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This concludes the Solah Lore thread! Yay! If anyone cared to: you now know Lots About Solah! Obv not everything, bc character limit, but hopefully this made sense/gave a snapshot overview of her backstory.
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BACKSTORY: NAUTILOID YOINK
This time she was sentenced to death in exile. She was taken to the surface, staked into the earth outside Baldur's Gate for the sun to corrupt, and left for dead.
Morning brought the sun, and also: mindflayers, who 'saved' her from that fate.
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BACKSTORY: ARCANA
Naturally wary, after last time, the lure of knowledge, and company, was too strong. Solah learned quickly, and clung to her new friend and mentor. Once again, however, they were discovered, and Solah banished Hamish's soul to his home plane, saving him.
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BACKSTORY: HAMISH
Over 100 years later, Solah was saved from a volcanic eruption by a plane-jumper who became trapped in his own spell-book as a result. He was a wizard efreeti named Hamish who offered to teach her magic if she would use that to free him. Solah agreed.
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BACKSTORY: CONSEQUENCES
Amos was Dramatically Knightly but a good egg. Solah cared for him, and he told her stories of what the surface was actually like.
When discovered, Amos managed to escape, but for her crime, Solah had her beloved wings cut off in punishment.
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BACKSTORY: AMOS
Solah's job in the Kaern was a scavenger. Sent into the maze of tunnels in search of food and magic. One day she encountered Amos, a lost dragonborn redemption paladin from the surface. As a 'suntouched', her order was to kill him. Instead, she helped him.
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BACKSTORY: CHILDHOOD
Solah was the 'black sheep' of the family - disappointing compared to her Chosen sister. She did form a close bond with "Grandma", a druidic hag fond of the outcast, but still suffered from neglect and loneliness, especially after grandma's death.
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BACKSTORY: FAMILY
Solah's father is a drow, while her mother is fey (shapechanger). Both revere the Val, and sought to have a child touched by shadows to be her Chosen. Their 12th child, Duskyr, fulfilled that wish. Solah was the 13th, her twin, but without her power.
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BACKSTORY: EARLY LIFE
The Kaern is run by an unseen, but ever-felt, 'deity' known only as 'The Val'. She teaches that sunlight corrupts and destroys. Any 'suntouched' who are found in the Kaern are to be killed on-sight. As such, Solah had never seen the surface pre-game.
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BACKSTORY: THE KAERN
Solah was born in the Underdark is an isolated, deep network of caves and tunnels known as 'The Kaern'; where nightmares go to feel terror. A 'planar crossroads', magic is strange, and creatures of the feywild, shadowfell, and others mingle here.
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Personality: Solah is bright, curious, and positive with a playful streak. Very non-judgmental (sometimes too much). But prone to overthinking, impulsiveness, and runs on 99% anxiety at all times.
Voice: Irish accent, rapid speaking, but very warm and melodic.
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Alignment: Lawful Good (HER OWN law, but still)
Hobbies: Painting, Herbalism, Alchemy, Tattooing, Forgery
Romance: Astarion ("unstoppable 'I can fix him' force" meets "immovable 'I can make her worse' object")
Bestie(s): Karlach, Lae'zel, Shovel, Us, Halsin
BG3 Screenshot showing Solah as a Tav. She is a purple skinned drow with many freckles. Her long hair is a bright, sunshine yellow streaked with orange and red. Half is braided into two small buns at the top of her head, the other half is worn in two long braids down her back, with some loose bangs framing her soft, friendly face. Her eyes are a gold ringed with flame-red. Her lips are painted a bright, glossy red. She wears a fitted, comfortable red corset, trimmed with pale orange. She is standing in the sun with a gentle smile, her eyes looking with fondness off-screen.
BG3 Screenshot showing Solah as a Dark Urge. She is a purple skinned tiefling with many freckles. Her long hair is a bright, sunshine yellow streaked with orange and red. Half is braided into two small buns at the top of her head, the other half is worn in two long braids down her back, with some loose bangs framing her soft, friendly face. Her eyes are a gold ringed with flame-red and black sclera. Her lips are painted a bright, glossy red. She has tall, curved horns, dark black at the base, fading to red-orange. Her horns are cracked slightly, showing glowing coal-like embers beneath. She wears a fitted, half-corset at her waist in gold trimmed black. Beneath it she wears a billowing 'pirate-style' ruffled pale blue shirt, buttoned up to her neck and at her elbows. She is standing in the sun with an interested expression, her eyes looking with curiosity off-screen.
BG3 Screenshot showing Solah as a Dark Urge, a yellow-haired, purple-skinned tiefling. She is wearing fine metal armour. She is covering her face with one clawed purple hand in a done, facepalm pose.
BG3 Screenshot showing Solah as a Tav, a purple-skinned, long, yellow-haired drow. She is standing gently scritching the feathery cheek of a large, armoured owlbear, who is leaning in to the pets with obvious enjoyment. Solah is smiling fondly as she pets him.
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Name: Solah
Pronouns: she/they
Sexuality: Pan/Demi
Age: 231
DOB: 19 Ches 1261 (Year of Bright Dreams)
Race: Drow
[Durge Race: Tiefling]
Background: Guild Artisan
Class: Druid (Moon) / Wizard (Evocation)
[Durge Class: Druid (Moon) / Paladin (Ancients)]
