Diamond
Unwilling Conduit of Faust
On Jalasar, Yuan-Ti were the domain of Faust, the gambling god. To his favored, Faust bestowed fortune, wealth, privilege, and power… but his favored were few. To stay within the serpent god’s good graces, the favored few – the Loan Snakes – extorted, manipulated, and abused the weak and powerless beneath them, the debtors, while scheming to one up each other. For the favored few understood that Faust’s attention was fickle and fleeting.
Diamond’s father was once a Loan Snake, but a debtor like all the rest on his deathbed. As a young girl, Diamond inherited her father’s debts. She was "fortunate" enough, however, to catch Faust’s eye. For nearly a decade, Faust showered her in all manner of gifts: gems, jewelry, silks, drugs, alcohol. For nearly a decade, she was his Diamond… and then one day she wasn’t. A lost bet. A snap of his fingers. A new woman on his arm. Favored for a decade and now merely a debtor… with a very large debt to pay.
For a time, Diamond tried to make ends meet in the casinos of Fortune’s Coast. She batted her eyelashes to lure in tourists, enticed them with drinks to raise the stakes, and buried her pride. Gambling was her only escape, it was addicting, and she was good at it. But the Loan Snakes always found her and ensured she continued to drown. So, she took a bigger gamble and ran. Hoping to find grace within Eden’s protection, Diamond fled to Grand Aetheria. Her happiness was as brief and fleeting as Faust’s favor. For years she told herself that she was in control when she played chips at the table. Yet now, as the voices whispered in the back of her mind, she realized the depths of her addictive compulsion. Stuck in flight mode, Diamond’s mind deteriorated. She swears she can see the Loan Snakes stalking her. Despite everything, she still puts on a smile, bats her lashes, and attempts to entice others to gamble. It’s the only survival tactic she has left.
Feeling lucky? What do you say to a little gamble? Come on, what’s the harm?
Current Location
Age
37
Circumstances of Death
Onset of miasma
Birthplace
Fortune's Coast
Children
Pronouns
She/Her/Hers
Belief/Deity
Faust Fortuna (?)
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