Radumo

"*Sometimes I think that knowledge is both a blessing and a curse. A gift of Lord Svarog, to help me understand the world; but also a lightning rod from which all Hell breaks loose, running and chasing me every day and night. Might as well put on more pink for the calm before the storm...*"

**Râdumo Parigawasare** (Bujanski: Ра̄думо Парігаўасаре; born August 14, 1940 ZE/2740 AT) is a female Ontemazei who lives with her best friend Paxoti in eastern Bujan. At times, they go on misadventures.

She is an archaeologist who works at the Royal Institute of Ancient Technology, where she tests engines and devices from the past. Unfortunately for her, she was the most intelligent student in her class.

## Nicknames

* Rado
* Sakyra
* Tree
* Weed
* Princess
* Pinks
* Festive Tree
* Doll
* Twig
* Twiggy

 Appearance

Radumo is an adult woman with a slender build; pink skin; long, wavy magenta hair; and blue eyes. She either wears a frilly dress, a blouse with light pants, or a white laboratory coat during her work.

She sometimes wears a cherry blossom on her hair: it is either a real flower or a paper blossom.

## History

### Childhood

When Radumo was a young girl, her parents forced her to learn science at the young age of 7, after hearing that her school noticed that she outperformed her class in grades. For the most part, it was comfortable, but forcing her to attend so many classes and assignments made her more frightened and miserable. Envious that her little sisters were given dolls and tea parties to play princess games, she sometimes pretended to be a princess, her mind breaking into fantasy to escape her frustrating work.

One month before her eighth birthday, she had a very tiring day studying about the history of the Sarmelonid Empire, and she went to bed with so many tears. In her night's dream, she found herself in a starry void, where a man in white and red robes walked to her. Seeing a warm sun shining as a halo on his head, she bowed down to him. She was afraid at first from his light and his tall size, but he introduced himself as the god Svarog, whom her family prayed to every day. Holding his hand, she was brought to an endless library, filled with a labyrinth of shelves. She approached a marble bookshelf, filled with gold and silver books, each of them a tome of history waiting for her to discover their tales. Ever since that beautiful dream, the young pink girl loved history, for she was able to escape from her work with a sweet tale of the past and its adventures.

Encouraged by her love of history, her mother and father gave her so many assignments in one October evening. Then, she sat at a corner and wailed. Her mother thought that she would enjoy having so much knowledge to be unraveled, but Radumo begged her to stop, telling her that she would rather study freely than to lose her freedom. She was also very sad that her siblings had more freedom than her, while she had to spend almost every waking moment on studies, as if her home had become a prison. Realising how much pain they had brought on their daughter, her parents eventually agreed to limit her studies to just the same amount as her siblings did. Her brother and sisters hugged her: not only would they be able to play with her at last every day, but also because they felt sad for her, and they wanted to help her become happy again.

However, days later, Radumo and her siblings were greeted by police officers, who took them to a courtroom where they saw their parents pleading guilty of traumatising them and apologising in a televised recording. This was also because Râdumo's parents became infamous in even their neighbourhood, causing some families to feel sorry that they would had also harmed their children's mental health by forcing their children to overwork.

While the parents served their prison sentences and penance for five months, Râdumo and her siblings lived at Paruko's home, whom they have chosen as their guardians. Their parents were only allowed to take them back after Râdumo and her brother decided to only return after three weeks; and this was when the parents thanked Paruko's parents.

### Youth

"*Thank you, Lord Jambavan, my old friend. Take my many storms and little sunbeams back to Kailasa's Peak, as I move on to a brighter future ... I hope.*"

Radumo continued to outshine her peers, both in school and in art. She found happiness in several magazines, where she continued to behave like a formal lady, from her attitude to her obsession to regain whatever beauty that she lost in her dreaded seventh year.

In school, her friend and rival Takasoka sometimes supported her when she did an outstanding job, but also mocked and got angry at her for being more of a formal lady than a child prodigy like her. Takasoka is a pink Ontemazei girl like her, and her family's impoverished background made them more obsessed with science and a higher career. Due to Takasoka's bullying, she turned towards a Pinogunian girl, Paruko, for help. Ever since, the two became close friends: Paruko and Radumo gave each other advice and comforted each other when they were sad.

Due to Wannaenid attacks, her mother trained her to defend herself with a knife and a pistol. When she became a teenager on her thirteenth birthday, she burned her bear doll, dancing and praising Jambavan (the guardian of children) as she wished her sad childhood farewell. Her mother gave her a knife and pistol, which she carried in bags whenever she went out, like many Ontemazei after the Wannaenid attacks.

### From the Voidgate

"*Congratulations, Radumo Parigavasare, for your effort in stopping the Voidgate's storm. What kind of reward would you like to have: money, dresses, a unicorn, or a little library for yourself?*"

"*Perhaps a bit of money. But most importantly, a place near where my darling Tavatagus lives, so I can begin a new life with him and his chaps.*"

Because Radumo was among the top-scorers in science tests, she was introduced into the Institute of Ancient Technology at the age of 14. There, she had more freedom to study any archaeotech as she wanted, in her own pace. There, she met Amatagus, a young and handsome student from the east coast: they fell in love.

She did so well, that she was assigned to a team with Amatagus and Takasoka. They were brought to a secret base where they were handling a Voidgate, as Enedris led his two friends and his student to Kyrvos to retrieve some objects. They were able to escape the Voidstorm in time, as Radumo and her friends closed the Voidgate before the storm would devastate Jerde.

As her reward, she wanted to move to her boyfriend's hometown to find new friends and more freedom. She wanted to stay away from the parents who ruined her life in their obsession with prestige and fame.

## Personality

Radumo can be polite, well-mannered, and amiable -- even mischievous at times. But behind her prim facade, she also has a lot of insecurities. She can also be awkward, due to her upbringing under "formal" mannerisms, making her look clumsy whenever she tries to be polite.

In the middle of her pressures during her childhood, she found two things: a feminine aesthetic, and a lot of historical information. Such things became her escapism, turning her fears into happiness.

### Interests

Radumo likes to behave like a formal lady. Her hobbies include baking, wearing pretty dresses, reading, studying history, dancing, and dramatic acting. Owing to a lot of time spent on studies, she also knows a lot about science and technology; but her exhaustive, frustrating work has also made her resort to properness, acting, and mischief as a method of relief from stress. She sometimes likes to act as Mithura out of pity towards her character, and to poke fun of the usual cliche of depicting her as a death goddess. Râdumo also likes to play around with horror tropes and cliches, from making beautiful doodles of horror characters or designing costumes and dresses inspired by the characters' clothes, to baking rainbow cupcakes and wearing a "flag dress" to mock a butcher princess from an Ontemâzei folk legend.

She can understand many ancient languages, although she is mostly fluent in Bujanski, Rantavid, Arnadjanai (all three dialects, but mostly Nasarpollian), Eosome (an indigenous language), and Heronoi. She likes Heronoi the most because she thinks it is a cute language; but she hates Kuelgon, because it was the language of her people's creators and tormentors. Sometimes she speaks in archaic languages to watch her friends' puzzled reactions, or to challenge their knowledge of trivia and history.

She loves cherry flowers -- her love of those blossoms could be either due to her obsession with feminine beauty or her nature as an Ontemazei. Her love of cherry flowers can be so obsessive, that her friends get annoyed when she stares at the flowers for many minutes, so they had to drag her away from the tree. Râdumo is also quite obsessed with the colour pink, because it helps her relax.

She dislikes fire, torment, vulgarity and crudeness, darkness, the Kuelgons (cruel aliens who created her people), and the Wannaenid Empire. Even though her mother taught her to fight and defend herself from muggers, she is afraid of dying in combat or being kidnapped and harvested by the Wannaenids.

## Family

"*I am sorry, brother and sisters. I have to go to somewhere where I can study better. I will always keep in touch!*"

Her grandfather was Idâritjo, a tortured slave to a Wannaenid aristocrat. When Bujan revolted against the Wannaenid genocide, her grandfather took up arms against the aristocrat's army, freeing many slaves, including his wife. The aristocrat met his end in one of his methods of torture: he burned himself to death and blew up his own mansion. Idaritjo swore to his gods -- all the way to Mahakala Siva, the Endless One -- that he and his children will never again suffer the same tortures he endured in his prime, but they will raise themselves to become greater than before. Due to poor health, her grandfather passed away in the year 2745 (1945): she and her family mourned for his death by raising a white umbrella and wearing white clothes, as they carried his body to the cremation where they prayed for his ascent to Kailasa (the Ontemazei paradise).

Her father is Valtarjo and her mother is Larissa. Both of them are scientists who worked their way out of poverty.

Her older brother is Akaroduto, and her younger sisters are Ronari and Rittika. Like her, her brother was also forced by their parents to overwork themselves to success, until he ran out of the house one night.

## Relationships

"*You seem to amuse me, Paxo. Sometimes I notice how I seem to be the opposite of you: your vulgarity and brawling, against my refinement and creativity. Doesn't that sound like a sisterhood?*"

"*Of course, it is! I also think it's funny - a brute and a doll, brawns and brain, going on adventures like out of a fairytale, don't you think?*"

"*That is true, hahaha!*"

Radumo's best friend was Paxoti, whom she first met at a science fair in the capital city of Koscheigrad. Ever since, the two women enjoyed playing games and talking with each other. To some extent, she was amused by her comparison against Paxoti's rudeness and mischief. When she found out that Radumo was assigned to a Kyrvotin ruin in the northern ice wastes, and that she was extremely distressed and worried, Paxoti offered to train her to defend herself from a possible raid.

Another good friend of Radumo was Paruko Mitubari, a Pinogunian. She and Radumo are colleagues who studied in the same class, but she is more relaxed. She and Radumo were friends since their childhood, when she tried to support her when she was sad and afraid. Sometimes they also like to race on their bicycles.

Two other childhood friends of hers are Takasoka and Karakjeta, who are also pink Ontemazei like her. Takasoka was a nuisance who kept pushing her towards difficult challenges. She was also one of the highest-scoring students in her class, so she took Radumo's place when the latter was relocated. Karakjeta used to chat about fashion with her until they were separated as Radumo spent more time in science classes; nonetheless, Karakjeta sometimes visits her on holidays.

She also made friends with several boys during her time in the capital: Aleksei the engineer, Rjubov the basketball player, Vjarason is a chess buff, and Angauvol is a horse rider. Sometimes she was attracted to them, but her crush was never realised as she was too busy with her work.

Although she was obedient to her parents, she was sometimes afraid of them for pressuring her and her brother to become one of the country's top scientists. They wanted them to become more successful, to avoid facing poverty as their parents did when they were younger.

Radumo sometimes likes her sisters Ronari and Rittika as her playmates, and sometimes dislikes them for being annoying. She sometimes pretends to be Mithura to stop them from disturbing her by scaring them, but they loved her performance.

She is in love with one of Paxoti's brothers, Tavatagus, who also works with her as a scientist. Both of them are intellectuals who love to do intellectual things, and they are of the same age. Another crush of hers was Rori, a blue-haired Ontemazei man who is of the same age as her. When Tavatagus was away in military duty, she fell in love with him, but he rejected her. Knowing that Ontemazei like both of them could get upset when their romantic advances get rejected, he tried to calm her down, taking her to a counsellor. He helped her overcome her own obsession so that she can remain focused and successful on her projects.

## Gallery

Radumo says hi.Radumo in a cute pink dress, themed after her beloved flowers."My boyfriend is not a barbarian!"Radumo and her boyfriend Tavatagus.Radumo worshipping the Gods at a temple.Radumo as a yakshini, a tree spirit.On New Year's Eve, Radumo races with Paxoti to see who is the better contestant in the tradition of pushing fireworks to a bonfire.Radumo loves cycling."Everything is possible!"Radumo had enough of Paxoti smashing the pier, so she had to cuss. Paxoti did all this to force Radumo to stop acting like an aristocratic robot.Paruko and Radumo in the Royal Palace. They are dressed in princesses' robes, befitting proper people. Needless to say, Paruko hates such an extravagant outfit."Why are you not proper, Paxo?!"Radumo as a scientist.Paxoti and Radumo, celebrating Independence Day.Radumo in a flower dress.Radumo studying an alien artifact.Radumo wearing the attire of a Bujanski princess.Radumo and Paruko at the ice base, guarding a Konjor wreck.Radumo sometimes cannot help it. When she sees a cherry tree in its splendour, sometimes she stares at it, overwhelmed with excitement. To Paruko's annoyance she just stops and does nothing, not even if anyone waves their hands at her eyes.Radumo loves to spend time with her boyfriend Tavatagus. He is one reason why she moved out of her parents' home, so she could spend more time with him.
### Non-canon

Radumo would like to be a leshi, as her revenge against all those who "decorated" her on Kolieda. She would turn her slender arms into great branches to crush those who angered her!
## Trivia

* Radumo was inspired by Pinkamena Diane Pie, Twilight Sparkle, and Princess Bubblegum.
	+ Her name was derived from the Ontemazei word for "anchor". Her parents would have named her Râdumo-*va* to make it "feminine", but her mother chose to keep it intact to remind her to be strong.
* Her name resembles the Russian word "raduga" (радуга), which means "rainbow".
	+ On 14 August, 2021, the author realised that Radumo's name sounds like the Russian words "rad" (рад) and "um" (ум), which mean "happy" and "mind". So Radumo's name can also mean "the happy mind".
	+ The author's friends on Discord also pointed out that her name sounds like the Russian words for "happy" or "rainbow", рад and радуга.
	+ It seemed ironic at first with Radumo's sorrow and frustrations over her overwhelming studies. But when she found happiness in a feminine lifestyle and research, it becomes more meaningful. He later decided that the date when her name's other meanings were found will be her birthday.
	+ Her name also sounds like the Ukrainian word "razom" (разом), which means "together". It may also represent her friends helping her survive.
* As a scientist, Radumo's patron deity as Svarog. Likewise, her parents also worship the forge god to bless their work. For protection, she sometimes prays to Jarilo, the god of the trees. More often, she prays to her family's patron deity, Kali Ma, the goddess of eternity and justice, for Her protection against various dangers against her life.
	+ She believes that Svarog has opened her to the vast knowledge scattered across history, from epic legends to lost technology and ancient languages.
	+ Like the rest of her family, when she feels like she is in great danger, she calls upon Kali Ma, the goddess of eternity, to save her. She celebrates the festival of Kali Puja every November to make kids happy, as her offering to her divine protector. Other deities that she tends to venerate include Jambavan (the bear-god of children) and Rama (the god of justice).
	+ Bujanski Ontemazei were influenced by Hindu customs, due to some of them being from Porashon, a Hindu country. It may also be due to Hinduism being a major influence to Bujanski classical art and chivalry.
* Radumo cannot backflip.
* Like most people who are born and raised in Koscheigrad, Radumo uses the ng-dialect whenever she speaks in Eosome. That is, she correctly pronounces the "ng" phoneme in almost every word, where it has been replaced by "n", "g", or "-nna" in modern speech.
	+ People who pronounce "ng" in Eosome are seen as intellectual, classical, or snobbish. They are often associated with upper-class people, that stereotypical aristocrats mispronounce Bujanski words with "ng".

## See also

Other "princesses" lol:

* Helen
* Komata
* Wiresa (ohohohohohoh)
* Leukia