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3 Base Traits: Suspicious, Self-Reliant, Secretive Personality: Kura isn't the most trusting individual. She's cautious, and rightfully so! Anytime she's ever given her trust freely to others as a child she's either been met with praise or instant scorn and very little in between. Experience has taught her to be wary of other's intentions, even when it's her own family (i.e. if her sister says they should explore a cave that clearly has some sort of hex on it).
That being said she's growing into a very practical and self-sufficient young woman. If there's a way for Kura to do it on her own she will! Her parents have enough to worry about with putting food on the table and her sister is far too elegant to be handling the harsher work, so Kura has stepped up. She'll spend extra time studying a task if she needs to just to learn it, which often time means she's too stubborn to ask for help even if she really needs it. Part of the reason is out of pure embarrassment while the other is born from a stubborn need to succeed.
As much as Kura adores her family there's a side of her that she doesn't like to show anyone. She's a highly sentimental girl who likes to keep various knick knacks stashed all over the house and the woods at large. It could be something as precious as a shoe from her infancy or a rock that sort of looked like a crystal on her father's left hip! So long as it holds meaning to her she wants to keep it tucked away, forever secure and safe where no one can say anything about it. That being said she also keeps part of her personality locked away. It's safer that way; free of judgement.
Interesting facts -has been known to collect useless items so long as they're 'unique'
Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2021 5:54 pm
History
The tale of Sobaka, a Yaeli merchant, and Anahera, his Elarian lover, is certainly a strange one indeed.
Even though she had been trained to wield swords, Anahera had always shown interest in mercantile affairs. She lived for the thrill of a good bargain and haggling came as easy to her as breathing! It's what led her to make connections with any earthling that would speak to her, which wasn't many, but she tried never the less. Her dogged determination landed a few contracts, one of which being a partnership with Sobaka.
At first it was merely that; a partnership that brought the two together from time to time when it benefitted them. They would exchange goods, possibly pass some trade secrets and deals, then be on their way. However, as time passed so did feelings and eventually the two found themselves becoming more than friends. Initially they tried to fight it. Both had been raised to think the other some sort of monster, but prejudices were only as strong as the belief one put into them. In the end love won out and the two began a relationship in earnest.
The pair ended up settling as close to Zinris as Anahera felt comfortable, and made a living through their mutual love of the deal. Anahera stayed as close to her roots as possible, all while facing no small amount of criticism for taking an earthling lover, but all the while keeping her head held high. She was nothing if not determined to keep her life how she wanted it; the world be damned! Sobaka, however, had been dismissed entirely by his family. The moment he claimed he had fallen for an Elarian they dropped him entirely, spat on his good name, and said he was as good as dead to them. In the beginning it hurt, but over time he saw it as a sort of test. That if they'd really loved him at all they would have at least tried talking him out of it instead of reacting with harsh words!
In those early years the pair said little of children. Passing fancies, really, since they didn't think it would ever be in the cards for them. And yet...years later it was said that Elzira could produce hybrid blooms and low, one had been created! Taking this as a sign Anahera snatched her earthling by the hand and all but drug him to the core of Zinris.
Traditionalist elders tried to stop them from going. Some threatened them with violence while other elaria stepped up to defend them, stating that it should be up to Elzira to judge whether or not they deserved to be parents! And most surprising of all was who came to escort them the rest of the way. Anahera's own mother, Tabaxi, stood by her daughter's side. She was...less than thrilled at the thought of hybrid grandchildren, but having lost her daughter once already (when she'd initially left to live with the yaeli) she wasn't keen on losing her again.
If putting up with hybrids was the price she had to pay for a 'family' then so be it.
From the moment Rawiri and Kahukura bloomed tensions were high. For everyone that looked at the twins fondly there was someone else there to curse their blood. They were as unique as they were dreaded and because of this the girls were raised mostly in isolation. For the most part their grandmother, Tabaxi, looked after them while Anahera and Sobaka worked. Sobaka did his best to instill yaeli core beliefs in his daughters, but the Aishan influence was strong. They may not have been raised in Zinris, but it was important that they have the same education as any pure blooded Elarian.
Despite the tensions of their childhood the girls remained close with one another. While Rawiri grew to accept her uniqueness, even to revel in it, Kura seemed almost embarrassed of hers. She loved her father, truly she did, but what was she to think when his side of the family abandoned them? And even when they met other earthlings all they did was stare.
There were some points in her childhood that Kura would tie string onto her ears to try and lift them. Other points where she attempted to dye her hair or even pick out her crystals (she stopped, of course, the second she pricked her skin). Instead of learning to use her silver tongue to charm people, as her sister has begun to do, she uses her skills to get them to leave her alone. Having grown up in relative isolation has made Kahukura an introvert to the extreme. She enjoys nature, loves to explore the land around her and train as she's supposed to in the Aishan ways. That being said when she has to talk she stumbles and expects the worst from people.
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Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2021 5:55 pm
RP Log
Prentice [Yael] The Mist - Nayyara [We] Honoring Those Who Are Gone - Nok [WE] Pickpocket! - Daspien [Yael] Familiarity - Morain
Stage 2 [WE] Date Night - Lutana [Oba] Excitement - Calixa [Jauhar] Friendly Faces - Nok
There had never been a time that Kahukura didn’t have her stashes. Ever since she was a child she’d been prone to squirreling away trinkets that she thought had value when in all reality it was little more than junk. Bits of ribbon from her favorite childhood dress, her sister’s first pair of glasses (though she was sure Rawiri didn’t even know she had them) and quills her parents had long since thrown out. Her collections were such an eclectic mess that she feared what others might think, but there was a peace in them for her. She wanted to travel, one day far from now, and see what else she could add. There had to be rare areas of the world that few others had traveled where she could collect things for her memories.
Her father had raised them on stories of treasure seekers. Individuals who would brave the perils of the world in order to find relics that others had forgotten, but so often they sold them for money. Kahukura would never think to do such a thing. If she found something truly that precious she would keep it forever. It might not make her much money, but she really didn’t need it. She ate minimally and so long as she had a warm place to sleep that was enough for her.
A calm life, with a small bit of travel and just enough excitement to make it nice. She might even write about it in a journal; one that she would never share with others, of course. That was okay, wasn’t it? To go out into the world, find objects, and just…have them? Why should she have to share everything about herself? It was enough just to reflect and be happy; that much she was certain of.
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Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2022 3:59 pm
Class Choice
[By choosing an earthling life path Kahukura is not only closing off a part of her to Elzira forever, but also risking her families disappointment. Her grandmother, in particular, has found fault with the choice, but despite all of this she pushes forward. It's her future on the line; not the older Aishans]
Ever since the girls had turned a decent age the women of their family had pushed for an Aishan education. Simple weaponry, they said, just the basics. It had started out simple enough, but when their grandmother had wanted the girls to go head long into Elarian training a part of Kura simply shut down. She’d retreated into the wilds for longer stretches of time and barely came home at all. After a while her mother stopped pushing the idea out of concern for her daughter, but Tabaxi? The older alkidike was persistent.
One evening when Kahukura was sure the house was empty she was ambushed. The older woman was sitting at a chair in the center of the room in direct eye line of the front door. As soon as her granddaughter opened the door she had no choice but to face her.
“Your father tells me you’re going to the mainland? To train with the sisters of Chibale I presume?” She raised a judgmental eyebrow and when her granddaughter seemed to shrink back she huffed. “If not a sister, then what?”
“…I just want to travel…”
“And you can’t do that under Elzira? She’s your goddess, if not for her you wouldn’t even exist! Don’t you think she deserves your love?”
“And she has it.” Kura murmured. When her grandmother feigned deafness, the teenager felt her insides liquify. She hated moments like this and it was exactly why she’d avoided home for so long. “I just…want to go my own way.”
And that was it, wasn’t it? The deal breaker? The whole family had been able to accept the oddities that were their daughters simply because they were daughters but there had always been an expectation that they would follow an aishan path.
And now that Kahukura wasn’t she was facing her scorn.
It burned; especially because she adored her grandmother. The woman was stern but loving. To see this side of her…it made her feel two inches tall. “Once you go you won’t be able to come back. You’ll always be part of this family, but Elzira will be hidden from you, you realize that?” Tabaxi was…almost pleading now? There was a definite shift in her tone, one that was both upset and saddened.
“…I know.” She loved Elzira, oh how she adored her goddess, but there was more out there for Kura than what lay under her branches. She just needed her grandmother to understand that. It was heartbreaking to know that she wouldn’t, but…Kahukura was just as stubborn. She was going to go regardless of what the older woman said.
It…just would have been so much nicer if she’d given her send off with love. “I just hope you don’t infect your sister,” Tabaxi finally groused and hung her head. “Rawiri is hard headed, but she’ll see. She’ll make up for what you lack.” What she lacked? Was that truly how her grandmother saw her? With a shaky, unsteady breath Kahukura turned on her heel and left her home.
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