Absentia

Absentia... where to even begin? She's seen a lot. She's been through a lot. They've watched a world rise to greatness, and be destroyed by the very thing that helped it grow.

To say Absentia is secretive would be an understatement. She doesn't like to speak. She will, if they have to, but they prefer not to. They hold many secrets from creatures they've protected, met, or fought against. It's not hard to mistake her for a deity - she isn't, not even close, and she would hate to become one. While she is a guardian, Absentia prefers to not interact with other creatures, especially those outside the Multiversal.

Although born on Hjori and descended from a Vsthokian, she actually ran away rather early on and has since lived on several worlds. She is the only one of Half Song's companions to have escaped him - by accident, when a time rift opened and took her away to a world outside the Multiversal, Imperium. She travelled it far and deep until she was allowed a way home. Since then Absentia hides from Half Song on Arytharu, knowing it is the only place he will not visit anymore, not since the death of Thyrumil that descended it into chaos and civil war.

On Arytharu, she hides in the northern coniferous forests, guiding those lost onto a path back to one of the main cities. She keeps them away from the Winter Fields, where Mylranyrn resides. Many resent him for simply being Vanara's grandfather, even if he had nothing to do for how his grandson turned to be. But, she is also reminded of herself in the lost souls that wander upon the snowy lands. She, too, was once lost, and she did not have anyone show her the way. So, she wants to make sure that those now lost will end in much better paws than she ever did.

The closest thing Absentia's found to a bond with another is with one of three sisters that were left alone the moment their parents realised they weren't pure. The only one of them still alive is Phantom, and Absentia wants to help her most, after she lost both her sisters to Thyrumil's antics. Consolation succumbed to his influence and was killed in the Uprising, whilst Solace was turned into the Guardian of the Dream and, upon Thyrumil's death and the Dream's collapse, her soul was almost crushed but just barely saved by Kvervandi. Phantom is now haunted by hallucinations and is extremely wary of anyone that isn't Solace or Absentia, living in the northern woods to escape the civil war.

A long time ago, Absentia visited the Soothsayer. The only time she did so, she was shown a 'vision of a far future', of her protecting a child by leading a stranger to it. She never understood what it meant, until now. They know Phantom's true source of love will be an outsider, an Imperial, and so, when one suddenly turns up in the northern woods she knows he's the one. She will lead him to Phantom, to help her and to hide them both away from the dangers of the south so that Phantom shall no longer be the lost soul Absentia once was.