Background:
Karisa grew up in the Forgotten Realm with her younger sister Amaryllis. Both of her parents are respected members of the village. Her father is a blacksmith and her mother is a cleric. Her younger sister is studying to become a great magician when she grows up.
Karisa’s childhood was mostly normal. She didn’t have many friends growing up. Most of the kids were scared of her due to how overprotective she was of Amaryllis. Even some of Amaryllis’ teachers found her intimidating. There have been a few cases where Karisa would start a fight with one of Amaryllis’ teachers because of her sister getting hurt by accident from one of her spells.
Growing up she didn’t have a strong cultural or ethnic background, but after leaving her village, she started to worship Helm, the god of guardians, protection, and protectors. She shared almost the same teacher as her sister. Except for the one who taught Amaryllis spells.
When Karisa turned 18, she left her village to join the Hellriders. She spent nearly 20 years in the war and almost dying. She spend the next few months recovering her strengths before having a group of adventurers ask her to aid them in their quest.
Personal quest:
Karisa’s personal quest is that she wants to protect the people. She wants to keep people safe from the horrors that she faced during her time in the war and prevent anyone else from going through the same ordeal.
She is scared to get attached to the party she is traveling with because of her past of losing people that she cared about. She feels guilt for those lives and for leaving the war. She doesn’t want to bury another one of her friends.