Aona Esen

Aona is an NPC played by Christian. He is an air genasi, and shares a father with Azzurum Esen-Carr. He has previously been an adversary to the party, but now works alongside them.

## Biography

### Goldstead Arc

Episode 5: A Camaraderie of Closed Books

While on the road, Vincent strikes up a conversation with Kerry about the air genasi that had passed through Goldstead. Kerry remembered that he passed through about a week ago and had encountered a group taking tolls. Although the gang attacked first, the air genasi killed half of them, and left the other half in a terrible state, unable to fight. They didn't just have physical damage, but some came back with ruptured eardrums or fearing god. He also mentions that they did not target Azzurum just because he was an air genasi, but because the people who reported Azzurum's presence to him were absolutely certain that Azzurum has the same face as the air genasi in question.

### Wheldon Arc

Episode 20: Malediction of Red and Gold

With the room they were staying in destroyed by fire, the genasi family and Aona gather together in an entertainment room down the hall. When Azzurum arrives, the twins are crying over their mother, Adelaide and Adela are trying their best to breathe, and Cygnet is attempting to lift debris off of Aona, who is trapped beneath. Once more summoning that wind power within him, Azzurum extinguishes the fire in the room, and works together with Cygnet to free Aona. Aona acknowledges that Azzurum has saved his life, and says that Selk is merely unconscious after breathing in too much smoke. Aona lifts her in a fireman's carry to get her out of the manor.

Using Lidara's borrowed rope of climbing, Adela's ability to shape water, and Aona's powers, they are able to get all of the family lowered down to the grounds of the manor. Azzurum shouts down to Aona to keep them safe, and Aona meets his eyes for the first time, nodding.

Later, the party meets up with the genasi family on the grounds, where they discover that Selk has slipped away. Around her, the family is grieving while Aona is doing chest compressions to attempt - in vain - to revive her.

Episode 21: Brilliant Diamonds and Wretched Gold

In the garden shed, Aona sits off to one side with Cygnet. Azzurum speaks with Aona, thanking him for helping the family. Aona hangs his head, saying that he had failed, but Azzurum disagrees - without Aona, many more would have died. Aona reveals that he had been watching the party the whole time they were in Ciniath, though admittedly for a different reason. He asks if this is a problem, and Azzurum says that it's not - provided Aona isn't trying to use this as an opportunity to get them to trust him and then he turns around and stabs them in the back. Aona jokes that that's a good idea, before leaving to go take a walk.

The party decides to head into the city to see what is happening. Before they leave, Azzurum tells Aona to protect the family, and that he wants to see a pile of those creatures here when he gets back - Aona says its a tall order, but he can make it happen.

Episode 22: Allies, Old and New

Aona is escorted along with the genasi family to the undercity by the Strings of Fate, Bonnie, and Wolfgang. When the party is telling everyone what to expect outside as a result of the extraplanar bleeding, Aona is the only one who does not look frightened.