Well, to break the abandonned elves pattern, but to continue with a bardic streak... here is a non-elven one:
Name: Glafira Mirabbelle
Race: Forest Gnome
Class: Bard
Kit: Buffon (Gnome only)
-Can only learn/cast Illusion school
- Bard Song is the Jester's
- Gains access to more of a Thieve's protfolio (gets 5 points to Pick Pockets, Find Traps, Disarm Traps and Open Locks each at every Level Up)
- Armour restrictions the same as a mage's
- Can use robes
- Lore values, weapon proficienceis, level up scheme as per thief class
Stats:
Str: 8 Dex: 15 Const: 14 Int: 17 Wis: 9 Ch: 16
Biography:
Glafira Mirabelle was born on Lantan - an Island of Gnomes, and grew up as a girl with the dream. Coming of age she finlly figured that the dream was to become a ministrel. Enterprenerial maiden found employement with one of the shady trade companies which had a share in the portal that opened in the mainland Faerun. Instead of buying and shipping (or smuggling) ores, Glafira immediately directed herself to Waterdeep and presented herself at the New Olam Academy.
The welcome to a gnome who said that she can sing, was quite tepid, and the instructors kept waving Glafira away with the continious "Please, come tomorrow, dear." Since Glafira had troubles finding out what ime tomorrow started in Waterdeep, she camped at the Academy's grounds. That persistence caught an eye of a young Thethyrian student - a noblewoman Melirinda who decided to pull a prank at the gnome's expence. She introuduced herself as a professor at the Academy and scheduled the audition.
It turned out that the gnome had a unique manner of delivery of her material, which attracted an amused crowd of idle art students. And where the students are gathered, a schoolmaster would happen to be along sooner or later. Thus Glafira got noted, and enrolled to study in the New Olam. Easy-going and mischevous gnome appreciated Melirinda's joke and the two became fast friends.
After finishing the course, Glafira was employing out around Waterdeep, until the news came from Thethyr that Melirinda died. The gnome immediately went to see the grieving family, but found things in uproar, as Melirinda died in childbed, birth to an illegetimate and worst, half-elven daughter. Relationships between elves and humans being quite strained in Tethyr at that time, the father of the child was wisely absent, so the harsh but dotting elder brother of Melirinda, Lord Anselm, adopted his niece and she grew with her cousins.
Anselm had an obssessive idea to make the child, Lin'Dei into another Melirinda, and would not listen to the hired teachers that the girl is tone-deaf and cannot carry the tune if her life depended on it. fter the sixth of the unfortunate maesters was kicked out of the house, Glafira offered her services. She too, to her dissappointment discovered the girl's inaptitude to anything but fighting her cousins, but she managed to get Lin'Dei past the basics of lute playing, which was a great success.
The quiet times in the household lasted only to Anselm's death, as his heir and Lin'Dei's cousin had no love for her. The new Lord accused Lin'Dei of conspiracy and imprisoned her along with Glafira. With the help of a ranger Sevrin and a rogue Kar'Nuelim, they were freed and the company fled Tethyr and hired itself out as mercenaries.
Sooner or later all things come to an end, though. Sevrin was killed in battle and his death made Lin'Dei reckless and bitter, so she eagerly involved the group (joined by an elven cleric, Ladimer) into a plot against her cousin's son, who by that time inherited the family's lands to help out the young maiden Clara, he had married. While the venture at the end succeeded, and Clara was safely delivered to her father and initiated the inquery against her husband, Lin'Dei died of poison aspellholdstudios.netnd wounds inflicted on her.
After Lin'Dei's death each of the company went on his or her own way. Glafira's ended up in Athkatla where she sought employ with the troup of actors in the Five Flagon's that caught her fancy by their unusual style and appearance. However, the troup mistress, Raelis, was adamant about not needing the gnome. With her usual stubborness, Glfira settled in the five Flagons looking for her chance. When the lead actor, Haer'Dalis dissappeared, Realis still refused Glafira the audition. It is likely that Glafira would be delighted to join into any venture that would be likely to warm Realis' heart to her.
