Meriele Amastacia

Meriele Amastacia is a member of the CultBusters, the team of four adventurers who slayed User The Killer. As a Half-Elf and former village guardian, she is a proficient longbow and short-sword wielder, and wields certain nature-based magic.

Early Life
Meriele was born in the city of Talijent, (Tall-ee-Yent), the capitol city of Entrog, to a humble family of craftsmen. Although the apprenticeship work in her father's wood shop was not her strong suit, her skill in testing the bows her father made led her to explore a career in the military.

She faced the doubt of her commanders and comrades alike over her thin, frail form, generally considered to be weaker than the average human fighter's. Unable to match them in physical strength, she focused more on the agility and finesse she had been gifted with, and became one of the unit's best longbow snipers. She served in this manner for 5 years, her sudden and deadly arrows terrifying the enemies of the city.

The only other half-elf in her platoon mentioned a planned town far deeper into the woods than the military units had ever traversed, to be composed entirely of half-elves. At first, Meriele considered this notion extremely prideful and bigoted, but the temptation of a life free of doubtful, disapproving stares became overwhelming with time. After she had served for 5 years in the military, she joined the original founders of the village.

Arrival in Thyrigen
Logically, as the city of half-elves grew, it became a larger and larger target, especially for the Orcs that had long lived to the North of the city. Increased merchant traffic to the new settlement had drawn them South, the possibility of plunder leading them ever closer to the settlement's walls. Well-armed and heavily armored, a dangerously smart Half-Orc and a massive raiding party eventually plundered the settlement with siege equipment and led the entire population away in chains, aside from Meriele, who had escaped to her hidden sniper's perch outside the walls before the Orcs surrounded the city.

During the next few months, she hunted and traded furs to the nearest trading outpost, earning enough money for ship's passage to another land. She bought the cheapest fare, not caring even where she was going, in order to keep a small amount of gold while she searched for a new life.