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I’ve been wanting to make one of these sorts of things for awhile now so here it is I guess.
I posted up Joy’s profile a day or so ago which can be found here if you’d like to see what her current stats are and even a few facts about Joy herself as a character.
Keep reading below to see what made Joy start her path as an Eldath Alcolyte.

Childhood
Fear.
It was one of the first things that Joy learned to identify as a child.
As she followed her parents on their travels, she came to understand that they were always viewed with fear and what swiftly followed was either distrust, anger or even hate.
Seemingly mindful of the emotions, her mother always seemed to have a sad mien, her lips perpetually down turned any time they were in a settlement with other races present. Her father reacted by standing tall, not bowing down in the face of others.
She was still too young at the time to fully appreciate her parents names - Sorrow and Pride.
The only times they seemed to relax were when it was just them three upon the road or if they stayed a spell in one of the far in between Tiefling villages.
Her Calling
Eldathyn are instructed to nurture and aid and not to restrict or punish. They may defend but not punish. Eldathyn may work violence only to defend, and they may slay no thing of the forest save to prevent it from slaying themselves or another under their protection.
During her eighth year they came across one of the Temple Groves of Eldath, Goddess of Peace.
It was the first time that Ia, as she was called at the time, encountered people who accepted her family with no fear and ill will. They were welcomed into the community to find peace in the nature that Eldath herself loved and cared for.
It was a blessed week for Ia, to witness her parents relaxing in the presence of other races for the first time.
When their customary week’s stay was over and her parents were packing to leave, Ia announced that she would stay with the Eldathyn’s. It was her wish to learn and in turn teach how to accept and promote peace as they did. Surely, if others but learned of this peace then all races could learn to love and live alongside each other with no prejudice or hate.
As though Eldath herself blessed this decision a gentle breeze swept through the grove and Sorrow and Pride left behind their only daughter, who had declared herself to be Joy that she might live to know and spread it with Eldath’s guidance.
Her Journey
Although it is part of the making of a priest of Eldath that an individual must travel Faerun widely enough to pray in at least nine sacred fastnesses (temple groves) dedicated to the goddess, most Eldathyn settle in one grove or one forest and live their lives thereabouts.
As Joy turned 18 she was still an Acolyte of Eldath but was taking her first steps towards becoming a full fledged priestess. It was her desire to be a Freewalker, one of the adventurer-priests that travelled far and wide to share Eldath’s teachings and also assisting other urban-based followers of Eldath in reaching the more secluded forest Temples to worship and pray. Her lack of skill in social speaking made her true dream of becoming a negotiator something too hard to obtain.
It was as she was leaving her current forest temple that put her on the path to Greenest, a town that would in turn take her to other cities that she might find more places of worship.

Description

I’ve been wanting to make one of these sorts of things for awhile now so here it is I guess.
I posted up Joy’s profile a day or so ago which can be found here if you’d like to see what her current stats are and even a few facts about Joy herself as a character.
Keep reading below to see what made Joy start her path as an Eldath Alcolyte.

Childhood
Fear.
It was one of the first things that Joy learned to identify as a child.
As she followed her parents on their travels, she came to understand that they were always viewed with fear and what swiftly followed was either distrust, anger or even hate.
Seemingly mindful of the emotions, her mother always seemed to have a sad mien, her lips perpetually down turned any time they were in a settlement with other races present. Her father reacted by standing tall, not bowing down in the face of others.
She was still too young at the time to fully appreciate her parents names - Sorrow and Pride.
The only times they seemed to relax were when it was just them three upon the road or if they stayed a spell in one of the far in between Tiefling villages.
Her Calling
Eldathyn are instructed to nurture and aid and not to restrict or punish. They may defend but not punish. Eldathyn may work violence only to defend, and they may slay no thing of the forest save to prevent it from slaying themselves or another under their protection.
During her eighth year they came across one of the Temple Groves of Eldath, Goddess of Peace.
It was the first time that Ia, as she was called at the time, encountered people who accepted her family with no fear and ill will. They were welcomed into the community to find peace in the nature that Eldath herself loved and cared for.
It was a blessed week for Ia, to witness her parents relaxing in the presence of other races for the first time.
When their customary week’s stay was over and her parents were packing to leave, Ia announced that she would stay with the Eldathyn’s. It was her wish to learn and in turn teach how to accept and promote peace as they did. Surely, if others but learned of this peace then all races could learn to love and live alongside each other with no prejudice or hate.
As though Eldath herself blessed this decision a gentle breeze swept through the grove and Sorrow and Pride left behind their only daughter, who had declared herself to be Joy that she might live to know and spread it with Eldath’s guidance.
Her Journey
Although it is part of the making of a priest of Eldath that an individual must travel Faerun widely enough to pray in at least nine sacred fastnesses (temple groves) dedicated to the goddess, most Eldathyn settle in one grove or one forest and live their lives thereabouts.
As Joy turned 18 she was still an Acolyte of Eldath but was taking her first steps towards becoming a full fledged priestess. It was her desire to be a Freewalker, one of the adventurer-priests that travelled far and wide to share Eldath’s teachings and also assisting other urban-based followers of Eldath in reaching the more secluded forest Temples to worship and pray. Her lack of skill in social speaking made her true dream of becoming a negotiator something too hard to obtain.
It was as she was leaving her current forest temple that put her on the path to Greenest, a town that would in turn take her to other cities that she might find more places of worship.