#areelu

And Ember... my dear Ember. Where I'm at pretty soon we'll be going to talk to Nocticula, and you'd better believe I'm taking her with me. Do I know this will probably have interesting consequences? Yes. Am I going to let her say whatever she wants anyways? Also yes. I think Reda (my ranger PC) is both vaguely amused by and also inspired by Ember. Like, Reda doesn't seen how someone who's gone through so much horror can be so kind, even to the people who hurt her. But at the same time, she finds it endearing, and Ember helps her see the good in the world, and helps keep her from losing hope during the Crusade and all that.

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Demon ladies from Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous 😳

5. Did you have a fixed team? If so, who did you take, and why? Salvadore took the people along he needed and / or trusted most. Daeran: Not only did he strongly enjoy his company from the very start, he always was highly useful and capable within his fields of expertise and beyond. Aside from this, of course, Salvadore’s feelings for him grew serious quite fast and he wanted him at his side to talk to him, to hear his opinions, and spend time with him. Daeran was in the group always. You can’t expect Salvadore to leave without his Field Attaché. Regill: Salvadore often wished he could multiply him. On one hand, he needed him in charge in Drezen when he himself had to go on missions, on the other hand, he wanted him present during those missions as well. In the end, he left things in Drezen to Irabeth and Anevia quite often, because he cherishes and wanted Regill’s company, experience, skills, and advice. Woljif: All those chests would have stayed locked without him and it’s far easier to walk ahead with your nose as high as Sal’s if you are warned of each and every trap. Furthermore, Woljif is a skillful fighter making excellent damage. More importantly: Despite admitting it quite late, Salvadore always enjoyed having him around and missed him a lot during the short period (when he ran off) he wasn’t in the group. Arueshalae: Those arrows are deadly! She was highly valuable in battle, but Sal mostly took her along because of the friendship developing between the two of them. Cassius: Of course, Salvadore always has his beloved leopard with him. The last member in the group changed, depending on quest and whose knowledge and skills would come in most handy. Usually, the place got filled by Wenduag, Sosiel or Greybor, Ember on missions not too dangerous to take along a child. Very rarely, it happened that Salvadore changed the team completely if there was an important reason: During Daeran’s act V quest, for example. He only picked those of his companions who would keep the existence of the Other and the fact that Daeran had served as their portal secret – even after everything would be resolved. 6. Did they intervene in Pharasma’s court? If so, what did they decide? Salvadore’s emotions towards Areelu are quite complicated. I wrote a lot about them here. Despite her terrible deeds, he always felt that, on a personal level, he owes her a lot. Without her, he wouldn’t have reached what he did to the same overwhelming extent, Knight Commander, ruler of the Wounded Lands and Mendev, celebrated hero and savior, celestial being. Furthermore, he saw guidance in some of her actions and words. It may be connected to the complicated relationship with his own mother and his struggle to get her attention when he still was a child, but it hurt him when eventually, he got to know that the hint of pride and affection he had recognized in her behavior was about Areelu’s actual son, never about him. Nonetheless, he spoke in Areelu’s favor when she stood in front of Pharasma and cleared his debt. 11. What did your KC think of the Hand of the Inheritor? His very first thought, not without jealousy: Impressive wings. I found it kind of entertaining (for that very reason) that eventually he got his own. While knowing that he wasn’t Iomedae’s chosen one long before he found out about the actual origin of his powers (being an atheist with no connection to the goddess at all), he liked to use this rumor in his favor and the presence of the Hand of the Inheritor served this very purpose even further and his radiant reputation in front of his soldiers, allies and enemies alike. Now this sounds cold, doesn’t it? Salvadore saw more in him than a political tool, of course. He cherished him for his principles, his honor, and ideas of goodness they shared. When the Hand of the Inheritor stood firmly at his side during Galfrey’s unsuccessful attempt to strip him off his title, Salvadore thought that a friendship could develop from mutual respect and loyalty between the angel and him. All the more, he was sincerely hurt when the Hand of the Inheritor turned his back on him the moment the truth about his powers got revealed. Suddenly nothing he had done, nothing he had accomplished, seemed to be of any worth to him anymore, all things he had praised him for were meaningless now. If you betray and humiliate him like that after he already decided to let you close, it’s very hard to regain Salvadore’s trust. Of course, he gave him back his heart. But it was a patronizing gesture, to raise above him while he lay on the ground. When the Hand of the Inheritor apologized, Salvadore – being on angel path – would have had the chance to forgive him so fully that it would have allowed him to return to Heaven immediately. But he couldn’t. He couldn’t forgive him yet. The Hand of the Inheritor decided to live among mortals for a while, to study them and learn. Salvadore genuinely hopes he’ll meet him again. He will be ready to forgive him then.

7. Areelu Vorlesh (Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous)