Yggritte, known as the Dervish Queen, was a half-elven barbarian and vessel for the Spark of Ardor. She was a political leader in Findle and patron of good barbarians throughout the continent of Delt, acting as an example of how righteous anger can be tempered with goodness. Her endless crusade against evil served as an inspiration for all. Yggritte was a warrior unrivaled in her ferocity in battle. She never tired, even after exerting herself in a fit of rage, and no one could succeed in flanking her. She had an uncanny ability to dodge dangers before most could even sense them.
She was said to be able to take the form of a whirlwind of sparkling, stinging sand. She was always surrounded by a magical aura of goodness and light that resisted evil and protected against weaker magical spells and effects.
Yggrittes followers were generally wanderers or those who advocated persuing their righteous passions above all other things. She was a patron of the arts as well as a rallying call against injustice and tyranny.
Yggrittes holy symbol is a pair of bound scimitars. It is often left as roadside shrines or as a marker of heroic deeds.
Pre-Apotheosis[]
Yggritte was born into a clan of nomads in Yod. She was the second of the five daughters of a chieftain Breor of Yod and his elven wife, who died of illness when Yggritte was 8 years old. She would later discover that her mother was the daughter of Arundel Shay, Lord Steward of Findle. Yggritte and her sisters were drawn into their grandfather's plot to disrupt the resurrection of Valotha, who required an elven or half-elven girl to be her new vessel. His intention was to use the girls as bait to draw out dark elven cultists, but his plans were often routed by Yggritte and her companions' efforts to find and protect her sisters, however, her eldest sister, Eilara, defected to the dark elves and used stolen chronomancy from a page of Hellslay's Spellbook to unravel the material plane in a nihilistic bid for revenge.
Few survived the catastrophic event. Details of what followed are vague, but ultimately, it is known that a small group, including Yggritte, were able to revert the world to its original state. Arundel Shay disappeared and Yggritte took his position as head of house Shay and Steward of Findle. She used Arundel's journals to track down and restore Pahlin Holt as the King of Findle, becoming a popular and influential figure in Findle society. She later married Steintor Drakeson, the governor of Tus and had seven children.
The Dervish Cult of Olgun Quisir[]
Her reputation as a champion of the people grew out of her tireless efforts to defend and empower the less fortunate. A small but steadily growing cult emerged not long after the restoration of the material plane, becoming more popular during the wars with Danasia, when Yggritte lead the defense of Olgun Quisir. As a devotee of Lugun, Yggritte upheld the tenets of the Empyrean Church, but found that she could not dismiss the strength and clarity that her followers said her example inspired within them. The Spark of Ardor found its way to her sometime after a temple was erected in her honor several miles South of Sunuth. Another was built by pilgrims in the mountains near Green Lake, near her ancestral home in Yod. Yggritte, now known as the Dervish Queen, spent the majority of her time roaming between her temples, leading her followers against tyranny defending pilgrims against goblin-kin invasions, and inspiring the meek.
She is a rival of the Daern, leading her followers by example and inspiration as opposed to the Cult of Scro's manipulation.
She is the current carrier of the Spark of Ardor.
She wields the Warblade of Azel, a relic of the Forest Folk warrior Yod Na'Azel'Leth, as well as several scimitars.
The Warblade of Azel. An ancient coldiron greatsword forged by dwarves in the second age.