Posting this here because it's still a working character concept.

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Ivy Kachess | 24 | female

Personality: If you were to liken her to a type of explorer, Ivy would be the one seemingly present in her surroundings, yet constantly stealing glances at the distance. Despite (or perhaps because of) having lived an undifficult life, she finds herself on the lookout for something... more. Vague dissatisfaction is nothing unique in a would-be adventurer, but paired with the sense that things will always turn out for the best, it manifests as surprising recklessness. Ivy doesn't require a plan in order to act, as she simply does what feels right at the time. She is often too self-absorbed for subtlety.

Background: By the grace of her father's work, Ivy grew up as an unwilling beneficiary of the war-making World Government. In the inner sanctum of the capital, being a faraway witness to the imperium's ruthless colonization efforts was the only price to pay for an acceptable standard of living. Orin Kachess was the renaissance man responsible for discovering untapped energy sources for the government to scrape up. Ivy didn't exactly approve of the World Government's shameless exploitation and pollution, but in a country starved of resources, she had little choice in the matter. When her father wasn't there to regale her with stories of his travels, she chased away the boredom by reading about various subjects: the past, mostly. It was a way to withdraw from the endless political machinations all around her. Yet when Orin came home with a mysterious artifact and a tale about an uncharted continent, Ivy couldn't help but to indulge her curiosity and follow this clue to its logical conclusion.

She's an outsider character, so I assumed a bunch of stuff. Like, I assumed that the World Government... governs the world, but they have to stamp out the occasional rebellion. I can tweak stuff as needed. As you can see, she is in possession of this magical item that is the key to the beyond: a non-functional, unwieldy giant sword? A small box that no one can open? xD I'm wondering how she can get in on the festivities with Tawara if she were to come in immediately. Perhaps Ivy left on the World Government's coalition to this place and ditched them at some point to see the island for herself. But that means the integrity of the firmament wavered with no one noticing.