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Name: Arren Cadi
House: Asterion/Grendle gradutate
Zodiac: The Key
Height: 4'6"

Username: Midnightglow18
Starting Stage: Senior
Race: Nixie
Base: C

Description:

• Body: X X X Dark color for the main body. Grey eyes. Brown or red hair. Sand marking on tail. Freckles. Sand marking on feet and maybe hands.
  
• Eyes: Grey
  
• Hair: Brown or Red X
  
• Clothes: X X X X X X (Colors taken from color pallets please), scarf (Orange), sweater (Tan or red), Strawberry print pants(Brown pants with red strawberries), boots (Brown boots). Fall leaf in on her hat (Brown or Tan hat yellow leaf). Fall leaves colors,
  
• Tail: - Dark with sand marking
  

References (if applicable): X X X X X X X X X X

Arren was born off the coast in the a shallow sea. Her family lived near a coral reef. Her parents raised her in the small village and Arren found life very dull. When Arren was about 9 years old she started wandering away from home. Going further and further, upsetting her parents greatly every time. Her parents worried she would get hurt or lost. Arren was never interested in the family business of rasing various familiars on the shore near their home.

Arren didn't feel like she fit in, so many were content to just live out their lives, in the seas, swamps and marshes, but Arren wanted more, so she asked her parents to send her to Asphodel Gardens Academy. They were both sad to see her go, but Arren wanted more out of her life that the sea. So she started living in the dorm, and using a lot of skin care products to keep her skin from drying out. Once she passed her freshling classes, Arren moved on to her junior classes. It wasn't till junior year that she realized she wanted to learn to run her own business and open a cafe when she grew up. The new people she met gave her the spark, she figured out she liked taking care of other people.

She thought of the freshling she met her junior year she met a little imp, they had mud on their face and they were crying. Arren frowned she didn't understand what was wrong with the little guy, but she couldn't leave them like this. So Arren went over to them and said "Hey little guy what's wrong??" The little freshling balled in tears that they had lost their vespercat and then fallen in the mud. Arren couldn't help herself, she had to help the little imp get cleaned up and to find their familiar. She was just driven to give to others, even if it took away from time for herself.

Cooking for them and serving them drinks made Arren happy. So after senior year Arren decided to apply for Asterion university, where she got her degree in business.

There weren't many orphans in Arren's village, but when she moved to live in the dorm, she met many freshlings who had never had moms and dads. Her heart went out to each and every one of them, she would often make cookies for the orphanage to give to the freshlings that hadn't found homes yet. She wanted to ask the caretakers if she could run a bake sale met and greet, to see if it would be possible to help more of these freshlings find moms and dads.

Arren attended Eldritch freshling and junior year. Junior years she took trade as her elective twice. She also took some extra gym classes and swimming for the fun of it. During Arren's junior year she took life skills where she met a teacher she dearly loved, who helped her with the cookies she wanted to make for the orphans, that was when she decided cooking and giving to others was what she wanted to do with her life. Arren dreamed of one-day holding speicals were the proceeds would go to helping the orphan freshlings would find parents.

Arren loves being active when she isn't busy with work or studying. Senior year she took more trade classes and cooking classes. Lining up what she wanted to get ready for when she went to the university. She figured out then that she need to go to both Grendel and Asterion since she wanted to learn to run her own business and cook the dishes she wanted to sell. Arren split her classes equally at the two universities to get her degree in business and cooking.

During her junior and senior year Arren got a part time job working at a cafe, she meet many diffrent beings there, which helped her become more comfortable and feel like she fit in with others. Arren was always polite to other nixies, but she still hadn't felt like she wanted to let any of them close to her heart.

Basic Information:

• One of the requirements for the Basic Info is gender! Please add this to your first post.
  
  Appearance:
  
• Arren looks like she'll be so cute! A bit more detail is needed for the colorist to see your vision for this character clearly, though:
  
• I would feel more comfortable accepting this quest if you picked one of the two palettes you've provided, or if you indicated that you would like both to be incorporated.
  
• Please change the "colors of the palette" link under Clothing to indicate that you're linking an outfit! Someone might look over that, thinking you're just linking the palette again.
  
• In addition, under Clothing, please indicate if you want the accessories in the ref photo (scarf/beanie).
  
• Are there any particular markings you'd like for Arren to have on her body? Any you don't want?
  
• Do you have any specifications for Arren's fins or tail?
  
• Please don't be afraid to get specific! After all, a colorist won't want to do something you don't like on a character that you've put so much into.
  
  Personality:
  
• Under "Welcoming," I'd like for you to describe how and/or why Arren is welcoming. Right now, it seems to focus on her dislike of mechanics and tinkerers.
  
• Please write a paragraph or two describing Arren's personality in general! It's important for us to see how all these parts work together - and that might be a more appropriate place to go into details about her dislike of mechanics, as well as any other likes/dislikes.
  
  Backstory:
  
• Your backstory works well with lore, but I'd like to see a bit more detail! Allow me to explain:
  
• The backstory is supposed to include one major event that "shaped" your character. You mention that attending Academy and seeing so many new people gave her a "spark" - I'd love to see in detail what that moment was!
  
• Although she's not an orphan, as Nixies tend not to be, there's a very high rate of orphans in Below. How did seeing so many other people who are orphans affect her?
  
• How does Arren feel about Nixies? You mention that people might push her around for leaving the oceanside, but I don't tend to see Nixies having trouble with that in general (they're a very sociable race and enjoy meeting new people). Is her family particularly antisocial or settled in one place? Does it make her nervous when she sees other Nixies, or does she get along with them well?
  
• What house was Arren in during her time at Academy?
  
• You refer to the Academy as "Nightmare Academy" - while that's the name of our shop, we actually refer to it as the Asphodel Gardens Academy in lore!
  
  
• These next few are just food for thought, not mandatory changes:
  
• You mention that Arren wanted "more" than her life by the ocean - what "more" was she looking for? Did she find that sense of belonging and completion when she attended Academy?
  
• Although you mention she developed a desire to assist people, what made her want to go into the culinary business? Does she have a history with baking? Did she have a part-time job at a cafe to help her attend Academy?
  
  RP Prompt:
  
• Your prompt technically meets all mandatory requirements, but I'd love to see some more interiority here. What is Arren thinking throughout all of this? Why is she so compelled to return to plush to its owner (does she view it as a normal duty, an obligation to children? Did she lose a plush when she was young?).
  
  

Please quote me when you've made the appropriate edits! There is no need to do them in a different color. Thank you!

Looks great, much better! Thank you for your patience!

I'm going to say this quest is APPROVED!

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