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Revision as of 04:50, 15 July 2018
Aila Balton
"Brorc...Cheeeeeesecake...."~Aila
Aila Balton is an Aasimar cleric of the Hoketh, and high priestess of the Hoketh Clergy in Alivast. She also serves on the City Council. She is an odd woman who speaks and moves in a slow manner. She is often viewed as being creepy and weird in social situations as she doesn't have too much exposure to the living.
Aila's celestial parent is the Harvest Man, a celestial servant of Hoketh that serves as the grim reaper.
The Unexpectables first met her during the Alivastian Festival. They quickly discovered that Aila can see ghosts and spirits. Though she doesn't know spirits by name, she can understand their emotions and intentions. She may also have the ability to sense roughly when a person's time has come, as when she was first approached by The Unexpectables she commented it was "not yet their time" to her guards.
Aila has a soft child-like wonder, as she idly comments that she likes Greckles' colors, and she seems to have a very aloof nature towards food and people. She is aware that her personality makes her unsuited for social occasions, but still often comments openly on what her spirit sight shows her.
Relationships
Brorc Bronze-Fang
Brorc Bronze-Fang was in charge of escorting Aila around during the Alivastian Festival in the stead of her husband who was busy fighting in the war against the Fire Giants. Aila appears to have rank over Brorc and idly would jab at him about his presentation to the people.
Aila either enjoys tormenting Brorc or is completely oblivious to his discomfort because she uses her status to keep him present after ordering Remy to read a letter from her husband that contains his personal thoughts on Brorc and no small amount of romantic innuendo towards herself. When the letter got very personal or saucy, she repeated her order for Remy to continue reading despite his and/or Brorc's protestations. This left Brorc very flustered and muttering his desire to die to the embarrassed Remy. During this whole process, Aila maintained an expressionless face that gave no clue to her inner thoughts on the matter.
Balfor Balton
Aila and Balfor Balton fanart by @nikkitsquare
Aila is Balfor's wife. It is not known what their marriage is like, but Aila mentions he is a wonderful husband and laments that "She should not go to social gatherings without her husband" suggesting that the two often attend events together.
Balfor's overbearing affection for the stoic Aila is evidenced by how his letters to her lapse into purple prose and gushing pronouncements of love. She apparently encourages this verbose correspondence because she gave him a dictionary as a gift at some point.
To accommodate the wedding traditions of Vetrion, Aila and Balfor had a ritual contest of strength as part of their wedding. Since Aila’s strengths are mystical and not physical like Balfor’s, any regular contest would be woefully unbalanced in his favor. To provide a semblance of balance, and make light of a ritual that seemed unsuitable for their pairing, the pair satisfied the requirement by engaging in a thumb war. Balfor won.
Task
Aila idly mentions that "200 souls" are following in his footsteps, referencing Task's lost Kobold clutch, and that they are concerned about Task's path in life. She attempts to comfort Task by explaining Hoketh's cycle of life and death involves removing mortals from un-bearable pain. Task takes it in strides but still finds Aila's conversation unnerving, and more of a warning rather than comforting.
Borky
Lady Aila, fanart by Ashley Cavendish @art_by_auri
Upon meeting Borky, Aila observed an empty space next to the orc and commented that "She could see the family resemblance". This comment unnerved Borky causing him to storm off. Later the same night Aila tries to comfort Borky the same way that she attempted to comfort Task, and explained that "It was her time" in reference to the spirit following Borky. Borky, rather than accepting the words, disagreed and argued that it "Wasn't her time" and that Aila was wrong.
Greckles
When Aila first met Greckles during the Anniversary Festival, he gave her looks that implied a feeling of fear. Later on, he did bow, to Aila, wishing to express his respect. She responded by complimenting the color of his feathers. When asked, she saw it fit to answer Greckles' inqueries about her husband, Balfor.
During the Harvest Festival, Aila was signed up to be a judge for the cooking competition. Upon noticing Hammergnar's seat was empty, Aila decided to offer it to Greckles so she could talk to him over dinner. She bluntly inquired as to why Greckles seemed to be afraid of her, who explained that her demeanor and position reminded him of how people of influence present themselves in the Eastern Isles. The two also talked about Solly's position, and how Greckles feels about her. When Greckles explained he may harbor romantic feelings for Solly, Aila told him not to get his hopes up. After the competition, Greckles revealed to Aila that she was supposed to be using the paper sheets to judge the food, and that she gave everybody zeroes on accident.
Trivia
- She apparently has a fondness for cheesecake.
- Aila is left-handed.
- According to her husband, she was originally supposed to marry Brorc Bronze-Fang. The specifics of their former betrothal are unknown other than it was up to the changing political whims of the Council.
- Beyoncé was used as a visual reference for her character design.
- Unlike other aasimar, she does not receive influence from her god through dreams. Perhaps because her spirit sight makes her every waking moment a brush with Hoketh's will.
- When things get real, Aila uses a massive scythe
- Aila was born in the autumn
- She still keeps in touch with her birth parents. This doesn't necessarily mean that they're still alive.
