Priya Blackwood

The Flamebearer and Light Champion of Fire

Unbeknownst to her sister, Priya did not die in the fire she started and which claimed the lives of the rest of their family. Jolting awake from a nightmare, she saw she had unknowingly lit her bed ablaze. She bolted from the house as the fire spread, reaching the woodline as it collapsed on top of her parents trapped inside. A scared and guilt stricken child, she did return to the ruined homestead until well after her sister had left. Alone in a world which already viewed her as a hazard, a view she now very much shared, she likely would have died had she not been found by a mercenary band of the Knights of the Cleansing Flame. Seeing Priya as touched by Inferno as well as a scared little girl, they took her back to Castle Ash, clothed her, fed her, and taught her to embrace her powers as a gift rather than a curse. She bonded particularly with the masked woman they call the Cindered Shade, leader of the Knights, and the two became fast friends. While the sword and lance were not for her, she took great solace in scripture and prayer, eventually moving up the mountain to the Church of Conflagration monastery. There the monks taught her to unleash the true potential of her inner fire, identifying her as the new Light Champion of Fire, and she quickly rose to prominence among them. She earned the title of “Flamebearer,” the ceremonial priestess who is to welcome the emergence of Inferno when it next awakens from its slumber. She and the Shade are certainly the two most recognizable members of the Church, if not also the most influential. Priya remains unaware that her sister survived that fire so many years ago, nor her similar rise to prominence and power half a world away.

Current Location

Church of Conflagration

Species

Flameborn

Family

House Blackwood

Sex

Female

Aligned Organization

The Church of Conflagration

Ruled Locations

• Church of Conflagration