Forgotten Freedom:Terra

Terra

"I don't believe in fate."

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Terra Branford

NE Female Elf/Half-Fiend (variant)/Half-Celestial (variant) with Kalashtar influence

Druid 13/Sorceress 18/Psion 9

Returning from her 10 year honeymoon with Lisa, Terra has changed greatly. The competing influences of the Demonic and Angelic energies infused into her being have been altered so that, instead of cancelling each other out when used in tandem, they share a more synergistic relationship. The transformation has granted her a pair of wings, angelic in appearance yet demonic in form (think white feathered bat wings), that she can hide or reveal at will. This, for lack of a better term, "mutation" also allows her to change her appearance. When she takes this alternate form (in addition to the wings), her green hair turns pink and her yellow eyes become solid gold, also gaining claws and multiple tentacles.

During their travels, Terra was forced to purge her system of the familiar Terrek had given her as a wedding present. Beneath all the enhancements Terrek had built into it, it contained the rather unfortunate side effect in the form of subtle Charm spells whenever they spoke, as well as preventing her from attacking him should the situation ever arise. She considered this restriction and potential manipulation unacceptable and gave up her Soulknife levels in order to rid her body of the familiar's effects.

On top of all this, Terra and Lisa brought back with them their two daughters (yes, biological, and no I'm not telling you how this happened :P), Sarah and Elina. Despite, or, more accurately, because of her traumatic background, Terra has taken to being a mother with a passion and is very protective of her wife and daughters. The "honeymoon" feel of the love between Terra and Lisa has never really faded, and the two seem as, if not more, committed to each other than the day they were married.

During the battle with Arijani, Terra managed to accomplish a rare feat. Fate, or rather the Draconic Prophesy, no longer holds any sway over her or her family. Divinations and visions about them are riddled with inconsistencies and outright falsehoods, if they even appear at all. This freedom from predetermination is something she holds onto dearly, and any attempt to reverse this is met with enough impassioned, stubborn resistence to make even the most fanatical followers of the Prophesy feel it not worth the effort.

In her early days in the Underground, she had the unfortunate fate of meeting a rather Spoony Bard. The now Captain Rose was one of her early associates, whom she fired for stealing from her. A more recent development has brought to light that she is, in fact, Rose's half-sister, both sharing the same mother. How exactly this came about is still unknown, but it is certain that both of them are entirely creeped out by Rose's earlier leering/pickup attempts/etc. towards her. The realization that this makes him Sarah and Elina's uncle is something Terra is somewhat less than happy about, though she tolerates it only because she can't do anything about it.

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Full Name: Terra Branford (yes, based on the main character of Final Fantasy VI)

Gender: Female

Race: Elf

Age: ~250 years

Current Class/Level: Druid 11/Sorceress 16/Psion 8/Soulknife 2

Alignment: Neutral Evil

Terra is leader of one of the major factions of Eberron's black market. Based in Sharn, she funds her operation through the trafficing of drugs (many of which she created herself) and the smuggling of rare items. She rules her organization with a combination of benevolence for those that abide by her orders and iron-fisted cruelty for those who do not. As a means of protection from assassins, she has had several grafts. These include Incendiary Skin and permenant Acid Resistance. In addition, she has added Regeneration and several vine tentacles that she can call upon when neccessary.

For a drug smuggler and crime lord, she is actually not that bad a person so long as you don't cross her. She has a strong sense of honor and will defend those she holds dear to the death if she must. Though the cost of failure during her mindgames with the Redshirts is often rather lethal, she does not revel in needless slaughter and hopes her 'lessons' help the survivors become stronger.

She knows Volrath and Muradin well, having traveled with them in the past. She is also seldom bothered by Volrath's antics, having seen most of them before. Their relationship is more brother and sister, with the potential for both friendly and antagonistic exchanges.

She initially came aboard for new ideas for her trade. She obtained permission of Captain Jarlot to use the crew as guinea pigs to test her creations in exchange for supplying the crew with said products at far below market price. She also works with the Cooky, Norbaz, in testing the effects of her creations in less subjective conditions (i.e. she spikes the food). There was a contract involved, but most of the crew didn't read it and signed it because they were told to.

As part of her Druidic heritage and chosen profession, she runs a rather complex network of animal spies running throughout Eberron and even into some of the Planes. Complimenting this is the intelligence gathered by her operatives in the field. It has also become clear that she hears the "voice" Material Plane itself and gathers much this way as well.

Terra is one of the few Ubers who rose to such status while on board. During a trip to Dal Quor, she fused with an imprisoned spirit from her companion abberation, "Not-Walter", gaining his powers, abilities, and memories. Her original personality remains dominant and little change is apparent. The two of them were so close that they had already taken on many of each others personality traits.

Orphaned, stricken with amnesia at a young age, and raised by the Druidess who rescued her, Terra eventually discovered she originated from the Plane of Shadow. She learned that her father had sold his soul to a Demon Lord in return for the ability to control shadow. She had inherited that power, and was to be used as a vessel for the Demon Lord as part of a ritual intended to drain the sealed Daemon Lords and Rajahs of their power. With the help of the crew, she defeated the Demon Lord, gaining near free reign in the Plane of Shadow. However, she does not consider herself god-like in any respect, despite her power there. After discovering the details of the ritual she was intended for, she modified the basic concept and can now drain Outsiders of their power, if only temporarily.

A member of the Wardens of the Woods in the Eldeen Reaches, Terra is a bit of a black sheep among their ranks. Due to her semi-demonic nature (no true demonic blood, but has many of the effects of it), she is facinated by "unnatural" things. The twisted forms left over from the Daelkyr invasion thousands of years ago found in the deep woods intrigue her rather than repulse her. This goes toward explaining why, despite being a Druidess who reveres the natural world, she travels with Volrath and keeps an abberation as her animal companion.

During the battle against the Lords of Dust, it was revealed that they had been subtly manipulating Terra into furthering their plans. Their leader, Ariajni, was ultimately responsible for the whole mess involving her and her family with the Demon Lord. To add insult to injury, he was also directly responsible for her adoptive mother's death. In the course of the battle against him, she discovered she had access to angelic power as well, a gift from her adoptive mother (revealed to have been an Astral Deva).

One of the more interesting (and apparently more popular) facets of her personality is that she is unabashedly lesbian. Soon after coming aboard, she begain expressing an interest in Lisa Hopeforge, the ship's Paladin. Surprisingly enough, they actually entered into a rather intimate relationship (in every sense of the word). They married in a ceremony before The Face of Tira, and are currently Plane hopping for their honeymoon.

Despite a rockey start, she is one of Satnak's best friends. Though Terra is still scared to death of her when she's mad, she and Lisa are two of the few people Satnak confides in.

• Currently works with Kithle towards the creation of the Illithid Empire as his spymaster.
• Contains elements of both Demonic and Angelic beings. The full effects are yet unknown.
• Is attempting to leave the black market.
• Created by Kaizer_Ryu

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Original write up

Name: Terra

Race: Female Elf

Class: Druid, Level 14

Alignment: NE

Terra arrived onboard during a supply stop in Sharn. Though somewhat cold at first, she is more than willing to aid the crew in their pharmaceutical needs. It seems Terra is well versed in the breeding, growing, and preparing of the best hallucinogenic plant derivatives the pirates have ever had. As an added bonus, she has agreed to sell her products at vastly reduced prices in exchange for the Captain allowing her to test her newest creations on the crew. Considering the value of her products, Terra is understandably cautious. She is very protective of her personal space, and greatly dislikes being touched. She has also warned of “unpleasant things” happening to those who enter her room without permission. She claims to have joined the FF because of the variety of races onboard gives her a wider test sample, and the crew’s high drug tolerance level as well as experience with such allows for more precise reviews of her products. While true, several crew members believe she may be hiding out, but from what remains unclear.

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Merged with Not-Walter

Name: Terra

Race: Elf/unknown fusion

Class/level: Druid 11/Sorcerer 15/Psion 7

Alignment: NE

The fused form of Terra and Not-Walter. While she is now both, she insists at just being called Terra, since her's is the dominant portion of the new personality due to being the original inhabitant of their shared body. The fusion was not without cost, with both of them having to sacrifice several levels in order to do so, but the combined result is far more powerful than either of them alone. Not-Walter's old body remains, only now it is really *just* a Half-Farspawn Broodling Kython. It still follows Terra, but the difference is obvious.

It seems that, about a thousand years ago, 'Not-Walter' used to be the best Quori Mindhunter of his day. Eventually, the Quori managed to capture him and his companions. After stripping him of the Quori spirit he kept trapped, they sealed his spirit in the body of an abberation and murdered his friends before his eyes as punishment. The binding stripped him of all his Mindhunter abilities, and he was largely unable to access the rest. Because of these events, the most obvious difference in her new personality is a near-unbridled hatred of the Quori.

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Some Random Facts

• Highly successful drugrunner (rumors indicate she is much more)
• Very secretive and dislikes being touched without consent
• Joined the crew for 'inspiration', now uses them as guinea pigs
• Has an abberation, 'Not-Walter', for a companion animal
• Got him during a trip through Xor'iat about 30 years ago
• Apparently liked the place
• Current personality is a combination of her original and an imprisoned soul from Not-Walter
• Hates the Quori with a passion
• Enjoys screwing with people, but is quite sensible when danger arises
• Lesbian, has a thing for Lisa
• Hates Michael for the above reason
• Leader of a spy network made up of Eberron's non-sentient animal life
• Currently working with Kithle towards the Illithid Empire for unknown reasons
• Little is known about her past other than she has traveled with Volrath and Muradin for a good part of the last half-century
• Though evil and spiteful, does not usually hurt anyone without good reason
• Seems to be a treasure trove of rare items, claims she can get more - for a price
• Has the aggrivating ability to tell the truth and tell you nothing at the same time

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