Maylani

Portrait of Maylani during her time in Frankia

Maylani 'Iris' Okakura I */May-la-ni ahy-ris O-ka-ku-ra ðə fɜːst/* is a human girl who currently is missing in the vast forest somewhere in Agaroth. She is accompanied by a supernatural entity that is known to be a fox familiar, which imparts her with the ability to take the form of a red fox.

## Biography

**Maylani 'Iris' Okakura the first** was born around the day of 11000s in Jaria in the vast Lorenzo forest where one of the House of Okami-Kuraokami (Okakura for short) caretakers had found her in a basket filled with fabrics, soft cloths and a note attached to the side of the basket. There are some written records by House Okakura, that confirmed the existence of Maylani and her time under the sub-house, Fujin. There are also some evidence in Royal Frankia records which indicating that Maylani have fled Jarian and spent some time living in Frankia. It is hypothesized that her biological father was a Jarian soldier who died during one of the Jarian War, and her biological mother's identification was unknown but it is assumed that she left the nation shortly after she had given birth to her. It is also assumed that her mother is not Jarian-born as she did not have a dominant physical appearance of a Jarian (She is still considered as a Jarian).

Maylani is a Jarian scholar, she has traveled through different nations and realms. By meeting different people and hearing their stories, Maylani has grown fond of politics and diplomacy.

Although her time studying under the house of Okami-Kuraokami was short, there was a scroll indicating that she is a brilliant mind, and a fast learner. She was ahead of her class and was on track to become a youngest representative amongst all the former representatives from the four main houses.

## Life

### Birthplace and origin

Maylani born around the day of 11000s in Jaria, in the vast Lorenzo forest, on the outskirt of the Jarian Republic capital. One of the caretaker of the House Okakura found her, taken her in and raised her as one of their own. She was put under the care of the sub-house, Fujin. She then later had to flee from Jaria due to the military occupation of the neighboring nation in Jaria around when she was at the age of 7.

### Origin of Maylani's name

The name "Maylani" came from the note attached to the basket when she was found in the Lorenzo forest. According to the House Okakura records, Maylani is referred as Maylani Okakura. In order to bear the surname "Okakura", one must be under either one of these condition, for one is a foundling or one is a representative of Okakura House, which in this case Maylani is a foundling. However, under the Royal Frankia records, she is referred to as Maylani 'Iris' Okakura the first.

The middle name, "Iris" was the name that Gustav II gave her as the iris flower was his favorite, and for the title "the first", it was added to her name by one of the rulers in one of the royal ceremonies in Frankia when she was at the age of 10.

### Early life and Education

At the age of 6, Maylani received an education in a private institution of literacy and art, where the members from the four main houses, and many more from sub-houses all studied at. Main focuses of the institution were natural philosophy, literacy, art, politics, and history. Maylani is fond of all the subjects, especially in the subject of politics.

At the age of 7, Maylani has already studied material worth of 2 curriculum years, the records also showed that she had been taking out books in the category of politics from the institute library. However, with the war situation that was going on in Jaria, she was forced to relocate to Frankia. Her first 3 month in Frankia was rough as there was an ongoing racial conflict with the overly fleeing Jarian refugees flooding in Frankia. Despite the conflict, the four main houses was trying to establish the new institution in Frankia land, however they did not success as the Frankia committee rejected it. Still the four houses did not gave up their hope, they sent out a letter to multiple former scholars and representatives (one of them being Gustav II) about the situation of the occupied Jaria and the situation of the racial conflict in Frankia. Many of the former scholars and representatives who received the letter came to Frankia in no time. After they had a meeting with the Franks rulers, signed up a deal, and presumably paid some fortune, the establishment of the new Jarian institute was approved. During that time, one of the House Okakura caretaker (who used to take care of Gustav II as well) suggested that he should adopted Maylani as his own daughter, as she saw Gustav II's uncanny resemblance in her. The caretaker also said the it would be a great help to reduce the work load of the Embassy of the Jaria as well. Gustav II took up his former caretaker's request and adopted Maylani as his own.

At the age of 10, Maylani had the noble family in Frankia as the consequence of that fact that Gustav had became one and she was his adopted daughter. She was given the title "Maylani the first" by one of the Franks rulers in an annual Frankia Royals ceremony. At this age, she has also already become fluent in the common tongue language, and in Frankian language. During that time, She was also receiving an education from Gustav II at their house near the Palace of the Franks.

At the age of 12, Maylani had already learn everything Gustav II had to provide, her interest in politics had grown too much for Gustav II's capability. Gustav II suggested that she applied to the Princess Magnolia University of Franks and expanded her knowledge inside the institute. During that period, it is assumed that Maylani took out some of the politics book from Royal Frankia Library under the credential of Gustav II as well. Gustav II also trained her to shoot with a bow and a crossbow in there backyard when she was 12.

At the age of 13, Maylani enrolled to the Princess Magnolia University of Franks, but after 2 months of the enrollment. She chose to leave with Gustav II to the Woodland City upon him receiving a terrible news.

## Reputations

### The Missing Girl

The first aspect that the public and the people of Agaroth knew about her presence was regarding to her missing incident. It was around the day 17000s, where Tech-8000 had found Maylani (consequently, he scared her off deeper into the forest) inside the cave, somewhere in the forest near Lisæm Nyros. And as Tech-8000 eventually bring the news to Gustav II, he made a poster of her and spread out the news to the public immediately. Some time after that, Maylani made a small sail boat to get out of the forest and to find her way back to civilizations.

### The Kitsune

With the curse of the Kitsune (the fox familiar), Maylani had been accompanied and some time possessed by the familiar. Maylani and the fox were bind together through their soul. The origin of how their souls were tied together is still unknown, but a lot of aspects and description of this phenomenal is very similar to the binding blood promise spell. Even though their souls are bound together (meaning if one dies, the other dies), the fox familiar acted on mostly its interests. And as the fox did not have a physical form, it could not be harmed by the material world. So, if Maylani was in danger, most often than not, the familiar would eventually step in and help her out of that situation.

When the Kitsune stepped in, and took over her body, red marks will start appearing on her left eyelid, her left eye will turn in a bright shade of red as her pupil turned into a vertical slit shape. The more Maylani's consciousness that the fox controlled, the more marks there were. The mark will started to appeared from the left side of her body, begin from left eye, down to her left cheek, to her neck, arms, and eventually to her left foot. Then it will expanded to the right, starting from her right foot up to her right eye. When the mark finally appeared all over her body, her skin will become powder white, and the fox will be able to release all its power. However, by doing this, it will send Maylani into coma after the fox left her body, and it can last from 2 days and up to 10 days. Even so, when the fox left her body, under any circumstance (it does not really have to be fully in controlled), Maylani would became so tired, and often sleep afterward. The reason of this is assumed that it is because the fox power exceeded the limit in her physical aptitude, as when she had the power of the Kitsune, she would be drastically faster, stronger, and better bodily coordination.

## Abilities and Skills

* **Fox demon speed** : While Maylani was using the power of the Kitsune, She was able to surge forward at a drastic speed. It allowed her to easily evade range attacks, as well as to get her out of the dire situation. However, it also allowed her to be quite sharp when ambushing her enemies as it will be harder for them to pin her down or even react to her quick speed burst.
* **Bloodlust** : With the power of her familiar, Maylani would be incited with frenzy and adrenaline rush. The agility of her attack would be increased, as well as the aggressiveness and accuracy. Bloodlust also allowed Maylani to be quite precise on parrying and dodging skills, as it sharpened her reaction and her movement.
* **Primal Strength** : Maylani will be able to exceed her physical aptitude extremely when she was using the power of the Kitsune, her brute strength will increased significantly. However, as her body could not possibly keep up with all those strength, more often than not, she would end up being tired and frequently slept afterward. And if this excessive strength was use for a lengthy period of times, her physical body might be bruised, or even injured.
* **History of Philosophy** : Maylani had a wide range of knowledge in philosophy especially of ethics, epistemology, and philosophy of mind. During the time that she was missing, Maylani had a lot of free time and she would spent most of them talking about nature, metaphysics, and foundation of knowledge itself. Maylani was fond of Social epistemology and politics the most, so she would also be thinking about past conflicts that have happened whether to be conflicts at the individual, national, or international level.
* **Author Skills** : Although Maylani did not authorized a lot of books in her life, she was most certainly an exceptional writer, especially to the topic of social epistemology, social conflicts, and politics.
* **Strategical and Analytical aptitude** : Despite being quite subtle, Maylani actually was quite a talented strategist. When put in a difficult or dangerous situation, Maylani would be able make multiple plans to get herself out of the certain situation. Even though she might seemed easygoing, Maylani was actually no the one who would sit and wait for something to happen, she was always on the move. By making multiple plans, Maylani would not be easily panicked when things does not go as she planned. It allowed her to remain relatively calm when facing new and different problems, and she is not one to back away from her problems as well.
* **Artistic and Musical Skills** : Although Maylani had never taken drawing and painting seriously, she was quite okay at it. Most of the time, she would only draw when she was bored, when her mind was blank, or to give it to Gustav II. Other artistic hobbies of Maylani consisted of poetry, wood craving, flower arrangement, jewelry making, and embroidery. She was also quite talented at poetry as well but again, she never really has much interest on it.
* **Adaptive aptitude** : Maylani was exceptional at adapting to any situation. She was great at decision making and judgments which made her a relatively great problem solver. As she always had a well planned step to solve things, Maylani would often manage to get herself or the others out of the dire situation. And with her brilliant learning ability, Maylani can perfectly grasp new concepts almost instantly.

## Binding curse of Fox Familiar (The Kitsune)

### Woodland City Incident

Maylani accompanied Gustav II to the exile state of a woodland city (the name was unknown) around the age of 13. Upon arriving at the Woodland City, Maylani found herself in a body of a red fox. Gustav II believed that it was some sort of witchcraft that was cast on her. During those 6 months she lived in the Woodland City, she did not do much but to stay in her own room and be with her father.

### Leaving to Pyke

After she heard the news of the lost voyage of Gustav II, Maylani snuck out of the house, and made her away inside one of the rescue ship. The ship sank by the raging storm just like her father's, and she was transported to Pyke. Waking up in a sandy shoreline of Pyke, Maylani found that she has return to human form of herself. She tried to make her way to a civilization but she was not able to find any.

### Arrival in Agaroth

Some time later, Maylani was transported yet again to another realm due to the destruction of Pyke. Maylani find herself in yet another huge taiga forest, somewhere in Agaroth, she spent some days finding a way out but eventually gave up and established a shelter near a shallow cave around one of the cliff in the woods. Something supernatural also happened during that time, she found herself to be accompanied or possessed by a fox familiar. The fox interacts with her, it can see what is she seeing, it can sense her feeling, and it knows what she is thinking. However, the familiar acts on its own interest, and speak to her in riddles which make her decision making extra difficult. Sometimes, the familiar talks nicely to her, or giving her good advices with further confuse her even more.

## Relationship

### Family

#### Gustav Okakura

> "*I just want to let you know that you don't have to follow me to Woodland City. You've just got into the university, I don't want you to throw away your dream because of me. Live the life you want, fulfil your dreams, be happy.... You don't have to be worried about me, I couldn't be prouder of you.*" Gustav II to Maylani before they departed to Woodland City.
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Maylani's wise, and loving foster father was, in many ways, the reflection of Maylani herself. The relationship between the two of them began when they met at the Embassy of the Jaria back in Frankia. Although they are very familiar in many ways, Gustav II had little to no interests in politics studies.

During their time in Frankia, Maylani's relationship with Gustav II seemed to be very close. Both of them lived in a large house near the Palace of the Franks. Maylani usually spent a lot of time with Gustav II, most of the time was spent on learning from her. Occasionally, Gustav will need to leave the house for his job which, during the time Gustav II was not present at the house, she will be taught the common tongue language (as well as Frankian Language) by a nanny. The subjects that Maylani learnt from Gustav II were natural history, literacy, art, politics, and history. Although, Politics was not one of Gustav II's strong sides, Maylani still enjoyed studying from him. Other that, Maylani and Gustav II usually spent their free time at the Royal garden, reading, drawing, or just hanging out. Every now and then, Maylani will surprise Gustav II with a drawing that she made to past the time.

Maylani and Gustav II also spent some time together at the beach near the capital of Frankia. Maylani love to go birdwatching at the sea, but she also love to watch the sunset and spent quality times with Gustav II.