Amaril

**Amaril Malgarid** (Bujanski: Амаріл Малгарід) is one of Paxoti's friends.

## Nicknames

* Shark Girl
* Princess
* Mika Worja ("Little Kaworia") - named after a fictional character from "Broken Plates", an old TV show from Denlotian times.
	+ She was named due to her similar appearance, making her look like a younger version of the character.
	+ Fittingly that was also her favourite because she sees her own playful attitude in Kaworia.
* Kaworia
* Amaril likes to pretend she is Kaworia, her descendant, or her possible reincarnation. Neither is true, but she sometimes likes to scare people.
* Sparkly
* Mermaid
* Big Sis - referring to her tall size and age, being an adult compared to her friends

## History

Amaril started to like Broken Plates at the age of 16, introduced by Ljudmila as a challenge to act as a character for Zomjonor's Birthday. She chose Kaworia, one of the characters, for being so relatable, and often pretended to be her after reading about rumours of the show being haunted by the ghost of a cute woman.

At an early age, Amaril managed to remain independent, as she wanted to raise her own savings and be a musician. As she reached her 18th birthday, she joined a club of girls, who hung around together as they navigated the world of growing up. She wanted to start her own jazz band with her friends at their apartment, so sometimes they learn to play music together.

She and her roommates Lavipat and Ljudmila signed up to have a plot of farmland, where they grew crops as a hobby and a source of income.

## Appearance

She is a Wonao aborigine of the Naonaere tribe, so she has crimson skin and wavy black hair. She prefers wearing dresses and skirts.

She is a bit athletic as she sometimes goes to the gym once a week. That, along with her tall height from being an adult, makes her look like a big sister to her friends.

## Personality

"*Just because I'm tall and big, doesn't mean I should be some 'warrior'. I would rather follow my hobbies. Now, who wants to follow me to the music stall?*"

She likes photography, cycling, and playing musical instruments like the trumpet, the guitar, and the piano. Sometimes she plays with a piano to help her relax.

She doesn't like to go to the gym in spite of her tall height, preferring more feminine hobbies like music and cycling. Nonetheless, she goes there once a week to chat with her friends.

Her favourite animal is the shark, that she likes to be called "Shark Girl" (Mokortei) for her playful attitude.

Amaril loves to wear boots.

Amaril also likes to juggle soccer balls by kicking them around. However, she is very bad at playing soccer, having lost every time she was invited to play with her friends.

## Relationships

Her friends were Ljudmila, Ljuda, Lavipat, and Altansarnai.

Her father is Hiruwal Malgarid, and her mother is Vransamira Vlastimira Dobroglossa.

Their names do not exactly fit their ancestry. Hiruwal, her father, is a blond Drevobojanse Slav whose family practices Wonao culture, so he is among the cultural minority known as "Reumokau". Her mother, Vransamira, is a Naonaere Wonao whose family practices Slavic culture, to the extent that her husband joins her in monthly prayers at a Rodnover temple.

Her sisters are Alamte (older, firstborn) and Tegalin (younger), making her the second child of her family.

Her sister Tegalin stayed with Radumo and Paxoti at the Skenchortnij Branch in 1956 AT.

Miss Alamte, a rich socialite and artist from an affluent hillside neighbourhood southwest of Djaripol, is her oldest sister. She is the only one of three sisters to inherit their father's blonde hair, while they all inherit his green eyes. But instead of green, her eyes are blue. When she became an adult and bought her mansion, she changed her surname from Malgarid to "Bokubira", meaning in Eosome, "sprints like a rascal", reflecting her playful attitude.

Sometimes Amaril visits Alamte's mansion to look at her and her husband's paintings, mostly of tigers, ducks, and flowers. Her sister gave her a painting of a shark in blue and white, as a gift for her on Svjetodan.

Perhaps to communicate with her hillside friend or play with some jokes, she learned Drevobojanse, a Slavic language that is directly descended from Koschei's language. Fittingly, because of the family's mixed ancestry, Drevobojanse could also be one of their native languages.

Paxoti is one of her best friends. Being older than her, she was like a big sister that Luvalmakhir never was, as she was more caring for her well-being. Amaril taught Paxoti more about her native Naonaere language, aside from what they learned in primary school as residents of Starij Province, by introducing her to many slang words. She also wanted Paxoti to stop being a hooligan, so that she could develop a better reputation and make more friends, instead of the fickle companions who would leave her over any little mistakes.

She and Paxoti sometimes go to the shooting range at the arcade to practice archery and guns, and also bring their friends along. Her roommates, although they are girls, sometimes go there to compete with each other, and the winner of those little games gets a snack or another token for the arcade games as a reward.

At first, Radumo was like "all the other girls", somewhat respected for her famous deed as a junior scientist. Amused by the popularity of "Broken Plates" and how one of the characters was seen as a ghost trapped in the show, Radumo designed a dress after Ljudmila's grandmother having nightmares as a younger adult.

Amaril likes to hang around with Paruko because both of them like cycling and trivia. She prefers to go to the gym and arcade with her than with Paxoti because she does not want the blonde to yell around and make a fool of herself.

Her classmates included Kaonöri, Josurinda, and Loikome. Some of them still keep in touch and meet with her every week, while many others have moved to other towns. One of her friends, Aeitelsura, had moved to Koscheigrad, where she works at a newspaper office.

## Trivia

* The author wanted a relatable non-White character to play a role in Paxoti's story, so he used Amaril.
	+ Amaril's name was derived from "amarillo" (Spanish for "yellow"), "malagueña", and "Khangarid" (Mongol for "King Garuda").
	+ In Eosome, "Amaril" means "a butterfly". In her native Naonaere language, her name would have been "Imuril", which she sometimes uses for fictional characters and personas.
	+ Amaril herself was also influenced by fanart of Korra, from "The Legend of Korra", and Gwen from "Camp Camp". The author also based her on Gwen's voice actress, Kaitlin Becker.
	+ Amaril's association with sharks may be derived from the author using "mokor"/"makura" as the Wonao word for "a shark", from a random name like "Makorra". In Wonao mythology, merpeople had the tails and bodies of sharks instead of fish. It could also be due to "makura" and "makorra" sounding like "mako", a kind of shark, resulting in shark imagery.
* In 1956 AT/2756 ZE, she was twenty years' old.
	+ As a tall, grown woman, she is referred by her friends and Paxoti as "big sis".
	+ Some people instead mockingly called her "the team's mom" due to her being an adult compared to her roommates. She answered back: "Then wait until the rest of us become adults. Then none of us will be the 'mom', since there will be no more kids around!"
* She lives as a neighbour of Ljudmila and Lavipat, and pays part of their apartment lot's rent. Her source of income is selling the crops she and her friends grew together.
* Miss Alamte, a rich socialite and artist from an affluent hillside neighbourhood southwest of Djaripol, is her oldest sister. Sometimes she visits Alamte's mansion to look at her and her husband's paintings, mostly of tigers, ducks, and flowers.
	+ Perhaps to communicate with her hillside friend or play with some jokes, she learned Drevobojanse, a Slavic language that is directly descended from Koschei's language.
	+ Perhaps the Malgarid family is half-Naonaere, and half Bujanski Slav, so Amaril might also be a Drevobojanse like her.
* In July 2023, Amaril's parents had their background slightly changed. Her father keeps his Wonao name, but is depicted as a blond Slavic man whose family lives in a Wonao neighbourhood. So does her mother with her Slavic name, but it is because her family practices the Slavic culture of her neighbours.
	+ This leads to jokes about both families being seen as the "opposite day" households, leading to her parents getting married.
	+ In earlier drafts, the father was a Wonao, and the mother was a Slav.
* Therefore, Amaril herself is also a Rodnover, just like most Bujanski. A portion of Rodnovers in Bujan, who worship Slavic gods, are Wonaos who live in Slavic neighbourhoods and were influenced by Slavic culture. Syncretism is very common in Bujan, with people praying to each other's gods for good luck.
	+ Amaril's patron god might be Stribog, the wind god. That is also the national god of the Republic of Sevraeja, whose people regard the Bujanski sea god Morskoi as an aspect of their god.
	+ Amaril can understand a little bit of Sevraejan from listening to pop songs.
* The bizarre, mixed background of her family was perhaps influenced by Camp Camp fanart.
	+ Likewise, her blonde sister, Alamte, was also inspired by the obscure character Jen, also from Camp Camp. Her goofy blonde husband, Dobrodatjo, was also based on Daniel.
	+ Alamte married another artist, Dobrodatjo, who shared her love of mischief and cute things, and he lived together with her as lovers. She had her first child, a son, in 1959 AT, while Paxoti was away on conscription; and a daughter one year later. On the next year, when her conscription ended and Paxoti was able to return to civilian life, she also greeted their two children.
* Amaril's guilty pleasure is that she is attracted to blonde men, like her sister.
* As a fan of Broken Plates, she sometimes feels lucky she did not live during the early years of Bujanski independence, because according to history books, life would be more dangerous for her because of her love of that show.
* Alamte only played lapta, the national sport of Bujan, only three times during her teenage years.

## Gallery

"Hello, I'm a shark!" - Amaril likes to imagine herself as a shark-tailed mermaid, because it looks cute.Amaril teaches Paxoti to speak in Naonaere.Amaril and her friends.Amaril at the gym.Amaril with her big sister at a costume party in November. Her sister Alamte is dressed as a fairy, while Amaril wears a costume based on a shark mermaid.
## See also

* Naonaere language, her native language
* Naonaere glossary