Character biography

Character Biography - Maddison Lilith Stormbringer

*Note

The world my protagonist lives in as one torn apart by war. Rebellions across the entire kingdom is underway as the people thirst for change. They had currently just finished a massive war but the cities already had begun to charge taxes and harshly enforced their laws making the already broke people spiteful. When they began taking up arms, one man arose to lead them in the name of justice and order but he had never intended to do it for them. merely for himself. Blinded by hunger and fuelled by hate, the rebellions began anew. (You will hear of this organisation quite a few times in this but just keep in mind that L.R.R.H is just a agency of mages that take on various jobs from the Citadel (the city they live in) and other cities across the nation. They are split into three branches; the political leaders, the councillors. The military leaders; the Druids and the religious leaders; the shrolotaighya)

Since birth, Maddison’s life was a tale of tragedy and loss. Her mother; Serah unfortunately passed away as she gave birth to Maddison on the dawn of the 31st rising sun in the Citadel. Her father; Keivan was a powerful druid (military leader) in the ranks of L.R.R.H’s finest magicians and even though his occupation demanded the utmost of his attention and time, he’d always make exceptions for his baby girl whom he’d named Maddison Lilith (her mother’s maiden name) Stormbringer and although their times together were brief, Anyone could feel the loving bond between father and daughter.

At the tender age of five, Maddison was once again forced to experience loss as her father was called out on an immensely dangerous quest where he spend two whole months literally fighting to settle a war between misguided rebel forces and the soldiers of Farahneer (a large city west of the citadel) but in an unfortunate turn of events, Maddison’s father was cut down in the heat of battle.

When the news of Keivan’s death reached the citadel, everyone was struck was terrible grief and pity at the passing of such a beloved friend and colleague. The head of the priests of Shrolotaighya; Minastuq who was one of Keivan’s most closest friends adopted the newly orphaned Maddison and vowed to raise her as one of their own. And so he did. 

Maddison grew up with Minastuq’s only child, Elle; who was to inherit the mantle and become head of the shrolotaighya and everyone around them watched lovingly as the two girls grew under the loving care of the head family. 

Yaksut (Elle’s uncle) was not a member of the Shrolotaighya but a wanderer that would quite frequently visit the village and bring stories of his adventures to the wide- eyed children of the village and he was known as one of the most strongest pyromancer in recorded history. One of Yaksut’s biggest fans was Maddison herself and upon request, Yaksut used to tell her hundreds of stories from dawn till dusk of his strifes and Maddison never seemed to get enough. Stories of Yaksut fighting horrendous river monsters, fleeing from hordes of cave goblins, climbing long lost structures to find rare artefacts and exploring to his hearts content was nothing short but magical to Maddi.

When Maddison reached ten, Yaksut decided to settle down and came to the village and bought a little hut near to Minastuq’s house. By this time, Maddison was well into her studies at Dengala: the institute of magic and sorcery. One word? She was horrible at almost any type of magic. She couldn’t materialise a single illusion, summon any of the simplest creatures, hex a mannequin to save her life or even raise any of her physical capabilities. In the eyes of others, Maddison was a disgrace and whilst Maddison struggled to conjure a puff of smoke, Elle sheared through her studies with ease and advanced at astonishing speed till at last she settled at two years ahead of her age level (Which vexed Maddison more than anything).

She would spend entire afternoons crying out her problems to Yaksut who sat there and listened attentively to everything and nodded his head comfortingly but one day when Maddison came to Yaksut’s hut, he had made a decision. Taking Maddi’s hand, he led her out into a small meadow where he basically explained to her that he would become her tutor. And since then, Maddison has trained hard under Yaksut’s vigurous drills where she learned that her talents lay not with such complicated spells but with a simple manipulation trick that was not taught at the institute as they considered it to be too dangerous. 

But one slight hick came up because not only did Maddison learn the incredible arts of fire wielding from Yaksut, she also accidentally took on his habit. The one thing he was infamous for; drinking. Minastuq became quite concerned over the strong influence Yaksut had over Maddison but seeing her so happy was all he needed to know and he let her be.

When Maddison hit 18, a serious change happened. Minastuq steeped down as the sky priest and Elle became the head of the Shrolotaighya and spoke on behalf of their people amongst the council but that wasn’t all. Maddison had finally qualified to enter the ranks of the L.R.R.H and earned the codename; agent Crimson. Due to her talents as a powerful fire wielder, she climbed the ranks of apprentice steadily but her happiness shattered when her uncle passed away. For several long months, Maddison grieved for her lost uncle and to mask her sadness, she began to drink more and more until she became sneered at by her L.R.R.H colleagues. She started receiving less missions, spent most of her time drinking in taverns or getting into drunken brawls and to make matters worse, even her foster family became grimly unsure of what to do with her. 

All was almost lost when Elle came for Maddison and brought her out of the tavern and taught her how to channel her misery into something else; meditation. Slowly with time, Maddison returned to her usual self and everyone took a huge sigh of relief. She still has a low reputation amongst the agency but she’s now more or less back to being a hard training agent of L.R.R.H.

Basic Maddison reference page

Elle (Maddison's foster sister)