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[color=008bbf][h1]Roa[/h1][/color]
[h2]"[color=00aeef][u]All are loved by the Goddesses[/u][/color]"[/h2]


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[color=008bbf][h3]Race[/h3][/color]
Ocean Zora


[color=008bbf][h3]Gender[/h3][/color]
Female


[color=008bbf][h3]Personality[/h3][/color]
Roa is an optimist tempered with an education of the realities of the world. She idolizes Queen Zelda for finding peace for Hyrule without bloodshed, seeing great value in diplomacy between the people under the Goddesses. She also firmly believes that the Queen is making good on her responsibilities as a person of the Goddesses-blessed Royal bloodline. It is Roa's firm belief that if someone has power it is their responsibility to do good with it, rather than squander a gift or influence on selfishness. To try and fail still puts a person in her good graces, as never trying at all helps no one. Those that need the most help are the spiritually broken, and there are a great many spiritually broken people after the Greudo War.

Though she was trained well, she never managed to acheive the "quiet devout" attitude of the other priestesses. She keeps a level head, though she is fairly easy to read because she does little to conceal how she feels. When it comes to actually talking to people, she does her best to avoid making assumptions and remain civil. Roa tends to be very agreeable, always trying to view things from another person's perspective though viewpoints that stray too far from hers are more elusive. Some have described her disposition as being similar to someone of noble birth, though she seems to take offense to such comparisons, revealing a dislike for the "noble" class.

Her temper can be found despite her training, and she has a bad habit of letting her perceptions muddy her opinion of individuals. One method of provoking her is talking down to her while disparaging the teachings of the Goddesses, as her cordiality does not exist to protect anyone's ego, nor to endure the rationalizing of cruelty or selfishness. She can also become irritated if someone she tries to help ignores advice and refuses to improve or fix what they can.

One strange quirk the Zora posses is her deep interest in Curses and breaking them. Deep-roo


[color=008bbf][h3]History[/h3][/color]
Roa, like many of her generation, were born just short of the Zora Civil War. Some of her earliest memories are of leaving Zora's Domain in the night, her parents' faces marred with worry. At the time she had no understanding of what was happening, or any of the danger that had been growing in the Zora's ancestral home. What she did know, however, was that the rivers and ocean were much warmer than the elevated river basin of Zora's Domain, and there was much, much more space! Not long after her family had left the river basin, she was joined again by other Zora children, some familiar, some new. In the Ocean, those who had opted to leave Zora's Domain for safety made their new home. It could hardly be called a town, but it was home, and it was safe from the conflict brewing in the waters of Zora's Domain.

As with all Zora, Roa spent her early youth with her peers learning the history of her people from the elders, reading and writing, math and the like consumed most of her schooling and ocupied her mind. As busy as the children were, none could deny that more and more Zora were joining them in their new home, and many could feel the frustration in the waters. Things were growing worse, and it was inevitable that their elders would teach them about more recent history. The Zora were becoming a divided people, and war with their own was inevitable. The elder's words were proven true when word came down from Zora's Domain that a war had begun, and the self-proclaimed "River Zora" had laid sole claim to Zora's Domain. Once more danger was near, and once more Roa and her village moved farther into the Lanayru Sea and into what would come to be known as Zora's Reef. Their proximity to their Temple of Water was seen as a benefit, as they could rely on the priests and priestesses of the temple, and likewise support them.

When she came of age and her talent for magic was discovered, Roa's education became twofold. While her friends and peers left to play in the greater ocean at the end of their schooling each day, Roa stayed behind and practiced with the clergy to foster growth in her magical abilities. Roa was gifted, but the training was hard, and progress came slowly to her. Despite her troubles she would persist in the hopes that she could, like the Zora in the temple, help others. Nautrally, when she was offered a place in the clergy she accepted, to the joy of her parents and peers. When her standard schooling finished, she would continue to learn at the Temple instead of studying as an apprentice or traveling.

Training to be a Priestess was as difficult as her magic training, as Roa was stubborn. The philosophy of always seeking to understand others' motivations, and the granting of forgiveness to all who sought it troubled her. She couldn't understand because she had been driven from her home twice in her life by people she might have to forgive. For the longest time she struggled in her studies, until one day a priest said something that caused it all to click into place. "Everyone is suffering." With her revelation, her training continued much more smoothly. She busied herself pouring over tomes full of history and lore seeking to better understand both sides of a war. With so much history laid out before her, she saw trends in the Zora people's history. Trends she could not ignore. Disaster and Tragedy always struck, one after another.

With Hyrule's war with the Gerudo unwinding under Queen Zelda's diplomacy, Roa raced the clock. With the kindgdom's headwaters at risk, they were sure to get involved. Without a doubt, war would again find the Zora, and Roa had the suspicion that her people once again that a curse sat at the heart of it. As she completed her training to become a Priestess of the Goddesses, she wrote an apologetic letter to the priesthood, her parents and her friends. She left in the night, her letter pleading her case in her stead as she ran to Hyrule in search of help, or a lead.


[color=008bbf][h3]Strengths[/h3][/color]

[color=008bbf][u]Healing Faith[/u][/color]
Roa is a Mage-Priestess, which naturally includes the use of magic for noble [s]porpoises[/s] purposes like healing and granting others strength. She has practiced nearly her entire life to use these powers, and it is shown in the strength of her magic and the ease with which she can cast minor spells.

[color=008bbf][u]Great Barrier Priestess[/u][/color]
Roa's magic training lacked a focus on combat, but all mages should be able to defend themselves. In the interest of protecting themselves, all Zora mages are taught to use magic to protect themselves. The most simple of these applications is the formation of physical barriers to keep a foe at bay. More complex spells can trap and physically bind attackers or summon ethereal weapons of light. This lends itself to a method of fighting composed entirely of casting spells while retreating as necessary.

[color=008bbf][u]At Home in the Ocean[/u][/color]
Roa is a Zora, thus she can breathe water and swim far faster than anyone of a land-dwelling race. If there's a "Water Temple", she'll probably get stuck doing most of the legwork. finwork. [i]whatever[/i].

[color=008bbf][u]Nothing fishy about a Priestess[/u][/color]
Being a devotee of the Goddesses confers certain benefits amongst the common folk. Violence against a Priest of Priestess carries with it a stigma, even amongst some theives and bandits. 


[color=008bbf][h3]Weaknesses[/h3][/color]

[color=008bbf][u]Fish out of Water[/u][/color]
To a Zora traveling over land there are countless dangers, but protection from harsh elements is absolutely vital to a Zora's survival, as they are vulnerable to extreme environmental conditions. A lesser danger, though still important, is hydration, and a Zora without water will quickly become dehydrated over the course of a day and a half.

[color=008bbf][u]You're Scaring the Fish[/u][/color]
Roa can hold her own in a fight, but she has lived a particularly sheltered life. She can be rattled quite easily by surprise attacks, traps and overwhelming forces, reducing her ability to use magic.

[color=008bbf][u]Sea Legs[/u][/color]
Due to her living a sheltered life in the ocean, Roa is totally unskilled at travel over land. Movement across terrain any more rugged than open plains slows her, and travel on foot tires her out quickly. She can resist tiring using magic, but if she runs out she will quickly become a burden to any traveling group.

[color=008bbf][u]Give a man a Fish[/u][/color]
Roa's status as a Priestess is not all fun and games- [i]In fact, none of it is fun and games![/i] She has duties that need doing, lest the people of Hyrule suffer. Should she come across something that the Priesthood of the Goddesses is expected to deal with, she cannot ignore it unless she has some greater task already at hand.



[color=008bbf][h3]Attributes[/h3][/color]

[color=008bbf][u]Physical Attack[/u][/color]
0

[color=008bbf][u]Magical Ability[/u][/color]
5

[color=008bbf][u]Defense[/u][/color]
3

[color=008bbf][u]Speed[/u][/color]
1

[color=008bbf][u]Intelligence[/u][/color]
2
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