Vi'layna The Wanderer
The Half Elf Druid
Vi'layna is a young woman who was born in Shov Stril, a land ruled by druids and their customs. She has moss green eyes and medium length dark brown hair. Her eyes have a spark of intelligence and a smile often found in a self assured smile. Standing at 6feet tall she is tall among humans, but average height for a half elf. Her mother was an elven druid from The Dappled Forest Druids and her human father was a passing adventurer. Her mother gave Vi'layna her wit and charm, and her father gave her his fire and fearless attitude.
Childhood
As a young child Vi'layna had free run in the forest of Sym Vandor. Her mother taught her how to speak with the trees and flowers and her father taught her how to climb and fight. They were a happy little family living freely but not without the disaproval of the tribe for their unorthadox life style. The Dappled Forest Druids didn't approve of the adventurer in their midst, but tolerated his presence, later in life Vi'layna would blame this contempt for the loss of her parents.
When Vi'layna was still a child of 9 a maurading band of thugs and thieves made their way through the forest. The tribe hid themselves in thickets, bushes, and high in the boughs of trees. A tribe member had been looking after Vi'layna and pulled her up into a tree while her father was stranded on the forest floor, and her mother refused to leave his side. It would have taken a second member of the tribe to help conceal her father and no one was willing to help. Vi'layna lost both her parents but the mauraders were killed in the process as well, protecting the rare flower they had been looking for.
Virstas
Five years was torture. Vi'layna hated every rite and ritual foisted upon her, she chafed at the restrictions in the academy and was constantly being disciplined for running away from campus or sneaking in contraband. Lessons never held her attention and she hated how narrowly the druids around her thought. When presented with the five choices of which tribe she would join there was no hiding the uneasy looks from each of the tribe representatives. None of them wanted her, but the feeling was mutual: She wanted none of them.
It was in this moment that Vi'layna the Wanderer was truly born. She left the ceremonies and rituals behind, walking away from the representatives with her head held high and looking down her nose at them.
The Wanderer
Starting at the age of 16, and equipped with little in the way of worldly knowledge most would have seen Vi'layna as reckless, but the thrill of learning about new things excited the young girl beyond reason. As she made her way through the world she took notes and spoke with the trees she passed. In this way she picked her way across the continent and back over the course of 20 years. She had accumulated vast journals about the flora and fauna of the world around her, the customs and traditions of different nations and groups, old wives tales, and countless other sundry interesting details. She didn't know what exactly to do with the volumes of information and began to complain to a friend in Bayton, Oscana, a city and country known for its academic endeavours. The young woman, a human named Sumira, suggested that Vi'layna compile her notes into a series of text books for students or the general population to have access to. Admitting she didn't know how she might go about the task Sumira cheerfully volunteered to write the series and have it distributed.
The first print of the series was sold in all corners of the continent and soon after its release Vi'layna could hear the leaves whisper around her that she was The Wanderer. Curiously, she found that this was how she was addressed by people in villages who viewed her with awe and respect. While she hadn't taken to wandering the land for fame or praise she found great satisfaction in the result. Resolving to expand on the series she began to dig deeper into the myths and legends around the largely uncharted areas of the world, driven to find every secret the land tried to hide from her.
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