Sayla Moune

Sayla Moune is an elf cleric played by Eugene Almany who lived as a hermit in a tiny monastery for 248 years.

Appearance
Sayla has pale skin, teal hair, and gray eyes. He is 6'2.

At the beginning of the campaign, his hair reached just above his hips. However, after the death of Arcana, he sheared it off with a dagger as penance. He styled it into a bob cut, where the longest ends reach to his shoulders while the back exposes the entire back of his neck and part of his scalp.

Later, as retaliation for a perceived threat against his son, Ravro clawed the right of Sayla's face, leaving him blinded and scarred. Sayla did not remove the injury through magic, also as a form of penance.

Once adopted into Shukri of Ajod's court, he exchanged brown leather leggings and a tunic bearing the goddess Selune's image for uniform.

Personality
Sayla is a serious but polite man. He carries himself with grace and calm in accordance with his political position. However, he is easily flusterable and often loses his temper.

Sayla is constantly in the pursuit of order, despite his race's culturally chaotic tendencies. This is largely attributed to the strict rules of the monastery and never being. He mothers his teammates both in and out of battle.

He is extremely dogmatic. Most things that challenged his narrow worldview were treated with apprehension, but he has learned to open his mind through learning about politics.

Background
Sayla was left at the doorstep of a monastery, nameless and just barely born. After its inhabitants begrudgingly took him in, they decided to simply draw straws to determine who would take care of him so that they could return to their business as soon as possible. Yueliang Weixing, one of the monks living there, skipped out on the meeting, so she was selected as punishment. She wasn't aware until she found a child at the door to her room. Being a devout Selune worshipper, named him Sayla Moune.

She introduced him to her magnum opus: her rock theory. She believed that all rocks were a part of Selune's body, and therefore had innate healing properties. Yueliang tried obsessively to harness their power. This theory was considered outlandish and was disapproved of for various reasons, the most notable being that the monastery was made up mostly of Umberlee worshipers. Her efforts to keep Sayla rebellious and hold his belief in her theory were contested as the monks grew increasingly strict on Sayla's acting out.

They eventually completely quieted him, literally and figuratively, when she became sickly and died. The monastery admitted him officially, as he was of age, putting him under a pact of silence and eremitism. He was forced to shed his individuality and to conform to the monastery schedule--meditation, flagellance, religious studies, and confessional--to stifle his chaotic tendencies. In his grief, however, he found motivation.

Hard as they tried, the monks couldn't entirely erase influence Yueliang's from his life. Sayla did adhere to the laws of the place, and soon became a major perpetuator of them—but at the same time, he carried the name she gave him with pride and spent the rest of his time in the monastery striving to prove her theories and, more than anything, that she even existed. He also kept her in his heart in a more subtle manner: the twin buns he styled his hair into were adopted from her.

After several decades of failure and turmoil, he decided he needed to leave the monastery. The decision was not easy: he would no longer have a home to return to. Still, his faith in Selune and his late guardian came through, and he ventured into a world he had only ever read about.

Through the Campaign
Sayla left the monastery as a naive religious fanatic, as full of faith as he was prejudiced. He had little trouble adjusting to being in a group, as cooperation to save Shukri was necessary; still he did not necessarily get along with the members, per se, immediately.

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Arcana
Sayla, initially disgusted by what he assumed to be nymphomania, bickered constantly with Arcana. Through forced cooperation, he begrudgingly came to be her friend. He would still scold her and sometimes argue with her as if nothing had changed, but in between those moments, he looked out for her in and out of battle.

[To be moved] When she was killed by Hlaryin, Sayla was devastated. He was right in front of the scene, unable to help, and felt responsible for what occured. He practically dragged the rest of the group into retrieving her from the Zar Realm.

[TBM] When she returned, the two shared some time together. Sayla would never know it would be their last. She would embark on a quest with Malcom to retrieve his sister, Laviana Ino, and commit suicide in the midst of it. He was, once again, torn apart with grief, blame and self-hatred.

Malcom Ino
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Muhsiin and Sijudaan
Sayla has a high opinion of the two, seeing as they share a position as advisors of Shukri's. At the same time, he harbors fear and distrust towards them (despite the two being smaller than him).

Shukri of Ajod
Arguably his most important bond through the campaign, Shukri of Ajod has served as a mentor and friend to Sayla over the course of several events. Looking back, he regards her decision to keep him around as foolish and often tells her so, but is eternally grateful to her for it.

[TBM] The group returned Shukri to Ajod after she had been kidnapped by orcish forces. Overcome by adrenaline and religious fanaticism, Sayla proposed to Shukri as soon as they arrived. She, of course, declined, but offered him a spot as new court cleric. He eagerly accepted.

Yueliang Weixing
Though he loved her dearly, Sayla understands that Yueliang was never a mother. Her mind was always somewhere else. She often forgot to feed, clothe, and bathe him as a child. Still, talks about her with respect, as he attributes his intellect to her. If he ever had any religious or medicinal doubts, he could go to her knowing she could quote some obscure text that answered his question exactly.

Notable Items
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Trivia

 * Sayla was exhausted, which means tired.

Quotes
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