| Poppy Druid. Circle of the Moon. Goddess is Mielikki, Protector of the Forest. Poppy Character Sheet |
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Backstory
I never felt at home with my family. We were a small family for gnomes — two parents and seven kids. I was the baby in every respect, coddled, given special treatment and every toy any other girl had gone through in my family. Gnomes love stuff, and my family was no exception. Our family business was trading goods so I was surrounded by things, always.
Despite all this, I was never truly happy. When I was 20 I fell into a hole at the base of a tree. A fox den, I thought it would be the end of me. But no fox parents were home and the babies were fearless. They played with me and let me pet them until I lost all sense of time.
I didn’t even notice when the fox parents came back, and they didn’t notice that I wasn’t a fox. I didn’t think this was odd until I heard my family calling for me. I crawled out of the hole, covered in dirt and smelling of foxes. What I didn’t know is that my natural magic had emerged in that hole. That my skin had darkened and my blonde hair had turned as green as the roots of the tree. The innocence of the foxes had awakened druid powers in me.
My family turned their backs on me. No longer favored, but still loved, they gave me to the Temple of Mielikki, the forest queen. There, I spent my years studying, tending, and training until I was ready to heal the world. I took my oaths and began my missions; the order always had work. People so easily ignored nature around them. I spent years doing good for the earth, stopping conflict, balancing soil, defending the forests and much more.
Recently I returned from restoring a forest, ravaged by a war long forgotten, and was told by my order leader, the great druid Enkrana, to travel to the Temple of Silvanus to receive his blessing. I cannot wait to advance through the ranks of our order. The higher your rank, the farther out and more important missions you’re sent on. I want to help nature and all of her creatures.
And if I happen to collect a meaningful bit or two along the way, no one will judge me for that. I am still a gnome, after all.
