User:8bit BlackMage/Tourmaline Peaks

The Tourmaline Peaks are a mountain formation in Orphanage, lying mostly within the country of Sapphire. They form a natural border with Haven, and lie closest to the small rural town of Emerald. Two small communities are located here: Escala and Louve, rivals since the times when Quezacoatl and Fenrir were mortal sisters.

Avilis Andor
Avilis holds the seemingly impossible potential for compromise between sun and moon. Her parents left her to live by the hermit Sasmi when she was 6, unable to deal with the pressure of having a child that physically resembled both cultures. Raised in relative solitude, Avilis eventually began to visit her family in Escala and Louve as the populace's opinions of her and her parents' relationship (though they had since divorced) softened. She continued to live outside of either Escala and Louve because she wishes to remain impartial to both.

Avilis does not enjoy seeing her parents because she feels that they will always feel guilty for leaving their daughter behind. This, in turn, inflicts an amount of guilt upon herself. Though she has not completely forgiven them, she has experienced enough of Tourmaline culture to understand that they were under immense pressure from their respective peoples. Her relationship with her sisters remains strong, and she tries not to envy them for their less complicated lives. Over the years, Tourmaline sentiment has become less hostile to her, and Avilis is often welcome to visit her sisters in their respective villages; Navarre lives with their father in Escala, and Bayon lives with their mother in Louve. The knowledge that her parents are separated is troubling,

To her detriment, Avilis has a bad habit of laughing at things she finds amusing at inappropriate times. While she almost always apologizes soon after, it has put her in some awkward positions with Escalan and Louvese leaders. She is hesitant at suggesting her own large-scale ideas for the future of her people, instead preferring to offer general moral beliefs. Somewhat paradoxically, she dislikes for pretense but enjoys ceremonial events in which the virtues of the sun and moon are often portrayed in bias. [WIP]

Navarre Andor
Avilis's 13 year old younger sister. Quiet and shy, she lives with her mother in Escala, and is a spitting image of her, with flowing blond hair. She doesn't admit it in order to avoid stirring up controversy, but she enjoys it when he sister visits her. [WIP]

Bayon Andor
Avilis's 12 year old younger sister. More outgoing that either of her sisters, she is very vocal about her support for Avilis, even though she doesn't really appreciate the history of Escala and Louve's problems. [WIP]

Sasmi
An elderly hermit living in a hovel between Escala and Louve. Having spent most of her life alone, she was surprised one evening to find a young couple asking for refuge from a storm, clutching a small child and few other possessions. [WIP]