At 19, Kierella was sent with other mercenaries into an Eastern battle off the continent of Baltea, where she helped the neighboring country of Silya invade the Baltean kingdoms. She seemed satisfied that she could not only end the tyrannic reign of the Baltean kingdoms over her people, but that she could also send more deaths to Synk, appeasing him. At the end of the war, the mercenaries were, coincidentally, sent back to the capital of Graoni, where Kierella had lived much of her life.
She did not care for home and family much anymore, and she even felt guilty about this development. Yet, as she stepped onto the dock at the port of Brai, she felt, again, Synk's pull: he needed her to bring death. At first she didn't understand, but then she recalled how Kash, who had the means to stop Kierella from becoming an anchoress with his status, had allowed her to live in a cell instead. Had allowed her to grow insane, to contemplate suicide, to experience the pain of having her body stripped of its humanity. It was the first time she felt regret for what Synk had done to her, but at the same time, these motivations fueled her desire to kill her father--and thus appease her god.
It was evening. Kriella found him in the inner sanctum of his Cathedral, writing a letter. He looked weaker than she remembered, like a hairless cat lounging by the fire. She cleared her throat, but when he turned and saw, he did not recognize her. She must have changed more than she realized.
At that moment, Kierella almost backed out of the murder entirely. He was weak, foolish, and cruel, but he had simply been reacting to a series of horrible events around him. Even more so, he had had no reason to pay attention to his wife's bastard daughter, but he had given her his care on more than one occasion--not his love, but his care.
Synk's call to kill pulled at something inside her. A kind of cold bloodlust was sweeping over her. Her feelings struggled. She lifted her sword overhead...
Personality:
Kierella is guided by an inner compass pointing her in the direction of neither good or evil, kind or belligerent. Her relatively newfound status as an undead or ghostly being has transformed her morals into gray instead of black-and-white. In Dungeons & Dragons terms: Chaotic Neutral, if you will.
A Chaotic Neutral character often acts according to their own whims, however, and on this point Kierella differs greatly. For an undead being, she really does lack any selfishness--maybe because the things a human can be selfish about simply don't interest her anymore. She has few specific wants. This ties into her emotional state, as well: since her transformation, she simply does not feel things the same way as a human anymore. Occasionally she will recall a strong human memory that will stir up pangs of intense emotion, but most of the time she goes through life with only quiet emotional reactions. As such, her motivations ultimately don't concern herself. Instead, her mind has somehow changed to reflect obedience and appreciation for the demi-god of death, Synk. Her actions and decisions are guided by unseen forces instilled into her, ones "dictated" to appease Synk. As someone no longer human, this does not bother Kierella at all. She does not question it. Her perspective has separated from that of her human counterparts, so that in a way, her level of thinking has "ascended" beyond pure earthly concerns.
part 8
She did not care for home and family much anymore, and she even felt guilty about this development. Yet, as she stepped onto the dock at the port of Brai, she felt, again, Synk's pull: he needed her to bring death. At first she didn't understand, but then she recalled how Kash, who had the means to stop Kierella from becoming an anchoress with his status, had allowed her to live in a cell instead. Had allowed her to grow insane, to contemplate suicide, to experience the pain of having her body stripped of its humanity. It was the first time she felt regret for what Synk had done to her, but at the same time, these motivations fueled her desire to kill her father--and thus appease her god.
It was evening. Kriella found him in the inner sanctum of his Cathedral, writing a letter. He looked weaker than she remembered, like a hairless cat lounging by the fire. She cleared her throat, but when he turned and saw, he did not recognize her. She must have changed more than she realized.
At that moment, Kierella almost backed out of the murder entirely. He was weak, foolish, and cruel, but he had simply been reacting to a series of horrible events around him. Even more so, he had had no reason to pay attention to his wife's bastard daughter, but he had given her his care on more than one occasion--not his love, but his care.
Synk's call to kill pulled at something inside her. A kind of cold bloodlust was sweeping over her. Her feelings struggled. She lifted her sword overhead...
Personality:
Kierella is guided by an inner compass pointing her in the direction of neither good or evil, kind or belligerent. Her relatively newfound status as an undead or ghostly being has transformed her morals into gray instead of black-and-white. In Dungeons & Dragons terms: Chaotic Neutral, if you will.
A Chaotic Neutral character often acts according to their own whims, however, and on this point Kierella differs greatly. For an undead being, she really does lack any selfishness--maybe because the things a human can be selfish about simply don't interest her anymore. She has few specific wants. This ties into her emotional state, as well: since her transformation, she simply does not feel things the same way as a human anymore. Occasionally she will recall a strong human memory that will stir up pangs of intense emotion, but most of the time she goes through life with only quiet emotional reactions. As such, her motivations ultimately don't concern herself. Instead, her mind has somehow changed to reflect obedience and appreciation for the demi-god of death, Synk. Her actions and decisions are guided by unseen forces instilled into her, ones "dictated" to appease Synk. As someone no longer human, this does not bother Kierella at all. She does not question it. Her perspective has separated from that of her human counterparts, so that in a way, her level of thinking has "ascended" beyond pure earthly concerns.