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Aurora Roseus Background: Aurora Roseus has had a passion for love stories -particularly trashy romance novels- ever since she was young; often sneaking books from her mother’s shelf when she wasn’t looking. Eww.

As she considered how to meet her prince charming, it occurred to her that in many of her favorite stories the heroine meets her one true love while on some sort of adventure; so she decided the best way to go on adventures to find her true love would be to become a Huntress. ....But wait. I thought that in most trashy romance novels, the "heroine" is generally an useless empty walking plot device. Kind of the contrary of what a Huntress would be.

During initiation, she met Dagon Quirke and Jet Nimbus; along with her partner who regrettably did not survive the trials to become a student. The death of her first partner, while significant in the outcome of her life, did not have a substantial psychological impact on Aurora. She had barely known him, and did not feel much guilt over his fate as it was neither her fault nor something she could have easily prevented. ....So...how much of a person was she back then? I mean, anyone would probably be at least shocked if they saw someone die. And likely get second thoughts, about spending likely the rest of their lives doing what the dead guy was trying to do. In this case, fight monsters.

I understand not feeling guilt, but there are more feelings than just "guilt" you know.

In the place of her partner from Initiation, a student was transferred to Haven from Atlas. Enter Callum Abate, a strong, handsome, confident stranger from a foreign nation; highly skilled as a warrior with an air of mystique and military swagger about him. The romantic ideal she had built in her mind, that she would find her true love by becoming a Huntress, convinced Aurora that the appearance of this young man in a time of mourning must be fate, as was often the case in the romance novels of her earlier years. ..........What time of mourning, she hardly gave a fuck about the dead nameless Joe.

Aurora’s rapid infatuation with Callum was something he found somewhat overwhelming, and her overtly passionate personality pushed him ever further away as she tried to get him to see her as desirable. Even so, far from dissuaded, she upheld Callum as her fairy tale prince and strived to win his throughout their time at Haven Academy. So, Jaune but worse.

When graduation day began to approach, ....4 sodding years later?

she made a phone call to her mother; asking for advice on the best way to win over a romantic interest. The advice was simple but she took it to heart. Rather than press him to fall for her as a lover, befriend him and show him her true self beneath the rampant romanticism. .....4 sodding years, to learn the basics of how to get along with people.

With this new perspective in mind, Aurora settled on a course of action. Callum was a military man by nature, his plan to return to Atlas and become a specialist after graduation was well known to the team, and she figured the best way to befriend him was to experience the world he was raised in.

When Team JCRD graduated and Callum returned home to Atlas, Aurora tagged along; enlisting in the Special Operatives Unit alongside him in a bid to find more common ground. Okay, here's something I wonder: Can someone, who did not go to Atlas Academy, or is even Atlesian to begin with, really become an Atlesian Specialist just like that?

I mean, the way I see it, that's like saying that some random Chinese guy went to Russia, and said "I have never been in Russia before and I have 0 military experience, but I know Kung Fu. Can I become a special officer?", and Russia said "Yeah, sure, no problem :D".

Callum is from Atlas, so in his case it's more believable. With Aurora, meanwhile....she's never stepped foot on Atlas, and while she's a Huntress, that doesn't mean she has the actual MILITARY experience, training, or even the discipline, that would be expected of a soldier, let alone a Specialist.

[I got no real, particular issues with everything between the previous and following sections. No particular love since it isn't my type of coffee, but at least you avoided making them get married under the pressure of death, which is good]. Now, years later, Aurora and Callum have one child; an 11 year old daughter Jacaranda. Callum, while still enlisted as a Specialist, now largely performs short-term assignments in order to spend more time with his family..... ............So, what happens when Ironwood goes all "SHUT. DOWN. EVERYTHING."?

Personality: 1) Ever the optimist, Aurora has always tried to find the positive parts of the world, and her life in particular. She holds a fairy tale ideal of how life should be and fights passionately in every way she can to uphold her world view.

2) Aurora’s greatest flaw is her habit of misinterpreting the actions and personalities of people around her; such as viewing someone who is cocky as merely being confident in themselves and thus failing to see that they are stroking their own ego. Due to her rose-colored perspective she often has trouble telling when someone is being willfully or maliciously deceptive, and has been known to be caught unawares by relatively simple trickery as a result. She can be slow to recognize a concealed threat, as she is not constantly viewing people as hostile the way some people are.

.......I wonder if I can sue you for this....because those parts of her personality, along with her love for (Romance) novels (to the extent they notably influenced her personality and life choices).......Well, they sound too similar to Avalon. Avalon Ennuyeux.

The way you described her, she sounds just like Avalon...like a girly, E-rated Avalon with a far more Romance-focused backstory and less/no pathological reasons behind her personality. Hell, her backstory even includes a Rescue Mission, to save a dear friend, in Solitas.

As for the bits of her personality that I left out - which thankfully aren't really like Avalon -, good job there, since they further show the "Thinks like a romance novel" mindset that Aurora is supposed to have.