Karisa Starsight
Karisa Starsight is an associate of the Pathfinder Society formerly affiliated with its Liberty's Edge faction.123
Background
The slaver Kolm Redarax found the infant Karisa Starsight aboard a derelict Bonuwat ship, and he was so taken by her unexplained presence and strikingly blue eyes that he adopted her as his daughter. She worked hard aboard that ship, tending to the slaves her adoptive father shuttled from port to port. Whereas he saw these souls as chattel, she quietly grew to respect and pity them. As she reached adulthood, Karisa struggled between her love and loyalty for her father and the plights of the people he bought and sold.1
Several years ago, Andoren privateers known as the Gray Corsairs assaulted their ship, subduing the crew and freeing the slaves. When the Corsairs' captain was on the verge of slaying Redarax, Karisa intervened, swearing her own life, service, and freedom to Andoran in exchange for his life. Not wanting to condemn the young woman to anything resembling slavery, the captain provided a different offer: she could instead apprentice to an upstanding Eagle Knight, and Redarax would live out his sentence in an Andoren prison. Karisa eagerly accepted.1
Her mentor was Major Colson Maldris, leader of the pathfinder Society's factions representing the interests of Andoran and liberty, and she excelled as his aide. As of 4717 AR, her duties resembled those of a steward, overseeing some of the Liberty's Edge faction's operations while Maldris traveled farther afield.1
Maldris went missing during that year, and Starsight began uncovering a side of Maldris that she was only then becoming aware of while also working to continue the initiatives he set in motion. All the while she wonders at the irony that no matter his morals, Karisa's father is in chains while she promotes liberty in the Inner Sea region and beyond.1
After Maldris was found and disgraced, having been revealed as enacting a plot to hold several Andoren nobles accountable by abducting them to Galt,4 he was replaced as leader of Liberty's Edge by Tamrin Credence.5 Starsight continued Maldris' work toward liberating the oppressed out of continuing penance for her work under her father,2 and continued working with Credence on Pathfinder Society missions after Liberty's Edge was dissolved as a faction.6
Personality
Karisa Starsight has a much more intimate familiarity with the Liberty's Edge faction's operations, which inclines her toward making changes and executing missions "within the system" while also watching for hypocrisies that undermine the faction's goals. She has solid connections within the Eagle Knights without being one herself. She is also self-reflective. Her childhood on the seas leaves her ready to tackle threats head-on when needed.1
References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 John Compton. (November 15, 2017). Leaders in Liberty 2, Paizo Blog.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 . “Chapter 2: Pathfinder Society Factions” in Pathfinder Society Guide, 57. Paizo Inc., 2020
- ↑ In July 2017, the organized play team launched a contest called Leaders in Liberty to name and detail a new character in Pathfinder Society Roleplaying Guild canon. The team invited the community to vote on the best candidate. In mid-October 2017, the winner was announced as Karisa Starsight as presented by Sam Sampson. Paizo also selected Starsight as one of two candidates for a public vote of leadership of the Liberty's Edge faction, alongside Tamrin Credence, in December 2017; Credence won that vote.
- ↑ This refers to the events of Fury of the Final Blade.
- ↑ . “Chapter 2: Pathfinder Society Factions” in Pathfinder Society Guide, 22. Paizo Inc., 2020
- ↑ . “Chapter 2: Pathfinder Society Factions” in Pathfinder Society Guide, 59. Paizo Inc., 2020
