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[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYwPISE0bzM]Eve's Theme[/url]
[SUB][COLOR=#FFC0CB] E V E   C H A C H O N N E
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[SUB][COLOR=#FFC0CB]P R E S E N C E[/COLOR][/SUB][hr][color=a8a8a8]
Due to her upbringing, Eve has a rather motherly, nurturing, and gentle disposition, which parallels her delicate and soft appearance. A wallflower through and through, her role as a Funérailles is incredibly important to her and she has a deep appreciation and connection with life and death and feels that both are very sacred and should not be dishonoured or diminished. She is saddened by the cruelty of the world and her heart weighs heavily with the pain of others. She sometimes has a despondent countenance due to her empathy for the suffering of others and hopes that through her role as a Funérailles, she can bring peace to their hearts and minds. 

Because Funérailles are so rare, her role is very precious to the Oakridge citizens, who admire and are grateful for the work that she does in bringing honour and repose to their deceased love ones. Because of her role as the only Funérailles in the city, they colloquially refer to her as "The Angel of Oakridge". 

Eve has a really pretty singing voice, a talent she supposedly gained from her mother. She can regularly be found humming or singing the songs of her island. Eve is notoriously stubborn when it comes to her beliefs and it can be incredibly difficult to dissuade her once she's set her mind to do something. She continues to think dearly of her imprisoned mother and father, who her grandparents told her many wonderful and lovely stories about. Especially her mother, who she reflects on fondly, and often cites her based on the knowledge she gained from her grandparents. She wants to use her power for good and to help people, like her mother did.
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[SUB][COLOR=#FFC0CB]C H R O N I C L E[/COLOR][/SUB][hr][color=a8a8a8]
Death is a fascinating phenomenon. The one and only thing that is guaranteed in this world. It's all around us even when we may not notice it. Each day that passes, it beckons for us, sings it's siren song to drag us into the depths. And there are those in this world who come face to face with it. These people are what this world calls, Funérailles. The role of a Funérailles is a peculiar profession and those who become one don't usually live their lives hoping to be such. For most, it chose them. The Funérailles oversee and perform a cultural custom called Mer de rêves (The Sea of Dreams).

[center][color=#FFC0CB]"There is nothing more honourable in this world than a proper burial."[/color][/center]

Most Funérailles live their entire lives in isolation on very small islands, most of which have fallen under Union jurisdiction due to their superior technology and military power. And aside from the regular Union operatives who sentinel these small islands, a Funérailles interactions usually only occur when people from the mainland bring them the dead bodies of their loved ones, escorted by Union operatives of course. Upon being brought the dead, a Funérailles will perform the funeral rites or Mer de rêves on the body and bury the body at sea, along with a Mementeau, an object that represents that individuals life and dreams. And in the act of burying the body with the Mementau, that person's soul can finally find peace now that their dreams have been released to the sea.

[center][color=#FFC0CB]"Freed...from the chaos..."[/color][/center]

These underwater burials originated from the Old Religion of the Neutral Zones and were closely tied to the Festival of the Quiet. Now that most of these islands have been conquered and fallen under the jurisdiction of the Unions, the religious aspect of them have been completely removed due to Unions not allowing religious worship. To have a loved one's remains cast to the depths of the sea by a Funérailles continues to be a great honour and way of showing respect to the dead for citizens of Union cities. Overlord and the Union elites understand the value and significance of such a custom and only allow it to citizens who have a clean record and haven't caused any trouble for the Union leaders. They see it as a way of controlling the masses. People are less likely to misbehave if they know they will lose this valued privilege, which to the Unions, Mer de rêves is a privilege that must be earned. It is much more honorable than having your loved ones body thrown into a giant heat vac and burned with hundreds of other random bodies.

[center][color=#FFC0CB]"We must do what we can to preserve the humanity of people, even for the dead". [/color][/center]      

Eve was born on one of these such islands, her parents having been jailed during the failed defense of their island against the much more militarily superior Union. Eve was very young when this occurred(so she has little to no memories of her parents, who are still in prison) and has lived with her grandparents thereafter, being forced like all the other remaining islanders into mandatory Union military training camps. She began performing Mer de rêves at the age of 10 since the role had been passed down to her by her grandmother. You can only become an official Funérailles if the teachings were directly taught and passed down to you by another Funérailles, hence why it is such an uncommon profession you can't just simply go to school for. 

[center][color=#FFC0CB]"I never chose to be a Funérailles. It chose me. And I will continue to do what I must with dignity and respect, if only for those who can no longer do so for themselves. That is the only reason why I am here". [/color][/center]  

A Funérailles can be identified by the "Mark of the Funérailles", which is a pair of symbols engraved into the palms of their hands by a much more experienced Funérailles. At age 17, the Union Leaders relocated Eve to Oakridge city and housed her in a small compound by a large old lake on the outskirts of the city so she could continue to perform the Mer de rêves from a much more accessible and on-site location. This is where she has remained since, under the watchful eye of Union Protectors, performing Mer de rêves for the Oakridge inner city folk. She's never been to the inner city herself since the Union leaders have prohibited her from leaving the Lake Compound.

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[SUB][COLOR=#FFC0CB]M E M O R I E S[/COLOR][/SUB][hr][color=a8a8a8]
	

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Dr. Volovodov is of the Union Elites and one of the regular residents of the compound where the Eve reside. She is an inhumane woman who is a scientist by trade. She has no qualms about experimenting on people, even her own child. Dr. Volovodov experimented on her son, resulting in his disfigurement, and once had a daughter, but she died from a failed experiment. This experience made her very cruel. She's got secrets of her own and an ultimate plan. She performs various Union funded experiments in the sub-levels of the compound in her laboratory, many of which experiments have resulted in the death of people. Eve has had to bury many of those said experiments at the bottom of the lake. Dr. Volovodov cares more about her research and experiments than the humanity of other people. She and Eve have a very special distaste for one another. Eve finds her work despicable. 

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Dimitri is the son of Dr. Volovodov and when he was a young boy, she began performing many experiments on him, resulting in his body being disfigured and altered, but he also gained enhanced strength due to such alterations of his body. He does her dirty work and acts as her right hand man. He has killed more people than you could possibly count. Dimitri is kind of aggressive most would say. He has a bit of an attitude problem, is easy to anger, and broods occasionally. He resents his mother for the death of his sister and has been trying to find a way to put an end to her experiments on Oakridge citizens. Dimitri only shows a softer and gentler side when he is around Eve and is extremely overprotective of her. Dimitri is one of the only people that Eve feels like she can fully trust. 


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Marcus is a transporter for Oakridge City who travels to different parts of the city transporting different things based on the clients needs. This is his legal work, but he is secretly a member of the resistance and a skilled smuggler of Neutral Zone goods that are often banned in the Union. He regularly transports goods to Eve for her burials and they became close confidants when Eve performed Mer de rêves for the passing of Marcus' great-grandmother. He's got a charming smile and a big personality, which juxtaposes his semi-friendly rivalry with Dimitri, much to the chagrin of Eve who is smacked dab in the middle of this rivalry. Though really, this is just Marcus trolling Dimitri since he is bemused by the other's aggressive personality and is well aware of how possessive Dimitri is of Eve. Marcus has a girlfriend and two young children.   
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[SUB][COLOR=#FFC0CB]A E S I R[/COLOR][/SUB][hr][color=7a7a7a]

Thanks to Siren, Eve's singing voice has a hypnotic quality, allowing her singing to lure people to her or lull them to sleep. She can use this in combination with his combat techniques(Reflect-Barrier, Wave, and Orb). She is also moderately adapt in the art of healing as well.

However, it should be noted that Eve's fighting capabilities are only adept in theory. Due to the nature and unique circumstances of her life, she has not had any real-life applications of the combat knowledge she learned from the Union training camp or from the techniques she was taught by her Aeon.

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	~ Siren came to her when she performed Mer de rêves for the first time. They've been inseparable since and have a sweet and affectionate mother-daughter type of bond whenever they interact. ~

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