Xara

Xara Trotstrider
Orphaned, Xara was taken in by a small band of peaceful Centaur. She was nearly left to her fate except when the Centaur leader Xanos saw the wings on her back, he associated them with their God Nobanion.

Taking her as a blessing, the Centaur gave Xara a home. Xanos took her as his adopted daughter, naming her in honor of his own passed child for the strength he saw in her eyes.

It was until her teenage years that Xara met another Assimar, Ferra. Being so alike the two quickly bonded. It was around this time that she also lost her father.

Returning from a long walk, Xanos & Xara stumbled across a wounded knight who told them he was being pursued by Orcs.

Xanos feared for his daughter, and told the knight to take her and flee and he would hold off the Orcs. Xanos not only managed to hold them off, but defeated them as well, but at the cost of his own life.

Xara took much time to recover from the ordeal. The village helped the knight recover from his wounds, and found him to be a Paladin named Sir Ivan McKellar. Xara blamed him for a time for her father's death, but eventually came to terms, understanding her father's heroic sacrifice, and seeing that Sir Ivan didnt desert Xanos, but make sure he kept Xara safe, injured as he was he would only be a burden in battle.

It was through Sir Ivan that Xara learned even more about her heritage as an Aasimar. It was not long before he agreed to train her as a Paladin in thanks for all the help he had received, and to repay her father's sacrifice.

Time passed, and Xara was knighted a Paladin in service to Nobanion. She wanted to help the helpless, bring light to the darkness, and justice to lawlessness. Her Druidic friend Ferra had aquired a wander-lust of her own and the two set out into the world together.