[Synodiporia] Veteran Backstory

[strategyandasword]

Pearl is coming in as a veteran, having been here since just before Purgatory. She's probably kept to herself during Liminal Spaces except for a few initial freakouts about needing to be back home and being alone and not being around to protect Steven or the Earth. She's... still unsure about what to do with all these humans. So many humans.

During Purgatory, Pearl was a demon who never would have fallen if she hadn't been following her angelic commander... but she could never walk away from her. She could be summoned to teach sorcery or any form of combat, always for a price.

During Questing Country, Pearl was the Hecatite Oracle of Devotion. Having recently bounced back from going Pillar after losing her closest bondmate, she would have been willing to teach and guide new dreamers, and may have come to the rescue of anyone in danger, but would have avoided getting too involved in the valence quest itself.

Pearl was on walkabout for Lightning Age. She doesn't remember what she was doing, but now that she's back, she is Very Disappointed in you all.

Comment here if you want Pearl to have interacted with your character in previous jaunts or the relevant liminal spaces! ♥

Comments

[doitforhim]

obviously not for Connie, and Persephone probably wouldn't have given two shits about her tbh unless she got crashed directly into a panic attack, but.

She could've definitely been a contact for Cain in Purgatory. Maybe she taught Cain some of her combat skills WAAAAAAAY back in the past? OOO. WHAT IF SHE WAS THE ONE WHO TAUGHT CAIN HER WHISPER-BREEZE TRICK?

And then there's always the possibility of bumping into each other in limspace.

[protect_and_serve]

I think it's likely Pearl and Joscelin interacted in Liminal Space before her first Jaunt - he still sometimes tries to bring new people up to speed - and in Questing country, it would make sense for their infil-selves to have been acquainted.

[bypartisan]

I like the idea that Pearl and Byerly's infi-selves were acquainted or perhaps even (former?) friends during Questing Country? He was the human Pillar of Hands, formerly the Champion of Truth. (He went Pillar after breaking with his family in a particularly messy fashion, some time before the valence quest started. He spent the entire thing being catty and sarcastic.)

[littleladyluck]

Pearl and Genevieve, elegant ballet anxiety friends?

Gen would definitely want to comfort Pearl during her meltdowns, distract her with things that make her happy instead, so she'd be mostly a "I found you!" Liminal friend, maybe?

[thornsofmalkav]

Would you like to have Thorne and Pearl to have some run-ins post-Questing Country, especially since Pearl's buds with Joscelin and Thorne's his student? She possibly might have also been questioned by Charoite back when she was on her Selene-hunt, although once she realized Pearl was another knightly type she might have backed off.

[darkhourdear]

Weee talked about Phillip being around to help calm her down when she first arrived if that would still be helpful?