Laelia

Laelia barely remembers anything past the day she woke up on the shores of an uninhabited island a year ago. All that she can recall is crashing waves, a sinking ship, and the cries of two people who she believes are or were her parents. For a while, she sat on the shore of the island, waiting for those people to turn up, but nothing happened. All she found was a couple bags of luggage and the stray bit of sheet metal from the ship. So, giving up on ever finding those people again, she decided to live on the island until she could find help.

It wasn’t until a year after the shipwreck that Laelia came face-to-face with a Roc that had seemed to be following her for a while, even though she never noticed. The Roc eventually told her that it was lonely and that it had been replaced as a magician’s friend. Concerned that it was going to eat her, Laelia ran off, only to almost be attacked by a panther. Saving her life, the Roc tried to talk to her again, only for Laelia to have passed out in fear. Taking her back to her camp, the Roc watched her, until she woke up. Except, this time, she didn’t run, and decided to try listen to it, Laelia also being quite lonely. After hearing about how it used to be a familiar and was let go because he wasn’t ‘magical’ enough, Laelia agreed that she would at least keep it company, though she made no promise that they’d be friends.

Over the next few weeks, Laelia and the Roc slowly became friends, with the Roc giving her the name Laelia, as she liked the flower. In turn, Laelia named the Roc

‘Azul’, after his big blue eyes. Even though Laelia was still a little scared of Azul, she couldn’t help but feel sorry for him, and thus, she decided that she’d accept Azul as a proper friend.

After a while, Azul began to complain of intense pains in his wings and chest, which happened as a result of him not being a contract, as the lack of one was painful for him. Seeing this, Laelia was scared he was going to die, and so, she agreed to be his master, three black bands appearing on her wrist as proof of her being his master. As thanks, Azul offered to fly her home, only for the two of them to be sucked into a portal that lead to the kingdom of Arvixus.