![[cecily-firesong.jpg]] # Cecily Firesong _Human Scholar | [[Avowed]] | Soul in [[Nine Hells]]_ ## Summary A [[Candlekeep]] scholar who fell in love with [[Owynn Firesong]] during their studies. When he was expelled for reading forbidden texts, she followed him into exile. They married and had four children: [[Kali]], [[Kasdeya Firesong|Kasdeya]], [[Osah Firesong|Osah]], and [[Adram Firesong|Adram]]. Together with [[Owynn Firesong|Owynn]], she formed the [[Riftwalkers]]—a planar exploration group including [[Elizar Dryflagon]], [[Shoalar Quanderil]], [[Windharrow]], and [[Lashpera]]. During their adventures, the [[Riftwalkers]] freed [[Thervan Caerdone]] from slavery in the [[City of Brass]]. [[Thervan Caerdone|Thervan]] fell in love with Cecily during their travels, though she remained devoted to [[Owynn Firesong|Owynn]]. When [[Owynn Firesong]] died learning [[Tharizdun]]'s true name from [[Baba Yaga]], Cecily made a desperate bargain with the witch to bring him back. After [[Owynn Firesong|Owynn]] was corrupted by a [[Chaos Gem]] and began serving [[Graz'zt]], he abandoned his family. Cecily died in a [[Shadow Thieves]] attack on [[Vanifer]]'s dance school—[[Graz'zt]]'s revenge against [[Owynn Firesong|Owynn]]. Her soul was later claimed by [[Asmodeus]] as payment for [[Owynn Firesong|Owynn]]'s infernal bargain, and their children were transformed into tieflings. %% ## At a Glance _Historical NPC. Soul currently in Hell._ ## Personality Compassionate, intellectually curious, morally steadfast, devoted to knowledge and family. The only moral restraint to [[Owynn Firesong|Owynn]]'s boundless ambition and thirst for forbidden knowledge. ## Quote _"Knowledge without compassion is merely another form of tyranny, my love."_ ## Background **The Avowed:** Raised among the [[Avowed]] of [[Candlekeep]], she was [[Owynn Firesong|Owynn]]'s fellow acolyte and intellectual equal. When [[Rhinnom Dannihyr]] (secretly [[Graz'zt]]) manipulated [[Owynn Firesong|Owynn]] into accessing forbidden vaults, she witnessed his corruption firsthand but remained devoted. **The Riftwalkers:** After expulsion, she joined [[Owynn Firesong|Owynn]] in planar explorations. During their journey to the [[Feywild]], she bore their first child, [[Kali]], establishing the [[Firesong Family|Firesong]] bloodline's connection to fey magic. **The Bargain:** When [[Owynn Firesong|Owynn]]'s obsession led him to demand [[Tharizdun]]'s true name from [[Baba Yaga]], the revelation killed him instantly. Cecily bargained with the witch to bring him back, enabling him to survive with the forbidden knowledge by selling the memory to a fey merchant. **The Tragedy:** Her life ended during a [[Shadow Thieves]] attack on [[Vanifer]]'s dance school, where [[Vanifer]] managed to save some of her children. Her soul was claimed by [[Asmodeus]] as payment for [[Owynn Firesong|Owynn]]'s deal to cure his Abyssal corruption—part of [[Asmodeus]]'s grand design to create the heroes who would defeat [[Graz'zt]]. %%