Petrichor

Human / Sorcerer

Submitted character story

Allthough fate was not kind to her she never stopped. Petrichor was born into a poor but loving family. Hermother was a herbalist, her father a merchant. Whilst her mother was healing the sick of the village with herbs and potions her fahter tried to sell goods in the nearby town. 
As a young child Petrichor became sick and bedridden. No matter which herb nothing seems to help. In their despair her parents fought and argued. Her father went to the bottle trying to drown his despair. Her mother... took her child and went to the deep forest. Here she called for the hags of the woods pleeding for their aid. One answered.
Absyntha, an ancient  hag promised to save the child, even bestow her with power. But both had to come with her. And so they did.

From this moment Petrichor lived with the Ancient hag and her coven, Absyntha, Mortis and Raka. She even got two sisters, children  like herself, Oblivsclera and Motte. Her live went on and soon the memories of her original family disappeared. 

She had a happy childhood under the dark trees in the forest of the swamp deep in the shadowfell. She was healthy, she was thankful. She enjoyed the talking trees and the sprites. Sometimes she played with her sisters. Sometimes they had fun.  
In other times she learned how to be quiet. Times when Absyntha was in Rage amd was looking for something or someone to let of some steam. Times when Motte wasnt quick enough with her work in the house, so Absyntha took her left arm. Times when her own sisters where angry at Petrichor and almost drowned her in  the waters around their home in  the trees. Times. Time.
Time went differently here. Memories merged  and became something new. Petrichor has fleeding memories of her childhood. Their are things she doesnt remember. Like the time her father came to pleed for his family. The time the witches took her heart and made her to one of their own. The time her own mother was eaten  alive by the hags. 

But she does remember to be sent out into the world, just like her two sisters. Each of them  got some tools and some quests. They where told upon forfilling they would ascend in the coven and become full members of it. So she was sent into  the material plane. Very soon she met some adventures and went with them. The month went by they fought and bonded and petrichor learned. She learned of the horrors of her new mothers three. While she grew up Absyntha instigated a war between the mortals and  the undead of the world. She killed her real mother, she tortured her real father, she brainwashed her new sisters. She was brainwashed herself. So Petrichor broke her bonds with the coven and swore to end Absynthas reign of terror. She founded  a new coven with  her new friends by syphoning different realms, even the one Absyntha resided in. She made peace with  her sisters and one of her mothers, Mortis. The fight is not over, but she is determined.