Lore

Past

Rindea was born into a world called Kri'ias, near a town called Ale'rana, to the Osaris family. She has two biological little sisters, Willowia and Roo, and one adopted elder sibling, Hezekiah. Their father disappeared before Roo was born, no one knows what happened to him. Other than that, life was pretty good, at least until two griffins attacked their house. It was early morning before sunrise when their mother was getting water from a well and didn't notice anything unusual. The griffins did a surprise attack and she tried to run into the house for safety, but the griffins managed to tear through the front side of the house and teared their mother along with it. Before getting torn to pieces she managed to yell to the children to get to safety, and somehow they managed to do just that. Hezekiah was in front, shielding the others from getting hit by all the wooden pieces that were flying around from the impact. The griffins flew away with their mother's corpse and even after that the children stayed hidden, crying and trembling from fear. About two hours later, as luck would have it, a guard called Hauras managed to find them. He rescued them and took care of them for a little while before finding someone who could take them.

A Druid called Queljina basically adopted them and has looked after them ever since. Rindea doesn't remember anything about the incident, thanks to the brain shielding her from the horrors. She may get flashbacks in some situations though. It was strongly assumed that Rindea had a strong connection to nature maegi, having already three paths open. So she was kind of meant to become a Druid, but she was fine with it because she admired Queljina and wanted to become just like her and to help people. Queljina did the ritual for her when she was 8 years old, planting the Destiny's Edge into her right palm and it accepted her, maybe a bit too well even because the curse and powers she got are very powerful. Queljina became Rindea's mentor along with being her Guardian. Rindea also met Sereniti who was Queljina's mentor, and Rindea became her apprentice as well.

Present

Nowadays Rindea lives in Hei'or, and is learning to be a Druid and to wield her overflowing maegi safely with Queljina's and Sereniti's mentoring. Still has a long way to go, and the training will never be over even after if she learns to somehow handle it better, because it needs constant practice to keep safe balance. Spends a lot of time in other worlds as well, such as The Endless Forest and Reach of the River.

Summary

Druid

In Kri'ias, every Druid has had a ritual where there is a seed called Destiny's Edge planted into their hand, and if it starts to grow, it means nature/maegi has accepted them and so they become Druids. If nature doesn't accept them, it can be lethal and this is why it's planted in the hand, so it's easily removable without possibly losing the life in the process. Basically high risk and high reward. If the seed begins to grow, it plants its roots into the host and in Rindea's case the visible part of the roots start from the hand that it was planted in and reaches all the way up to her neck. More roots grow under the skin everywhere in the body. Druids are healers, having gained magical nature powers and to be able to cure wounds. In Kri'ias, maegi is the correct term for magic.

Curse

Along with the seed, there also comes a curse that will last a lifetime. Plants and such start to grow out of the body and the more powerful the curse, the more plants grow. It can be very painful, just like growing pains. In Rindea's case, the curse is very powerful and also very painful due to her plant being roses, she has to deal with it all the time, but has gotten used to it by now. Won't live long due to the curse and her overall connection to nature maegi, and she is aware of this. When the time comes, nature will reclaim what it has given, which means that she will start growing even more roses until she is completely covered in them, becoming one with nature.

Maegi

Rindea gained way too much maegi than her small body can contain due to the powerful curse. Has capacity for very powerful nature maegi, but can't really control it that well yet and tries really hard to use the accepted amount of maegi only, so that the maegi stays pure. Excessive use of maegi speeds up the healing process, but likely cause trouble further on the road, making it only suitable for first aid and intentional damage usage. The only time she would use a real huge amount of maegi would be if someone's life was in grave danger and she's panicking. Using a huge amount of maegi takes a big toll on the user's body and can worsen the curse or be even lethal, so it counts as forbidden maegi.

Pools

In Kri'ias, everyone has seven maegi pools in their body. They're usually closed, but those individuals who are able to use maegi either has some of them open from the start (which is rare) or opened via dangerous rituals. It is nearly impossible to have all seven open. Pools are basically containers for maegi to stay in, and from each one leaves paths that are quite literally veins that go around the body, carrying the maegi within them. In Rindea's case, she had three pools already open before the ritual, which is already a lot. This is also why her Destiny's Edge was planted in the right palm instead of left. Having a connection with a maegi element gives the individual an ability to wield said element, but also brings them closer to a very painful death. The more pools are open the more difficult is wielding the maegi, and it needs lots of constant practice and training.

Photosynthesis

Has an interesting diet, eats normally but also needs to use photosynthesis via moonlight to get energy so that the roses and vines can grow normally. Their feathers gain a bright red glow and their eyes shine whenever photosynthesizing.