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Riosian Key: Miss Ayu

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There’s a total of 4 playable characters in Riosian Key.

Jerdani’s out of the way, so let’s go on to Ayu, or “Miss Ayu,” as many prefer to call her.

Picture time!

Ayu’s the masked and cloaked girl on the right. Yeah, that one with the mess of wavy hair. That hair, interestingly, is in three large locks, with the middle one being the thickest.

She’s a recent but close friend of Jerdani’s; I think they click because they’re both optimistic. Ayu, however, is more tactful and slightly realistic, and tends to read a situation before she charges into it. Maybe she just has more life experience.

The thing is, no one–not even Jerdani–knows anything about Ayu’s past. They know she’s an explorer, so her wisdom plus her docile way of speaking have her earned her the title of “Miss” Ayu. Even Jerdani refers to Ayu in this manner.

Rumors still cloud Miss Ayu’s identity, though. Some claim she’s a witch able to mask her true age. Others see her as a simple but dedicated pilgrim searching for the gods of Rios. Still others say she’s a warrior journeying to better her hand with the sword, and has yet to meet her one true nemesis.

Whatever the case may be, Ayu laughs off interrogation into her identity, and will not confirm or deny the theories floating around her. She knows a lot, and she can use a sword. That’s about all she’ll say.

Riosian Key: Jerdani

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I wanna know about my protagonist. So I drew her next to the second playable character of the game.

Engaging self-praise! Not baaaaaad, me! I think you’re starting to get the hang of drawing human forms! Disengage self-praise!

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Alright, where was I? Ah. Uh-huh. The protagonist. She’s on the left, and her name is Jerdani Maxwell.

I went through about 7 different “J” names after I first said “Her name is Jerdani.” Mostly because it’s a mouthful, but nothing else stuck as well. Maybe “Jeri,” but that sounded more like a nickname. She’s active, assertive, a liiiittle dopey, but compassionate, honest, and optimistic, if not a little naive.

Her father’s one of the most renowned mages of Rios, but she inherited none of that magical ability. She makes up for that plenty, with muscle and glaive.

Because her father’s absent from home, especially in the years following her mother’s death, Jerdani’s had to find her own way for most of her life. I’d say she’s pretty bitter about her distant relationship with her father, but that’s not to say she doesn’t want a relationship with him. 

After all, isn’t it the wish of most young daughters to call their father “Daddy” again?

I’ve been quite absent for some time

I feel like I owe you all some sort of explanation.

You all no doubt know of my heart condition. It’s taxing. It is taxing physically, and it is taxing emotionally.
Sometimes I feel like it is growing worse and worse.

You also no doubt know that I am a social-phobic introvert. I enjoy chatting with you all very much, but sometimes I don’t feel I have the energy to keep up a conversation.
For this reason I have largely avoided Skype.
I am reasonably active on Twitter, where I am free to simply express a thought to the open, but I have not much felt the strength to really sit and talk.

The exception to this, my darling Tina. Though even with her I oft lack the strength to do anything at all. It’s tough, but even the smallest exchanges with someone you love dearly like that can be such a positive boost in the happiness department.

I love you Tina.

I miss my friends; I just hope you all understand that I’m not avoiding you… I just feel awful…