Zendrila Morningmist
For as long as she could remember, Zendrila Morningmist has always wanted to be a Purple Dragon Knight. Initially, this was a childish desire based on her fondness of the color—like her hair and eyes—and a love for stories of dashing knights slaying evil dragons. It wasn’t until she was in her teens that her mother Alanathria informed her that becoming a Purple Dragon Knight first required one to be a soldier in the army of Cormyr, a human kingdom to the southwest. She soon turned her attention to becoming a knight of her home city of Myth Drannor, only to quickly learn from her laughing father Solaudril that the Knights of Myth Drannor was the name of an adventuring company also originally based out of Cormyr.
A few years later, the Morningmist family was among the thousands of refugees who fled the destruction of Myth Drannor for Semberholme, a wooded range of hills which had been virtually abandoned following the elven Retreat nearly two centuries ago. Now living on the border with Cormyr, Zendrila realized her first childhood dream was nearly within her grasp, and she intended to dedicate herself to learning swordsmanship and tactics that she might pledge to the Purple Dragons.
A chance encounter in the woods altered her path, however, sending her west to Evereska along with her parents, then on to Waterdeep on her own. As it turned out, Zendrila was descended from an old noble bloodline through both of her parents, and though she was still a child by elven standards, she was now the bearer of an ancient and potentially terrible legacy.
Traits
“I like listening to tales of heroism, but I find reading to be terribly boring. I’d also rather be ‘doing’ than just talking about things!”
Ideals
“I’ve always longed to be a heroic knight of a noble order.”
Bonds
“The city of my birth was destroyed in war, but ‘home’ is something only you can make for yourself.”
Flaws
“I don’t have a lot of patience, and some would say that makes me reckless.”
“I Know a Guy”
After the family relocated to Semberholme, Zendrila’s parents were able to secure her an apprenticeship with an elven fighter and mage of some renown, a former adventurer named Merith Strongbow.
Friends & Enemies
Zendrila’s parents accompanied her to the hidden elven city of Evereska, where Zendrila was given brief instruction on defensive techniques by a skilled fighter named Selaren Dewbrook, one of the elite warriors of the Cold Hand unit which serves the city’s High Lord. Selaren’s role means he is unlikely to leave Evereska any time soon, but he advised her he had a daughter of his own who had recently departed the city to explore the world, and their paths might cross.