DD175 - Bard of Bastet

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by Katamount

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Kasha Aerlias shouldn't have been born with horns, at least that's what her mother hoped.  After all, she was only one-eighth demon, a third generation tiefling, and she prayed that her child wouldn't have to bear that stigma.  Her human husband was supportive, but her father left her and her mother very early in her life, in part because of her demonic lineage.  Her worst fears came to pass when Kasha was born with two tiny horns popping out of her forehead and a little tail from her spine.  Even fifteen-sixteenths human, Kasha was branded with that merest drop of demonic blood.

But Kasha made the best she could out of her childhood, different as she was from other children.  She was teased of course, but she had a surprising ability to turn things around and find a positive to keep herself cheerful, and it helped her express herself in a fairly repressive environment.  As she grew into a strikingly beautiful young woman, she surprised her family by cultivating an equally striking mezzo-soprano voice that she employed at taverns all over her hometown.  Her parents, however, were poor, and could not give her the life she could have on her own, so she left to seek her fortune on the road, and became quite renouned as a skilled bard.  Adventuring parties soon asked her for her services, and it led to a long life as jill-of-all-trades.

Kasha met her own Lover, Krie Kessna, in one of these parties and the two have been inseparable since.  The Borsites seemed a good match for two artistically-minded young women, so they dedicated their lives to their new God, and that road took them to Bastet Castle, Bors' residence in Ossinia, where they spend their days writing music and making love.

Seems like a good life to me. ;)

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