Overview
Physical Description
Nydia has stark white hair, and sharp golden eyes. Her form is lithe and athletic from a lifetime, albeit short, spent either training for combat, or partaking in actual combat. She normally can be found wearing armor of some sort. When she isn't expecting trouble, she usually wears a well maintained suit of leather and chain mail. When she is expecting trouble, she can be found in the same, with the addition of breast and back plates, pauldrons, vambraces, and greaves of plate as well. She always has at least one sword on her, a sword blessed by her church. Along with it, she may carry any assortment of other weaponry her current mission requires.
Biography
Nydia is the last heir to the conquered Kingdom of Awelon, formerly situated on the Crobhear River. It was a trading kingdom that made it's fortune from tolls of ships transiting
the spine via river and road around Crobhear Lake. One morning, a band of marauders led by several members of the
Bastard Council rode through the kingdom. The mercenaries and Blight
Orcs that rode with the Bastards of Menalus made quick work of the defenses of the Kingdoms capital, Crobhear. All that is left behind are
ruins manned by Blight Orcs and stories of the survivors who had been taken in by the nearby Dwarven holds, then filtering to other
cities as the years passed.
Nydia was born into this diaspora, the last heir born to parents who remembered their home, but could only instill longing in their child. Nydia found refuge in the faith of her people and the Church of Zakon, the Star Wolf. From an early age, she learned the teachings and helped the priests and paladins of the Church to tend to the refugees of Awelon. Eventually, her band of refugees ended up in
Alliria, and the Church of Zakon set up a small chapel attached to the residence of the now exiled royal family.
