Willowbark
Herbalist - Traveling Doctor for Hire, Warrior in-Training
This companion hails from Sturgia.
Companion Story
As a child Willowbark's childhood was peaceful, until one day - shortly before she was to be married - a neighboring village whom they'd never thought as an enemy, attacked them. Killing Willowbark's family and village for cattle. Since Willowbark has been displaced, she says that by now most of her family may have returned home, be she will not. Not until she learns how to harm just as heal. She is a doctor out for hire.
In Summary
"I was an herbalist in a village in the north. But our home was raided, and I've been forced to wander in search of work. There are many like me on the roads of Calradia."
Digging in the Files
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| wanderer_strings.XML | <!-- female herbalist --> <string id="prebackstory.spc_wanderer_sturgia_0" text="{=xSbEUPK4}You know, we women suffer greatly when you warriors have your sport..." /> <string id="backstory_a.spc_wanderer_sturgia_0" text="{=ifBURmmv}I lived in a village to the north of here, across the gulf. It is a cruel land; there is no strong king, and lords think nothing of ravaging their neighbor's lands. My mother was skilled in the use of herbs to treat disease and wounds. I had a happy peaceful childhood - until one day, a month before I was to be married." /> <string id="backstory_b.spc_wanderer_sturgia_0" text="{=WBE6MeCl}That was the day my life changed. A band from a nearby village came and attacked us. We had done them no harm; we had never even thought of them as our enemies. But they wanted our cattle. They killed my mother and the youth who I was to marry, and burned our village. Everything gone. Those who lived fled into the woods." /> <string id="backstory_c.spc_wanderer_sturgia_0" text="{=hOsJjMZ8}I expect that my kin will soon return to their homes, but I will not. I cannot... I cannot be in a place where I am at the mercy of any beast on the rampage. I will ply my trade among warriors. I will learn to harm as well as to heal. And if the time comes for me to marry, I will live in a land where there is a king, even a tyrant, rather than raising a family amid the war of all against all." /> <string id="response_1.spc_wanderer_sturgia_0" text="{=31XTldnZ}I am sorry for your fate, my lady." /> <string id="response_2.spc_wanderer_sturgia_0" text="{=l4A16aGs}It's a cruel world, and if you think a warrior's life is any easier, you have a painful lesson in store." /> <string id="backstory_d.spc_wanderer_sturgia_0" text="{=iYbBHXNA}At any rate, if you know of a warband who is looking for someone who knows how to treat wounds, I would be grateful." /> <string id="generic_backstory.spc_wanderer_sturgia_0" text="{=N0yE1Ptz}I was an herbalist in a village in the north. But our home was raided, and I've been forced to wander in search of work. There are many like me on the roads of Calradia." /> |
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