Sorrow the Griefseer
MystaransProphet of Loss and Mourning
"Grief is love with nowhere to go. I help people find new destinations for their love.""
Identity
- Residence
- The Cathedral of Shared Grief
- Civilization
- Mystarans
Appearance
• Physical: Sorrow embodies grief—they move with the weight of accumulated loss, their eyes hold depths of sadness, their presence feels like a comforting embrace for the grieving. They seem to absorb pain and transform it. • Clothing: They wear garments that shift between mourning colors. They carry comfort items for the grieving. • Distinguishing Marks: Their touch brings tears that heal. They have a habit of being present when people need to grieve.
Relationships
- Family - Grief-seers are their family; they maintain no blood relations
- Allies - Other grief-seers; those who've healed through their guidance
- Rivals - Those who want to suppress grief; joy-seers who oppose their focus
Personality
- Traits: Compassionate and understanding, surprisingly hopeful, protective of the grieving, aware of sorrow's necessity
- Mannerisms: Comforts the grieving, speaks in terms of loss and healing, becomes distressed when grief is suppressed
- Voice: Soft and comforting, with a quality that makes people feel understood
Backstory
Sorrow was born during a moment of collective grief and has always been connected to loss. They discovered they could read prophecies in sorrow—grief, mourning, the process of healing from loss. They've become the foremost grief-seer in Mystara, consulted by those seeking to understand and process loss.
Daily Life
They maintain the Cathedral, guides the grieving through their sorrow, and trains apprentices in grief-divination. They spend their days surrounded by those processing loss, seeking visions in the journey through grief. They work to help people heal from sorrow.
Secret
Sorrow has seen that some grief never heals—and that this might be necessary for the grieving to maintain their connection to what was lost.
Story Hooks
- 1 Sorrow has a grief-prophecy about the party and summons them to the Cathedral
- 2 Grief has become overwhelming in an area and they need help investigating the cause
Narrative Value
Sorrow provides grief-based prophecy and emotional depth. Their understanding of unhealed grief creates philosophical stakes while their abilities offer unique opportunities for stories about loss and healing. ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════