Aliera's Background Story

I do not know where I come from. I know nothing of my past. All I can
remember is that I have always been running. From the first time that I
awoke I will tell you about the short past and mission in my life that I
remember.. 

I flee madly through a heavy fog crashing headlong into huge trees and
tripping over rocks and roots.  My wretched soul drags my battered body up
to stagger onward.  The cloying fog clings to me, smothering me, grasping at
me, blocking sight and muffling sound.  The only thing I can hear is my own
labored breathing and the frantic pounding of my heart in my ears.  I can
see nothing but the mist.  I flee with all the unreasoning mind numb terror
of a rabbit perused by the hunters hounds.  I know not from what I flee.  I
do not know where it has come from.  I do not know what it wants.  I know
only that some ancient unspeakable evil is coming this way and that I
desperately want to be somewhere else when it arrives!  Suddenly, the fog
begins to lighten.  This time, the evil has passed me by with no more regard
than a horseman has for the unseen ants scurrying out of his way as he rides
down a dusty trail.  I collapse to my haunches sobbing in relief.  As my racing
heart calms I looked up to see a shimmering light through the lifting haze.
I somehow know that I will be safe if I can only get to that light!  I begin
desperately crawling towards it.  I emerge into a small clearing lit by a
gloriously welcome shaft of golden sunlight piercing through the noxious
vapor.  As I get to my feet I am welcomed by a woman dressed in simple brown
robes.  Behind her I see a small, yet beautiful, chapel.  The red cross of
healing adorning the roof.  As I looked into the woman's eyes I see kindness
and wisdom beyond my years and I find some measure of peace.  The woman begins
speaking as if from a vast distance.  I can not really hear her words but I
can somehow grasp their meaning.  She is urging all of virtue
to unite in the light for the coming struggle against an evil from the
beginning of time.  She calls out to me.  "Come, help me."  I feel
filled with an intense, overpowering longing to find this woman…