Sela Embershield, Scion of Mercy
Sela Embershield is the Scion of Mercy. She was a leonin chevaleresse who served in the years shortly after the formation of the Grande Duchy of Orlia. The story goes that she was charged with the care and defense of a marquess of the La Cour des Fleurs during her travels across the newly established duchies of Orlia. One late evening, as the marquess' carriage crossed through a wooded copse, they were halted by the presence of a particularly infamous and vile chevalier of La Cour des Épées - a lithe tiefling man outfitted in ebony plate who wielded a cursed flamberge. The chevalier dispatched the rabble guards with little effort and then engaged Sela in a duel. Sela, young and inexperienced, was no match for the foe and fell to the ground wounded by his blade. Unable to do anything, she watched as the chevalier brutally assaulted her charge, the marquess, and then dispatched her without hesitation or mercy.
Left for dead by the dark chevalier, Sela bandaged her wounds and returned to her duchy, her brow heavy with regret and disgrace. Driven by her own failure, she spent the following years performing penance for her weakness by patrolling the farmlands and villages, never again feeling worthy enough to serve as guard for a royal. At night, she would train her body and her mind to the breaking point, preparing for the day that she would set off to find and challenge the dark chevalier that had so embarrassed her.
And find him she did. A tale is told of an epic duel that took place between the two knights - the ringing of blades and the crashing of armor echoing across the Orlian countryside for a day and a night. At the end of the melee, it is said that Sela Embershield struck the dark chevalier down, upon which he repented of his wrongdoing and offered her his neck, that he might die an deserved death.
But the honorable Embershield, bound by her code and her heart, accepted the surrender refused to execute him. Instead she undertook a journey to bring the dark chevalier back to her duchy, so that he might profess his confession before the Duke and pay for his crimes - either with his service or his life. Unfortunately, the return home was not to be, and the pair were set upon by a terrible green dragon that had recently passed through a thinning. Unable to fight off the dragon and also protect her wounded captive at the same time, Sela gave her defeated enemy her blade and her horse, encouraging him to flee and live that he might live a more noble life with this second chance.
And with that Sela marched forth with nothing save a spear to harry the dragon and give the chevalier the chance to escape. Chevaleresse Embershield fell in battle that day, laid low by the wicked claws and poisonous breath of the dragon. But in death she found true glory, as she was granted her apotheosis as the Scion of Mercy shortly thereafter by Enmensur, Lord of Beasts.
D&D 5e Rules
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Domains: Honor
Favored Weapons: Greatclub, Direflail
Pathfinder 2e Rules
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Domains: Duty, Family, Freedom, Healing
Alternate Domains: Truth
Follower Alignments: LG, CG, NG
Favored Weapons: Shield Boss
Cleric Spells: 1st: endure, 3rd: haste, 4th: resilient sphere
Divine Ability: Charisma or Wisdom
Divine Font: Heal
Divine Skill: Diplomacy
Divine Classification
Scion of Mercy
Alignment
Lawful Good
Current Location
Realm
Age
672
Children
Gender
Female
Belief/Deity
Enmensur, Lord of Beasts
Aligned Organization
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