Shana Coaren

Shana Coaren is a character from the series Subrift Tales. She is a weapons designer, and with her ideas forged by her brother Kiton, the two are specialists in creating five kinds of weapons.
==Appearance==
Shana has reddish-ginger hair, tied in two long plaits, and brown eyes, having a tall height (being the same height as her shorter-than-average brother) but otherwise being unremarkable. She wears a sleeveless grey vest, dark brown shorts and a short grey "skirt" over them, along with very tall boots and greyish-brown socks. Above this she wears a greyish-brown cloak-like covering. Her wrists are covered by bandages.
==Personality==
Shana is generally calm and gentle, often refusing to worry about heavy burdens and pressures. She is confident about her job, almost never re-checking a weapons plan before she and Kiton forge the weapon, though this sometimes goes against her as she may forget the exact criteria of more complicated weapons requests - although her brother has a tendency to notice the finer details and correct her before many of these mistakes.
Despite creating weapons, Shana dislikes them being used for war, as a result of war being what killed her parents.
==Abilities==
===Forging Weapons===
Shana is a blacksmith, though her actual skill in the physical act of forging is held back by her poor physical strength and lack of precision. This is made up for by her ability to create exceptional concepts - she gives these concepts to her brother Kiton, and while he does most of the work, she will still stand by to lend a hand and correct any errors.
The twins primarily specialise in creating swords, axes, lances, arrows and halberds. Shana's favoured weapons are the sword and bow, though she also brings a spear rather frequently.
==Story==
Kiton and Shana were both raised within their parents' smithy, and as a result Shana grew up surrounded by many weapons. She started designing her own weapons on paper, everything from replicas of what her parents made to her own, rather bizarre original weapons. As the twins grew older, Kiton began to learn how to use the forge himself, and Shana joined her brother by giving him concepts on what to forge.
When the twins were eighteen years old their parents left to provide weapons for a war, though a few years later they were reported to have been killed. Kiton ran from home in distress and was followed closely by Shana, who managed to find him as he fell into a Subrift of fire. She was able to rescue him before the Subrift could work any magic on him, though not before he managed to steal a pot from the world. The two returned to their home and decided to leave the pot as a souvenir.
Shortly after, the pot was revealed to be the home of Surtr, a fire spirit. While the spirit was confused by its new home, Kiton and Shana treated him well, and were soon able to persuade Surtr to do two jobs for them - to provide his endless fire as heat for their forge, and to guard their home while they were out. Since then, the twins were able to thrive greatly with their forge, due to the easy access to fire allowing them to forge many more weapons without needing to pay for the heat.
==Etymology==
Shana is a female given name that ultimately derives from “Shannon”. The name Shannon is derived from the River Shannon, the longest river in Ireland, which is associated with the goddess Sionnan and sometimes said to be named after her. However, it is more likely the goddess was named after the river, which may have gotten its name from the Old Irish “sen”, meaning “ancient”.
Coaren is derived from the word "coal".
==Gallery==
Kiton and Shana 2022.png|Group art with Kiton (new)
Shana Fantendoverse.png|Solo art (old)
Kiton and Shana Fantendoverse.png|Group art with Kiton (old)
==Trivia==
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