Description and Background
Description:
A slender woman of slightly above average height with short black hair, and blue eyes. Her torso and arms are covered in elaborate arcane tattoos that seem to shift when no one is looking at them.
One tattoo in particular remains constant: a tattoo of Madeera's Holy Symbol on her neck, marking her as one of Madeera's Grandchildren, an order of Wizards dedicated to learning and serving the Covenant.
Background:
Elizabeth's village had a guardian. An old woman covered head to toe in elaborate tattoos who lived in the forest beyond the village. It was whispered that she possessed great and mysterious powers. That she consorted with angels and made demons bow to her. Her Pact with the village was simple. "I will safeguard your village against the dark and chaos. In exchange, I will choose one of your own to take as mine, at a time of my choosing."
For decades, the woman protected the village, and did not demand her payment, until one day a young child named Elizabeth wandered a bit too far into the forest, and found herself surrounded by wolves. The Guardian sent the wolves fleeing with a flick of her wrist, and claimed Elizabeth as payment. "You have died to wolves, and been reborn in the Covenant." She raised Elizabeth, teaching her much in the ways magic and herblore. She decorated the girl's body with tattoos, each one representing a spell. "So as our Grandmother adorns her body with the Covenant, so too do we."
Finally, she inducted Elizabeth into the Grandchildren of Madeera, a dispersed order of wizards dedicated to learning the Covenant that covers their goddess' body, and has sent Elizabeth to the West. "Terrible, twisted forces of darkness and chaos swarm there, and so there do the Grandchildren of Madeera belong."
The tattoos give her an unsettling appearance, but she is in fact rather shy and sweet. She is incredibly intelligent, and took to the arcane arts like a duck to water. |
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