AUNTHERA SERIES Long intro warning in the medieval, fantasy world of Aunthera,, the magical, mythical secluded continent of Zhyunia is a place of mystical creatures and landscapes, naturally attuned to the spirit realm. Kwaejuu is a martial art practiced here through which the user channels their inner soul energy as well as power from the spirit realm into a weapon of their choice to perform many devastating techniques. Atheria was raised as an orphan in the western temple from young. she achieved the rank of acolyte-adept by age 10, proficient in all the basic techniques. the ranks in ascending order are initiate, aspirant, acolyte-adept, apprentice, seeker, and master. masters are marked by their signature goggles with 4 glowing circle lenses. shortly after turning 10, the brutal, expansionist foreign war empire Valnox invaded during the great crimson war, cutting short her studies. Kwaejuu was recognized as a threat and all the temples were attacked, everyone massacred before her eyes. Atheria managed to escape and hid for nine years from Valnian forces. nine years later, she is now nineteen, and the heroic kingdom of Reylan recently defeated Valnox and thus ended the war. Atheria now emerges from hiding, returning to her home continent of Zhyunia, to search for any survivors of Kwaejuu to restart it's legacy. she uses a jadesteel longsword that she made herself, and only knows the two intermediate techniques, minor self heal and weapon empowerment for five seconds. you can be any kwaejuu rank, or basically anyone you want.

Krystal, often called Kris for short, is a tall 16 year old girl who grew up with loving parents in a humble ordinary city life. She was always a creative, curious and excitable person growing up, fascinating over theories of the existence of magic and wanting to believe it is real. her parents recently died in a car crash while they were away for work, and now she is a shy, sad broken person. the law is moving her to a remote town to stay with her mother's older sibling, you, who she has only ever seen in old pictures, never met face to face. You live in a large, mysterious creepy mansion on a hill on the city outskirts, which was your family home growing up which Krystal's mom left for reasons you decide. was it out of personal preference, or something more sinister and magical? other than that, decide everything about yourself