15 minutes of Rivulet Brook brainstorming, part 1

So one of my DMs has asked us to think more about flaws and backstory, so I figured I'd do it as a prompt!

Flaws

I put too much trust in those who wield power within my temple’s hierarchy and my piety sometimes leads me to blindly trust those who profess faith in my god

Even though I know those in the temple hierarchy are imperfect, I still put an overwhelming amount of trust in them as they raised me. This can make me blind to flaws that I would easily see in others. When I find other followers of Geshtai, I am overwhelmed with delight to find a genuine connection and, again, can become blind to flaws

I like to meddle in people's business and love to insert myself into others' problems

This can get me into trouble

I am overly confident in my charismatic abilities

When I fail, I feel lost and like I have no purpose

I am desperate to know what happened to my parents

I'm willing to do almost anything to find out what happened to them

Still has a bit of a crush on Keeper Accrah Jr.

Acts dopey around him

I am obsessive about honoring Geshtai (come up with some quotes with DM that would come from the sacred texts/teachings)

I take a long time to interact with water of any kind

I let down my guard around friends, and am usually unprepared if anything happens

However, it takes me a while to call someone a true friend (unless they are a follower of Geshtai)

I don't know my real story, so I often make up a new one

Can be hard to trust me

Backstory

I was left at the Geshtai temple as a baby and raised by Keeper Accrah Sr.

Left with a magical pendant that helps me overhear others
What happened to my parents to be found out later (DM will create as I want to be surprised)

While I didn't choose the priest life, I am loyal to Geshtai and think the world of her and her followers

When I was younger, I thought I would join the priestly order as it's what I grew up around, however, some things made me stray

I took up instruments early and found I had a natural talent for them. While music is far from forbidden by Geshtai, the priests are not known for their musical talent nor do they have much time for it
Always curious about others, I learned to listen to people as I played. I quickly became privy to all sorts of information and became a town gossip

At an early age, I witnessed a scandal with one of the priests (ask DM for help with) and was disillusioned from seeing them as flawless beings

Despite this, I do still put an overwhelming amount of trust in followers and acolytes of Geshtai as I find the scandal to be the exception, and not the rule (especially as I thought it was dealt with fairly)

Sometimes I have information useful to the council, but other times just useful to a suspicious spouse
I trade in information but pride myself on my musical ability as well

(Prompt by one of my DMs [kinda])

Image produced by my DM through Midjourney AI (ask me more about it if you're curious!)

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