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13 posts. Alias of Cuàn.


Race

Human

Classes/Levels

Oracle 3

Gender

Female

Size

Medium

Age

21

Strength 14
Dexterity 11
Constitution 16
Intelligence 12
Wisdom 8
Charisma 20

About Maena Tandrille

Maena Tandrille
Female Human Oracle (Dual-Cursed) 3
N Medium Humanoid (human)
Init +0; Senses Darkvision, 30 ft; Perception +2
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Defense
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AC 1, touch 1, flat-footed 1 (+5 Cha, + armor)
hp 33 (3d8+9)
Fort +4, Ref +6, Will +4
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Offense
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Speed 30 ft.
Melee (d+/x)
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Statistics
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Str 14, Dex 11, Con 16, Int 12, Wis 8, Cha 20
Base Atk +2; CMB +4; CMD 14
Feats Iron Will ,Skill Focus - Know(Nature), Eldritch Heritage - Arcane
Traits Hag Ridden, Spirit Sense, Spiritual Forester
Skills Diplomacy +11, Knowledge(Planes) +12, Knowledge(Nature) +15, Perception +2, Sense Motive +5, Spellcraft +7
Languages Common, Aklo, Giant
SQ Mystery: Lore, Revelations: Misfortune, Sidestep Secret & Lore Keeper, Curse: Clouded Vision, Tongues (Aklo, fixed)
Other Gear
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Tracked Resources
Level 1 spells 0/7

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Special Abilities
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Sidestep Secret (Su): Use Cha for AC and Reflex saves.
Lorekeeper (Ex): Use Cha for Knowledge checks

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Spells Available
0- Create Water, Detect Magic, Light, Read Magic, Stabilize
1- Cause Fear, Cure Light Wounds, Ill Omen, Obscuring Mist, Protection from Evil

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Familiar:
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Raven, speaks Aklo, named Fletch

Background:

For a moment it looked as if Maena's presence on this earth was not to last as a hag tried to steal her from her crib while her parents were sleeping and then replace her with her own child. Had it not been for her aunt and uncle she would have no doubt ended up in the hag's kettle. The two of them were visiting and staying in the family's living room where the hag hadn't bothered to check and as such she only ensorcelled Maena's parents. While they did manage to surprise the hag and drive her of they were cursed by the vile witch, as was Maena.
The curse on Maena became apparent as soon as she was picked up from her crib as her eyes had turned a milky white. While her vision did not seem to be impeded at first the full effects of this curse did not show until she was old enough to leave the house and as such it was initially assumed to only affect her looks.
What was far more disconcerting for her parents where Maena's first words as they were in some strange, eldritch language that neither of them understood. They were relieved when she also started speaking in the common tongue but sometimes the weird language still creeped in, something that caused great discomfort in both of them while Maena herself didn't even seem to notice.

Despite these impediments Maena's childhood were relatively uneventful. Her sight developed in strange ways as while she could not see far into the distance she did have neigh perfect sight during the night. Her stress predicament did not change though, as she'd still slip into that eldritch language whenever situations got hairy.

The truly strange things did not start to happen until her 18th birthday. From that day on she'd wake up at night, hearing strange sounds like a friendly old woman calling for someone, promising something good. The voice did not call her though, it called someone else but she could hear it. The strange thing was that she seemed to be the only one who could hear them apart from the family dog, who crawled away under Maena's bed every night the calls came. The calls first came once a week but as time went on they became more frequent until they came every night. Then, just as sudden as they started, the calls stopped.

While most people would be happy by such an event she became worried. Through research she conducted through interviewing dozens upon dozens of people, from village elders to monster hunters to hedge witches, she came to the conclusion that somehow her curse linked her to the hag's changeling child. The calls she had heard had been intended for this child, to call her home to her hag mother. The end of them meant that either the girl had come to her mother to be turned into a hag herself or the mother had died. Maena figured that she needed to know what went down for, perhaps, she could be relieved of her curse.

Together with a hunter she went to search for the mother Hag's den. This hunter volunteered to come along, claiming he had lost a wife and daughter to a hag. Together they found the den but it did not contain what the had expected. Inside they found a dead hag, torn limb from limb by large claws. What they also found was a loose skin, looking like that of a girl Maena had known who lived one town over as well as the remains of a ritual. As they continued to search the hovel Maena suddenly heard a shriek coming from outside. She hurried outside but also she found there was a pile of clothes, the hunter's clothes. Crawled up in this pile she found a raven, a raven with the same scar running across his beak that the hunter had had on his face. As she picked it up she heard a laughter in the distance, filling the forest. A laughter that sounded faintly familiar.