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"Perhapse now it is best to look forward to the future..."

Portobello is a small religious village just off of Diamond port. The village is full of multiple churches and beautiful home buildings. Rivers run through the town, railing and bridges protecting citizens from slipping into the ice cold water. 90% or more of the citizens living here are religious and follow Xernias, however it's not the toxic religious community most come to expect from towns like this. However, there is some warped views of the world amongst the people, especially higher ups living and running the churches.

Childhood - [0 - 10]

In a town on diamond at the point between Diamond Port and New Moon, a baby boy was BORN. The day of Gorrees birth was a celebrated one! The Jansen family was very blessed to have had a son so early on, and were excited to raise this baby boy to be their next head of the Xerneas Church his father oversees. He was a bright kid growing up, very chipper and friendly, normally spending the majority of his time with his mother as his father was typically busy with preaching and other management tasks. Gorrees mother was a peaceful woman, content with her position, that Gorree never really could understand at his young age. By the time he was 6 he got to meet his his first baby sister! Oh he was so excited! He remembers his father mentioning something about her being "Late", but his attention span in the moment made it impossible to actually remember what he meant. Around the same time Gorree began his schooling, which wasn't in a school persay, but rather just in the Church's dining hall. It was a one on one class, although it was a bit different from past generations. Under normal circumstances Gorree would of had a much much older teacher, but the woman who was suppose to teach him next passed away shortly before he was born, leaving Gorree to her successor. The successor in question had a much much more modern views than what the Church would normally preach, and those views ended up feeding into Gorrees beliefs, giving him a much different perspective growing up.

Teenage - [11 - 17]

The years of Gorrees schooling were probably the most tense for the family, (though Gorree never seemed to notice). His parents were having baby troubles, having Gorree made this a bit easier on the pair, not having to worry about having a successor, but they did owe other families a son or daughter to marry off. Likewise, the family they had a deal with to marry their son off to were also having troubles, not being able to give birth to a girl until Gorree was already 17 and going into his more advanced schooling. At this point, Gorree was.. sane. He knew the moment they told him his future bride was born that something. wasn't... rig h t......Just holding her was.. uncomfortable. At this point though, he didn't argue, not exactly sure what to say about it just trying to make himself look as visibly uncomfortable as possible. Noticed or not, he'd never know, but for the next 15 years he tried to tune it out and avoid the young girl as much as he could possible manage.

Adulthood - [18 - 36]

Unfortunately, that contentment was short lived, thanks to Ciri turning 15. The next four years were probably the worst of Gorrees life, as he was SUPPOSE to marry Ciri when she was 15, though he managed to weasel his way out of it by mentioning she was still in her schooling. He didn't have to marry her until she graduates, but he was pressured to spend more time with her, and it was awful. It started out simple enough, having her join the family for dinner, then slowly progressed as she got older into the Espeon trying to make advancements on who she'd been convinced was going to be her future husband. Anything she'd try was instantly shut down, Gorree not having Any Of It. He did his best to distance himself from the younger girl at any chance he could get, it soon leading to scoldings from his father or ridicule from the church. He was seen as neglecting his duties, even if they pretended to keep the rumors on the down low. And then it was finally time, the day Ciri turned 18 her and Gorree were pronounced engaged, and good god the poor Musharna had never felt so sick in his life. He didn't wear the ring whenever he could get away with it, often taking it off when he was alone. Her persistence with trying to be around him only grew, and it was becoming harder for him to deny her that time, as eyes were always on him. It was dreadful, the only space Gorree managed to maintain was his personal quarters, which he was convinced he was going to loose soon as well. A couple painstaking months passed until their wedding day, that fell on the most important time of year for the church! Every year there is a graduating class of Sisters of Xerneas, who he was suppose to give his blessings to graduates before being wed, but after that he took his speech another direction. He announced that he'd not be marrying Ciri, causing very divided opinions to wash over the hall. Fortunately, and... unfortunately, though, none of those opinions left anyone's mouth. Near the end of Gorrees speech, a horrendous disaster hit the small town hard.

Disaster - [36]

24 hours of nothing but extreme colds, blizzards, raining meteors and buildings being destroyed, it truly felt like the world was ending. Eventually, things seemed to calm, though, the normally calm and peaceful people did not. Panic still raged though the towns, rumors of some kind of divine punishment, or wrath from their god- the mayor had no idea what to tell the people. Until it clicked... divine punishment. Out of just... no other way to settle things, the Mayor pointed the finger at Gorree and another church member with an out of the norm situation, blaming them for the disaster as if they were being punished for going against the Churches ways. The trial went quick and the two were exiled and branded as a reminder, the two being sent on their way immediately with just whats necessary to survive.

Post Disaster - [36]

Days past and Gorree stuck to this much smaller and younger Sister of Xerneas he'd been exiled with, who was named Valeri. He was quite the negative fellow, which almost helped Gorree in a way, encouraging himself to be more positive in these dark times for Vals sake. Eventually though, word spread to the two of guilds re-opening, and one in question was looking into figuring out what exactly happened to the world, and fixing it. Gorree jumped at any chance at hope and practically dragged Val along to this "Everstone Guild". It was a long ways away... but... what did they have to loose?