Ara Vētra

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basic info

  • human, latvian
  • gender: genderflux
  • pronouns: he/they/xe/ze
  • sexuality: bi
  • age: 51
  • birthday: july 21, 1947
  • gift: blessed

backstory

  • renowned artist and founder of the eponymous ara's resplendent atelier, or ara for short
  • born and raised in caveta
  • first job was being an art teacher, working at various universities
  • had some skill in painting, but nothing mindblowing
  • met malinda while teaching at one of her classes. was quick to notice her innate talent for art. he was even quicker to notice her insecurities and need for approval
  • escalated his advances towards her until they were in a relationship, despite being her professor
  • decided to take malinda's works as his own to propel himself in art circles. gained enough influence to establish the atelier and make moves in the art scene
  • guest lectured in many colleges, including król university, and used this to scout other artists
  • used the atelier as an excuse to leave malinda and his baby. also didn't want to deal with an enchanted child (despite them getting his recessive magic gene)
  • upon seeing aidan integrate illusion magic with art at a showing from caveta’s institute for visual arts, ara realized, "shit. i could make money off of him"
  • paulo, admiring his work, invited him on the ship as an offer (plus money) to get art of them commissioned
  • ara brought aidan along. he must make sure his golden goose is onboard

personality

  • has a calm, collected façade to hide xyr true colors
  • pretentious art snob
  • mistakes arrogance for talent
  • heavily dislikes receiving criticism; sees it as personal attacks and will send fans/devoted mentees after critics
  • known to sling insults at people who criticize xem
  • happily accepts a lot of work... only to give the workload to xyr mentees

physique

  • 5'5"/~165cm; lanky build. secretly hates they're shorter than aidan
  • short, silver hair that's swept back
  • gold eyes
  • voice claim
  • sports a goatee that matches their hair color
  • allergic to cats and dogs
  • wears grey, round sunglasses

relationships

General Info

family: malinda thoramalli (ex-wife); "bob" thoramalli (child)
  • when their child was born, malinda asked xem for a name. xe suggested halfheartedly "bob, or whatever." malinda, however, did not go through with it and gave their baby a different, better name. ara never cared to even learn it
  • left malinda. if ara was to come back, xe thinks she'll welcome xem back with open arms
  • openly scorns the child xe had with malinda
  • aidan's xyr top pupil. still doesn't wanna pay him though; he's gotta prove he's worth the raise. is secretly envious of him being taller than xem
  • used and abused a lot of people, but they're too afraid to speak out due to xyr power and influence
  • some victims working at xyr atelier justify the abuse. "it's different with me, ara and i have a connection no one else has"

Major Relationships

Aidan Alves
Mentee
xyr golden goose, a prodigy. his art never fails to impress. ara hopes he doesn't step out of line, lest xe pay arista and dany a visit

Malinda Thoramalli
Ex-wife
a nag. lost that spark she had so long ago. oh well, at least xe's got the atelier. she should be grateful xe's even entertaining the thought of talking to her

"Bob"
Child (Unfortunately)
ugh. bob. the first name xe thought of just to get malinda to stop asking. annoying little pest, just like its mother. why did the baby have to be born with magic? ara doesn't need this ankle biter hindering xem. it likes her more anyway

Minor Relationships

Julius Krol
Client
a regular. xe's grateful his school has so many students xe can poach for the atelier

other info

  • afraid of losing hir prestige and control
  • favorite animal is birds with bright colors, especially parrots
  • firm on hir anti-magic stance, as it was part of the reason why ze left hir family... unless, ze can benefit off of it
  • the logo of hir studio is his signature: "ARA" written in cursive
created: ~2010-2011
  • first name is from ara macao, the scientific name for scarlet macaws
  • hir surname is latvian for storm
  • original character was a silver, dark flying chao that sported parrot attributes. a grumpy artist, that even in his original iteration, had a contentious relationship with malinda and "bob"

reference notes

  • do not omit glasses
  • different outfits okay
  • outfit shown in reference: a coat with red, blue, and yellow, similar to a scarlet macaw; a pair of grey pants; salmon pink pants; and silver boots also mimicking the talons of a scarlet macaw

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