Post by antaeus on Aug 23, 2005 8:50:01 GMT -5
I found this littly diddy after posing in the fav characters thread. Its Sapphire's backstory of sorts, given a different approach to the traditional 3rd person. Figured I'd post it. Enjoy.
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Author’s Note: These are excerpts from the journal of Triel Signe who is better known as the Half-Elven Sorceress, Sapphire. She began writing this when she received it for her 4th birthday. The document has not been modified from its original form. --- Trobeleya Grovinolask, Historian and Author of “Ashbenford to Neverwinter”
Date withheld, Circa 30 years ago.
happy birthday to me
daddy gave me book for to write four me
I love daddy.
Date withheld, Circa 28 years ago.
Today daddy told me about mommy. She is a very pretty elf. She is a wizard and is special because she has me. That makes me special because she is a good strong wizard and does good things for people. Daddy said that’s why mommy isn’t here now with us. He says she is out doing good things for other people. That is good. I want to be just like her.
Date withheld, Circa 26 years ago.
…then they said that I was not one of them and couldn’t play. It was a stupid game for stupid kids anyway and I don’t want to play with stupid kids. I’ll just read while they are playing and not become stupid like all the rest of them. Not all of them are very stupid like the others one boy yelled at them for not letting me play and asked if I was alright n stuff. Jarikoh is not stupid. Dad told me to remember to thank him for being nice and not be mad at the others for being stupid. He said Triel you are different, but special You are my Daughter and the most important thing in my life. That made me feel good so I wrote it down.
Dad told me about how he used to fight bad monsters and dead people today. He showed me his favorite sword in the whole world krusadar (Author’s note: Could this be the Holy Sword ‘Crusader’?). It was shiny when he held it but when he let me hold it it didn’t. He said it was magic. I like magic. Magic helped dad be here so it must be good. Mom uses magic to help people all over the world so it must be good. I will be a good person like Mom and use magic for to help people. Even if they are stupid.
Date withheld, Circa 20 years ago.
Jerico stopped by the Library again today. He still hasn’t beat me on my board yet. The fool. Does he know who he is playing against? I’m the best chess player in this entire town! He is good though, I still don’t understand why his board gives him such an advantage. Could it be Magic? I’ll have to study more. He is a welcomed relief from my studies however. Trying to learn the secrets of the Arcane is hard work…for your average person. I’m simply to bright for one task to keep my interest for very long. Studying at the Library for so long has netted me one bonus. The kind elderly lady, who has been a familiar companion these past years offered to pay me a fair wage to watch over the Library for her while I study! This means I can actually purchase my required materials without resorting to tasking Father with financing my studies. He is a very kind man and deserves his hard earned rest. On that subject, some of the grown ups around here keep talking about him as if he were a Knight of some order from the west. They seem to fear, yet respect, yet again appreciate him. I must know what he has done to gain such reverence and respect. Ugh speaking of respect. Those same two guys keep bothering me in the middle of my readings. Its almost uncanny! I’ll have to find some secluded spot when I’m not wor…watching the library. Ah my tome on Arcane Components came in today and it…
… happened so quickly with no rhyme or reasoning to it. He was just so stupid he could have been seriously hurt over something so…so…stupid. I’ve had problems with those…’people’ since we were growing up, I could have dealt with them. Father taught me how to defend myself. Jerico is a fool to have acted so…irrationally. The rock wasn’t even that big and it didn’t hurt. It just surprised me that’s the only reason I fell not to mention that I’d been studying all day and hadn’t been feeling well its no wonder why I fell. It take a lot more then just a simple stone to take me out of the picture! He didn’t have to run at them yelling though. One pulled a knife then I can’t quite remember what happened. I know…I yelled at him to stop but the knife was decending at almost slow motion and I couldn’t stop it. But I did. There was a crackle of azure light a mere inch from where his heart lay where the knife was surely headed. He was just as stunned as I was we still had to deal with th…
…why Father seemed distraught. He seemed more then concerned for my safety. Poor guy. Hes almost in worse shape then Jerico. He complained about being hungry earlier so I’m going to fix the big sack of stupid something to eat. By the gods its like they don’t feed him at that temple. The boy looks a bit thin. You know, I’m a pretty good cook but I think Ham Sandwiches will suffice for today. Recipie for Ham Sandwich ala Triel: Take one pig, get a big knife then proceed to…
Date withheld, Circa 15 years ago.
I’ve done it journal! I’ve finally done it! Ever since that day I’ve known it to be true only I was looking in the books for my answers! It was me! They call them Sorcerers; they wield magic by force of will and not by endless amounts of arcane study and alchemic practice. The power has been within myself for years, it merely laid dormant waiting for the perfect moment to make itself known! I’ve been the fool till this day. I’ve tried some beginning spells slowly they come to me, not all but some do. I can see the ebbs and sway of the magic lines in the Library. They’ve pointed me towards several Tomes I have never witnessed before. Surely they were not meant to be found. I shall examine them when time permits as I… Ah. Jericho is here. Time for his annual humiliation. Curses, its his board this game. Its uncanny the way he always…
…bravely volunteered for my first spell test. I’ve re-created the conditions of when ‘it’ happened. I can and will do this. Stunningly Beautiful Daughter of a once great Purple Dragon Knight of yore and an incredibly powerful Elven Wizardress. I’m almost to excited to go through with this. Almost. Mother. I hope your watching me. Time to…
…get their thieving hands out of my belt pouch. I know it was stupid to wear it given my illustrious new attire but I simply must show this city what it has now. I’ll personally admit that my choice of wardrobe is a bit…much but I still love it. I definitely would not have known about it’s pilfering if it were not for my new familiar, Terochire’. The strange looking ‘cat with wings’ that seemed to be following my activities for quite some time now. I could almost feel his gaze as I studied into the night, merely blaming the occurrence on my…distaste of dark places. I’d noticed him truly when it followed me to my new cottage on the eastern edge of the city…that reminds me. I’ve moved out of Father’s house. I’m writing for the first time as an independent woman, though he did pay for it. I love him dearly and could not bear anything to happen to him in his old age. I think I will visit tonight to make sure he is tucked in nicely like he has done for me through the first part of my life. Where was I? Ah. Torchire’. I had heard of these creatures before, they are often sought by wizards of great power as familiars, animals that act as a part of you. I approached him calmly and asked if we could be friends, he rubbed against my leg and has not left my side since. He also seems to have been very smart ‘before’ the ritual to bind us, but now…now I’m not totally sure if he can read this or not. Well if he can, he hasn’t hinted at it. The ritual that binded us was quite hard to accomplish successfully, it required several different components that were not…
Date unknown. (Author’s Note: A lot of these and other entries were made in shorthand, note form, or good old fashioned code that could not be easily translated. I’ve taken some liberties and believe that this is the best translation.
I hope you are not angry with me Journal. I have been quite busy helping with the construction of the new temple to Selune and my studies as always. I have amassed considerable power if I do say so myself. I’ve perfected several widely known spells all on my own, as well as one of my own, Sapphire’s Cloak. Ah. Every famous spellcaster needs a name. Triel Signe is a grand, noble, powerful and fantastic name, but given my new look, I believe Sapphire will do just nicely in that role. The temple construction is going nicely, with minimal incident. A young boy broke his leg after a nasty fall and I could not summon up enough power to stop his decent from a high platform for I had exhausted myself for that day. My heart goes out to that boy and his family. He came into the library today and asked for the ‘nice magic lady’ in charge, he wanted a book on herbalism’s finer points. He wanted to take the strain off of his family and do it himself, I couldn’t turn him down, but when I went to the proper locale for the aforementioned tome of healing, it was missing. I gave the boy another, less profound book, but not the one he really would have wanted. Upon further inspection, I discovered that several tomes were missing. The work of a thief of sorts. I informed the authorities and you know how competent they are…
…the most unkempt, disgusting, vile, repulsive and utterly repulsive woman today. She smelled like she didn’t know that the word bathe even existed. Her hair was unkempt and her demeanor was as unrefined as it gets. Fortunately she’s turning out to be a great friend. I’m not sure, but I think I angered her initially with the mention of these ‘outstanding’ qualities on our first meet, however I was…less forthcoming in the truth our second. I still do not know her name though I have learned a bit about the wilderness from her. She is also responsible for telling me the name of Terochire’, it turns out he is a Tressym, the name has eluded me for some time. Strange, there don’t seem to be many of his kind around. I’ll have to look into…
This concludes the decipherable portion of her journal. Sapphire goes on to explain some of her earlier adventures, but these are all well documented. The purpose of my book is not to catalog further glory attained, but to view the person behind the title. I hope this helped. Thank you. ---- Trobeleya Grovinolask
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Author’s Note: These are excerpts from the journal of Triel Signe who is better known as the Half-Elven Sorceress, Sapphire. She began writing this when she received it for her 4th birthday. The document has not been modified from its original form. --- Trobeleya Grovinolask, Historian and Author of “Ashbenford to Neverwinter”
Date withheld, Circa 30 years ago.
happy birthday to me
daddy gave me book for to write four me
I love daddy.
Date withheld, Circa 28 years ago.
Today daddy told me about mommy. She is a very pretty elf. She is a wizard and is special because she has me. That makes me special because she is a good strong wizard and does good things for people. Daddy said that’s why mommy isn’t here now with us. He says she is out doing good things for other people. That is good. I want to be just like her.
Date withheld, Circa 26 years ago.
…then they said that I was not one of them and couldn’t play. It was a stupid game for stupid kids anyway and I don’t want to play with stupid kids. I’ll just read while they are playing and not become stupid like all the rest of them. Not all of them are very stupid like the others one boy yelled at them for not letting me play and asked if I was alright n stuff. Jarikoh is not stupid. Dad told me to remember to thank him for being nice and not be mad at the others for being stupid. He said Triel you are different, but special You are my Daughter and the most important thing in my life. That made me feel good so I wrote it down.
Dad told me about how he used to fight bad monsters and dead people today. He showed me his favorite sword in the whole world krusadar (Author’s note: Could this be the Holy Sword ‘Crusader’?). It was shiny when he held it but when he let me hold it it didn’t. He said it was magic. I like magic. Magic helped dad be here so it must be good. Mom uses magic to help people all over the world so it must be good. I will be a good person like Mom and use magic for to help people. Even if they are stupid.
Date withheld, Circa 20 years ago.
Jerico stopped by the Library again today. He still hasn’t beat me on my board yet. The fool. Does he know who he is playing against? I’m the best chess player in this entire town! He is good though, I still don’t understand why his board gives him such an advantage. Could it be Magic? I’ll have to study more. He is a welcomed relief from my studies however. Trying to learn the secrets of the Arcane is hard work…for your average person. I’m simply to bright for one task to keep my interest for very long. Studying at the Library for so long has netted me one bonus. The kind elderly lady, who has been a familiar companion these past years offered to pay me a fair wage to watch over the Library for her while I study! This means I can actually purchase my required materials without resorting to tasking Father with financing my studies. He is a very kind man and deserves his hard earned rest. On that subject, some of the grown ups around here keep talking about him as if he were a Knight of some order from the west. They seem to fear, yet respect, yet again appreciate him. I must know what he has done to gain such reverence and respect. Ugh speaking of respect. Those same two guys keep bothering me in the middle of my readings. Its almost uncanny! I’ll have to find some secluded spot when I’m not wor…watching the library. Ah my tome on Arcane Components came in today and it…
… happened so quickly with no rhyme or reasoning to it. He was just so stupid he could have been seriously hurt over something so…so…stupid. I’ve had problems with those…’people’ since we were growing up, I could have dealt with them. Father taught me how to defend myself. Jerico is a fool to have acted so…irrationally. The rock wasn’t even that big and it didn’t hurt. It just surprised me that’s the only reason I fell not to mention that I’d been studying all day and hadn’t been feeling well its no wonder why I fell. It take a lot more then just a simple stone to take me out of the picture! He didn’t have to run at them yelling though. One pulled a knife then I can’t quite remember what happened. I know…I yelled at him to stop but the knife was decending at almost slow motion and I couldn’t stop it. But I did. There was a crackle of azure light a mere inch from where his heart lay where the knife was surely headed. He was just as stunned as I was we still had to deal with th…
…why Father seemed distraught. He seemed more then concerned for my safety. Poor guy. Hes almost in worse shape then Jerico. He complained about being hungry earlier so I’m going to fix the big sack of stupid something to eat. By the gods its like they don’t feed him at that temple. The boy looks a bit thin. You know, I’m a pretty good cook but I think Ham Sandwiches will suffice for today. Recipie for Ham Sandwich ala Triel: Take one pig, get a big knife then proceed to…
Date withheld, Circa 15 years ago.
I’ve done it journal! I’ve finally done it! Ever since that day I’ve known it to be true only I was looking in the books for my answers! It was me! They call them Sorcerers; they wield magic by force of will and not by endless amounts of arcane study and alchemic practice. The power has been within myself for years, it merely laid dormant waiting for the perfect moment to make itself known! I’ve been the fool till this day. I’ve tried some beginning spells slowly they come to me, not all but some do. I can see the ebbs and sway of the magic lines in the Library. They’ve pointed me towards several Tomes I have never witnessed before. Surely they were not meant to be found. I shall examine them when time permits as I… Ah. Jericho is here. Time for his annual humiliation. Curses, its his board this game. Its uncanny the way he always…
…bravely volunteered for my first spell test. I’ve re-created the conditions of when ‘it’ happened. I can and will do this. Stunningly Beautiful Daughter of a once great Purple Dragon Knight of yore and an incredibly powerful Elven Wizardress. I’m almost to excited to go through with this. Almost. Mother. I hope your watching me. Time to…
…get their thieving hands out of my belt pouch. I know it was stupid to wear it given my illustrious new attire but I simply must show this city what it has now. I’ll personally admit that my choice of wardrobe is a bit…much but I still love it. I definitely would not have known about it’s pilfering if it were not for my new familiar, Terochire’. The strange looking ‘cat with wings’ that seemed to be following my activities for quite some time now. I could almost feel his gaze as I studied into the night, merely blaming the occurrence on my…distaste of dark places. I’d noticed him truly when it followed me to my new cottage on the eastern edge of the city…that reminds me. I’ve moved out of Father’s house. I’m writing for the first time as an independent woman, though he did pay for it. I love him dearly and could not bear anything to happen to him in his old age. I think I will visit tonight to make sure he is tucked in nicely like he has done for me through the first part of my life. Where was I? Ah. Torchire’. I had heard of these creatures before, they are often sought by wizards of great power as familiars, animals that act as a part of you. I approached him calmly and asked if we could be friends, he rubbed against my leg and has not left my side since. He also seems to have been very smart ‘before’ the ritual to bind us, but now…now I’m not totally sure if he can read this or not. Well if he can, he hasn’t hinted at it. The ritual that binded us was quite hard to accomplish successfully, it required several different components that were not…
Date unknown. (Author’s Note: A lot of these and other entries were made in shorthand, note form, or good old fashioned code that could not be easily translated. I’ve taken some liberties and believe that this is the best translation.
I hope you are not angry with me Journal. I have been quite busy helping with the construction of the new temple to Selune and my studies as always. I have amassed considerable power if I do say so myself. I’ve perfected several widely known spells all on my own, as well as one of my own, Sapphire’s Cloak. Ah. Every famous spellcaster needs a name. Triel Signe is a grand, noble, powerful and fantastic name, but given my new look, I believe Sapphire will do just nicely in that role. The temple construction is going nicely, with minimal incident. A young boy broke his leg after a nasty fall and I could not summon up enough power to stop his decent from a high platform for I had exhausted myself for that day. My heart goes out to that boy and his family. He came into the library today and asked for the ‘nice magic lady’ in charge, he wanted a book on herbalism’s finer points. He wanted to take the strain off of his family and do it himself, I couldn’t turn him down, but when I went to the proper locale for the aforementioned tome of healing, it was missing. I gave the boy another, less profound book, but not the one he really would have wanted. Upon further inspection, I discovered that several tomes were missing. The work of a thief of sorts. I informed the authorities and you know how competent they are…
…the most unkempt, disgusting, vile, repulsive and utterly repulsive woman today. She smelled like she didn’t know that the word bathe even existed. Her hair was unkempt and her demeanor was as unrefined as it gets. Fortunately she’s turning out to be a great friend. I’m not sure, but I think I angered her initially with the mention of these ‘outstanding’ qualities on our first meet, however I was…less forthcoming in the truth our second. I still do not know her name though I have learned a bit about the wilderness from her. She is also responsible for telling me the name of Terochire’, it turns out he is a Tressym, the name has eluded me for some time. Strange, there don’t seem to be many of his kind around. I’ll have to look into…
This concludes the decipherable portion of her journal. Sapphire goes on to explain some of her earlier adventures, but these are all well documented. The purpose of my book is not to catalog further glory attained, but to view the person behind the title. I hope this helped. Thank you. ---- Trobeleya Grovinolask