Melolia

Melolia, the Errant, is the daughter of the current queen of Melophae. Now on the run from her mother after witnessing her father's murder, she finds herself in the mystical islands of Faerin. Alongside her newfound companion Eyre, she sets off on a journey of self-discovery across the island's many temples, searching for answers to her problems.

## Lore

### Backstory

Daughter of the Lavender King and Queen Moira, Melolia was born to be the successor to her father's throne as the next generation of royalty. From a young age, she was taught amongst the brightest of Melophae’s magic wielders and soon proved herself to be a gifted mage in her own right. Idolizing her father for his accomplishments and philosophies, she cheered him on as he collaborated on the construction of the Arklight.

After the Arklight's destruction, and her father's popularity waning; something had to be done. So, she decided to go and gain the public's faith, showing her father support as he grew more and more disillusioned as the days went by. Unfortunately, favour was hard to recapture from the public, and her father's popularity grew thinner still. After a long day of studying and planning ways to drum up her father’s political status, Melolia went over to the throne room to talk with the Lavender King. As she drew closer and closer, the faint noise of chatter grew louder and louder. Thinking nothing of it, probably just another talk between her parents, Melolia opened the door to the royal chamber.

As soon as her eyes laid witness to the scene in front of her, fear instantly flooded her entire body and froze her to the spot. Her father, her idol in life, bleeding on his own throne impaled by a shadowy finger arising from Queen Moira. Paralyzed, the room seemed to warp around Melolia, with each second growing longer and more harrowing. She could do nothing but watch as her father’s eyes were drained of all their life, with the shadowy figure of her mother towering over his now limp corpse. As the Lavender King's corpse slumped and fell onto the floor, Moira turned around and she locked eyes with her terrified daughter. With a wicked look in her mother's eyes Melolia had never seen, the shadowy fingers slowly began to arise and turn. The movement Melolia realised, was a sign her mother’s killing intent hadn't been satiated. So, she ran.

Melolia fled the scene, narrowly avoiding the terrifying yells and myriads of spells being launched in her direction, and quickly fled out of the country. Now on the run and framed as her father’s murderer, there was no opposition for her mother's takeover.

### Recent Events

After fleeing the nation of Melophae, Melolia settled down for a bit in the costal towns on the Galteran coast, laying low to avoid commotion. But word on her whereabouts spreads fast, and soon the town was overrun with mercenaries trying to find Melolia ransacking the town. As Melolia watched from the safety of her hiding spot, she saw as innocent people were hounded by the various mercenaries looking for her.

As she saw this all unfold, the image of her father's desecrated corpse on the throne as her mother stood above flashed back into her mind. Her mother's blood-soaked hands fresh in her mind, Melolia's emotions began to skyrocket. Due to her emotions clouding her magical prowess, she accidentally set her powers off, alerting the bounty hunters to her location. Overrun by mercenaries and far too unstable in her usage of magic to take care of all of them: Melolia fled the scene on a small boat, and began drifting away, exhausted from the battle.

Without any idea of where to go, other than away from where she was, her boat continued to drift out into the endless blue. Eventually, Melolia found herself in the Faerin islands. As her boat washed ashore on a pristine white beach, Melolia took one step off the boat. Her foot sunk into the warm sand, and off she went. She didn't know if she was still being followed, but she knew she couldn't stay here for long. As Melolia continued to wander away from the beach, she made her way to a field full of wonderful looking flowers and plants. She stopped to take it all in, the past few days hadn't left her much time to appreciate her surroundings. But as soon as she stopped, her body was overcome with an instant wave of heavy fatigue, and she collapsed right there.

## Personality

Melolia is a fairly extroverted and cheerful girl, having been in the constant spotlight as her nation's royal child: she was brought up with the expectation of being in the public eye often. She often presents herself as cheerful, with an optimistic disposition: often acting confident and cracking jokes to seem on top of things.

However, this was all a facade for the public eye. In reality, she is holding a large amount of stress, with recent events further adding onto that pile. All of this in turn made her considerably insecure as a result. Due to being in the public eye and having to constantly keep up a good image, she would often be very stressed about how she carried herself as well as her purpose in life.

## Trivia

* Melolia's crown is a psychic construct meant to imitate the same head piece her mother wears.

## Development Notes

* The initial concept of Melolia as a gifted magic child came around as early as 2018 in the original Magic Quest project.
* Melolia started off as a child in the initial development stage and grew older and older after each new design.

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