Agara Bails

The daughter the orc warrior Lenore and the adventurous cleric Aggrobela Skythorne Bails, Agara grew up in Tat Requital with her mother, having never met her father. The demon general Ailasu saw potential in Agara as a young girl, and took particular interest in her. As Agara thrashed the other children with whom she sparred, Ailasu ordered Agara's instructors to take her out of her age group, and start pitting her against older and older students. By the age of thirteen, Agara was practicing against adults full time. Her studies were neglected as she was made to focus all of her time on combat, strength training, and conditioning.

Lenore was proud of her young daughter. She supported Agara completely, but was concerned about her daughter's closeness to the demon general. Just before the girl reached adulthood, Lenore told Agara about her father, Aggrobela from Center Mater. Agara wanted to meet him, so the two made plans to leave their home and find him. As they were fleeing the nation, they saw Ailasu bounding towards them. Close to the border wall with Center Mater, Lenore drew her sword and shouted at her daughter to keep running. Agara crossed over the wall, and heard her mother scream in agony.

Once in Center Mater, Agara came upon a small village. Weary and out of food, Agara walked up to the first woman she saw, and shamefully begged for help. The woman, Emilia, invited the girl to stay with her and her husband, Sadao. The two ran a school, so Agara helped with chores for a couple months, in exchange for a place to stay. Emilia even started teaching the half-orc how to read.

But Ailasu was determined to find her young prodigy once more. She sent her men across the border, and they began attacking villages wherever they were found. One night, a group of her men came to Emilia's and Sadao's village. The people of the village, most of whom were either very old or very young were powerless to stop them the few fighters in the village formed up, assuming that this was their last night.

Agara stepped past the villagers, and pointed her axe at their leader. The leader, a male goliath, charged at her with his great sword. The villagers and the soldiers watched in awe as they came together in the dance of death. Their blades met twelve times, before both collapsed to their knees. A second passed, a second that lasted an eternity. The goliath's head fell to the ground, and his body followed shortly after. Agara rose to her feet, and the soldiers fled as quickly as they could.

The next day, the village received word that soldiers from a nearby garrison were coming to reinforce the border with Tat Requital. Fearing that they might find her tattoo, Agara fled once more.