Fortuna

Fortuna's experiences with her mother have made her cautious and slow to open up with others. After her mother's betrayal, Fortuna has become a bit paranoid and deeply insecure. She clings tightly to those closest to her-- Rhapsody and Dentacles. She struggles deeply with feelings of abandonment and being replaced or unwanted. Now that Valor is missing, she fears losing them more than anything else and it has led her to make a few risky decisions.
However, once you've earned Fortuna's trust and pushed past her wary exterior, she's warm and friendly. She is very empathetic and can be a bit of a mother hen, fretting over her fellow adventurers and loved ones and making sure they're fed and well rested. She is headstrong and determined to do the right thing for the people she cares about. She often shows her affection by teasing, a habit she picked up long ago from spending time with Valor when they were children.

Backstory

Fortuna was raised since she was very young by her adoptive mother Delmoira, a hag with barn owl-like traits and many eyes. She was born a tiefling, but with her proximity to the magic of her mother, her appearance began to change as she grew, resulting in her twisted horns, feathers, and her extra eye. She and her mother lived in a dense forest and Fortuna roamed the woods freely, exploring and playing. As she grew older, maybe around 11 or 12, she was allowed limited trips to a nearby village, where she met Valor. They played and spent time together, but Delmoira hated him. Fortuna spent less and less time at home with her, and the lack of control angered her. As they grew older, Fortuna and Valor became a couple, which Fortuna kept from her mother as long as she possibly could. Delmoira had suspicions, but Fortuna constantly placated her fears. When they were in their early twenties, Valor joined an adventuring party and he begged Fortuna to come with him, but she wouldn't leave her mother. Even though she wanted to, she didn't feel she could. Delmoira was happy with her daughter being around more, finally glad to be rid of Valor from their lives. He came around to visit often though and she'd sneak away to see him, and they wrote letters that she'd send and pick up on her trips to the village when she could get away. Delmoira's suspicions about their relationship were confirmed when Fortuna couldn't hide her pregnancy anymore. She was enraged and swore never to let Fortuna leave again.

Current Life

Valor was supposed to return for the birth of Fortuna's and his daughter and stay as long as he could, but when he never arrived, Fortuna feared that her mother had done something to him. He'd never missed a meeting before and he was always committed to her, so she didn't believe it when her mother insisted that Valor had run off and would never come back. Fortuna gave birth to their daughter Rhapsody without Valor there, and once Rhapsody was a few months old, Fortuna decided she'd be okay to travel. She took her with her when she left her mother's home and set off to find Valor. There was no sign of him in the forest, so she traveled further away and began asking around in taverns and adventurers' guilds. That's where she got the lead that he'd last been seen with Titus Murai and started looking for him for information. She's been following leads since then then with a rotating party of travelers and adventurers at her side, and always accompaned by her friend Dentacles, who she met on the road. The two of them received a tip that Valor was now traveling with a woman known as Miss Debonair and performing with her musical act, and though they've managed to track him down, they have yet to catch them before they leave.