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    Terrilyn Ballard, aka Terrible

    Human (Carellonian/SK Drow) female Lvl 4 Eldritch Warlock

    In the summer of 18567, the Night Raptors, pushed onward by ever growing evidence of Splinter Kingdom movements against the surface world, encountered the remaining fanatical followers of Lolth. Those who were still loyal to their dead Goddess were intent on bringing Her back from oblivion a third time. The Raptors initially sought the Codex of Lhaegen’dirik, a mighty Mord Elven artifact that possessed the combined knowledge of Lolth as recorded by the Dark Krell. Within they discovered the secrets of Lolth’s ungodly ability to return from total destruction, eight special artifacts that each contained a part of Her immortal soul. As long as they existed, She could be resurrected. What they didn’t know was that the vessel of Lolth had already been born and that the Drow Renegades within the Drovik occupied Splinter Kingdom were already working to collect those artifacts.

    A world spanning adventure ensued in which the Raptors collected and destroyed all eight, only to find that they had done precisely as Lolth had planned. In so doing they released the power of Lolth, which She collected and sealed within a mighty Dreadnaught Class Shadow Starship. That allowed Her to wield Her full power wherever She went with the Mindspider, namely becoming a scourge on half the mortal galaxy.

    But that is another story. Our concern is what was happening in the Western UnderDark and the Northwest Territories while all these adventures were taking place. In the volcanic rift known as Galathmortak, the forces of the Splinter Kingdom renegades moved quickly to reclaim their holdings. The forges, mines, and slave pits had always been one of the greatest treasures of the Western UnderDark. Some of the greatest slave gladiators were trained there. Most of the raw adamant dust was mined there. Many of the UnderDark’s greatest armors and weapons were forged there. But the renegades didn’t know who to trust amongst their own people. So, outside of slaves, which they knew they couldn’t trust, they hired mercenaries to see their plans to fruition. To the most part, they succeeded. When Lolth was resurrected in 18,568, Galathmortak was one of the first strongholds of the counter revolution that removed the Drovik armies and secret police.

    One of those foreign mercenaries fighting to restore the Splinter Kingdom to Lolth’s rule was a Carellonian Necromancer named Regina Ballard. Humans such as she had sought power in the UnderDark for centuries, gaining wealth and magic in a place where their vile actions were considered normal faire, where none would pass judgment on their actions. In time, Regina found one of the newly acquired human slaves in the fighting pits to her liking. Her position allowed her some latitude amongst the Splinter Kingdom Drow and they agreed to spare him for her personal pleasure. Thus was Regina’s daughter conceived.

    Terrilyn grew up surrounded by Drow, Deurgar, Ogres and Orcs. Only in the pits and in the occasional house slave did she ever see any humans besides her mother. She wondered why it was they were treated so poorly and she was not. But as she grew, she began to see how the Drow would treat her poorly, as something like a pet, whenever her mother was not around. She learned that only through her mother’s magical power was she anything more than a slave herself. That’s when she first began to tap into her own magical energies, eldritch powers hidden within her blood and brought out by the magical radiations of the UnderDark.

    But the Drow Wars continued to rage, as first one UnderDark city then another fell to the invading forces of the Drovik and the surfacers, the humans of Regina’s old home kingdom. Seeing ultimate defeat, Regina took her daughter and disguised herself as a refugee fleeing the warzone. With her knowledge of the Drow WebGate network, she managed to slip back into the lands controlled by Carellon and thus to her own downfall. She learned of the plans of the Western Alliance, a trap to bring Lolth back to Arrallon and destroy Her. Seeking an eleventh hour confab with Matron Mother Delvinia Fey, she left the six year old Terrilyn with an old friend near New Calladon and headed back to Elg’Ganyr Che’el, the Splinter Kingdom capitol.

    Terrilyn would never hear from her mother again. She would learn some time later that the city had been destroyed by a neutronium bomb delivered by the Night Raptors and the Arch-Necromancer Vorhing. A short time later, Lolth Herself returned to the Apos star system and was subsequently destroyed in a huge battle of starships. Terrilyn and her now adopted mother, Benedicta Chylton, were outside watching the sky when the flash appeared not far from the sun on a bright, sunny day. Raised in the darkness, there was more pain to that day’s events than just the burning rays of Apos on her pale skin.

    As time passed, Terrilyn’s innate magical powers grew. It was clear to Benedicta that her mind required more than an old sorceress could teach her, so Benedicta arranged for Terrilyn to be accepted into the Carellonian College of Mystics at Pawldur. There, she truly bloomed, absorbing information like a sponge. She held no particular group or race in contempt, but seemed to shy away from all contact, no matter the source. Her early exposure to the lusty ways of the SK Drow had left her sexually aware and skilled, even to the point of knowing some basic Erotic magics, but unwilling to engage in any kind of meaningful emotional relationship. Her mother’s tutelage, what little she had received, gave her some basic knowledge of Necromancy, including the ability to draw life energy from another to power her magics. But the teachers at Pawldur classified her as an Eldritch Warlock, a rare and special breed of magician.

    Before Terrilyn could graduate, she learned of Benedicta’s passing. She was now completely alone in the world; no family, no friends, no one she could trust. If she was to survive in the world, she would need personal power and allies charmed or controlled to do her bidding. Out there, she’d be seen as a Witch, maybe even a Necromancer, and hounded and hunted as such. That didn’t bother her. A few conjured skeletons or ghouls to watch her back in a fight didn’t bother her that much. They were more reliable than so-called adventurers, at least, and they did as they were told to do. She decided to accept the nasty things the girls at the University always said about her. They’d shortened “Terrilyn Ballard” to “Terrible”. So be it.

Description

    Terrilyn Ballard, aka Terrible

    Human (Carellonian/SK Drow) female Lvl 4 Eldritch Warlock

    In the summer of 18567, the Night Raptors, pushed onward by ever growing evidence of Splinter Kingdom movements against the surface world, encountered the remaining fanatical followers of Lolth. Those who were still loyal to their dead Goddess were intent on bringing Her back from oblivion a third time. The Raptors initially sought the Codex of Lhaegen’dirik, a mighty Mord Elven artifact that possessed the combined knowledge of Lolth as recorded by the Dark Krell. Within they discovered the secrets of Lolth’s ungodly ability to return from total destruction, eight special artifacts that each contained a part of Her immortal soul. As long as they existed, She could be resurrected. What they didn’t know was that the vessel of Lolth had already been born and that the Drow Renegades within the Drovik occupied Splinter Kingdom were already working to collect those artifacts.

    A world spanning adventure ensued in which the Raptors collected and destroyed all eight, only to find that they had done precisely as Lolth had planned. In so doing they released the power of Lolth, which She collected and sealed within a mighty Dreadnaught Class Shadow Starship. That allowed Her to wield Her full power wherever She went with the Mindspider, namely becoming a scourge on half the mortal galaxy.

    But that is another story. Our concern is what was happening in the Western UnderDark and the Northwest Territories while all these adventures were taking place. In the volcanic rift known as Galathmortak, the forces of the Splinter Kingdom renegades moved quickly to reclaim their holdings. The forges, mines, and slave pits had always been one of the greatest treasures of the Western UnderDark. Some of the greatest slave gladiators were trained there. Most of the raw adamant dust was mined there. Many of the UnderDark’s greatest armors and weapons were forged there. But the renegades didn’t know who to trust amongst their own people. So, outside of slaves, which they knew they couldn’t trust, they hired mercenaries to see their plans to fruition. To the most part, they succeeded. When Lolth was resurrected in 18,568, Galathmortak was one of the first strongholds of the counter revolution that removed the Drovik armies and secret police.

    One of those foreign mercenaries fighting to restore the Splinter Kingdom to Lolth’s rule was a Carellonian Necromancer named Regina Ballard. Humans such as she had sought power in the UnderDark for centuries, gaining wealth and magic in a place where their vile actions were considered normal faire, where none would pass judgment on their actions. In time, Regina found one of the newly acquired human slaves in the fighting pits to her liking. Her position allowed her some latitude amongst the Splinter Kingdom Drow and they agreed to spare him for her personal pleasure. Thus was Regina’s daughter conceived.

    Terrilyn grew up surrounded by Drow, Deurgar, Ogres and Orcs. Only in the pits and in the occasional house slave did she ever see any humans besides her mother. She wondered why it was they were treated so poorly and she was not. But as she grew, she began to see how the Drow would treat her poorly, as something like a pet, whenever her mother was not around. She learned that only through her mother’s magical power was she anything more than a slave herself. That’s when she first began to tap into her own magical energies, eldritch powers hidden within her blood and brought out by the magical radiations of the UnderDark.

    But the Drow Wars continued to rage, as first one UnderDark city then another fell to the invading forces of the Drovik and the surfacers, the humans of Regina’s old home kingdom. Seeing ultimate defeat, Regina took her daughter and disguised herself as a refugee fleeing the warzone. With her knowledge of the Drow WebGate network, she managed to slip back into the lands controlled by Carellon and thus to her own downfall. She learned of the plans of the Western Alliance, a trap to bring Lolth back to Arrallon and destroy Her. Seeking an eleventh hour confab with Matron Mother Delvinia Fey, she left the six year old Terrilyn with an old friend near New Calladon and headed back to Elg’Ganyr Che’el, the Splinter Kingdom capitol.

    Terrilyn would never hear from her mother again. She would learn some time later that the city had been destroyed by a neutronium bomb delivered by the Night Raptors and the Arch-Necromancer Vorhing. A short time later, Lolth Herself returned to the Apos star system and was subsequently destroyed in a huge battle of starships. Terrilyn and her now adopted mother, Benedicta Chylton, were outside watching the sky when the flash appeared not far from the sun on a bright, sunny day. Raised in the darkness, there was more pain to that day’s events than just the burning rays of Apos on her pale skin.

    As time passed, Terrilyn’s innate magical powers grew. It was clear to Benedicta that her mind required more than an old sorceress could teach her, so Benedicta arranged for Terrilyn to be accepted into the Carellonian College of Mystics at Pawldur. There, she truly bloomed, absorbing information like a sponge. She held no particular group or race in contempt, but seemed to shy away from all contact, no matter the source. Her early exposure to the lusty ways of the SK Drow had left her sexually aware and skilled, even to the point of knowing some basic Erotic magics, but unwilling to engage in any kind of meaningful emotional relationship. Her mother’s tutelage, what little she had received, gave her some basic knowledge of Necromancy, including the ability to draw life energy from another to power her magics. But the teachers at Pawldur classified her as an Eldritch Warlock, a rare and special breed of magician.

    Before Terrilyn could graduate, she learned of Benedicta’s passing. She was now completely alone in the world; no family, no friends, no one she could trust. If she was to survive in the world, she would need personal power and allies charmed or controlled to do her bidding. Out there, she’d be seen as a Witch, maybe even a Necromancer, and hounded and hunted as such. That didn’t bother her. A few conjured skeletons or ghouls to watch her back in a fight didn’t bother her that much. They were more reliable than so-called adventurers, at least, and they did as they were told to do. She decided to accept the nasty things the girls at the University always said about her. They’d shortened “Terrilyn Ballard” to “Terrible”. So be it.