Jaelwyn Broadleaf

Jaelwyn Broadleaf, known as Jae, is a mindblade magus and former first mate of the S.S. Spellglider until her brief death in the Tomb of Horrors.

Early Life
Jaelwyn grew up in the small druid village of Stormwater Basin nestled deeply within the northern woods of Eyvalion. She was born to elven parents and elven siblings (one older brother, one younger sister, and one younger brother). Yet, she was not. It was obvious with her skin of shining platinum, eyes of amethyst, or her hair of blued steel. Though the biggest clue of her celestial heritage were the pair of glowing snow white wings protruding from her back, she would later take to dying them in varying color schemes.

But despite the obvious differences, she grew up an elf amongst elves. Despite desperately wishing to follow her father and older brother into the ranks of the village's druids, she was quick to accept the fact that she wasn’t suited for the nature-based magics of that particular position--or any magic at all.

But she was an excellent apprentice to the local weaponsmith, something that brought her great joy to be able to heft and hone weapons that could be used to protect her community. Then she fell in love and was married shortly after to a baker’s daughter who she saw daily across the street as they both worked.

But all good things come to an end.

Psychic Awakening
Jae returned from a hunt one day to find her village a smoldering ruin; everyone she knew dead in the street. It was there, in her pain that her true potential manifested itself from pure psychic energy, and she was prey to the fury of her emotions, following the trail of the perpetrators.

When Jae caught up with the raiding party, she soon discovered that they were drow. She stalked them for a couple of days, noting their habits and shifts before she struck.

She slaughtered several of them while they slept in a wild burst of furious psychic magic and manifested weapons.

Then she proceeded to spend the next three decades locked in a spiraling, seething rage as she hunted and killed every single drow that was in that raiding party. She chased them to all corners of Brythenia, both above and below. She even went as far as allowing herself to be captured and enslaved just to get closer to them.

She awoke from her rage the morning following her final kill, soaked in blood and with a sickening feeling of regret burning at the back of her throat. Despite having lived her life until that point, only having killed in the defense of herself or others, Jae couldn't handle the single-minded monstrosity she had become. So she escaped and returned to Stormwater Basin. She had a duty to her people and to her family to see what remained of them was finally laid to rest. It took her days, leaving her with sorrow and bloody swaths worn from the palms of her hands from the handle of the shovel. The only reminder that she kept was her own wedding ring, and a folded piece of cloth taken from the drow bearing the crest of the house responsible.

When done with her self-appointed penance, Jae traveled to the neighboring druid village a day’s walk away and confessed to both what had befallen her village, and what she had done to the raiders. There, she was told in no uncertain terms that as per the laws of the druidic villages, she would be banished until she atoned for the monstrous acts she committed. They stripped her of her name and sent her away.

The Wanderer is what she was called. The Forsaken One was whispered by those who wished to use her as an example to expel non-druids.

Regardless, she walked away that day and didn’t look back.

Trials of the Wanderer
Upon leaving the druid communities in which she’d never left before, Jae deemed it necessary to find answers to the sudden and inexplicable magic that she’d been able to perform. Magic so unlike anything she had seen before. And the best place to learn about magic was the Arcane University of the Elves.

So she’d spent years there, working her way through their notable library and attempting to learn how to use the magic she apparently possessed. But she was one of the worst students there. Her marks in theory were excellent, but the practical applications of spells, she just couldn’t replicate like the other wizards and sorcerers. And so, she’d taken her leave, armed with the knowledge she had gained, and a theory of a possible third type of magic outside of the Divine and Arcane.

Jae spent the next few decades wandering through the various major cities in search of answers to what exactly she was. In that time, she learned to harness and control her magic so she was no longer slave to its whims. However, nothing had an answer for her. But she did make something of a name for herself by helping those in need when she could. And even when she couldn’t.

It was one of those such incidents that she met her friend, and possibly her first lead, Solvi. A svirfneblin with an ability that was similar to her own in that it was an unknown and not of the two known types of magic. Though, what had originally began as a way to gain answers turned into a friendship.

Associated Artifacts
Book of Infinite Spells

Heaven's Gauntlet