Britannica De Aurelia

Inamorata of the Pitch Black, Chosen by Sacred Light

Crystal, Coeurl [last updated: 2/9/2022]Work In Progress

Name: Britannica De Aurelia
MSQ: Patch 6.01 - Pandæmonium
Alias: Brit, Troubled One, The Atramentous
Age: 25 and a half
Orientation: Pansexual, male lean.
Race: Miqo'te (Keeper of the Moon)
Nameday: 14th Sun of the 1st Umbral Moon (February 13th)

Notable Features:
- Bluish-brown stripes along cheeks and forehead. One beauty mark under left eye. Emerald eyes.
- Speaks in a very posh accent, a sign of her upbringing.
Hair and fur are a bluish hue due to the mass amount of aether she has within. Was originally white, but it grew out.
- Has a black teardrop "tattoo," indicating her betrothal to the Black, with six blue round markings flanking it, representing her connection to the Light. She keeps it concealed whenever possible.[Meta note: gets a longer hair style and main MSQ outfit with each new story.]

Relationship Status: Attached;
- Betrothal to the Black
- Companioned by Dan Dan
- (Secret) Situationship with Ser Aymeric de Borel.
- Privately kept romance with G'raha Tia. Only person to notice in the Scions is Alisaie Leveilleur and she keeps it quiet (but teases G'raha about it).To be expanded on later.

Mnach mages have demonstrated at length the advances they've achieved with black magic and controlling the voidsent as sources of energy for their destructive powers, but there wasn't much known about the Void itself, until the Sixth Umbral Era.One scholar in particular, from old records found from the arcane capital, hypothesized that there is a central point within the Void itself where the absolute darkest streams of energy pour from, called the Pitch Black."The Pitch Black... The deepest crevice of darkness, of ultimate dark. To tap into this sacred sable would be to tap into power unimaginable," as his words in his works and studies on the proposed phenomenon would describe.An overzealous student of the arcane arts would leave his home and expecting partner in an obsessive chase for this fabled power. And he would find it, but in exchange, he would lose it all.And a young girl would gain a power so incredible, it would save the realm over.

Britannica De Aurelia was promised to the Pitch Black before she born into the world of Etheirys. Born to a Miqo'te mother and Elezen stepfather, her biological Miqo'te father left months prior to her birth in the pursuit of the most ancient of occult knowledge in a mad attempt to obtain the greatest power known to the realm. In exchange for his firstborn, he would be given knowledge to even surpass the best skilled in magicks. But, foolishly, he didn't expect his life to be forfeit once he agreed to this trade. 13 days after Britannica's birth, her mother was visited by figures in dark adornments to anoint the newborn in black ink, to signify the Black's newest charge and vessel, imbuing her with the arcane energy of unimaginable destructive power. The knowledge her reckless father sought became hers to claim.Growing up was hard for the young Miqo'te, the small, but affluent town she hailed from full of gossips and fearmongers alike. The word of the dark figures visiting her family's abode spread far and fast among the townspeople, children being warned about the "troubled one," to keep far from her. An incident of bullying by some Hyur and Lalafell school children forced Britannica to unleash a torrent of unbridled flame around her, burning one of the children's face. This, of course, ostracized her further. Friends were scarce, and compassion even scarcer. And then the tremors came.Britannica's body would suddenly be ravished by convulsions, the powerful, arcane forces of destructive energy coursing through her small frame until the attack was over, and the young Miqo'te was left in a broken heap. Britannica's mother and stepfather did what they could to make sure she was comfortable, but they could only do so much.Her stepfather, a Conjurer in his own right, concerned for the wellbeing of his child, brought her to the Temple of Soaring Radiance, a religious organization worshipping celestial bodies. Though the temple was observing the happening starshower, the parson took the time to aid Britannica, thinking the visit was a good omen. With blessed blue ink, he tattooed six flanking circles about the black teardrop placed on her head after her birth, each symbolizing the six elements of aether, the light blue hue of the ink representing light itself.Britannica let a deep, releasing sigh out, feeling the tightness in her chest disappear. She felt rebalanced; whole in energy and spirit again. Her aether had been rebalanced, and reclaimed... For now.Though the tremors would stop, the blessing had shown its effects in Britannica's hair; the abundance of new aether coursing through her body made her start growing blue hair instead of her natural white. This caused more gossip and ridicule, driving Britannica further from peers her age. And later, when she became older, the tremors that once tortured her turned to visions, images flashing before her eyes of events past, whispers of words said long ago. A welcomed, but odd, symptom.At the tender age of 19, a particular letter was delivered, marked for Britannica. Her mother hid the letter, afraid of what will become of her daughter, but her stepfather quelled her mother's fears. He delivered the letter to Britannica's hands.Thamaturge's Guild, in Ul'dah. We will be waiting for you.Before long, Britannica was ready to set off on her journey to Ul'dah, to learn of what this cursed, blackened gift forced upon her was, and how to better control it to help instead of harm.

What Was Then, All Of Now

Britannica, now seasoned with multiple adventures under her belt, hardened by numerous brushes with death, and with a better grasp on her abilities, traveled the realm to aid the friends and comrades she's found since she took that first step on her journey long ago.During moments of rest between these experiences, Britannica took the initiative to find more about herself and the abilities she was blessed with. She spent restless nights in her inner sanctum, pouring over multiple volumes, subjects of the origin of the magicks, aether, the Black. And soon she found the title bestowed onto her by the magi who looked after her in Ul'dah: The Atramentous.
The Atramentous is composed of every element, all of these together make true Black, absolute dark, and unadulterated power. Such a thing was only mentioned in theory, very little evidence of the possibility of such a phenomenon in old tomes and texts. The scholars of black magic weren't sure what exactly it could manifest as.
The details of the dealings her biological father made are still unclear to Britannica, but it was explained to balance the sapping dark she was born with, Hydaelyn blessed her with sustaining Light, making Britannica essentially agathokakological, if one believes the powers of Dark and Light to align with moralities as well.
All in all, Britannica has embraced the Black as her own, feeling the magicks course through her almost as a lover would caress her face. The tremors have since ceased, and her hair grows lush and thick in aetheric blue, evidence of a better flow of her aether.
Britannica pondered the title bestowed to her, considering all of the findings. She embodies the Black, graced by Light... She would think to playfully refer to herself as The Cinereal; the ashen gray implanted in the middle of both. But only in her journal.