Silvana
Gita has said she'll be setting up a page for Silvana stuff soon, but
in the meantime here's the long (and annotated) version of the
character description she wrote.
You can also check out a Rogue's
Gallery style description she wrote in 1993.
Silvana is a grey elf who enjoys travelling, a priestess of Hanali
with a knack for killing things, and a thief who doesn't believe in
stealing. After her heretical commentary on the Illuminati in Connection
of the Ketronel, the extraplanar community punished Silvana by
naming her Champion of Good. Thus in exchange for fighting the
occasional challenge and being a target for the wrath of Evil, Silvana
enjoys the privilege of being welcomed and accepted by good folk
around the cosmos, even those who aren't traditionally friendly to
elves or adventurers. During her travels Silvana has met many
interesting creatures and counts as her ``mentors'' a diverse group of
beings: two Chaos Lords, one ki-rin, an elven priestess of Hanali, and
a Lawful Evil wererat summoner. Silvana believes that one must
empathize with one's enemies in order to predict them, and ultimately
defeat them. She spends much of her time talking to creatures, great
and small, to learn about the world, because she feels that some day
these tiny clues will be relevant to an important mission. Silvana is
a good ally and a dangerous foe---she'd cross the multiverse to help a
friend in need or to strike at an enemy's stronghold. Silvana's
faults are arrogance, soft-heartedness, and a desire to meddle, a
combination which has landed her in trouble many times. Fortunately,
her bondmate, Stealth, counterbalances her tendency to become
over-involved, with his traditional grey elven aloofness, and bails
her out of dangerous situations with a steady stream of arrows.
Silvana's great ambitions are to survive her tenure as Champion of
Good, have some fun at the expense of Evil, hang out with her friends
and make 20th level before Pdude drains away her hard-earned XP.
Notes for the Reader:
- grey elves
- a secluded and xenophobic group of elves who live in the Idyllic
Forest
- Hanali
- elven goddess of love and protection
- ``2 Chaos Lords''
- Hajmola and Pdude, a.k.a. ``the Partners in Crime''
- ``LE wererat summoner''
- Ramola (a.k.a. ``the Weeble''), one of the party's most persistent
and annoying foes. In spite of his faults, he had a clever knack for
tactics, a love of burnable items, and a dashing sense of style.
- ``the ki-rin''
- Mountain Breeze, the gentle and lovely priestess of the Wind. The
Wind Temple quested the party to fight the Shade Lord, and under
Mountain Breeze's guidance, Silvana came to appreciate the merits of
Lawful Good philosophy.
- ``cross the multiverse...''
- see the Dustplane mission which was an excellent example of both
traits
- ``steady stream of arrows''
- Stealth's casual attitude towards shooting into melee was not
universally appreciated during the party's early years, before his
marksmanship and their hit points improved
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