PCs:Olisa Ellendar

Olisa Ellendar

Basic Information

Name: Olisa Ellendar
Race: Human
Gender: Female
Age: 18 (when she left home)
Class: Monk, Paladin
Faith: Follower of Gorethar
Birthplace:Redgate, Seven Cities
Current Residence: Hostel of Gorethar in Elysia

Affiliations:

• Golden Legacy Adventure Company
• Council of Good Adventure Company
• Order of Gorethar

Description

Olisa stands just a shade under six feet in height, slender with a very muscular, athletic build. Long dark red hair tumbles over her shoulders or occasionally over her hazel eyes. Not without a sense of humor she is gregarious and quick to laugh.

In her youth she was far more likely to play the rough and tumble games the boys did, when she began to display more feminine features she cut her hair short to try and fit in, with limited success. She doesn't delight in great finery, simple gowns are more than enough for her and though her family had the means she has never really owned any fine clothing. All too often what she did own would get abused in her tomboyish play

History

At her fathers bidding, When she was old enough. She joined the Monastery of Gorethar, located on the same grounds as the great temple. During her time there she read a great deal in the library, she learned of Gorethar and of a previous student of the monastery, Vichan Lyonsen. Vichan studied there prior to moving over to the martial schooling of Gorethars Holy Warriors, this young man went on to lead the highly regarded, Order of Gorethar, headquartered in the south.

Inspired by her fathers past life, he told many a story, perhaps glossing over the harsher bits, as well as the story of Vichan she decided she would take time out to travel south. An itinerant warrior monk of Gorethar.

At first her parents resisted Olisa's desire to adventure as her father had done before her, once it became clear to him that his eldest daughter was intent to travel south and try her hand at adventuring. He sought out the renowned artificer Joran of Redgate and had robes and a pair of boots fashioned for his daughter so that she would be better prepared for the life she was undertaking.

Greysteel is the name given to Olisa's greatsword by its previous owner Edmund Ellendar, Olisa's father. The blade was taken from an Ogre Magi hoard by Edmund some 40 years ago during his adventuring days. How the Ogre acquired the blade Edmund doesn't know, the creature wasn't in the talking mood when they met, and the history of the blade is unknown to him.

He used the blade throughout the remainder of his adventuring days before hanging it up above the family mantelpiece where for years it was a curiosity for visitors to ogle. When Olisa announced her plans to go south, after her father relented and said he would permit it, Edmund took the sword down from the mantle, returned it to its sheath and gave it Olisa.

Council of Good

The Council of Good, a collection of young adventurers under the tutelage of Paladin Amarc Leclerq and his wife Avenger Suzanna Greenleaf. The council defeated a bandit king and was able to recover an artifact being sought by an evil priestess. This artifact, called the Chalice of blood, was destroyed by the Azur blacksmith at Derrigton keep with the council's aid.

The Council hasn't met since the completion of that original goal, however it was through the council that Olisa met Maikel Trueaxe, a dwarven master of weapons, that set her feet on the path of weapon mastery.

Golden Legacy

Olisa began travelling and adventuring with the Golden Legacy about the time of the return of In Nabbeh Ser, or the Gentleman has he was referred to in past incarnations, she kept on adventuring with this group through the attack of the Legion of Chains on M'chek. Upon final defeat of the legion at a wrap up meeting in Mikona the Golden Legacy invited her to become a charter holding member of their group.

It was with the aid of the Golden Legacy that Olisa was able to complete the rituals necessary to discover the location of Heavendor. Somewhere on the surface of the moon Levena. The Golden Legacy found a way to convert a small pirate vessel to a spelljammer and they travelled to Levena, where Heavendor was summoned.

After this, the church of Gorethar levied charges of Heresy against Olisa, the charge based on the incorrect notion that only a dwarf should carry the holy relic. The trial ended when it was discovered that Archpaladin Amnbean Staidfist had fallen from grace and orchestrated the whole affair.

The Herald of Gorethar Llissa descended from the heavens, declared Olisa worthy to wield the relic and named her the "Sword Saint of Gorethar"

Order of Gorethar

Before her departure to the south, her father gave her some advice. "Be loyal of hands and mouth my daughter, and serve each as best you may. Seek the fellowship of good men; hearken to their words and remember them. Be humble and courteous wherever thou go, boasting not nor talking overmuch, neither thou be dumb altogether."

She sought out then the Order of Gorethar, for where else she thought would she find a "fellowship of good men". The Order had long been in decline, members having departed for corners of Negaria where the Order doesnt have property, doing Gorethars work. Rodrick Goodman, an initiate of the Order at the time, actually took her in and named her adherant in the absence of the Orders actual Leadership. This was of course ratified by the real leadership later.

Olisa is now the High Paladin of the Order of Gorethar, previously she has held the offices of Seneschal and Battlemaster of the Order.

Family

Olisa's Family still resides in Redgate, her father running his sucessful shipping empire and her siblings.

She is the eldest of four siblings, born to Edmund and Elena Ellendar of Redgate. Her father is a well off merchant owner of a modest sized shipping combine dealing primarily in General goods and grains, early in his life he was an adventurer, but upon meeting his future wife Elena he hung up his sword and invested a not insignificant amount of gold acquired over several years of adventuring and settled down in Redgate.

Olisa like her father and siblings, one brother and two sisters, worship Gorethar. Of the children, only Olisa can recall living outside the Palatial District of Redgate. She recalls playing along the southern edge of the Divalok as it runs through town. Due to the varied nature of the races in Redgate, she has an outlook towards many races not often seen outside Redgate. She has known and called friend or acquaintance, Orcs, Half Orcs, Goblins and Half Ogres as well as Dwarves, Elves and Halflings.

Olisa's youngest sister Eloise has since had a little girl which she named Olivia as a nod to her older sister. Aunty 'O' dotes on her little niece.

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Other works

Ki and the way of the Blade - Book on relationship of Ki between Weapon Masters and Monks: http://wiki.avlis.org/Ki_and_The_Way_of_The_Blade

The Red Star

The Red Star's threat towards Avlis was long known. Many diverse people assisted in preparing the defense of Avlis, most notable contributions were those of the Thel's in working to repair and operation of 'The Great Making' and the Efforts of the Trust of Andrinor under the direction of Dameon Nerpitas. Olisa entered into the defense planning fairly late compared to some. Thienna Skybreaker Thel was working on a method to employ divine energies against the Red Star, to wit, she began the collection of divine energies from all over Avlis. These energies would be stored in specially prepared ritual gems.

What was unclear at the time was how could these energies be combined into one device and then directed towards the Red Star. It was at a meeting discussing these divine energies that Olisa mentioned that she was steward of the Holy relic of Gorethar, Heavendor. Heavendor she told them was multi-planar in nature and it was deemed possible that because of that nature it would be able to contain the entirety of the energies collected and because of Olisa's great affinity to the weapon that through her Ki she could direct that energy.

In a ritual held at the Tower of Light, the Order of Gorethar's headquarters, The energy was transferred from the storage vessel Thienna possessed into Heavendor and Olisa bound the sword into her scabbard awaiting the day of its need.

Upon that day, the first assault on the Red Star came from Heavendor. At the direction of Archibald Thel, she unleashed the full divine energy contained within the weapon upon the mirror of the Tick-Tock tower, which then directed it against the Red Star itself.

Olisa uttered a phrase in Dwergen, loosely translated as -""may the light of the gods strike down the heart of evil"" and in a swift single motion withdrew Heavendor from its sheath and thrusts it towards the heavens. The blade shimmered brightly completely concealing its shape, only bright light erupting from the grip of the weapon.

Thrust skyward a coruscant beam of light erupted forth, towards the main mirror above. The beam, though white at its core carried within it, tendrils of colored light. Greys and golds, blue, yellow and red, darker colors of blue such as violet and even strands of pure darkness are mingled into the beam like some sort of divine rainbow. From the horizon a blood red energy joined with the beam. Olisa realized that this beam was from Heavendor' opposite, the Malekite artifact known as Taanar-Sheeve.

With the Aid of the Bards of Avlis, between Heavendor and their magical and musical contribution, the Red Star was cloven in two. The exertion was great and after the beam ceased, she collapsed to the floor oblivious to the rest of the goings on.

There is more to the story of the Battle of the Red Star, Olisa' part and the part of Heavendor are only a part of it.

Starsplitter

Heavendor did not survive the attack on the Red Star. Olisa knew through her communing with Llissa, the Herald of Gorethar, that it was likely Heavendor would not go unchanged. She knew that what they planned was not what Heavendor was designed for. Containing the divine energy of a million prayers to any number of gods, some with widely diverging beliefs to that of Gorethar. In the end, the energy within Heavendor that made it a divine weapon was included in the energy sent forth against the Red Star, draining it of its Holy energy.

What remained was a very high-quality katana of Goretharium.

The remains of Heavendor, while still a potent weapon were renamed by Olisa. The blade is now known as Starsplitter.