NEW SEGMENT: NPC SPOTLIGHT
Every one in awhile I’ll be posting in this thread about an NPC in the game that is important to our characters backstories. Today I’ll be posting about Danuin’s primary backstory character because nobody else has told me about their backstory characters yet.
Please remember that Vladorz can lie and I cannot ensure the authenticity of any of their background characters.
Selynth the Archivist:
Selynth is an Arakkoa of the Airglow tribe, a tribe known for its academics and intellectuals. A brilliant mage and skilled mediator Selynth works for the Skychief Lagan as a minor magistrate. Her position of influence has afforded her an opulent abode that she despises. She takes on lower caste Arakkoa as “servants” to afford them some status in society. She is generally regarded well by the Arakkoa.
Danuin and Selynth grew up together and were childhood friends which grew into a one-sided crush on Danuin’s side. Selynth is notable for finding a way to tint glass steel metallic hues. When she married, Danuin was one of the people who Selynth deigned to give her away (as in Arakkoa society it is not a role assured to ones parents but to individuals who are precious to those getting wed.) Which was a moment of both pain and pride for Danuin.
Selynth married a member of the Aurene tribe, the tribe behind the glassmaking and known for its artisans, named Osk and, despite the abusive nature of her marriage to him, Selynth did want her children. (Danuin made the choice to destroy her eggs without consulting her and that hurt Selynth greatly.) It would be a lie to pretend that Danuin’s romantic feelings (her crush now a full blown infatuation) for Selynth did not play in to her decision. Seeing this problematic dismissal of her agency from her beloved friend the nature of Selynth’s relationship with Danuin changed. Though to what extent, Danuin does not know as she was almost immediately banished.
Selynth still cares for Danuin and desires to know if she is alive and safe, but their old bonds of friendship may never recover from Danuin’s brash actions. The truth is it is the fact that she so deeply wronged Selynth that Danuin is trying to atone for, and why she continues to enforce the Arakkoa’s judgment on herself.
Selynth is straight, and a romantic relationship between the pair could never have happened. But Danuin’s affections are not something she can easily control.