Kendra/Intro

Background

Most of Kendra's life was lived under the protection of the Sept of the Leaping Stone, kept safe and secure by fierce Gaians who wanted nothing more than to see her blossom and thrive. She learned who and what she is early in life, growing up on stories from her mother about how her matrilineal heritage could be traced all the way through the ages to heroines of the Black Furies who had lived centuries ago. Despite her excellent pedigree, she never found the life of a Furies kinswoman all that fulfilling, and always yearned for something more. Surrounded by strong warriors who encouraged her to become anything she liked, she nevertheless felt trapped.

She found contentment in her post-college life as a trauma nurse, and a few years later in starting a family with her new husband, a fellow kin and a police officer, a good man who had endured a torrid affair with a Fury but was eventually cast aside. Her life with him was mostly happy, and she filled their home with children that she dearly loves, but it always felt to her as though something was missing from it, a sense of greater purpse or destiny.

Perhaps it was this quiet gnawing sense of dissatisfaction that caught the eye of the Wyrm's servants. Or perhaps it was simply Black Spiral Dancers being Black Spiral Dancers. They came in the night, intending to take her entire family of kinfolk, and her husband would doubtlessly have joined her on their new journey had he not volunteered for an overtime shift at the last minute. He returned home in the morning to an empty house, with no sign of his wife or daughters.

Converting Kendra to the cause of the Wyrm took less effort than it does with most, and she has proven to be an eager convert, perhaps because she has finally found the purpose that she felt was missing in her life. Whatever the reason, the Black Spiral Dancers of the Prospect area have found themselves with a devoted new kinswoman on their hands, and Pentex a motivated new employee.