Myriad Saga--Rayne Drori

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Basic Information:
Name: Rayne Drori
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Height: 5'8"
Race: Arkana/Meizon
Hair color: White
Eye color: Purple
Region of Birth: Insund
Region: Insund, between the Insund Mines and the Rovaro Cathedral (underground western Lisadt territory)
Weapon(s): None
Magic(s): Earth, Light

Personality: While generally a very happy and sociable Arkana, Rayne often feels the strong need to prove other people wrong if they doubt his or his friends' beliefs. He's lived in lovely Insund his whole life and he is used to having people know who he is, so he often bluntly speaks his mind, whether it be compliments or criticisms. He's only really trying to help people, though!
+Caring and considerate of others' wellbeings
+Consistent
+Candid
+Convivial, enthusiastic
-Overly simple world mindset; gullible and unimaginative
-Overall, fairly ignorant
-Obstinate
-Oblivious and misinterprets others' intentions

Likes: Stars, meeting new people, spending time with others, a good day's work, stories, exploration, FOOD
Dislikes: Being told he's wrong, realizing he's wrong, unhappiness, the phrase "it's impossible," lacking social contact for more than a few hours at a time

Relationships:
Sexual Orientation: Probably straight
Relationship Status: Single (he's never been very good at noticing the ladies' true intentions)
Family: Tahlia Drori (Arkana mother), unknown Meizon father
Friends: His mining coworkers, Estelle Hoth, Marion du Coudray, Orionhod

Abilities:
1. Lantern Lights - Attack Power --/5 (3/5 Effectiveness)
Rayne can create either a "string" of small, floating globes of light or few larger ones; they are very slightly warm to the touch and give off a constant light. The light provided still requires a little squinting in an otherwise dark area, but it's much better than total darkness. The lights will flicker or go out if he is startled. When mining or exploring a cave, he usually places one large globe in the lantern he carries with him for greater portability lest he loses focus and lets it float away.

2. Sift - Attack Power 3/5
Rayne can raise/lower earth dust particulates into/from the area, greatly decreasing/increasing visibility and breathability. It's a difficult move to execute when there is a great deal of wind in the area, when there are natural air filters, and if the earth/rocks in the area are either missing or compacted by moisture. A smaller scale of this is useful for cleaning ore at his job!

3. Stonewalled Pillars - Attack Power 3/5
Rayne quickly drags out large masses of rock from the ground, typically in the shape of walls or reminiscent of stalactites; this can work as both a decent offense or defense. Raising these rock masses completely out of the ground can allow him to chuck and guide rocks with his magic. When in close-ranged battle, Rayne usually keeps in hand a heavy, lance-like rock formation pulled out of the ground. This skill obviously cannot be executed when the earth in the area is soft or lacking, and earth saturated with water is also a little difficult for him to manipulate.

4. Balance - Attack Power --/5 (4/5 Effectiveness)
_{Increased from 3/5 to 4/5 thanks to GP~}
Rayne has developed an innate sense of perception of the density and makeup of the area around him. He senses best through an earth/rock medium (though he could learn other mediums through time) and generally uses this knowledge to unconsciously choose best routes and placements when using his magic to rearrange his surroundings. He'll only really be able to get really detailed in his analysis if he's concentrating in a calm setting; doing just enough to avoid unwitting cave-in's, gas explosions, and flooding is about his limit in more stressful situations.

5. General Physical Fitness - Attack Power 4/5
Rayne grew up with the innate physical power consistent with the Arkana (though he is a bit scrawnier than most fullblooded Arkana, including his mother) but has mostly grown strong from his mining job. Though he isn't particularly fast on his feet, he's developed a monstrous stamina for both physical and magical activity due to his long hours working.

Background:
Rayne's mother often dreamily recounts the encounter of how his parents met; the details may be a little inconsistent, but generally the stories follow the same theme: a beautiful long-haired Meizon man wandering into Insund, his parents meeting and falling madly in love, his father having to leave for supposedly urgent business, his birth. Some in Insund may scoff at this love story, but Rayne's mother totally has a wondrous enchanted purple bracelet as the proof of their love and Rayne believes every word.

After Rayne earned enough money working in the Insund Mines to reconstruct the bracelet into a horn/hair piece (the bracelet was built for smaller wrists and arms than an Arkana's—more proof!) for his mother's birthday, she delightedly gave it back to him to wear, saying how he's growing up to "look just like him <3." It was at that point Rayne began to pointedly grow out his flowing white hair to extreme lengths. It's quite inconvenient for the mining job he has now, but he's found ways to manipulate his hairstyle to be more compact while proudly wearing the purple hairpiece.

Rayne would really like to go out into the world and find his Meizon father; he's imagined their no-doubt joyous reunion countless times over the years and he's determined to increase his mastery over Light magic out overground. His mother's wellbeing is what's keeping him from doing so, though, and plus, he'll miss her!

Other Information:
- Occupation: miner in the Insund Mines
- Rayne carries a variety of his mining tools with him in the pouches he wears at his waist, including a glass lantern, some matches, and a few brushes.
- His red Arkana skin is light enough to allow him to pass as a creepily sunburned Meizon if he hides his horns, and he is also a bit scrawnier and has a less reactive tail than most Arkana due to his Meizon blood. His Meizon father probably also has purple eyes as his mother's eyes are orange.