Valyra Alymn

"Can the gods fuck off?"

- Valyra to Medullon, after being told about another vision regarding her sent by a deity Valyra Alymm, also know as Arana Presfina is a high-elven sorceress of Draconic bloodline and a member of the group of adventurers in the Adventures of Amberyl campaign.

Background
Born and raised in the city of Adbar of the Mayun kingdom, Valyra was always a carefree and curious child who loved exploring the world around her, mostly the outskirts of the city. One day though strange marks and vibrant fungi of rotted flowers piqued her curiosity and she decided to delve in deeper into the forest outside of the city. Falling pray to a wandering strange entity, it managed to corrupt her body and attempted consume her essence when suddenly the roar of an enormous and beautiful golden dragon stopped this dark entity from killing her. The legendary beast fought with the dark entity and managed to obliterate it and its corruption but it was too late for Valyra. Sensing the corruption rooted deep within her, the dragon decided to cure her of it by letting a few drops of its blood drip into the wound that the entity had slashed into Valyra, infusing her with draconic magic which would later awaken magical talents in her, albeit unstable. She returned home alone and seemingly completely unharmed, except her bloody clothes leaving her parents concerned but happy to have their beloved daughter back. As the years went by she began displaying various magical abilities, unlike any seen in her elven community. Her parents were concerned but tried to hide it from other people. That was until a man named Drann approached her father, revealing that he was aware of Valyra's unnatural abilities and that he wanted her to study under his wing, posing as a wise man who could teach her to control her powers. Instead, he locked her in a high tower and fed her lies, slowly turning her into a weapon of mass destruction and simultaneously blackmailing Valyra's father in order to gain a position in the High Court. His mistake was that he proselytized her into being a member of his cult of Leira, goddess of lies and deceit. The goddess however had other plans for Valyra, as she revealed to her the ways of seduction, self-sufficiency and manipulation. With these tools in her belt, nearly a decade later she successfully ran away from Drann who was not pleased with losing his most important bargaining chip and sent his cultists after her. Failure after failure to bring her back, Drann decided to force her himself to return to him. Breaking in her family's home and threatening the lives of her mother and father made Valyra's power erupt, unleashing a barrage of flames at the cultists and killing some of them. In a fit of anger, Drann took the lives of her family while she watched, restrained and unable to act. Her emotions caused a violent swirl of flames to rise around her, almost destroying everything in the vicinity. Drann fled with his life, unable to control her but swore to find her again in the future. Holding the dead bodies of her mother and father she mourned in blazing silence, a single phrase resonated in her mind, “I am alone” that carried a single sense of purpose... Revenge. Since then Valyra has traveled northwest of Mayun, visiting the Xandros empire and finding many friends along the way. Getting caught up with the schemes of a secret organization lead her to uncover ancient secrets and artifacts tied to this Rasalhague figure that planned to re-conquer the lost lands of a long forgotten civilization of yuan-ti. One fateful night however, as she was traveling with her friends through a forest, a dense fog surrounded them. As they walked on, they arrived at a set of gates flanked by beheaded statues of enormous knights. The scent of death and the creak of the gates swinging wide open as she approached with her friends was the cold welcome to the land of mists, Barovia.

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