Erin Ruunaser

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## Erin Ruunaser

* Normal
* Possessed

## Biographical Information

### Alias(es)

* The Elemental Magus
* Emissary of Asera
* Foolish human (by Falst)

### Elemental Connection

* Fire
* Life
* Lightning
* Stone
* Water
* Wind
* Void

### Date of Birth

The tenth day of the seventh sindahlan, 6162

## Affiliations

### Home

* Asera
* The Aseran Mage Academy

### Relatives

* Galen Ruunaser (father)
* Tess Ruunaser (adopted sister)
* Unnamed Mother

### Occupation

* Honorary emissary of Asera
* The Elemental Magus

### Other Affiliations

* The Aseran Mage Academy
* Asera
* The Void Dragon (vessel)
* Kendal (ally)
* Alinua (ally)
* Falst (ally)
* Dainix(ally)

## Appearances

### First appearance

Chapter 4, Page 4

> "The current Elemental Magus. After an incident in the heart of The Storm, he’s acquired a rather nasty passenger."
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Erin Ruunaser is one of the protagonists of Aurora and the third one we meet. He is an "Elemental Magus", able to do all six types of elemental magic and a member of the Aseran Mage Academy.

## Personality

Erin is arrogant and ambitious, but also extremely studious, curious, and intelligent. He has a tendency to be insensitive, but not intentionally--he's shown he's not above being kind and comforting and is in the process of growing in this area. He's also slowly overcoming his hubris and "becoming self-aware", as Red puts it.

## Appearance

Erin has short, dark purple-black hair, and pale skin with a round face. He usually wears a white, poofy sleeved shirt, a vest, and a cape. Both of his arms are tattooed and, after the recent events, he acquired the Dragon's mark on his chest.

### Tattoos

Tattoos are given to mages to help them focus, but they can use magic without tattoos. However, it has been noted that every time Erin has used magic so far he's touched his tattoos - with the exception of when The Void Dragon is using magic through him.

## Abilities

Erin is able to manipulate all six primordial elements and is a very well educated mage. From his displays of power, it can be assumed he has the skill of a well trained mage in each of the elements. He also has displayed his resourcefulness and understanding of magical theory when he entered the storm and again when escaping from the caves. When he was starting to attack Falst, Erin demonstrated the ability to combine multiple elements at once by fusing them together.

## History

Erin is the Elemental Magus, and studied at the Aseran magical academy. He made it his goal to reach the center of The Storm using his unique abilities. Despite succeeding, The Void Dragon bonded to him and took control of his body. As a result, Erin now bears a dragon-shaped tattoo on his chest.

Later, he was discovered by Alinua and Kendal while they were traveling through the former Storm, now an empty wasteland as a result of Erin's actions. At the time he was possessed by the Void Dragon, who proceeded to attack them, though Erin briefly regained control long enough to tell Kendal to run. In any case, the Void Dragon retreated back into Erin in terror upon realizing Alinua was Life's avatar. Afterwards, Erin passed out.

When he awoke, he was next to a campfire tended by Kendal, whom he explained his situation to. Kendal told him his body was seemingly resistant to energy attacks and Alinua revealed her presence by coming out of a nearby tree. Erin realized the entity possessing him had been afraid of her, and, when pressed, Alinua admitted to being a carrier of the Chimeric Plague. Erin, recognizing that both could survive in his vicinity and help him discern more about the entity possessing him, began making plans to remove the presence, but Kendal interrupted him to tell him about his own journey to retrieve Vash's soul, but did not divulge the details of his own creation. Erin warned him of the hazards of the caves, causing him to realize how unprepared he was and agree to help Erin first.

The same night, Erin was possessed in his sleep by the Void Dragon who destroyed their campsite to prevent Alinua from impeding his passage. When Erin regained consciousness, he realized he was being possessed and that the entity was taking him down into the caves. The entity explained that it was the Void Dragon and had taken him as a host to free him from the world's center. However, Erin managed to briefly regain control of his body and used the opportunity to paralyze himself with lightning magic. At that point, Kendal and Alinua arrived, having chased him down to the caves, and Alinua put him to sleep using a narcotic flower.

After waking up, out of the caves and back in control of his body, Erin informed Kendal and Alinua of his situation. Despite the danger, they decided to continue aiding him in his journey to the Soulshaper Monastery on Helm in order to have the Dragon expelled, after which he planned to work with the Aseran Academy to arrange a rescue expedition for Vash.

## Appearances

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A full body image of Erin, with a cloak (Page 1.12.34)Erin in the storm. There aren't many changes between this and his normal design, but he has goggles. (Page 1.6.1)Erin's sleepwear in Hilltop, while Falst has his bag. (Page 1.9.11)
## Relationships

### Kendal

When they first met, Erin was rather dismissive of Kendal, seeing Alinua as the "brains" of the group, due to how Kendal rushed to save him even though Erin had told him to run. However, after the two of them saved him in the caves, Erin was grateful to K

## Trivia

* Erin is currently nineteen years old.
* His birthday is on "the tenth day of the seventh sindahlan".
* Erin appears to have been involved with the paper about The Theoretical Seventh Element in the Extra Lore section, which had been password protected until the release of page 1.7.29.
* Erin's father, Galen Ruunaser, is the ambassador emissary for Asera. Some sketches (on the comic website), a line from Tess, and a line from Erin mention that he has a mother.
* Erin is the first known elemental magus in 130 years.
* He is bisexual, as per the norm in Aurora. Red notes that he is consequently proud of this.
* In this tweet, Red states that Erin would have been "a \*fantastic\* villain, but since he doesn't want to be one, he's a mediocre hero instead."
* Before his name was revealed, Erin was popularly referred to as "Icarus" (since his lofty goal ended up with him being possessed) or "SickTats McHubris". Now that his name is known, "Pompous Nitwit" is the most prevalent nickname, likely since it was coined by a newer fan after his name had been introduced.
* He appears to be ambidextrous, as he is seen using both of his hands for writing and sketching.

## References

1. ↑ ...But what are the birthdays of our protagonist + lion... (tumblr.com)
2. ↑ How old are the main characters? (tumblr.com)
3. ↑ Do any of these characters have given orientations? (tumblr.com)
4. ↑  https://comicaurora.com/aurora/1-22-6/
5. ↑ Characters (comicaurora.com)
6. ↑ Page 1.4.5
7. ↑ Page 1.7.25
8. ↑ https://comicaurora.tumblr.com/post/635087814866927616/how-old-are-the-main-characters
9. ↑ https://comicaurora.tumblr.com/post/626299264711147520/someone-was-gonna-ask-this-already-with-the
10. ↑ https://comicaurora.com/aurora/1-7-3/
11. ↑ https://comicaurora.com/aurora/1-15-6/
12. ↑ https://comicaurora.com/aurora/1-22-6/
13. ↑ Page 1.6.2
14. ↑ Page 1.4.3
15. ↑ Page 1.11.13