lonely, lovely

alimyun’s family lived the by sea. her mother fished, her father crafted jewelry from things like shells and pearls. the girl, who was an only child, sought to write vocationally in the future. she studied the art of rhetoric and languages intensively; she didn’t know whether she wanted to be a scribe, jotting down significant information in a dispassionate manner, or a wordsmith governed by her poetic side more. they both appealed to her. the important thing was that she appreciated the power of words.

after decades of intensive study, she found herself becoming the ambassador for hilak. and the doom occurred. the doom gave her beauty that she’d never possessed before, but also an obscenely hideous form. both drew other people’s attentions to her looks, which she hated.

before the doom, alimyun was simply an average-looking girl. neither fat nor thin, nothing remarkable whatsoever about her body or face. she feared that the doom would cause her to lose her ambassadorship, but she retained it — in fact, people figured that a lovely-looking ambassador would ameliorate their ties to other places. if only they knew of her other, monstrous form.

miscellaneous information !

she is, like her faceclaim, of southeast asian ethnicity. well, whatever the equivalent of southeast asia is in this universe, anyway. when i saw that hilak had to have poc as the ambassadors and staff, i was like......... pardon me for my headcanoning, but did you know that hilak literally means “to cry” in the bisaya language of the philippines? i’m bisaya, her fc is bisaya. plus, the people at hilak have a strong connection to the sea. the bisaya peoples have a rich maritime culture. so honestly, even though this is most likely unintentional, i still like to think that hilak has a thriving bisaya community.

she’s bisexual, but never took much interest in matters of sex or romance in the past. it would take very special people for her to care.