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Taken in by a royal lineage whilst unhatched, this foundling cultivated a sophisticated and haughty attitude from an early age. Her casual negligence let to her excommunication, as youthfull cruelty turned to accidental Talonocide.

With her reputation shattered and confined to her quarters, she grew resentful of her parentage. Unbeknownst to her, this housearrest was an effort to spare her from retaliation. Her clan had hidden their love to allow her a gentle regret, reflection and understanding. This revelation remained obscure as the fledgeling left in frustration.

Now free and hiding from her family, the young nocturne found herself the recipient of enless torment. Allies once known now turned the other cheek as her former victims took their due. Hiding in terror, she fled her homeland in painted guise. Her slight age didn't allow the bitterness to settle and she failed to remember her past with fondness.

The lands she entered were tainted with death and decay, reaffirming her equally desperate conditions and forlorn prospects. However, this hardship allowed her to develop valuable skils, as she smuggled herbs across the border and apprenticed under a wandering Nu Wa. In this period she gained knowledge of herbal remedies and developed insight as a shaman. Whilst documenting the wildlife, she found a merciful refuge and endless outlet in her art, which grew from a hobby to a means of living.

Her brush conveyed to the spirits a meaning that words failed to answer. For the arts touch the soul of all directly. They reach the heart before stirring the mind, and so the essence of meaning is pure and unclouded by the lense of perception or time.

With the desire to paint came a tentative confidence and renewed drive to discover. This journey led her to the arcane lands, where she found herself first enthralled and then accepted by the unique community on the Islet.

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