Aura Pridwyn

## Aura Pridwyn

### Relations

Ridill Arondite (Friend)
Cam (Friend)

### Affiliation

FLOW
OPIA

## Physical description

### Eye color

Dark Red

Aura Pridwyn is an NPC in Reflection. He is played by Jay. He is a Sylt Islander who's spent much of his life training to become and working as a field ESPer with a focus on environmental restoration projects. His well-rounded environmental science knowledge and his expertise with Analysis ESP got him recruited by FLOW's Wave Two, where he currently finds employ.

## Appearance and Personality

### Appearance

Aura is a tall, fit man with dark brown skin and long dark brown hair tied in a small bun. His eyes are a deep purplish-red. In his FLOW outfit, he wears a white jacket over a small green shirt, white pants, and black and white shoes. His jacket, pants, and shoes all have LED lights on them that are green by default but can change at will. He also wears red fingerless gloves and occasionally wears earrings. Much of his clothing features the irregular triangular patterns common to GEIST merchandise.

### Personality

Aura is an incredibly passionate person. He is somewhat of a loudmouth and is prone to starting loud diatribes about his various interests. He is hotheated and easily starts arguments, although they are mostly facetious and he seems to enjoy riffing on his friends. He does, however, occasionally start arguments on purpose to irritate people he dislike, namely rabid Ace Galatine fans.Despite his carefree nature, when a job needs to get done, Aura is extremely reliable and a hard worker.

Aura is an extremely knowledgeable environmental scientist. While he doesn't often verbalize it, he is often examining the environment around him to analyze any possible oddities or points of interest. This habit comes very much in handy during missions to the Coda. In his personal life, Aura is a superfan of anime and gacha games, mainly featuring the character "Symphonia", or Sophie.

## History

### Early Life

Aura was born in the Sylt Islands sometime after the appearance of the Coda. He studied biology and became an environmental scientist focusing on restoration in the Sylt Islands following a war that polluted many of its uninhabited islands. While working as a restorationist, he developed Analysis ESP. Following the establishment of Wave Two of FLOW, Aura left his old job to become an agent. During the training period, he became friends with Ridill Arondite, as well as the AI Cam, who Aura fulfilled the role of development partner for.

### FLOW Wave Two

The night before Wave Two's first day, Aura transported the coffin containing Basilisk Id across the desert to Fuse City. The following day, he was at the back of the line of the procession of Wave Two agents due to his low scores as a result of his refusal to answer history questions biased against the Sylt Islands by the GEIST-aligned textbook writers "correctly". Upon arriving at OPIA, Ace attempted to help him find a Reflection, but was unsuccessful. With the help of Willow Wisp, he decided on the Oscar Original. After Willow destroyed Basil's coffin to stop the dangerous effect it was producing, Aura was teleported to the Demon-infested, abandoned portion of the Undercity. Even with a Reflection, he was nearly overrun by Demons if not for the intervention of Satyr.

The following day, Aura participated in a virtual combat simulation with other Wave Two agents. He then got lunch with them before heading off on his own to retrieve missing Reflections. That night, he returned a small amount of acquired Reflections to Dr. Verona before heading to Darkside with his teammates. Some time later, he visited the OPIA saunas to be introduced to the Flame of Creation by Ridill. Later that day, he hung out with Ace in upper Fuse City before he went to commune with his Reflection. He visited Wave Two at the lunchroom that afternoon, expressing a small amount of jealousy that he wasn't allowed to commune with his Reflection. During the mission to rescue Colt, Aura attempted to break into the locked off GEIST warehouse with Ascalon, who eventually ran off on her own. Using the Oscar Original, Aura managed to break down the front door and assist his teammates against Charybdis.

The following day, Aura went shopping with Mic to buy an outfit for Cam's body coronation. He wore a maid outfit to the event.

### The Court of Death

Aura joined several of his fellow Wave Two members in a mission to install GEIST probes on the first layer of the Coda. While in the Coda, he expressed his interest at the lack of natural plant growth throughout the first layer. He used his knowledge of biology to assist in discovering the organs of a particularly abnormal Demon that was preventing them from installing a probe. After the appearance of the Hunter of Mortals, Aura took a heavy amount of Burn after hearing The Muse's song and fell unconscious. While unconscious, he hallucinated a past version of himself who seemed to have escaped The Cycle, but reentered it to protect an unknown woman. Upon being revived by Arg0s, Aura used his Reflection to push back the Hunter of Mortals.

The following day, Aura joined Cam and Basil to go shopping in the GEIST district to lower their Burn, where they discussed what they saw in their Burn hallucinations. He made apparent his desire to stay at FLOW to discover more about himself. After the disappearance of Basil into the Coda, Aura joined the supply team, traveling through the second layer and establishing a forward base on the third. Alongside Mic, he installed the final probe needed to connect a shortcut between the first and third layers. After Mic pushed herself to her limits to construct a World Tree, Aura joined the rest of the forward and supply teams in ascending to the surface.

After returning to the surface, Aura joined Melli Luxity, Charybdis, and Lugh in protecting civilians against the final push of the Court of Death.

### Epilogue

Following the victory against the Court of Death, Aura snuck into the Coda with the help of Ridill and Treble to gather more environmental data. After the beginning of the training period of FLOW's Third Wave, Aura joined the early trainees at their camp at the Sylt Islands. During this period, he returned to Fuse City to see Ace off from FLOW, and participate in a misison with several other FLOW agents, where he once again drove Ridill's van through the desert.

### Act Two

Aura joined Ridill as an assistant instructor for her group of Wave Three students, the Gate of Humanity. He briefly introduced himself to the inductees as a consultant for first aid and ecology, both mundane and Demonic. He joined the Gate of Humanity in fighting against the Court of Compulsion. After Robin failed to assist Basil, Aura stepped in and used his Reflection to dispatch several of Compulsion's foot soldiers. Several days later, Aura greeted his subordinates again, reminding them that if they had any interest in learning practical skills or acquiring licenses to come to him. He deployed to the Sylt Islands with Melli Luxity, but was unable to return to Fuse City during the Court of Compulsion's attack due to Satyr's kidnapping. After returning to OPIA, he spoke to Serve about Danger, who was also kidnapped.

## Abilities

Aura is decently physically fit and incredibly perceptive. With his extensive knowledge of environmental science, he has been a great boon to OPIA in learning about the ecology of the Coda and the behaviors of various Demons and other forms of Codan life.

### Reflection

Aura is a Reflection user. His Reflection is the "Oscar Original", a massive missile with a hilt and numerous other missiles and flares strapped to it. It is an immensely heavy weapon that Aura can't wield on his own without the assistance of a mechanical arm gifted to him by Ridill. Despite its difficult learning curve, the Oscar Original is an extremely powerful Reflection, able to deal massive amounts of damage at once with its many rockets.

### ESP

Before joining FLOW, Aura had Analysis ESP, which manifests as the ability to percieve information about people or objects one focuses on without having had prior knowledge of that information. He ceased taking his ESP pills after joining FLOW, and the state of his ESP after binding to the Oscar Original is unknown.

## Gallery

Aura's Reference page, Art and design by Roma
## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Above and Below
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Neon Sparks
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Superhero
4. ↑ Bedside Manners
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://www.patreon.com/posts/reflection-aura-67739093
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Beachside Burn
7. ↑ Sum of Experiences
8. ↑ Colt Classic
9. ↑ Dear Sweetest Me
10. ↑ Night Ride
11. ↑ For Today
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 For Tomorrow
13. ↑ Crossing Threads
14. ↑ Dying Flame
15. ↑ Through The Gate
16. ↑ Strong Enough
17. ↑ Uneasy Future