Adeya the Spellscarred

"Although she had been branded by the Spellplague, Adeya could already feel a strange power flowing from the scar that it left behind."
Life  near the Corrupted Wall is harsh, and from a young age people in the Northern Devastation learn that they must do anything to survive. Adeya learned this the harsher way. She was born on the outskirts of Myghal, in a small village where superstition and distrust were the norm.

At age five, Adeya was bitten by a spellplagued snake. The snake could have killed her easily, but she wasn’t scared. When it went to bite her, it rose up to her height, and barely nicked her on the cheek. It looked almost like the snake was raising its head so it could kiss her. She simply let it caress her cheek with its fangs. Its fangs broke her skin, and then the snake stopped and slithered away.

After she was bitten, Adeya passed out. She woke up later in a home, having been taken in by a fellow villager. When they cleaned the blood off of her cheek, they noticed that her cheek was healed; only in place of a scar was a light blue, glowing mark. They threw her out of their home, and labeled her a freak. It wasn’t long until everyone in the village knew she was spellscarred. Her own family shunned her and left her in the street.

Growing up a street urchin and an outcast allowed Adeya to learn the skills she has today. She learned how to use the bow to hunt and provide for herself. She learned her way around a knife and short swords so she could protect herself when need be. She learned how to steal, pick locks, and sneak her way around, because she had to.

One day, Adeya just had enough. She left the Northern Devastation not looking back. She traveled for a long time, never really finding a place she could fit in. Her scar wouldn’t allow her to stay in any one place for too long because it made people afraid of her. She tried to cover it up with anything she could find, but it was only a temporary fix. Vir-Mateen is a city that is very racially diverse, and it was easy for her to hide in the crowd there - it was finally a place where she thought she belonged. She had finally found a home in Vir-Mateen when she was thrown in prison, blamed for a petty street crime.

Adeya knows she has an epic destiny, but she doesn’t know where it will take her, or if her Spellscar is a blessing or a curse…

