Evelune

Family History

After allying with the rebel merfolk during the Burning of Serenity Forest, the danluns were blamed by other land races for instigating the Merfolk War. Following the Burning, danluns who resided on the continent of Dranear were hunted to near extinction. History books called them nightfiends, erased their culture, and taught the next generations that the nightfiends were a malevolent race of beings cast aside by their mother, the Moon Queen herself.

Evelune's mother was a survivor of that initial genocide. While disguised as a human, she fell in love with a man whom she trusted enough to share her secret with. Together, they travelled the land and settled on the outskirts of a peaceful town where they raised Evelune.

Evelune was originally born in the outskirts of a town several miles away from Aurumdale. Her danlun mother fell in love with a human man but because such relations were forbidden among both species, they ran far away from home before starting a family. Their neighbors knew about the hybrid child they were raising, but fortunately none of them cared enough to do anything about it. Thanks to this, Evelune was able to wander around her neighborhood while only attracting the strange gaze here and there. Meanwhile, her parents doted on her and homeschooled her. They prioritized teaching her about human culture and etiquette, which resulted in her regrettable not learning much about her danlun heritage other than her inherent ability to swim through shadows into the Abyss.

However, those peaceful days were not meant to last. When Evelune was six, merfolk ransacked the town and found her family's home while they were having dinner. The moment they intruded, her father grabbed a knife from the kitchen and defended his family. He bought Evelune and her mother time to escape, but he was fatally wounded before he could make it outside with them. Evelune's mother tried to reason with the merfolk, saying that danluns and merfolk used to be allies as lunar-aligned races, but the merfolk didn't listen. With no choice but to fight, her mother connected to the night's darkness and fended them off. The merfolk fled, but not before setting their house on fire with Evelune's father still trapped inside.

Her mother wanted to save him, the man she loved so dearly. Evelune protested that it wasn't worth it. He gave his life to save them, and she did not want to risk losing both of her parents in one night. Instead of agreeing to leave, her mother told her to shadowdive and swim far, far away, because she wasn't leaving while her husband was still alive. She ran into the house, and moments later, the roof collapsed. Neither of her parents emerged from the wreckage.

Devastated, Evelune dove into the Abyss and swam, desperate to escape the burning terror and trauma hounding after her. In her frantic escape, she nearly suffocated in Abyss' liquid darkness multiple times. After an hour, she emerged from the Abyss, only to pass out in front of a newlywed couple's doorstep in Aurumdale. One of them heard Evelune collapse outside their porch and took her inside. This couple would end up becoming her adopted parents.