Mira Marchand

> "*It's just like that play about the archaeologist, Alabama Bones!*"
> ― Mira, trying to not use copyrighted works
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One of the main characters of Trials & Trebuchets, Mira Marie Marchand hails from, evidently, the top of a mountain or else she would be a valley girl. Mira is a musician, playing the flute, the horn, and her favourite instrument, the lyre. She is a member of many committees and clubs all over campus, and is an all-around friendly person, even promising one of the Jeeds that she would be their friend and come visit them and organizing a party in their honour. She is a second year student at Wildcliff, School of the Arcane as of Episode 187 - Second Year.

## Appearance

Mira has been described as tall and well put-together with dark skin and tightly coiled hair, currently worn in a double halo braid. She also generally wears a big smile most of the time.

As of Episode 3 - Power and Progress, Mira has a spiral tattoo branded upon her left arm. As of Episode 96 - A Well Deserved Break, Mira has a prosthetic right arm, her original arm having been bitten off by Neska in Episode 86 - The Snack Episode!. Her prosthetic arm is a golden brass colour, with four soft, flexible fingers.

Mira's hair in the Sunken Hatch, Book Worms, Eyes on the Prize, Whiteout + Shake & Break, and Scandal arcs was styled in an afro. Pitter Patter had Mira's hair in a ponytail. Till Death do us Party and Faint of Heart had Mira's hair styled in box braids. Trading Places, Autumn's Blend, and Autumn's Mend featured Mira with afro puffs.

## Personality

Mira is a very approachable and friendly person in most situations, sometimes to her own detriment. Her talkative nature and willingness to be open can lead to great consequences, such as having her arm bitten off by Neska. In most cases, she shows a lot of confidence and determination, having the drive to achieve whatever her goals are. This is threatened when her ability to create is challenged, or when she gets flustered by a cute girl. Despite this, Mira remains a cheerleader in attitude, doing what she can to lift the spirits of those around her and make everything better for as many people as she can. Mira loves music more than most things in her life, so much so that she prioritizes it over all her other studies and considered abandoning the orb quest when her future music career was put in danger by her dominant arm being bitten off.

Mira will usually engage in conversation before combat, if the situation allows. She's often a driving force in diplomacy. Still, she can be somewhat impulsive, speaking before thinking or rushing into combat to help her friends without fully thinking the consequences of her actions through. One notable exception to Mira's open behaviour is in regards to her family, a subject she is particularly dodgy about.

Mira is a noted fan of music and pulpy adventure novels, her favourite of which is the Diane Dangerous series (also sometimes called Diane Danger). She is dating upperclassman Delnys Raethran.

## History

Mentioned in passing, Mira's father is a librarian and her mother is a seamstress. Mira also has three older sisters.

Before arriving at Wildcliff, Mira spent some time in Ophelian, the Elven Capital and was teleported from there to Wildcliff. It was in Ophelian that she initially met Integrity Idleberry, though it's unclear how much interaction they had before being transported to the school.

### Sheoran Affiliation

After sitting on a throne during the Trial of Power, Mira's left arm was branded with the spiral symbol of the Sheoran royal family, the rulesrr of an ancient kingdom that died via mass poisoning thousand of years ago. As of Episode 12 - Plans and Lambs, Mira is periodically visited in her dreams by Empress Terrasis, the last ruler of Sheora. Terrasis repeatedly warned Mira to avoid letting all of the orbs come into one person's possession, as doing so could potentially unlock The Sunken Hatch.

After Mira and her friends defeated The Oblex in the school's sewers and inadvertently awoke the resting high priestess Neska, Mira's left arm began to feel warm and pained. It is later revealed that some time before Arc 7: Shake & Break, Empress Terrasis had magically replaced Mira's left arm with an identical arm with snake powers; according to Terrasis, it is a blessing that exists to protect Mira when the Empress is not around. However, it is possible that the arm is more a curse than a blessing.

In Episode 85 - Ghurt Intentions, Neska told Mira to ingest orchid dust in order to be given a vision of the goddess Meaphidae. When Mira did so, she was instead brought into a vision of a Sheoran garden. Mira explained to Neska that she may have been protected from the vision because of her arm; in response, Neska immediately bit off Mira's right arm. However, it was Mira's left arm that was given a snake form by Terassis.

### Relationships

Mira has a documented crush on third-year necromancy student Delnys Raethran, having met her while trapped inside the book The Ever Changing Guide to Practical Studying: 17th Edition. Delnys watched Mira compete in the practice duels in Episode 13 - The Spring Duelling Session, bringing her a gift of sweet rolls after she lost the fight. The two continued to spend time together throughout the school year.

In Episode 42 - Roll for Crime, Mira attended Delnys' 21st birthday party despite Delnys implying that she did not want anyone to come. Though she attempted to apologize to Delnys, the two were attacked in her kitchen by The Oblex imitating Professor Deeptar, who tried to kidnap Delnys. In an attempt to prevent Delnys from being abducted, Mira cast a thunder spell, fending off the Oblex but destroying the kitchen and harming Delnys. Delnys was bought away by her father, and Mira did not see her for several weeks.

After planning a golem party, she took the advice of local ghost Williard Harrison Fitzgerald Ingrain, bringing Delnys to the courtyard and asking her to come to the dance publicly. Delnys agreed, and the two reconciled at the party. Delnys asked to be brought on an adventure with Mira in the future; Mira agreed.

After Professor Underbough was murdered by Neska, Mira and Delnys snuck into the headmaster's office together to search for evidence, and later spent the night in Mira's dormitory. Mira opted to give her bed to Delnys, choosing instead to sleep on the floor. The two later ventured into the sewers, experiencing the orchid dust visions together and temporarily sharing a dream body. After Mira's arm was bitten off by Neska, Delnys healed her despite the healing damaging her and helped Mira escape.

The two of them spent some time recovering in Artis' cabin, and Mira eventually confessed her feelings to Delnys after being confronted about it. Delnys asked to talk more about it after she had had some sleep. While Delnys was still sleeping, Winsler and Integrity convinced Mira to confront and kill Neska. Mira left a note for Delnys in hopes that she would return before Delnys woke, but after killing Neska, she returned to find Delnys injured and Teb dead.

The two did not speak in the coming weeks afterward, though Delnys checked in daily with Professor Allaro about the progress on Mira's prosthetic arm. Delnys invited Mira to a murder mystery party two weeks after the event, and Mira accepted. Later on at the party, it was revealed that Delnys may not be able to continue her attendance at Wildcliff as a result of her father's debt. Mira comforted Delnys and explained everything pertaining to the orbs and the hatch to her. Delnys then confessed her mutual feelings for Mira and the two kissed.

## Spellcasting

Mira's spellcasting class is Bard, and as a College of Lore Bard she is able to take spells from any spellcasting class. she currently has the following spells available to her.

**Metamagic Adept:**

Mira has 2 sorcery points per long rest, which she can use to change her spells in the following ways

* Twinned Spell (SP = spell level) — When Mira casts a spell that targets a single creature and doesn’t have a range of self, she can make it target two creatures
* Subtle Spell (1SP) — Mira ignores any somatic or verbal components for that casting of the spell

## Speculation/Trivia

* Mira wants to be a musician and plays the lyre.
* Mira is the creator of the song "Wonderwall" in the T&T universe.

## Gallery

Mirakiss discord emoji by zombonoMira and Delnys by AEtherMira by CamSWIM and Artis in Isathil by LadygoldLightmere sleepover games by FaunakichiMira and Crowrigami by SarahMira by OowindiiMira by Slauthor