Deedlit
Pronunciation: DEED-liht
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| Age | 175 |
| Birth Year | NRC 355 |
| Gender | Female |
| Race | High Elf |
| Homeland | Forest of No Return |
Physical Description
Deedlit has the beauty of all high elves. She is of average height, slim like most elves, and not particularly curvaceous, but long-legged. She is very fair with unblemished porcelain skin, light green eyes, and pale blonde hair. Her hair falls to her thighs with loose bangs to frame her delicate face. Deedlit’s eyes are almond shaped with long lashes, and thin, arched brows.
| Height | 5’6” | Hair Color | Pale Blond |
| Weight | 120lbs | Eye Color | Light Green |
| Build | Slender | Skin Color | Porcelain |
Clothing and Armor
Deedlit’s traveling wear consists of a short green dress, matching blue boots and gloves, an elven steel breastplate with large shoulder guards and a flowing cape attached. Her dress is a light green elven weave of silk and falls to mid-thigh. The collar is high and embroidered in gold designs down to her breasts. The dress is sleeveless, and slightly loose, but it is held tight at her waist by her sword belt. Deedlit’s armor consists of a small breastplate and very large shoulder guards, all elven steel and dark matte blue, trimmed in gold designs. Attached to her shoulder plates is a long, flowing cape that is blue on the outside and orange on the reverse side. For boots, she has a pair of dark blue, knee high boots with some gold designs around the top. Her gloves match, made of the same dark blue material and trimmed in gold. On her brow, Deedlit wears a gold circlet set with three magenta stones.
Weapon DescriptionDeedlit’s rapier is an elegant elven steel blade. Three feet of unblemished, pure steel make up the blade. The crossguard is gold plated, and the grip is made of dark blue leather that matches the rest of her outfit. There are some beaded designs around the pommel and crossguard.
| Class | Shamanist Fighter |
| Occupation | Adventurer, Heroine |
| Weapons | Elven Steel Rapier |
| Armor | Elven Steel Breastplate and Shoulder plates |
| Horse | No |
| Magic System | Shamanism |
| Special Summons | Djinn (Aruku) |
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Abilities
Deedlit was trained from early childhood like all elves. As a high elf, she is limited by her culture’s taboos and refuses to summon spirits such as Salamander and Dark Fairies. She usually limits herself to Sylph, Undine, Will o’ Wisps, and a few other spirits, all of which she is very adept with. She witnessed the rebirth of Phoenix, the Fire Queen, and that is the only fire elemental she will summon. In the year 512, Deedlit made a contract with Djinn, whom asked that he be named Aruku in her new contract.
Deedlit is slightly stronger than the average female elf, but her endurance is lower than average. Her best physical virtue is her agility, and she is a graceful woman. As a swordswoman, she relies on a combination of her strength and agility.
PersonalityAs the youngest of the high elves, her immaturity is easy to see amongst her own people, however, humans usually see the cool, collected, ageless high elf. Though her personality doesn’t change depending on where she is, Deedlit actually falls somewhere in between the emotional range of a high elf and a human.
She comes from a stoic culture. High elves rarely show emotion, especially negative ones. They believe anger is a waste of energy and that peace will come with time. High elven youths, however, are quicker to become emotional, though they will eventually settle as they become older. Deedlit’s time among humans hasn’t helped her develop a personality more pleasant to her people. In fact, the influence of humans has made her more willing to express herself.
Alignment: Lawful Good
Quotes: “A human life, a worm’s life; a life is a life.”
“I don’t understand you humans at all. But then, maybe that’s what makes you so fascinating!”
“As long as you keep moving forward, you can always find radiance.”
“War doesn’t show any mercy to its victims.”
“The world is full of people who will get you from behind. Let me handle them. You focus on what’s ahead.”
Deedlit is the youngest of the high elves, and the only child born in a thousand years—Estas being the last child born before her. Her mother and father were both ancient by human terms when she was born. As the youngest of her people, the high elven clan pinned its hopes on her. Though Estas was already over a thousand years old himself when she was born, he and Deedlit were expected to one day marry.
As she reached adulthood, Estas became Deedlit’s good friend and caretaker. When she went off exploring the forest, he was often on her heels. He taught her much of shamanism and swordsmanship. Despite the fact that she was a grown woman, Deedlit was still quite immature and playful, much to Estas’s frustration. She grew to be rather curious of the world outside the forest, but she had been raised to fear and hate humans for their destructive nature.
One day, Deedlit and Estas saw a ghostly image of a human from the Forest of Lost Souls—the realm created by Ento to hold trespassing humans. It seemed that the man was trying to break free, so Estas went to speak to the elder about it.
Meanwhile, Deedlit went exploring and traveled to the edge of the forest, as far as she dared to go. Hearing dogs barking, she went to investigate and found a human hunter hunting rabbits on the outskirts of the forest. She was upset to see him with dead rabbits, but he quickly explained that humans needed to eat meat to survive, and that he never took more than he needed. He described himself as a part of the forest, much like a fox or other predator, and that he respected nature. Deedlit was convinced, and they spoke further. His name was Jord, and he explained that he knew how to avoid the traps of the Forest of No Return. However, his father hadn’t been so lucky. Fifteen years ago, his mother fell ill and his father went hunting to earn some money for medicine. Jord assumed that his father, in haste, ignored the warning and got trapped in the forest.
After speaking to Jord, Deedlit gave him a warning and sent him on his way, then returned home. He had seemed so familiar, and she realized that he looked like the man she and Estas saw earlier! It seemed likely that he was Jord’s father. After learning that Estas had been sent to kill the man, Deedlit followed him into the Forest of Lost Souls. She found him just as he was about to deliver the deathblow on Jord’s father and stopped him. She told them both about meeting Jord, and his father was astonished that it had been so long since he became lost. He said that he decided to hunt a legendary beast in the forest so he could collect a reward and buy medicine for his wife. He believed that because he hunted out of greed, the forest had punished him. Estas agreed to let him go. He was freed from the curse and sent home to his family.
It was shortly afterwards that the elder announced that she sensed a great evil in the world and that she wanted someone to investigate. Deedlit eagerly volunteered, but most elves were against it. Estas was expected to be the one to leave, but surprisingly, he actually supported Deedlit. It was agreed that Deedlit would go, and she was provided with armor and a sword. It wasn’t until Estas said farewell that she knew why he had supported her.
“I was once like you are now. I volunteered to go to the outside world. That was back before you were born. Back when I thought there was hope for the outside world. And hope for humans. My hopes soon turned to despair. I saw friends killing each other, and the man who killed the most was praised as a hero. I couldn’t believe it. I didn’t want to believe it...Maybe I sided with you so I could punish you. No matter how hard I try, you never seem to understand. You’re going to have to see the ugly truth for yourself. Then maybe you’ll get a taste of despair.”
Despite this, Deedlit was not deterred. She was just as determined as ever to make her own opinion about humans. Even with Estas’s lecture, she set out into the world, full of hope.
It wasn’t soon after that Deedlit met Parn. While traveling in Alania, Deedlit observed an army of goblins heading toward a human village in broad daylight. She first tracked down their den, to find it empty save for two human men. After telling them the goblins were going to the village, she let the humans deal with the problem.
Several days later, she met them again. Parn, she learned the young man was named, was a headstrong youth who aspired to be a knight, but lacked in the skills. Etoh, his childhood friend, was a Falis priest. Slayn, a sorcerer from Zaxon, and Ghim, a dwarf, had joined them. They too had been sent on a mission to discover the root of the evil looming over Lodoss. After a false imprisonment, and a battle with the Marmo army, they were joined by a thief, Woodchuck.
Their journey took them through the Forest of No Return—where Woodchuck, Ghim, and Parn were almost lost—and then to the rescue of princess Fianna of Valis. With Fianna, they traveled to Roid where they were honored for their valor and told of the war with the Marmo Empire.
They also learned about the witch, Karla, as she had been the kidnapper of Fianna. Ghim recognized her as Leylia, a Marfa priestess he had been close to and who disappeared seven years earlier. They were sent to see the sage Wort for more information on Karla, and learned that she was an ancient Kastuulian sorceress who bound her soul to a circlet so she could live on by possessing the bodies of others. Her purpose for this was so that she could maintain the balance of powers in Lodoss so it wouldn’t be destroyed in the same way Kastuul had. It seemed that Leylia had been taken by her.
Through the trip, Deedlit found herself increasingly intrigued, and eventually attracted to Parn, but the boy hardly noticed her interest at first. These people were nothing like the humans Estas spoke about. Parn was called a hero for rescuing Fianna, but he slaughtered no one for the title. Her companions were all good people, and wouldn’t kill wantonly. The Marmo, however, had cut a swath of destruction across southeastern Lodoss. Not all humans were like what Estas told her, which filled her heart with hope, but there were many that were, and that made her feel despair. She wasn’t disheartened, however, and she fought alongside Parn to protect Lodoss.
She and Parn fought alongside the Valisians in the final battle of the War of Heroes, and saw both Fahn and Beld slain. Both kings lost, leaving the Marmo and Valis forces at a stalemate. For the next fifteen years, Kanon and the surrounding region would be occupied by the Marmo, but the Marmo would be able to gain little more ground than what they held.
After seeing the end of the War of Heroes, Parn and Deedlit rejoined their companions to complete another mission. Karla, the Grey Witch, had instigated the war, and they now knew that she possessed the body of the Marfa priestess Leylia. The six new heroes faced off against the ancient sorceress to save both Lodoss, and Leylia. Ghim fell to the witch’s spell, but it was his axe that removed the cursed circlet from Leylia’s head, freeing the priestess. However, Karla was not defeated. Instead, she took possession of Woodchuck and escaped.
Their company parted ways after paying their final respects to Ghim. Slayn took Leylia back to her mother, and soon married the priestess. Etoh went to princess Fianna’s side and eventually married her as well, leading to him becoming king of Valis. However, Parn was determined to find Woodchuck, and Deedlit remained at his side. They traveled Lodoss for the next few years, trying to find rumors of a black haired sorcerer. Alania and Moss fell into civil war, and presumably, it was Karla pulling the strings behind them.
Two years later, Parn and Deedlit’s journey brought them to Flaim, which was on the verge of civil war as well. The two clans of Fire and Wind were clashing, and it was rumored that the Fire clan was led by a black haired sorcerer. Pursuing this rumor, they went to see Kashue. Unfortunately, their hopes of finding Woodchuck were dashed, as it seemed the sorcerer was actually a shaman. However, because of this, Kashue asked Deedlit for her help as a shaman. The Fire clan shaman had control of Efreet, and with the fire king, Flaim was at the mercy of the tribe. Parn and Deedlit agreed to help, and halt their search for Karla.
Kashue requested Deedlit to summon Salamander, which she was not pleased to try. Salamander is considered a destructive and evil spirit by high elves, and rarely summoned. Deedlit was ashamed to have to attempt it, but she did. However, her simple attempt to summon Salamander brought Efreet’s attention to her. The fire demon erupted from the brazier she had summoned from. Deedlit was thrown aside and knocked unconscious. She may have been burned to a crisp, but with the help of an enchanted sword provided by Kashue, Parn rushed in to save her. Efreet retreated, with a promise to meet Parn again.
As Deedlit recovered, Parn and Kashue prepared to go to battle against the Fire clan.
