Morih Clarimond

Morih is a primary character in Disgraced Moon. She starts off as a mysterious antagonist, but ends up joining the main group later on.

## Character Detail

Morih belongs to a family of high nobility, known in particular for training and maintaining the Gatiman military. Because of her family's reputation for their strength and excellence, Morih was given many opportunities while growing up to hone her magical abilities and fighting skills, and was generally expected to excel in all of her endeavors. As an adult, Morih an incredibly skilled fighter, valuing strategy and grace over raw strength. As Andi's retainer, she is told to bring him back home by the royal family, which is why she appears within the story.

## Appearance

Morih is a thin woman with a medium skin tone and short, golden blonde hair. Her eyes are a tan brown color. Her most notable feature is her four arms, which is a result of the curse of The Cursed Generation. Her base outfit is an orange top, greenish-gray shorts, a light orange cardigan, a brown half-skirt, a brown belt, four arm gauntlets, brown shoes, and leg armor. Her outfit has imagery of the sun throughout it.

## Personality

Morih is a very prim yet abrasive young woman, to the credit of her upbringing as a military noblewoman. She's good at keeping herself professionally poised and elegant, but she will not hesitate to be harsh and critical to others as needed. She holds herself and her own abilities in high regard, making her prideful and sometimes condescending as a result. Despite her negative traits, Morih does strive to be the best version of herself every day. She, as an older sister, has the capacity to be a nurturing and kind person.

Prior to her younger brother Harinh's death, she was still poised and stoic, but still remained lighthearted and pleasant to an extent. Afterwards, Morih lost her brightness and lightheartedness in exchange for a cold, pessimistic demeanor, which only compounded how abrasive she was.

## Abilities

Morih's abilities fall into the category of Gatiman magical abilities which manipulate elements in the magic user's immediate area rather than create conjurations. In Morih's case, she holds the ability to manipulate sand, dirt, and sediment around her. There's not much limitation to what Morih can do with the sand; she may move it around, harden it and turn it into objects, glide upon it, etc. However, she is limited by the amount of sand around her. Bending elements takes much less stamina than conjuration, but it requires an access to the resource you are bending.

## Relationships

### Harinh Clarimond

Harinh is Morih's adoptive younger brother. Morih cared deeply for Harinh, often being the one to give him the kind of familial care that the two rarely received from their mother. The two were close when they were very young, but drifted apart as time went on due to Morih's duties as heiress of the Clarimond family grew. Harinh, not receiving the same kind of responsibilities or recognition as his sister, grew to be resentful towards her as he got older.

The schism got deeper and more noticeable until finally things came to a head when they were in their mid teenage years, and they got into a fight. The fight started verbal but escalated until it was a physical fight, with the two hurling magical attacks at one another. Harinh was more adamant with his attacks, hoping to prove his strength to his sister. He physically strained himself so badly during the fight that he was consumed by his plant abilities, turning him into a large tree.

After Harinh's death, Morih internally blamed herself for it. She holds memories of Harinh, even positive ones, in a painful regard because of how guilt-ridden she still feels over his passing.

### Andi Truesome

Morih is Andi's royal retainer, so she is dedicated to protecting him as well as teaching him to fight and defend himself. At the beginning of their relationship, Morih tries to keep things strictly professional between them, not allowing them to grow any sort of friendship. Andi, on the other hand, attempts to get closer to Morih and treats her as if they had already been longtime friends. Because of this, the two have an antagonist relationship; Morih is annoyed by Andi's antics while Andi takes pleasure in annoying her.

As time goes on, Andi and Morih become more genuinely comfortable with each other, developing a proper friendship. Morih begins to enjoy training and hanging around Andi, even if he still got on her nerves at times. After Harinh's death, Morih begings having mixed feelings toward Andi since his presence reminds her of having a younger brother. This results in a strain being placed on their friendship as Morih battles her declining mental health.

At the beginning of the plot, Morih and Andi are opposed to one another because of Morih's duties as retainer clashing with Andi's treasonous goals. This leads to an external conflict in the form of a fight and internal conflicts for both Andi and Morih, since the two care about each other.

### Miranda Orcha

Morih meets Miranda while she is still hunting Andi down. The two meet at a ball held in Andi's honor, and at first Morih speaks to Miranda in a polite, casual way. Once she learns who Miranda has been traveling with, she changes her tune and attempts to persuade Miranda into giving up Andi's location.

The next time the two interact in any meaningful way is after Morih officially joins the other three on their quest. Miranda immediately tries to get closer to Morih, excited at the prospect of having a female friend after only having the two men to speak to during her time in Gatimah. Morih, however, shrugs Miranda off, and shows no interest in friendship.

As time goes on, the women do become friends. Morih opens up to Miranda despite being a very closed off person most of the time. Morih finds Miranda to have an infectious optimism and sense of humor that makes her fun to be around. They grow so close that, when Miranda and Andi's relationship begins to break apart, Morih stands by Miranda and stays mostly neutral on everything.