Jade

## Jade Aslan

Jade Aslan

Jade Aslan was born in Ravenwood, to her mother: Hannelore Aslan. For the first fifteen years of her life, she was raised by her single mother, living happily before tragedy struck.

A group of people, including a man named Henrick Treecrest, sought to hunt the Aslan family due to their connection to the Raven Queen. Jade was forced to watch her mother's death, before she herself was killed. However, it seems mercy was had, as Jade soon awoke in Letherna with very little memory as to what happened or her past.

From there, some Shadar Kai took her in, and taught her many things. How to wield a sword, how to harness clerical magic, how to cook, and much more.

Eventually, due to Nyx's efforts of restoring the Raven Queen, Jade was sent back to the material plane. Disoriented, yet eager to help; it took her a while to find her place in this strange new world... after all, a century and a half had passed since she was last here. Not to mention, she barely remembers the world before.

## Family History

During the events of the Godstorm, there were many of Jade's ancestors in Tellahnus, a city which now lies in ruins. Sanne Aslan, her son Fynn Aslan, and his fiancée Marceline Galloway all resided in Tellahnus at the time. Marceline's aunt is the woman who would later become known as the Raven Queen. Also residing in Tellahnus at this time was Willow, the Raven Queen's daughter and also Marceline's cousin.

After her ancestors fled Tellahnus, they helped build what would later become Ravenwood. Some time later, around thirty-three generations later, Jade was born.

Sanne Aslan was a librarian in the Library of Tellahnus. An Avariel woman with an appreciation of knowledge.

Fynn Aslan became a cleric of the Raven Queen, saving her daughter of her lethal injuries before helping her escape Tellahnus and return to her mother.

Marceline Galloway was a squire to Dryden Blackwood at Starcrest Manor, prodigal in her swordsmanship skill. A competent woman, if not a bit gullible. The Raven Queen's niece.

Willow, the daughter of the Raven Queen and Lord Erevan. Likely the last *true* Avariel.

Jade's mother, Hannelore, was quite the woman of knowledge herself.

## Demeanor

At first, Jade was constantly confused, and uncertain of herself. Blindly following her newfound companions, and bound to bouts of occasional child-like stupidity. With encouragement from her companions, she began to search for herself more. What she wanted, what she liked.

As she began to blossom into herself, Jade was one to offer kindness to strangers and offer care to the people she cares for. A healing spell for an unfortunate stranger, a delicious baked treat for her new friends. When she met Allen Treecrest for the first time, something felt *wrong*. She couldn't discern why this stranger's face filled her with contempt and a burgeoning rage, but then a flash of a memory took her. He bears a strong resemblance to a man she remembers hurting... killing... someone she cared about immensely. She couldn't remember her connection to that woman, but the man who hurt her and the man who stood before her were far too similar. Jade took to avoiding him as much as possible and letting her companions know of the situation, so that she could figure this out without her emotions getting the better of her. Still, there were times that her emotions *did* get the better of her, however lucky she may have been that it was never on him. Even so, after all that, she learned Allen had little to do with all that happened in the past, and reached out with honey cakes to apologize. In return, she was given more information about what happened.

In this interim, Percy had a student travelling with them, named Teth. Percy was quick to forget her, absent-minded and strung out by his own past coming for him... but Jade felt drawn to her. If Teth was around, Jade's eyes and attention were almost always seeking her. There was something about her, and Jade struggled to understand what that meant. Sometime after the Raven Queen showing the group memories of Tellahnus falling, Jade took Teth some gingersnap cookies, as offhandedly recommended by Colin. Awkward and shy, the both of them, Teth invited Jade to join her on the Night of Shadows. This begun some sort of courtship between the two.

After her soul being returned to her, Jade began to return to herself, in a way. She became more responsible and spirited. There was a level of sass she lacked before that was now present. More plucky than she was before, certainly. Despite feeling the need to sometimes, Jade tries to refrain from motherhenning her friends, not wanting to embarrass them all too much. She also played matchmaker with Nyx for Percy and Neza.

With her soul in one piece, it seems Jade feels things all more vividly. This means that if she was so smitten with Teth before... well. She's head over heels now, it would seem. Easily flustered, and her offer of a date not yet said before Teth's already gone and done so.

## Trivia

* Honey Cakes are a family recipe, first made by Fynn Aslan for a pregnant Marceline's cravings.
* Hannelore used to call Jade *"little dove"*, seeing hope in her young daughter.
* Jade was typically the "voice of reason" in her group of friends when she was younger.