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Name: Aurian
Nicknames: Ri, Rian, Auri, whatever you can make from it.
Gender: Female
Age: Appears 18, but she's not too sure of her exact age. Aurian knows she's a "young" Reaper, but who knows what that means.

Faction/Race: Reaper > Shadow Being


Personality: Having only herself to rely on for the entirety of her life so far, Aurian possesses solid self confidence and the ability to act on her own. Peer pressure is an entirely foreign idea to her. She's looking forward to making friends at school - it will be a new and interesting adventure - but while she will admit to herself that her life has been a lonely one, she can continue to go it alone if she has to. Sometimes even when she shouldn't - it won't occur to her to ask for help when she really needs it, which will often lead her into more trouble. It's not that she's overly prideful (though it was a bit shameful to realise she couldn't work out how to be a decent Reaper without attending the Academy), she's just used to being alone. Aurian hasn't had anyone to rely on so far in her existance, so if trouble arises or she's having personal problems, since she's never had friends or family to go to, she just thinks she has to deal with things on her own.

Aurian hasn't had anyone to display it on yet, but she's a caring and protective person. A mother-hen in training, she's more like a 'big sister to everyone' at this point (or at least to those she considers 'hers'). A bit too interested and sometimes censoring of what others are up to, she wants to help but can't help slipping into a scolding adult's frame of mind half the time instead of acting as a friend should. Maybe practice as a friend, instead of a big sister, will help? On the plus side, if you ever want hugs, cookies, and all those motherly things, Aurian's your girl.

Since her natural ability as a Shadow Being gives her an affinity for stealth, it wouldn't be unusual for her to slink around after her friends to see if they're following her advice. For those she's already close to, she'll give advice or admonish them first, then slink in the shadows and try to gently redirect them if it looked like they weren't obeying. If she doesn't know someone all that well yet, but has an opinion on what they should or shouldn't be doing, she'll stick to the shadows and peripherals for them. The ones she's close to have the dubious honor of getting her full family mode, complete with 'I know better than you' attitude. Of course her advice will no doubt be rejected often - a plotie but firm refusual would have her mostly accepting it, but getting cookies and hot drinks ready for when things go wrong (since she says they will and of course she must know best ;P ). A rude and snapping reply might spark a fight, and would likely result in Aurian trailing after them in shadow form for a while, ready to interfere if needed.

Easy-going most of the time, the one thing Aurian gets deadly serious over is her role as a Reaper. Don't interfere with her progress towards this. Hugs and cookie times are after she's finished her work, not during. Certainly don't expect her to take it well if you interrupt her classes or destroy/lose/mess up her homework. She's got an icy-cold temper when she enters 'Reaper mode' and, sure, she'd feel terrible about hurting you in any way (physically or emotionally) after calming down, but when she's in business mode it's all business, no big sister.

Picking on her 'siblings' would definitely get you in her bad books. For those she does regard as her makeshift family, too much taking and not enough giving would get her irritated (like any mom, she knows if you're just showing up for free food and allowance, and not actually feeling the love). But in the latter case, she'll blow up at them and then forgive them, since there are already close feelings involved. Thankfully she doesn't hold grudges (unless someone hurts her 'family'), so she's quick to forgive and forget. (Well, mostly forget. She might bring up in a later argument that you didn't listen to her last time and look at the trouble it landed you in!)

Due to her 'sudden appearance' of a birth and lack of any teachers until now, Aurian makes a hobby out of collecting information in the hopes of not appearing as clueless as she actually is about the world. So she takes to skulking in the shadows, collecting gossip and information about others. Her hobbies include some 'mom'-like things, like cooking, collecting comfort drinks likes teas and hot chocolate. She's very open to new experiences - she'd happily tag along to see other peoples' hobbies and find out if she'd enjoy them.



Why are they enrolled in Amityville Academy? Aurian wasn't raised or born, just.. appeared... as a Reaper. As such, she's lacking a lot of knowledge about very basic Reaper things. Attempts to fumble her way through haven't been entirely successful, so as strange as it seems to her, it's off to school to learn to be a proper Reaper.


FEAR: Shadow Snare
Aurian can manipulate her shadow like a second entity. It stays connected to her feet, but can stretch out as long as it retains the same overall mass (ie. to become very long, it must become very thin and even then there is a limit on how far it could reach). Her shadow can then move into the third dimension, shadowy arms reaching up out of it to grab, hit, scratch, etc. at her opponent. While there are two arms, they can only perform one function at the same time - one cannot hold an opponent in place while the other attacks, all must hold or all must punch/scratch/claw.

Shadow Snare can last for a maximum of two "turns". For example, Aurian's first turn is used to grab the opponent, then the opponent takes their turn, and the arms can claw/scratch on Aurian's second turn, and then her FEAR attack is over. If the opponent evades the grab entirely, the FEAR attack is also over. Alternatively, Aurian can have the arms attack first, then grab (and attack physically with her scythe), or just attack twice. A miss on the first "turn" always results in the end of the FEAR attack. An escape during the opponent's turn still gives Aurian her second turn, but it will be 50% less effective than if the opponent was still immobilised.


Natural Ability: Shadow Form
As a Shadow Being, Aurian can take shadow form. This turns her into a two-dimensional shadow. The shadow's movement is very quick and disjointed, or "jiggly", in the sense that they first may move slowly like a fluid, then rapidly "hop" to another part of a witness' surroundings. It is natural instinct in shadow form to avoid direct gaze, so the shadow "hops" to try and remain on the edge of peoples' vision. Shadow Beings can hide in other shadows while in this form, including moving 'into' walls or objects in shadow.


Physical Description:
Eye Colour: Bright red, with a slight glow. The darker her surroundings, the more her eyes glow. In pure darkness, all you would see is two glowing red eyes.
Hair Colour/Style: The deepest blue-green, almost black but with hints of oceanic blues and greens. Aurian's hair is long, reaching her waist, and she wears two small buns on either side of her head ( img ref for hair buns and colour - bangs and hairpins incorrect). She likes to add accessories behind the buns, her favourites are long Asian-style hairpins made of very thin bones.
Skin Colour: Light caucasian. Not vampire-pale, but she hasn't seen all that much sun either.
Clothing Style/Colours: Black and jade colour scheme. Outfit img ref.
Extra: Her Reaper weapon is a double-ended scythe.
References:
Concept sketch [ x ]
Hair colour and style (minus bangs) [ x ]

Info ref: Shadow People

People Aurian Knows


Astra: Aurian's friend from the boatride from FEARDOM. A very nice ghoul, Aurian hopes to meet her again.

Damian: Some sort of wolf-boil. Aurian met him on the island and he seemed nice. And now he's in one of her classes, too!

Mandy: Aurian's prom date. Not as blind as Aurian was expecting, but Mandy was a very energetic, fun ghoul. Aurian enjoyed the night and would be happy to meet up with Mandy again.

Riley: Riley has AWESOME abilities. The things Aurian could do with telepathy *A* Plus, she's a very classy ghoul. Aurian is impressed.

Minipets




Dirge of Chaos, aka Chaos: Aurian's first choice for battling. Chaos is angry and full of claws. He makes a great guardpet. Unfortunately not very friendly...

Ardesco: She's so cute and tiny! How could Aurian not love her? Ardesco is the 'baby' of Aurian's minipet trio, the one who gets hugged and carried about and utterly spoilt with treats. Aurian is very unwilling to risk such a young pet in battles, though.

NinNin: She slinks and sneaks and hides in shadows and, and, and she throws ninja stars *w* How awesome is that! Aurian feels great kinship for NinNin, but the Vulpes is usually off on solo explorations, protecting her from most forms of babying (apart from her name, Jack help her).

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Credits

TiH Shop © Lizbot, Chibizoo, Marushii
Aurian © kalindara
Aurian's official art © peipur
Other art © their respective artists