Ah, what the hey. Here's my little insane freak.
Aurora, or Aura as she prefers to be known, is one of Aalu's children. She's somewhat smaller than average, and very dark - her skin is such a dark green her stripes are barely visible. Her eyes are an intense violet, with weird deposits of copper around her pupils; these deposits form strange aurorae when low-lighting catches them, hence her name.
Aura's been through some tough times already in her so-far short life. She volunteered to go to learn "The Healing" from a very old mudokon called Rej, but didn't get very far before she and Jan (who was travelling with her) ran up against one of the Industrial companies. She eventually did find Rej, however, and has so far managed to learn just enough of The Healing to reverse the damage caused by the malevolence in "Dark" (I'll call him that for now as I haven't finished that, yet...). Rej tells her it is possible to use the talent for other purposes - general healing, usually, although it does have a more destructive side as well - but so far she hasn't mastered them. Being a slig, she doesn't have the natural mental powers mudokons have, and so it takes a lot more effort, and has a tendency to leave her utterly drained at the end of it. She's nearly killed herself twice during her lessons, so far, managing to switch the power "on" but being unable to switch it back off afterwards... The power is sourced from her own energy and channeled through four stones - one at her brow, one at her throat and one at each palm - and although it is multiplied to a high degree if she's tired or run down herself she won't be as powerful. The stones need "priming," (or charging) as well, which takes some time.
Upfront and often somewhat abrupt, she believes in speaking her mind - usually. One thing she won't speak about is the fact she's developed something of an affection for Jan, her longtime travelling companion...
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