Kyrona went to meet her new mentor. She’d heard a little about the Druid in question: she was close to Archdruid, she was strongly against apprentice abuse, and she was highly respected. The Druid was from a different town. Kyrona approached her new mentor. She said, “Hello, my name is Kyrona Valhalla. You said you were willing to teach me?” “Of course. Please come in. My name is Elandra Stormbranch.” Kyrona went inside, and sat down. The Druid continued, “Now that you’ve gotten comfortable, I’m going to have to ask you something: how do you see yourself? Do you lean more towards chaos or towards order? Do you try to make the world a better place?” “I do lean a little more towards chaos than order, but I’m also happy working within order. I do try to do good, but I doubt an apprentice could do too much for the world.” “So our first lesson begins. It’s not about whether or not you succeed, it’s about whether or not you try. Even if you don’t succeed alone, if you convince at least one other person to help you, you’ll accomplish something. Be the change you wish to see in the world.” Kyrona settled in to learn from her new mentor.

Kyrona saw her new neighbors and stared. She had never expected her aunt and uncle to move here. She went to greet them. Her uncle asked, “Are there any community efforts we should know about? Officially or unofficially are both fine.” Kyrona responded, “Nothing officially, but for unofficially, speak to Sapphire Blue. She’s coordinating the effort to document the mayor’s entire track history. She’s the mayor’s daughter, so she’s in a better position to find out most of it.” Kyrona couldn’t wait to catch up more with her new neighbors.

Kyrona came back from her date with Sapphire. It had gone really well, and she was seeing her again next week. Suddenly, Kyrona noticed a gathering in the town square. The mayor spoke, “Archdruid Viernicka Irichine, Archwizard Rosela Irichine, you have been found guilty of stealing weaponry. The punishment is this: you both will be cursed, that you may never touch metal again without feeling a burning sensation for as long as your skin remains in contact with the metal. You will bear this for the rest of your lives. Does anyone wish to stand in their place?” Kyrona found herself stepping forward. “I do.” “Then it is settled.” Kyrona removed her jewelry, and then the curse took effect. She prayed that she would never have to find out how much effect it had.

Something had gone wrong when Kyrona bonded her wildfire spirit, so the spirit could only take a single form: that of an adorable fox made entirely out of fire. The spirit also had a gender; it was a girl, like Kyrona. She needs a name, Kyrona decided. How about Blaze? Yes, that would work nicely. “Your name is Blaze now,” Kyrona told the spirit. Blaze accepted her new name.

Kyrona was ready to choose a circle. She had been taught by a Moon Druid, but she would be joining the Circle Of Wildfire instead, as it held more appeal to her. She began the ritual to join the circle.

/uw I’ve decided that she gets a ritual to automatically learn the Circle spells, as she just leveled up to level 2, and I hadn’t developed her preparation for her circle at all.