The Hawklight Sisters

Player: BTLOTM
Name:  Taliah Hawklight
Race:  Houri
Initial Alignment:  Neutral Good
Deity:  Corellon Larethian
Class:  Ranger 6/Rogue 4

Taliah Hawklight was born in 1230 DR. Thedathias Hawklight was on a patrol outside of Everska, when his party was ambushed by drow.  His party was killed, but they slew the evil drow with the help of a nymph named Sylphie. She took him back to her home and nursed him back to health, and the two fell in love, and produced a child. Shortly after her birth, the pair were attacked by the drow again, and this time, the nymph did not live, giving her life so that Thedathias and Taliah could live.

Thedathias’s younger brother, Valayan, had inherited the Hawklight family home and fortune. When Thedathias returned and resumed his place at the head of the family, he built a keep on the outside of the city and reunited with his wife, 

Delmira Fynnasla, a ranger.  There they raised Taliah, who loved nature and wanted to be like both of her parents.  As their duties would often keep them out of the home, Taliah spent a lot of her time indoors, studying history and the stories of adventurers, always dreaming of becoming one herself. She was always very good with animals, and would often sneak out of the house to explore the surrounding forest.

Name:  Isabella Hawklight
Race:  Aasimar
Initial Alignment:  Neutral Good
Deity:  Sehanine Moonbow
Class:  Monk 3/Oracle 4

The house was blessed in 1240 when Delmira gave birth to Isabella Hawklight.  This was seen as a great blessing, as Delmira had assumed herself to be unable to conceive a child, and Isabella was born with great flowing silver hair that shone just like the metal, the pair recognized a touch of the divine in her at once.  She would spend much of her time chasing after her older sister, and grew to love books and stories as well. While Taliah dreamed of being a ranger like her mother, Isabella elected to become a monk, dedicating her life to study and training with the bow and staff.

In Nightal of the Year of the Unstrung Harp, 1371 DR, the Sharn Wall was broken.  Thedathias and Delmira gave their lives defending their children and Everska, buying time for Isabella and Taliah to make it back into the safety of the city. It is after this point when Isabella’s magic began to develop, and she often hears the whispers of the dead from that day, and sometimes even her own parents. Their arrival was met with scorn from Valayan, who did not consider either of the children to be true elves, and wanted no one to contest his control of House Hawklight (and the considerable wealth that it held). In secret, he had the sisters sold to slavers, and the pair were separated from each other.  Isabella was sold off to an illegal brothel in Waterdeep, while Taliah was sold to an evil knight in the service of Bane.  

Taliah would eventually kill her owner and flee to Arabel, living as an adventurer there for a while, eventually making her way to Highmoon, where she met Serra Everyjoy and joined the Cups of Joy house.

Isabella would work as a prostitute in the brothel for many years, stealing what she could and dreaming of escape, biding her time as her magical powers developed. Eventually, she was sold off to Zhent slavers, and was being transported as part of a slave caravan that was attacked by orcs. She briefly died trying to protect a drow child from being sacrificed by the orcs, but was brought back to life by the priestess Tarasynora Ianwynn. With a new chance at life, and nowhere to go, Isabella decided to use the money she saved to purchase equipment, and start her own tavern and brothel, The Silver Saloon.