DD190 - Iron Branch

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by Katamount

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Elradra Selipe is a Wood Elf, born and raised within the Shadewillow Woods.  It was a harsh place to raise a child, but the Wood Elves lived amongst the treetops, only traveling to the dangerous forest floor to hunt, or to travel for short distances.  Their lives were difficult, but they learned to survive well.

The Selipes were rangers, master trackers and hunters for their community.  Four generations lived together, but Elradra often found her home life stifling.  There was little privacy in the treetops.  As she grew up, she found that she could not explore even her own body without somebody knowing about it.  So she could only dream.

In the day, she was taught how to track each animal, how to hunt for their daily sustenance, how to retrieve the water from the leaves around them, and how to find the way amongst the thick, endless trees.  She showed great skill, her great grandfather often showing immense pride in her.  But one day, when she wanted to find a hidden bower where she could find the time alone that she so desperately needed, she was not present to prevent her great grandfather's death at the hands of one of the great ursines of the forest.  She knew that it was not her fault, that she did not strike the blow that killed the Selipe patriarch, but she was consumed by guilt for many months.  Her family was brought closer together by the tragedy, and the helped her get past her feelings and continue on with her life, but her first experience with pleasure was forever tainted.  She could not grow like the trees of Shadewillow if she stayed.  She needed to leave.  While she could not tell her family the true reasons why, they did not protest.

She made for Ulrahnee, the High Elf Kingdom that neighboured Shadewillow.  Her journey was fraught with peril, but when she arrived, she felt overwhelmed by the opulence.  After finding lodgings for the night, she explored the city, coming across a brothel, a house of pleasure.  Her heart beat hard and fast in her chest, more than it had with any pursuit through the canopy, or chase across the rootlands.  It was her chance, and she seized it.

The boorish rabble made her nervous, but she summoned her elven pride and searched for the most beautiful courtesan to spend her money on.  When she laid eyes upon the disguised Duchess Isania Kallyn, she fell in love immediately.  She was anxious, worried that the experienced courtesan would not find pleasure with her, but Isania explained that Elradra needed to leave behind all fears in the bedchamber, and Elradra did, unleashing her coital fury upon the noblewoman.  When it was over, she expected to simply leave and be on her way, but to her surprise, Isania asked if she had just taken Elradra's virginity.  She admitted so, and Isania revealed herself to be the Duchess she was.  That she had just bedded the niece of the King was shocking enough, but Isania then asked to travel with Elradra.  To such an incredible turn of events, Elradra could not refuse.

They became adventuring companions, known throughout the forest groves in skill.  Isania taught Elradra some of her sorceress powers, and Elradra used it to become an archer to rival the greatest bowmen of Jura.  And of course, they would frequent the brothels wherever they went.  The Borsites were intrigued by the pair and courted them into their circle.  It was a match that suited the young elven adventurers and they took pride in their new faith, their new family.

Bors was proud that Elradra and Isania accepted his invitation to his Elite Guard.  Elradra's bow was keen, and she trains with it daily still... between explorations of her body, and the bodies of others.

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