[OOC] Biography
Name: Tear Grants (Mystearica Aura Fende)
Age: 16 17
Game: Tales of the Abyss
Pulled From: Exiting Eldrant
Please check a_severed_fate & nightcrossed for more details on Tear's backstory, personality, appearance and abilities.
Once upon a time the ground fell. No, not the sky - I really do mean the ground. An island called Hod was destroyed and sank beneath the planet's crust, only the island didn't burn up in the mantle like one might expect because many years earlier a certain genius woman named Yulia Jue proposed that the land be raised into the air so that the people would not be infected by the poisonous miasma that was seeping from the planet's core. This same woman was also able to speak with Lorelei (see above) and through Lorelei was able to see the planet's "memory" which was then transcribed onto seven fonstones as the Score and pulled into the fonbelt surrounding the planet (think: Saturn's rings, only made up of rocks and fonons - fonons are, in a nutshell [magical] sound particles that exist in everything). Suffice it to say Yulia Jue is quite famous, and also suffice it to say that over time these giant rocks broke up and some fell back to Auldrant (the planet). The Score, as a record of the planet's past, present and future became the basis for a global religion and people followed it in order to be granted the prosperity that it promised.
Anyway, back to Hod falling. Hod fell into the Qliphoth (the world beneath the planet's surface - above are the Outer Lands), and one boy in particular, Vandesdelca Musto Fende (later Van Grants) and his mother were found by the Watchers of Yulia City. The mother gave birth to a daughter sometime thereafter and later died, but Mystearica Aura Fende (later Tear Grants) was [lovingly] raised by her big brother and adopted grandfather, Mayor Teodoro Grants.
At age five it was discovered that Tear could control the seventh fonon. Her brother was both surprised and pleased until Tear told him she wanted to join the Oracle Knights to help him out. Van wasn't so pleased anymore, having his own plans in mind and having harbored more than a little bitterness towards the world that had allowed his homeland to be destroyed. But he let her dream - she was a kid after all, and she'd get over the idea.
She didn't.
At about age 14, after being denied access to the Oracle Knights training school in Daath, a home tutor was hired for Tear in Legretta the Quick (real name: Giselle Oslo). Tear had potential and eventually hardened into a soldier. This was helped along when Tear discovered that Van was planning to destroy the Outer Lands as revenge for Hod. Tear, deciding to take action against him, accepts an assignment under Grand Maestro Mohs within the Oracle Knights Intelligence Division to search for the missing Seventh Fonstone. Her real goal, though, is to follow Van to the surface and stop him - killing him if necessary. She tracks him to a manor in the Kingdom of Kimlasca's capital where he has been teaching a young noble swordplay. After putting the servants to sleep with a fonic hymn and facing off against her brother, her efforts are thwarted by Van's student, Luke fon Fabre. A hyperresonance occurs between the seventh fonons present in both of their bodies, and they are blasted into the Tataroo Valley in enemy Malkuth [Empire] territory.
From there Tear takes responsibility in returning Luke to his home in Baticul. This proves much more difficult than originally anticipated - not only are they blown further from the capital than they thought, but Luke is very much a burden - spoiled, arrogant, and highly temperamental. The two (plus the series mascot, Mieu) are arrested and taken aboard a Malkuth landship called the Tartarus where they are interrogated by Colonel Jade Curtiss, Fon Master Ion, and his guardian Anise Tatlin. Luke and Tear join the others' efforts to promote peace between the enemy kingdoms. They meet up with Luke's servant, Guy Cecil, along the way back to Baticul, and shortly after arrival in said city, are sent out on a mission along with Princess Natalia Luzu Kimlasca-Lanvaldear to evacuate a mining city that is suffering from the poisonous miasma. In the miner's city, Akzeriuth, Van convinces Luke to use his hyperresonance to destroy the Passage Ring supporting the area, falsely stating that it will clear up the miasma and make him a hero. Instead, the whole area collapses and thousands of lives are lost in an instant.
The party is rescued by another one of Tear's hymns and they fall down into the Qliphoth. Tear then takes them to Yulia City, and Luke faces off against a man with an uncanny resemblance to himself, discovers he's only a replica created in the likeness of this "Asch" person, loses to him and falls unconscious. The other party members, disgusted by Luke's selfish behavior, abandon him and return to the world above. Tear had stayed behind (not for Luke, I imagine it was because she didn't have any leads on the location of the Seventh Fonstone or Van, and besides, some of the Oracle Knights were allied with Van and couldn't be trusted). As a result, she is the first to witness Luke's desire to change. He cuts off his hair with one of her Oracle knives and vows to change. He then asks her to watch him. Tear agrees, reminding Luke that she can give up on him at any time.
But she never does.
The two return to the Outer Lands together and eventually meet up with the rest of the party. Tear continues to watch Luke and actually gives him support, initially cautious and cold, but gradually placing her trust in Luke. The group manages to come up with a plan to stop the rest of the land from collapsing and for getting rid of the miasma; with the help of friends and acquaintences, they begin putting these ideas to action. They visit the Sephiroth Trees around the globe and activate the Passage Rings in order to lower the lands slowly into the Qliphoth. In the process, Tear absorbs poisoned fonons into her body, and it's feared that she may die from it. Despite this, they continue lowering the land for everyone's sake. Then there's the problem of stopping the core's liquifaction so that the land doesn't eventually seek into mud - by stopping the vibration of the core. (Saving the world is very involved, you know.) And then there's the part where they defeat Van, but oops, he's not really dead after all and the plan to stop the core's vibration kinda-sorta backfired. After Fon Master Ion is kidnapped for the one hundredth time and forced by Grand Maestro Mohs to read part of the Score, his body is so weakened that he knows he will die - he asked Tear to come close, takes her hand, and draws her contaminated fonons into himself, thus healing her.
As the game progresses, Tear is able to learn more fonic hymns and even put them together into Yulia's legendary Grand Fonic Hymn, she's forced to watch many of her superiors and people precious to her die, and she even nearly loses Luke. She discovers that, after ridding the world of miasma at the Tower of Rem, Luke's body has become weak and the fonons comprising it are coming apart. But they must persevere, because Van still hasn't given up and refuses to listen. Van (with the help of his associates, the God-Generals) creates a replica of Hod island (now Eldrant), and absorbs Lorelei into himself. It takes the entire party to defeat him and the Grand Fonic Hymn to coax out Lorelei. Luke stays behind on the crumbling replica city in order to free Lorelei and send it into the fonbelt surrounding the planet. Tear is the last to leave, begging him to come home and promising to always be waiting for him. The game ends with Luke, holding the now dead Asch, being praised by Lorelei and fading into oblivion.
Threadhopping with this character?: Usually this is okay with me. If you're unsure, ask. I only request that you don't like... turn a character into a creeper.
Backtagging with this character?: Sure, just let me know first.
Hugging this character?: If you're one of her good friends she might endure it, otherwise I suspect it would be very awkward.
Giving this character a kiss?: Unless your character's name is "Luke" or I've agreed to placing Tear in a relationship with a different character, then please no. Things would get very messy.
(Something more intimate?): I have a "fade to black" policy. I will NOT roleplay anything above a PG-13 rating and I will NOT roleplay out sexual intercourse. If we have both agreed on the matter, I would be willing to imply something intimate happened, but honestly? I'm not sure I can see Tear in this situation, and I really, REALLY cannot see her getting this serious about someone who isn't Luke.
(Relationships?): ASK ME. For the record I actively and enthusiastically ship Luke x Tear. Lusch x Tear works, too. Asch x Tear has me somewhat intrigued, but I'm still iffy on it. Guy x Tear I'm lukewarm towards - I don't hate it, but I don't really ship it either. Those are the only ones I can really see happening unless there's an opportunity for a crossover ship, in which case it would require some discussion between me and the other mun.
Punching this character (provided they can fight back): She will fight back unless you have a valid reason for doing so in the first place. You don't really have to ask on this one, just know she won't take it sitting down.
(Injury?): Talk to me first. I need specifics and don't wish to see her seriously hurt unless we've agreed on something.
(Death?): NO. Period.
Is there anything you do not want mentioned near this character?: I don't really mind what you say in front of her. I'd recommend against badmouthing her friends, though. She's a little sensitive on the Luke front, but you're welcome to bring him up.
Is there anything you need us to know about interacting with this character? Special physical features, fighting abilities, STUFF:
Anything else, please mention here:
Age: 16 17
Game: Tales of the Abyss
Pulled From: Exiting Eldrant
Please check a_severed_fate & nightcrossed for more details on Tear's backstory, personality, appearance and abilities.
Once upon a time the ground fell. No, not the sky - I really do mean the ground. An island called Hod was destroyed and sank beneath the planet's crust, only the island didn't burn up in the mantle like one might expect because many years earlier a certain genius woman named Yulia Jue proposed that the land be raised into the air so that the people would not be infected by the poisonous miasma that was seeping from the planet's core. This same woman was also able to speak with Lorelei (see above) and through Lorelei was able to see the planet's "memory" which was then transcribed onto seven fonstones as the Score and pulled into the fonbelt surrounding the planet (think: Saturn's rings, only made up of rocks and fonons - fonons are, in a nutshell [magical] sound particles that exist in everything). Suffice it to say Yulia Jue is quite famous, and also suffice it to say that over time these giant rocks broke up and some fell back to Auldrant (the planet). The Score, as a record of the planet's past, present and future became the basis for a global religion and people followed it in order to be granted the prosperity that it promised.
Anyway, back to Hod falling. Hod fell into the Qliphoth (the world beneath the planet's surface - above are the Outer Lands), and one boy in particular, Vandesdelca Musto Fende (later Van Grants) and his mother were found by the Watchers of Yulia City. The mother gave birth to a daughter sometime thereafter and later died, but Mystearica Aura Fende (later Tear Grants) was [lovingly] raised by her big brother and adopted grandfather, Mayor Teodoro Grants.
At age five it was discovered that Tear could control the seventh fonon. Her brother was both surprised and pleased until Tear told him she wanted to join the Oracle Knights to help him out. Van wasn't so pleased anymore, having his own plans in mind and having harbored more than a little bitterness towards the world that had allowed his homeland to be destroyed. But he let her dream - she was a kid after all, and she'd get over the idea.
She didn't.
At about age 14, after being denied access to the Oracle Knights training school in Daath, a home tutor was hired for Tear in Legretta the Quick (real name: Giselle Oslo). Tear had potential and eventually hardened into a soldier. This was helped along when Tear discovered that Van was planning to destroy the Outer Lands as revenge for Hod. Tear, deciding to take action against him, accepts an assignment under Grand Maestro Mohs within the Oracle Knights Intelligence Division to search for the missing Seventh Fonstone. Her real goal, though, is to follow Van to the surface and stop him - killing him if necessary. She tracks him to a manor in the Kingdom of Kimlasca's capital where he has been teaching a young noble swordplay. After putting the servants to sleep with a fonic hymn and facing off against her brother, her efforts are thwarted by Van's student, Luke fon Fabre. A hyperresonance occurs between the seventh fonons present in both of their bodies, and they are blasted into the Tataroo Valley in enemy Malkuth [Empire] territory.
From there Tear takes responsibility in returning Luke to his home in Baticul. This proves much more difficult than originally anticipated - not only are they blown further from the capital than they thought, but Luke is very much a burden - spoiled, arrogant, and highly temperamental. The two (plus the series mascot, Mieu) are arrested and taken aboard a Malkuth landship called the Tartarus where they are interrogated by Colonel Jade Curtiss, Fon Master Ion, and his guardian Anise Tatlin. Luke and Tear join the others' efforts to promote peace between the enemy kingdoms. They meet up with Luke's servant, Guy Cecil, along the way back to Baticul, and shortly after arrival in said city, are sent out on a mission along with Princess Natalia Luzu Kimlasca-Lanvaldear to evacuate a mining city that is suffering from the poisonous miasma. In the miner's city, Akzeriuth, Van convinces Luke to use his hyperresonance to destroy the Passage Ring supporting the area, falsely stating that it will clear up the miasma and make him a hero. Instead, the whole area collapses and thousands of lives are lost in an instant.
The party is rescued by another one of Tear's hymns and they fall down into the Qliphoth. Tear then takes them to Yulia City, and Luke faces off against a man with an uncanny resemblance to himself, discovers he's only a replica created in the likeness of this "Asch" person, loses to him and falls unconscious. The other party members, disgusted by Luke's selfish behavior, abandon him and return to the world above. Tear had stayed behind (not for Luke, I imagine it was because she didn't have any leads on the location of the Seventh Fonstone or Van, and besides, some of the Oracle Knights were allied with Van and couldn't be trusted). As a result, she is the first to witness Luke's desire to change. He cuts off his hair with one of her Oracle knives and vows to change. He then asks her to watch him. Tear agrees, reminding Luke that she can give up on him at any time.
But she never does.
The two return to the Outer Lands together and eventually meet up with the rest of the party. Tear continues to watch Luke and actually gives him support, initially cautious and cold, but gradually placing her trust in Luke. The group manages to come up with a plan to stop the rest of the land from collapsing and for getting rid of the miasma; with the help of friends and acquaintences, they begin putting these ideas to action. They visit the Sephiroth Trees around the globe and activate the Passage Rings in order to lower the lands slowly into the Qliphoth. In the process, Tear absorbs poisoned fonons into her body, and it's feared that she may die from it. Despite this, they continue lowering the land for everyone's sake. Then there's the problem of stopping the core's liquifaction so that the land doesn't eventually seek into mud - by stopping the vibration of the core. (Saving the world is very involved, you know.) And then there's the part where they defeat Van, but oops, he's not really dead after all and the plan to stop the core's vibration kinda-sorta backfired. After Fon Master Ion is kidnapped for the one hundredth time and forced by Grand Maestro Mohs to read part of the Score, his body is so weakened that he knows he will die - he asked Tear to come close, takes her hand, and draws her contaminated fonons into himself, thus healing her.
As the game progresses, Tear is able to learn more fonic hymns and even put them together into Yulia's legendary Grand Fonic Hymn, she's forced to watch many of her superiors and people precious to her die, and she even nearly loses Luke. She discovers that, after ridding the world of miasma at the Tower of Rem, Luke's body has become weak and the fonons comprising it are coming apart. But they must persevere, because Van still hasn't given up and refuses to listen. Van (with the help of his associates, the God-Generals) creates a replica of Hod island (now Eldrant), and absorbs Lorelei into himself. It takes the entire party to defeat him and the Grand Fonic Hymn to coax out Lorelei. Luke stays behind on the crumbling replica city in order to free Lorelei and send it into the fonbelt surrounding the planet. Tear is the last to leave, begging him to come home and promising to always be waiting for him. The game ends with Luke, holding the now dead Asch, being praised by Lorelei and fading into oblivion.
Threadhopping with this character?: Usually this is okay with me. If you're unsure, ask. I only request that you don't like... turn a character into a creeper.
Backtagging with this character?: Sure, just let me know first.
Hugging this character?: If you're one of her good friends she might endure it, otherwise I suspect it would be very awkward.
Giving this character a kiss?: Unless your character's name is "Luke" or I've agreed to placing Tear in a relationship with a different character, then please no. Things would get very messy.
(Something more intimate?): I have a "fade to black" policy. I will NOT roleplay anything above a PG-13 rating and I will NOT roleplay out sexual intercourse. If we have both agreed on the matter, I would be willing to imply something intimate happened, but honestly? I'm not sure I can see Tear in this situation, and I really, REALLY cannot see her getting this serious about someone who isn't Luke.
(Relationships?): ASK ME. For the record I actively and enthusiastically ship Luke x Tear. Lusch x Tear works, too. Asch x Tear has me somewhat intrigued, but I'm still iffy on it. Guy x Tear I'm lukewarm towards - I don't hate it, but I don't really ship it either. Those are the only ones I can really see happening unless there's an opportunity for a crossover ship, in which case it would require some discussion between me and the other mun.
Punching this character (provided they can fight back): She will fight back unless you have a valid reason for doing so in the first place. You don't really have to ask on this one, just know she won't take it sitting down.
(Injury?): Talk to me first. I need specifics and don't wish to see her seriously hurt unless we've agreed on something.
(Death?): NO. Period.
Is there anything you do not want mentioned near this character?: I don't really mind what you say in front of her. I'd recommend against badmouthing her friends, though. She's a little sensitive on the Luke front, but you're welcome to bring him up.
Is there anything you need us to know about interacting with this character? Special physical features, fighting abilities, STUFF:
Anything else, please mention here: