Palindor Frestgard

Palindor Frestgard is a half-elf cleric of Ioun, Goddess of knowledge, prophecy and skill. She is vain, shallow and self-obsessed. It was this personailty trait that led her to worship Ioun is a goddess of the knowledge of beauty and sees her as the real goddess of beauty, not Corellon. However the other Ioun clergy see her as a heretic and is not accepted by them for the most part. The only reason she is welcomed into temple or shrine of Ioun is because Ioun has accepted her into the fold. Her mother, Leandra, was a human and her father, Vanaria, was an elf. Leandra was a painter and worshipped Corellon. Vanaria was poet and storykeeper and worshipped Ioun. It was into this beautiful environment that Palindor was born. They lived in a beautiful homestead in the forest near the elven settlement of Talarian Panvanaya. As she grew older she became obsessed with beauty, learning all she can about the subject. At first she revered Corellon because she is the goddess of beauty. However as she learnt more and more about beauty she realised that Ioun was the true goddess of beauty and thus started to worship her. Her father realised this and started to tell her stories of a secret ancient order of priests of Ioun that also lived for beauty and surrounded themselves with the exquisite. Right from when she heard about them she knew that here was her destiny. She consulted the lore books and found tidbit that could help on her search. A very long time ago a great sage came to Falkrest in the Nintia Vale to the north. He preached to the people that their drudgery could all be uplifted by accepting Ioun and bringing beauty into their lives. However, the local clergy took exception to him and forced him out of town on pain of daeth. It was this event that proved to be the tipping point for the order as after this they went into hiding. With this piece of knowledge she dedicated her life to Ioun and decided to investigate the area for any trace of the order. As a parting gift from her mother she was given some chainmail, a mace and a sling. She did not agree with Palindor leaving but if she was she better go prepared. Her father gave her a beautifully bound book that had some rituals in it and a nail file engraved with the symbol of Ioun and blessed by the local cleric and annointed with his prayers. She gathered her things and set off to fulfil her dream.