Emuna Bircher

### Family

Harold Bircher (Husband), Francine Quoran (Mother, Deceased), Gordon Quoran (Father, Deceased), Daisy Lafrae (Daughter)Poppy Bircher (Daughter)Luca Bircher (Adoptive Son)

### Friends/Allies

Noelle Emsworth, Delilah Phinorae, Leslie Bircher, Walter Bircher, Robert Bircher, Claire DeCruorem, Jacob DeCruorem, Marie Marrow, Helana, Rainer

### Enemies

Delilah Phinorae, Tylen Lenol, Baybrook, Anatasia Di Jorvo

## Personal Characteristics

### Goals

Protect Vanessa, End The Empire, Keep The Peace

## Physical Appearance

### Nationality

Sajunen

Head of the Bircher household and father/mother of Daisy, Poppy, and Luca. A reaper with an overbearing personality working to repent for his life's sins, sometimes loses himself to the void's whispers.

## Personality

Emuna has always been a worrywart at heart, fussing over his family and those close to them. Emuna often puts too much weight on his shoulders, making it his responsibility to protect his family alongside his duties as reaper. During the attack on A.G.D., Emuna became overwhelmed, with his husband, Harold, in the hospital as he searched for their children. When arriving to save Regan from A.P.A. Emuna was confronted with one of the angels responsible for his death, Cheryl. After a tense "reunion" between the two, Emuna's personality shifted, summoning the Eyes of Null and becoming a twisted version of himself, casually igniting Cheryl as she fought the Void Whispers. Despite his dislike of The Void and it's caretaker, Emuna has no qualms using its power to cause psychological distress to those that stand in his way, using it to avoid physically harming others. As seen with Cheryl, however, Emuna can be pushed to violence when protecting those he loves.

Upon returning from Iora as a ghost, Emuna avoided making his presence known, disoriented from the fog of death and unable to remember more than his name, feeling the pull to come to the place he called home. Hiding his amnesia from his loved ones, Emuna was fearful the loss of his memories would change how they viewed him, though Harold and Daisy both stated he seemed a lot lighter without them. With his memories returned, Emuna dedicates himself to making up for his past.

In the past, Emuna was incredibly pessimistic, being born with a damaged mana core he grew up idolizing death, seeing it as an escape from the pain and fears his unstable magic left him with. Emuna has always kept people at a distance, feeling the closer he got to others the more his fear of death grew.

## Relationships

### Harold Bircher

The two met in university, both taking a robotics class and bonding over their shared love of complex machinery. Initially just friends, Emuna began to develop feelings for Harold, however refused to act on them, and kept the other at a distance. After graduation the two sepereated, Emuna returning to his homeland to reconnect with an old friend. When the magic level in the Human Realm caused his health to once again take a turn for the worst, Emuna found an advertisement for a lab assistant job at Harold's company, deciding if he was to die he wanted it to be with someone he cared. During this time, Emuna felt his old feelings for Harold resurface, and fell back into his old habit of pushing people away.

After his death, Emuna, now without his memories, felt his heart pulling him back to the mortal realm, following its pull to Harold's rebuilt lab. Initially hiding his presence, seeing the other's intense grief mounted his guilt until he was pushed by Walter to reveal he had returned. After a heartfelt reunion, Emuna realized he had lived his life full of regrets, and decided he to turn over a leaf and be honest with his feeling. Spending a few years to completely rebuild Brich, the two were asked to help A.G.D.'s new schooling initiative and took the opportunity to settle down, Harold giving Walter the position of CEO of Brich Industries so that he and Emuna could travel to the Magic Realm to find their missing daughters, taking up residence underneath A.G.D.'s science wing.

### Leslie Bircher

Using her as a host body, Emuna gets along well with Leslie, entrusting her to take care of things while he's off on missions.

### Loralai Bircher

The two rarely interacted while he was alive, while she considered him a rival for Harold's affection, Emuna was indifferent to her. After Loralai's attempt to use A.P.A. to get rid of Emuna ended with Brich destroyed and Harold left with nothing, Emuna became infuriated with her. Waiting until Loralai lured Leslie into the basement, he caught her off guard while she was trying to dismantle his host body. The two argued, Loralai not understanding why he would hide when the loss of Emuna was so painful to Harold, Emuna rebutting that her obsession with keeping Harold to herself is why he lost everything in the first place.

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