Profile of Ara

A soft whisper of cotton fluff drifting along the wind, Ara is, at first glance, little more than a ghost that has bled from the pages of a novel. Her fur is a blank canvas upon which there is no color, save for where the hue of her pink skin is visible in spots where the fur thins upon her paws. Her eyes have a motley hue of pink and blue, with her irises having the soft red color of an albino's. Ara possesses a doll-like fragility to her that leads many to view her as breakable. Nonetheless, her metered steps and demure external appearance offer her inquisitive mind few favors.

"Why? How? When? Where?"

From the first moment that Ara could speak, she was asking questions. And she continues to do so, albeit with more awareness of what she should ask when faced with polite company. Nonetheless, Ara struggles to hold onto her questions. Once she has one, it burns in her mind like a red-hot coal until she can release her curiosity. In that sense, Ara is indomitable in her desire to unearth the secrets of her world and the mysterious nature of the Fae. Her photographic memory is an important asset in her quest, but her appearance often leads others to diminish her accomplishments.

Due to a long relationship with the Children of the Moon convent, Ara has developed a talent for self-assurance. She has grown accustomed to reading body language and employing tact to get her way or earn enough freedom to do as she pleases. At her worst, Ara can be manipulative (albeit in the name of science rather than personal gain). At her best, she is a clever little pixie weaving her way through life.

Ara was abandoned at the doorstep of a Highlander convent, a religious sect deeply entrenched in worshipping the moon goddess and soothing the Fae. As such, Ara was awarded the bastard surname of "Snow" and raised by the acolytes and clergy that served the Children of the Moon.

As the story goes, Ara's mother died in childbirth and her father could not provide for her. Fearing that she had been cursed by the Fae, they had dropped the child off with the only group he felt could cure her. One acolyte, Sister Corinth, took a special interest in the girl. After a year of tests and study, she concluded that Ara was not cursed but favored. Why else would she be wary of the sunlit realm and the mortal world? At night, when Fae energy was at its strongest, Ara could freely go outside and -- as Sister Corinth described it -- focus the whole of her heart on the faeries.

Ara was inducted as a Child of the Moon once she turned 1 year of age. She has studied the Fae in a manner closely aligned with her convent's teachings. Seeking a more standard education, however, Ara earned a scholarship to study Highlander "mythology" at the college. Although she is disappointed by the pervasive idea that the Fae are "fake" and "figments of imagination for philosophical teachings", she is certain that the college's library will serve her well.