Goldenbery's Story
Once upon a time....
Goldenberry Vineyard was born into an wealthy family in the beautiful city of Felwithe. Goldenberry always had everything she needed and never lacked fo anything. Her family was part of the aristocratic society of Felwithe and so they always went to all the social events. It was a very good life, until...
One dark day at one of those "social" events, a group of undead Skels and zombies stormed the mayor's estate and killed all of the guards. They then proceeded to the main house and forced their way inside. After gaining entry to the main building where the party was taking place they began to slay all of the guests, including Goldenberry's parents. Goldenberry was too terrified to run and watched in horror as the terrible slaughter took place. It did not take long for the undead group to finish their dastardly work and leave. Goldenberry was left standing there, amazingly unharmed. (It was later determined that Golden had an inate ability to hide from undead creatures, a gift from Tunare.)
Now Goldenberry was an orphan and all alone in the world of Norrath. For years following that terrible night Goldenberry had awful nightmares and could never get a good nights sleep. She roamed aimlessly from town to town with seemingly no purpose to her life. She had become a shell of the beautiful person she once was.
One night however, about 2 years after the attack, Goldenberry had a different dream. In this dream, The Goddess Tunare appeared to Goldenberry in a vision. "Goldenberry, my child," said Tunare, "hear what I have to say to you." "I am going to give you a mission" continued Tunare. "Your destiny will be to rid the lands of Norrath of all the foul undead creatures you find in your travels." The Goddess continued, "I will help you train in the skills of weaponry and magic, especially those which pertain to destroying the undead vermin that inherit our lands." "You will become one of my Holy Warriors, and one day, when you have proven yourself worthy I will send you to a group of people who will help you to aquire the Holy Sword, Ghoulbane." "Go now my child and know that my blessings go with you." the Goddess finished.
Goldenberry awoke from this dream refreshed and with a new sense of purpose to her life. At last she would have revenge for her parents senseless death. But then a voice spoke to her from within. It was Tunare again, "My dear child, seek not to destroy the undead for revenge, but rather destroy them simply because they are evil." As the voice faded away Goldenberry realized that the Goddess was right, she would have to have a pure heart to defeat such powerful evil creatures.
As it came to pass, one day while Goldenberry was out in the dessert training, she meet a wise and friendly wizard named Aktar. Aktar asked her if she would consider grouping with him to hunt monsters in the dessert. She consented to this and soon they became friends. After they had gotten to know each other, Aktar spoke of forming a guild so that they might find strength in numbers to fight the evil they found everywhere. He proposed to call this guild the "Circle of Sol". And so it soon came about that the guild was created, and Goldenberry, along with her good friend Sinina, was one of the founding officers of "Circle of Sol".
This wonderful group has grown into a small community of friends, who simply like to group together to have fun and destroy evil wherever they may find it. Goldenberry is convinced that she has found the group that will help her to attain the Holy sword "Ghoulbane". And so sometime in the not too distant future, it is Goldenberry's hope that she and her friends will undertake the quest for the "Ghoulbane". And with Tunare's guidance and blessings, they will not fail!
In the meantime, Goldenberry continues to train, meditate, and equip herself; and to enjoy the friendships she has formed while a part of this wonderful group.
May Tunare's blessing go with all who read this story, love, Goldenberry Vineyard.
Last modified: December 8, 1999