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An Abridged History of Lydia Sidowa and some insights into the Order Of the Pearl's Light |
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Lydia Sidowa was mad. Or at least that's what her village thought. That was where her name came from; her parents hadn't given it to her, if they even gave her a name at all before they died. As a young child she bounced from family to family, always being shifted whenever her 'oddness' got out of hand. By the time she was 12, she had outlived the fain hospitality of her village. The ignorant people decided to feed her to the forest spirits, by tying her to a large tree and leaving her.
Luckily for Lydia, she was found by a traveling priestess of the Order of the Pearl's Light. The priestess, for unknown purposes, snatched Lydia from her imprisionment and certain death and brought her to the first temple of her order. There, for the first time, Lydia was accepted by those around her. This was in part because of the pearl she was gifted with, one fitted with a spell to help make her 'madness' silent.
With the Priestesses she learned reading and writing, though she never truly excelled at either, as well as history and the herbalist's trade, though she only could ever remember what was poisonous and what was edible. One thing that she nurtured at the temple was her art, and in that she had no match. Drawing was her outlet, her way to stop the madness whenever it loomed larger than the small spell created for her.
When she was 16 she finished all the Temple-bound training of a noviciate of the order. The Holder of the pearl, the High Priestess of the order, sent her out in the world for a year and a day of traveling, the final step of training before Lydia can become a full priestess of the Order of the Pearl's Light. |
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Since comming to Feldar, Lydia's world has virtually completely flipped around. Her Sight, contained by the pearl at her forehead, has activated, bring her disturbing pictures and now dreams of the past, present and future. also she has gone on many adventures, becoming 'posessed' by something with powers beyond comprehension. These visitations have frightened her beyond measure, because it seems like every time this creature awakes she is either moved to another place or some other strange incident has occured. One of her close friends was killed, which she thought had been her doing. Fortunately for her, he was returned to her, but she is unsure how to deal with him, and his loss of memory. Also she has become involved in many other adventures, including one which baffles her, and makes her think again of her childhood wishes of home, hearth, and domestic happiness. |
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Insights on the Order of the Pearl's Light |
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