Shoni Anofora

Overview

The possession expert from Aiden Knight 's trial in the Feywild in Session 34. Aiden Knight currently wants to finder to see if she can reverse his possession.

History & Mentions

§	Interactions
Session 62	"Well i mean the next thing on the list was the desert, wasn't it? We need to see Shoni" said Mordecai, "Sorry Viktor"
Session 62	"Mordecai is Cas' best friend ever, Mordecai is nicest to Cas. Ok when Cas goes to see Shoni, Cas will say no and that Cas is not broken. Cas is Cas, bringer of perfect!!!!" Cas shouted as she struck a pose.
Session 59	Are you saying Shonni could help us?
Session 58	This led Viktor to test the limits of her insight, and Astra replied with a sequence of disclosures that unsettled him more than he initially let on. When asked what she knew about him, she began with the obvious but incisive claim that he was "not having a very good time," then summarised him as scarred "both emotionally and physically." When she moved toward specifics, naming "Shonni" and then identifying "a boy, or… a young one," Viktor sharply shut her down. He did not want her to continue in that direction. Astra then offered to tell him something of the future instead. Viktor initially resisted, saying that sometimes the future was better not known. Still, he was also too curious to refuse entirely. Astra invited him to look her in the eyes. Viktor answered with an almost flirtatious diversion, "you have very pretty eyes", and Astra responded with the blunt prophecy: "You will die." Viktor tried to wave it away as a universal truth, saying everyone dies and that people in their world often die sooner than expected. Still, Astra pressed that his death would come "sooner than you expect." She also commented on the party as a whole, noting that there was "a lot of fog" around them, as though something was blocking both their future and part of their past. Viktor speculated that the others had "pissed off the God of time," then amended that to say he did not think there was a god they had not angered.
Session 58	The discussion then moved from cosmic possibilities to Viktor 's past. When Mordecai pressed him on whether he knew someone "capable" and "mildly clever" who understood the gods, Viktor admitted he did: Shoni. This prompted immediate teasing. Mordecai , noting that every time her name came up, his face changed, encouraged him to talk about her, but when they joked about that reaction, Viktor did not flush red; instead, his face went paler than usual. Mordecai responded by pulling up a chair and handing him cider, then began gently but persistently asking questions. Viktor eventually revealed that Shoni had not been a fling at all but his wife for some sixty years. The marriage had not been arranged or forced; rather, "things change, people change." He was visibly awkward throughout the conversation, but he did answer. He explained that he had been ill when he met Shoni, back when he was in his thirties, and that they had got on "like a house on fire." They married and settled in the desert while he worked as a travelling doctor, doing his best to keep his routes close to home. In time, they had a son, Ryan, whom Viktor described as adventurous, bold, and brave. Ryan's death at the hands of the Dustbloods was, in Viktor 's telling, the beginning of the family's collapse. He connected this directly to his loss of control at Blackwall, admitting that when he saw one of the Dustbloods' kind, he "snapped."
Session 58	Viktor also disclosed the deeper causes of his separation from Shoni. In the early years of their marriage, when doctors believed he would die, Shoni had "found a way" to make him "not dead," and at this point, he smiled, lowered his glasses, and showed pointed fangs and red eyes. Yet what saved him also opened an ideological divide. Shoni saw divinity as the answer to illness and suffering; Viktor , after seeing what the gods left behind in his travels, came to believe that "the most potent deadly disease of this world are the divine." He wanted to cure Shoni's illness through medicine, but she refused, remaining convinced that divine power held the answer.
Session 37	Aiden returned to the Clerk to ask if they had any information on Shoni Anaphora. Without a word, the Clerk began flipping through his old scrolls, revealing they were in luck. Though the records were usually poorly maintained, Shoni was quite famous in the area, and her record was better preserved. The Clerk informed Aiden that she had returned to the desert a few years ago and could be found in Camp Sophia. When Aiden asked if he knew where Camp Sophia was, the Clerk smirked and told the rogue it was still by the river, as it always had been.
Session 35	Soon after returning, the party set off for Whitespire. Aiden Knight decided it would be best to find Shoni Anofora, rather than risk needing help from Lorwyn again. He quickly discovered a tavern down the road where the bartender, a dwarf, was speaking simply while pouring drinks for various customers. When Aiden asked about Shoni, the bartender replied, “I’m no good at remembering. Do you have something to jog my memory?” Reluctantly, Aiden pushed a few extra coins across the counter, and the bartender began to speak more formally. He explained that he had heard of Shoni and that she was last known to be heading south. With another payment, he detailed that she was working in the Desert, beyond the Great Wall. Aiden thanked him for the information and returned to the party, who refused to believe him, citing the bartender's poor command of Common.
Session 35	Looking up from their glass, Halfbie excitedly explained that this could work out well for them, as their Tour De Ashen plan would take them right to the Great Wall, allowing for a quick detour to look for her. They asked if Aiden had managed to find out exactly where in the Desert they could locate Shoni. Aiden sheepishly admitted that he had forgotten to ask. Returning to the bar with Halfbie and Kal The Korrigan †, Aiden requested more information, but the bartender seemed incapable of answering. With a strained voice, Aiden explained that the barkeep would speak more clearly if they offered him some money. However, he was running low on cash. Without hesitation, Kal The Korrigan † pulled out 50 gold and asked the same question. The bartender promptly accepted the gold and, in an incredibly posh accent, explained that Shoni was in Camp Sophia, which was near a river she was working on. He even provided them with the coordinates A61.
Session 34	As the jurors began to murmur among themselves, many seemed to have already made judgments about the boy. One remarked that it appeared everyone would be better off with both Mordecai and Aiden alive. Just as Aiden's despair deepened, the next witness was called: Shoni Anofora, the realm's leading expert on possession. She revealed that she was currently possessed by at least three deities and that she knew a way to keep them at bay and control them if they took over. The judge pointed out that Aiden had never sought out this knowledge, suggesting it might have been an option for him.
Session 34	“And…?” she prompted. After an uncomfortable pause, he finally explained that there is always a choice regarding whom you care about more: the family you were born with or the family you find. Exasperated, she asked if there was anyone he planned to seek out when he left. He responded that he would try to find Shoni Anofora, whom he had met at the trial. With a simple nod, she shooed him away, and he awoke in the material plane once again.