Avalon Ari

**Avalon Ari** is a Water Genasi played by NimueofAvalon.

Born on 1 Nil, she is the daughter of Amara and Orin, and the sister of Ardeth and Amira.

## Backstory

Growing up on the Isle of Perdi, Avalon had the chance to learn many things, and meet many people from far off lands. Since she was old enough to walk, she helped wounded sailors who fell upon bad weather and/or pirates. Her Mother taught her the ways of the land and the sea, teaching her how to use her powers to heal wounds and care for wayward travelers. Her Father taught her how to chart the seas and follow the stars. She would watch and listen as he showed the sailors they helped, how to find their way home. He showed her how to chart and read maps, and slowly let her start to guide the sailors.

She loved sitting by the fire, listening to the waves hit the shore, as her Father would tell her and her siblings about the adventures he had around the world. Her Brother taught her to be a strong swimmer, challenging her to find her limits. Being as her village took it upon themselves to go and save ships in trouble, only the strongest and most experienced were allowed to go to their rescue. Even though Genasi are strong swimmers, they can still fall to bad weather and unfortunate accidents. This is something Avalon is too aware of… Shortly after Avalon turned 16, a massive storm hit their island. Waves crashed against the shore, and dashed ships into the reefs around the island. Her people, the strongest, worked for hours to save as many as they could from the wreckage of nearly a dozen ships. As the storm raged through the night, Avalon helped heal the injured and brought food and water to the rescued and the rescuers.

For hours and hours her people fought against the storm to save people, and she could see how tired they were becoming, her parents included. She begged them to take a break and to let her and her Brother take over, but their parents refused, going back again and again. When they finally thought they had gotten everyone, the rescue party went out one last time to check the waters for anyone missed, alive or dead. After a while, everyone in the party began to return, some carrying bodies, some empty handed. Avalon waited patiently on the shore for her Mother , after her father returned with the body of a young sailor. Knots started to grow in her stomach as the time and the storm wore on. Soon her family came to join her on the shore, scanning the dark waters for any sign of her Mother. Hours passed, and Avalon's Father formed a search party from some of the others in the village who had had time to rest.

As the storm leveled out, the strongest in the village searched the sea, as those not as strong searched the shores and sent messengers to other sides of the island. For 5 days they searched the island for Amara, even going as far as to travel to nearby islands. As the days went by, Avalon kept herself busy by tending to the sailors and her younger sister. After a month, with her Mother still missing and thought to have died in the storm, most accepted that she was gone, except Orin, her husband. Avalon and her siblings watched as their Father fell into grief and obsession. He would go and search for Amara for hours and hours, forgetting to eat and refusing to rest. As years went on, Orin completely unraveled, needing constant care from Avalon, Amira, and Ardeth.

Ardeth continued training Avalon and Amira on how to chart and read the seas. Avalon practiced her druidic skills with the elders in their village, but yearned to learn the skills her Mother never got to teach her, from the time she had traveled the world with Orin, before they settled down to have children. This was part of the reason she chose to leave Perdido. Ardeth was now the Master Charter, and Amira had become an excellent healer under the supervision of Avalon. The other part was because her siblings could see she yearned to learn, but no one else could further her mind in their village. And watching their Father's madness consume him, was starting to affect Avalon greatly.

On her 28th birthday, Avalon sought passage to Hogar. In a strange new land, surrounded by strange new people, she sought to start a new life, and learn as much as she could to honor her Mother and her family. Years of talking to sailors and her parents , Avalon learned much of the outside world, in case she ever left their island. She had learned of some money and trade, fighting, traveling skills, and how to keep thieves from taking her purse. She also learned that she could use her healing skills to make coin in a pinch, and traveled the land trading her skills for food, lodging, and coin when needed, as she searches for different groups of druids and peoples that she can learn from.