Cilsih Starmantle

Cila Starmantle is 12-year-old adolescent human girl who has only known squalor and filth. Born to Nabrel and Hira, Cila spent the first ten years of her life begging on the streets of Neverwinter. Her parents worked any odd jobs they could to provide for their family. When the rumors of mithril came down from Grey Peak, the family jumped at the chance to chase their dreams of wealth and a fresh start.
Ill-planned and ill-prepared, the family struggled to survive the early summer journey. Encounters with bandits, hazardous terrain, and disease tainted water plagued the ill-fated convoy. Of the hundred travelers, the Starmantle family was some of the twenty-two survivors. They arrived with just the rags on their back.
With little to their name, Nabrel and Hira were quickly forced to find work in the mines. Their new steady income was enough pay rent in the poorest section of The Halberd. The close quarters and over-crowded streets of the neighborhood were suffocating to Cila. She would often escape to Eronia to feel the fresh air and freedom.
Her parents slaved at the Mines . They overexerted themselves in the hunt for wealth. During an otherwise routine journey home after a long shift, the caravan of miners was attacked by a pack of wargs. The attack left most dead, including her mother. Her father and a lucky few escaped with their lives but with grievous injuries. Because of the attack, she appreciates Corinth Beiphyra and his changes to the Caravan Guard. While the prevalent belief is that Beiphyra’s slower expeditions are cutting into profit margins, Cila goes against the grain: money is not important if the miners die on their way to reaching it.
Her father was left a broken man after the attack. Physically maimed and emotionally devastated, Nabrel was unable to work and turned to the bottle to drink the pain away. Cila took her father’s place in the mines to provide for the remains of the family.
The youngest miner in Mythrite, many of her compatriots almost view her with as their own daughter, turning Cila into “The Daughter of the Mines”. They sneak her little treats, keep her from working too hard or in too dangerous areas, or claiming she helped discovered new wings or metal veins. She bristles under the special treatment: she wants to earn her fair share just like everyone else.
Cila desires nothing more than to earn enough to escape Mythrite and live a comfortable life elsewhere. The town has already taken her family, her childhood, and her happiness. What more could it take?
Ryan Farrell, Twitter: @FarrellRyan

Wealth & Financial state

Poor

Current Location

The Halberd

Species

Human

Honorary & Occupational Titles

Daughter of the Mines

Gender

Female