Medea Delphi
Lady Medea Delphi (a.k.a. The Cursed "Princess")
Lady Medea Delphi was a noble born woman from what was believed to be a normal human family, astoundingly she was born with green snakelike eyes and patches of scaly skin. She was a Yuan-Ti Pureblood, and thus a secret and a shame to her family. So for the next few decades she was locked away in a tower on the family estate, never to see the world. In that tower she nothing but time, so she read and prayed seeking freedom from her curse and for the approval and love of her family. Her prayers were finally answered one day by the Goddess Hecate, who blessed her with a magical key that could unlock almost any door and named her a Cleric. Since then she has been on the run and seeking a cure to her curse... she knows it's out there somewhere.
Physical Description
General Physical Condition
Petite, not underfed but rather just slim and unathletic. Result from limited physical activity as she spent most of her life in her tower.
Body Features
Pale skin from a life indoors and a lack of sunlight, with patches of of violet/purple serpentine scales on her upper arms and spine.
Facial Features
Regal and beautiful, and very humanlike with the exception of emerald green iris snake-like slit eyes.
Identifying Characteristics
Long and naturally curly fiery red hair.
Physical quirks
Tends to be shy around people due to her life of isolation, hates crowds and snakes.
Special abilities
As Yuan-Ti Pureblood she has many Innate Spellcasting gifts that she'd prefer not to use unless necessary. She hates her serpentine nature and everything that makes her "not human". Such as her Poison Spray and her ability to talk to snakes.
Apparel & Accessories
She wears a fine tunic and dress pants denoting her as a noblewoman though subtly as they are not gaudy by any means. On her finger is her Signet Ring depicting an Irish Wolfhound with a Purple Adder being eaten. Finally around her neck an unassuming brass skeleton key, her Holy Symbol, tied to a blue ribbon.
Specialized Equipment
Her Holy Symbol, the brass skeleton key, is a gift from her Goddess Hecate. It can be used as traditionally Holy Symbol, in addition it may magically open some doors for her.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Lady Medea Delphi was a noble-born woman from what was believed to be a normal human family, astoundingly she was born with green snakelike eyes and patches of scaly skin. She was a Yuan-Ti Pureblood, and thus a secret and a shame to her family. So for the next few decades, she was locked away in a tower on the family estate, never to see the world. Her only friends were her books, the birds that landed on her window sill, the occasional tutor, and her maids. The maids, in particular, were very kind to her, they made sure she always had her favorite meals, dressed her in favorite clothes, brought her books of all kinds (even "illegal ones") from the Imperium Academia, and even kept her company some days. Despite this, she was still lonely and longed to see the outside world and resented herself and her "curse". She developed a sense of Ophidiophobia, the fear of snakes, due to her own nature and her rejection of it. Thus in that tower, she had nothing but time, so she read many of the "forbidden" books and prayed to many of the gods and goddesses seeking freedom from her curse and for the approval and love of her family. Her prayers were finally answered one day in the form of the Goddess Hecate, the first and only deity that even bothered to answer her prayers. Hecate blessed her with a magical key that could unlock almost any door and named her a Cleric, she did not cure her of her curse but rather provided her with the means of finding one. So in the dead of night, without even tell her maids, she packed her things and stole a few necessary gears. Since then she has been on the run and seeking a cure to her curse, she knows it's out there somewhere and will not rest until she has one.
Gender Identity
Female
Sexuality
Heterosexual
Education
As a noblewoman and locked away most of her life, her education came from private tutors that were hired discreetly and secretly by her family. They taught her many of the basics of the world and her education, the rest she learned by reading many of the books provided to her by the maids.
Employment
She has never been employed and is at this moment more so a wanderer and pilgrim of sorts.
Accomplishments & Achievements
Thus far her biggest accomplishment is becoming a Cleric of Hecate and escaping her tower, beyond that not so much.
Failures & Embarrassments
She feels that she is an utter failure to her family and that they are embarrassed by her mere existence. They wouldn't kill her and yet they refused to even see or speak with her through most of her youth.
Mental Trauma
She doesn't hate or fear herself as much as she hates and fears what she can do and her own nature as a Yuan-Ti Pureblood. This compounds into her Ophidiophobia, her fear of snakes.
Intellectual Characteristics
She can very clever due her private tutelage, but she is wise beyond her years and has a penchant for medicine and anatomy. This is due to her research into her own condition and her attempts to cure herself.
Morality & Philosophy
You tend to be morally good, but not particularly beholden to any supposedly just laws nor do actively break any laws in the name of what is right. But rather you follow the principles of Hecate and your own conscience.
Taboos
The unnecessary and/or corrupt use of anyone's Noble blood or title to get their way or to get away with things, she rarely even uses her family's influence or name to begin with let alone for power.
Personality Characteristics
Motivation
Her desire to find a cure to her condition and curse, her Yuan-Ti lineage. This is all done in the name of seeking the approval, acceptance, and love of her family.
Savvies & Ineptitudes
Savvy: She is a rather talented healer, with extensive knowledge on humanoid anatomy and how to cure most wounds and ailments. She can also be rather clever due to her random bits of knowledge from her random readings.
Ineptitude: Anything athletic or physical, and she is socially awkward due to her life in seclusion in the tower.
Likes & Dislikes
Likes: She likes all fluffy and feathery animals, though many are scared of her due to her hidden serpentine nature. She also enjoys snacks, desserts, and various treats; and like any noblewoman, she enjoys shiny & sparkly things.
Dislikes: She loathes snakes of all kinds and calibers; no matter size, shape, or color. She also greatly disapproves of corrupt or obnoxious nobles, they bring down the whole nobility and aristocracy with their repulsive behavior.
Virtues & Personality perks
She is genuinely kind and sweet to others, even strangers. She found its easier to blend and not draw attention to herself by being polite and courteous to others.
Vices & Personality flaws
She can be a bit of a klutz sometimes due to her unathletic life and seclusion, and sometimes her drive and desire for a cure can get the better of her.
Personality Quirks
Her sense of humor is lacking due to a lack of exposure, she sometimes can't tell when something is a joke or not.
Hygiene
She is accustomed to very hygienic lifestyle due to her life in the tower, but she is not above getting dirty with the rest of the common rabble. So long as she can take her bath when she needs or wants to, she is happy.
Social
Contacts & Relations
The entirety of the Delphi family, Estate, and servants/vassals beneath them. She has no official contact with them, but if she were to use her ring or pedigree papers then they'd be able to track her down.
Family Ties
The Delphi family has many ties to many other noble families the aristocracy, with various guilds and merchants, many different temples, and even the Imperium Academia. But those are the Delphi ties, not Medea's.
Family Tree: Father Midas Delphi, Mother Medusa Delphi, an older brother Phoebus, and a younger sister Artemesia.
Religious Views
She is proud Cleric and servant of Hecate; a goddess of magic and doorways. She of all the gods and goddesses answered her prayers, she alone gave her a way out of her imprisonment and put her on the path of finding a cure to her curse. For that she has earned her undying loyalty and all the other gods are beneath her as they did nothing for her.
Social Aptitude
Despite her private education and tutelage, she is very limited when it comes to dealing with social situations; especially when dealing with other nobles or those in power. Most young noblemen and noblewomen are trained extensively in such things, she was not.
Mannerisms
She is polite by commoner standards, but not necessarily by noble ones. If she was taught proper noble etiquette, she sure doesn't show it.
Hobbies & Pets
She really wants a pet, preferably something fluffy or feathery (not snakes). As far as hobbies go, she loves to play with her Tarot cards and do readings for fun.
Speech
She is rather well spoken, and can speak in the cadence and voice of a noble. This sometimes works against her as she is incognito while searching for her cure.
Wealth & Financial state
Whatever is on her person at the time, though if she were to drop the Delphi name at a bank or store then she probably could get away with more.
A "Human" Noble who was born a Yuan-Ti Pureblood, locked away from the world by her family. With nothing to do but read and pray for salvation from her curse, the Goddess Hecate freed her and named her a Cleric.
Current Location
Unknown
Alignment
Neutral Good (NG)
Honorary & Occupational Titles
She is referred to as "Lady Medea Delphi" officially, but her actual family's ranking is unknown at this time as she never cared to learn. But she knows they have a high standing in society and that her existence could lead to the decline in their power and tarnish their reputation.
Age
28
Date of Birth
Unknown
Birthplace
The Delphi Estate
Children
Current Residence
Unknown
Gender
Female
Eyes
Green
Hair
Red & Curly
Skin Tone/Pigmentation
Pale
Height
5'4"
Weight
135 lb
Quotes & Catchphrases
N/A
006 New Friends in the Basement
-We found out that we are 200 years in the future
-My family history has been wiped out from the records
-We decided to face the monsters on the outside of the City and head to the farm
-When we get there we find the place in shambles
-the barn is still in tacked and in fairly good condition
-we see smoke seeping from the basement seller
-when we investigate we find a warforge and a gnome who have set up home there.
-I discuss the situation that we have found ourselves in and come to the agreement that though the land and the house belong to be the gnome and her warforge friend can live in the seller in the barn
-we agree to this and then all share the seller until we can repair the house enough to live in.
-We agree to bring her tinkering tools and go to town for supplies when she needs them and in return, she will make us enchanted items and tools that we might need.
-the next day Bran and I inspect the house for loot that might have been left behind (I find 30 ilustrium hidden in the fireplace)
-In the seller Bran and I found some rusty wepons and some stored food
-Wrath, Jannott, and Erron (the warforge) went out into the forest to gather herbs and Wrath found some demon tracks
-we decided that it might be in our best interest to eradicate the demons near the house (which we are going to make our base of operations)
-We decide to set off at first light to deal with them
-We get to their layer and find them surrounded by their gasses
-We all cast some sort of fire spell in the general direction and blow the whole group to ash
-We all got a little singed except for Wrath who was up in a tree and got more than singed.
-We headed back to the house and licked our wounds
002 The Library
-on the way to the library in the center of town, we found the scholars(Bran) goblin and adopted him into our gang. Setting him on top of the Tortle (Janott) to ride on her shell.
-When we got to the Library it was closed, due to the fact that that it was the middle of the night. We woke up one of the scholars and he allowed us to enter the library.
-The Tiefling (Wrath) asked to borrow the ring from Janott. When she took off the ring she lost her sight for a period of time.
-I attempted to guide Janott into the library. when I grabbed her arm my vision began to dim as well.
-The Wrath who was wearing the ring had found a book that seemed to be bound in flesh.
- the Wrath opened the book while wearing the ring and began to talk to himself. (revealing after that he was talking to a corpse that only he could see)
- When Wrath was finished the book was no longer bound in flesh and the writing inside was gone.
-Bran went to find the magistrate and inquire about how this book was not under lock and key at the main campus.
-Wrath, Janott, and I went looking for more information on the graves and windigo. Which was in the forbidden section that you needed a key to get into. I pulled out my brass key and tried it in the door and it opened to everyone's amazement except mine.
-We went in and looked around finding nothing. I looked through the index cards and found a half ripped piece of paper and handed it to Wrath. He went off heading in the direction of the location of the book. I kept looking for books on Curses and how to break them finding that all the books cards had been crossed through. Bran came up looking for something on the sanguine rose and I slinked away and went to the other side of the library to look for Yuan-Ti books to see if there was any info on transformations or mutations... NO LUCK.
-I went back to the group to find them all looking at a set of wooden books on the self. I looked at the shelf and noticed that the book they were looking at had been nailed to the shelf.
-Janott took a crowbar from Wrath and pried the book from the shelf breaking it in half to reveal a scroll on the founding of this town and the creation of the windigo.
-With this new information, we decided that the next place we needed to go was the graveyard.
-I did a quick Tarot card reading that showed that we all really needed to rest and resupply before moving forward. So we headed to an inn on the nicer side of town and rested up for the night. (Janott against the door, Wrath pointed towards the window, Bran on the floor, and me sleeping in the bed.
-In the morning (Noon) we ate downstairs
- Bran started striking up a conversation with me, I tried very hard to not look in his direction for too long. He was very uncomfortably close to me staring intently. Then his eyes widened ... He had figured out what I was. He began to pry for information, I was afraid that this would happen, him being a scholar and all. He pushed I said I didn't wish to talk about it, Wrath backed me up telling him to stop prying for secrets.
- Wrath suspects what I am and knows what class I come from.
- Janott's pet raven flew through the window and landed on her shell,
- the Goblin sat on the table eating a muffin, Bran asked him questions in Goblin that seemed to scare him. I felt sorry for the poor creature and the misfortunes he had been through in his life.
- I made sure to pocket three loaves of bread from the buffet for later
-Then we headed out for the graveyard
005 the emperor and emperess
-woke up to Janott making stew
-I gave her the sausages that I picked up to contribute to the pot
-Wrath filed a complaint with me about the loot that I took from the man in the other room
-Bran went and read the door writing then went over to the jail cell in the corner and with his "magic" he fused the door shut in the corner
-I hid behind Janott
-The cell was completely dark inside
-I cast light and nothing happened
-I cast detect magic (17) - its magic- has been there since it was built- very powerful-
-I cast sacred flame (15) - chest back in the corner of the room- tell wrath
-wrath throws an apple- it disappears
-We take a moment and eat janott's stew that she made
-we hear voices coming from upstairs
-Bran, Wrath, and I hide- Janott poisons the stew and stays insight of the intruders
A man in red robes, plate armor wearing a crown- King Arthurian the Emporer walks in with his guards - he wealds the "stream of anguish"- wrath sees his true form as a demonic being
-Janott try to talk to them-they arrest her-Bran steps out and tries to talk to him-he is put in restraint magic
-Janott cast mist - we tried to run and all got restrant cast on us
-room fills with white light as a woman appears commanding "Stop"- we are all unrestrained and she places herself between the emperor and us.
-the emperor pulls his sword out at the women's precense- the women states that we are the kingdoms only hope and that he can't stop us- the emperor replies "the court will rule" - emperor stabs the women and we a transported to a beautiful room extravagantly laid out- with a new party member named evalin? she was one of the emperor's guards- she states that she did not agree with the emperor's orders.
-We hear a knock at the door and a little halfling appears telling us that we have been taken to the empress's kingdom and are currently in her court.- I begin to attempt to talk to the halfling
-Janott informed the halfling that his mistress was probably dead-the halfling began to cry-I comforted the halfling and calmed him down- he took us to the seal of the empress and told us to stand on the seal- then the halfling disappeared
-we stepped on the seal and were transported to the center of a town in the emperesses kingdom- there were elves everywhere.
-I threw off my hood and began looking around- Grabbing Janott and evalin and head off to shop and look around.
-Bran and I traded papers- I gave him the map and he gave me the deed to a farm outside of this town.
-We all stuck together while shopping- except wrath who wandered off to do gods knows what
-I bought twitlick a backpack and gave him my food rations to hold on to- I sold my torches to get rid of some weight- I also bought a healer's kit because we seem to be getting into fights alot
-Bran grabbed me and asked if I would like to go to a bookstore to look for snake books so I joined him. I need to figure out what I need to do next.
-We walked into the bookstore and everyone looks at us-I looked over at bran and realized he is still wearing his imperium academia robes- I throw up my hood to hide my face.
004 Fake Dream in the Gravekeepers house and the tunnals bellow
-The man turned in to ash/clay paste
-Smells like Roses
-Taste like Rose Alcohol
-Homebrewed Position
-Wrath opens the chest and finds rotting flesh with mushrooms on them.
-Fungi all around the room
-Two papers illusion guard to ward away intruders
-Set of keys under the beds
-Janott opens the barrels
-Smashed them
-opened the seller door
-rank smell
-We headed down the seller hole
-at the bottom a hallway with 3 doors at the end of the hall
-Wrath opened the door on the left. Inside he found carrots and another door in the back
-Bran opens the door that heads to the catacombs
-Wrath went down the catacombs and disappeared
-I open the door on the right. Inside there was an open fireplace, half walls throughout the room, small fire over a half wall, well lite room lived in the room.
-the opened door at the far end of the room, found an open sewer grate, sausage (grabbed), closet (children books, flour/and mushrooms)
-I join Janott open 3rd door covered in moss
-bookshelves and tables block the hallways
-I cast firebolt to clear the debris
-smokes up the room
-Janott puts out the fire
-Bran moves with Eldrige blast
-small room
-a cultist was standing in the corner along with two rats
-I cast Firebolt (kills one rat)
-Janott cast Animal Friendship
-The MAn runs at Bran and slashes at him
-I swing a dagger and miss
- Janott turn Man to jelly
-Jannott talks to the Rat
-Bran inspects the corps
-I head to the door in the corner
-Rat said that there is interesting stuff in the room (cultists) rat tells us about a secret tunnel in the room I opened earlier.
-Janott inspects the fireplace and puts out the fire
-Bran and I go threw the tunnel
-Janott heads back to the door (can't fit through the tunnel)
-The tunnel opened to a staircase going up into a room with three men talking about protecting something on the other side of a door.
Inspect room
-Burn marks by a grate in the corner
-Janott found a note (read the note talking about being nervous, employer, something weird going on in the door at the end of the hall
-runes on the door
-the door at the end of the hall had corpses all around it
-I inspected the burnt door (it was fused shut)
-Tried to open the door at the end of the hall with the corpses with my key it did not open.
-Wrath shows up after being gone for a long time
-Janott opened the door with a mushroom
-I walked into the room first
-4 men (3 corners /
-Cast poison spray
-Janott KO one guy into 2 pieces
-I inspected the High Priests ( 3 gold, 7 silver, 1 copper, 1 pouch of berries, 1 map)
-The inspected door at the back of the room
-loops back into the room we first went into.
-decided to rest in the room with the fused door in the corner ( I gave out 6 rations to the team before bed)
001 The Cracked Flagon
-I had finally made it, I had finally gotten to "The Cracked Flagon" (odd name, but no one will be looking for me here). I found a nice seat in the corner, keeping my hood up I surveyed the room. I kept an eye on the guards in the Inn, hoping they didn't notice me as I tried to calm myself by doing a tarot reading.
-I looked up again from the cards to notice an elf sitting down the way from me, her eyes glued to a Halfling sitting at the bar near an inebriated Tiefling.
-Suddenly a scholar from the Imperium Academia (IA) showed up and walked over to the bar striking up a conversation with the Tiefling. I could not hear what they were saying but the Scholar looking like he was trying to be very friendly ... The Tiefling was quite ... not.
-I giant thrashing sound came from the basement and the scholar and the Tiefling headed for the stairs. I looked up at the guards to see if they would possibly go and assist but they did not move from their table. Then they got up and moved to leave.
-The Elf still eyes fixed on the Halfling at the bar moved to the bar next to the Halfling who was clearly very drunk but something else. For some reason, the whole thing did not feel right to me. The Elf muttered, "You stole my paintbrush" to the halfling and then picked him up under there arm and started for the door.
-I spoke up stopping the elf and asked if their friend was alright. They said that it didn't matter ... he would be dinner in a few moments.
-That made me pause, concerned that the poor guy had been poisoned I cast shape water and attempted to extract the poison or alcohol from his system in the hope that he would feel better. Well... let's just say that dehydration can occur in those cases. --Luckily the scholar and Tiefling returned at this point accompanied by a Tortle. The scholar noticing that I was trying to stop her, tried to talk to the Elf in Elvish
-she finally threw the poor Halfling down on one of the tables. I quickly went over and cast Create and destroy water to rehydrate the halfling and stabilize him.
-The Tortle and Tiefling both looked at me and shook their head. The Tiefling stated that I might be in trouble for that, I told them I was a Cleric of Hecate and it would be fine.
-The Tavern owned disappeared into the back.
-The Tiefling asked if I had any type of insurance policy for that ... (I quickly flashed him my pedigree (just enough for him to know I was nobility).
-The Elf and Human sat and talked for a few minutes the Tortle was energetic and freaked out about something going on about magic and how we should probably leave.
-The Tavern owner was spouting about magic, the Tortal was pointing at me. I rolled my eyes and went over to the bar placed my pedigree and two gold coins on the table, he swiped the coins and stated "not you... Her." pointing to the Elf then called her a "Demon".
-The Tiefling then began speaking to the elf in Abyssal to the elf and she began to reply. The Tiefling mentioned the word "Windigo" and the Tortle and Scholar freaked out. Suddenly for a flicker of time, I saw the true form of the creature a giant antlered monster, pale and boney.
-I mentioned that we should probably get the heck out of here which most agreed.
-The Guards had returned and were blocking the exit though. The lights flickered and the elf and the guards were gone all that was left was us the halfling and the owner.
-On the table was the Ring of Xray Vision, The Tortle saw the ring and instantly began to run towards it claiming it as her own.
-The scholar decided that we needed to go to the library in order to get further info about the windigo and the town. I was leery about heading into the noble side of town where there would be more guards and less ways for me to hide.
003 The Graveyard
-we entered the graveyard and began looking around
-we noticed that some of the graves looked fresh but the tombstones were decades old.
-Janott used the ring of Xray Vision to look at the bodies that were buried there and noticed that pieces were missing and that the bodies were also not human.
-While we were investigating the graves Wrath decided to go talk to the Grave Keeper to get information.
-A few moments later... Wrath grabs me... drags me into the Grave Keepers cabin where I see the Grave Keeper lying on the ground dying.
-Wrath demands that I heal him (he needs to get information)... I cast Cure Wounds on him which heals his legs but he has drank something that is blocking his airway so I also attempt to unblock it by casting Shape water.
-The Grave Keeper is still having trouble breathing so Wrath takes his Sword... and plunges it into his throat... killing him. (WHAT THE HELL)
-Bran pulled out a small shard and sucked the soul out of the Gave Keeper... realizing what he had done... I slapped him (The soul should have been free to move on, not taken away)
-Bran then began to talk to the shard ... (I quickly pulled my tarot cards out and did a reading ... It foretold disappointment... )
-Bran replied that the poor Grave Keeper's memory had been completely erased ...
-Wrath was disappointed and looked worried about something
-He showed us a coin and asked us what we saw... Bran saw a House Cat... Janott saw a snake... and I saw a Beatle. This worried him further.
-Wrath then showed us to a hidden hatch that led down into a secret tunnel ... we figure that that there had to be something hidden at the bottom ... and Wrath was determined to find them.
-So we headed down the hatch...
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