LUNARA TIDESWELL
ElementalsMoonpool Guardian and Tidal Seer
"The moon does not create the tide. It merely reminds the water what it has always wanted to do. I am that reminder.""
Identity
- Residence
- The Aetherium, Moonpool Sanctum (a flooded lower chamber open to the sky)
- Civilization
- Elementals
Appearance
• Physical: A serene, translucent figure of silvery water suffused with pale aetheric moonlight, standing six feet tall. Her body is liquid given form, reflecting light that does not come from any visible source, as though she carries her own internal moon. She moves with the slow grace of deep-ocean currents, her edges shimmering with soft violet-white luminescence. • Clothing: Wears a single strand of pearls that orbit her neck in slow rotation, each pearl glowing with trapped aetheric light. • Distinguishing Marks: Her reflection in water shows not her current form but visions of possible futures, an effect she cannot fully control.
Relationships
- Family - A younger brother, a pure Water elemental, who serves as a tide-caller at Aquari Palace and visits her monthly
- Allies - Nereid deep-sea mystics who share her tidal knowledge, a Celestial Order monk who helps her catalogue visions
- Rivals - An Aether elder who wants the Moonpool Sanctum converted to a more "productive" use
Personality
- Traits: Serene, introspective, carries deep grief gracefully, possesses a quiet stubbornness that surprises those who mistake her calm for passivity
- Mannerisms: Trails her fingers through any available water source while speaking, closes her eyes when listening as though hearing something beneath the words, creates small tidal surges when startled
- Voice: A soft, silvery tone like moonlight made audible, with a rhythmic cadence that follows the pull of unseen tides.
Backstory
Lunara was born through Confluence Birthing at a Nexus Cradle submerged beneath the Aetherium's Moonpool during a lunar eclipse, where aether and water ley-lines merged in darkness before blazing to life. She was considered an omen, either blessed or cursed depending on which elder was asked. She chose to remain at the Moonpool, becoming its guardian and learning to read the tidal visions that appeared in its waters.
Daily Life
Lunara maintains the Moonpool's purity, regulates its aetheric-tidal cycles, and interprets the visions that surface in its waters for those granted audience. She accepts only three petitioners per lunar cycle, spending the remaining time in meditation and careful study of the pool's shifting images. She tends a garden of luminescent water plants that grow nowhere else.
Secret
The Moonpool has been showing Lunara the same vision repeatedly for the past decade: a great flood that originates not from the ocean but from the Aetherium itself, as though aetheric energy is liquefying. She does not know if this is prophecy or warning, and she fears that revealing it would cause panic in both the Aether and Water kingdoms.
Story Hooks
- 1 Lunara needs discreet investigators to determine whether the Moonpool's flood vision is literal prophecy or a metaphor for something else entirely.
- 2 The Aether elder pushing to close the Moonpool Sanctum has powerful allies, and Lunara needs help protecting her sacred charge through political means she is ill-equipped to navigate.
Narrative Value
Lunara provides prophecy and vision-based quest hooks, a tranquil but politically threatened setting, and a mystery about the nature of aetheric energy that could connect to campaign-level threats. ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════