Aila Roka

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**Aila Roka** is a female kitsune, the sister of Vyn and Josie, and the daughter of Kebero. She was killed during Josie's escape of Gellis and eaten by direwolves, and was subsequently the second of her family to enter limbo. She spends her time in her own limbo as opposed to with her family as she never enjoyed the tense atmosphere of their home. Her limbo is a vast library, each shelf containing books written in another language.

## Appearance

Aila has long, thick white hair, two parts of it are tied into thick braids that decorate her face and drape over her head like a headband. Her eyes are a soft, almost muted gold that shine in the light, and she wears two white flowers of an unidentifiable species in her hair, tied into the braids over her left ear. Like the rest of Gellis' residents, she tends to wear white formal clothing. After having died and separated herself from Gellis, she now dons a far more casual white dress with a brown belt cinching her waist.

## Personality

Ever since she was young, Aila has always enjoyed talking to others, specifically about languages and cultural exchange. She enjoys spending her time reading, and finds learning about new cultures fascinating, especially about languages. She is kind and somewhat gentle in nature, though finds that she is able to keep up with most socially, including those who tend to run somewhat high on energy.

## Biography

Aila was born in Gellis to Kebero and Riya Roka. She loved her parents and they loved her, though often shunned her in favor of her older brother, Vyn. Hence, she grew up with her books being her main source of interaction. She quickly found that she had an aptitude for, and enjoyed learning new languages. She would often spend her time with her friends practicing her English and Japanese. She is the sole reason Josie is able to speak English so fluently and without a terribly noticeable accent.

Just after she graduated, Thada's assassination attempt occurred, in which she found her family pinned for the blame. She was horrified and terrified, and managed to break free from the guards restraining her and began rushing home. Vyn had been with her parents, so she assumed that he had been captured if not killed. Her priority was rushing home to find her younger siblings and protect them. Before she was able to reach home, she spotted Josie, Teucer, Anthon, and Tonia racing down the alleyways toward the boarder.

She grabbed them and dragged them off into a small nook and hid them until the group of guards searching for them had passed. She began leading them back toward The Barrier until she felt herself get yanked to the ground by a direwolf who had caught up to them. It didn't take long for her to get swarmed by them, her last words being an urge for her younger siblings to flee before she was mauled to death and presumably eaten.

In limbo, she was greeted by Svjetlo, who offered to lead her to her limbo and gift her one last wish. While she initially wanted him to protect Josie and her younger siblings, he stated he couldn't perform such final wishes, and that she would have to pick another. Eventually, she settled on him temporarily housing Josie until she was able to pick herself back up and leave on her own. He agreed to this, and she retired to her limbo, which she quickly found herself fascinated by.

Following her family's descent into limbo, she visited them once, though found that she didn't quite fit with the rest of the group. She was constantly at odds with Thada and harbors a strong dislike for her grandmother, believing that she acted rashly and should have known better than to assume that Kebero would have so easily jeopardized everything that he had asked for and earned in his mortal life for the sake of chasing something that he had previously wanted nothing to do with. The rift only deepened when Thada retorted that Aila would have done the same given her position.

That was the last time she saw her family, though her younger siblings sometimes visit her, and she enjoys chatting with the version of Josie in limbo, she does not have any desire to reconnect with her parents nor extended family.

## Abilities

* **Kitsune Magic** - Like other kitsunes, Aila is able to create believable illusions, dreamwalk, and morph between a human and fox form.
* **Polyglot** - Due to her intense studying, Aila is able to speak a plethora of languages, and she constantly works to improve this skill in limbo.
* **Swordsmanship** - Like the rest of her siblings, she was taught to wield a sword or spear in her childhood by her mother. She chose the sword and is relatively proficient in it.

## Trivia

* Aila's name means "bringer of light"
	+ Her name was inspired by an online friend of Josie's.
* Her nickname "Ai" means "love" in both Chinese and Japanese.