it, some say she came across forest sprites who granted her this ability because they believed she was a kind and gentle girl, others claim a witch tried to curse her and it went horribly awry. Regardless of the circumstances, she was a young mage with no teacher or mentor to develop her skills.
 
 
At the age of seven, she began to naturally develop her skills and through a natural intuition she began to learn and cast simple spells. Unfortunately this untamed magical ability caused multiple successive mishaps that led to the townsfolk holding a meeting and declaring her banished unless her parents could bridle her witchlike abilities within seven days.
 
 
This worked, the prospect of being thrown out of her home helped her temper and hide her abilities for a long time. Until one day, she was playing in the fields with her sister Carla when they were attacked by a wolf. With Carla and Darla's lives on the line, she unleashed the entire tamped down power she had been concealing in one massive blast of energy. Although this drove away the wolf, it also started a significant brushfire which quickly consumed the whole field.
 
 
Unfortunately the fire turned out to be uncontrollable, as it was the harvest season in Buckwell and the fields were rather dry. In their attempts to tame the blaze, Darla's father and sister were both killed and most of the town was destroyed forcing Darla to flee the area.
 
 
Darla now lives in isolation in the forest, mastering the flame that is her magical spirit and tending to the nature around her in hope that behind the scenes, she might be able to offset the wrongs she has done.