Young jaded Aasimar roaming the known world in search of powers not understood by the prevailing society. He hopes to discover his greater purpose, something he's been told since birth that he must have, and to escape the influence of his Guardian Angel.

Age: 23
Gender: Male
Eyes: Brown, with burning pupils
Hair: Dark and fairly short
Skin Tone/Pigmentation: Pale
Height: 5'10"

Appearance

Identifying Characteristics

Radiant light burns inside him. This light shines from his pupils and the back of his throat, with varying intensity.

Mentality

Personal history

Backstory:
Aasimar born to a fairly humble family, his celestial heritage was apparent from birth. [not sure where it comes from, maybe his parents/ancestors were just particularly devout? Maybe it was a Samuel/Hannah situation, where she pledged her son to the gods?]

They were delighted to have a child so obviously chosen for great things by the gods, and diligently raised him to obey the religious customs and instilled in him a moral code, the importance of doing good and serving others and standing up to evil. He was taught to be uncompromising in what is right and what is wrong - eyes would be on him, so he must take care to uphold these ideals as an example.

As he grew, his innate power began to manifest itself. By the time he was ten, he was regularly hearing from his Angelic Guardian in his dreams, usually accompanied by searing light blazing from his eyes and mouth, which when he awoke - usually suddenly - he found himself unable to control. Rather than excited or comforted, he came to be frightened of these changes. His Angelic Guardian spoke in absolutes and had unreasonable expectations for a child. He seemed impatient, expecting the boy to already be a driving force against evil, and the manifestations of his power were painful.

Around the same time, he developed his powers of healing, which for a time relieved him - he could see that there was something genuinely useful he could offer his village. All too soon however this too became overwhelming, as people expected miracles of him that he was not able to deliver. He could mend cuts and bruises, but food poisoning, fevers, broken bones, and deep wounds were beyond him, and as a few people died under his "care", he realised that if this was to be his destiny, he was woefully unprepared for it.

With his parents' blessing, he secluded himself in the local temple for nearly a decade, devoting himself to service of the gods and expecting that in due course he would develop control over his powers. He threw himself into religious practice, into study of history and magic, but nothing seemed to work. No new abilities blossomed within him, he felt no connection to the gods, and the burning divine compulsion within him only scorched hotter as his Angelic Guardian felt he was squandering his gifts. Visiting clerics and paladins came and went, telling their stories and offering their tutelage, but none were able to unlock anything within him.

Eventually he became convinced that whatever he was looking for, he wasn't going to find in his home village. He set off on a pilgrimage, travelling from outpost to settlement to town to city, stopping at every temple and library he could to search for answers. To his frustration, he was met with disappointment every step of the way. Those of high class treated him as a child and a simpleton, and expressed no surprise when their practices and secrets yielded no change in him. Those of humbler origins looked up to him in a way he had come to find very uncomfortable, and he found he couldn't impose on their hospitality for too long before the same old expectations of miracles and Greater Purpose drove him back onto the road.

A few years into this pilgrimage, he felt lost, frustrated, disillusioned, and generally fed up. Increasingly he felt that the gods must be making a mockery of him. He had no doubt of their existence, he had seen others wield remarkable power, and there was the Angelic Guardian who still visited him - though with less frequency now, as though even he had given up on him. But whatever he did, he could not feel their presence, could not hear their voices, could not manifest their powers. He was marked from birth by the divine for some unknowable purpose, and expected to figure it out himself. He was given a Guardian who reprimanded him for not doing enough, and whose moral absolutism frightened him. He had a power that hurt him, and was too weak to meaningfully help others. All this grew inside him, until he became convinced that if anything was going to help him, it wasn't going to come from the gods.

And it was with this attitude that he went on his last-ditch attempt. He had heard a rumour of an ancient servant of the gods, a keeper and guardian of secrets - certainly long dead by now for even a magical creature couldn't survive for centuries untold. But maybe there was still some scrap of knowledge there that could set him on a path to discover what his purpose really was, what he had done to deserve this curse upon him, and what he could do about it. With no genuine expectation of finding answers, he set off in search of the Lair of the Sphinx.

Education

Very well learned about all things magical and divine. He knows pretty much everything there is to know about the Known and Approved religions and magical beliefs. Along the way he's picked up a few bits of "Forbidden Lore" - ravings of madmen, practices of cults, and postulations of very intelligent men with too much time on their hands.

Employment

He can do honest manual labour, but most of his life he has survived of people's eagerness to house a divine servant in their temples and homes.

Failures & Embarrassments

Did you read his backstory?

Mental Trauma

Again, did you read his backstory?

Intellectual Characteristics

A hunger for knowledge and learning. He wants to find out things that will help him, but he does also simply enjoy learning things for the sake of learning them.
Particularly loves learning languages.

Morality & Philosophy

He feels some conflict with the very Lawful Good moral code he was raised with, and the turmoil he has felt trying to live up to that code. He holds to the principles of helping people where he can, and standing up to obvious evil, but increasingly he believes that personal freedom is at least as important as overcoming evil.

person.sexuality

Hetero; very inexperienced. Has had a few people offer themselves to him, whether from gratitude or just wanting the clout of sleeping with the Gods' Hero, but he's always resisted such advances. Also, he sometimes wakes up in the middle of the night with blazing pain coming out of his mouth and eyes, so that's typically kept him from falling into intimate relationships.

Personality

Motivation

To gain control over his innate Aasimar powers.
To escape from the Angelic Guardian's influence.
To oppose evil where I find it.
To find some kind of retribution upon the gods for how they have treated me; or at least make sure nobody else suffers as I have.

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Tue 7th Feb 2023 10:02

Session Fourteen

by Radiance Tiller

OH BABY WE'RE BACK

Probably just a short one for now but BOY it's good to dust off the Radiance dice

Travelling w. companions during the day, find a lot less trouble on the road HOORAY.
Sorin is quiet, intelligent. Meepo is entranced by Korin.

Reach a river crossing. Meepo has never seen running water before in his life.

After a few days we see a distant twisted tree standing alone in the expanse of the grasslands. Seems to have been struck by lightning a few times. Doesn't seem otherwise remarkable.
Terrain is becoming less flat and more rocky as we progress.

Ten days in, as we head to dusk, spot a STONE CIRCLE a lil ways away.
Very old Druidic magic site. A few ancient scratchings for the moon, the sun, the wind, the earth - general Nature shit.
A number of symbols that seem to be invoking some of these natural effects.
Cast Entangle in the middle of the circle - put some Druid magic in there. Don't really notice anything.
Set up camp a little way away.
During my watch, it begins to rain.
Fuck it, let's go have a lil look at the circle, just in case.
Fuck it let's go step into the middle of the fuckin thing.
Rolled a Natural 1. That's .... probably fine right? Yeah that's f ine. I'm sure that's fine, right? Right. Of course it's fine. It's fine?
PERCENTILE DICE ROLL 52
The rain above me is not hitting me - there's some kind of invisible barrier?? The rain isn't hitting me?? It's following me, tethered to me.
Ah PANTS it's not still there after like a minute.
That was weird.
Write about it in my Book, reflecting on what happened. Reminded of a book I read once that spoke of the wild divine magic of nature itself, that in certain places seems to surge; unexpected minor effects happen.

FINALLY eventually we get to the Big Lake.
Heckin Wimdy day. Big waves on the water. In the distance, can see a large town.
Go into the town, much busier. Bustling. Lots of people.
I Disguise Self, Meepo stealths along behind me.
Stock up on some supplies, some waterproofing for my scrolls, and have a look for an Identify Pearl...
A lovely down-on-her-luck beachcomber has found one apparently. I'm gonna make her fuckin' day.
Take her to a Bank. Set up her kids' college fund.

Gonna camp outside the city but we'll do that later.

Radiance's Journal Ordered oldest to newest

Session One
28 Apr 2022 10:36:17

Session Two
30 Apr 2022 09:13:01

Session Three
30 Apr 2022 11:18:09

Session Four
02 May 2022 10:59:54

Session Five
23 May 2022 09:19:44

Session Six
20 Jun 2022 10:05:30

Session Seven
09 Jul 2022 10:12:32

Session Eight
11 Jul 2022 09:56:39

Session Nine
01 Aug 2022 12:47:32

Session Ten
30 Aug 2022 08:10:11

Session Eleven
10 Sep 2022 09:55:35

Session Twelve
01 Oct 2022 11:01:25

Session Thirteen
23 Nov 2022 10:37:38

Session Fourteen
07 Feb 2023 10:02:08

The major events and journals in Radiance's history, from the beginning to today.

Session 16: The Road

10:25 am - 08.02.2023

Session Fourteen
OH BABY WE'RE BACK Probably just a short one for now but BOY it's good to dust off the Radiance dice Travelling w. companions during the day, find a lot less trouble on the road HOORAY. Sorin is quiet, intelligent. Meepo is entranced by Korin. R...
10:02 pm - 07.02.2023

Session 16: The Road

08:18 pm - 07.02.2023

Session Thirteen
GUESS WHAT WE'RE BACK Travel Montaaaage! 3 weeks travel (approx) to the Sphinx We're mostly gonna travel at night for Meepo's eyes, and we're gonna just make a beeline back to the Sphinx because I don't wanna mess around getting distracted, I wanna ...
10:37 pm - 23.11.2022

Session 15: Then There Were Two

10:37 pm - 23.11.2022

Session 15: Then There Were Two

04:20 pm - 23.11.2022

Session 14: Loose Ends

11:01 pm - 01.10.2022

Session Twelve
I HAVE NEW DICE!! New Radiance dice that are Icey and new Meepo dice that are Fiery. The spoopky music has begun. Also we are on the Sofa again. And have ice cream and (failed) cookie. It is a good day. To-Do list from last time: Rest. Level up? ...
11:01 pm - 01.10.2022

Session 14: Loose Ends

07:52 pm - 01.10.2022

Session 13: Secrets of the Citadel

10:03 am - 12.09.2022

Session Eleven
Just got all my inventory organised. Also this is the trial run of Sofa D&D! Pretty coooool. From last time, TODO list: Figure out what the Sorcerous power might be. Go back to Belak's room and fine-tooth that shit (and get the body in the wheelbar...
09:55 pm - 10.09.2022

Session 13: Secrets of the Citadel

09:53 pm - 10.09.2022

Session 13: Secrets of the Citadel

07:32 pm - 10.09.2022

Session 12: After the Gulthias Tree

07:32 pm - 10.09.2022

Session Ten
Phoebe tried to start the recap without the dramatic music and that's just not how this works. OH THERE'S OUR DRAMATIC MUSIC OH MAN IT MUBST BE TIME TO GO OH HEY THIS IS EXCITINGGGG "NEXT TIME I'm gonna want to check if everyone is dead; check if ...
08:10 pm - 30.08.2022

Session 12: After the Gulthias Tree

06:35 pm - 30.08.2022

Session Nine
Hey great news I found my character sheet! Also I'm level THREE now and I got TEN new hit points and SECOND LEVEL SPELLS and I replaced Beguiling Influence with Mask of Many Faces and I'm COOL NOW. COOL DREAM AND THE SPHINX GIVES ME NEW POWERS told you...
12:47 am - 01.08.2022

Session 11: The Tree and its Keeper

12:47 am - 01.08.2022

Session 11: The Tree and its Keeper

08:32 pm - 31.07.2022

Session 10: Gardens and Libraries

09:56 pm - 11.07.2022

Session Eight
LAST TIME ON RADIANCE TILLER We had a To Be Continued moment. Dragon-carved granite blocks line the walls. A huge marble statue of a rearing red dragon here. Eyesockets are empty but a red glow lingers there, providing reddish light throughout the cha...
09:49 pm - 11.07.2022

Session 10: Gardens and Libraries

07:27 pm - 11.07.2022

Session 9: The Laboratory

07:26 pm - 11.07.2022

Session Seven
I cut my finger making dinner so I'm typing withou=t a left index finger so excuse any typos :/ Is roday finally the day Radiance dies? It's long overdue let's be honest. One can only hope. I rouse feom my rest and we're ready to explore more of th...
10:12 pm - 09.07.2022

Session 9: The Laboratory

06:44 pm - 09.07.2022

Session 8: Into the Grove

09:13 pm - 04.07.2022

Session 8: Into the Grove

07:41 pm - 04.07.2022

Session 7: Deeper

10:05 pm - 20.06.2022

Session 7: Deeper

10:05 pm - 20.06.2022

Session Six
So to start off with we're unpacking and I don't have my paper sheet and the one on World Anvil says my max HP is 2 so I guess I'm gonna have to be REAL careful this time! My wife is real pretty and I love her so much and I'm so excited for this. Fi...
10:05 pm - 20.06.2022

Session 6: Troll in the Dungeon

09:24 pm - 23.05.2022

Session Five
IT'S BEEN A WHILE BUT HERE WE GO GONNA KILL A TROLL AND STUFF MEEPOOOOOOOO As a reminder the important people are: Cadhock (Fuck off Cadhock) Grennal (goblin boss) Ustral (Kobold boss) (totally into me though she won't admit it) Calcrix (White d...
09:19 pm - 23.05.2022

Session 6: Troll in the Dungeon

06:30 pm - 23.05.2022

Session 5: Dragon Door

11:04 pm - 02.05.2022

Session Four
For Phoebe this is session five but I put three and four together cos we did them on the same day. There's no cool music yet. Oh wait now there is. Send Meepo off to talk to Ustral, and then we'll go try to get into the locked dragon room. Calcrix ha...
10:59 pm - 02.05.2022

Session 5: Dragon Door

07:56 pm - 02.05.2022

Session 4: Sanctuary

12:00 am - 01.05.2022

Session 4: Sanctuary

11:11 pm - 30.04.2022

Session Three
HERE WE GO BOIS Should I sit and rest for a day? Absolutely. Am I going to? Prolly not lmao. Oh yeah btw last night I had a DREAM and Cadhock appeared to me and was like "you shouldn't be with these evil creatures" and I woke up with images of gobbos...
05:00 pm - 30.04.2022

Session 3: Goblinville

04:59 pm - 30.04.2022

Session 3: Meepo

10:47 am - 30.04.2022

Session 2: Fortress

09:18 am - 30.04.2022

Session Two
The cool music starts Radiance has blood on his nose from being bitten by a rat. It's okay though, Bankroft totally fixed him. Also there's a circle of stones on the ground which I didn't notice last time. START HEADING DOWN THE STAIRS INTO THE DARK...
09:13 am - 30.04.2022

Session 2: Fortress

08:33 pm - 29.04.2022

Session 1: Radiance

06:06 pm - 29.04.2022

Session One
The cool music starts. Radiance awakens. He looks sexy. But not like he's putting effort into it. Except for all the bandages covering his face. Don't worry though. They're cosmetic. The sphinx has given me a quest to solve a mystery, to prove myself...
10:36 pm - 28.04.2022

Session 1: Radiance

08:20 pm - 28.04.2022

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Mentality

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Education

Employment

Failures & Embarrassments

Mental Trauma

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Morality & Philosophy

person.sexuality

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Session Fourteen

Radiance's Journal Ordered oldest to newest

Session Fourteen OH BABY WE'RE BACK Probably just a short one for now but BOY it's good to dust off the Radiance dice Travelling w. companions during the day, find a lot less trouble on the road HOORAY. Sorin is quiet, intelligent. Meepo is entranced by Korin. R... 10:02 pm - 07.02.2023

Session Thirteen GUESS WHAT WE'RE BACK Travel Montaaaage! 3 weeks travel (approx) to the Sphinx We're mostly gonna travel at night for Meepo's eyes, and we're gonna just make a beeline back to the Sphinx because I don't wanna mess around getting distracted, I wanna ... 10:37 pm - 23.11.2022

Session Twelve I HAVE NEW DICE!! New Radiance dice that are Icey and new Meepo dice that are Fiery. The spoopky music has begun. Also we are on the Sofa again. And have ice cream and (failed) cookie. It is a good day. To-Do list from last time: Rest. Level up? ... 11:01 pm - 01.10.2022

Session Eleven Just got all my inventory organised. Also this is the trial run of Sofa D&D! Pretty coooool. From last time, TODO list: Figure out what the Sorcerous power might be. Go back to Belak's room and fine-tooth that shit (and get the body in the wheelbar... 09:55 pm - 10.09.2022

Session Ten Phoebe tried to start the recap without the dramatic music and that's just not how this works. OH THERE'S OUR DRAMATIC MUSIC OH MAN IT MUBST BE TIME TO GO OH HEY THIS IS EXCITINGGGG "NEXT TIME I'm gonna want to check if everyone is dead; check if ... 08:10 pm - 30.08.2022

Session Nine Hey great news I found my character sheet! Also I'm level THREE now and I got TEN new hit points and SECOND LEVEL SPELLS and I replaced Beguiling Influence with Mask of Many Faces and I'm COOL NOW. COOL DREAM AND THE SPHINX GIVES ME NEW POWERS told you... 12:47 am - 01.08.2022

Session Eight LAST TIME ON RADIANCE TILLER We had a To Be Continued moment. Dragon-carved granite blocks line the walls. A huge marble statue of a rearing red dragon here. Eyesockets are empty but a red glow lingers there, providing reddish light throughout the cha... 09:49 pm - 11.07.2022

Session Seven I cut my finger making dinner so I'm typing withou=t a left index finger so excuse any typos :/ Is roday finally the day Radiance dies? It's long overdue let's be honest. One can only hope. I rouse feom my rest and we're ready to explore more of th... 10:12 pm - 09.07.2022

Session Six So to start off with we're unpacking and I don't have my paper sheet and the one on World Anvil says my max HP is 2 so I guess I'm gonna have to be REAL careful this time! My wife is real pretty and I love her so much and I'm so excited for this. Fi... 10:05 pm - 20.06.2022

Session Five IT'S BEEN A WHILE BUT HERE WE GO GONNA KILL A TROLL AND STUFF MEEPOOOOOOOO As a reminder the important people are: Cadhock (Fuck off Cadhock) Grennal (goblin boss) Ustral (Kobold boss) (totally into me though she won't admit it) Calcrix (White d... 09:19 pm - 23.05.2022

Session Four For Phoebe this is session five but I put three and four together cos we did them on the same day. There's no cool music yet. Oh wait now there is. Send Meepo off to talk to Ustral, and then we'll go try to get into the locked dragon room. Calcrix ha... 10:59 pm - 02.05.2022

Session Three HERE WE GO BOIS Should I sit and rest for a day? Absolutely. Am I going to? Prolly not lmao. Oh yeah btw last night I had a DREAM and Cadhock appeared to me and was like "you shouldn't be with these evil creatures" and I woke up with images of gobbos... 05:00 pm - 30.04.2022

Session Two The cool music starts Radiance has blood on his nose from being bitten by a rat. It's okay though, Bankroft totally fixed him. Also there's a circle of stones on the ground which I didn't notice last time. START HEADING DOWN THE STAIRS INTO THE DARK... 09:13 am - 30.04.2022

Session One The cool music starts. Radiance awakens. He looks sexy. But not like he's putting effort into it. Except for all the bandages covering his face. Don't worry though. They're cosmetic. The sphinx has given me a quest to solve a mystery, to prove myself... 10:36 pm - 28.04.2022

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Session Fourteen
OH BABY WE'RE BACK Probably just a short one for now but BOY it's good to dust off the Radiance dice Travelling w. companions during the day, find a lot less trouble on the road HOORAY. Sorin is quiet, intelligent. Meepo is entranced by Korin. R...
10:02 pm - 07.02.2023

Session Thirteen
GUESS WHAT WE'RE BACK Travel Montaaaage! 3 weeks travel (approx) to the Sphinx We're mostly gonna travel at night for Meepo's eyes, and we're gonna just make a beeline back to the Sphinx because I don't wanna mess around getting distracted, I wanna ...
10:37 pm - 23.11.2022

Session Twelve
I HAVE NEW DICE!! New Radiance dice that are Icey and new Meepo dice that are Fiery. The spoopky music has begun. Also we are on the Sofa again. And have ice cream and (failed) cookie. It is a good day. To-Do list from last time: Rest. Level up? ...
11:01 pm - 01.10.2022

Session Eleven
Just got all my inventory organised. Also this is the trial run of Sofa D&D! Pretty coooool. From last time, TODO list: Figure out what the Sorcerous power might be. Go back to Belak's room and fine-tooth that shit (and get the body in the wheelbar...
09:55 pm - 10.09.2022

Session Ten
Phoebe tried to start the recap without the dramatic music and that's just not how this works. OH THERE'S OUR DRAMATIC MUSIC OH MAN IT MUBST BE TIME TO GO OH HEY THIS IS EXCITINGGGG "NEXT TIME I'm gonna want to check if everyone is dead; check if ...
08:10 pm - 30.08.2022

Session Nine
Hey great news I found my character sheet! Also I'm level THREE now and I got TEN new hit points and SECOND LEVEL SPELLS and I replaced Beguiling Influence with Mask of Many Faces and I'm COOL NOW. COOL DREAM AND THE SPHINX GIVES ME NEW POWERS told you...
12:47 am - 01.08.2022

Session Eight
LAST TIME ON RADIANCE TILLER We had a To Be Continued moment. Dragon-carved granite blocks line the walls. A huge marble statue of a rearing red dragon here. Eyesockets are empty but a red glow lingers there, providing reddish light throughout the cha...
09:49 pm - 11.07.2022

Session Seven
I cut my finger making dinner so I'm typing withou=t a left index finger so excuse any typos :/ Is roday finally the day Radiance dies? It's long overdue let's be honest. One can only hope. I rouse feom my rest and we're ready to explore more of th...
10:12 pm - 09.07.2022

Session Six
So to start off with we're unpacking and I don't have my paper sheet and the one on World Anvil says my max HP is 2 so I guess I'm gonna have to be REAL careful this time! My wife is real pretty and I love her so much and I'm so excited for this. Fi...
10:05 pm - 20.06.2022

Session Five
IT'S BEEN A WHILE BUT HERE WE GO GONNA KILL A TROLL AND STUFF MEEPOOOOOOOO As a reminder the important people are: Cadhock (Fuck off Cadhock) Grennal (goblin boss) Ustral (Kobold boss) (totally into me though she won't admit it) Calcrix (White d...
09:19 pm - 23.05.2022

Session Four
For Phoebe this is session five but I put three and four together cos we did them on the same day. There's no cool music yet. Oh wait now there is. Send Meepo off to talk to Ustral, and then we'll go try to get into the locked dragon room. Calcrix ha...
10:59 pm - 02.05.2022

Session Three
HERE WE GO BOIS Should I sit and rest for a day? Absolutely. Am I going to? Prolly not lmao. Oh yeah btw last night I had a DREAM and Cadhock appeared to me and was like "you shouldn't be with these evil creatures" and I woke up with images of gobbos...
05:00 pm - 30.04.2022

Session Two
The cool music starts Radiance has blood on his nose from being bitten by a rat. It's okay though, Bankroft totally fixed him. Also there's a circle of stones on the ground which I didn't notice last time. START HEADING DOWN THE STAIRS INTO THE DARK...
09:13 am - 30.04.2022

Session One
The cool music starts. Radiance awakens. He looks sexy. But not like he's putting effort into it. Except for all the bandages covering his face. Don't worry though. They're cosmetic. The sphinx has given me a quest to solve a mystery, to prove myself...
10:36 pm - 28.04.2022