Appearance || Similar in appearance to her elder brother Nuri, Noelani has the same mocha-colored skin and dark, maroon colored hair; though it is much longer, and she often chooses to braid her bangs in order to keep them away from her face. Her eyes are a bright, fiery-red color and her gems are a more amber-tinted mahogany. Like her brother she also has two slim gems beneath her eye; though her's are beneath her left whereas his are below his right. She wears a hair rope that matches Nuri's around her wrist. The accessory is one she frequently considers to be good luck.
Not spoiled in the way one might expect someone of such rich ties to be, but still sheltered within the confines of luxury; Noelani has always been used to, and has accepted, that she will usually always be the odd one out- constantly forced to sit and watch as her brothers are given the freedom that her parents are so willfully against giving her. In response, she has turned within.
Wise beyond her years, and rarely able to enjoy the company of others, Noe has a tendency to get lost in her own thought; drifting away to places far from where she is and living adventures she thinks herself never to be able to actually live. She's a dreamer, through and through. A quiet, imaginative little dreamer with her young hopes dashed by a marriage that is already arranged. Still docile in a sort of child-like innocence, the youngling is more than used to following the orders given unto her by her parents. She attends classes in etiquette, astounds tutors with her knowledge, and memorizes the ways of a noblewoman as though it were the only possible thing she could ever grow to be. She exceeds at just about everything she does, but is still too fearful to go against her mother and her father's wishes; afraid of being scolded, or worse. Her part to play within Oba is laid out for her carefully, and she follows it- sad, but dutiful. Her loyalty to her family overriding any loyalty she has to her own true whims.
When in a talkative mood, it can be found that Noelani is quite the charmer; all smiles and easy jokes. She enjoys being able to express her thoughts, and revels in learning as much about the outside world as she possibly can. She's very good at viewing the best in every situation, and can often persuade others to see from her perspective too. Most are baffled by the way she can so naturally articulate what she feels, and are- usually- even more astounded by her straightforward nature. She is often kind to a fault; trusting of the outside world in a way that could cause danger, should she trust the wrong kind- and though her temperament is calm, betrayal is something that she cannot abide by. Her anger will flare, should someone light a match too close. Her loyalty is not easily earned, but it knows no bounds. The inner turmoil she feels flaring in her belly, unsure whether to choose what her parents desire for her or what her independence craves, causes her to- at times- be a bit moody, but these are only in times of solitude. She refuses to let the smile fall from her face when in company of others.
History || Noelani is born the youngest of three siblings, to a rich Oban family of noble lineage. Not long after her birth, she is promised to a young boy of rich history; her fate sealed away easily with a firm shake of her father and another man's hand. She is raised in her infancy, for the most part, by various servants; only occasionally getting minutes of time with her parents, in between their work and activity within the events nobles were so expected to attend. She finds solace in her brothers, and as she grows her ties to them strengthen. During her childhood she is tutored in etiquette and Oban nobility; she is taught math and science and literature, lectured in ladyhood. She is rarely left to her own devices, so wrapped up in constant effort, and all the while her brothers are left to do as they please. The eldest, following happily in his parents footsteps. The middle- Nuri- on the path to becoming a warrior.
She is envious of their freedom, but too fearful to speak up.
Connection || Nuri, she is his youngest and only sister.
Opinion || She envies the freedom that Nuri's been granted as the middle sibling, and wishes that she- too- could become a warrior, just as he is on the path to be. She looks up to him with an overwhelming sense of awe and often waits, bored, for him to return to her whenever he has left home; begging him to give her the attention she desires whenever he has the time to do so. Out of her entire family, she believes him to be her closest ally. She enjoys making things for him, and wears a matching handmade hair rope on her wrist as an homage to what he means to her as a most cherished brother. She'd follow him to the end of the world, if he asked it of her.
Memory || When she thinks of her brother, Noelani always thinks of him in a more softened hue; he was what she herself wanted to be, what she could not allow herself to be in fear of her parent's reprimanding, or worse. Noelani thinks of her brother as kind and strong and serious and just. He is a boy-warrior on the path to becoming a man and she wants nothing other than to follow in his footsteps.
Her clearest memory of him is one that involves the early days of his training, when he had only just decided upon what he wanted to do to further his name. He had announced it that morning, at a rare family breakfast, stating- quite seriously- that he would become a warrior and make his family proud. Their mother had clapped, their father had nodded his consent, and Nuri had beamed. At this time, Noelani had been quite young... but, she still remembered the tightening she had felt in her gut, that soft bit of jealousy that quivered whenever her brothers had a choice that she couldn't herself make. She was happy for her brother, but she could not bring herself to smile.
Like a bird, she was trapped in a cage of her own making. And though she held within her fingers the key to the cage's gilded doors, she was too fearful to leave.
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