RAYNE HERMES - SILVER, KING

Aurora Argent Lucienta - a name that signifies beauty - a name that fit no less for the second child and the first princess of the Lucienta house. Born two years after the birth of Arthur Aer Lucienta the house current heir, Aurora lightened up the noble house with her enchanting laughter and warm smile. Loved by her parents, brother and the house servants, she was raised with happiness and joy. She was humble and polite that those were qualities that made her different from other noble daughters. Even Vasilias was fond of her. By the time Aurora reached seventeen, she already has two younger brother and two sister.

Being the heir of Lucienta pressured her brother, Arthur. He has to undergo strict training and studies that there was one night Aurora saw him crying in his room. She wanted to share the burden, or at least able to erase some the grim off his face. She began taking her courtesy lessons seriously and drastically improved herself. She ensured her parents that she will become a proud Lucienta and that she will help her brother and family in maintaining the honor of the house. Since then, Arthur began to open up things to her- letting her study with him and, in return, he helped her with the courtesy practices. Now, the two could easily throw out their opinions and thoughts in their father and mother's conversation about politics, world and the people in Raduga and shared the same ideas for peace.

Rumors began to sprout about a mysterious carved stone. It was claimed to be magical and ancient. As ordered by the king, both Marcus and Arthur set out on his highness's expedition to locate and bring the slate. For two weeks, Aurora waited for her brother and father's return and when the voyage returned, everything has changed. Tension existed between Marcus and Arthur. Arthur told what had happened during the expedition and the slate, as it was claimed, was magical and granted powers to any living being that come in contact with it. For the safety of the king, the escorts barricaded his majesty and seven of them began to glow in different color and a strange and huge sword appeared above each of them. The selection was random and an unexpected event occurred.

Marcus was not chosen but instead, it was his son- Arthur- emitted glowing silver aura from his body.

Once again, Arthur was pressured and, worse, bashed by his own father who seemed to have an unsettled dissatisfaction about what happened. Aurora disliked seeing her brother slowly broken physically and emotionally. Aurora was twenty-one when this all happened. She was old enough to stand up for herself. Oh hell she was. She snapped at her own father, Marcus and ranted about how he has changed and how petty this all was- for a stupid stone, he was ready to go against his own flesh and blood- his own next-in-line. Her young siblings were petrified to see the gentle and loving idol turned into a scary woman. That night, Arthur came into her room and she was sitting on her bed facing other way. Without a word, he could sense Aurora was actually feeling sorry for screaming at her own father, she still loved him and regretted for saying mean things to him. The brother comforted her and asked her to meet their father and said sorry, but she refused.

Arthur talked to her, just like old times. He feared about his future and that he felt alone, which earned him a hard smack on the head from Aurora. She told him she has always been here for him and the fact she stood up for him proved that he was not alone. Arthur accepted her determination and welcomed her as the first to share the silver aura. That night felt wonderful and the brother's presence coolly glowed in silver soothed her to sleep. Few days later, her father requested her to eat with him alone and she was so nervous she wore her ribbon wrongly. Marcus noticed it and fixed the ribbon for her. Tears fell down like fountain from the young child who firmly held her father, crying and said sorry countless times. The next day, everyone was back eating in one table and, boy, she missed the joy.

Aurora was twenty-four when Arthur asked her to follow him and Marcus on an official work. Not only she could expand her knowledge, but she might be able to find a lord or duke to marry to as she has already reached the age she should marry. To be honest, she could see herself as a freelance journalist or an explorer, logging every single discovery she made for the sake of the world, rather than some boring duke's mistress. She was so fascinated by the flora and fauna she kept journals of their trips so she could tell stories about them to her brothers and sisters.

She also jotted down few things regarding the silver aura her brother and she possessed. Apart from not having any further physical development such as aging, both of them healed rather quickly, such as a knife cut, that usually takes two or three days to heal completely, vanished in an hour. The speed of healing continued to grow faster as day passed. She asked Arthur about such abilities may have been inherited by other selected advisers, but he denied such assumption for most of them have started to grow beard and wrinkles, while he remained the same. At first she thought such abilities were granted only to the ones who came in contact with the slate directly, but she began to notice she has the same traits as her brother. Abnormal speed of recovery, unaffected by changes and time and can levitate. Her hair did grow, but her features remained untouched. Few conclusions were made: not only the chosen one can pass his aura, but he can also transfer some of his abilities to the individual without the slate's presence. The Dresden Slate granted different abilities to the person, based on the color of the aura as well as the Damocles sword.

Six years passed since the night she inherited the silver aura. While both siblings could not change their hairstyles, they became wiser and more resourceful. She stayed in Lucienta's manor most of the time, helping her mother and younger siblings, running the house in place of her father who was away on king's order. Aurora did suggest to Arthur about expanding his own circle of trusted men who may help him with his advisory duty. He was hesitated at first, since he still has no idea what other effects the silver aura has on its wielder, but nevertheless it was a good suggestion and the first man he accepted, in his league, was a man he described to be a lover of gardening and medicines. He wanted to create the fundamental of silver tribe with abilities to utilize for peace and, at the same time, preserve nature. He was, after all, a natural lover and a soft-hearted man.

By the age of thirty, her young siblings have reached twenties and they all began wondering why both Aurora and Arthur still at their twenties and did not look as old as their parents were. Even Delia was concerned if her daughter and son were struck with a weird curse. Except for the lord of the house, everyone in the manor was gathered and explained everything starting from the begging. Delia could not accept this and started saying impossible things like giving the powers away to other people or asking a royal priest to get rid of it. If they could do that, they would have done it long time ago.

Behind closed doors, older advisers began plotting a way to eliminate Marcus, who slowly gained recognition from Vasilias king. Feared the man might become someone greater than them, they came together with a decision to destroy the Lucienta house, but only one of them was given the responsibility to kill the silver-colored sword wielder. Not realizing this, Marcus continued to be away from his family on duty. As for Arthur, he traveled from one place to another, gathering as many comrades as he could. Aurora was not informed about them- whether they were granted the silver aura like the man, or simply someone he could earnestly trusted with his secrets.

She reached thirty-one, but she stayed the same old twenty-one years old Aurora. Her mother has come around to accept this, and continued to love her. Outside the gates of the manor, the silver lady could sense conflicts began to rise. Rumors screamed about battle for power and influence among advisers which began to shape the terrifying uproar and war. Aurora constantly reminded Arthur to be careful and prayed for her father's safety as well. Soon, bloodshed took place. Arthur was away from home on a charity mission to help the victims of the war in Raduga continent when Lucienta manor was attacked.

Men wearing masks began flooding in and started taking out the servants. Cornered against the wall, Aurora was the last to be killed as she witnessed every one of her family succumbed to death. Even after they died, their bodies continued being pierced with swords and spears to ensure neither of them survived. Soft grunts heard once in awhile and then it was all silence. Unlike her family, she was neither being stabbed multiple of times nor has her back torn with deep cuts. She was hung with wire that dug deep into her skin around her throat and wrists in her room. It was a slow and painful death. Blood dripped down from the wounds endlessly, and how she wished she could die in split second just like her family.

A familiar voice of a man heard calling her name from far, pulling her from the slumber. She found herself soaked in lake, alone. Her eyes looked around, only to find herself surrounded by strange sculpture. Tears ran down her cheek as she felt unknown warmth slipping inside her. She met an old man, who claimed to be the keeper of the shrine, outside. He told her centuries has passed and the war has long ended. However, during the war, the silver king was betrayed by other king and was severely injured. He used his spare life and power to revive her, crowning her as the Silver king and the last Lucienta. For some reasons she felt familiar about this, but she could not remember. The old man comforted her and took her to the main land of Raduga. Without any piece of memories, she began carving a new one.

Rayne Aurora Hermes. Two years has passed since the raining evening she was found in the old forgotten shrine in Asimi island. She had lived a nomad life with him, travelling from one city to another. The old man died soon after. His death solemn her and drove her to a week of mourning. It was as though she has suffered too many losses in life that she couldn't carry on. It was his last will that got her moved to the purple clan's city, Lilla. The old man has few kin, but he wanted her to live with his daughter, Liyana Hermes, who he said will help her surely in seeking the truth about herself. She was said to be twenty years old when she met Liyana Hermes. The woman was a tarot reader, very mysterious and cunning in a way it makes her shivers down her spine. She said she had expected her arrival, and that her path will begin in this city.

Living with Liyana was nothing like living with the old man. She was not allowed to ask anything, only to do what she was told and not to prey on her business. Apart from that, she was granted freedom to do whatever she wanted. At first, she felt so distant from her and lonely, but as time passed, she began to understand something- Liyana was more or less like her. For the two years she had her life with the old man, she was detached and feared to get close to him or anyone. She felt it was better to be alone. Only after she realized this, Liyana called her and told that her tarots have finally aligned. Liyana never speaks directly- always related her thoughts with the faces of the Major Arcana. Rayne slowly learnt about the tarots, each of the card's meaning and events.

During the two years, she met many patrons who seek for the Liyana's reading about life. Love, finance and safety- what to do and what not to do. Rayne began showing her talent in composing lyrics and melodies and performed her pieces in the shop. At first the patrons thought she was singing, but when they listened to the lyrics, they realized she was story-telling. Some of them simply visited the shop just to hear her stories- about a forgotten island and its people who lived blissfully in happiness, vanished through time and war. Later on, she was invited to perform in an exclusive brothel or function. Listeners from all ages and backgrounds enjoyed it. Her voice allured passersby to stop and listen to the stories tell through songs. From there on, she gained an unexpected reputation as Lilla's golden songbird- a heavenly-voiced minstrel.

Rayne was twenty-one when she was introduced to Liyana's young friends- two sisters from few houses away. They assumed Rayne was Liyana's younger sister or daughter but to Rayne, she was simply being polite and tried not to offend her. It was because anyone with good eyes could see Rayne has no physical traits of a Hermes. She was a brunette and has emerald eyes, instead of light gold-like hair and blue eyes. She helped clear the air by telling them she was raised by Hermes's old man and was adopted into the family four years ago. Liyana introduced them in hope it could open up Rayne more to socialize with people, making friends and so forth. It was very kind of her to think about Rayne but Rayne continued to draw a line between her and everyone despite her friendliness and warm personalities.

In times, the newly-recognized minstrel began assisting Liyana and patrons with quests for sum of money. She enjoyed dealing with beasts outside the city walls. While others feared the wild creatures, Rayne found herself easy to communicate with them. It did involve few threats at first, but the result was surprisingly peaceful and beneficial for both parties. From one person's experience to another, slowly more and more people asked for her help. She did not mind about it at all because she enjoyed travelling. Liyana usually decides whether she should take the quest or not and gives her few advises to ensure her trip outside the city goes smoothly. They became close since then.

On one of the trips to the outside world, Rayne stumbled across a nesting ground of legendary bird called Alerion. It was a coincidental discovery and she has no intention to disturb the flock. However, greed blinded others and they tried to fetch an egg or two. The queen of the flock was furious and attacked the group, killing few and was injured. Rayne stepped in to stop further destruction of the forest and bloodshed. Her diplomatic and just earned her the queen's trust. Their existence must remained unknown by humans who hunted them for their feathers. Therefore, she told Rayne to come back after sixty days. Alerion was a rare species of birds that after sixty days of laying and waiting until the eggs hatch, they will drown themselves in the sea. Rayne did not wish for them to die but it was not something she could decide. She can only ease the queen's thought by watching over her two offspring. Sixty days passed and Rayne visited the quiet nest, only to find two young birds remained. Rayne called the one in red with gold feather tips as Fiamma, and another one in white as Fleur.

Rayne never found anyone interesting enough to form a relationship. She was fine on her own, but Liyana and the two mischievous sisters thought otherwise. They planned to match her with a man they three knew, who seemed perfectly fit with Rayne's colorful personalities and light spirit. The man was the two sister's older brother, Syeira. While other females would scream fanatically just by the mentioned of his name, Rayne was irritated by this. She heard stories about how charming and amazingly attractive the man was.

Eyes that can make your knees shake.
Scent that can paralyzes your body.

She felt so violated by the rumors and, God, women with raging spirit of jealousy are scary. Rayne agreed to Liyana's request to go on one day date with Syeira and it didn't go well. She could not stand having women- the waitress, the shop lady, the pedestrians even- purposely drops things on and knocked her. Her dress was ruined and soaked with water and- worse- the ribbon choker made by the old man was snatched from her in female restroom. Under no circumstance she was allowed to take off the choker, the old man told her that. The ribbon choker has a silver charm in shape of a moon with two horizontal wavy symbols.

Eyes began played trick on her. Tiles and ceilings dripped with blood out of nowhere and the women slowly turned into figures soak in the red liquid. She shouted so loud that the women were petrified in shock as she dropped down to the ground and fainted. What happened next, she couldn't remember. The choker was returned to Liyana the next day. Rayne locked herself in her room. Every time she opened her eyes, she saw river of blood and every inch of her body covered in thick layers of deep crimson. She could not shake the hallucinations, drowned further in mental instability and refused to get out. She couldn't get out with blood still on the ground. Liyana walked it and surprised to see Rayne looked so awful and extremely scared. She shouted for her to leave, crying and shrieking to get out before she died like the rest of them. The older woman grabbed her and held her despite her retaliation. She calmed her down and said there was no blood and certainly nobody else in this room but the two of them.

Even with the choker on, Rayne hardly gets a peaceful sleep at night. She wakes up at night, battling with her mind that tries to deceive her with bloody visions and images that are not real. She fought, but after a long chains of sleepless nights, Rayne suffered serious fatigue and passed out in the middle of the street. She was taken home and for five days, she slept like dead. Liyana tried to read her future, but the tarots kept changing as if to tell either her future was undefined, or her future was beyond reachable. In the calm slumber, she lived pieces of unknown life. Familiar faces appeared before her- one after another- until a man appeared and reached out for her hand. She was overwhelmed by heavy emotions of loved and longed for the hand that she cried silently in her sleep. She woke up the moment she took the hand and muttered a name.

"Arthur."

Liyana witnessed the glorious event. There, on the bed, a woman who few days ago screamed bloody murder, remained appeared the same but with different gaze in her eyes. The air around her shifted so noble and mesmerizing as her body slowly glowed in silver ray. She looked at Liyana and closed her eyes. A sword appeared above her, glowing beautifully in pure color of silver-white. Astonished by the presence of the Damocles, Liyana could not utter a word, for all she knew was history never mentioned the existence of a king apart from the five that served Vasilias, let alone a king with silver sword. Rayne recalled the name that she heard calling her from the eternal-like slumber.

"Aurora Argent Lucienta."

She remembered now who she was and what had happened- that her brother was the silver king and he saved her and crowned her as the next silver king. The reason she suffers the hallucinations is because she couldn't accept the fact her innocent family was murdered and was filled with remorse and guilt that both she and her brother could not save them. When Liyana asked her what she wanted to do now, Rayne told her to keep this a secret as she wished to continue the new life her brother has granted her. If the world knows about her being the silver king, it might wasted the sacrifice he and her people had done to ensure her return.

Two years passed and life goes on. She has accepted the reality she is the new silver king and Liyana constantly gives sarcastic comments about her not wanting to take up her duty as the king's adviser along the side of other kings. She has grown to like the life she has now, though in mind she was greed with urge to find out the clan whose king had killed Arthur and the whole Lucienta family. Vengeance is a taboo, but she is already tainted. She quietly moves her pieces, waiting for the day the truth being unfolded.

TIMELINE

AGE 00
- Born four years after Lucienta's heir, Arthur Aer Lucienta, was born.
- Named Aurora Argent Lucienta.
- Father: Marcus Ignace Lucienta.
- Mother: Delia Lucienta.
- Has two younger brothers and two young sisters.

AGE 18
- Took her lessons as Lucienta's young heiress seriously in order to help and encourage her brother to lead the house some day.

AGE 19
- Has adequate knowledge about the world, ethics and history.
- Constantly practiced fencing and horse riding with Arthur.

AGE 21
- The discovery of Dresden Slate.
- Arthur was chosen as Silver king, creating tension between him and Marcus.
- Angry to see Arthur being pressured and bashed by their own father.
- Snapped at Marcus for the first time.
- Family got back together after series of nights.
- Earned silver aura from Arthur.

AGE 24
- Began travelling with Marcus and Arthur.
- Began writing logs about the silver aura and the discoveries made.
- Concluded that different aura colours grant individual different abilities and it can be passed down without the slate's presence.

AGE 27
- Stayed at home most of the time.
- Marcus stayed in Raduga on king's order.
- Suggested Arthur to find men to help him with his advisory duties.
- The first man Arthur accepted as silver clansman was 'a lover of gardening and medicines'.

AGE 30
- A scheme plotted by other king/s to erase Marcus and Arthur.

AGE 31
- Conflict for power resulted war.
- Lucienta house was ambushed.
- Everyone was murdered, she was the last one and was hung to death by wire.
- Arthur was betrayed and attacked by a king.



AGE 18
- Revived by Arthur in exchange for his remaining life.
- Found by the keeper of the shrine.
- started life as Rayne Aurora Hermes and lived with the old man.

AGE 20
- The old man died.
- Began living with Liyana Hermes, the tarot reader.
- Learned about tarots in order to understand Liyana better.
- Started composing songs and began story-telling in the shop.
- Invited to perform in other places.
- Acknowledged as Lilla's kogane no utahime.

AGE 21
- Met Liyana's two friends- sisters from the neighborhood.
- Learnt fighting and survival skills.
- Began taking quests involved travelling outside the city walls.
- Liyana assisted her by reading the tarots.
- Came across Alerion nesting ground.
- Entrusted with two young Alerions, Fleur and Fiamma.

AGE 22
- Ridiculously went with Liyana and the sisters match-making plan.
- Met Syeira for the first time.
- Agreed to have one date with him, it didn't go well.
- Began having night terrors.
- Frequently hallucinating and having series of flashbacks.
- Appearance of the silver Damocles before passed out.

AGE 24
- Accepted the reality as the silver king.
- Continued to live as Rayne Hermes while seeking vengeance against the clan whose king killed her brother and family.