Appearance:
Race: Windsoul Genasi (heritage hidden under her hood)
Age: 29
Height 5'6"
Weight: 135 lb.
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Black
Personality Profile:
General Health: Athletic, trained
Deity: Helm
Initial Alignment: Neutral Good
Profession: Bodyguard
Base Class & Proposed Development: Fighter/Bodyguard
Habits/Hobbies: Protecting those who she thinks deserve protecting, or those who can pay
Languages: Auran, Terran, Aquan
Weapon of Choice: Sling, greatsword
Background:
Maria hails from Calimport, where her parents passed themselves off as humans. Her parents were both skilled mages. When she was six, business rivals exposed the family as genasi, breaking the community's trust in Maria's parents. After socially isolating the family, the rival mages found it a simple matter to kill Maria's parents quietly and without consequence.
A family friend named Van was able to save Maria and flee to Waterdeep before harm befell her. Van raised Maria as his own in Waterdeep. He was a skilled fighter, and hired himself out as a mercenary to support them both. But knowing nothing about magic, Van failed to bring forth Maria's arcane potential. Instead, he trained her in the martial arts. Maria came to be a skilled marksman.
Van passed away shortly after Maria reached adulthood. Knowing no other trade, Maria hired herself out as a bodyguard, just as Van did. She spent many years protecting travelers, merchants, and caravans from the common dangers of the road.
Maria's last job in Waterdeep was to protect the young heir to a noble family. She soon discovered, however, that the heir was being badly beaten by his father. Maria helped the boy escape his family. After she did this, she was unable to find work in Waterdeep anymore. The boy's father used his influence to make sure that no one would hire her again.
With her options limited, Maria took to the road. She now finds herself on the Sword Coast.
Goals: Simply to make a living.
Possible Plot-Hook Ideas and Misc Facts:
-Maria pays passing homage to Helm, as do many bodyguards and protectors.
-Because of the way in which her parents were killed, Maria is rather averse to magic. She considers it to be an untrustworthy tool, and thinks that it eventually leads only to trouble.
-Maria was gifted with two weapons from Van. One is a sling with a very minor enchantment. The other is a greatsword that calms her mind whenever she holds it. Although she is a marksman first and foremost, Maria values her greatsword more highly than she does her sling.
-The young heir's abusive father has recently passed away, leaving his fortune to his widowed wife. Due to recent events that drew Maria back to Waterdeep for a short period of time, the widow has seen fit to reward Maria for her work in protecting her son.