Esther of the Bluelands
Esther of the Bluelands is a member of the Servants of the Moonlit Circle, a woman whose family was butchered by one of the generals of Blaspheus.1
The Bluelands
Esther was a soldier posted to the Bluelands by the local duke. She brought her family to live with her in a town there, and they led a quiet life. One unlucky night the local druids were tricked into opening a portal to the Feywild, letting Karthul, a herald of Blaspheus, into the material plane. The undead barbarian massacred the whole druid grove and the neighbouring town within hours.2
Esther was among the survivors who fled to the nearest witch hunter outpost. The witch hunters opened their gates to the refugees, but their doctrine of the lamb required them to keep the news from spreading: in their terms, they sacrificed the sick lamb to save the herd. Esther escaped that fate as well and left her life as a citizen of the Empire behind, convinced that the Empire she had served had never cared for people like her.2
Bandit and prisoner
For a time after the attack Esther lived as a bandit, raiding luckless merchants and caravans. One day, while lying in wait for a heavily guarded caravan, she saw a man who looked remarkably like the one who had slaughtered her family: Lachland, son of Karthul. She lost her temper, broke the ambush and attacked him too early. Blinded by rage, she was no match for him, but Lachland saw the fear, hatred and grief in her eyes and spared her life.2
Lachland took her prisoner and brought her to the Circle of Lunara. There, in the grove, she learned of the Servants of the Moonlit Circle and their mission to destroy the heralds, and she wanted to join them in it, for the sake of revenge for her family.2
In battle
Esther fights with a halberd, using its reach to keep enemies at a favourable distance, and she is extremely skilled at controlling the ground around her. Used to war zones, she is hard to deter. She favours a defensive style that keeps her allies safe behind her, usually going for the hardest-hitting enemy to stop it reaching those at the back.2
Notes
Sources
This article draws on:
- MCMercenary Compendium(Bad Badger Games, 2024), pp. 11, 55
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