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Metal clashed against metal, the sound of a duel in full swing. This was the common sound Daniella grew up with. The Aldori practiced often with their iconic swords which meant long hours of practice for the young girl. Yet those around her didn’t share blood with her but maybe… that made this place feel more like a true home. Daniella was not born an Aldori, none are, they choose it, but she was raised by them. Adopted by an Aldori Sword Lord, and told by them that she had been brought to their lands by another who wasn’t named. This person was on Daniella’s mind from time to time, as she wondered if it had been on of her parents… or well birth parents. Her adoptive parents began her marshal training at age eight. Upon the accumulation of her training, her parents gifted Daniella a dueling sword, and she was granted another gift too… one she to this day isn’t sure if she wanted. When her adulthood came, the one who had brought her to her parents returned. A woman, a priestess of Olheon, came to see Daniella and her parents. It was time to explain to Daniella what she was, and why she was there. The woman explained that Daniella as an infant had been found in the depths of Hell itself. Heaven and Hell has always been at war, and unlike the mortal plane theirs has no law against battling each other. During one of the raids in Hall, they found an infant with a devil, and Erinyes. The angels rushed the devil, while another spirited the infant away to Heaven.
Upon returning, they were met by the goddess Olheon. For she knew who this infant was, or at least her bloodline, for that was Olheon’s domain. It would seem that Daniella was born from a union between a King and his lover. But Olheon knew she couldn’t send the child back to either parent. For one was a worshiper of Asmodeus and the other was in such a state he might kill the infant. A child does not share their parent’s blame, only the bloodline. There was also the fact that the mother was driven enough to possible seek the child out. Thus Olheon chose a different path, to send the little princess far from her mother’s reach. A minion of Olheon took the infant to a follower of the goddess in Restov, the woman who came to see Daniella. The priestess explained that she couldn’t take care of a child at that time but she knew someone who could. An Aldori Sword Lord she had traveled with for a time had settled down in Restov to teacher the next generation. She and her husband soon learned they were barren after years of trying, thus they gladly welcomed the baby into their family. Answers for questions that long plagued the young woman’s mind. It also, unnervingly so, explained why Daniella had grown up looking so different. Her parents had never lied to her, she always knew she was adopted. What she worried about had been more physical issues, eyes of yellow that made people’s skin crawl, with hair void of all color, and even what beauty she held seem unnatural. Now she knew why… Hell itself had leached into her very being, leaving its mark upon her blood. It also explain why when she was ten it was like… should could see people’s very souls during times of great stress. Daniella was tainted. A Tiefling.
They chose to keep this quiet. A tiefling was uncommon enough and almost unheard of in Brevoy. Life was difficult in general, and being a tiefling would only make it worse for the young woman. So a secret it became, one kept for six years and counting. But Daniella didn’t forget the story of her salvation! It was to Olheon and the angels of Heaven that she owed her life to. The life she had been given, that brought her joy, couldn’t have been without Olheon’s knowledge. In thanks Daniella took to the faith of Olheon and found that she greatly agreed with many of the teaching. The Aldori were not like other ruling classes, but the judgment of them should still stand. First hand sight is the best way to ensure tyrants do not rise, for they will find a blade through their heart first.
So from the dawning of her adulthood foreword her training entailed more than the work with her Aldori blade, she focused upon horseback riding and the proper wielding of a halberd. Oh how Daniella took to the halberd was something even she was surprised by. The blade had always felt like a familiar weight in her hand but the halberd was an extension of herself. Upon Daniella’s 20th name day she was gifted with a majestic steed, a taldor jennet. Horses known to be slimmer of frame but good in battle and very intelligent for a horse. Naming the steed Celeritas, Daniella found a friend she didn’t expect. A bond, almost supernatural formed between the two and Daniella believed that my Olheon herself sent the beast to her. So after a year passed and a call went out for an extra pair of hands for exploring the Stolen Lands Daniella volunteered. With Celeritas at her side, Daniella packed her things and made ready. The Stolen Lands has long been disputed and dangerous, one could not be sure what they would be like. Standing tall, Daniella said goodbye to her parents, those who loved her so even if she wasn’t their blood and tainted by Hell, with a promise. She would go with whoever was to tame the stolen lands to ensure tyrant within their border would fall, and more importantly… never rise again.

Pride and a sense of competition is a normality among the Aldori, and growing up among them Daniella took some of those traits… along with a few others. Maybe it was when she learned who she truly was, or perhaps she had the nature all along, but Daniella became more protective. She often would put herself between danger and others, choosing to never back down even if she should. But that doesn’t mean she’s all work and no play. Daniella doesn’t have much of a sense of humor herself but she does seem to enjoy others. While she often follows the rules herself, she does not apply this to all. She knows sometimes you have to make a terrible choice… often she wonders if that was what her birth mother did… make a terrible choice.