![[CecilyFiresongPathfinder.webp]] # Cecily Firesong _Human Scholar | [[Avowed]] | [[Nine Hells]]_ ## Summary A [[Candlekeep]] scholar who fell in love with [[Belaam|Owynn Firesong]] during their studies and followed him into exile when he was expelled for reading forbidden texts. They married and had four children: [[Kali]], [[Kasdeya Firesong|Kasdeya]], [[Osah Firesong|Osah]], and [[Adram Firesong|Adram]]. Together they formed the [[Riftwalkers]] planar exploration group. She died in a [[Shadow Thieves]] attack on [[Vanifer]]'s dance school, and her soul was later claimed by [[Asmodeus]] as payment for Owynn's infernal bargain. %% ## Now _Deceased — her soul held by [[Asmodeus]] in the [[Nine Hells]] as payment for Owynn's bargain._ ## Personality Compassionate, intellectually curious, morally steadfast, devoted to knowledge and family. She was the only moral restraint on [[Belaam|Owynn]]'s boundless ambition and thirst for forbidden knowledge. ## Quote _"Knowledge without compassion is merely another form of tyranny, my love."_ ## Connections **[[Belaam|Owynn Firesong]]** — husband; she followed him into exile and died for his bargain. **[[Thervan Caerdone]]** — fell in love with her during the Riftwalkers' travels after they freed him from slavery; she remained devoted to Owynn. **[[Kali Firesong]]** — daughter. **[[Kasdeya Firesong]]** — daughter. **[[Osah Firesong]]** — daughter. **[[Adram Firesong]]** — youngest son; his life's work is freeing her soul. **[[Baba Yaga]]** — bargained with her to bring Owynn back from death. **[[Asmodeus]]** — claimed her soul as payment for Owynn's infernal deal. ## Background **The Avowed:** Raised among the [[Avowed]] of [[Candlekeep]], she was [[Belaam|Owynn]]'s fellow acolyte and intellectual equal. When [[Rhinnom Dannihyr]] (secretly [[Graz'zt]]) manipulated Owynn into accessing forbidden vaults, she witnessed his corruption firsthand but remained devoted. **The Riftwalkers:** After his expulsion she joined Owynn in planar explorations alongside [[Elizar Dryflagon]], [[Shoalar Quanderil]], [[Windharrow]], and [[Lashpera]]. During their journey to the [[Feywild]] she bore their first child, [[Kali Firesong|Kali]], establishing the [[Firesong]] bloodline's connection to fey magic. The group also freed [[Thervan Caerdone]] from slavery in the [[City of Brass]]. **The Bargain:** When 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 the forbidden knowledge by selling the memory to a fey merchant. **The Tragedy:** After 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 — where Vanifer saved some of her children. Her soul was claimed by [[Asmodeus]] as payment for Owynn's deal to cure his Abyssal corruption, and their children were transformed into tieflings. %%