Marla Kuton

Marla is Chip Kuton's second child. Even if she is a noble, she lives in a modest house in the Forgeguard district of Winterose state.

Early Life
Marla's early childhood was mostly spent with her family, away from the outside world. She used to collect different flower crowns, while painting them with homemade watercolors made with poppies, cornflowers, sunflowers and leaves.

Friendships and powerful figures
Marla looked up to many people in her life, especially to older people in her family, like her grandfather, Scroll Kuton, and her grand-grandfather, Sesam Kuton. Other powerful figures she looked up to are Captains and Marshals of the army, as well as Vulperium Officials.

Motivation for joining the military
"Whilst searching for resources with her family, she noticed a group of refugees. They helped her dad and grandfather with refilling their water and gave them food. The Kuton family continued with their journey when all of a sudden they heard people screaming in the distance. A bandit group attacked the refugee camp. Chip stood back to protect Marla and Fertil, her older brother, while the rest of them helped the camp. The siblings looked scared but Chip reassured them that everything is fine. "Don't worry kids, we have the military by our side", he said in a calm voice. Chip pointed at a guard fighting a bandit, saying: "You see the bad guy? He doesn't stand a chance against our guards". He turned back to the kids and told them "The military always protects others, risking their life... It's what they're best at." This sort story made Marla interested in joining the army, helping save others, just like the old guards saved her life, returning the favor.

Joining the military
When she came of the proper age to apply for the military, she did it instantly. She got trained by Captain Mimeror and Captain Sashegyi Albert, and after some time, she finally got accepted. She was happy, even if she was one of the lower-ranking Army Personnel, because she could help out others, just like she wished for when she was a kid.

Life as a noble in the army
It was still frowned upon for a noble woman to partake in wars, and her father, Chip, wished for her to take the normal route of staying at the home she had been given and taking care of it while marrying a wealthy man from a neighbouring nation. Even in he wished she would follow his standards, he was still the only one that supported her through her journey, helping her out when she was lost and confused in paperwork and trainings. Some looked at her trough rose-colored glasses seeing her as just someone the military accepted for diversity, not for skills. Even after attending multiple trainings and having duels with some of the best sword users The Vulperium had, she still felt insecure. That changed when she participated in the Battle of Perria as a legionnaire. She killed one person and assisted to the killings of many others, but she, herself, got badly injured as well. After she healed, she started training again, but she found new strength and a new motive: climbing up the ranks, so people stop seeing her as worse than her peers.

Aroforn tour
Marla's first visit of Aroforn was unexpected, many people finding it interesting. She was exploring the nation of TheVulperium with her friend, and it just so happens she met the Minister of Development somewhere around Port Eldur. At first, Duskamitas was scared of them since they were both geared up with diamond armour, but Marla and her friend quickly gained his trust. Marla told him that they would like to explore the whole of Vulperium, but she thought that that might be hard to achieve, since she didn't know the bounds and borders of the nation, which made her fearful of exploring too far away from her hometown, Winterose. Duskamitas decided that she is trustworthy, and guided them to the path to Aroforn.

While on their travels to the famous capital, they stopped at a city named Pastel. Pastel is now a landmarks in her mind, since she always stops by it when she is going to Aroforn. Duskamitas gave Marla and her friend a tour of the whole capital, and both of them loved the little fox statues. They also liked the layout and architecture, Marla's friend hoping their city would become like Aroforn one day.

Extra information: Marla always uses the "Small South Gate" to enter Aroforn, even if other entrances may be closer to her, because that is the gate she used to come to the capital for the first time, in the Aroforn tour.