Maddie's parents were frequently worried about their daughter- she always suffered from nightmares growing up. They weren't particularly well-off nor poor, but had an average, comfortable life. However, while perhaps a little on the bright side as a baby, Maddie didn't seem particularly special, except for an occasional moment where she knew something she apparently shouldn't or acted much older than she should. But by the age of three, she started experiencing very, very vivid dreams every night. They were often nightmares, of terrible monsters chasing her, of dragons burning towns, or corpses lurching forward to attack… Her parents took her to the clerics of Desna, but there was nothing they could do.
From Maddie's perspective, she understood, though her parents didn't believe her, that her dreams weren't nightmares- they were visions of other places, other times. During the day, she studied when possible, played with other children on occasion. But at night, she met with herself. Well, herself from the future at least. While she had no idea how it was happening (nor did she care to ask, figuring she'd find out in time), she did learn many skills and facts from herself. It was in this manner that she managed to become a wizard at such an absurdly young age- having already gone through the process herself, her older persona knew exactly what to say to guide young-her through her first cantrips. By the time she was eight, she cast her first cantrips. While her parents were concerned for her well-being and confused at her studiousness, she *somehow* knew just what to say to put them at ease. After her magical abilities came in, though, the visions and dreams stopped occurring with such regularity, and now she only briefly experiences her time-displacement. It's still enough for her to occasionally sense something happening before it does, though. She's getting the sense that she should be moving on soon, though, but doesn't have a clear motivation or goal as where to go. For now, she's just living her life, occasionally getting herself into trouble, but that comes from her desire to experience whatever old-her experienced to make her so powerful.
"The most important event of my life? Well, *laugh*, I suppose that would be the moment I was born, isn't it?" she pulls back into a contemplative expression and looks off into the distance before responding, "Well, I suppose that perhaps the most satisfying moment I've had was the moment I cast my first spell. Ma-my, that was so much of a rush. I had been trying for months, you know? But when I finally got my mana flowing and channeled into something useful, I knew it was completely worth it. Does that answer your question?"
"The most important person in my life? Well, I guess my parents. My mom really loves me, and I love her too. Papa's great too. I… suppose that they're the most important people in my life, but that doesn't mean they're my favorite. Elric, that half-elf kid who lives over on Gathroad? He's really fun. Not terribly smart, but fun. I like him. Also Audrahni. She's nice. She's seen a lot, which I get. I've known her for a while. My parents tell me to be careful around her, but she's great! And she doesn't treat me like a kid, which everyone else does…."
"Eggs? Hard-boiled. Way easier to eat on the move. Any other kind, I have to actually sit down with a knife and fork. That's not really fun. But I can just grab one that's hard boiled, peel it, and then just take bites out of it while I'm reading or exploring."
