Akui Azurlumen

Akui Azurlumen, also known as the Soulfire Daemon, is a hybrid Netherkin/Blazekin who will be integral to uprising in the Nether. She is a member of the who made her debut in I Try Today.
Akui was created by Dexter Kronos who posted her submission in #character-suggestions-for-series on official Rainimator's Discord server, which was accepted seconds later on December 20th 2023.
==Design==
Akui is a dark-skinned human-like figure with waist-length, ombre-cyan hair and cyan gradient eyes. She wears a short black crop top with a pauldron and elbow guard on the right shoulder, black gloves on both hands, and fishnet sleeves on both arms (the right one having its fishnet cut in half). Akui also wears a black miniskirt and black knee-length boots, equipped with fishnet stockings. She also wears a small ribbon around her left elbow. She has a noticeable bust and waist.
==Personality==
Akui is a very steadfast and focused magus, never wavering in the heat of battle. She does not immediately show respect to authority figures, opting to have them win her trust instead. 
It is unknown how much of her doc remains canon to the series.
==Story==
=== History ===
Akui Azurlumen was born in the , daughter of a trusted advisors to the royal family (Sayuri) and a high ranking general (Egan). She was raised on the stories of the original , with people such as Glutton and Lahar the stars of the show. 
When Naeus came to power, his Imperial Loyalists would round up all the men in her kingdom (including her father and their king, Kurono), leaving only Prince Leurox and their local madman behind as warnings against rebellion. Her father, and most of the Cobalis forces, would be killed in the service of Brots, causing Akui to rebel against the Horde and leave for the Freedom Fighters.
Her hope is to reclaim her kingdom free Prince Leurox from his puppet status, but ultimately, she yearns for the death of Brots and Naeus.
=== I Try Today ===
Akui would play an integral part in the early efforts to free Prince Hamlett of the from the Loyalist forces led by Aurora Goldfist. Upon the arrival of the newly revived Abigail Crysteffor, she expressed confusion at everyone else's bowing, refusing to do so in the process. Regardless, she would follow Urgrakk and Abigail into battle, dispatching several loyalists with her Pyromancy, and was integral in melting the cage Hamlett was trapped in.
==Skills==
Akui is an extremely skilled Pyromancer, utilizing Blue Flames to combat anyone in her way. She can heal from other flames and magma, and heals injuries through absorption. 
If her doc is mostly canon, she also has skills with sickles, and can bend lightning defensively. When angered, she can produce wings of flames to help her fly in a fight.
Her most obvious weakness is water, which - when doused - will reduce her flame capabilities and have her rely solely on physical power. Otherwise, her tolerance is the next greatest challenge.
== Appearances ==
==Trivia==
*Akui is the sixth accepted character to be officially added into the series, being preceeded by Brots, Kaia, Sora Maeda, Dystopia and Saphira-Thunderwing.
**In contrary, however, she was made by a Production Team member.
**Ironically, she is said to hate Brots in her original documentation.
*She is the second pansexual character in the series (preceeded by Sora), making her the eighth confirmed LGBTQ+ character.
*Her design and suggestion document were made by Dexter Kronos, allegedly because she 'wanted to test out fishnet designs'https://discord.com/channels/478232666781646889/480231557123276800/1186896985786155041.
*The name 'Akui' means 'spite' or 'malice' in Japanese, whilst her surname 'Azurlumen' is a combination of 'azur' ('blue') and 'lumen' ('light). 
**Therefore her entire name means 'Spite of the Blue Light' or 'Malicious Blue Light'
*Akui's original surname was 'Embersoul', however, this was changed for the canon introduction.
*Akui is the first hybrid Blazekin/Netherkin in any of the series, and the first character to wield blue flames outside of The Dragon.
**This is allegedly due to living in the Soul Sand Valley biome.
*Akui is also the third woman of color in the series, preceeded by Hilda and Agatha.
*Akui's age is within her early 20s, making her at minimum a year older than Ciara, Rain Wynter and Abigail Crysteffor, and potentially the same age as Stella.
====Information from the Google Doc====
* Akui's father - Egan Embersoul - was apart of a prestigious Blazekin warrior clan in the Soul Sand Valley, defending the kingdom of Cobalis from harm.
* Akui's mother - Sayuri - is a distant relative of the Crysteffors, with her long-defunct clan (the Feuer Clan) acting as advisors to the King of the Blazes.
*She grew up on legends of great Nether warriors, such as Glutton, Lahar, Agni (unaccepted character), 'Ratzon the Stormslayer' and his son 'Nuriel'.
*Her family were given land by the Blaze King Kurono for their service over the years.
*All the Blazes of her hometown - including King Kurono - were sent to war by the Horde against their will.
**Egan was killed under Brots' command months later alongside other captives, leading Akui down a path of vengeance.
*She has conquered her fear/intolerance of water and can bend lightning in some circumstances.
*Her end goal is the destruction of the Horde, especially of Brots and Naeus.
*Akui cannot wear normal clothing or armor because when she gets angry, she heats up, and her clothes are burned. The only exception is her current outfit.
**She hates this because "she’d love to wear a dress armor but nooooo".
* Her doc personality was "Brash and abrasive, [with] little time or care for negotiation, only giving that chance to Netherkin or Blazes." She was also flirty, hostile to the with the exception of any detractors. Her heart was also in the right place. 
** If she is angered, it was said she'd turn into "an absolute monster, enjoying the screams of her enemies and brushing off wounds with a flirty insult in return [...], made to disgust someone enough to slip up so she may burn them to ashes.
===== Original Table=====
	Gender: Female 	Affiliation: Unburnt Rebellion 	Species: Hybrid (Netherkin/Blazekin)
	A hybrid Netherkin/Blazekin who seeks vengeance for the kingdom of Cobalis with her blue flames and charm.	A young hybrid who grew up in the kingdom of Cobalis, a Soul Sand civilization ruled by the King of Blazes, Kurono. After her fathers death by the haphazard thinking of Brots and the forced conscription of the , Akui packed her bags to find a mentor in magma bending in order to get her revenge.She is designed to be pansexual, making her the second pansexual character in any of Rainimator's projects. She is a distant relative of Abigail Crysteffor and Vanessa Crysteffor through her mother.	Akui was proposed by Dexter Kronos and was accepted on Dec. 20, 2023
==Gallery ==
===Promotional===
File:Unburnt Rebellion.png|Akui with Urgrakk and Abigail Crysteffor in a promotional render for I Try Today.
File:ITT1.png|Akui marching with the Freedom Fighters in a promotional render for I Try Today.
File:Unburnt Banner Akui.png|Akui at the Unburnt Rebellion Headquarters in a promotional render for I Try Today.
File:Urgrakk Wurtsguard Akui looking at map.png|Akui, Wurtsguard and Urgrakk in a hidden promotional render for I Try Today.
File:ITT4.png|Akui and members of the Freedom Fighters & in a promotional render for I Try Today.
File:ITT8.png|Akui and the Freedom Fighters army in a promotional render for I Try Today
===Conceptual===
File:Akui Turnaround.png|Akui's full turnaround in a conceptual render.
File:Akui.png|Akui in a conceptual render.
File:Akui Sit.png|Akui sitting in a conceptual render.
File:Akui Azurlumen Concept.png|Akui with her blue flames in a conceptual render.
File:Akui Smirk.png|thumb|Akui smirking in a joke render.
File:Rain and Netherkin.png|Rain with Abigail Crysteffor, Akui and Stella in a joke render.
File:Akui Flames.gif|Akui using her flames in a conceptual gif.
===Screenshots===
File:Urgrakk and Wurtsguard bowing to Abigail.png|Akui watching the Freedom Fighters bow to Abigail Crysteffor in I Try Today.
File:Urgrakk freeing Hamlett.png|Akui watching Urgrakk releasing Hamlett's handcuffs in I Try Today.
==References==
Category:Accepted Fan Characters
Category:Assets created by Dexter Kronos
Category:Blazekin
Category:Female
Category:Fractures Characters
Category:Hybrids
Category:LGBTQ+ Characters
Category:Minor Protagonist
Category:Netherkin
Category:Protagonist