Vahlia Isyn

Vahlia Isyn (Fox) ✝ (19 years)
Level 6 Cleric
Alignment: Lawful Neutral
Patron Deity: Isyn
Portrayed by Beans

"My daughter... I never imagined her as courageous... She always preferred to play pretend. It's good to know one good thing came of me."

—Marc Fox

Vahlia Amadine Mélina Fox, also known as Vahlia Isyn, was an ally to The Wild Hunt until her death in which she sacrificed herself alongside Randall Leighton at the Summer Palace so the party could go on to save the world. She was an aristocrat from Nestwood.

Appearance

Vahlia was a small girl standing at no more than five feet and described as "round in all the roundish places" from her eighteen years as a noble. She had collarbone length strawberry blonde hair, protuberant jade-colored eyes, and with thick brown eyebrows. Her warm skin was dotted in hundreds of freckles and beauty marks of varying sizes. Upon being revived by Yuma, she received a pair of antlers which she would often decorate with roses and butterfly wings.

Personality

Vahlia was a free-spirited, kind-hearted young woman who held a passion for helping creatures in need. She was very empathetic and skilled in the art of healing, which often affected her relationship with her family, but deepened the one she shared with Moro. While not particularly brave, she would often make courageous decisions in an effort to help others.

Later on, it was revealed later on that Vahlia struggled with compulsive lying and would often lie in an effort to conceal the trauma inflicted upon her by her eldest brother, Caius. Her fear of rejection lead her to a mean streak early in her childhood in which she bullied her younger brother Maxwell Fox relentlessly. After being locked away for preparation to be married off by her father at the age of thirteen, she found herself regretting her actions and wanting to change her character for the better.

Experience With The Party

Kingsrun

Death of a flower by Helga-Helleborus

Vahlia was met just shortly after the party entered the city of Kingsrun in which she was beside her grandmother, trying to fetch someone who would help her retrieve an emerald necklace dropped in one of the rivers running through the city. Reese Drumlin noticed and fetched it for her, introducing himself. As a reward, she gave him a hefty amount of gold coins and a letter that said to meet her at a local tavern called "The Yellow Rose" when he had the chance.

Upon going to the tavern in which Vahlia and her grandparents were staying, they discovered that she had gone missing as did three other young women whose names all started with the letter "V". The party began a hunt through the city in an effort to solve the strange murders which revolved around blonde women in their early twenties whose names all started with the letter "V". After a bit of interrogation towards her grandparents, they revealed that while their intentions for being in the city were to find her a potential husband, she claimed that she received a strange letter from an "old friend". This letter turned out to be from Caius, her older brother who had been murdering women in an effort to execute a ritual which required seven dead victims and one living. His plan was to trick Vahlia under guise of an apology and an attempt to return to the family after being exiled, but in reality was so that he could kidnap her and use her as the final piece in his ritual.

The party delved into the Kingsrun sewers, going through a secret hideout dedicated to a strange underbelly group of thieves and kidnappers that Caius had overrun. After a struggle of solving riddles, nearly having their equipment destroyed by a rust monster, and being stuck in traps, they discovered Caius and Vahlia in a strange pool of water. Caius held the heart made of the seven dead women, and forced it upon Vahlia. His intentions were to create a body for the soul of their dead mother so that she could live again and join him in his crusade to make "the world pay", but the ritual failed and a corrupted abomination was created from the hatred and sorrow of the seven women using the aspect of Vahlia's appearance. It called itself "Vaya", after the name of Caius and Vahlia's late mother. Caius attempted to control the situation by using his powers as a lich, but was "killed" by the abomination. They managed to rescue her after destroying the stitched heart and releasing the seven women's spirits, but didn't realize that this would forever scar her as being the first known harbinger of Nephilim to the party.

They returned her to the Yellow Rose to heal. A week or so later, they finished their dealings with King Rossleigh, and upon their return to gather their things they found Vahlia awake and keeping to herself. Moro and Reese sat with her in which she explained how strange she had been feeling, and that if it was allowed, she'd like to go with them so she could "get away". It was later revealed that in a fit of the nephilim overcoming her subconscious, she murdered her grandparents Geralt and Angélie Fox.

Reese, Moro, and Vahlia by Feldspar

Caius, who used his ability as a lich to commit an effigy, developed the appearance of his step-grandfather and sent out an assassin to rid of his sister so she wouldn't further tamper with his plans. The party killed the assassin in a bar fight and began their venture into the Whisper Hollow with her as a cleric at their side.

The Whisper Hollow

Serving as a cleric to the party, they traveled deep into the Hollow in an effort to get to Malnathas. In a strange turn of events, Moro and Vahlia started to grow close as they shared their interest in nature and their life experiences. The two began to share feelings for each other. They shared a tent together, walked together, and spent the most time together.

This dynamic seemed to change when Vahlia revealed a dark power she had been withholding. She could touch a creature and kill it from within, crushing it's organs with just her palm. Her eyes would often turn a horrendous glowing red, and her skin bore black veins that traveled up her neck. After gathering assistance from a helpful former Warsong member of the Adventure League, she killed her when the party wasn't looking by sucking the life force from her. Moro, shattered at the realization, crumbled in a desperate attempt to stop her from further delving into this strange necrotic energy which was slowly overcoming her. They sought out Yuma, who told them they could remvove the evil in an exchange for the death of the fellow corrupted in the Warsong camp. They agreed.

Cheyuma, the corrupted leader of the Warsong, captured Vahlia and Fonia, worsening the progression. With the help of the Elders Yses and Ebvy, they approached her. She quickly possessed the spirit of Yses, becoming the warbear, and nearly killing the party. With the deal concluded between Yuma and the party, she named them her champions and resurrected Vahlia, rescuing her from The Red Dream and further preventing her from ever being possessed again. The Elder of fey and charm, Isyn, adopted her beneath her domain and promised to keep her safe and out of trouble until it was appropriate to let her go.

Vahlia shared a passionate kiss with Moro, agreeing to go steady with her and to always write before she joined Isyn in the fey plane.