[@DruSM157] One tropical islander up for review!

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[color=f3863e][b]"Swastyastu, nama hamba Dewi Ayu. Apakah ada yang bisa saya bantu?"[/b][/color]
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[color=f3863e][b]AGE[/b][/color][hr][indent]19
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[color=f3863e][b]GENDER[/b][/color][hr][indent]Female
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Standing at 156cm (5'1"), the young woman might seem petite - especially when compared to the average Imperial woman - but she actually falls on the average height of things amongst her tribe. Like most - if not all - native members of said tribe, Dewi possesses a golden brown complexion and coupled with her deep golden eyes, she fits the exotic tropical beauty aesthetic nicely. As it's common with small indigenous tribes, practically all able-bodied members sport toned, fit bodies by virtue of routine physical labor, this obviously includes Dewi, one look at her and you'll know that the girl is more than capable of pulling her own weight.

Due to the hot and humid tropical climate of her home island, Dewi and her tribe wear little clothing, mostly just to protect their body's most sensitive parts against friction and cuts. The concept of nudity as something shameful doesn't exist in their culture and as such, she personally has no issues being and/or seeing naked people, men and women both. However, ever since becoming a Diver, she realizes that not all cultures embrace this freedom so she'll at least wear a tube top and loincloth to respect foreign customs. In the end though, she still prefers to swim and sleep without the constraints of stuffy clothes.
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[color=f3863e][b]HOME SEA[/b][/color][hr][indent]The South Sea
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[color=f3863e][b]AETHER SIGN[/b][/color][hr][indent]Moon (Ice)
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[color=f3863e][b]AETHER ABILITIES[/b][/color][hr][indent]At first glance, it may seem amusingly ironic that an islander girl from the tropics held a power so contrasting to her theme, but if one thinks deeper into it, one will see how useful it is in her endeavors.

Perhaps out of sheer luck, the hands of fate, or something in between, Dewi possesses a prodigiously natural talent at the manipulation of ice, the solid state of water. She first manifested this ability by freezing solid a bowl of drinking water when she was but a small child, and since then, the tribe's shaman had taken her in to be tutored in the art of "Angkasa" or Aether in Common. Of course, an elderly shaman's mystical teaching methods wholly differ from the calculated pragmatism of imperial academies, emphasizing emotions and "the soul" instead of scientific research. With enough hard work and perseverance, most everyone will be at least competent in manipulating the aether, but Dewi's natural talent makes her achieve faster what the average practitioner takes longer to learn, as is expected from a born natural. 

Dewi's aether techniques range from offense, defense, to utility, but she's exceptionally skilled in the art of icecraft; constructing tools, structures, and other objects purely using ice. This means she rarely ever needs to carry specific items with her as long as she has access to water and/or ice nearby, tying into her love of living unburdened. Her specific techniques include, but not limited to:
❖ [b]Freezing/Thawing[/b]: An absolutely essential basic skill for all cryomancers worth their salt. Dewi is able to freeze water into ice and vice versa. This is also as far as she can do in terms of directly manipulating water in its liquid state. Practically, this is her go-to method to acquire ice when there's only water nearby. 
❖ [b]Icecraft[/b]: Her main skill. The application of this technique is numerous, ranging from creating simple tools such as knives, hammers, picks, spoons, forks, and bowls to more elaborate constructions such as a strip of wall, stairs, bridges, and even a usable boat. Of course, the downside being that they're really cold to the touch for others to use, but fortunately nothing a well-made pair of gloves or boots can't handle.
❖ [b]Ice Projectiles[/b]: Simply using frozen projectiles of a specific shape to pelt hostiles with either puncture wounds or blunt force trauma. She usually employs this when she needs to attack someone at range.
❖ [b]Cryo Plates[/b]: Covering someone or something in plates of reinforced ice armor to protect them from harm, ease of movement not guaranteed.
❖ [b]Cold Resistance[/b]: This is more of a passive trait that she gradually develops as she grows more in tune with her aether. Dewi is virtually immune to the adverse effects of extreme low temperature such as hypothermia and frostbites among other things. Fortunately, this means she doesn't need to wear those absolutely suffocating winter clothing, just imagine being stuck under five layers of thick fabric, the horror...
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[color=f3863e][b]EQUIPMENT[/b][/color][hr][indent]Preferring to travel light and possessing the power to easily craft tools on demand, Dewi most often carries nothing on her person except for a satchel that she stores money, rations, and miscellaneous items in. Used to the frugal and communal lifestyle of a small tribe, she doesn't have any jewelries, heirlooms, or any other material trappings to speak of.
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[color=f3863e][b]PERSONALITY:[/b][/color][hr][indent]Born and raised in a culture that emphasizes communal collectivism, Dewi grew to be a helpful person who's ready to assist with anything her comrades need. In fact, the tanned girl will feel odd if she's in a position where she has nothing to do, extended free time isn't exactly a concept that she's familiar with. This might make her appear to be a workaholic, maybe she really is, but a Diver's lot is not an easy one and slackers don't get to eat, so she feels right at home being amongst the crew.

An innocently honest person, perhaps [i]too[/i] honest in some cases, Dewi lacks the ability to adequately keep secrets or make white lies, not due to malicious intentions, but it's simply the norms of the culture that she grew up in. However, on the flipside, one can be sure that she's not the type to say something but mean the other, nor deviously uses ambiguous wordings to take advantage of people. She's an honest girl who works honest jobs, simple as that.

That said, people are still individuals at the end of the day and no matter how collectivist a society is, each of them are their own person, this includes Dewi. As she grew up, the tribeswoman always believed that Aruth is so much bigger than the archipelago or even the whole South Sea, the elders told her that there are other seas out there, they also said that they're dangerous and the best place to be is here, at home. While she believes them about the danger part, she doesn't necessarily feel that she should remain here in perpetuity. Although she doesn't consciously realize it, there's an adventurer's spirit inside her and it's begging to be freed.

There may or may not be times where she'll regret her decision to venture beyond the South Sea; the future is always uncertain but whatever lies ahead, she's ready to face them and not alone either, she'll tackle those challenges together with everyone.
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[color=f3863e][b]HISTORY:[/b][/color][hr][indent]Aside from her stroke of luck of being a prodigy of aethermancy, there's not much interesting tales to tell regarding the islander girl. Born into a tight-knight group of tribesmen where each and every able-bodied member must contribute to society, Dewi is no stranger to hard work and diligence; Though it's usually the men who got the sealion's share of the most physically-demanding jobs, the women always have something to do, certainly a far cry existence from the pampered, decadent nobles of the Empire.

The islanders she was born into is a tight-knit group where everyone knows each other and the woes of one member will be shouldered by the whole. Familial connections are looser compared to imperial societies as the adults often take turns in caring for the tribe's children. The only thing special about her relation to her blood parents is the fact that she was a result of their union; she could name various "fathers" and "mothers" that took care of her and her siblings growing up. This is also why tribesmen of the same generation usually refer to each other as 'brother' and 'sister'.

The idyllically peaceful climate of the South Sea doesn't exactly foster a 'thrilling' story to tell for most of its inhabitants. Dewi had a happy childhood, free of politics, familial drama, and stories of war. However, this lack of exciting events fostered the wanderlust inside the tanned girl and the elders' stories about Aruth stoked the flames even further. Thus, at the tender age of 18, instead of marrying that cute childhood friend of hers, she instead decided to leave home, explore the world, and just as fate would have it, a crew of Divers were visiting the island to do some trading. She signed up with them in a heartbeat.

And that was how one Dewi Ayu of the South Sea found herself amongst the Sharkfin crew.
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