Legends of Belariath

Val`riia

Born in the Nethergloom, to House Huri-can`Lodar, she displayed her faith in the Dark Mother early on, proving herself a strong and capable priestess as she grew. She was violent, cruel, sadistic...a true example of moriel excellence. Still, she was distant from the throne of the House...a lesser member of a large, strong family. She grew discontent with her position, so when she was offered the opportunity to improve her standing she leapt upon it. She was to travel to the surface and track down a missing House member, a Priestess of Kirva that had been exiled, and deliver a message: return to the gloom, to the House, or die.

So she made the journey, arriving in Nanthalion and quickly beginning the last part of her search. She found the priestess...but found more than she intended in the process. Eraelabryn was her name, now, and she was a priestess no longer. Val`riia was captured by the moriel, a disciple of the drak sen Cynvalas, and tortured...broken, humiliated, forced to renounce her faith. Her very identity was shattered, stripped from her...and the moriel woman tossed aside, placed into the care of a pixie named Dessie. She fought all efforts of the pixie to change her, but over time Dessie had an effect...and, slowly, Val`riia turned from a ruined spider-kissing bitch into something else. She gave up her ways as a cleric to Kirva, learning to play the lute, to dance, to sing...becoming a bard, and, for once in her life, finding happiness. In time, she moved on from Dessie, though she still cares deeply for the pixie. She moved into a room at the Inn, dancing there, and at the same time working for Eraelabryn...the very woman who broke her, now the Matron of her own House. The two have reconciled, both having changed over time, and now the moriel finds herself torn between two points...a desire for strength, and a growing enjoyment of the pleasures of life. Her future remains a mystery to her, but in time, all will be made clear...

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