Hope

**Hope** is one of the leading souls of the *Terranum* series. They are unique in that they don't have an associated element, but their associated color is **Gray** and their ultimate goal is **Equality**.

## Incarnations

**Evan Sacaron**: He was a duke of the Kingdom of Essington. He was an advocate against the practice of slavery, and so made sure to actually pay his servants. Additionally, having close ties with the Ventus family, he sent out soldiers to locate the slaves that had killed them and escaped into the forest.

**Annabelle Levie**: She was a former royal servant who was assigned to help the Masharan caravan begin their settlement. She also began spying on them in order to gather more information for an investigation regarding a supposed royal traitor.

**Aisha Fukui**: She was a rice farmer from a small village in Yamazhou, as well as the daughter of Dansu Fukui and Yewubdar. She faced some discrimination for her mixed-race heritage, but earned respect and praise for her strength and skill in farming.

**Tychon Lettar**: He was a laborer in an Arheni dry goods store. He learned how to read/write from his boss, and thus became responsible for maintaining the store's ledgers.

**Feng Kimura**: He was a middle-class man who joined the yakuza. He dealt in drugs and weapons in order to bring more money to his village. However, he was bitter about his former friend, Gorou, leaving him behind. This bitterness slowly turned into anger and jealousy, and led to Feng committing the ultimate atrocity.

**Juniper**: She was a wild dog who was cared for by a farmer after being caught stealing crops. She was also occasionally visited by Alise, who found her to be cute.

**James Joyce**: He was a young doctor-in-training. After fleeing from the border with Yamazhou along with his friend, they ended up in a small countryside village. He then became her apprentice as the new village herbalist.

**Zera**: She was an unwanted child who was born from one of the Veritasian king's mistresses. At some point, she was taken in to be raised as his political pawn, as the king wanted a child that he could manipulate from the shadows. After this failed, and her father died, she was taken in by her half-brother Udo and eventually ascended the throne as his successor. She then continued his work of developing relations with the other western nations.

**Zachariah Blair**: He was a politician from Delis who advocated for a peaceful resolution to the Great War. He was one of the prominent figures who signed the "Alberta Peace Accords" which finally ended the war.

**Gareth Pritchard**: He was a researcher who studied the ancient practice of magic. He conducted various experiments to bring about magical abilities in his subjects. He eventually succeeded in this, but was then killed by one of his subjects who had been driven insane.

**Lulit Mana**: She was a hairdresser who lived in Permia. Her shop was often used as a meeting room for the underground rebel movement, under the condition that they look for the whereabouts of her missing uncle and cousin. One day, the Gestapo arrived during one of their least important meetings, and began arresting people for breaking curfew. She was then taken in and charged with "hosting illicit events after hours," and sent to an internment camp for "traitors." Her prisoner number was (52327-08-005).

**Isidora inat Ortiz**: She was the owner of a general store in a small Masharan town. She was supportive of the city investors as they would bring more customers to the town. But, her betrayal of the town caused others to see her in a negative light.

**Nereo int Fallah**: He was a college student studying oceanography at Galati University. After trying to break up a fight, he was knocked over and hit his head on tile floor, causing him to be rushed to the hospital. Despite being at odds with another student, Ssanyu, he held a secret attraction towards her.