So I am continuing my mad dash through Part II. It really is pages and pages of word vomit and will require a lot of revision. I'm actually not looking forward to revising it at all. Sometimes it's enough of a struggle to just get the initial words onto the page.
Now, to continue what I started yesterday:
The Protagonist's Allies
Rory Mestah
He is the stronger of the twins. When their parents left to
fight in the war, his primary job became to protect his sister. He also had to
take on other tasks, such as village carpentry and some of the hunting. He
sympathizes much more with the Rebellion’s cause than his sister (she doesn’t
have a particularly strong opinion about the politics of it), and aside from
protecting Robin his main goal is to protect his town. He’s also a natural
leader and has a commanding presence, yet is still likeable. People in the town
follow him because of this, and also because his parents were well respected.
He’s very good looking and strong from all the work he does.
Plenty of the girls in town have set their caps at him, and he's a shameless flirt, something his sister
admonishes him for and Iris teases him about. He hasn’t yet formed
a lasting attachment, but that may change when he rescues a certain Princess.
Iris Aru
Daughter of a Viscount, Iris and her family are now war refugees living in Mennington. She takes little pleasure in her aristocratic background and would rather seek adventure than wear pretty dresses and be a proper lady. Her first brush with adventure, which ended up being a catalyst for her family fleeing their estate, did not frighten her off. Now that she is removed from the confines of aristocratic society, she is free to explore her more adventurous side.
Her biggest goal since coming to the town has been to learn
everything about fighting and defense. She loves physical activity and is very
proficient. Her brother Derrel teaches her how to shoot a bow and also teaches her a little
bit of swordplay. She starts going to the town’s self defense lessons (started
up when the war started) and learns a type of martial arts and staff fighting.
As opposed to Derrel, who sees himself as an outsider, Iris
sees herself as extremely ordinary. She is not beautiful and exotic like Anya,
and she isn’t gifted like the twins. She doesn’t have a melancholy nature
though, and so she strives to become more extraordinary (not realizing that she
already is).
Anya, Princess of House Rhyna
(Spoiler alert!) She first meets the other main characters when she is
rescued. She came to Arainia by a strange set of circumstances: whilst out for a
priestess ritual she was caught in a freak storm and deposited on the shore of Arainia, the only survivor of her boat.
She manages to use her powers of water to steer safely to shore,
and happens to land away from her would-be kidnappers. Once rescued by Robin,
Rory, and Iris, the kidnappers have to rethink their plot.
Anya is extraordinarily beautiful. She has dark hair which
she usually keeps pulled back, and the aqua eyes of the House of Rhyna. She
prefers to wear her own exotic clothing which she managed to save in the storm,
even though it makes her stand out in the woods. She is a water elemental and
is in training to become a Naiad, or Water Priestess. Her position as a
Princess who also holds a place in the Priesthood makes her a special target
for the Reyan coup. Although she is not fully trained, she is the only person
Robin encounters who can help her understand her powers of Earth, as well as
her healing powers. Eventually she has to take Robin to Rhyna to help her learn
to control these powers without killing herself.
Anya has a past that has colored her reputation with her own people and forced her into the priesthood. Therefore she is happy to stay in Arainia for the time being, and only takes her new friends to Rhyna under the most extreme circumstances.
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