Erissia Ekoradi

Erissia Ekoradi is the previous leader of Shizumori, Frosterium. Her troubling past lead her to develop the town to it's current trading port. The Sorradi spends her time proving her worth and raising her status among the nation, while also exploring her hobbies and interests.

Biography
Erissia Ekoradi, or as her family and friends simply call her Eris, was born in the town of Veraser, 3 years after the Ascension of the Escharian leaders. Her mother was one of the Escharian Emperor Severie I Aesperii's concubines. As such, the timing for Erissia's birth would suggest the two had intercourse shortly before the ascensions, however no concrete evidence has been found. Following her birth, Erissia's mother would go on to be an assistant to many mayors, using her close ties with the past Emperor to find work. Erissia herself would often find herself playing or reading idly as her mother worked, thus over the years she'd learn various tasks and information commonly needed to be an assistant. As she grew older, Erissia began to develop hobbies and interests, mostly with reading and cooking. The relationship between Erissia and her mother was quite strong, the two often depending on each other and enjoying the time spent with each other.

At the age of 22, Erissia's mother would have gained enough prestige among the mayors to ask a favor. She had planned to begin her own town, and had told them all, "When I settle my first town, I urge for you're cooperation and support" before setting off into the wilderness. During their travels, Erissia would be taught more and more about leadership, formalities, and the how to carry herself, these all being very useful later on. On Erneset, the two would be ambushed by bandits, Erissia's mother quickly protecting her daughter. However the much smaller and weaker Sorradi would be easily overpowered as in a final effort, she'd give Erissia her belongings and threw her lantern at the attackers. The glass breaking and flaming oil spreading across the forest floor. Erissia would run away per her mother's request, heading south.

Erissia would have settled herself on an island at the mouth of a gulf, fearing she'd be quickly found if she ventured back to the ambush site. As such she was quick to begin constructing a quick shelter, and begin planting crops. Her food store wouldn't last long, as such she had to become self sufficient, and quickly. As time ticked on, Erissia would continue to live and develop island, eventually coming to the conclusion her mother was dead and she had to carry on her wishes alone. Years would pass as the Sorradi girl would build up her settlement, spreading the word of her trading port. Initially thought to be a settlement of nomads with little to offer, Erissia would develop the land into something the other mayors could no longer ignore. Finally, after 9 years, the town of Ornemere would finally be recognized.

Blessing of the Azure Animals
It was a clear night, the peaceful wind brushing the trees as frogs croaked. Erissia stood at the edge of a pond, the goddess Serti (The raccoon goddess) sat upon a large Lilly pad. Serti made a deal with Erissia that night, she would offer her spirit to the goddesses, submitting to their power and receiving a blessing from the Azure Animals. In return, the sanctuary would be protected from intruders, and anyone else who worshipped the goddesses would receive their protection. The tired, hopeless leader would graciously accept the offer, finally breathing a sigh of relief as she felt her people would finally be safe. Over the weeks following, all of the citizens of old Ornemere would convert to the Six Azure Animals. In addition, Erissia's physical features would begin as she had offered her spirit to the goddesses. First would be the color of her hair and fur, it going from a chocolate brown to a silver white. Her raccoon tail would shift to one of a fox and her rounded raccoon ears slowly grew larger and pointed. Finally, her ocean blue eyes would shift to an autumn orange. A total of 4 weeks would pass before she heard from the goddesses again, they bestowed upon her the ability to read the holy text of the goddesses. She was instructed of the many ways to offer patronage and worship to the goddesses.

Personality
Erissia could easily be described as 'sleepy', although this does not mean she is lazy nor lacks the effort to do things. Her expressions and voice usually match those of a sleepy person, despite the women being quite aware and working. Erissia often reads and tends to enjoy snacking and cooking herself meals, when she's not attending to her duties as a mayor of course. Most who speak with her regard her as overly polite, sometimes being painfully truthful. Due to her race as well as troubling young adulthood, she often questions her abilities as a leader, seeing herself as sub-par. However her successes and allies tend to remind her she's quite good at her job. Due to reading constantly, her knowledge tends to be from literature and less from practical experience or developing methods on her own. In addition, Erissia is quite interested in astronomy, despite not openly expressing this interest. She often will set asside time to map the skies and leisurely watch the night sky. (Outdated, read 'Redshifted Erissia')

Redshifted Erissia
Erissia was given the ability to speak with spirits by the Six Azure Animals. This initially was just a small part of her life as she used it for simple guidence on her decisions, ventures, and overall growth. However a more recent fascination with technology and its development lead to the creation of the Blue Order [=====]. This is a research coalition between Tatsuhosho and Vraelea. Through this coalition, the first prototypes of a conduit reactor were worked on and being finalized as the first Tatsuhosho airship was completed and the new reactor was installed. A few months would pass before it passed its trials and was cleared for daily use. As the coalition took this success, they began to develope a more compact energy source with the use of spirits. Erissia personally enjoyed this project as it utelized her ability gifted to her by the goddesses.

Tampering with the Unknown
It would be a clear evening when Erissia would be tuning a prototype spirit generator. The information is still classified to the public, but its success will be a huge leap in technology. She steps back to power it on for stress testing. A few minutes would pass, a few tests would be taken and observations written. she looked away from the generator for a moment to write more notes down, but the generator suddenly began to heat up immensely. This heat brough a deep red glow to the engine as she quickly rushed to terminate its power source. She had to hesitate as she didn't want to burn herself, but eventually grabbed some tools for the job. She wasn't quick enough however as the heat overloaded the generator causing it to combust. The Sorradi would be sent onto her back as the sheer pressure from the explosion erupted in hot metal and generator parts. Erissia would fall unconscious due to the wind being knocked out of her lungs from impact.

Deals with spirits
Unbenknownst to Erissia, in her unconscious state, freed spirits from the combustion began to seep though her mind. One in particular would pull the two into a sort of dream state. This spirit having a soft red glow as Erissia could only see them and a vast black ocean. The spirit would speak to her, warning her spirits shouldn't be tampered with so reclesly and this was the results. She simply explained her reasoning behind the generator, to which the spirit responded with simply "Talk with the spirits, form a bond." The spirit would then continue, changing subjects. It told Erissia due to her actions, she'd been fused with this spirit she spoke with now. The spirit told her it was the consequences of her actions, and should be motivation to not comit the same mistake twice. Erissia, overcome with questions could only mutter a single question, "What's your name." The spirit took a moment to respond, but looked directly at Erissia and muttered, 'Verix'. The dream would begin to fade as the spirit kept quiet and simply stared at Erissia sternly as she woke up to her usual living quarters' ceiling.

Consiquences
It would be revealed later that after the combustion, Erissia had been found quickly due to the fire and had been placed in her living quarters. She'd been in a coma for 6 days before awaking. Following this, she seemed... off. Along with a couple of physics changes, her once sleepy, yet kind aura had shifted to a more assertive and serious tone. The once relaxed and calm leader would shift to be more aggresive and snippy. She was still kind, but not as directly, often opting to help others, but never sounding as if she directly intended to. She also seemed a lot more coordinated and assertive in negotiations as well as daily happenings in the city and national government. In the past she would sugar coat issues, opting to not stress others out and work on issues over time, but now she simply spoke her mind, whether it be negative or positive. Overall, the sleepy marshmellow of a leader had been replaced with an equally kind, yet sarcastic, snippy, calculated, and direct leader. To accompany these attitude and mental changes, a large strand of her silver hair had become a deep ruby red. The same color tainting her eyes as if to signify she had enveloped a more sinister spirit into her.

Final Message
Erissia Ekoradi, after her mind was touched by the goddesses, left her nation of Tatsuhosho to return to her roots. Arriving in the ruins of Ornemere, she spent the evening praying to the goddesses. After hearing the soft and crisp strings of a silver violin, she was called, beconed to ascend to the spirits. Following this, she unshiethed a short dagger and dug the cool steel into her abdomen. Her body would fall limp, her spirit escaped her flesh and found her place among the spirits, becoming closer than ever to the Six Azure Goddesses.