I decided to do something a
little different here and wanted to see what I could make by stacking as many
archetypes as I could. The base was fighter and I’m using the Eldritch Guardian archetype
garnering her a familiar. Also the Mutagenic Mauler archetype gaining her the
Mutagens. And finally the Martial Master archetype allowing her martial
flexibility, the ability to acquire feats she needs a few times a day, like the
brawler. The question now was how to write all these things in.
The orphanage in Abasalom was not
such a bad place to grow up. Even if you were an unwanted child, the other kids
never looked down on you. But fending for yourself on the streets of the city
of the starstone was no easy task. Eris Terrik new that better than anyone, but
she got by because she had family.
Eris never knew about her
brothers and sisters growing up, she was a bastard child whose peasant mother
fell for a dashing rake who promised her the world. When her mother died and
she was sent to the orphanage she was dead set on finding her deadbeat father.
But the only thing her search found were other children he left behind.
After leaving her mother pregnant
he flitted through a few other women. A young noble woman bore him a son,
but the bastard was also sent off to an orphanage. Eris’ father’s line must
have many stories to tell as she came out with fire elemental blood running
through her veins, and a set of twins also put up for adoption by their bigoted
mother came out with a bit of elf blood in them.
Eris being the eldest and biggest
of her siblings saw herself as their protector. When there was trouble the four would stick together and Eris always stood right out in front.
Sometimes her fire nature would get the better of her but she always made sure
never to let it affect her brothers and sister.
Even in Absalom there are those
who seek to do harm to others. Gangs are a fact of life, especially in the dark
corners. When one of the gangs decided that Eris brother who had a way with
mechanical devices, needed to run with them, Eris was furious. In a fit of rage
she attacked the headquarters of the gang, beating those still there to within
an inch of their lives and burning the building to the ground.
When she as around 15 years old a
woman came to the orphanage asking around about her. The mystery woman turned
out to be her aunt on her mother’s side. As a member of the Pathfinder Society
she had been travelling the world and only recently found that her sister
had a child. A box of belongings her mother had stored in the old attic which
included a letter had been found by recent tenants and shipped off to her aunt who
came looking for her.
Eris new found relative spent
many hours talking with her that first day. But as a Pathfinder she couldn’t
stay, and Eris couldn’t leave her brothers and sister. Her aunt introduced her
to the local Pathfinder lodge and promised any letters she wanted to send would
find their way to her if brought there. Her aunt also gifted Eris with a pet, a
small red fox that had become attached to her in her travels. She told her the fox always seemed special, destined even and maybe that destiny belonged with Eris.
With the fox her Aunt also
brought her tales of other lands, in particular of the homeland from where her
mother came. The far off land Tian Xia. One of the things that struck Eris
were the tales of the Kitsune and the Daikitsu. When her aunt once again returned from her travels Eris began to take
in all she could about the people she never knew. In the small community of
Tian living in Absalom she found little temples and began the worship of
Daikitsu, to whom she dedicated herself only slightly less then her dedication to
her siblings.
Eris’ attachment to
her family and her temple, her staunch defense of all those around her, brought her a further gift from Daikitsu. The fox given to her by her aunt
became more than just a pet. It started with flashes of perception; seeing
things she normally would have missed, reacting quicker than she ever had. And
then she began to feel the fox, instinctively knowing where it was and how it
was feeling. She had been blessed lady of foxes as a guardian.
In her years she had
gone from bastard child set adrift after her mother’s death, to a big sister
with a family and a fierce fighter against the gangs of Absalom. Now she
had become a servitor of Daikatsu. A life of hardship faced with love and
determination has seen Eris and her family through. And now all that lies ahead
is their entire future.
Remember the first person to post a race (Core or featured), that will be the race I use for my next randomly rolled character.
Remember the first person to post a race (Core or featured), that will be the race I use for my next randomly rolled character.
