Luna Borealis

Luna is a Fallen Aasimar Warlock, and an ally of the party. She is currently travelling with them.

Description
Luna is a very tall, extremely thin girl with a gaunt face, large blue eyes, and very long wavy black hair. She is unnaturally pale, and has a long scar along the left side of her face. She closely resembles her older half-brother, Matthew.

As a fallen aasimar, Luna sometimes has a pair of skeletal black wings, and her eyes turn completely black.

Luna is a mysterious girl who draws attention wherever she goes. Though shy, she is well-spoken, and is more charismatic than she is entirely comfortable with. Luna despises herself and the things she has done, and does not truly know where the demon ends and Luna begins.

Pre-Campaign
Luna's parents, Rosa and Hector, were both born into the Cult of Falina. Hector was the son of the cult leader, who had been the son of the cult leader before him, so on and so forth. Rosa was the daughter of two fairly recent converts to Falina, both of whom had managed to achieve a relatively high status. The marriage was arranged, to the triumph of Rosa's family, and soon the couple was given a son, Luna's elder half-brother, Orion.

When Orion was still young, Hector heard of an ancient rite that some cults around the world had managed to successfully resurrect in the recent century. This rite would bind a demon to a child, allowing the demon access into the Material Plane in a far more permanent manner than any other. Hector was intrigued, and travelled with Rosa and several other cultists to one such cult: Veritas.

While there, Rosa, who was a beautiful woman devoted to Falina, caught the eye of one Veritas member, Charles. He cornered her one night, and made advances on her that were not reciprocated. Charles was furious.

Nine months later, Luna was born.

Luna was raised in the cult village of Borealis in Bethana's north. As the daughter of the cult leader, Hector, Luna's life was relatively privileged compared to many other children. She did not starve, she had clothes, and her family had a warm shelter for the harsh Bethanian winters. Luna was always close to Orion, and the two were often seen together.

At the age of ten, Luna was taken to watch her brother's Dark Ritual. This was her future, too, her parents told her, so she should watch and learn. Orion screamed and sobbed throughout the ritual, and though he survived, he was incredibly weak. Luna had never seen such anger on her father's face. Hector announced that Orion had disgraced the family by showing weakness. A few days later, Orion died of an apparent accident, and his name became taboo within the village.

A year later, it was Luna's turn. Luna knew that if she made the mistake of crying or screaming, as Orion had, she would likely be killed even if she survived the ritual. The pain was unlike anything she had ever felt before - yet, Luna did not cry. She did not scream. She remained silent, thinking only of her brother. For that, she was praised as the ideal Daughter of Falina by other cult members, and her training was given a high priority compared to others her age. She was also sent on missions far earlier than the other children, accompanying older members on missions at the age of 14.

Campaign
Luna's first solo mission came in 2254, when she was sixteen. She was tasked with delaying the travel of a group of heroes, the Pyrian Stars, as long as she possibly could. Luna, unsure of how to proceed and not wanting to risk direct combat with any member, as each was quite powerful, found allies in the evil, stupid Derros who lived in the mountains near Feypass. She schemed with them, persuading them to kidnap Fiona (the youngest member of the Pyrian Stars, a little girl). They brought the incorrect victim first - an unconscious gnome named Miffy. Luna sent them away again to find Fiona, feeling increasingly anxious.

Luna underestimated the Derros. While they seemed to obey her, they turned on her once Miffy and Fiona had been kidnapped, attacking her and locking her away. This was how the party found her: a scared young girl in a jail cell who appeared to be a victim like the others. Luna did not know who these people were, but she knew instantly that one of them had a demon, just like her.

That night, while Luna tried to figure out how to escape, curiosity got the best of her. She had never met a cultist outside of her own village. She spoke to Matthew in his mind, and by the end of the evening felt a strong connection with him. He had turned against his cult and left - something Luna had been wanting to do ever since Orion had died.

However, her demon Hessia was displeased with this. Hessia had always had the ability to force out Luna's wings, and induce a terrifying state almost like the rage of a barbarian. The next day, Hessia did exactly that - and Luna fled, jumping off the mountaintop and flying away on her Broom of Flying.

Luna wandered for a few days, unsure of where to go or what to do. She eventually returned home out of fear. Hector was furious. Luna had failed her mission, and he demanded to know exactly what happened. Luna told a simplified version of the story, but her lies were not quite good enough for the powerful cultists around her.

She was then tortured repeatedly, and placed under the spell Zone of Truth over and over again for weeks. She just didn’t speak each time they cast the spell. The torture got worse.

Finally, they broke her, she told them of Matthew. They didn’t know who he was, but figured he was using a false name. They knew Luna had the ability to change her appearance with magic - they commanded her to do so. She was so tired of hurting. She didn’t want to hurt anymore.

So she transformed her face into that of Matthew - and her mother screamed.

Matthew was, it turned out, the son of Charles, the man who so long ago had taken an uncomfortable liking to her mother. Rosa revealed that Luna was, in fact, Charles' daughter.

Things became worse from there. Now, Luna had no status - she wasn’t the cult leader’s daughter, she was a disgraced failure of a bastard. She was sent with several other cult members to find Matthew and reclaim him, to send back to Veritas. If she did not comply, or failed once again, her life was forfeit.

The cultists she was sent with - a small group of talented wizards - were cruel, and enjoyed hurting and threatening Luna as they searched for Matthew. Luna knew that no matter what, her life was nearing its end. If she had stayed behind, she would have died. If she disobeyed, she'd die. She knew she could not harm Matthew - and thus, planned to lay her life down for him to claim. She was weak, and she betrayed him, and she deserved death.

They found Matthew and his friends in the village of Dragonsmaw. A battle ensued, during which Luna turned against the other wizards, helping Cher Amies fight. After the battle, she confessed everything to Matthew - including the fact that they were siblings. She begged Matthew to kill her, but he did not. Instead, Luna was allowed to travel with Cher Amies while on the run, and recommended that the party leave Illuren as soon as possible.

She went with them into Bethana, and has grown closer to Matthew as time has passed.

Matthew
Matthew is Luna's older half-brother, and is her role-model. She felt a bond with him the first time they met, and is glad to be travelling with him now.

Neva
Luna considers Neva to be the bravest person she has ever met, and has developed the tiniest of crushes on her brother's best friend.