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Gilrehyan’s Biography
I appeared on Orin-Rakatha some years ago - I was an adult with no memories of who I was or where I came from. I appeared close to the White Retreat and sought refuge there; I was offered shelter and safety. For a while that was all I wanted. I then started to work within the Tower - in doing so I started my mind again and wanted to learn things. I had no real skill with anything and so tried various things until I visited the Red school where I felt at home and comfortable. I learned quickly as I felt I had a real feeling for the magic. I still had no clue of who I was or where I came from but as time passed I grew to become aware that I wasn’t from Orin Rakatha and I wasn’t comfortable with who I was.
I eventually left the towers on my first mission to the area of Starfall lake and where the group I was with happened upon some members of the Free Thought Society and we journeyed the length and breath of Orin Rakatha on foot as we had someone with us who refused to travel magically. During the days of our travels I became aware that I had a small talent for negotiation and felt comfortable in filling this role. Eventually we returned back to the towers and I resumed my study of magic.
During this period of study I became aware of a name that I recognized; it was Umbari. His name was familiar to me and it felt right to call upon him to grant me the magic I was using . This I gather is a strange method of accessing magic so my fellow students told me apparently this was a very old method of acquiring magic apparently it is more akin to a form of worship similar to the ideas that the Temple of Earth magic uses. During this time as I was searching out more information I became aware of Necromancy and the practitioners we have within our alliance I felt a rush of hatred towards them and total distrust of them, this was strange as I had had no ill dealings with them really.
During the time of the Grand Conjunction myself and some others were asked to help Alorn Verithis in his attempt to identify Orin Rakatha in an attempt to understand what was going on and why people were leaving our towers and others to head to the newly formed towers. We then got embroiled in the events which caused us to help form an impromptu alliance with some strange people to attempt to remove the Chaos Jesters splinter plane from influencing our world . There was much hardship for our small band and sadly one of our number gave his life permanently during the course of our quest. May you have found the happiness you sought Kell. I along with the other members of our group have made enemies of the Knights of Purity because the effect of one of the simulacrums was dedicated to Law and their beliefs turned it into the Sword of Law the item they seek above all else. It is still my belief that if we had not destroyed the final simulacrum then the Jesters plane would not have been freed and allowed to move away and stop the chaos that was ensuing.
In more recent times I have been able to lend a hand to the alliance by saving Wolfhold 2 times. The first time involved us tracking down the keys to the tower which had been lost as it happens they were with the rightful owner Dalvain Spellsword who had been replaced by an imposter. During the course of this quest I was hard pressed and was calling deeply upon Umbari’s powers and discovered some new ideas and attempted to put then into action. We were assailed by a powerful group of undead and I grew more frustrated that I couldn’t destroy these abominations and called upon Umbari to grant me the ability to use the secrets I had glimpsed and I felt his fire fill me as I was able to strike down the abominations with his holy fire.
The second time and most recent was at the last Ritual of Ashes. We were asked to ensure the ritual was performed and thus forestall Shadowsfall’s threat of closing Wolfhold. Just before leaving the towers Gelithian Nommass offered me a place within the Humacti sect which I accepted as we have very similar outlooks on undead but my view is slightly different in that undead are corruptions and shouldn’t be allowed to exist but the real issue for me are the Necromancers and the forces of Unlife. I have an invocation upon me that has always been there and is power based so during the course of the quest I asked Shard if he could identify me which cautiously did and found out that my current form was not my true from. This was disturbing to me shortly after a delegation from Halmadons Heights approached us and one of the group called Drilrehyan had a message for me which in essence that we were sharing the same fate we were both cursed by a being called Mezakorah the effect is to change your form and erase your memories. This is also known as the ritual of Sundering and is employed by the agent of the Unlife. He also told me I was an Elf , I was probably wanted dead by my family because I am holding in place some bad ritual, I am also wanted dead by the agents of the Unlife who are Orin Rakatha, I had to learn to call upon the less destructive side of Umbari or I would consume myself with fire. I also shouldn’t draw attention to myself for fear that the agents of the Unlife would find me. The basic aims of the Unlife were to destroy all life and they call upon an entity called Agoth for their power. We also came across the events That lead to the formation of the cult of Ravannon and evidence to say that they were linked to Unlife in some way. I took up Drilrehyan’s advice and looked within myself to see if Umbari would grant me insight which he did and during a had fight with the undead Icarus I was able to call upon Umbari to protect people from the spiritual blows and to force the undead away from us . Rasc then determined that I was officially weird as I was using magic to achieve these effects but it felt natural to me and still does.
That is where I am right now still searching for my home plane and guarding against detection by the forces of Unlife while trying to identify them also.
Gilrehyan
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