Elise Pearlwynd

“Thank you, one and all. Now let it be known that I accept gratitude in the form of gold... and bedfellows."
—Elise, requesting rewards.

Elizabeth von Rosenburg, popularly known by her stage name Elise Pearlwynd, is the Duchess of Velmont and the head of House Rosenburg. During Curse of the Blood Sea, she was a part of the Phoenix Nebula party and was instrumental in saving the world.

Biography

Early Life

Elizabeth's human father Eadwulf von Rosenburg IV met her sea-elf mother Xiphalia Sitarro in the port city of Hyarat while her ship was docked there. After a short affair, they had Elizabeth.

Xiphalia only stayed with the Rosenburgs for a short while, and Elizabeth has only fleeting memories of her mother from this time. After Xiphalia left, her father's demeanor got much colder as she grew up in Velmont.

Her father was distant from Elizabeth, only acting as a strict parental figure not unlike many other nobles. She eventually elected to go to the Hall of Harmony instead of the College of Zaubarovia, and he let her go.

She trained to be a lore bard there, taking on the stage name Elise Pearlwynd. At the Hall of Harmony, she studied under her hero and mentor Hazel the Silktongue. She formed a bit of a rivalry with a glamour air genasi bard named Uragan Ventorius. Unlike her, Uragan later became world-famous after joining the Seven's Carnival. She wouldn't find fame like his until after saving the world.

Curse of the Blood Sea

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3E450 - Genso's Plague

Leaving her home in search of adventure on the seas to reconnect with her sea-elf heritage, Elise met Anlee, Sif, Nyx, Laoch, and Pete aboad the Teal Star, a merchant ship ferrying them to Port Cinoh. However, they were boarded by Deeprose pirates, and marooned at Tikius. There, they ended up within the service of Pirate Lord Belanar Gullis. They got involved in his investigation into the Deeprose Pirates and their leader, Roonan Deeprose, who seemed to be working with a mysterious 'Dr. Genso' in creating an abyssal plague which threatened Tikius and the rest of the Blood Sea. They also met many people there who would become mainstays later on, such as Xoe, Amari, Rumfuck, and Gary.

While they were on Tikius, the crew also found out about the supervolcanic nature of the island and the elemental who threatened the city, nicknamed Pyrovain. The party was given the repaired Teal Star (renamed the Argent Star) and traveled to Fort Rawan, meeting Commodore Zolen and Dr. Baizo, as well as picking up Shoila and the quetzalcoatlus egg that would later hatch to become Duck Norris. At the Anchorage of Whispers, they met Xaniv the Whisperer for the first time and faced off against Captain Roonan. They defeated him and arrested him, forgave Shoila for her betrayal, but the Deeprose crew escaped on their ship. At the Anchorage, Elise met an old ex of hers who she then slept with alongside Nyx (tranformed as Shoila) and Zorahim. On their way back to Tikius, the crew came across a meteorite and an aberrant otherworldly monster. At Tikius, they defeated Pyrovain and saved the city, Elise even sleeping with the triton shopkeeper Salyn as her 'reward'. While Elise had slept with a lot of people in the campaign thus far, she started to grow closer and closer to Shoila.

The crew continued onward towards Port Cinoh while it was hosting the Seven's Carnival. There, they met Monk Kazeshi of the Shidono Temple, as well as Shogun Kagegojuu Iwale who informed them that the Aekai yakuza's leader, Singularity, had kidnapped Dr. Baizo. They traveled to his complex across the island, but ended up learning that his son was possessed by an aberrant demon. They helped him exorcise his son, but had to fight and kill a possessed Singularity. The crew then went back to Port Cinoh, and helped Elise defeat her old rival Uragan Ventorius in a bard-off to win Hazel's Lute.

The crew then continued onwards to the island of Yube, where Genso's lab was located. They were ambushed by a juvenile kraken that guarded the island, which destroyed the Argent Star in the fight. They also found a wrecked Deeprose, and its crew imprisoned by the Varkanist cultists. They helped free the crew, and got a heading of Taltigo. The combined crew took over the Deeprose, and renamed it 'the Phoenix Nebula'. At Taltigo, they met Pirate Lord Lady Lyn as well as her assassin, Zai. They worked for her a bit, and then went into the sewers to fight one of the cult leaders, Yulis. He was a tough fight especially for Laoch and Anlee, who both nearly died to him if not for Elise keeping them up through the fight.

The Nebula then traveled back to Taltigo, where they had the ship repaired. Near Gravesbry, they were arrested by the Crimson Navy and forced to become privateers by Admiral Isabeau. At Isla Tumba, they met a young boy named Can who helped them find some treasure- a sealed iron flask. The crew then traveled underwater in a submarine apparatus to meet the storm giant Amohr, who after testing their strength, revealed to them the location of the Black Scroll of Varkun that Genso was after, a temple on Darkgrove Isle. The crew traveled there, and they discovered that Dr. Baizo was Dr. Genso all along, a split personality even he wasn't aware of. The crew managed to defeat him, and decided to return the black scroll to Amohr for safety. They decided to split ways for a while, and Anlee named Laoch the new captain of the Phoenix Nebula during her 18th birthday party.

Elise went back to Terros for the next two years and started to write and publicize the first draft of her autobiographical book. However, when she learned information about the Crimson Navy's ambitions and the Abyssgate opening, she headed back to the Blood Sea to warn her friends.

3E452 - The Abyssgate

After the Tidemeet in Shipwreck City, Laoch and Sif were thrown into the paranoid Pirate Lord Xiphalia Sitarro's dungeon after they got wasted. There, they met up with Anlee again, as well as meeting Boz Walarson. They broke out with the help of Elise and Zai, and ran into D'vorah on the way to the Nebula. While escaping Xiphalia's fleet, they summoned the water genie Shah Heswaa el-Majraa from her iron flash prison. She sent them into the Plane of Water, where the crew was imprisoned in Castle Almarjanu by Sultan Mukaz al-Azad. The party made a deal with Heswaa and escaped the water plane after defeating an Aboleth.

The Nebula then ended up near Saturnia (Now Sergorod) and met up with one of Laoch's old spy contacts, Senator Chupov. The crew used his introduction to get into a high-class wedding and meet with lunar officials including Bolt Karboniv. The crew cleared out Pirate Lord Shri Kunala Qrozk's slave operation nearby in the Cove of Cries, and then aimed to get back to Cinoh as they heard about the political upheaval there from Isabeau. On the way, they stopped at Canau and met with Pirate Lord Fenya Cetrovna. While doing a job for her, the party helped the residents of Firewatch Monastery from a zombie invasion caused by a minor abyssgate nearby. Around this time, Elise and Shoila also made their relationship official, and more importantly, exclusive.

In Cinoh, the crew ended up getting involved in the political machinations of Shogun Aite and Damien Daimao. While investigating his compound, Elise, Sif, and Prince Miyoshi were captured by Damien who then executed the prince. This all eventually culminated in a battle within the Cinohan throne room. After Damien's death, Cinoh was transformed into a constitutional monarchy. The crew then traveled to the Anchorage of Whispers again to meet with Xaniv, and he finally revealed his truth to the party. Realizing that he is the ultimate villain in all this, the party vowed to kill him. Xaniv then sent hunting horrors after the party that ended up killing Anlee. Elise tried to revive him, but his soul refused to return. They made a trip back to the Rummery and learned more details about the imminent siege of Tikius where they also recruited Fek. The party slapped some sense into Belanar and put up a successful defense of Tikius against Volnaxokaaz and Grand Admiral Isabeau.

Elise also awakend to the help of an amethyst draconic spirit that she named Cynthia. The Nebula then traveled to Sombus, where they met with Emperor Sombra himself. He pardoned them of their crimes, while asking for their help in return for his help in closing the Abyssgate. The party was to travel to the Lightless Ruins and bring back the artifact Lightclaw. After rescuing Markal Zuriel from the ruins, the party was ambushed by Ballista Aries, and they ended up defeating her.

When the party decided to reconvene the The Pirate Court at Shipwreck City, they traveled across the Blood Sea and beyond to gather all the pirate lords again as well as locate Xaniv's phylactery. They met and reconnected with Nyx again for a bit during the reconvening. She met Uragan at Countess Cetrovna's casino, and had a small bard-off again for fun. He ended up helping the Nebula escape the eventual fight that happened there. Elise had gotten the brunt of Boz's 'alternate-personality' Zob's bullshit over the past few weeks, and helped exorcise Zob. She also ended up dealing with Lady Lyn and the incubus archdevil that charmed her, Qarex. After a failed plan by Nyx, she was almost killed by the duo in the ensuing fight, and had to revive Nyx from death. When the party met Anila Khai in Casthys, Elise learned of a former relationship between him and Shoila that made her jealous for a bit.

Elise tried to get past her mother Xiphalia's cold exterior, and ended up meeting Golzoorhah, an amethyst dragon hiding inside Xiphalia's head and dictating her life. He considered Elise much like a daughter, and explained that Cynthia was his gift to her. She ended up growing closer to Xiphalia near the end. After the reconvening, Elise and the rest of the Nebula then finally sailed into the Abyssgate, defeating the Demon Prince Demogorgon with their combined powers. Xaniv the Whisperer then tried to drain Varkanus' divinity, and the final battle ensued. After the curse was lifted, the crew celebrated and went their separate ways. Elise married Shoila, and traveled back to Terros while vowing to visit her friends and Xiphalia in the Blood Sea often.

After the Abyssgate

Elise settled down back in the Great Kingdom of Terros, especially after her father's passing. Becoming the new Duchess of Velmont, she had a lot more responsibilities put on her alongside her duties at the Hall of Harmony. Whenever she would be away, her brother Eadwulf V would rule in her stead. Through arcane means, she and Shoila ended up having a human child that Elizabeth named Edmund after her grandfather. Elise's book that she wrote about the Abyssgate and the Phoenix Nebula's adventure also became world-famous.

During the events of Shards of the Empire, Elizabeth was present in the capital city of Timeron for the Green Wedding. She also met the Krono Krew initially as a professor in the Hall of Harmony introduced to them via her student Sören von Gaten, Werner's brother. She later learned of their true role in saving the world from Gabryel von Gothwyn, and helped advise the Kaiser on what actions must be taken in the end.

Timeline

3E404 - Elizabeth is born in the port city of Hyarat, where her parents met.
3E427 - Elizabeth attends the Hall of Harmony, and becomes a bard.
3E450 - Elise seeks out adventure and heads to the Blood Sea, starting off the events of Curse of the Blood Sea. After Act 1, she heads back to Terros to teach in the Hall of Harmony.
3E452 - After learning of Xiphalia's capture of The Phoenix Nebula, Elise heads back to the Blood Sea for Acts 2 and 3 of the campaign, saving the world when the Abyssgate reopened. She also gets together with Shoila Ahdini.
3E458 - Elise's father Eadwulf IV passes away, making Elise the new Duchess of Velmont.
3E468 - Elizabeth has a son named Edmund von Rosenburg.
3E483 - Elizabeth meets with the Krono Krew during the events of Shards of the Empire.