Malla Nettlelark

Malla Nettlelark is a Paladin Half-Elf. Once a young noblewoman she took up her armor and weapon after finding her life in danger due to some old connections. She is a backup character to Neb.

Life as a noblewoman
Malla started out as the rather normal daughter house Medani, living in Eston, until the rainy night a skinny girl in a muddy dress stumbled into her garden and caught her eye. Malla opened her window and called for the girl to hurry inside, where she then offered her a bath, a change of clothes, and some food. It took some coaxing, but eventually Malla got the girl's name, Meya Thornsong. Malla offered Meya a place to stay and a job to hold, if she wished to become her new handmaiden. For the next several years Malla and Meya lived practically as sisters, until the day came where Meya's greatest secret was revealed to her benevolent faux-sister.

A day out in the market together, when the two of them were suddenly accosted! Pulled into an alley off to the side there was no telling what was going to happen to them. But whatever it could have been, what actually happened was beyond Malla's imagination. Before her eyes Meya suddenly started to change her form, becoming a roaring goliath in the grips of the bandit and scaring them off. Malla fell to the ground, dazed, staring up at what had been her best friend only moments before. The daze got no better as the roaring goliath slowly shrank into a pale creature with dark rings for eyes, and a great puff of white and purple hair, rushing over to her side.

The unexpected continues.
Malla never told anyone about Meya's secret, and the two remained close until the day when Meya finally decided to leave the house and pursue her own life. Malla always assumed it was in part because of the secret, that Meya was no longer comfortable there, but she never said it out loud. Instead she gifted her friend a calligraphy set and saw her off. For the next several years things were rather ordinary for Malla, though her curiosities had been stoked by her old friend. She had begun to study more and more obscure history and information, trying to learn about the things hidden just out of sight of the average person. Then one day her father died, and she found herself the new head of the home.

A Target is Painted.
It had hardly been six months since her father's death that Malla had the first attempt made on her own life! She had narrowly escaped death thanks to her quick reflexes and a nearby letter opener on her desk. The event was so shocking she assumed it could never happen again. She was very wrong.

Unbeknownst to Malla, her name had been found in connection to a potential assassin of the head of a Medani House, and so she had been assumed as some sort of accomplice. Fearing the safety of not only herself but her family, Malla abandoned her place in her own home, gifting the estate to a cousin, and began to travel under a new name. Constantly being accosted by would-be assassins and bounty hunters, she honed her skills and turned from a delicate Noblewoman to a hardened warrior. This was her new life, until a messenger that nearly lost his head to her swing brought her a request to meet from some dragonmarked kid. The only thing that made her agree to it was the attached message "Meya needs your help."

A Letter Long Overdue
After meeting with Aloan d'Cannith, Malla discovered that Neb was in Xend'rik, and possibly was in danger. She is currently discussing with the young Changeling what they need to do.

Rumors
During character creation, we were asked to create 5 rumors about our character. 3 of them should be true, 2 of them false. The other players do not know which is which.


 * 1) Has never had a romantic entanglement.
 * 2) Is actually from a Dragonmarked house, but hid this away with her name change.
 * 3) After being attacked while in camp, she struck her assailant so hard that the hatchet she had been using got stuck halfway down his skull.
 * 4) Is an absolute gourmet, and loves to practice her cooking.
 * 5) Has a tattoo somewhere of a strange figure she refuses to explain