#Final point. I think its a bit funny that enclave is a cleric written as a rogue and agency is a bard written as a paladin.

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What's Agency's relationship with Eilistraee like? I got the impression that his relationship is relatively distant when compared to that of 'raun and Enclave, for example. Does he converse with her much? Receive much direction as her Chosen?

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Oh yes. His relationship with her is so much more distant. And they're both kind of okay with that? For the most part, Agency is largely doing his own thing, and a lot of his own thing just happens to also co-inside with stumbling into getting involved with Eilistraee and the bigger picture of the drow religions and their politics. Though, I'm saying that and realizing that I never attached what his priorities are to his reference sheet, so thats publically been in limbo for the last month or so. Huh. Alright neat guess we have a starting point.

So first of all. Something about Eilistraee I think differs from Vhaeraun is that... I think to Vhaeraun, the drow and their wellbeing is the whole picture. Comparatively, I think Eilistraee has some amount of understanding that everything thats happening with the three of them and the drow (no matter how big and all-encompassing it is to them and their people) is comparatively a really small piece of a much bigger world and that might actually be one of the advantages she has on Vhaeraun. While I think he intimately understands there are things out there that are stronger than him, she understands the benefit of putting trust in the wider world. And EVIDENTIALLY it benefited her in the long run. (looks warily at mystra)

So. That in mind.

As a Bard of Creation, he's someone deeply invested in, what he calls, "The Start and End of the Song." He dedicates himself in following "The Song of Fate" (Something he believes in on a spiritual/faith level, separate from any god) and allows it to lead him from place to place. As a result, he's often stumbling into the aftermath of calamity (However, in his mind, the end of calamity is often followed by the start of something equal parts new)

Though, truthfully, how much of that actually has to do with fate, and how much of that is the Forgotten Realms being heavy with consistent battle and bloodshed... well. Whichever it is. He's well acquainted with tragedy. Another man deeply desensitized to it, even. However, I think what sets him apart from a lot of the drow characters going on here is that even in his desensitization to tragedy, he never loses or (Importantly) hides the deep and sincere amount of empathy he has for others, and he personally finds a lot of strength in keeping that to his nature. His kindness and approach to others comes from the things he's seen, and his main goals in his travels is collecting and memorizing the art, music, and stories of the people he meets.

He was doing all of this on his own time LONG before he stumbled into meeting Eilistraee (And stumble into it he certainly did. The domino chain here is longer than this, but keeping it short to keep us on track. He just found one of her singing swords a day after his main one broke in half and was like. Well, sure. I guess I have a new sword now)

So you know. To a man who believes in fate, it makes perfect sense to him that a goddess would pick her chosen through a fated sword. And it certainly helps that so many of her values seem to align with his own!

Now. I think Eilistraee is someone who doesn't NEED a close inner-personal relationship with the people she guides as her chosen. If anything, being able to showcase the ways that her people find their own in their independence (Separate from her) is something I think she values a lot - I also think (Even if he's more than okay with it - He does love a good duel like the dramatic ass he is) She feels a little bad about pulling him in and directly commanding him, and genuinely values having someone who's main purpose is prioritized in sharing/spreading her values (Because there's power in that, isn't there? In the way little influences can chain react to effect the wider world?)

(Though, I think there are times she absolutely has to. As a result, he acts kind of as a surprise piece in the play she does drag him into.)

As for his relationship to her - I think, even at her most attempt to separate herself from her people, she's still a drow god at heart. She's at least a little in his business. He's absolutely talked to her avatar. He's danced with her, dances for her, and he's not shy about needing to talk to her and asking for her assistance. He's also... purposefully dressing on theme for her. He "Used to dress more in florals, but adding moon imagery to my clothing really did something to make her happy. It was the least that I could do."

But his duties to her are.. Things that come naturally. He's not being yanked around by her and her presence, it's something he walked into with care.