(Deceased) #### Portrait <div style="max-width:1100px;margin:0 auto;padding:14px 12px;"> <div style=" background: #0a0c12; border: 2px solid #7c3aed; border-radius: 18px; padding: 16px; box-shadow: 0 18px 45px rgba(0,0,0,.35); "> <div style="text-align:center;"> <div style=" display:flex; justify-content:space-between; align-items:flex-start; gap:16px; flex-wrap:wrap;"> <div style="flex:1; text-align:left;"> <img src="Zara.png" alt="Zara portrait" style=" width:100%; max-width:350px; height:auto; border-radius:18px; border:2px solid rgba(124,58,237,.55); box-shadow:0 14px 35px rgba(0,0,0,.55);"> </div> <div style="flex:1; text-align:right;"> <img src="ZaraCat.png" alt="Zara Cat portrait" style=" width:100%; max-width:350px; height:auto; border-radius:18px; border:2px solid rgba(124,58,237,.55); box-shadow:0 14px 35px rgba(0,0,0,.55);"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="margin-top:14px;text-align:center;"> <span style="display:inline-block;margin:6px;padding:8px 10px;border-radius:999px;background:rgba(124,58,237,.12);border:1px solid rgba(124,58,237,.35);color:rgba(245,248,255,.88);font-size:14px;"> Half-Elf </span> <span style="display:inline-block;margin:6px;padding:8px 10px;border-radius:999px;background:rgba(96,165,250,.10);border:1px solid rgba(96,165,250,.30);color:rgba(245,248,255,.88);font-size:14px;"> Sordia Vignti </span> <span style="display:inline-block;margin:6px;padding:8px 10px;border-radius:999px;background:rgba(234,179,8,.10);border:1px solid rgba(234,179,8,.25);color:rgba(245,248,255,.88);font-size:14px;"> Deceased </span> <div class="sv-statcard" style="background:#070b14;color:#eaf6ff;padding:18px;border:2px solid #7c3aed;border-radius:16px;font-family:system-ui;max-width:1100px;margin:auto;overflow:hidden;"> <div style="display:flex;justify-content:space-between;align-items:flex-end;gap:14px;"> <div style="display:flex;align-items:baseline;gap:12px;flex-wrap:wrap;"> <div style="font-size:2.2em;font-weight:900;line-height:1;">Zara Blackwood</div> <div style="font-size:1em;opacity:.65;letter-spacing:.06em;">Collage of Eloquence Bard</div> </div> <div style="opacity:.75;font-size:1.05em;">Level 10</div> </div> <div style="height:14px;"></div> <div class="sv-statgrid" style="display:grid;gap:14px;grid-template-columns:1fr 1fr 1.2fr;align-items:stretch;"> <div style="border:2px solid #7c3aed;border-radius:10px;padding:10px;background:linear-gradient(180deg,#0c1325,#070b14);"> <div style="display:grid;grid-template-columns:1fr auto;row-gap:10px;font-size:1.15em;"> <div style="opacity:.8;letter-spacing:.08em;">STR</div><div style="font-weight:900;">10</div> <div style="opacity:.8;letter-spacing:.08em;">DEX</div><div style="font-weight:900;">16</div> <div style="opacity:.8;letter-spacing:.08em;">CON</div><div style="font-weight:900;">14</div> </div> </div> <div style="border:2px solid #7c3aed;border-radius:10px;padding:10px;background:linear-gradient(180deg,#0c1325,#070b14);"> <div style="display:grid;grid-template-columns:1fr auto;row-gap:10px;font-size:1.15em;"> <div style="opacity:.8;letter-spacing:.08em;">INT</div><div style="font-weight:900;">12</div> <div style="opacity:.8;letter-spacing:.08em;">WIS</div><div style="font-weight:900;">12</div> <div style="opacity:.8;letter-spacing:.08em;">CHA</div><div style="font-weight:900;">20</div> </div> </div> <div class="sv-vitals" style="border:2px solid #7c3aed;border-radius:14px;padding:12px;background:linear-gradient(180deg,#0c1325,#070b14);display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(3,1fr);gap:10px;"> <div style="border:1px solid rgba(124,58,237,.55);border-radius:12px;padding:10px;text-align:center;"> <div style="font-size:1.9em;font-weight:900;line-height:1;">108</div> <div style="opacity:.7;font-size:.5em;letter-spacing:.08em;margin-top:6px;">HP</div> </div> <div style="border:1px solid rgba(124,58,237,.55);border-radius:12px;padding:10px;text-align:center;"> <div style="font-size:1.9em;font-weight:900;line-height:1;">16</div> <div style="opacity:.7;font-size:.5em;letter-spacing:.08em;margin-top:6px;">AC</div> </div> <div style="border:1px solid rgba(124,58,237,.55);border-radius:10px;padding:10px;text-align:center;"> <div style="font-size:1.6em;font-weight:900;line-height:1;">45</div> <div style="opacity:.7;font-size:.5em;letter-spacing:.08em;margin-top:6px;">SPEED</div> </div> </div> </div> <div style="margin-top:10px;text-align:center;opacity:.65;font-size:.85em;"> Darkvision 60 ft. • Fey Ancestry </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div style="margin:18px 0 10px;"> <div style="height:1px;background:linear-gradient(90deg, transparent, rgba(124,58,237,.6), rgba(96,165,250,.35), transparent);"></div> </div> <div style=" background: rgba(10,12,18,.85); border: 1px solid rgba(124,58,237,.25); border-radius: 18px; padding: 14px; box-shadow: 0 12px 28px rgba(0,0,0,.25); "> <div style="font-size:14px;letter-spacing:.18em;text-transform:uppercase;color:rgba(245,248,255,.70);margin-bottom:10px;"> Mini & Badge </div> <div style="text-align:center;"> <img src="Zara-turnaround.gif" alt="Zara mini" style="width:100%;max-width:380px;height:auto;border-radius:16px;border:1px solid rgba(124,58,237,.25);box-shadow:0 10px 22px rgba(0,0,0,.35);margin:6px;"> <img src="BardBadge.png" alt="Bard badge" style="width:100%;max-width:180px;height:auto;border-radius:16px;border:1px solid rgba(96,165,250,.22);box-shadow:0 10px 22px rgba(0,0,0,.25);margin:6px;"> </div> </div> #### Character Information > [!info] **GUILD RECORD** > **Species:** Half-[[Elf]] (*formerly*) [[Shifter]] **Identity:** Female (She/Her) **Class:** [[Bard]] - Collage of Eloquence **Titles:** - **Also Known as:** - **Languages:** [[Common]] **Connections:** Sordia Vignti **Family:** **Place of Birth:** **Significant Other:** **Place of Death:** [[Luskan]] Wizards' Tower **Cause of Death:** Killed by The Horn of Blasting #### **Backstory:** > [!abstract] **GUILD ARCHIVE • PERSONAL HISTORY** > In a world where magic and darkness intertwine, there exists a bard named Zara whose life is anything but ordinary. Born to a mother who had once been a powerful sorceress, she had delved too deeply into the forbidden arts of necromancy and ultimately became a lich, forever tethered to her insatiable thirst for power and immortality. > Zara, however, took a different path. She was raised in the shadow of her mother's dark deeds but chose to embrace the arts of music and storytelling instead of the arcane. Her passion for the arts led her to become a skilled bard, traveling the land, and sharing tales of heroes, love, and adventure through song. > Yet, the darkness of her heritage was never far behind. Zara knew that her mother, the lich, sought to capture her and use her as the ultimate vessel to consume her life force and maintain her power. She couldn't ignore this dark fate that her mother had in store for her. > Fuelled by fear and determination, Zara was constantly on the run, moving from town to town, never staying in one place for too long. She lived a nomadic life, performing her songs and stories under different names and disguises to avoid detection by her mother's agents and minions. > As she journeyed, Zara's songs and stories began to weave together a narrative of survival and defiance, a story of a lich's daughter who refused to be a pawn in her mother's dark game. Along the way, she encountered others who had been touched by her mother's malevolence and joined her in her quest for freedom. > Together, they evaded capture, faced relentless pursuit, and encountered both allies and adversaries in their quest to stay one step ahead of the lich. Zara's bardic talents became her greatest weapon, as she used her music and stories to inspire her companions and rally them against the relentless darkness that sought to consume her as the lich's vessel. > Zara's journey was one of survival, as she learned to harness her own inner strength and the bonds of friendship to evade her mother's grasp. She was determined to break free from her mother's curse and live a life free from the shadow of the lich's power, even as the threat of being consumed as a vessel loomed overhead. #### Playlist: <iframe style="border-radius:12px" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/playlist/5vEkgCR4vjzh0kXQM0xppC?utm_source=generator" width="100%" height="352" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" loading="lazy"></iframe> <div class="sv-wardrobe"> <div class="sv-wardrobe-head"> <span class="sv-dot"></span> CHARACTER WARDROBE </div> <div class="sv-wardrobe-shell"> <div class="sv-wardrobe-strip scrollbar-orange"> <figure class="sv-fit"> <img src="Images/Outfits/Zara Frying Pan-turnaround.gif" alt="Zara Outfit 1"> <figcaption>OUTFIT 1</figcaption> </figure> <figure class="sv-fit"> <img src="Images/Outfits/Zara Blackwood Cat-turnaround.gif" alt="Zara Outfit 2"> <figcaption>OUTFIT 2</figcaption> </figure> <figure class="sv-fit"> <img src="Images/Outfits/Snow Zara Blackwood-turnaround.gif" alt="Zara Outfit 3"> <figcaption>OUTFIT 3</figcaption> </figure> </div> </div> </div>