Mell was born in the
nation of Nidal, The city of Albatross. She is an Half-elf. Both parents were
half-elves. At a young age Mell noticed that she had the ability to summon
animals to her side. Her ability was effortless and precise. She greatly
enjoyed the company of the forest animals. It drove her parents crazy! All
these animals in the house.
Her parents hired a
summoner to teach their daughter the correct ways to summon. So in her late
teen years Mell was introduced to her mentor….Clista, a great summoner and
more.
Clista showed and taught
and trained Mell the ways of summoning. Calista was the one that told Mell how
important it was to do a sacred summoning for what is called an Eidolon. Mell
trained and later fought by Calista’s side for fifteen years.
After the first year,
Calista took Mell away from Nidal and across the land into Varisia. Mell is an
only child, and missed her parents greatly….but Calista was a great teacher.
The opportunity couldn’t be missed. In the city of Urglin, Mell attended the
palace and training ground Calista owned.
Mell was not the only
one being trained in the ways of magic by Calista. A vampire boy by the name of
Sholin was one her most adept pupils, although Mell quickly noticed that he
showed no summoning ability.
Sholin and Mell fell in
love within the first year at the palace training camp. They became the talk of
the palace. The two were inseparable. Calista found the romance hopeful and
endearing. It made Calista feel motherly.
Calista had a small army
of orcs…..all spellcasters. Mell at first found this shocking! She thought Orcs
so daft, that they wouldn’t be able to spellcast. Mell did notice that she was
the only true summoner on Calista’s “team”.
Mell’s Eidolon that came
and bonded with here was beautiful. A separate four legged creature. It looked
horse-like with peacock markings. Mell sometimes rode Dipsem, the name she had
given him. Sometimes even Sholin took a brief ride about.
Calista had a major
rival. The reason for the rivalry is unknown to Mell, Calista refused to go
into any details. His name is Vazrel…...A powerful spellcaster with skeleton
minions.
One afternoon, Calista
announced that her “group” was ready. Calista took her whole spell casting
calvary to a place called Mobhad Leigh, located in the same nation of Varisia,
but many mountain passes away. Calista said they need to obtain an artifact
before Vazrel got his hands on it.
In a perfectly round pit
in an otherwise nondescript field at the foot of the Kodar Mountains, a path of
stairs leads partway down into the shaft’s throat. The stairs end after a few
hundred feet down.
Mell remembers going
down the stairs, but nothing that happened down in the ground, or coming to the
surface. She remembers chatting and staying close with her lover, Sholin, while
descending down. She remembers Calsita leading her and the mainly orcs and misc
spell casters.
Mell awoke face down in
the dirt at the top entrance of the stairs. No one was around but her, not a
single party member. She summoned her Eidolon, thinking she would descend again
to help or save her trainer and lover.
To her horror she felt
pushed back out of her body…..she was aware of a dark presence…..her normal
Eidolon was nowhere in sight.
“We need to taaaaalk……”
a sexy perverse voice purred. “I’m Poshhhhmora…….acolyte of Krune. You’ll be
helping me my dear.”
Mells heart sank in
despair…..
Poshmora seemed to able
to override Mell’s presence. Poshmora explained in a wicked way, how she had
slayed Mell’s beautiful Eidolon and taken it’s place. Poshmora knew not if
Mell’s adventuring party survived the pit or not. She merely explained an
opportunity was seized., and Mell was to do Poshmora”s bidding now.
“Head to the Cinderlands
and then Korvosa my pet…..you need know nothing more.”
Over the course of
traveling, Mell learned that Poshmora could only gain control if summoned or if
Mell’s mind was distracted from constant concentration. Even though Mell was
mostly in control after a month of traveling, Mell still reluctantly did as
told. Once Poshmora obtained something and awakened the runelord Krune, she
would leave Mell alone in peace Poshmora promised.
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