Elvavéna Aralíne

Elvavéna Aralíne is a High Elven resident of Lynsaarne, a farmer and a novice magician.

Description
Elvavéna is farm girl who’s on a journey to learn about herself. Stricken with boredom after her family left home and stunned by a recent discovery that she can cast magic, Elvavéna hopes to find a tutor or school that will not only teach her what having magic means for her, but lecture her in the proper use of it as well. While boasting a rare talent that allows her to pick up on magic almost innately, she doesn't actually know any proper spells yet- although she did accidentally turn her pet chicken, Rukko, into a familiar.

Perky though she is, it's not all sunshine and roses for Elvavena. Adventuring is a hard change for her. She has to work odd jobs in cities to make money, often taking extended stays to build up her supplies. And since she doesn’t like to fight, she has to use her wits to survive nine times out of ten. But in the end, isn’t surviving on intelligence and willpower what a mage does?

Sunny, idealistic, wistful. Elvavéna is defined by her friendly and kind nature. A humble girl, she's especially interested in humans and other elves, but has a strong curiosity for many things she comes across. Indeed, she's sweet-tempered and optimistic, if a bit inexperienced. She has a very rose-tinted view of the world. Having spent her entire life on a farm, she doesn't know just how dangerous things can be.

Elvavéna is fairly clever despite her status as a greenhorn. She's also stubborn and willful, with much of her willpower coming from her upbringing. She's a good study for learning magic, but her curiosity can occasionally get the better of her. She's easily-impressed, easily-amazed, and easily-charmed by those with kind words. Her friendliness sometimes causes her to get in way over her head, but she always means well.

Original canon
A farm girl who grew up in the countryside. Elvavena originally had a normal life, but she wasn't fated to remain mundane forever. As she got older, she unknowingly displayed the warning signs of being a mage, causing strange occurrences to happen.

It started with a mysterious glyph appearing on the back of her hand and disappearing, followed by her vegetables spontaneously bursting into flame whenever her emotions peaked. On one occasion, she nearly burned down her cottage in the night. The act combined with the fear of living on a farm forever caused one of her sisters to run off, never to return.

While it hurt, she eventually got over it- although not for long. As time went by, her other relatives moved away for different reasons, leaving her stricken with boredom and loneliness. When her son finally left, the flurry of emotion nearly set her clothes on fire- and in that moment, the memories came flooding back. Confused, she went to her neighbors, who confirmed it: she was a mage, but couldn't control her power. With nothing left to lose, she decided to go on a journey to find a tutor that would properly train her.

Sometimes a mishap can turn into fortune. That's what happened when Elvavena finally found her first tutor. After going on her adventure, she got lost and somehow ended up in a completely different world. A place with ways to get to other worlds. From there, she stumbled into another world entirely, losing her memory of both events. It's here that she ended up near a junkyard, an area that was being repurposed by a girl named Glory. Drawn by the sound of Glory altering metal, she introduced herself. Initially unknown to Elvavena was the fact that Glory was a sorceress- a powerful one. She could sense that Elvavena was no ordinary elf,

Unknown to Elvavena, she had an affinity for fire magic. Even the sunlight seemed to linger on her. This would show itself during her unexpected encounter. She had gotten very lucky, but not in the way she would've believed.

After being introduced, a conversation bloomed. Finally, Glory told Elvavena what she was, and asked for her purpose of being in the city. Telling Glory she wanted to learn magic, Glory agreed to teach her. Joined by another sorceress named Elizabeth Hanzen, both encouraged Elvavena in their own way. Finally, Glory told Elvavena to reach inside herself- to take what singed her soul in the past and express it outward. Drawing from her negative memories, Elvavena managed to send a giant pile of metal bursting into flame- but she was unable to control it.

Seeing that Elvavena had power but lacked in direction, Glory decided to teach her. The catch is that her initiation would have to wait for some weeks- but she was fine with that.

Ways of Darkness canon
Overall, Elvavéna Aralíne's life story in Ways of Darkness is almost identical to the one in her original canon, except that she is a resident of Lynsárne.

Appearances
Elvavena Araline's only Ways of Darkness-related appearence - outside of lore articles on this wiki - is in the roleplaying session The Wayside Inn.