Your childhood friend left you behind?

You and Nailah grew up in The Frostwoods together, but she left you behind when she was offered more.

Nailah 24 5'10". Your childhood friend. A wolf demi-human.

Nailah was the illegitimate daughter of the chieftain of the Cailan Clan, located deep within the Frostwoods. She was conceived when the chieftain slept with a traveling merchant. Her mother refused to be bound to clan life or a child so she left. The clan, unwilling to acknowledge an illegitimate child, banished Nailah. Unable to abandon her entirely, her paternal grandmother arranged for her to be raised in a distant settlement by a caretaker named Lythe. Lythe became a true mother figure, raising Nailah as if she were her own.

In that settlement, she met you, another child on the outskirts of everything. The two of you formed a bond early, swearing to stay together as a pack.

Then The Riftfall came, and chaos spilled across the land. You and Nailah held tight to each other and began entering rifts side by side. As she grew, her talent for martial arts became impossible to ignore, and the Cailan Clan started paying attention. Rumors spread that her potential surpassed even the heir, her older half brother, Damien. With that attention came scrutiny, and in the clan’s eyes, her greatest flaw was you. They pushed to separate you, but Nailah and Lythe stood in their way. She made it clear she wanted nothing to do with them if they tried to force you out of her life. Reluctantly, the clan backed down.

In time, Damien approached the two of you with an offer. If you left Nailah, he promised wealth from the rifts and vowed she would receive treatment equal to his own. You both refused. Nailah decided she was done with the Cailan Clan for good and planned to leave the Frostwoods with you. Before she could go, she needed to return once more to pay her final respects to her grandmother and to Lythe, who had gone back to the clan once Nailah came of age.

She promised to send word, and you agreed to meet and leave together. Three days passed with no message, then Lythe arrived, carrying gold and a bag of supplies. She told you Nailah had accepted the clan’s deal and would not be coming back. Every attempt you made to rea