::Eris leaves her baby dragon at the Mage's Guild stables, and wanders into a cozy mediation room, where she begins her fasting and her contemplative journey of self discovery ::

   I was born Eris, named after one of me mother's benefactors where she was raised, as it was their custom tae name the first born female. I remember the first five years of me life as happy and warm in a home in the woods living life as the typical sprite family. I remember fondly the daily life instructions of my mother, Inzakella, who was a most spectacular specimen of spritely beauty. She and my father, Flish, had a love that transcended the physical world, for he was a clumsy and brutish as she was lovely, and yet their souls were as one.
   I vaguely can recall one particularly dark night, after my brother Flit had killed his first bear, an evening of chaos and blood and the loss of me parents. But I do remember that Flit led me into the night for safe keeping. And, after days of wandering, Flit and I stumbled upon the ritual camp of the Spiritual Sisters, where they welcomed me in for I was far too frail tae survive the wilderness with only Flit's protection. After my introduction tae the sisters, Flit ruffled my hair, as he always did, and told me he would return when he had secured a new home for us, for the Sisters would nae let him stay, it was forbidden. And, well, I grew quite fond of them.
   Many seasons passed into years of devoted study of the spirit world, I scribed much from the sisters, whose magic was taken from the purest forms of nature and was far older than I could imagine. As I waited and wondered when, if ever, Flit would return for me.

   I kept constant within me the final daily instruction given me by me mother, "Eris, remember we wrestle not against flesh and blood, as do our fighter friends, but we battle against the powers of darkness and evil, so my daughter, shield yourself with your innocence, armour yourself with the purity of your spirit, stay steadfast, and you shall be protected from the dark powers that would harm you." I held onto those words as if they were me lifeline.
   Womanhood transformed me gangly shape into that of a keen likeness of me passed mother. Me long golden blonde hair, which always seems wind blown, unabashedly displays her kindly face. The hazel eyes that sometimes change in hue, now twinkled with a mischievous light. As I turned eighteen, I had unified my skills enough to survive on my own. I knew it was time tae find and fulfill me purpose. The sisters heard tell of happenings in Moorgate, a place where a young lass could find kinship and a profession tae call her own. So, I set off, my heart filled with the joy and wonderment of new opportunities.
   Upon me arrival in Moorgate, I promptly joined the Mage's Guild and found instructors and tutors a plenty. Then there was the issue of My First Pony, not an experienced rider, I rode through the streets with wild abandon. It seemed at my every turn there was this young dashing half-elf fighter, Goldenblood, aiding some newcomer or meself. As I gazed into his eyes, I could see the sheer purity of his soul and the nobility of his heart. As true a gentlemen, I thought, had never existed.
   Under a blanket of stars, Goldenblood proposed. However, a few weeks into the engagement an urgent messenger arrived with news from his family, "It is your mother, Goldenblood, you must return home at once." He immediately set out for his homeland tae attend tae family business. Now and again, over these many years, I would hear from him. I tried as I might tae forget my loneliness with quests and adventures and living as a silly sprite should; taunting the ghostly captain in his fortress, sloping through the sewers with me pal Snookums, and sometimes fluttering through town center as fast as I could, yet, something was missing.

   One beautiful dusk, as I flew through town I smacked right into another sprite, an older, darker, version of my brother Flit. "Why you look like...Eris?!" I gazed into his eyes, his eyes that we so much like our father's, my heart ached, "Aye! Flit?" Flit reached over and ruffled me hair as he did so oft as children. We hugged and giggled. "Why you must come to my home and share a meal, and I must hear of you...is that an engagement ring upon your finger?" That very night, he told me of Lerrim and his allegiance with Morlend, we exchanged stories of the years passed, until we were quite exhausted and could barely speak. The sun began to rise in Cosrin as Flit peered at me and said, "Eris, great powers await you if only you would ask to be a Blood Mage." These words pierced my heart like a dagger, "No...Flit...no" I shook my head in disbelief and peered at him looking for a vital clue. I placed my hand over my pounding heart and said, "For what lies here can never be turned, not even by me only brother." With those words hanging in the air I set to wandering the early dewed streets of Moorgate wondering if I would ever know the warm embrace of love and family again.
   Until.....after numerous adventuring encounters with Yasamina and Lerrim, two of the finest, bravest fighters in the land. And, after, many a night in the tavern swapping tales of slaughtered beasts. One magical night, Yas leaned over to me and said, "I have talked it over with the others, you are officially invited to join the Elite Sisters of Battle" I giggled nervously, "Ummm, oh, my...what ist me test tae join?" Yasamina pondered on the problem, smiled slyly. Lerrim chuckled. Yasamina reached into her pack and removed a pair of thigh length boots, "you must be able to wear these...and wear them well!" Lerrim rolled on the floor laughing. I tried on the exquisitely made boots that fit me like a glove. "Oh yes! You wear them quite well...quite well, you will make a fine sister."
   From that night forward my heart has been filled with the mystical joy that is Cosrin. For as a wise cantor once sang, "in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make..."

::With the joyous remembrance of sweet friends adopted into family, Eris stirs from her trancelike state quite refreshed. She strolls to the main hall of the Mage's Guild to see what has transpired in her absence::