Cora Chromis

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“I’m so excited to learn about this new world!”

Cora Chromis is a submatarainien young woman working for the Creative Commons Division as a party planner. She’s very curious about the world around her and loves learning new things.

Cora Chromis
PronounsShe/her
SpeciesSubmatar (Blue-green chromis)
DivisionCreative Commons
RoleParty Planner
Height5’3”
Age24
Birth Date31 Prism, 1206
ZodiacPrideful Moth
AspectWater
FamilyWinnow Chromis (grandmother)
CreatorHanny
Artist CreditsHanny

Appearance

Cora is a blue skinned submatar with design elements based on the Blue-green chromis (Chromis Viridis). She has patches of dark blue scales along her hips and sides, as well as her cheeks and forehead, and covering her breasts. She has a gradual gradient of turquoise/green skin on her legs and feet, and patches of “blush” of the same color on her knees, elbows and face. On her calves and forearms she has light blue fins resembling the dorsal fin of the Blue-green chromis, with her ears resembling the pectoral fins. She has long white hair that falls to her mid back, black eyebrows and pink eyes. She has dark blue freckles on her cheeks and nose, and webbed hands with webs the same color as her fins. She wears a simple pink cottage style dress that’s easily removable for swimming purposes.

Personality

Her whole life, Cora has been a lively and bubbly little fish. During her time in Pao’lakia, she was very curious of the strange items that would fall to the ocean floor, and she would collect these and admire them. She also has a fairly adventurous attitude, and would put herself in danger more often than not when raiding shipwrecks or traversing deep trenches in search of new treasures. Now with her new life on land, she’s even more curious than before. She loves exploring and meeting new people. Overall, she is a rather naive young woman, having very little to no knowledge of the land above. She’s very friendly, and quick to make friends. Once you get to know her however, she will not stop pestering you with questions about what you do or who you are. She’s learning!

Biography

Cora was born in the underwater submatar city of Pao’lakia on Prism 31st, 1206.

The people of Pao’lakia are very reclusive, keeping to themselves and having some rather misguided views on the land people. They see anyone from the land as a threat, and have cut off any and all contact with the land above. They also have strict rules regarding items from the land that fall down to the ocean floor. They view these as highly dangerous and will immediately have them destroyed on sight. They refuse to use the land items, relying only on their own handmade tools and clothing.

Cora, however, never truly followed these teachings. She was a rebel. She would go out and collect land items she found interesting, sneaking them into her secret cave where she’d hoard them and admire them. She was very curious about these items, and longed to one day visit the land to find out more about their origin. She’s a very creative submatar, and would love to decorate her cave and her room in her home with seashells, undersea flowers, seaweed and pretty rocks of all kinds. She lived in a small submatar home just outside Pao’lakia with her grandmother, Gramma Winnow.

Cora lost her parents when she was very young, at the age of 2, to be exact. They were both part of the underwater guild of Elix'ren, and would help in searching nearby wrecks. On one of these searches, they made the mistake of going by themselves, and soon realized that the wreck they found was in the dead center of a corruption zone. They were attacked by Sovereigns, and were never seen again. After the Guild came to Gramma Winnow to deliver the news, she took Cora under her care and raised her as her own.

When she was 23, Cora finally told Gramma Winnow about her wishes to leave the city and explore the land above, which Gramma was immediately very supportive of. She urged Cora to go and live out her dreams, and so she did. She bade Gramma Winnow goodbye and set off in secret, so that the other Pao’lakians didn’t see. She left with nothing, hoping to make herself a new life in this new world. When she got to the surface, she was found by a humble old fisherman and his daughter who gave her clothes and took her in.

Now she lives happily on land with the family who found her. She goes out every day to explore, constantly finding new things and learning about them. She relies on the fisherman to teach her most things, but she often finds herself asking questions to random people, which half the time results in her finding a new friend. Eversun city is her favorite place to visit, due to all of the amazing things she can find there.

A year later, after settling into her new life and learning about the guild, she decided to put her creativity to use and joined the Creative Commons Division as a party/event planner.

Contributions

Cora has been a wonderful addition to the CC division ever since she joined, bringing her unique energy and creativity to every event and party she plans. However due to cultural differences, her efforts often result in confusion. But she takes this as an opportunity to learn about the way of life on land and better understand it.

Abilities

Due to being a submatar, Cora is a very fast and agile swimmer. However since she is not fully accustomed to life on land, her speed and agility are slightly affected, making her just a little clumsy with her footing. She has a keen eye for creativity, and often has unique insight and advice to offer to others given her upbringing.

Relationships

Nova Holland

“Nova’s my best friend! She’s the first land dweller I ever met. She helped me realize they’re not as bad as my people think.”

One day while out collecting things on the outskirts of Pao’lakia, Cora saw a figure diving in the distance. Swimming down to the bottom and back up over and over again. Curious as ever, Cora moved in to investigate. She came face to face with Nova, and was immediately interested in her. She followed as Nova swam back up to resurface, but when the kindred climbed out of the water and onto the land, Cora stayed behind. She explained how she’s not allowed to interact with the land dwellers, but this didn’t stop her. The two found ways to see each other regularly, Nova swimming down to play with Cora, and Cora surfacing near the waterfront to speak with Nova. Eventually, Cora’s visitations were brought to a stop when her grandmother found out, and as a way to keep the young submatar safe, she forbade her from seeing Nova again. Once Cora was old enough to leave on her own, her and Nova would cross paths again, reuniting the childhood friends once more.

Senti Ballahast

“He’s like my bigger brother… even though I’m older! I love Senti so much. I’d do anything for him.”

After arriving on land and wandering into Eversun for the first time, Cora became particularly interested in a certain ant sectum making his rounds in the city. She tailed him for quite some time, keeping her distance and watching from afar, studying this individual who didn’t look like anything she’d seen before. Little did she know he’d been doing the exact same: watching Cora and taking notes whenever she wasn’t looking. Eventually, their paths inevitably crossed, the two literally bumping into each other. Laughs were had, and they introduced themselves. Since then, Cora has seen Senti as her brother. She drags him to events and outings despite his objections, and often can be seen hanging out together under any given tree. Cora loves Senti with her whole heart and sees him as a protector of sorts, resulting in the two being a nearly inseparable pair.

Trivia

•Loves the color pink.

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