There are many rumors about the Swift clan of the Western Heartlands. There is however, nothing but rumors about them. Their number is not even the wildest of rumors. Some tell of four children, some tell of sixty four. Some say there is a child for each day of the year. Some say, there is in fact only the three now, but there was once one more. Their origin is perhaps slightly less fabled however. Most tales seem to involve a Red Mage of Thay, but most also usually involve a being of at least a quarter elven blood. What is known, is that where the Swifts go, there is usually a good tale to be told. Or so rumor says.
Chani is said to be eldest of the known Swift kin, but she has always remained tightlipped on the subject. Even tighter once she realizes that she has been said to be �old�. She shares little of Hastian�s vanity however, knowing that her companions in the wild think little of her beauty, extraordinary as it may be. Many a farm boy has held high hopes of wooing this maiden of Chauntea, but Chani has never been one to have dealings with humanoids other than when necessary.
Protecting the farmlands of the Western Heartlands may not sound as glorious as some of the tales told of more well known rangers of Eldath or Silvanus, but Chani will fight to the death her defense of Chauntea�s bounty. She may not care much for human companionship, but she knows the crops she defends help many creatures.
While adventuring with her siblings, Chani tends to take on a motherly role almost as foreign to her as her own mother was to her. Chani does not always know if she acts in the best manner when dealing with her younger siblings, but she believes Chauntea, Mother of All, has guided her hand. Sometimes guided it to a firm spanking when her brothers needed one.
The war in Tethyr perhaps affected Chani most of all. That month spent either in the wilds of Darromar or on a tiring march to the Forest of Tethir, left her with little faith in the goodness of the creatures of the land. While many heroes presented themselves before her, their light was shadowed by all those around her with treacherous or malignant hearts.
In those trying times however, Chani somehow cracked the shell of a tightlipped mage of some renown that had joined the Tethyrian army. Callous and cool to all around him, somehow Neremul had become a constant companion at Chani�s side. Even his use of the �perversion� known as magic did little to sway Chani in her feelings, or her course. It was just as the army arrived in the Forest of Tethir, nearing the outskirts of Suldanessellar, that Chani decided she might be able to put aside her patron deity and be able to settle down with the magic wielder. And it was at this same time that he betrayed the army for a powerful necromantic artifact, leaving the ruined ranger in his wake. He never even looked back.
Even after helping to slay the mighty warlord that was their enemy, Chani found herself in danger. Led to ruin in front of the Queen and her King of Tethyr, Chani took great pleasure in hunting down the duplicitous members of the Crimson Guard, and ultimately their leader Daramus. And when the girl she had helped nurse and train for the campaign, Eleana, too betrayed her, even if the girl had been mislead by Daramus, Chani felt little mercy for either of them.
She disappeared immediately following the rescuing of the monarchs. Leaving her brothers behind, this child of Chauntea has left to perhaps regain her faith. Or possibly slay all those who have left her in hurt.
I have only now decided I need to see if I can follow up on these characters stories, so I thank you for your kind words Keiseth. I once upon a time fancied myself a writer, but now I just thank the module creators for giving me something worth writing about.
Posted by Keiseth at 2006-08-24 16:05:07 Voted 9.50 on 08/24/06
An excellent story and as Miragalen said ages back, we actually know what we are downloading! This is the way that a character SHOULD be shown.
In the off chance you still need the answer to that question malinky, you'd download the .bic file and put it into your localvault. Then when you start a new module, you can 'choose a preexisting character', and Chani should be under the C's (for her name). You will need to include your own portrait though, since I did not include the portrait I used for her, though it is available here on the vault.
Per Mirgalen's comment, I added on Chani's skills/feats, and also tacked on the rest of her 'description', that I left on the original version only.
Posted by Mirgalen at 2005-09-13 17:08:11 Voted 10.00 on 09/13/05
I give a 10 for the picture. All characters should be presented like this. Not only you can see the char with the portrait but also the classes, levels and stats. Now we don't need to download something just to find that we do not like it.
Good job on the description too.
The only thing we don't see are feats and skills, fair enough.
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