Ilphara Highspear
the Amberkept Elf
Named for the single perfect biting fly trapped in amber that hangs from the Highspear banner; they say it is the soul of the house's founder.
Power
Earthbinding — you can slow the passage of time within a ten-foot circle by aligning your breath with the stone's pulse, but each use leaves you stiff and heavy as a fossil for a full day.
- Familiar
- a mottled brown badger named Keystone
- House
- House Highspear
They say you were never born, but instead shaken from a seam of amber when the mountain cracked open during a forgotten war. You do not correct them; the truth is stranger and lonelier, and the legend buys you silence when you need it.