Aerial is an inquisitive and kind young woman.
Hailing from Dhahran, a small settlement about 50 or so miles north of Calimport (The Capital of Calimshan).
Aerial never knew her parents, instead living with a lovely older woman she affectionately called "Auntie". It doesn't bother her the way it did when she was younger, being perfectly content with the family-like community she had instead. They ate whatever was available, sharing it all, leading to Aerial having a very loose definition of what "food" is, and attempting to eat almost anything and share with others if she finds it satisfactory.
As she grew, she found herself drawn to books and stories from the trade caravans that would pass through town, about far off lands with thousands of people, different cultures and ways of living. She eventually said a heartfelt goodbye to Auntie, and left in order to make new friends and see the sights of the sword coast. She packed up her belongings, and traveled with a friendly trade caravan from Calimport along the Trade Way to Waterdeep, where the caravan did their business and went on their way back to Calimport. Aerial opted to stay in Waterdeep knowing that the caravan comes and goes every few months, so she could make her way back home if need or want be.
While in Calimport, she came across an interesting little creature that must have escaped from an exotic animal trader before the ship departed. A curious little fluffy fellow about a foot tall, with his only limbs being his long legs and his little blond moustache, if you could consider it a limb. Figuring out pretty quick that the only word he seemed able to utter was "Gondola" Aerial assumed that to be his name, and took him under her wing.
She has been in Waterdeep for about 2-3 months now and is constantly looking for work so she can afford to stay at the various accommodations available in the city. She frequents the Yawning Portal as she is curious about the other patrons, and loves to people watch. She has befriended Jalester Silvermane, another regular customer of the establishment.
She gained her abilities on her way to Waterdeep. Coming down with a fatal illness 2 months away from her destination, she was on the verge of death. In one of her fever-induced nightmares, she was shoved off a cliff over the sea, but never hit the water, and just kept falling into a dark abyss. all she could do was listen to a rhythmic thudding, and feel the temperature rise to an unbearable heat, and then plummet into freezing cold. After a while of falling, she saw a small pinprick of light off in the distance, and as she reached for it in desperation, she heard a glittery laugh, and a slender pale hand reached out of the growing hole of light and grasped her. With the smallest glimpse she had of her savior, she caught a pair of the bluest eyes she'd ever seen, and a few strands of blonde and white hair before she woke up gasping for air. as she took her breaths, she felt her fever vanish, and be replaced with a calming feeling and clammy skin. putting her hand up to her chest, she felt a cool metal, and pulled out an amulet, surging with pale blue energy, that slowly dissipated as she examined it. The next morning, the people traveling with her were surprised to see her not only awake but completed healed from whatever mysterious illness had plagued their friendly new companion. Over the next couple of months of the journey, she found she was able to do things she had not been able to before, such as kiss a child's wound 'better' and have the small scrape disappear before their eyes. She also discovered when a flame was required, she was able to procure a light blue one, the incantation coming to her as if she had studied the spell for years. Small things like this made her all the more determined to research whatever deity had visited her that night, curing her sickness and giving her these abilities.
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