Elsbeth was born in the River Kingdoms, the product of a Pirate Queen human mother and Mercenary elven father. Upon her mother’s death, Elsbeth
decided to seek out her father far to the north. She headed to Winterbreak, but found that her meager skills were insufficient to live on, and she
soon ran out of money. Destitute, she petitioned to the local church of Calistria to provide for her and soon found herself a Sacred Prostitute of
Calistria. After a few years she met a young inquisitor named William. He was quite taken with young Elsbeth, both by her charms and the divine power
he sensed within her. He decided he would have her join him on his missions as his apprentice, and soon Elsbeth found herself traveling throughout
Brevoy at William’s side. Time passed, and somewhere between exposing traitors and destroying enemies of the faith, she and William became lovers and
finally married (This joyous event took place three months ago).
Two months ago they entered Restov, chasing after a small group of cultists worshipping Asmodeus; the cultists had been desecrating shrines and
temples of various deities in the region, and their trail led to Restov. The couple was accompanied by Atif, a priest of Erastil, who joined them
after his shrine had been attacked and burned to the ground. William was uneasy, something about Atif seemed out of place, but the priest seemed
genuine enough in his desire to see the cultists punished, so William let it go for the time being. After a few hours seeking information within the
city, William was able to track the cultists to a small farm just outside of town.
As the small group headed into the cellar, they could hear the sounds of chanting coming from below. Suddenly Atif proved Williams’ suspicions true,
as he stabbed William in the back with a poisoned blade. The cultists had prepared an ambush, and now poured forth to attack. Elsbeth was cut off
from William in the battle, and as she tried to reach his side, was stabbed multiple times. Elsbeth realized that she would not reach him in time,
and she could not defeat these cultists alone. So she did the only thing possible: she ran. As she took one last look back, she saw through her tears
as Williams’ head was cleaved from his body by Atif.
Elsbeth’s journey back to town was a hazy, pain-filled memory, but somehow she managed it and finally collapsed in front of an apothecary’s shop.
When she woke three days later, the apothecary told her that she had lost a great deal of blood and should have died, yet miraculously she survived.
But then she was told that while she survived the vicious injuries inflicted upon her, her child had not. Elsbeth was stunned at this news, since she
hadn’t even realized that she was with child. Not only had they taken her husband from her, but her unborn child as well.
Elsbeth believed that she had been blessed by Calistria to survive her injuries so that she could wreak terrible vengeance on those that had taken
everything she cared about from her. After she recovered enough from her wounds, she tracked down those cultists foolish enough to reveal themselves
to her, and killed them slowly and brutally, hoping to flush out the one true target of her hatred, Atif.
Two weeks ago she heard a rumor that a priest of Erastil matching Atif’s description had traveled to the Stolen Lands as a “missionary”. Elsbeth did
all she could to be part of the next group of explorers heading down to that area, determined that if she has to, she will explore the entire area by
herself to find Atif. And the gods help anyone that gets in her way.
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