Sialoorta - Spirit of Winter

[Capricious]

Sialoorta as a concept was pretty simple, to play a ridiculous vain sorceress who claimed an area of the Underdark, and see how far she can go with that. It actually went further than I had thought it would, in part due to luck and in part due to making the right (though always shaky) alliances.



[hide=Backstory]Born in one of the northernmost villages in Icewind Dale, Sialoorta came as a bit of a shock to her parents. Her odd heritage was immediately evident by her pale bluish skin, and her icy-white hair, as well as her distressingly cool skin. As a result her parents hid their daughter for quite some time by keeping her at home, afraid of the reaction of the other villagers. When forced to bring her out they concealed her as best they could under cloaks and hoods, and told both friends and family that she was a sickly child.

Once she grew to adolescence it became obvious to them that they couldn’t hide her like this forever, so they brought her to a priest. However this simply served to reveal her and inflame the superstitious fear of the man. It wasn’t long before the girl was chased from the village into the snowy wilds. Fortunately, her air genasi nature kept her safe enough from the cold to be found by a tribe of travelling barbarian hunters. Though they feared her odd nature, they also worried that she was a possessed of a spirit of winter. Thus they spared her life and took her with them back to their tribal grounds.

That winter favored the tribe with plentiful food, and fortune in a battle against a rival tribe. They read this as the favor of the winter spirits, and thus placed the girl on a pedestal, worried of losing the favor of the spirits. Of course the tribe continued to be ruled by its elders, but they catered to Sialoorta’s every whim and flattered her significant beauty to keep the favor they felt they’d gained. This spoiled the girl horribly, and she thought herself above the others as a result. Her head was filled with ideas of grandeur and, recalling the childhood tales her mother told her, she fancied herself a queen.

This happy existence continued well into adulthood. But in her 24th winter the darkness fell. The foul creatures that came in the eternal night harried the tribe at first, forcing them off their tribal grounds. After months of fleeing across the wintry wastes the horrors finally came upon the tribe in force and scattered them to the winds. Sialoorta found herself wandering for weeks, but her time in the tribe at least taught her how to survive in this harsh environment. Finally, with the final surviving member of her tribe, Quaregg, she stumbled upon one of the Spellguard’s portals, and in desperation plunged into it.
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Early on Sialoorta, with her Warlord Quaregg, claimed the caves of the Windy Caverns, and she began her rule, holding feasts and brawls and taking tributes from visitors:

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Then fortune struck. She was able to fulfill the will of the Hand of Ice mostly by chance, and so her domain of ice began:

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Unfortunately her Warlord, Quaregg, died. As a tribute she entombed him forever at her right hand.

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Sialoorta was a Steward, though not truly a very good one. However as a Steward she did many things to benefit the Circle.

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However her undoing began with her scarring at the hands of a tiefling. She could not tolerate this so she sought a way to hide the scars, and enhance her beauty further. Opportunity knocked when William Kingsmouth came to her seeking for a means to regrow his arm.

She made a bargain with William, she would help him if he crafted her a mage-silver mask. However it was a trick, and the ritual to regrow his arm was something quite different than poor William expected.

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However, William's spirit was not pleased with this turn of events, and he fought back, eventually leading to a chain of very chaotic events that weakened Sialoorta, and revealed the nature of her beautifully fell mask.

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The Elders decided it needed to be removed...which didn't go so well for the Queen




Though in the end she got what she wanted.
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The End.


 

[Sankis]

I always enjoyed my interactions with the ice queen. Awesome PC!

[Vlaid]

A great epitome of a vain and capricious follower of Auril and the ice. Playing around her was always interesting. A great story told and a fitting and epic end for her.

[Blue41]

A bad-azz bitch.

[Jayde Moon]

Cool story.

[goate]

Second that, cool story.  Great to see what Sialoorta was up to since my involvement with her halted.   That was an awesome direction to take the scarring of your face in.  And a pretty sweet death for William.

[tinfoilhat]

I really enjoyed the few interactions we had. The "fortune telling" after bumbling into her domain was one of the best times I had on the server. Sialoorta's presence will be missed!

[xXCrystal_Rose]

I never got to interact with her much except with Genevix, and little of that with our schedules and all. She was a fun neighbor to have however.

[The Old Hack]

Nooooo! EfU lost its Playmate of the Year 1383 >.<

[Aberrant Starlight]

Fun times.

[Dillusionist]

Wonderful PC. Even when she was carelessly showering her party with ice bursts she was great fun to be around. I'm sorry I didn't get to see more of the latter half of her career.

[Ebok]

simply beautiful

[granny]

A beautiful tale that I am glad to have taken part in several moments.

Fantastic, Capricious.

[Laurian]

I only met her twice, but I liked her none-the-less, sorry to see her go.

[Caster13]

Sialoora was great. Nothing quite as non sequitoring as a random pose in the oddest of places/situations.