Ezra Byrd

EZRA BYRD

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Name: Ezra Byrd
Age: 26
Birth Season: Spring
Rank: Priestess
Occupation: Priestess
Kingdom: Illemore - Krolis

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Body description: Ezra is 5'6 and has dark brown, almost black hair that she keeps at ears length. She had dark brown/green eyes, which are almost doe-like. They're big and innocent. She's often seen with a dark red stain on her lips, adding to siren-like appearance she maintains. Her lips are plump, and her body is nicely shaped. Generally, she's deemed very attractive. 

Personality: Ezra is enchanting, both with looks and personality. She has a whole following (which every Priest(ess) has during their life), and people listen to her and believe her. She's very aware of this and might sometimes use it for things that aren't related to the cult's religion. When the pigs of the Byrd family aren't exactly fat enough, but those of another family are, then suddenly Utarr wills it so that that family gives their pigs to the Priestess.

She's manipulative and good at acting sympathetic. She does genuinely believe in Utarr and the power of the Cave, but she also really likes the power the title of Priestess gives her.

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Magic: Child of Utarr - toxic blood

Combat experience: Ezra doesn't know actual combat techniques. Her husband taught her a little here and there, so she is definitely able of defending herself (especially when she coats her knife with her blood), but it's not really something to write home about.

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Family: 
Parents - Cynthia Van Dyck (43) & Egon Byrd (deceased)
Siblings - 1, OPEN Byrd 
Partner - OPEN
Children - Marin [husband's last name] (5), David [husband's last name] (5)

History:
Ezra is the oldest Byrd child. Her mother was only 17 when Ezra was born, before she was even partnered with Egon. They were in love, though. He was in line to become the next Priest, and when he did at the age of 21, he moved Ezra and Cynthia into The Hollow (the Priest's house). A year later, her younger sibling was born.

As the Priest's daughter, she received a lot of love and gifts from the Children of Utarr. They considered her father their closest connection to the deity in the cave, Utarr, and thought by showering Ezra in gifts, her father would put in a good word for them with Utarr. Back then, she was too young to really understand the position she was in, and she just liked the attention the citizens of Krolis gave her.

Her father was a fraud, though, but 'fraud' was a big word. He simply didn't really believe in Utarr. Sure, the deaths of the explorers were strange, but he had never seen anything god-like when he visited the Cave. He was afraid to find out, though, so apart from the yearly rituals, he didn't travel to the Cave often. He kept up his act, afraid of being considered a heathen and being shunned. He didn't want that for his family.

When she was 15, Ezra travelled to the Cave with the other fifteen-year-old children. She received her one-on-one meditation with the Priest, and her father then carved the 'U' in her chest that set the Children of Utarr apart from the heathens. She survived the trip home, and would soon feel that her blood had transformed.

The next few years, she just helped around town. She looked after the animals and sometimes tested her magical blood on them, especially when she was tasked with slaughtering a pig or chicken. She had a soft spot for animals and didn't want to use a knife to kill them, so she used her toxic blood instead. Children are invulnerable to it, anyway.

While she didn't join the Order, she did spent quite some time watching them train, if that was what it could be called. The War Priests aren't exactly known for their great military techniques and advice. Most of the advice is along the lines of "punch harder!" or "stop getting punched so much!". Ezra had taken a liking to one of the War Children, though, and spent time with him whenever she could.

At the age of 20, they got partnered, and soon after, they found out that she was pregnant. Things went fast, then. By the time she was 21, their twins were born, and a year later, her father died. He was 'only' 41 when he died, but Children of Utarr always die between the ages of 40-45. For a moment, her father considered making her mother the new Priestess, but Ezra objected. Her mother, who was 39 then, would only have a few more good years in her before she died as well. Her mother is still upset with her for objecting, but her father did listen, and make Ezra Priestess instead.


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