I don't think the story is too ambitious; IMO, the trick is walking the fine line between having her overcome her challenges implausibly quickly and having the plot drag out. My recommendation would be to put everything up to her escape in backstory, then focus your RP in game on having her reach your desired goals for her growth. While I normally advocate fully organic, dynamic RP, for something like this, it might not be a bad idea to have a rough timeline of what characteristics she'll develop (a better self-image, more independence, etc.) and roughly how long you expect that to take. I wouldn't stick completely to this timeline (depending on IC circumstances), but it at least provides a guideline for gradual developments in the character.
The reason I recommend this approach is because it focuses on the "hopeful" element of the character -- the broken bird relearning to fly, as it were -- and not on the brutality of her life up to that point. I don't want to minimize or denigrate that RP, but it does make for a character that'd have difficulty joining most IC groups (why would her "master" permit it?) and that might be off-putting for others. It also complicates things, as PCs will try to "save" her, and you'll have to figure out how to handle that. Finally, it provides a good reason why she's learning Arcana ICly (she escaped and wants to learn it, or she hooks up with a group that insists that she does for whatever reason).
Oh, and in terms of lore, you'll need to be careful on the domineering nunh thing. Nunh typically don't have leadership positions in their tribes, so you'll need to have an explanation as to why the rest of the tribe let her be the nunh's possession instead of just killing her as the spawn of a witch. You may already have that explanation in mind, in which case, good.
The reason I recommend this approach is because it focuses on the "hopeful" element of the character -- the broken bird relearning to fly, as it were -- and not on the brutality of her life up to that point. I don't want to minimize or denigrate that RP, but it does make for a character that'd have difficulty joining most IC groups (why would her "master" permit it?) and that might be off-putting for others. It also complicates things, as PCs will try to "save" her, and you'll have to figure out how to handle that. Finally, it provides a good reason why she's learning Arcana ICly (she escaped and wants to learn it, or she hooks up with a group that insists that she does for whatever reason).
Oh, and in terms of lore, you'll need to be careful on the domineering nunh thing. Nunh typically don't have leadership positions in their tribes, so you'll need to have an explanation as to why the rest of the tribe let her be the nunh's possession instead of just killing her as the spawn of a witch. You may already have that explanation in mind, in which case, good.
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