{{https://i.imgur.com/Z2HgAPV.png?300}} ^ Art by [[https://vgen.co/CyeaAgn|CyeaAgn]] ^^ ^ Type | Player character | ^ Player | WebCerise | ^ Character information ^^ ^ Name | Cerise | ^ Pronouns | she/her | ^ Creature type | Humanoid | ^ Race | Half [[lore:humans|human]], half [[lore:tabaxi|tabaxi]] (tabaxi stat block) | ^ Class | Barbarian | ====== Cerise ====== Cerise is a half-[[lore:humans|human]], half-[[lore:tabaxi|tabaxi]] barbarian and a member of [[:wayhome|Wayhome]]. ====== Backstory ====== Cerise was summoned into the world as a child during a period of unrest along the western trade roads of the Queendom of [[locations:rosiere|Rosière]]. Like all [[lore:chosen|Chosens]], she arrived without memories, frightened and unable to understand where she had come from. The ritual that brought her into the world was performed by the [[factions:order_of_the_blooming_saint|Order of the Blooming Saint]], a religious institution known throughout Rosière for overseeing summoning rites and managing Chosens. Raised within the Order, Cerise was taught to survive hostile wilderness, fight monsters, and endure long expeditions into dangerous frontier territories. Though the sisters and knights of the Order spoke often of duty, compassion, and Saint Rose’s guidance, Cerise gradually realized many Chosens were still treated more as tools than people. As she grew older, Cerise became increasingly difficult to control. Though highly capable in battle, she disliked authority, resisted instruction, and struggled to accept the role chosen for her by others. In her early teens, following a disastrous expedition on the northern border, Cerise fled Rosière alongside a merchant caravan traveling toward the Free City of [[locations:haven|Haven]]. For the first time since her summoning, Cerise was allowed to live outside the role of "hero." An aging couple of farmers, without children and living in the countryside surrounding Haven took her in despite her strange behavior and lack of identity. Though the work was difficult at first, Cerise slowly found comfort in routine: waking before sunrise, tending crops, repairing fences, caring for livestock, and falling asleep beneath the afternoon sun. Years later, after inheriting the property, Cerise takes care of the small farm. She occasionally accepts guild work through [[wayhome:history|Wayhome]] when extra coin or manpower is needed, but most locals know her less as a Chosen and more as the quiet half-tabaxi farmer carrying an enormous greataxe across her back.