Aurelia

Aurelia
Title	Explorer Magician
Hometown	Unknown -> El Nath
Gender	Female
Race	Human
Affiliations	Explorers Sayram Lira Kalix Draken Alcaster
Enemies	Unknown enemies of the 300-year-old war
Status	Deceased

Aurelia is a powerful sorceress who mentored Alcaster, and a legendary Explorer who played an instrumental role in stopping the war from 300 years ago.

Story

Legendary Explorer

Aurelia, pictured second from the left

Aurelia was a magician renowned for her beauty and talent, using her magical mastery to conduct magical experiments. Rumored to have been born over 800 years ago during the time of the Black Mage, Aurelia took on an apprentice named Alcaster, whom she taught all her magical knowledge and spells. In addition, Aurelia kept a journal containing her records and thoughts throughout her life. At some unknown point, Aurelia inherited the Seal Stone of El Nath, which had been given to the people of El Nath by Freud during the war against the Black Mage. However, Aurelia was unable to find any use for the Seal Stone in her magical experiments and deemed it useless. At some point in her journey, Aurelia befriended four other legendary Explorers - Sayram the warrior, Lira the bowman, Kalix the thief, and Draken the pirate. Though it was unknown how these five heroes had met, they would often joke that they had started out as enemies before becoming friends, remaining inseparable and vowing to stay allies until the very end.

The Shadow War

Around 300 years before the Black Mage's unsealing, a mysterious war broke out in Maple World. Though nearly all details about its origins and history remained shrouded in mystery, it was rumored that Lotus, whose spirit was capable of leaving his comatose body and possessing others, may have been the cause. Together, Aurelia and her allies banded together with many others in order to face their enemies, whose identities were lost to time. Alongside the Explorers, the Noblesse - who had sworn to uphold Shinsoo's legacy - joined the battle, as well as Athena Pierce, whose talents as an elven bowman were indispensable in the battle. Despite their efforts, however, the flames of war continued to reignite, no matter how many times they were extinguished, resulting in a long and arduous struggle. Eventually, a final, decisive battle took place at an unknown fortress, where the mysterious enemies used a powerful superweapon to attack. Though the enemy was repelled, the bloody battle resulted in the destruction of half the fortress and immeasurable casualties, including Lira, Kalix and Draken, whose bodies were never recovered, leading to their status remaining unknown. Nevertheless, Aurelia was able to survive the battle due to her magical necklace, said to have the power to save the wearer from death. Together with Sayram, the pair left on his Griffey mount, Stormclaw, at the end of the battle.

Having grown bitter and jaded from the senseless deaths of her comrades, Aurelia retreated to El Nath, where she secluded herself in her laboratory to conduct magical research, while also training her disciple, Alcaster. Aurelia also created a small grave for her fallen allies, whose bodies had never been found. Meanwhile, Sayram continued to fight in the war, despite having sustained great injuries in his many battles. Eventually, Sayram discovered that their enemies were soon to return with their superweapon, for which he sought out Aurelia on a cold winter night, hoping to ask his comrade for her help in the coming battle. However, Aurelia refused and got into an argument with Sayram over his great injuries, though when the pair were unable to come to a resolution, Aurelia - knowing that Sayram would leave to fight no matter what - enchanted his shield, which contained Stormclaw's soul, with all the defensive magic that she knew. In addition, she also gave Sayram her magical necklace, whose magic had saved her life at the decisive battle at the fortress. With Aurelia's blessings, Sayram rode out on Stormclaw and continued his fight against their enemies.

Aurelia's Legacy

Though Sayram's fate remained unknown, Stormclaw returned back to Aurelia without his rider, leading her to conclude that her comrade had passed away after winning the war. After taking back her necklace, which Stormclaw had brought with him from the battlefield, Aurelia kept the necklace and her records in her laboratory within Orbis Tower, which was inherited by Alcaster after her death. After Aurelia passed away, her laboratory, journal, and necklace were inherited by Alcaster. During the Black Wings' operation to take the Seal Stones, Aurelia's laboratory was broken into, with the Black Wings taking the Seal Stone of El Nath. Soon after, Phantom obtained Aurelia's journal while investigating the stolen Seal Stone, though he later returned it to Alcaster, who placed it back in the laboratory. Eventually, an adventurer hired by the Collector to find proof about Sayram's existence met with Alcaster and obtained Aurelia's journal and necklace. The Collector then extracted the power inside Sayram's shield and Aurelia's necklace and created Sayram's Elixir and Aurelia's Elixir for the adventurer to inherit their legacy, while keeping the powerless relics for his own personal collection.

Gallery

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  World Archive Illustration of a younger Alcaster and Aurelia