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LLSix
Jan 20, 2010

The real power behind countless overlords



Fhaevendor The Fair - "Fae" for short I didn't even plan that but look how well the name shortened. A good omen!

Description - Fhaevendor the Fair, as any fool can see, is slender, graceful, and beautiful. An 11 out of 10 on the hotness scale. So basically your typical high elf. Towering over most people at a comfortable 6'6" she further accentuates her long, elegant legs with 6" heels. What self-respecting female warrior wouldn't? Normally her face is lit by an expression of unearthly joy but ever since arriving here she's been frowning a lot. She might even develop wrinkles; horror of horror.

Who were you in your old world? - One of the Firstborn, Fae awakened, fully formed on the shores of Cuiviénen before even the sun and moon were formed. She traveled to Valinor and there learned to hunt from the Ainur in their heavenly woods. Fae was among the exiles who swore to hunt down the evil that lurked beyond the sheltered paradise and after many long centuries of war and peace was at last allowed to return to the heavenly realm of Valinor. Her long awaited reward was a nothing less than a return to infinite perfection. Then one night she closed her eyes to rest and remember those she had fought beside and loved in the mortal world. There had been good times then, but she did not regret returning to Valinor where everything was so lovely. The next moment she woke up. Here. In a different mortal realm. She had been ripped from the bosom of her god and sent out into the wider world again. Ugh. At least this time she know how to get back. One; find the bad guy. Two; Kill him or it. In the meantime, tutor the natives in the proper ways of living. Most importantly of all - don't die. Those who died in the mortal realms died forever and never returned to Valinor. The dying part wasn't so bad, she'd had a few near death experiences in her centuries of war, but being forever separated from the gentle beauty of the Ainur would be unbearable. I know she'll never return to Valinor, but she doesn't realize that yet.

Mortal Qualities
Calaquendi (High Elf) +6 Tolkieniestic high elf. Centuries old warrior that not only looks better than a super model but who was ridiculously powerful when she first arrived on mortal shores. Armed with a wide array of plot convenient powers like healing, mysterious elf magic, the ability to walk on snow and shoot the wings off a mosquito while doing a barrel roll on top of an actual barrel going over a waterfall with orcs hurling axes at her from all around. Sadly her sword and bow didn't make the transition so she'll have to make do with local, i.e. inferior, weapons. Ugh, how unfair. Although ageless, she is technically mortal and can be killed.

Divine Domain
Rings +2: Fae has discovered an unnatural affinity and disturbing fondness for rings. Given a little time to work with she can enchant a ring with whatever power she needs. For the moment, she loses all control over the rings once they leave her possession but she hopes to work out alternative to that in time. So this power is super broad. It'll be "balanced" by the ability of people to take her rings away and needing time to make the rings so she can't whip out a brand new ring in the middle of a negotiation.

Drawback
Imperfect in every way -2: She spent a long time in paradise, a paradise she'd earned according to the Ainur, the angels. She's finding living in a mortal world again to be something of a shock and is rarely pleased with the quality of anything in this world. Very definitely including the people and the primitive social structures they scrape out a meager survival within. She's pretty sure they can do better; and is more than willing to show them how. Whether they want her to or not.

What do you want out of the game? I want to settle in to one of the civilizations and help them defend themselves against outside threats. Or recover land that was taken from them in the wars of the previous generation. If the civilization has a few warts, that's okay. Even the primitive civilizations the natives have established are better than starving because the family hunter couldn't find any cute little Bambi dears to kill and eat this week. Then again, I'm pretty sure everyone knows how giving an elf the desire to remake the world and magic rings is going to turn out, don't we. Especially if the locals get too uppity about accepting her help.

The tech levels of Tolkien's elves isn't that high so I don''t plan on introducing any disruptive technologies.

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