Arlan

Background and History: Murasaki Shikibu -- a.k.a. Arlan, a.k.a. Kiralanethen -- is a certified pest. She began adventuring as being the equivalent age to a 15 yr old Human -- with all the annoyance value of one as well. Cleric to the Elvish deity of Chaos, she never let anyone forget that chaos could be fun (at least fun for the person committing the act).

Her particularly "interesting" racial background has given her certain abilities (and drawbacks) -- for example, she will likely be immortal if not killed by accident or malice, but at the same time it is uncertain (and unlikely) that she would be able to be raised, resurrected, or otherwise brought back if killed. She would also object to such "second-chance" treatment if it were offered, as "death is part of life." It is also unclear if she can actually leave the physical planet of Dafan or its plane as she may be "rooted" there as part of Nature. She spends much of her time in animal form away from civilization of any sort.

Her close comrades-in-arms (which have included Gandalf, Lanefan, Haldir, Shauna, Alcavron, and James) know from her behaviour that she has an affinity to (and possibly abilities within) particular Elvish forests. For example, somehow she was able to set up an adventure in the forest of Forlond for James and Lanefan to recover the Heal Sword -- which James found under an ancient Green Dragon that had been asleep for so long that it was covered in a layer of dirt and thick moss!

The only character ever to be run-over by a sky-castle and survive (only because she was already lying in bird-form squished into a muddy battle field!). She also has a hatred of Samurai and took some pains to drive one to suicide, and has little or no interest in wealth -- tending to readily give away expensive items if it achieves the ultimate goal of causing Chaos.

A song about Arlan, "Goddess in Green", can be found here

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