Last Name: Skywood
Appearance:
Race: Aasimar
Age: 24
Height 5'6
Weight: 168 pounds
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Black
Facial Hair Style: Non, hair always tied back out of face
Personality Profile:
Bubbly, caring, silly, wise and head strong
General Health: Suffers from mental stress; remains physically healthy
Deity: Gond
Initial Alignment: Neutral, Lawful
Profession: Order Of The 'Sacrid Fist'
Base Class & Proposed Development: Monk/Cleric
Habits/Hobbies: Acting without thinking, enjoys dresses, various hair styles & fashion
Languages: Undercommon, common
Weapon of Choice: Fists
Background: (see below)
Goals: Find peace with herself, protect her friends, find a new master; and order.
Possible Plot-Hook Ideas and Misc Facts: Agent of the 'Phoenix Company' ex Assassin of the Dark Order.
Warning: This story gets pretty dark, so beware.
Manah (aka Lilly) was born in the harsh icelands; northwest of Fearun along with her twin sister Lucy. They were by no means rich or powerful; just normal people living a normal life. They grew up in a large house on the outskirts of Icewind Dale, this - by no means - was an easily life as the family struggled agaist hostile creatures daily, but the family were well known by the local drawfs underground respected by the 10 towns where they would often trade fish and supplies.
The father, Urick was a tall strong human man who was renowned for having the strength of 100 lions. He was both feared and loved generally and known for his kind nature to others and his family. The mother, Cara however was both special, and rare - blessed with divine beauty and known for her generious heart; rumors began to surface of Cara's very distant celestial bloodline, although this was never proven Urick did not seem to care and the two fell in love. Over time the two had two beautiful daughters; one being Lucy and the other Lilly who both inherited small traits of their mothers celestrial bloodline, however no one was able to pick up on it, not even Cara knew. While Lilly (Manah) and Lucy were growing up; they took their fathers name Skywood and thus became the Skywood family. The Dad was your typical family man, working everyday for gold which he used for defence and food - while the mother tended to the children Lilly (Manah) and Lucy.
Things were good, for a time - Lilly and Lucy were very energetic and loving children and were very much 'daddies little girls' and would typically go fishing with him by the lake during the warmer months.
...However the peace did not last; one morning - with the sun bright in the sky an army of grey dwarfs marched on the home of the Skywoods killing Cara spilling her blood across the floor - Urick, and his two daughters - who were fishing at this time were also attacked, and as strong as Urick was - he was unable to take them all down.
Urick, Lucy and Lilly (Manah) were dragged into the depths of the underdark where they were introduced to a large group of Drow monks who referred to themselfs as 'The Dark Moon', under the command of a illithid Lucy and Lilly were locked away in the dark while Urick was forced to endure torture for 21 days and nights.
The twin sisters were both still very young, Lilly only around 8, and Lucy around 14. Their cell was full of rats - who - would nipple at their feat every night while they slept; whenever the twins showed any signs of weakness or cried - they were beaten. Eventually, roughly 12 days in the children were given a knife and told to kill all the rats in their cell - this was difficult for Lilly as she had a deep love for all living things and could not bring herself to harm the rats nor could Lucy. However, after threatening the twins with further punishment Lucy protected her sister and told her to look away as she killed the rats for her. Lucy acted as huge moral support and whenever the two felt like crying Lucy would tell Lilly to hold her hand.
Finally 21 days had passed and the two sisters were allowed to see their dad again. The drow took the two to see Urick; who was a beaten bloody pulp barely able to speak or even breathe. The three drow in the room told the sisters Urick sold out his daughters so he could pay off a loan he owed; when Urick was forced to tell them the truth his only reaction was to sob bloody tears - but utter no words. The drow told the sisters he is too ashamed to admit what he had done, and they promised that they no longer be afraid - hugging the sisters, the drow promised to be their new family and promptly gave Lilly a dagger to kill Urick for what he had done.
Lilly was angry, confused, hungry and on the vurge of tears - she did not want to believe it - waiting desperatly for her dad to tell her it was not true, that it was all one big lie - but he did not. She slashed him with the dagger rendering his bloody face half blind then burst into a tearful rage; however the drow did not punish her - but instead embraced her in a hug.
The twin sisters grew up in the underdark working as assassins for the order; gathering slaves and intel from above - this went on for several years, wearing the twins down and with it, any humanity they had left. The drow would often say Lillys name in uncommon which to her sounded like Manah; so in time she began to forget her name and took the new name Manah as her own.
However there was still a spark of good in Manah (Lilly) a spark which was slowly building up inside her, she was not evil - she couldn't keep doing this anymore so she plotted her escape and fled the underdark and ran far into the open fields of the surface. However, Manah was caught and dragged back down and punished; held down in a cell she was branded in common the word 'Traitor' which was carved into her skin with a poisoned dagger then left with no water for 3 days.
Lucy however had become a dark and twisted shell of herself - not a single shred of humanity or goodness left; she began to hate her sister for throwing away the kindness the drow gave them. To Manah Lucy was always the strong one, and without her - she felt weak and alone.
The Drow made one foolish error however, allowing Urick to slowly die and watch his daughters do evil things - to them was a better way to kill him then to outright slit his throat. Though very weak Urick secretly fed on the rats for his source of food and water making him greatly ill, but giving him enough strength to kill the guarding drow and escape - Urick freed Manah allowing her to escape while he took on an entire army of drow by himself - a battle which was short, but long enough for Manah to get away.
Urick was killed and thrown into the pits to rot; however Urick did not face death willingly and requested to go back - this was refused however - so Urick did what he had to and made a deal with the devils allowing him to come back to the world of the living once more. He followed Manah to ensure she was safe and well.
Manah had made her way to a small village where she was found near dead by a human monk called John, she clothed her, fed her and ensured she recovered - which she did. For a time Manah lived with John, unable to let go of her past she was barely able to speak and was terrified of anyone touching her. Manah would often shake nervously if people approched and was barely able to speak. However with time she got a little better and John showed her how to live again - for a time.
Urick was still trying to find Manah, but the Drow had a head start and found her first. They attacked the village and burnt it to the ground, killing everyone in it- John however was able to give Manah his horse Sally and send her off before the drow could catch her. By the time Urick arrived it was too late.
Manah however was long gone, with no real drive or destination she decided to hide in the wild. Over time Sally (her horse) and Manah became good friends - being the only living thing Manah had for company she grew very attached to Sallay and always made sure she had the bigger half of their food and water supply. For a time, things were very good for the both of them; but food was hard to find, as was fresh water - so Manah decided to head towards the sword coast which was far enough way from the drow to be safe and good enough for a new life.
Food and water was low, and Manah did what she could - putting her health at risk to ensure Sally was healthy. It was a long ride and the icy lands soon became muddy marshlands; Manah continued to ride Sally through in search of any place to stay but they were pretty much in the middle of nowhere.
The mud became thicker, and harder to push through and Manah lackd the strength to do it fighting as hard as she could do get through, but the weight of the horse was too much for the mud to support and Sally soon became stuck, slowly begining to sink into it. Manah cried, screamed and shouted trying desperatly to free Sally from the mud - but everytime she tried Sally would just sink down deeper, and deeper. Manah stayed with her horse all day and all night in the cold and the rain hoping, praying that someone - anyone would come; but they never did - no one came.
The horse would soon be swalled whole and Manah did not want her to suffer, doing what she could - the only thing she could do - she took out a dagger and brtually stabbed the creature in the head, many times - until it was still, and silent. Manah stayed at that very spot for days, staring off into the distance like a lost soul; to her this was a nightmare - and she just wanted to wake up from it.
Manah was in a trance and had blocked out all reailty; she was on the vurge of death and had to eat - having lost her only friend, she was now forced to eat it a task that left a permanent dark spot on Manah's spirit. After traveling alone for many days and nights, she eventually arrived in the large city of Baldur's Gate where she slept in the streets for several nights, alive - but mentally and emotionally dead.
One night Manah decided there was nothing left in this world for her anymore and went out in the dead of night to end it all; however a wild elf spotted her and asked Manah if she was OK? Manah just smiled at him, but this Elf was not fooled; a wise man this elf was for he knew the demons that Manah had faced and seen. The Elf took Manah back to the city and showed her the darker side of the city - he told her that
"We all have battles we have to face Manah, and it is easy to think the grass is greener - but the truth is we all have struggles to confront and defeat, true courage can be found even in the darkest of places but when all the lights go out - you are never truely alone, even if you may think it. You Have friends here Manah, you are safe
Manah stayed with the elf for a time - never truely letting go of her darker past; she hid her saddness and terror deep under her smile, maintaining a cheerful and bubbly character but very few see through the guise Manah has put up. Manah does make good friends however, and eventually joins the Phoenix Company aiding Terri as an agent. Things were good, and being so far away from the dark order Manah felt safe - trying hard to start again.Urick was not far behind Manah, and was doing what he could to ensure she was not under threat - however the drow decided to send out someone more capable....Lucy, her sister - who was faster than Urick and able to find Manah first; for weeks she watched and waited learning who manah knew, their names, race, age etc... before eventually hiring Drow to kidnap Manah under cover of night.
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