![]() ![]() Though she herself had no inclination to hurt others, to cause any pain in the world, she did find herself wondering about the source of their power, about where some of their lost artifacts were. Eclair found that she wasn't repulsed by what she read, but instead fascinated. Indeed, many of the rumors (though not all), were true, and some of history's greatest villains were related by blood. ![]() ![]() In it, she found the long, bloody history of House Mornfell. She wandered into a hall she did not recognize, finding herself grabbing a book she did not know. However, Eclair could not escape her heritage, her future, and one fateful day a couple weeks after her fifteenth birthday she heard the whispers. Though inquisitive, Eclair grew a bit arrogant when she realized she knew more than most people, which only pushed her to delve deeper into the tomes. If they tried, they never found the girl, and she grew up reading and learning about the world, about its history, its faiths, of the nature of magic. It was a place where Eclair could learn and grow, but more importantly, a place where she could be safe, to hide away from anyone pursuing her. It was for this reason that Eclair was stolen away when she was but a babe by a servant at the bequest of her mother, and sent far away to an old abbey dedicated to the Scholar's Pantheon. Whatever the truth, there certainly are a number of cruel members, including Eclair's father. It's hard to distinguish truth from legend, as the House is often claimed to be led by a liche, to consort with succubi, and that their ancestors knew ahead of time about the spell that would eventually create a backlash and create both the Tieflings and Aasimar. Although House Mornfell was certainly powerful and well connected, it also had a checkered history, producing its fair share of criminals, necromancers, and worse. Eclair was born to a young noblewoman and her husband, one of the infamous scions of House Mornfell. ![]()
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