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'''Ayalen Jora'eluris''' is an Elven [[Cleric]] and citizen of [[Ilithi]]. |
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==Description== |
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Ayalen was born mid-Winter in the year 379AV, to Zerora Jora'eluris and Rimefyrn Gesarin of the [[Snow_Elves|Snow Elf Clan]]. Due to Matron Selidhn's popular account, "[[Elven_Folk_(book)|The Elven Folk]]," Snow Elves are generally assumed to be vicious, barbaric, and intolerant of other races and cultures. Although there is some limited truth to latter stereotype, Ayalen would say that her family's existence has been neither short nor cruel and most certainly not "savage." The dangers of the tundra may indeed require hasty decisions, and a strong will could very well mean the difference between life and death in a blizzard, but Ayalen would argue that experience is far more useful, and one does not acquire experience if one does not exercise a certain level of caution. In fact, there is a saying among the Snow Elves: ''It is impossible to learn from one's own fatal mistakes.'' |
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Ayalen has a heart-shaped face, pointed ears, and deep-set blue-grey eyes. Her ash-blonde hair is long and wavy, and is worn arranged in an intricate Elven braid. She has fair skin and a lithe figure.<br/> |
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She is a bit over average height for an Elf.<br/> |
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She appears to be young.<br/> |
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She is wearing a grey nightsilk hooded cloak lined with bright firesilk, an anloral shrike pin, a sana'ati pilgrim's badge varnished to a dusky sheen, a spidersilk tote depicting an artistic rendering of the provinces, a segmented leather weapon harness studded with cambrinth-inlaid steel scales, an unadorned wide-sleeved robe of flowing blue nightsilk, an amber ring inset with the shrike of Dergati, a wide leather belt decorated with engraved cambrinth plates, and a pair of dark grey leather boots lined with bright firesilk. |
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==Notes== |
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* She serves the dark goddess [[Dergati]], though Ayalen herself is neither particularly "dark" nor "evil" in nature. |
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* In place of material payment for her services, she often requests a favor of equal value, usually to be repaid at a later date. |
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* Her family name, Jora'eluris, can be translated as "friend of the snow-born" in the Common tongue. |
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* For various reasons, she tends to be wary of healers and often masks her deeply-rooted bias with extreme courtesy. |
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* She currently resides in [[Shard]], where she spends much of her time meditating in the [[Temple of Darkness]]. |
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Ayalen was born mid-Winter of the year 379AV to the Jora'eluris family of the [[Snow_Elves|Snow Elf Clan]]. She remained with her people until the Summer of 399AV, when her family received an unexpected visit from an Elothean missionary. Upon her arrival in [[Riverhaven]] some weeks later, she was initiated by the [[Cleric]] Guildmistress [[Jelna]] Sarik. She has since become a resident of [[Shard]] and now studies under the tutelage of Guildmistress [[Sothavi]] Morawa. |
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Yet, contrary to the notion that Snow Elves have time for little else beyond survival, Ayalen has never wanted for art, beauty, culture, or leisure, and indeed, her childhood possessed ample amounts of each. She has attended lavish wedding ceremonies, gazed upon brilliantly painted works of traditional art, sipped icewines made from rare alpine berries, and lazed about hearth fires, listening to tales about her foremothers. Likewise, she has stood before glacier lakes bordered by alpine wildflowers and set against the backdrop of snow-capped mountains. While there are few outside of her clan who could boast of such a sight, anyone who has made the trek knows that it must be earned. Life among the icy peaks may be difficult, but it is not without its own rewards. |
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==Roleplay== |
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Because of the extremely limited nature of alpine resources, Snow Elves spend most of their time in small groups of kin, in ancestral places where shelter is relatively consistent throughout the year. Families will occasionally trade places, in order to secure a marriage or gain access to different resources for a time, but it is not uncommon for a family to communicate through their neighbors to families much farther away. This system is not only much more convenient (and safer) than travelling by foot to deliver a message personally, it also allows for the continued maintenance of local alliances. Ayalen was the result of one such alliance, between the Jora'eluris and Gesarin families, in the tradition of [[Marriage_Among_the_Elves,_Volume_1_(book)#The_Blessing_by_the_Four_Winds:_Bile_Janis_oc_Hul_Haizeani|Bile Janis oc Hul Haizeani]]. |
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'''RP Profile:'''<br/> |
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The Jora'eluris are considerably wealthy, owing to the craft for which they are well-known among Snow Elves: both men and women in the family have long specialized in the production of rare, exquisite tapestries. These tapestries are woven from mountain goat fibers, dyed using rare but natural pigments (usually bright reds) harvested from alpine plants, and usually require a decade to complete. Such textiles are not only beautiful but offer an extra layer of insulation for the home, which is useful throughout the year but most especially during the Winter months. Very rarely, the Jora'eluris will bargain with traders and exchange one of their priceless tapestries for a shipment of goods from the "outside," such as fine steel tools. However, they would never have agreed to hand over a daughter if the circumstances had not become dire. |
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* Roleplay Stance: Heavy<br/> |
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Ayalen has always been plagued by nightmares. Ever since she was small child, she would wake from them in the dead of night, sobbing and shaking violently from some terror she scarce had the words to describe. The bouts were relatively infrequent but seemed to follow no specific pattern, such that during some months, she would experience them for several weeks in a row, whereas during others, she might go a whole fortnight without a dream at all. The family, concerned for their daughter, sought the advice of numerous healers. Those healers created various theories to explain her "illness"--the cause was spiritual, physical, environmental, hereditary, mental, or magical in nature, and she was exorcised, given draughts, hypnotized, bled, and the recipient of numerous spells. However, none of the remedies were particularly effective. Her illness was simply "managed," until Ayalen entered her second decade, when the nightmares began to occur almost nightly, and Ayalen herself had taken to walking and performing actions in her sleep. Fearful of what might happen and unwilling to treat her as a prisoner in her own household, the Jora'eluris matriarch did the unthinkable and called upon an outsider's aid. |
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* [[PvP]] Stance: Open |
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Roleplay is always welcome. |
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The outsider convinced the Jora'eluris that Ayalen's nightmares were beyond the help of mundane remedies and that she would need to seek help from the gods themselves. With no other recourse, they agreed to allow her to leave, on the condition that she should return once a cure had been found. And so it was that Ayalen left her home among the icy peaks. |
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'''Recommended Reading:''' |
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==Personality== |
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* [[Out_of_Character|Out of Character]]<br/> |
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==Appearance== |
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* [[OOC_Euphemisms|OOC Euphemisms]]<br/> |
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Ayalen possesses her mother's pale grey eyes and oval face but received her ash-blonde hair from her father's line. As is common for her race, she is fair-skinned and somewhat shorter than average compared to other Elvenkind. Contrary to the Snow Elf stereotype, however, she does not dress in layers of hides tied together with sinew. Rather, as with most Elves, she appreciates finely made textile clothing in attractive colors. According to Ayalen's description of her people, clothes are often quilted or double-layered and accented with artfully-crafted mantles made from pelts or furs that are anything but "barbaric" or "savage" in appearance. |
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* [[Policy_command|DragonRealms Policy]]<br/> |
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==Portrait== |
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==Other Information== |
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- Ayalen arrived at the Crossing in the Autumn of 405AV, at the young age of 25. |
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Portrait drawn by the player. |
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- As is common among her kind, she was betrothed at an early age and has never met her future groom. |
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[[Image:Ayalen_portrait.jpg]] |
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[[Category:Player Snow Elf]] |
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Latest revision as of 09:22, 10 September 2012
| Ayalen Jora'eluris | |
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| Status | Active |
| Race | Elf |
| Gender | Female |
| Guild | Cleric |
| Instance | Prime |
Ayalen Jora'eluris is an Elven Cleric and citizen of Ilithi.
Description
Ayalen has a heart-shaped face, pointed ears, and deep-set blue-grey eyes. Her ash-blonde hair is long and wavy, and is worn arranged in an intricate Elven braid. She has fair skin and a lithe figure.
She is a bit over average height for an Elf.
She appears to be young.
She is wearing a grey nightsilk hooded cloak lined with bright firesilk, an anloral shrike pin, a sana'ati pilgrim's badge varnished to a dusky sheen, a spidersilk tote depicting an artistic rendering of the provinces, a segmented leather weapon harness studded with cambrinth-inlaid steel scales, an unadorned wide-sleeved robe of flowing blue nightsilk, an amber ring inset with the shrike of Dergati, a wide leather belt decorated with engraved cambrinth plates, and a pair of dark grey leather boots lined with bright firesilk.
Notes
- She serves the dark goddess Dergati, though Ayalen herself is neither particularly "dark" nor "evil" in nature.
- In place of material payment for her services, she often requests a favor of equal value, usually to be repaid at a later date.
- Her family name, Jora'eluris, can be translated as "friend of the snow-born" in the Common tongue.
- For various reasons, she tends to be wary of healers and often masks her deeply-rooted bias with extreme courtesy.
- She currently resides in Shard, where she spends much of her time meditating in the Temple of Darkness.
Background
Ayalen was born mid-Winter of the year 379AV to the Jora'eluris family of the Snow Elf Clan. She remained with her people until the Summer of 399AV, when her family received an unexpected visit from an Elothean missionary. Upon her arrival in Riverhaven some weeks later, she was initiated by the Cleric Guildmistress Jelna Sarik. She has since become a resident of Shard and now studies under the tutelage of Guildmistress Sothavi Morawa.
Roleplay
RP Profile:
- Roleplay Stance: Heavy
- PvP Stance: Open
Roleplay is always welcome.
Recommended Reading:
Portrait
Portrait drawn by the player.
