Aruna



Aruna is a branded with heron blood, notably known for carrying an essence of chaos inside of her.

Early Histroy
Aruna comes from the land beyond the desert of death, one which doesn't even count anymore to what we know as 'Tellius'. She doesn't remember anything below the age of 10 either but everything else of her past quite clearly. The first memory she can recall is to live with a male heron swordsman and his friend, along with a great, tan lion. Their names are Ramiro, Jaden and Senge. Aruna stayed most times with the lion, being trained in simple martial arts from him while the heron, when he was back from his journies, taught her swordsmanship step by step. She enjoyed their company a lot, and grew quite attached to the heron, not knowing that she herself is one halfway too. Years passed on peacefully until a group only known as 'The Cult' put her homeland under great chaos and suffering. Ramiro decided to fight against the fanatics with a band of mercenaries he gathered and also allowed Aruna to join, since she was old enough to take care of herself. Their battles against the Cult lasted for seven years until the final battle approached, destined to change Aruna's personality and life drastically. As the fight started, Ramiro told her that he has something very important to tell her after all is over, which made her wonder what he meant. However during the last minutes Aruna got struck down by the enemy, deadly injured. The last she remembered before passing out was Ramiro's warm touch and his gentle voice sining an Galdrar for her. When Aruna woke up again, she first thought she had a terrible dream but the bandages and pain told her otherwise. Wanting to know what happened, she called out for Ramiro but only Senge came, telling her that Ramiro fell in battle. Deeply hit by the news, Senge still gave her a letter from the heron. A year later Aruna left her home and traveled through the desert of death to Tellius, where she hopes to find the other herons Ramiro mentioned in his writing.

Mad King's War
During the Mad King's war, Aruna made her way to the Serenes Forest. Her way took her through Daein and towards Begnion, where she she stumbled across a tiny town of Branded while making her way through the desert. She made contact with Stefan there, but declined his offer to stay with people like her and continued her way. Reaching the reborn forest, Aruna met Leanne and Nealuchi. Leanne sensed that she had contact with one of her lost cousins and immediately became friends with Aruna, but she sadly could only tell her the bad news about Ramiro. Till the war ended, she remained within the forest to find out how strong her heron abilities are.