Ella
From The Yuriban Encyclopedia
| Ella | |
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| IC Info | |
| Race: | Spiran (Kilikan) |
| Blessing: | Emoniichuan (though she considers it 'Batgirl' rather than 'Demoness') |
| Gender: | Female |
| Sexuality: | Lesbian |
| Age: | 15 to 16, exact age unknown |
| Place of Origin: | Spira, city of Luca |
| Height: | Slightly over five feet |
| Eye Color: | Ice Blue |
| Hair Color: | Black |
| Romantic Status: | Committed, Jenn |
| Romantic Identification: | Monogamous |
| Residence: | Woodland Retreat |
| Occupation: | Fisherwoman |
| OOC Info | |
| Source: | Original character set in the world of FFX and X-2 |
Ella is a Emoniichuan blessed girl of about fifteen or sixteen years of age, a non-native of Yuriba who was somewhat unceremoniously dumped on the island and has since made the island her home.
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Physical Description
If it werent for her wings, Ella might go generally unnoticed, holding herself shyly most of the time. She has something of an island girl look to her, dark hair and deeply tanned skin lending to this illusion. She seems to have had something of a rough life, her arms very scarred from a little below her wrists to her elbows, her right arm worse scarred than her left. Her usual attire of shorts and a short top when the weather is appropriate also shows the very bad scarring on her left side which appears to have been caused by several sources, and she has a small scar over her right temple which seems like it was fairly deep at one point in time. All in all though, she's not very self-conscious of the scars, used to them.
Personality
Very shy around people who she doesn't know, Ella is more likely to slip from an area rather than interact with new people. Her politeness, however, dictates that she'll speak to any who approach her, though she'll be a fair bit on edge for a while. Very hard to anger, she's almost too kind to the point that she puts herself into potentially dangerous situations, willing to trust people quickly, Ella believing in the general good in everybody, almost to a fault. Her natural curiosity has slowly taken a greater hold on her, pushing her shyness slowly aside. She seems to have a very bad memory, difficulty remembering names for the first few times meeting someone, though she seems to pick up faces a bit easier.
Very self sufficient due to her and Jenn's life before Yuriba, she's very reluctant to accept help, while willing to give hers freely. Much more willing to fair trade for something than to be given something she needs, she's not quite comfortable with the general 'free' atmosphere of many things in Yuriba.
Biography
Before Yuriba
| OOC Notes |
| This information is generally unknown, even to those who she's befriended, except in the very general sense. |
Orphaned at a young age in an event which also caused the scaring on her side, Ella was brought to the city of Luca to be placed in an orphanage. Events occurred which resulted in her running away from this place, to be later found and taken in by another orphan, Jenn, on a very stormy night. The two girls managed to eek out an existence in the abandoned part of Luca known among the orphans as 'Old Town', living on Ella's ability to fish and Jenn's various small jobs. The fall of the monster Sin began to reveal latent magical talent in Ella, though if it were natural, or due to the fragment of the monster which was lodged into her side, isn't entirely clear. Haunted by a person who was twisted to believe that those like her who had been 'Sin-sick' were to be killed, her life became somewhat hectic for a short period of time, but she and Jenn fought through, determined to work toward having a good life for themselves.
Life on Yuriba
Things had finally begun to calm for Ella and Jenn on Spira, and it was during a quiet, relatively relaxed day that Ella was unexpectedly dropped in Yuriba on the beach at the wading pools. Found by Merin, Ella was calmed down from her frantic state, she completely lost without Jenn, since the woman was nowhere in sight, though she appeared a day later. Initially believing herself and Jenn to be dead and passed on to their worlds afterlife, it took the convincing of breisleach, Merin and Hokuto to get her to believe that no, she wasn't dead. Given the guest apartment at the Woodland Retreat, Jenn and Ella began to adjust to their new lives on Yuriba, both girls accepting generally that they likely could not return to Spira.
Disrupted by dreams which seemed to be generated by the pyrefly which followed her and Jenn from Spira, Ella soon confided in Merin and breisleach as to what it was she was dreaming, the two women having suspicions that the pyrefly was linked to the dragoness Atara, who had been missing from the island for quite some time. The dreams proved to be memories and messages from the dragoness, helping to lead Merin to finding her with Ella's help as the 'key'.
Ella's natural magic was also creating further disruption for the young girl, she not fitting with the flow of magic about the island. Given a small ceremony by breisleach to 'introduce' her to the Goddesses and magic of the island, resulting in Ella becoming much more in tune with her new home, and possibly one of the first steps to getting her blessing.
Asking for and getting permission from breisleach to build a home at the Woodland Retreat, Ella and Jenn chose a location north of the waterfall, and are currently in the process of building a log cabin for themselves, finally fulfilling a dream of theirs to have a home of their own. With Ella fishing to catch fish to trade with several villagers for needed items, and Jenn doing most of the physical labor with a bit of help from Atara, they hope to have the home completely finished to it's full state sometime in 2008 with a shelter finished for the winter of 2007.
New climate has hit both her and Jenn rather hard as they began to experience their first winter, the two girls going into something of hermit mode, Ella only occasionally seen dealing with local fisherman for short periods of time before returning again to her home with her partner. Nearly invisible through the summer and fall of 2008, Ella seems to have come fairly well to terms with living in Yuriba, comfortable and fairly content in her new home, though she stays still to the public outskirts. Spending a fair amount of time in breisleachs' home on the island, she's grown closer to Nisa and Iessica, comfortable with her new island 'family'.
Blessing
Currently, there is really only one way to receive the Emoniichuan blessing. This however was not the way that Ella received it. She seems to have caught the eye of the goddess Zokutou, likely due to events in Ella's past as well as the nature of the world which she comes from, and Ella says that she was spoken to by the Goddess, and given the blessing directly from the divinity herself at the waterfall at the retreat. Having no concept of what the blessing should appear as, Ella has taken on more a 'batgirl' look rather than that of a demoness, notably lacking the tail which most with the blessing carry. The scar on her side has also changed some with the new form, a spiraled scar forming about the puncture wound that's there. This change and the way she was blessed, along with a few other incidents, gradually lead Ella upon the pathway of greater acceptance of the goddess in her life. Finally taking the steps to do so, Ella has become Zokutou's Sentry, and seems extremely pleased with this close connection with the elder Goddess.
Relationships
Being an orphan, Ella eagerly seeks for friends to fill her life, looking for what amounts to an adopted family. Very dedicated to Jenn and very much in love with her, Ella has virtually no interest in seeking further romantic relationships, but is happy for friends. Fairly close to the dragoness Atara, she also thinks very highly of Merin and breisleach for all of the help and kindness she's been shown. Knowing breisleach, she's been introduced to Hokuto and Nisa, trusting and forming a friendship with the two women as well. Knowing of Hokuto's and Kashiri's absence, she still considers the two friends, but has no public opinion of their leaving. Thanks to spending time with Nisa at the Retreat, she's become fairly comfortable with Iessica, and seems enamored with the chance to cuddle with Fenestra whenever she can. Due to her shyness, she's not yet met too many other people, very rarely venturing into the main village, keeping her travels to the mountains, and the beaches where she fishes.
