Wynnipher Winchester

Wynnipher Winchester

Wynnipher readying an arrow on her bow

Player Name	Connor S / Doublecheese247
Relatives	No immediate relatives alive
Languages	Common, Elvish, Infernal, Abyssal
Affiliations	Demonic Abomination Neutralizers Guild (DANG)
Aliases	Winchester
Place of Birth	A village in the Feywild that is no more
Species	Eladrin
Gender	Female
Height	7' 1"
Weight	185
Eye Color	Gold

Wynnipher Winchester is a Summer Eladrin Monster Slayer ranger whose village in the Feywild was destroyed by demons and is now in Pteris to help remove the demons that threaten the continent.

Physical Appearance

Wynnipher is a tall Summer Eladrin who stands at 7' 1" with a lithe build. She has wavy bleach blonde that is partially braided and goes down to her mid back. Her skin is of a sandy hue from] long stretches of time spent out in the deserts of both the Feywild and Pteris. Her attire is compatible with a desert climate, consisting mainly of lightweight and/or flowing materials in earth tones. Notably, she is never seen without her ring, inscribed with the designs of the Demonic Abomination Neutralizers Guild (also known as DANG).

Personality

Wynnipher has an aggressive and gruff nature when interacting with "normal" people. But once she hears about something related to demons and fiends, she becomes focused on figuring out how to eliminate the threat by whatever means necessary. She does not hold many around her in high regards unless they are direct superiors that have proven themselves capable of doing what is necessary to rid the world of demons and other such abominations.

Even though she looks down on most, she still has a soft spot in her heart for those in times of need and will help if able for she was once in that very situation when her mentor picked her up off the ground and took her in.

History

The Village:

Wynnipher was a bright child growing up. She found endless things that would fascinate and entertain her in the Feywild where she grew up. Her parents were pretty loose with her allowing her to roam outside of the village due to the immediate surroundings of the village being safe with the matriarch of the village having a pact with the local oasis queen. Wynnipher only had to promise to behave, be respectful towards anyone and anything she were to come across, and never venture too far away from the village whenever she wanted to venture outside of the village. Wynnipher always respected those three rules of her parents as she loved her parents too much to do anything that would upset them. She would go out often due to this and play with the local water spirits of the oasis along with some other kids from her village.

As she grew up, she learned more about the Feywild that she grew up in and how it closely mirrored the material plane geographically and that there were portals that allowed members of either plane to travel to another. That is when she was told another absolute rule by her parents, which was to never travel to the material plane as it is a place that is not as nice as the village in the Feywild and the people there are not as nice as the people of the village and the ruling members of the Oasis that they were in alliance with. She would also come to learn more about their village and their relationship with the local Oasis. Even as she grew up, and began to learn many new things regarding where she grew up, she continued to venture outside of the village, as she found it truly freeing to be able to run out and experience the Feywild desert. She would surf the sand waves of the Yellow Ocean of liquid sand. She would gaze into the towering crystal pillars of the nearby Crystal Plane where all of the sand had been turned into glass and crystal due to the intense heat in the area. She would run into the Endless Desert where the sand would actively work against your movement making it difficult to move from the edges.

Wynnipher one day decided to visit said endless desert as she was feeling a bit pent up doing her chores around the village and her parents were starting to nag at her to not go out as often due to her getting more responsibilities. And on this day, she decided to run and run at the edge of the Endless Desert, going nowhere, till her legs gave out on her and she collapsed onto the sand. She laid there that day, on the shores of the Endless Desert staring into the sky of the Feywild wondering about what was on the other shore of the Endless Desert as she had only ever been on this one. After laying down on the shore for a bit, she decided that she should probably head back to the village and resume her chores. However, she would never complete those chores...

The Scream:

As she was getting back into the village and letting her parents know that she was back and that she would pick up her chores where she left them, there was an alarm that started going off from the center of the village. Wynnipher was only ever told about this alarm, she had never seen or heard it be used before which caused her to stumble over her own feet and fall to the ground. And right as she was getting up, she heard another new sound that she hadn't heard before today, screams. Not the screams of kids playing and having fun, but screams of terror and pain. She glanced at where the scream originated from and saw a towering demon with red skin that caused her to feel heat from just looking at it and blazing red eyes that caused one to feel dread if looked into for too long. The demon was holding a spear that was taller than its body, and on that spear was the head of the matriarch, removed from her body and still dripping blood down the shaft of the spear. The matriarchs face still holding a look of terror from when it was savagely ripped from her body. The demon then lifted the spear and screamed in a language that Wynnipher did not understand, but she could feel her body shiver in the heat of the desert as the grating sounds coming from the demons mouth rattled in through her ears and tore through her mind. And after the scratching sound coming from the demon ended, she could see a multitude of other demons sweeping out from behind the one that killed the matriarch, for the new demons were rushing towards the other nearby villagers. Seeing this, Wynnipher panicked and felt like she was back at the Endless Desert, wanting to move but having the sand keep her from moving from her spot. She wanted to run back to her parents and make sure that they are okay. Before she was able to get up from her spot, she felt something grab the back of her shirt firmly and aggressively pull her back from her current spot. She looked to see what had grabbed her, and found her father standing there with a worried look in his eyes, he seemed to be saying something to her, but she couldn't hear him, the demons language and the sight of the matriarchs head on the spear were still running circles around her mind.

Her father seeing that Wynnipher wasn't responding to his calls, then decides to pick her up and throw her over his shoulder as he then turns to run toward their house. As Wynnipher gets picked up and thrown over her dads shoulder, she finds that her mind snaps back to the present and starts to yell at her dad wondering what is going on, where her mom is, and where he is taking her. Her dad, continues to run trough the village turning through gaps between houses while trying to answer Wynniphers question that come out at the rate of an Arch Mages magic missile. He lets her know that he doesn't know what is going on other than the alarm means that the village is under attack and that the attackers appear to be demons followed by letting her know that her mom is at the house preparing a bag for her so that she can get out of the village along with some other kids and some of the elders that are unable to fight, and that they are running to the house to meet up with her mom before getting Wynnipher out of the village. Wynniphers dad turns a final corner and runs up to the house, using Wynniphers feet to knock open the door and screams into the house asking where Wynniphers mom is. They then hear Wynniphers mom call back that she was in the main bedroom getting everything together and that shell be out in a second. That second feels like an eternity not only to Wynnipher, but to her dad as well.

After her moms joins her and her dad in the main room of the house, she shoves a overpacked backpack into Wynniphers arms and tells her to put it on before handing her father a bow and quiver full of arrows along with a shortsword. Wynnipher questions what is in the bag and why its so heavy and her mom quickly answers that it has food and water for several days worth of travel, clothes, a rolled up tent, other miscellaneous gear, and most importantly, a shortsword that she is not to get out unless necessary and to only use it in self defense. It is at that point that she looks back to her mom realizes that she is currently half-plate armor and has a large sword strapped to her back. Her mom then explains that the plan in this situation is that a small group of adults is to lead the kids and elders out of the village and head toward the Endless Desert and then use the secret method to briefly reverse the sand movement for the group before reverting it to prevent any enemies of the village to follow before returning if possible to the village to help defeat the demon invasion.

And as her mom said, the plan that was made in case of scenarios like this started to come into effect. At the border of the village, there was a gathering of kids and elderly along with some armed adults. Wynnipher was forced to join the group by her parents. Her parents briefly stayed with her while telling her to listen to the adults in the group and follow their orders. Wynnipher at this point was back in a state of shock as her village had large plumes of smoke rising from it due to the damage caused by the demon attack. There were also sounds of fighting going on inside the village along with the occasional scream of pain. Her parents noticing this, tried to calm her down saying things along the line of "its going to be okay...", "we will send the demons back before coming to get you..." and most importantly "We love you Wynn." while giving her hugs and kissing her head. After a little bit longer, the adults decided that it was best to send the group away before the demons get to this side of town. And so with that, Wynniphers parents say a tearful goodbye / see you later before looking at each other, nodding, and turning back towards the village where they would go and help fight off the demons. Wynnipher, still distraught by what was happening, stared at her parents backs as they ran back to town that was on fire and engulfed in smoke, quietly telling them to come back and stay with her. A lot of the kids around her were screaming, crying, or in various states of shock/panic just like her while the elders and adults in the group worked to get the kids moving towards the Endless Desert.

The Escape:

The escape group led by two adults from the village was able to lead the group of elders and kids to the Endless Desert where Wynnipher was not 4 hours ago. One of them then pulled out a token that appeared to be made of solid water, but not ice, that was given to the matriarch from the Oasis. They then pressed a floating rune on the solid water that caused it to fall out of its structure and onto the shore of the Endless Ocean before forming up into a large disc of water that stabilized the sand. This would allow them to actually traverse the Endless Ocean as long as they stayed in the area affected by the water. With that, everybody in the group got into the area affected by the water and the adult that had control over the water commanded it to move forward along with the group. Wynnipher absentmindedly trudged along with the group while staring down at her feet, not realizing that she was actually traveling through the Endless Desert. She did this until she bumped into the person in front of her which caused her to fall onto her butt due to the weight of the backpack that she still had with her. She looked up to see an adult standing there and looking towards the direction of the village. Following their line of sight, Wynnipher looks in the direction of the village as well and what she sees terrifies her, for what she saw will live in her mind forever. She saw the landscape of the desert being changed before her eyes as a large ball of fire grew on the horizon, climbing higher into the sky until it billowed out forming a massive cloud of sand and smoke in the shape of a mushroom. Seeing this, tears would have continued rolling down her face if she was able to cry anymore, but she was out of tears, and out of time, as centering from the large remnant explosion cloud came a fast moving wave of compressed air that travelled from the village to the Endless Desert in no time at all. The group was hit with by the wave and everybody was thrown into the surrounding Endless Desert with everybody being thrown around in different directions. By a matter of luck, Wynnipher ended up landing in the same area that the adult who controlled the water landed. She was also saved from the brunt of the impact as she landed on her butt. After making sure that she was okay, Wynnipher then looked around at the other members of the group, hoping to see that everybody was okay and together. That was not the case; for not too far away from her, another kid from the village, one that she would frequently play with in the outskirts of the village was lying there with no life left in their eyes as they had landed on the ground head first. Similarly, a lot of the elderly members of the group had their bones broken just due to the impact from the wind wall, combining that with the rough landings they experienced, not many of them lived. The adults that were escorting them started gathering what survivors there were left before continuing to painfully move through the Endless Desert to their goal. It was then explained to the group that the goal is to reach the center of the Endless Desert which is rumored to hold a portal between the Feywild and the Material Plane and that the only way to reach the center from the shores of the desert is by flying or by using some other method to prevent the sand from keeping you out, which is where the water disc from the Oasis comes into play. After traveling for a bit more, they end up reaching the center where on the ground, on could see an unending amount of sand being pushed out of a circle and flowed out towards the boundaries of the Endless Desert. This circle where the sand of the desert was being pushed out of was the portal to the material plane, one just had to jump/drop into the circle to move between the Planes. And so, with guidance and encouragement from the adults escorting the group, the kids jumped in first with Wynnipher being part of that group.

The Material Plane:

Shifting forward through time a bit, we find Wynnipher in a town in the material plane doing some light work to earn some coin to help support herself and the group she came here with. That group consisting of other kids, the two adults, and a couple elders from the Feywild village. It has been a year since they crossed over from the Feywild and escaped the damning event that occurred at their village. The adults had agreed that it was best for the group to continue traveling together as there is strength in numbers. Everybody in the group has given up hope that there are any other survivors from their village in the Feywild after the massive explosion they saw, so they moved forward, or at least physically did so. Mentally, Wynnipher and other children are still in the Endless Desert staring at the large mushroom cloud that came from the explosion in the village, stuck in the sand, unable to run away or move. And like that, time went by as the members of the group started working at various spots in the city to try and make ends meet. But little did the group know, they weren't out of the woods yet, for their fears followed them.

One dreary morning following another sleepless night, Wynnipher was cooped up in the stable of a local tavern, The 3 Legged Dragon, helping take care of some horses that customers have put there. Wynnipher has been helping take care of the stables for a couple of months now, the tavern owners are nice enough and they pay her for her help around the stables and the tavern if needed. Wynnipher has also come to know some of the horses that have been put there as they have been there a while due to their owners having extended their stays due to whatever business they have in the town. She had come to know that most of the horses were pretty smart as they recognized her as their caretaker while they were here, and they knew how to relay the simple needs that they wanted, whether that was being brushed, being fed, taken for a small walk out of the stables, or whatever basic needs it was they wanted/needed. And this morning that she was working, she saw the horses acting strange, at least stranger than she had ever seen. They were neighing to each other in a quick and quiet manner, jostling against each other while trying to get out of the stables. But she recognized this emotion that was being shared by the horses, for it was the same emotion that she had been experiencing every time she closed her eyes, fear. She didn't know what the horses were so afraid of this morning, but their fear soon got picked up by her and she started to look around in a panic, wondering where the source of the fear was coming from. She looked up and saw a flow of birds suddenly take flight in a panic as they flew from the town as well. And in the next moment, she felt it, the inescapable heat that she felt when she gazed at the demon that killed the matriarch of the village, and in that moment, she understood, her past has chased her here.

Bells started ringing and people started running and screaming to their houses and to the taverns, towards wherever they were staying as they wanted, no, needed to escape the attack from the demons. Wynnipher stayed in the stables with the horses, not because she didn't know where to go, but because she couldn't make herself move. And what came next shook her to her core. A demon was blasted through the tavern wall that faced the stables, it had multiple arrows sticking out of it along with multiple wounds scattered along its body. Following that, a group of 4 people came out of the hole that the demon had created, and started circling around the demon, making sure it had nowhere to go. And, without a word, they all resumed fighting the demon, creating openings for each other and covering each other when the demon went on the offensive. It was a masterclass of teamwork that she was witnessing and her eyes sparkled with emotions that was long lost to her, hope, admiration, and one emotion that wasn't entirely new, but was surprising in the moment, anger. She could feel her body trembling with a long pent up rage that was directed at the demon that was being systematically taken care of by the four adventurers who had made sure that the fight between them and the demon didn't escape the stable grounds. And then she saw it, the demon took one last arrow to the chest, but this one was a better shot than the previous ones as it zipped right into the demons heart, piercing it and ending the demons life. The demon fell over onto the ground, dead, but it wouldn't remain there alone, as out from the stables Wynnipher ran at the demon screaming in pure rage at it before she leaped onto the back of the dead demon and started raining fists upon it. The adventurers were stunned, they knew that Wynnipher was in the stable with the horses, as they were their horses she was taking care of, but they never would have expected the timid and quiet girl who took care of the horses to have such an anger and rage about her for she almost looked like a barbarian in her current state. It took them a second to recover from the shock, but then they came together and helped pull off the now crying and screaming Wynnipher who was still swinging her arms and kicking her legs trying to get free so that she could hit the dead demon some more. She didn't even care that her hands were in pain from punching the demon, nor that she had small burns along her body from being on top of the dead demons body. As they carried her away while trying to calm her down, her screams and cries never slowed down, nor did her arms and legs stop thrashing about. And so, in the interest of her not hurting herself further, one of the party members knocked her out with a quick chop to the back of the neck.

DANG:

Wynnipher woke up later that day in a room on the second floor of the tavern, she found herself tucked into a bed with the faint smell of a burnt incense still hanging in the air. She shifted her position on the bed so that she could take a better look around the room. As she was doing so, she noticed that her hands were wrapped in bandages along with parts of her legs and chest. It was then that she woke up enough to feel the aches and pain radiating from those spots where she has bandages. With the pain, the memories of what happened came rushing back as well, memories of her hiding in the stable with the horses, watching the demon get killed by the adventurers, and then everything turning red when she jumped on top of the dead demon and started raining blows on its corpse as she cried and screamed before being picked up by the adventurers and taken away from the corpse. Remembering that last bit, she then looked around the room and finally saw one of the adventurers sitting in the corner reading a note. The adventurer was an old man for all she could tell. He had deep piercing black eyes, a nose that looks like it was broken multiple times and was never healed properly, cracked lips from the desert heat and limited amounts of water, and a stubbled white beard and mustache adorning his tanned face. Noticing Wynnipher getting up and looking at him, he greets her, letting her know that she is safe while she is in this room before rolling the scroll back up and tying it up. He then thanks Wynnipher for taking care of his groups horses while they stayed here and that the horses are gonna miss her when they leave town in a couple days. The man then introduces himself as Arthur before telling her that she is free to stay here as long as she likes while him and his group are still in town, after that, he gets up and goes out of the room, closing the door behind him, before heading downstairs to presumably meet up with his group.

Wynnipher stays in the bed for a bit before getting up and wandering the room that she found herself in. She found it odd that Arthur left her here in his room unsupervised, but then again, remembering how he and his team fought the demon, she was pretty confident that they could easily take care of her as well if needed. Looking around the room, it was pretty baren and familiar as she has helped clean up the tavern rooms that are for rent before. There was a window with curtains opposite the wall with the door, a bed on the one side with a trunk at the foot of the bed. A desk and chair are along the other wall along with a standing wardrobe for customers to store their clothes and anything else that might not fit in the trunk. While looking around the room, she noticed the note that Arthur had tied up and left on the desk. Seeing this, she could feel her curiosity getting the better of her, drawing her hand towards the small rolled up note. Finally, after contemplating it some more, she decided to grab it, she quickly undid the knot and opened the note up. On the note it read

"I feel for you kid, I see your pain and it resonates with me for I once held the same pain in my heart. My partners and I will be out of town for the next couple of days. We will be returning briefly to wrap up our business in this town before moving on to the next. If you are still around when we get back in, come find me. ~ That's Cool, A"

Wynnipher then puts the note down and feels her gaze drawn out the window, there, on the streets outside the tavern, she sees Arthur and his group on their horses riding towards the one town exit. As if he knew she had just read the note, he turns around and looks at the room she is in, a small smile appears on his face, gives her a small wave, and then turns back around to continue riding out of town. Wynnipher continues to stare out the window in the direction they went until they are out of site. Once they are out of site, she then looks around the room once more before picking up the note that he left her and then leaves the room to find Brost the tavern keeper to let him know that she is taking the day off due to her injuries from the encounter with the demon. Before she is able to leave the tavern, Brost calls out for her to take a seat then and stay for a bite to eat. Wynnipher does just that, she goes and finds an empty seat at the bar, not that there are many taken at the moment, and she waits for Brost to come back out front. After a minute or two, Brost comes back out of the kitchen area with a plate of steaming scrambled eggs along with some fried bacon. He slides it on over to Wynnipher before grabbing her a glass of milk. After doing that the two exchange in some small talk while Wynnipher eats the food given to her. Brost then says he's sorry that she got hurt in the attack yesterday unaware that Wynnipher gave the injuries to herself when she attacked the dead demon. She quietly nods her head in acknowledgement before slightly digging her nails into the bar table in a bit of embarrassment and frustration.

rough ideas: with nothing else to her name Wynnipher joins DANG, learns how to hunt demons and those that work with demons and other such abominations, years go by, after a while she gets sent to Arboretum after DANG hears about demon things happening.

Languages

Wynnipher knows how to speak and read Common, Elvish, Infernal, and Abyssal. She took up learning how to speak Infernal and Abyssal to help with understanding those that she hunts.

Powers and Abilities

Wynnipher developed herself as a Monster Slayer within DANG.

She has become an excellent tracker of fiends, being able to focus in on them with a strong desire to exterminate them. Alongside fiends, she is able to magically enhance her senses to determine if any aberrations, celestials, dragons, elementals, fey, or undead are present within the local area.

With Wynnipher growing up in the deserts of the Feywild, she finds herself able more easily track creatures, navigate, and generally survive in the deserts of the material plane.

Being developed as a Monster Slayer, Wynnipher has learned some magic to help herself and her partners when hunting.

More specifically, when hunting enemies, she is able to boost her damage to targets through both skills as a Monster Slayer and through some magic that she has learned.

But that is not all she can do, naturally as an Eladrin, Wynnipher can change the season that she is in tune with; she can see in the dark as if it were dim light; she is resistant against being charmed; and can teleport in a similar fashion to the spell Misty Step; Wynnipher also doe not need to sleep and cannot be put to sleep.

Attacks and Weapons 

For ranged targets, Wynnipher uses her longbow to target them, and if they get in close, she uses her shortswords, one of which is the one that her parents give her

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