Welcome to the Straiyh page (or the Straiyhge for short)! There's a
lot of info on here, so I've separated each of their AUs into tabs
(ordered by their creation from left to right). There's more than
what's listed, but I put the most important ones/my favorites/the
ones with the most art up for your perusal.
This is still a work-in-progress, so check back soon for more!
Her original iteration. Made by me in mspaint at an obscene hour
while laughing my ass off with the other players in a call.
Your standard edgy rogue. Her parents are dead as hell, she steals
for a living, and refuses to work in a team--nothing particularly
new or innovative. Her origins are a generally low-effort character
I made in under an hour so I could join my friend's D&D campaign,
Explorers of Morthal, at the last minute (For context, I'd
never played before). She's been developed into a genuinely somewhat
interesting character over the last 5 years and I would've never
guessed the silly tiefling I played for a couple sessions would turn
into... this creature.
Appearance
As you can see from her. Uh. Original concept art on the left, I
never really put too much thought into her design at first. I'm
eternally grateful to the actual artists in the campaign who
actually gave her a more cohesive design.
Straiyh's a big fan of bright colors, which is ironic considering
the fact that she relies on stealth. Like most tieflings, she has
unnaturally colored skin (purple) and a pair of horns (not cat ears)
on top of her head, as well as a tail. She has blue hair down to her
shoulders and yellow eyes. Her appearance varies wildly depending on
which AU she's in, but those are the basics.
Now that we've got that out of the way, the actual backstory
Haha #pranked. I don't think I ever thought up a proper backstory
for her for this iteration. No angst over her dead parents or
anything--actually, that was probably the thing lowest on her
priorities. Not because I wrote that they sucked or anything, but I
just lowkey forgot. Maybe they're alive, actually?? Game theory get
on this.
Explorers of Morthal
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Death of a parent figure, mention of cannibalism, mention of a cult
This part isn't finished and is
also very rambly so I'll just put the important context here: She
nearly gets executed, gains a father figure, collects (steals)
silverware, ends up caring deeply for her friends & party, and is
exposed to The Horrors. Father figure dies tho rip
Her first non-mspaint piece of art, made by one of our party
members.
At the time of writing it's been about 5 years since the last
session, so forgive me for any inconsistences or confusing bits. Yes
I know Morthal is a place in Skyrim you're about to notice that we
dgaf about inserting random shit in this campaign
Straiyh was introduced a couple sessions into the campaign
Skyrim-style (being carted off to get executed. Oopsies!), only to
be rescued by the main party. One of the prisoners they freed was a
part of the very army that was sending them off to their deaths: The
Undefiled, who would execute their own if they so much as got a
scratch in battle. Straiyh wasn't, though, she's just a regular
petty thief.
The party introduces themselves to Straiyh: Taliah and Tisha Torren,
two half-elf twins--a Cleric and Bard respectively, and Svard
Agmundrson, a dwarf Barbarian. With nowhere else to turn to, Straiyh
decides to stick with them until they reach the next town--and then
she'll just ditch them after robbing them blind. Because that's what
she's supposed to do.
killing people is okay, actually. art by
finleaves
Good thing the ex-soldier (and, little does Straiyh know, her future
father figure), R-36, offers to guide them through the desert,
because they very quickly find out that they have no clue where
they're going. Turns out we're looking for some other bard named
Octavo--I mean, it's not like that's important at all to Straiyh,
she's gonna leave them high and dry. But, you know, she's just
eavesdropping for the sake of eavesdropping. Either way, the five of
them begin to make their way to the Library of Heretics, where
Octavo is (supposedly) located.
After a couple of battles, they make camp for the night, and the
next morning they recieve a message telling them specifically
not to keep looking for Octavo. So they keep looking for
Octavo.
The party hitches a ride with a merchant for the rest of the way to
the Library, turns out we have to sneak in. Straiyh gets to feel
useful here! She grabs them a couple of disguises to better blend in
with the... cult?? inside of the building. There's a ballista in the
area that surely won't be relevant later.
pov you're about to get stabbed. art by our dm!
With the disguises, the party heads inside--we've got dancing
cultists, eating cultists, orchestra-listening cultists--Oh shit
there's Octavo conducting the orchestra.
A couple of the cultists try to befriend them, offer them some food,
etc etc. Taliah takes a bite--and remember how I mentioned how some
are eating?? Guess what they're eating.
h. oh god. half-elf meat in the tiramisu.
They don't have time to worry about the implications, though,
because thankfully Octavo finally notices them. And doesn't explain
a thing to them. And just sends them to fight their way up the
tower. Straiyh did not sign up for this!!
Cut to an insanely difficult boss fight against someone they know
only as The Executioner. Dude's got a scythe. Svard loses his foot,
and Taliah her arm--she's fine though, she literally just put it
back on. We love passing a ridiculously high med check. We make it
to the top floor, and...
More cannibalism! I don't know what you were expecting.
there was a joke about Straiyh stealing the land to a piece of
property. i don't remember it too well. art by
finleaves
Tisha & Octavo steal a lyre and let me just say the folks at the top
of the tower were not fans of that. One of them--a princess
of some sort, Straiyh never had this properly explained to
her--turns into some dragon abomination. Octavo turns into a dragon
as well, but like, less of an abomination. He attempts to fly the
party to safety.
Keyword attempts. Remember that ballista I mentioned earlier?
Pew pew, down goes Octavo with the rest of the party. The next thing
they know, they've woken up at the party's guild. Hooray! They're
met with fanfare, they're heroes for capturing the traitor Octavo,
they're even about to execute him! Tisha doesnt' take it well.
Svard's still missing a leg, too.
In the town square, we've got the cult leader from the library
(Elenwen), Octavo looking worse for wear, and The Void. Just a big
ol' hole leading into Void. Totally not ominous!! Tisha tries to
speak to Elenwen, but clearly her 20 charisma ability score isn't
enough as Elenwen just decides to stab the guy and throw the rest of
the party in the void. More shenanigans Straiyh didn't sign up for.
i'm tired ill finish this recap later lol
During the main campaign, we had a Terrible idea: A high school AU.
Mainly as a bit, but hey, it was kinda fun.
Morthal High was written when I thought Fortnite was the funniest thing in the world. I'm so sorry in advance, I swear this is satire.
peak literature
Backstory
Straiyh's a student at the local high school, Morthal High. She lived in a very tiny barely-livable apartment she bought with the money she made from her Twitch streaming career--
keyword lived. She was recently kicked out for playing too much Fortnite and now lives in a storage unit. Some asshole keeps stream sniping her because she's the #1 Fortnite gamer in the world.
I don't think she lives with Arthur & Svard here (or even knows them), but at least they exist in this AU! Can't say that for quite a few of them.
Morthal High
It's the first day of school! Straiyh sips her Ninja-branded redbull on the train and tries to recruit members for her up-and-coming e-sports team. One of the people she tries to recruit is
Octavo, and she can tell he's a gamer just from the look in his eyes. Her gamerdar (it's like a gaydar but for epic gaming) has never steered her wrong. He, however, seems to be hesitant...
Straiyh is surprisingly helpful in this AU it's kind of shocking now that I look back on it. She gives Octavo directions to his class and helps Svard up the suspiciously steep staircase (that you have to roll a dex check for every single time you use it).
She also sells Tisha a redbull for 2gp.
Anyways, it's time for class. The highlights: Straiyh's forced to throw out the redbull can she's drinking from, she "subtly flexes" her Fortnite knee-high socks, and brags a lot. Lunch time now. Taliah and Octavo do whatever the band kid equivalent of flirting is.
Straiyh and Tisha both have very nutritious lunches (bag of chips and skittles in energy drink respectively)--Tisha's lucky enough that Taliah packed her an actual lunch, though. We love a responsible sibling. Straiyh obnoxiously plays Fortnite Mobile on her phone (with the speaker on, of course. asshole.) the entire time to "keep that #1 spot away from those noobs" instead of participating in conversation with her peers.
Gym class time. Did I mention this AU features characters from that stock photo dating sim I made in like middle school. They're not important here or anything I just wanted to
tell you. I don't know if anyone is actually going to read this. Stock photo love interests aside, the gym teacher says they're playing volleyball. She's so good at this guys.
So good that she gets out like 15 seconds into the game. Sadly she can't report people for aimbot in real life.
The guy who gets her out says, and I quote, "Haha! Fortnite SUCKS!" and Octavo,
filled with Gamer Rage, immediately gets HIM out. Svard also breaks one of Anastasia's ribs with a dodgeball. Taliah pulls a "no one messes with my FRIENDS!!" Tisha puts explosive runes on dodgeballs and lands herself in the nurse's office.
This shit dramatic as hell bro I'm not going to give a play-by-play but it was peak if you're in the Morthal High server you should re-read it NOW
Straiyh joins the rest of the gang in the nurse's office after the game (She's fine guys don't worry). Tisha's got a black eye though :(. Despite this, she continues
to try and recruit Octavo for her esports team. Octavo knows she doesn't yet know his true identity... So, of course, he gives her the username for his sockpuppet account.
Little does she know, though, the stream sniper threatening her #1 rank in Fortnite is right in front of her.
I wish this had a more satisfying ending but it ends here. Maybe for the best.
i don't remember much from the l*bs but it's a precursor to blackstone. also the name is censored because the falling out with the discord server owner for it was CRAZY
im putting some images here instead of the gallery to fill space teehee
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