Morthalus: Avisera's father
Avisera:
Lamashtu: Goddess of Beasts and Madness
Gozreh: God of Nature
Alanna: Avisera's mother
Corvaine: Avisera's suitor
Venrus: Avisera's older brother
Vaenne: Harpy
Selaya: Corvaine's sister
Pelene: cleric of Gozreh
Prologue
Morthalus was a fisherman who lived on Elsvein, one of the islands of the Iresfall quays, northeast of Magnimar. He struggles with the nature of the divine, and creates a destiny for his children through his own actions because he refuses to accept his fate.
Act 1 Scene 1:
Lamashtu and Gozreh argue about the nature of storms, Lamashtu claiming them as agents of chaos and Gozreh as a relationship between air and water
Act 1 Scene 2:
While piloting his small fishing boat a storm rolls in unexpectedly, and Morthalus overcorrects, ending up crashing on the sunken rocks that have formed a reef around Iresfall. He explains his plight to Gozreh and begs for aid.
Morthalus is saved by Vaenne, a harpy who seems well adapted to storms such as this, and brought to a smaller island, away from his home.
Act 1 Scene 3:
Alanna visits Pelene, a cleric of Gozreh and pleads with Gozreh to release her husband to her safely, promising to stay faithful to the God.
Act 1 Scene 4:
Vaenne tempts Morthalus into praying to Lamashtu, her goddess. When he relents, Vaenne provides a boat with which Morthalus is able to escape the island and returns home. Alanna thanks Gozreh.
Act 1 Scene 5:
Morthalus and Alanna, older, speak about their son Venrus and daughter Avisera. Morthalus notes the strange circumstances of his children's births. Venrus was born with a club foot and fingers on his left hand fused together. Avisera was born covered in soft downy feathers, which fell out as she grew older. Pelene contrasts her own experiences with her children, Corvaine and Selaya, but is unable to convince Morthalus and Alanna that anything is wrong
Act 2 Scene 1:
Avisera visits Pelene and Selaya to ask for Gozreh's blessing on her father, who seems to have become less successful at fishing. She sees Corvaine as more than a child for the first time.
Act 2 Scene 2:
Venrus and Corvaine make a bet about who is the better fisherman. They each bet a date with the other's sister. Both assume they have the favor of Gozreh, but Corvaine is the winner. He wins the opportunity to court Avisera.
Act 2 Scene 3:
Venrus is upset about being defeated by Corvaine, and speaks with his parents about Gozreh. Alanna reminds Venrus that one cannot rely on the divine alone for the outcome of events.
Act 2 Scene 4
Corvaine and Avisera take a walk on the beach, and are interrupted by a strange woman, who brings Avisera terrible news that she will become a harpy on her 20th birthday. Avisera denies this as the ramblings of an old woman.
Act 2 Scene 4:
Avisera speaks with her mother Alanna and her friend Selaya about what the old woman said. Both women try to convince Avisera to ask for Pelene's aid, but she refuses.
Act 2 Scene 5:
Avisera decides to run away with Corvaine and asks him to take her away.
Act 3 Scene 1:
Corvaine and Avisera flee Elsvein, only to find themselves stranded in the Varisian Gulf.
Act 3 Scene 2:
Fearing the worst, Pelene asks Gozreh for guidance, and is sent a vision of her child adrift in the Varisian Gulf. She pleads with Morthalus to go save the young adults.
Act 3 Scene 3:
Morthalus and Venrus leave Alanna to seek out Corvaine and Avisera
Act 3 Scene 4:
Corvaine and Avisera are on the brink of dying of thirst. Avisera pleads with a nameless power to save her love, Corvaine.
Act 3 Scene 5:
Vaenne arrives while Avisera is sleeping, and entreats with Corvaine. Corvaine pledges himself to Lamashtu in order to save Avisera.
Act 4 Scene 1:
Erastil pleads with Gozreh to allow Morthalus to save his daughter.
Act 4 Scene 2:
Morthalus and Venrus see Vaenne, Corvaine and Avisera, the latter beginning to change but unable to see it in themselves.
Act 4 Scene 3:
Morthalus pleads with Corvaine to get them to return to Elsvein, Venrus gets into Corvaine's boat to try to force them. Corvaine ends up killing Venrus.
Act 4 Scene 4:
Corvaine and Avisera reach the shore, and see themselves anew, their love ripped away due to the changes in their forms.
Act 5 Scene 1:
Avisera accepts her position among the harpies, and kills Corvaine to pass a trial of coming of age.
Act 5 Scene 2:
Morthalus returns broken hearted to Elsvein, and explains what happened to Alanna.
Act 5 Scene 3:
Erastil admonishes Gozreh for allowing such terrible things to happen.
