Krissys

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Lore-ish about Krissys:
-Krissys always wanted to be an adventurer ever since she was little, she wanted to be like the legends of old that came from her clan, especially her great-great-grandmother. She had been told that she looked like her and from the paintings she had seen she would agree. She had heard so many stories of her and her accomplishments. Her favorite was the one about the kidnapped maren.
- Unfortunately Krissys clan has become cowards over time, as the families and friends of the legends become paranoid and almost depressed every time their loved ones left. The clan then decided that that was not gonna be them anymore, so for many generations, Krissys clan has become more and more like cowards.
-The other clans used to treat them almost like gods, now it's just false respect where they trash talk them behind their backs.
-Krissys family still thinks they're the ones on top of society but everyone secretly looks down on them.
-Krissys parents have always treated her like she was fragile china, and she hates it. She wants to run outside and go into the woods and explore, but her parents have always forbade her from it.
- One day when Krissys parents were preoccupied, she snuck out and ran into the woods. When she began to get hungry she tried to find her way home, but she had become lost. So she wandered aimlessly around until she found a small puddle from yesterday's rainfall. She looked into it and saw herself. There she saw a scared little girl that was way in over her head. She sat down on the ground as she realized she would never become a proud and brave adventurer, she should've listened to her parents.
- As she was sitting there feeling sorry for herself, a sudden shrill sound suddenly could be heard. she looked around and saw that a runaway Battlelisk was attacking a group of fireflies.
- Aa a tiny hatchling she had only ever heard rumors of Battlelisks. Basilisk that over centuries has been bred for extreme bloodlust. As such they have been banned from most cities, even her own. But here was one, a giant terrifying Battlelisk with scars and old wounds covering its body. It looked like it had been left out for far too many years for its well-being.
- when the fireflies let out a shrill sound again, she was brought back to the now. She stood there for half a second and tried to think of a way to help the fireflies. But when she saw the battelisk running for the group to attack again, her mind went blank and her body moved on her own.
- She ran straight for the battlelisk, and used her tiny body to force the battelisk off course. As she was getting up from the ground and getting ready to run away, the battleisk was faster... It came straight for her, getting ready to attack. It began flailing wildly with its wings and the rusty knives that were still soldered to its wings. As it stood there, she saw that its helmet, which had been loose, had been ripped off its face and its eyes had been severely damaged because of the helmet being damaged for so many years. She saw the hesitation, fear, and pain in those grey eyes.
-As it tried to go for her, it set up the speed of its flailing. But it didn't account for krissys reaction time. She was done with this oversized chicken with and its abandonment issues/inferiority complex. As it was standing there and failing to look intimidating after looking in its eyes, she woved she would help it one way or another. She ran towards the knives and took ahold of them with her teeth and ripped.
-The battlelisk squawked for a short moment as it panicked, in its panic, it hit her with its clawed feet right over her face. After it realized it was free from both her teeth and the knives, it ran off.
- As krissys sat on the ground after the fight and the adrenalin in her body were waning, she could feel extreme pain in her face. She looked for a puddle to see what happened to her face but couldn't see one. right as she was about to lie down in defeat she saw the fireflies she saved come down from their hiding place in the canopies of nearby trees. They flew down to her and began making squeaking noises to each other and her. She looked confused at them and said: "I'm sorry you guys, I have no clue as to what you're saying. But I'm happy to see you all are well". The fireflies chose to answer her by circling around her and bumping into her to try and signal that she should follow them. Her only thought at that point was "why not, I'm already lost"
- As she followed them she began to see more and more creatures of all kinds in the bushes and trees around her. She almost fell into the pond when she arrived because she was so distracted. When she looked into the pond she could see the wound that battlelisk had given her. "That's gonna scar for sure, mama is gonna kill me when she sees it". As she was thinking of all the ways her mother was going to kill her she saw glowing fish deep, deep down in the pond. They began to swim rapidly upwards as the eerie light from their bodies began to pulse. They began to make a whirlpool of pulsing light, enticing one to fall down deep into it. Just as krissys body began to lean forward the fireflies came into her view and squeaked sounds at her. As she woke up from the almost trance-like state she had been in, she realized she had already lifted her foot to jump into the pond. As she was about to thank the fireflies for saving her, alluring laughter from deep down could be heard.
- "My friends seem to really like you, they even saved you when you couldn't save yourself" said the voice from below. Krissys couldn't see anybody but the fish, she turned around to look around when suddenly a maren sorcerer jumped out of the water and landed on the ledge beside her. Krissys couldn't help but gape at her, she had never seen anything like the maren beside her. The maren chuckled and told her, "close your mouth darling, or you're gonna swallow your new friends". Krissys didn't even realize her mouth was open, but she closed it nevertheless. Suddenly she realized that the maren was the one from their family legends. The maren that had been kidnapped many, many years ago, That she was the one from her family legends, the one that her great-great-grandmother had helped escape. Attina. She remembered that the maren had chosen to stay in the forest and protect the other beings so that they would never know the pain of being separated from one's own families.
- The maren looked out sorrowfully at the pond and said "I see you recognize me from the stories... No need to look so sad, I quite enjoy my pond, and all the other beings under my protection like to tell me stories of their own"
- But as she said it she got a faraway look in her eyes, it could only be described as longing. But before krissys could comment the fireflies flew to the maren and began squeaking wildly to her. The maren looked at krissys and chuckled before she said "I can hear from my friends that you saved them from the battlelisk?" krissys nodded.
"So I take it the wound on your face comes from him, right?". Krissys looked dumbfounded for a moment before she remembered she had the wound, she had been so transfixed by it all she completely forgot about it.
"I see... Yes, if you haven't seen anything like me or my pond before, it is quite understandable that you can't take your eyes off it. I can help clean and dress the wound but unfortunately, I can't stop it from scarring". Krissys shook her head and said "It's fine... Actually, I don't mind if it scars. My mom is gonna kill me, but that's okay. Every time I see myself in the mirror I will know that I have the courage to help others in need and that I DO have what it takes to be an adventurer." The maren smiled proudly but sadly, "You know, I met a young dragon many, many years ago that looked just like you. She too wasn't quite sure about herself, but as soon as she found out what her calling was, there was no stopping her. She marched on, on all these fantastic adventures. Did great things, saved a lot of dragons, and explored the world. But one thing she always told me was to never forget who you truly are. She made a point of coming back here from her adventures and telling me all about them. Sometimes weeks went by, sometimes months. But every time she was just as excited to see me."
The maren looked away in silence with glassy eyes and continued, "I could see in her eyes how much she enjoyed it, but I could also see the toll on her body from them, I always told her to be careful so I could hear her stories. But she was aging, faster than I... So... after many, many adventures she told me she was going to stay in her hometown, but she would still visit. Yes, she came over more often but I could see she was aging faster and faster. At one point she told me, that she wasn't sure how many more trips she could take to my pond. And I could see she was sad about it because that meant not seeing each other again. So I ended up giving the fireflies the job of a messenger, so we could still ``talk´´ to each other. It's the same fairies that have been circling you, I think they see some of her in you, and I see it too". The maren smiled, while the fireflies began changing color to match krissys.
"I think they wanna follow you". "Thank you Attina, but I don't think they can follow me that far, I don't even know how I got here, much less how I'm gonna get home". "Dont worry darling, they will show you the way home, and back here if you ever want to talk again"
"I will. And then I will tell you all about my own adventures. All this has only made my itch for adventuring that much stronger. I can't wait to go home and tell my family about my decision"
"I can't wait" Attina smiled, "But you must go home now, it's late and you are still young"
"Okay, and again Attina, thank you so much"
- That night as Krissys was guided home by the firefly glow, she couldn't wait to finally begin her life.