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[h2][color=e3c5ee]Astaelin “Asta” Cassiel[/color][/h2]

[b]Race:[/b]
Gemminite
[b]Age:[/b]
21
[b]Element(s):[/b]
Fire
[b]Height:[/b]
5’5”

[b]Bio:[/b]
Asta is the elder of the two Cassiel girls. Born prematurely, every bit of her life has been a fight for her; a fight for survival, a fight to be accepted. When she was young, the other children would mock her because of her speech impediment and her clumsiness, the result of her prematurity. For a while she just bore it, up until she was nine years old, when the bullies found a new target: Her little sister. 

Without a father or an older brother to protect them, it would fall to her to protect Miry from harm. So she learned weaponry, self-defense. She honed her powers until she could cause a hundred-foot radius to spontaneously incinerate. Then she fought back, sending the bullies running for home.

She and her sister did fine on their own after that. Their mother’s health started declining when Asta was thirteen; she became the family’s breadwinner. She lived in fear of the Choosing, for she was often told how pretty she was.

Her eighteenth birthday passed; she wasn’t chosen. In her relief she became lax about controlling herself; she spoke out violently against the Drakken.

Last year, she tried to shoot the party of Drakken lords as they came to the castle, just to make a statement. She convinced several of her friends to help her, herself and four males. They waited, they waited. The ambush went fairly well, all things considered. She herself, furious and terrified in equal measure, could not shoot with any sort of accuracy; she struck a glancing blow off the armor of one lord and grazed another on his upper arm, where the armor didn't cover. Her comrades, though, were fairly accurate; their arrows didn't penetrate far enough to cause any severe damage, but several Drakkens ended that day with dents in their chestplates and spreading bruises.

[b]Other:[/b]n/a

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her dress for the Choosing ceremony.
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[h2][color=a251bf]Aymiria “Miry” Cassiel[/color][/h2]

[b]Race:[/b]
Gemminite
[b]Age:[/b]
18... supposedly.
[b]Element(s):[/b]
Air
[b]Height:[/b]
4’7”

[b]Bio:[/b] With her older sister being so outspoken, one would think it would be easy for Miry to just survive in the shadows. Most of her life she has spent scared; scared of the bullies, scared of losing her mother, scared of the Choosing (Not for herself, but for her sister) and towards the end, scared of her sister’s rebellion. For she was swept up in it, this quiet rebellion of Asta and a handful of boys, dragged along as they tried to make a statement with bloodshed. And now she is to pay the price for her sister’s foolish bravery. (will add more later, but for now... I'm exhausted and I'm going to bed. XD)

[b]Other:[/b] N/A
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her dress for the Choosing
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[h2][color=a1e4ee]Kaelira “Kai” Isrilen[/color][/h2]

[b]Race:[/b]
Gem
[b]Age:[/b]
19
[b]Element(s):[/b]
Water
[b]Height:[/b]
5’0

[b]Bio:[/b] (sorry its so short, I’ll add to it later, once I don’t have people waiting on me. XD)
Kai lived a fairly ordinary childhood, except for one thing. Her mother, father, and elder brother were all Earth Gems, whereas she was born Water. This intrigued people, as did her beauty. She kept a low profile until after her eighteenth birthday, fearing the Choosing. Well, a jealous girl mentioned to an off-duty sentry about Kai’s beauty, and after investigation, she was found worthy.

However, they made no consideration for her personal life.

Just two weeks before she was Chosen, she got engaged to Ridian Anarin. Another Water gem, and quite dreamy. Her boyfriend for the last five years. They were so happy together, and they intended to make their love eternal. They'd had their families assembled and were hashing out wedding plans when the Drakken guards came to their house.

Kai's world crumbled around her, as she watched Ridian go into a fit of rage and tackle one of the Drakken guards, punching and kicking in a blind fury. She watched as the second Drakken calmly picked up her fiance, lifting him into the air, and threw him halfway across the living room, knocking him out cold.

The guards pulled her out of the house before any of her family could do anything. They pulled the ring off of her finger and threw it into the river.

But of course, for a girl of Water, the river is a friend. As the carriage trundled away, she asked the river to bring her ring back to her. She would remember him, she would hold tight to his memory and never let go, and never forget. The drakkens could torture her, beat her, try to destroy her, but she would never turn her back on her people, on her love.

 [b]Other:[/b] She didn't have any string, so she just used a strand of her hair as a rudimentary necklace chain, to tie the ring around her neck so that she'd always have it with her.
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