"You were born from a woman who believed suffering was good for the soul -- and thus, you suffered." (Sister Eltani, Healer from the Order of the Scarlet Heart)
Lordani was born within a mercenary company founded by tieflings, the Blackhorns. She never met her father.
After quitting from the Blackhorns, her mother sought safety beyond the Ephemeral Kingdoms, Tiefenland. She was raised in isolation, hardship and discipline. Her mother wished her to return to the company and honor their names, employing both lecture and beating to make her a fearsome warrior. However, little Lordani would not yield from her own self, and many times disobeyed an often flustered and always ready to hit mother.
One day, a messenger arrived carrying news from the Blackhorns: half the company was massacred in battle. The survivors had disappeared. Her mother did not yell at her, nor beated her, nor sent her to her chores. "Go to the woods for a while. I need time to think", she said. By the evening, Lordani found her hanging from the ceiling.
After the shock, she grasped the little strength she managed to gather and went for the scattered Blackhorns. The remnants had lost all pride they had, and fought cheaply for anyone. Still, she honored her family and decided to make the Blackhorns great once more. Lordani joined them as a scout, and tried to discover the fate of her long absent father, with no success.
Yet, again tragedy struck at her doors, for one morning she returned from a scouting mission and found the camp drowning in blood and fire.
Eventually, a paladin from the Order of the Scarlet Heart discovered Lordani awash in grief amid the carnage and took her away. She introduced the young tiefling to the Order and thus Lordani too found in herself the resilience and goodwill to be paladin in the eyes of the Lady Serene, patron goddess of the Order.
Appearances: Book I: Unhinged, Chapter One.
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