# [[Hearthmother Saesella]] ![[Hearthmother Saesella.svg]] ![[uu-hearthmother.png]] ## Recent Events ### Session 071 - Community Integration - **Outsider Acceptance**: Invited [[Gazzo]] to stay in the village, showing the community's growing acceptance of outsiders - **Reformist Leadership**: Demonstrated her commitment to changing the village's xenophobic traditions by welcoming a non-pureblood kobold - **Community Building**: Continued to work toward Erastil's teachings of family and community through inclusive actions ### Session 070 - Conversation with the Apometi - **Werewolf Attack**: Was bitten by a werewolf during the attack but successfully resisted transformation - **Ceremony Leadership**: Offered [[The Apometi]]'s blessing to the party after they proved themselves worthy defenders - **Community Recognition**: Was one of the villagers whose testimony was more listened to than others during the debriefing - **Blessing Ceremony**: Asked villagers for objections before offering the blessing, showing democratic leadership - **Spiritual Authority**: Maintained her role as spiritual leader while incorporating the Apometi's traditions ### Session 069 - Arbor Felix Defense Preparation - Offered high-level spell assistance to help the party - Cast [[Blessing of Defiance]] on [[Vayle]], [[Jaspen Bond Callistair|Bond]], and [[Davios]] to give them a +4 Fortitude bonus - Worked with [[Marmanak]] to prepare the party for the werewolf battle - Her hunters on the west side coated their arrows with poison during the battle - Almost died during the battle (heard by the party) - Contributed to the defense preparations of [[Arbor Felix]] ## Description Saesella is the Hearthmother of [[Arbor Felix]], serving as a spiritual leader and healer for the village. She is a follower of [[Erastil]], the god of community, and seeks to reform the village's xenophobic traditions while maintaining their survival practices. ## Background - **Role**: Hearthmother (spiritual leader) of [[Arbor Felix]] - **Deity**: Devoted follower of [[Erastil]], god of community and family - **Reformist**: Wants to move away from strict traditions toward Erastil's teachings - **Acceptance**: Considered "one of them" by the villagers despite her reformist views ## Abilities & Skills - **Healing**: Capable of creating elixirs that temporarily enhance fortitude - **Magic**: Skilled in healing magic (similar to [[Zuhri]]'s abilities) - **Water Creation**: Created a natural spring and small pond for the village - **Alchemy**: Can create up to 4 elixirs for the party ## Relationships - **[[Erastil]]**: Her patron deity, same god that [[Esefna Menhemes]] worshipped - **[[Esefna Menhemes]]**: Recognizes the name and knows she founded their town long ago - **[[Davios]]**: Values his abilities and helped him become a Dascalos - **[[Hunter Elise]]**: Acknowledges her importance to the community despite her xenophobia - **Party**: Seeks their help in convincing Elise of their usefulness ## Village Role - **Spiritual Leadership**: Guides the village's religious practices - **Healing**: Provides medical care and alchemical assistance - **Reform**: Works to gradually change the village's xenophobic attitudes - **Integration**: Helps outsiders find roles in the village ## Current Goals - **Elixir Creation**: Making 4 elixirs for the party - **Elise Persuasion**: Convincing [[Hunter Elise]] to let the party fight with them - **Village Reform**: Slowly changing traditions while maintaining survival practices - **Community Building**: Following Erastil's teachings of family and community ## Recent Events - **Party Meeting**: Met the party through [[Davios]] and discussed village customs - **Erastil Recognition**: Noticed [[Jaspen Bond Callistair]]'s cloak and recognized [[Esefna Menhemes]]'s name - **Desolation Locket**: Viewed the locket from Esefna - **Elixir Agreement**: Agreed to create elixirs in exchange for party assistance ## Session 077 - Zarmavdian Connection - **MAJOR REVELATION**: The clone of [[Zarmavdian]] revealed that Saesella and Zarmavdian have a lot more in common than previously thought - **Arbor Felix Foundation**: [[Arbor Felix]] was founded by [[Esefna Menhemes]] and taught them the ways of [[Erastil]] - **Religious Continuity**: Saesella still worships Erastil, but [[Hunter Elise]] does not - **Historical Connection**: This confirms the deep historical connection between Arbor Felix and the Roseguard through Esefna's founding of the village %% # Text Elements # Drawing ```json { "type": "excalidraw", "version": 2, "source": "https://github.com/zsviczian/obsidian-excalidraw-plugin/releases/tag/2.1.4", "elements": [ { "id": "7qSogdPD", "type": "text", "x": 290.3999239206314, "y": -308.87487030029297, "width": 3.8599853515625, "height": 24, "angle": 0, "strokeColor": "#1e1e1e", "backgroundColor": "transparent", "fillStyle": "solid", "strokeWidth": 2, "strokeStyle": "solid", "roughness": 1, "opacity": 100, "groupIds": [], "frameId": null, "roundness": null, "seed": 1894374050, "version": 2, "versionNonce": 2094291134, "isDeleted": true, "boundElements": null, "updated": 1713723608868, "link": null, "locked": false, "text": "", "rawText": "", "fontSize": 20, "fontFamily": 4, "textAlign": "left", "verticalAlign": "top", "containerId": null, "originalText": "", "lineHeight": 1.2 } ], "appState": { "theme": "dark", "viewBackgroundColor": "#ffffff", "currentItemStrokeColor": "#1e1e1e", "currentItemBackgroundColor": "transparent", "currentItemFillStyle": "solid", "currentItemStrokeWidth": 2, "currentItemStrokeStyle": "solid", "currentItemRoughness": 1, "currentItemOpacity": 100, "currentItemFontFamily": 4, "currentItemFontSize": 20, "currentItemTextAlign": "left", "currentItemStartArrowhead": null, "currentItemEndArrowhead": "arrow", "scrollX": 583.2388916015625, "scrollY": 573.6323852539062, "zoom": { "value": 1 }, "currentItemRoundness": "round", "gridSize": null, "gridColor": { "Bold": "#C9C9C9FF", "Regular": "#EDEDEDFF" }, "currentStrokeOptions": null, "previousGridSize": null, "frameRendering": { "enabled": true, "clip": true, "name": true, "outline": true } }, "files": {} } ``` %%