Biographical Data
As a young woman Lydia had always been good about determining what the adults were saying but would not tell the children. It provided her mother considerable consternation. As she grew older she found a group called the Oracles, individuals who offered advice and guidance to the world as they traveled in exchange for things they needed. Rumors persisted that the group had psychic abilities or some way to see the future but the reality was simply Oracles were sensitive to signals people gave off without realizing it.

Lydia joined the Oracles and trained under Oracle Eris at the main temple at Elaris. It was then she set out on her own as a wandering Oracle rather than being bound to a temple. She traveled from place to place offering her services until one day she camped in the Wandering Forest where she met Ethan Hargrove and Rhodes Lawson, and shortly after joined their group.

Personal Statement
"My name is Lydia McLaren. I'm what they call an Oracle. I suppose the name has something to do with why most people think we can see the future. We can't really, though I hear there are ways to do so. Anyway, we just know how to read people and how to tell when someone is lying. It's not a perfect system, we're not anything otherworldly. We just listen to what the universe tells us. You'd be surprised what most people ignore.

I joined the Oracles because I've always been good about reading what people desire without being able to admit it to themselves. They broadcast it so loudly to the universe at large it's amazing they're oblivious to it but sometimes they need someone to push them on that extra step. I found with the Oracles I had a place to belong. They took me in and considered me one of their own. As I trained under Eris I learned two things. One, that I did not wish to be bound to the temples. Two, that I was meant for this.

I set out one day after I had completed my training and wandered the expanse of Akaeria. It was such a remarkable land with so many interesting sights. I found my curiosity insatiable as I wished to find out why people chose to live in certain places and what they loved about their homes and lives as a whole. I suppose you could say I was drawn to what makes people passionate.

I set out to camp one day in a placed called the Winding Forest. While there, I ran across two gentlemen in a cart with a Doberman woman. I could not tell for certain but I sensed this was no accident. I asked them to camp with me and they agreed. I could tell there was more between them than simple proximity, though I could not know what awaited us at the time."

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