#I’m really tired today but I also couldnt get this to leave my brain soooo have this

[oliveofthenight]

Ahahahhh, back on my tdp oc bullshit, buckle up (used picrews for both pictures btw)

Name: Aylin (common used alias: Thana)

Age: 36

Pronouns: she/her

Birthday: December 28th

Sexuality: polysexual/demisexual

Height: 5’11

Personality:

Most closed off, loner person you could really get. Feelings? What are those? She took them from a young age and buried them so deep not even she knows where she put them, really. Usually plays up a cold and harsh exterior to literally everyone, no one in the last like two decades has ever seen her smile. Ever. Not even a tiny one. Apathetic is the best way to describe her and she just...is constantly in survival mode. Life is just one big task for her, so she’s not really living, you know? She eats, drinks and sleeps because she knows she needs it to function. She works purely for the money to continue to function, other than her vengeance against Xadians. Her vengeance is maybe the only thing that actually keeps her alive, without it she would have given up a long time ago, honestly.

Background:

Oh boi everyone buckle up, this is a tragic ride! This is back before the modern events take place, far back enough where the war hasn’t started yet and there hasn’t been a border made to separate humans from Xadia. Born to a human mother and a Moonshadow father, the mother died in childbirth. Her father wasn’t going to just leave Aylin there for the humans where he couldn’t take care of her (especially when she was the only thing left of her mother), so, against his better judgement, took her with him to his village. It was...rough, he got brought before the council, he was a hair away from being ghosted if not just outright killed, the only reason he got to stay was because of Aylin. The whole, she’s an innocent byproduct of his egregious mistake and she shouldn’t be deprived of care because of this.

Besides, they thought she would turn out more elf like as she grew up...they were wrong. The only elf like qualities she retained were the pointy ears and her very lightly, lightly purple tinted skin (even though it looked more just extremely pale than anything else.)

and even though the council thought she was an innocent byproduct, the village had differing opinions, especially the kids. Because you know, where adults will still respect the decision made and simply act cold and distant, kids can be cruel since they don’t really respect societal rules, so naturally they taunted and teased her mercilessly as well as her father. But, Aylin got the worst of it. It only really started getting out of hand when the craftsman’s son took one of the prongs off the fire and scarred her with it, branding her with an ‘X’ at the back of her neck. She had already been quiet and withdrawn from the bullying, but she became effectively broken after that incident. She only left her house to go to school, her father would get anything she needed beyond that for her, also trying his best to keep his daughter safe. But he could only do that for so long.

When she was 16 he got sick, pretty much bedridden and she had to go and care for him, putting on her cold and apathetic face to ignore the looks of disgust sent her way by the other villagers. Almost broke the hand of the craftsman’s son when he tried even going near her again. But no amount of care or healing saved him, and he died by the end of the year. And so the only elf to ever treat her with any kindness and love was ripped from her life. She ran from the village not long after, not being able to take their passive aggression, and went to seek solace with other elves, which didn’t work. All only saw her half human side and gave her the same mistreatment for it. Those experiences only hardened her heart more and made her hatred for Xadia burn brighter until she had enough. If all the elves were ever going to see her human side, then she’d go and be with the humans. So, she fled to the nearest human town, started going by Thana, and dropped the name Aylin almost completely.

That being said, she knew the humans would only ever see her elven side as well, so she usually kept her hair down, using it to cover her pointed ears, and if her hair wasn’t down then she wore a hood to hide them. Over her years of survival, she became a pretty good tracker and hunter, so she started off with that. Going off hunting to bring meat to the butcher in exchange for coin. She fit in quite well, especially with her resentment of the humans, and got involved in her fair share of human rebellions and organizations hoping to undermind Xadians in any way. Of course most were crushed, but that didn’t stop her from joining any she came across. Any opportunity to cause havoc for the arrogant elves was one she’d take, taking out her anger and hurt on all of them. After years of mistreatment and abuse from Xadians she absolutely refuses to just...let it go. In her mind they had their chance to accept her and they didn’t take it, so now they’ll pay the price.