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Danalyth Aerydale is a succubus, born in the Outer Rifts a few decades before her arrival to Golarion. She was born alongside another succubus, Elyana, and the two of them grew close to each other, even referring to themselves as sisters. In 4710 AR, Danalyth and Elyana traversed the Worldwound and arrived to Golarion, deciding to wreak their subtle forms of havoc across the nation of Mendev for fun. They spent roughly 3 years in this cycle, moving from town to town and indulging in the commonfolk, until the more united demonic forces happened to attack the city they were staying in, Kenabres, and Elyana was left at death's door. She sent Danalyth away before she was killed too, telling her to travel the world and live on, and Danalyth fled to join Kenabres's refugees moving to Zharech. Disillusioned with the demonic "cause" and shellshocked by her sister's death, Danalyth took on her new name, rejected her demonic heritage, and leaned more into her music as a form of escapism, using her performances as both an outlet for her emotions and a way to make a living. | Danalyth Aerydale is a succubus, born in the Outer Rifts a few decades before her arrival to Golarion. She was born alongside another succubus, Elyana, and the two of them grew close to each other, even referring to themselves as sisters. In 4710 AR, Danalyth and Elyana traversed the Worldwound and arrived to Golarion, deciding to wreak their subtle forms of havoc across the nation of Mendev for fun. They spent roughly 3 years in this cycle, moving from town to town and indulging in the commonfolk, until the more united demonic forces happened to attack the city they were staying in, Kenabres, and Elyana was left at death's door. She sent Danalyth away before she was killed too, telling her to travel the world and live on, and Danalyth fled to join Kenabres's refugees moving to Zharech. Disillusioned with the demonic "cause" and shellshocked by her sister's death, Danalyth took on her new name, rejected her demonic heritage, and leaned more into her music as a form of escapism, using her performances as both an outlet for her emotions and a way to make a living. | ||
For a short while after arriving in Zharech, Danalyth became a street performer, barely making enough spare change for inn stays. That changed one day when a human man named Vorgan stopped for her music, and invited her to perform at Zharech's coliseum for the local gladiators. She took him up on his offer and discovered he was one of the gladiators himself, and through her frequent performances the two got to know each other fairly well, enough to start dating. After about 4 years, they got engaged, but several months before their planned wedding date the success of the Fifth Crusade and sealing of the Worldwound were announced and touted across Mendev, and a few weeks later Danalyth decided to come clean to her fiance about her true ancestry. He was horrified. Vorgan had lost family in the crusades of the past, and finding out that the woman he loved was a demon the whole time was too much for him to bear. He raised his sword at her, but couldn't bring himself to swing it down, and instead just told her to leave, so she did in floods of tears. That night, she left Mendev and never returned. | |||
For the next 8 years, Danalyth followed Elyana's last words, traveling and seeing the world, living on despite the pain. She spent that time using everything she had access to to survive and make her way forward, using either her performative talent or inherent charms to find places to stay, traveling companions to keep her safe, and occasional one-night stands. Sometimes, she would offer up her magical capabilities as well, though she didn't rely on that as often. Over time, she began to see her life as one she had to live for Elyana's sake, not her own. Seeing the sights her sister never could, trying the cuisine she'd never be able to taste. Gathering up all of these experiences so that when she does finally die, she can hopefully meet Elyana in some afterlife and share them with her. That is, until she was approached by a half-oni while staying on the archipelago of Iblydos and asked to assist in a prison break that would change the trajectory of her life. | For the next 8 years, Danalyth followed Elyana's last words, traveling and seeing the world, living on despite the pain. She spent that time using everything she had access to to survive and make her way forward, using either her performative talent or inherent charms to find places to stay, traveling companions to keep her safe, and occasional one-night stands. Sometimes, she would offer up her magical capabilities as well, though she didn't rely on that as often. Over time, she began to see her life as one she had to live for Elyana's sake, not her own. Seeing the sights her sister never could, trying the cuisine she'd never be able to taste. Gathering up all of these experiences so that when she does finally die, she can hopefully meet Elyana in some afterlife and share them with her. That is, until she was approached by a half-oni while staying on the archipelago of Iblydos and asked to assist in a prison break that would change the trajectory of her life. | ||
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| Danalyth Aerydale | |
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| Player | Trish |
| Ancestry | Demon (Succubus) |
| Class | Sorcerer |
Danalyth is a succubus who poses as a human and travels the world, offering her services as either a musician, dancer, or spellcaster-for-hire. She's been a part of the Campaign 3 Party from the start.
Background
Danalyth Aerydale is a succubus, born in the Outer Rifts a few decades before her arrival to Golarion. She was born alongside another succubus, Elyana, and the two of them grew close to each other, even referring to themselves as sisters. In 4710 AR, Danalyth and Elyana traversed the Worldwound and arrived to Golarion, deciding to wreak their subtle forms of havoc across the nation of Mendev for fun. They spent roughly 3 years in this cycle, moving from town to town and indulging in the commonfolk, until the more united demonic forces happened to attack the city they were staying in, Kenabres, and Elyana was left at death's door. She sent Danalyth away before she was killed too, telling her to travel the world and live on, and Danalyth fled to join Kenabres's refugees moving to Zharech. Disillusioned with the demonic "cause" and shellshocked by her sister's death, Danalyth took on her new name, rejected her demonic heritage, and leaned more into her music as a form of escapism, using her performances as both an outlet for her emotions and a way to make a living.
For a short while after arriving in Zharech, Danalyth became a street performer, barely making enough spare change for inn stays. That changed one day when a human man named Vorgan stopped for her music, and invited her to perform at Zharech's coliseum for the local gladiators. She took him up on his offer and discovered he was one of the gladiators himself, and through her frequent performances the two got to know each other fairly well, enough to start dating. After about 4 years, they got engaged, but several months before their planned wedding date the success of the Fifth Crusade and sealing of the Worldwound were announced and touted across Mendev, and a few weeks later Danalyth decided to come clean to her fiance about her true ancestry. He was horrified. Vorgan had lost family in the crusades of the past, and finding out that the woman he loved was a demon the whole time was too much for him to bear. He raised his sword at her, but couldn't bring himself to swing it down, and instead just told her to leave, so she did in floods of tears. That night, she left Mendev and never returned.
For the next 8 years, Danalyth followed Elyana's last words, traveling and seeing the world, living on despite the pain. She spent that time using everything she had access to to survive and make her way forward, using either her performative talent or inherent charms to find places to stay, traveling companions to keep her safe, and occasional one-night stands. Sometimes, she would offer up her magical capabilities as well, though she didn't rely on that as often. Over time, she began to see her life as one she had to live for Elyana's sake, not her own. Seeing the sights her sister never could, trying the cuisine she'd never be able to taste. Gathering up all of these experiences so that when she does finally die, she can hopefully meet Elyana in some afterlife and share them with her. That is, until she was approached by a half-oni while staying on the archipelago of Iblydos and asked to assist in a prison break that would change the trajectory of her life.
Campaign 3
Danalyth was relaxing at a tavern on Iblydos, conning some off-duty guards and civilians for a little drinking money, when Kaisume noticed her tricks and decided to join the game, getting desperate in looking for someone else to help her break Shard out of prison. After a game of Golem and a little talking back and forth, Danalyth agreed to the job and the pair set off to get themselves arrested and sent to the prison island where Shard was being held. Upon their arrival, they were interred by a guard named Serris, who seemed preoccupied and didn't remove them of their belongings or ask many questions he was supposed to, instead leaving the pair unattended so they could be a distraction. Danalyth and Kaisume prepared, and threatened the guard who came to check on them to bring them to Shard, but the guard attacked once they were all on the bridge. Unbeknownst to the duo, three other plots to break Shard free began around the same time: Serris's, Elta and Leah's, and Grease's. After Shard was freed from her cell and partway through the battle for everyone to escape, however, Orin Chappell arrived to take Shard to The Master. The battle intensified, Grease was kicked out a wall and into the ocean, and all the teams just barely managed to escape from the prison island using both Elta's boat and a ship prepared in advance by Serris. Though, this wasn't the end of the day's troubles, as once the group all reconvened on the larger ship and made their introductions, they were taken in by a whirlpool and woke up on a beach far, far away, near the Hoarwood Forest.
Upon some of the group waking up, they were set upon by a group of scavenging kobolds. One took the former guard Serris's blade and stabbed Danalyth with it, but she used the metal of the sword for Needle Darts to kill it. Looking around, she realized she didn't see Serris at all on the beach, so she held on to his sword to give back to him later. On the edge of the battlefield, Danalyth felt the need to direct her attention away from the woods behind her, and when she did Serris appeared behind her to take his sword back and rejoin combat, but she realized she hadn't heard any sign of him approaching her. He just...appeared. But as the battle progressed, new faces joined the fray against the kobolds, Lora the orc and Haize the human, the latter accompanied by an interesting bird named Mirage. After the battle, these new folks brought the party back to their base of operations, the Hilltop Tavern.