Rosanhi Balleth

Rosanhi is a Half-Elf Cleric in The Collective campaign.

Early Life
Rosanhi was born in the Forest of Eternal Spring in the village of Thewenys to a Human father, Maanas, and an Elf mother, Eliyen. She lived alongside them and her baby brother, Castien. Growing up in an Elven village was difficult for young Rosanhi, as she and her family were ostracized due to her parent's racial differences. She did not pay much attention to it because her family was happy, and that was good enough for her.

Over time, Eliyen developed a distance between herself and everyone else, especially Rosanhi. Though they were once incredibly close, her mother had slowly begun to pull away and seclude herself from everyone. Her smiles were few and far between, and even then they were mainly faked. When Rosanhi was 12, Eliyen vanished. Her family could not find her or any clues to where she went, no matter how hard they had looked. With their mother gone, Rosanhi and Castien began having an even more difficult time around the village, as accusations and rumors about their father began circulating around them. The rumors were all ridiculous and had no ground to stand on to Rosanhi, but eventually the stress her father was going through began showing itself in ways she hadn't expected. Maanas began getting upset at small mistakes and blaming everything on Rosanhi and her little brother. Things eventually got physical as Maanas began throwing things around while Rosanhi would take the brunt of everything to protect her little brother. Life went on for 7 years like this; all the while Rosanhi would make excuses for him, trying to get back to the time when her family was happy and nothing was wrong. Her delusion about how her life was going was finally shattered one night when her father branded her brother across the face over a broken glass. Rosanhi took her brother and locked themselves in their room for the night and took care of him while he recovered. As soon as he was able to travel, Rosanhi took her brother to their mother's brother and his wife's house. She knew she wouldn't be able to support both of them, so she dropped him off with a promise to visit, and she left to go find her way in the world.

Magnolia
She made her way towards the Kingdom of Humanity, knowing that the Elven woods would only perpetuate the discrimination that she had experienced in her childhood. Having never traveled or been on the road, Rosanhi seriously misunderstood how much food and supplies she needed to travel. She had barely made it past the line of trees into the kingdom before she collapsed on the side of the road. When she awoke, she was lying in a bed in a well lit temple. Over the next few weeks, she learned that she was taken in to the Church of Arabella in Magnolia. Over time, Rosanhi discovered that the ideals of Arabella were in line with how she wished to leave her mark on the world. She spoke to a brother of the church that had taken care of her when she first arrived, a copper Dragonborn named Tolzes, and he taught her all that he knew of the goddess. The pair became quick friends, a dynamic duo of healing and protection.

As much as she wanted to stay there with all of her newfound friends, Rosanhi knew if she was to continue with her current goals in life, she couldn't stay in Magnolia. More prepared for the journey this time, she made her way to Paradeen. Hoping with more people around, her newfound abilities would be put to use for the greater good.

Personality
Rosanhi is a very cheery, albeit naïve optimist. She always hopes for the best in people and situations, and becomes very confused and sad when people don't share her love of doing good. Her life's goal is to make sure those around her are taken care of and protected, so when someone comes to threaten those she holds dear, she fights them with all her power.

Her naivety really shines through in social situations. Being brought up in a very sheltered life in a sheltered community, Rosanhi didn't acquire many social skills that are learned through day to day contact with all the unique kinds of people of Orrin. Thus either her undying optimism takes over, making those around her question if she understands the full gravity of life, or her social anxiety causes her to stutter and become very nervous with the attention, no matter how many people she is addressing.

Relationships
Over the course of the Collective's boat quest to save Calhoun and his father from certain death, Rosanhi and Calhoun confessed, in a very awkward manner, their feelings towards the other.

Notable Quotes

 * "You are not allowed any more children."

Trivia

 * Rosanhi, despite her incredible optimism, is routinely subjected to terrible, traumatic events at the hands of the DM. According to Bret (jokingly), "I don't torture Rosanhi for any sort of character development or story purposes. I do it purely out of spite because you point out things like the roads on my maps being uneven".