Aetarnia

Legend

“The child-mocked tower became a legendary heroine during the great invasion, when she survived holding the Olma Gate by herself.”

“To be honest we never thought a sisters arms thus strong nor stamina that great.”

Skjald El Mary

 

Description

Born amidst the biting winds of a northern fjord, Aetarnia grew up under the shadow of her father, the formidable bridge gate commander. Her childhood was a filled with ice-hardened lessons and the guttural roars of creatures repelled from their village. Tall and powerfully built, even as a girl, she was destined for more than hearth and home. Her father, seeing the spark of a warrior in her, personally trained her in combat, not with the fine steel of noble swords, but with the brutal practicality of axe and shield. Her education was one of survival and vigilance, honing her into a skilled monster slayer.

Aetarnia’s greatest desire is to protect the innocent, a fierce, almost primal instinct born from witnessing the raw terror her father fought to keep at bay. Her goal is simple: to carve a path of safety for those who cannot defend themselves, and perhaps, to find a place where her strength is a comfort, not a threat. Yet, beneath her stoic exterior, a deep-seated fear of failure gnaws at her, the terror of a creature breaking through the defenses she so tirelessly upholds. Her only truly formative relationship was with her father, a bond forged in shared duty and the unspoken understanding of their grim profession. Though he is gone, his teachings are her constant guide. Aetarnia carries a secret, a moment of hesitation during a pivotal fight that she has never confessed, a flaw that fuels her relentless pursuit of perfection and her constant struggle against the monsters both without and within.

Even at birth she was tall and as she matured into the muscular fighter she is today she just kept surpassing every other lass of the settlement. So now she stands tall, bearing herself with much pride and a self awareness, even for a Rimzir. Her long fiery orange-red curly hair adds an extra touch to her powerful appearence.

“Many a tavern dreamer longing for her beauty has tumbled backwards when she declined their offers.”

Skjald Sejrik

 

History

Fourth Age

Born as the eldest daughter of the Olma Gate commander, an old heritage position from when the Rimzir held vast areas in the region. Only a few of these ancient bastions are left, the Olma Gate settlement one of the most legendary due their skilled axe and shield warriors and blacksmiths.

As the commanders daughter Aetarnia had warrior training coming but due her height and sturdy build she started eralier than most, and she trained with older kids from the beginning. The sparring with way more experienced opponents continued through the years and she liked it. Practicing until she bested them, and then onwards to the next ones until she was the most skilled of them all. She was indeed her parents pride and as her ‘first blood’ gift she was given a pair of blades of Dwarven and Drakk Alfar origin.

As the peace instilled by the realm didn’t allow for much use of the weapon gifts, she became a monster hunter and was often away. Returning from one such trip, her family, although a commanderz household, had been attacked and killed. When she pryed into it, rumors was that her parents had borrowed money to pay for her adulthood gifts, and this debt was the reason why her family had become the target of shadowy force retribution.

The sorrow of the loss and guilt of her being reason for their tragedy, was soon overtaken by realising it was not her fault -it was her parents choice. But their punishment, and the loss of her siblings had to be avenged. And shadowy powers could not be allowed to slay Rimzir commanding nobles, so she began searching for the slayers and both allyes and taverns ran red.

“Wild fury unleashed in a more determined path are seldom seen.”

Skjald Vinotis