Princess Iria Tapihana
Makaia of the Sea Prism

Kanaka of the Ali'i
Lady of the Sea Prism
Daughter of Moe'uhane
Princess of the Shanghaied Ensemble of Royalty

Description


Mortal Seeming
Height: 5'5"
Weight: 120 lb.
Ethnicity: Pacific Islander
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Long simple black
Clothing: Black casual
Comportment/Cadence: Confident
Distinctions: A gorgeous and exotic Tahitian girl in her late teens, golden-skinned and sun-kissed, vivacious and energetic, valiant and defiant, lithe and graceful
Supernatural Qualities: none
Accoutrements: Moderate jewelry
Traits: Appearance 5 (otherworldly)

Fae Mien
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 122 lb.
Ethnicity: Pacific Islander
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Long simple black
Clothing: Pink ethnic
Comportment/Cadence: Confident
Distinctions: A gorgeous and exotic Tahitian girl in her late teens, golden-skinned and sun-kissed, vivacious and energetic, valiant and defiant, lithe and graceful
Supernatural Qualities: Her beauty feels dream-like and incomparable: perfection in the flesh
Accoutrements: Moderate jewelry
Traits: Appearance 7 (otherworldly)

"Hope is always over the next wave."

History


Date of Birth: July 7th, 1988
Home: Afatauri, Tahiti
Family: Paofai and Airoro Tapihana (parents), Tavi (older brother)
Chrysalis: Preordainment (she grew up in a small fishing village on the southeastern tip of the Tahitian island; her family were not Menehune but knew of them and that she had been blessed by them at a young age; lo and behold, at the age of 12, she viewed a magical sunset and spent the night on the beach, writhing in the rebirth of Mana in her soul), 2000
Mentor: Ino Metua
The Test: Trial by Knowledge (the Kahuna elder, Ino Metua, brought her into the secret courts of the Menehune and taught her the ways of their people, as well as her key role as Ali’i—that she would be a leader and reservoir of magic for the people, and so had to respect the old ways and avoid even inadvertent fumbles and foibles of taboo)
Comrades: Sasa Longroad, Salahi Amadahy, Nika Casiguaya Jasmine, Riley Carroll, Tori Cummins, Dalila Geddis, Onaia Kaiwaena
Key Event #1: Awe & Wonder (though she knew her role as Ali’i, she also could not ignore her own destiny as it called to her through vision quests and spirit guides, which impelled her to leave the island against Ino's wishes; Iria took an outrigger canoe like in days of old and sought for her people a new, purer home; in her travels, she impressed and attracted Waterfall to be her patron spirit, while gaining a close friend in another spirit, Palani, a Kunekune-spirit, whose porcine behavior includes frequent smelly farts and obnoxious behavior that helps put off unwelcome guests)
Key Event #2: Awe & Wonder (her far-ranging put her in occasional contact with hostile enemies, but she always quickly moved on; her knowledge of outrigging and Baidayan navigation ensured she also met friendly peoples, and often at just the right times—Feasts—enabling her to share and store new Mana for the journeys ahead;
Transition: Relocation (encountering fewer and fewer Ali’i, forced to connect only with Kahunas, she feared for the maintenance of Mana even as she explored; Queen Serena appeared before her, avoiding the obvious taboos, but also proving that foreign nobles did not violate the commoner bans for the Ali’i, so Iria listened to Serena’s suggestion: to seek out new homelands near the coast of California, joining the Ensemble and borrowing the resources of other fae to at last find what Iria hoped to achieve; the girl agreed, even if she did not fully trust the Sidhe, of course!)

Vision


Magnitude: Iria’s memory reaches back to just before the (Second) Shattering, some 400 years.
Details: She can recall the sanctity of Polynesian life before the colonizers came, as well as tap her vision for specific clues and pieces of sacred rites, feasts, or dances.

Chimera


Knife
Appearance: A simple single-edged knife of iron with a wood grip. It’s more intended as a sailing tool than a self-defense weapon.
Origin: Inherent

Rope
Appearance: A length of hand-woven hemp rope about 50-feet, coiled up and kept at her waist or on hand.
Origin: Inherent

Spirit Companion


Names: Palani
Roles: Mystic Ally

Bunk Styles


Style: Extreme Survival
Examples: Search the clouds for a way, swim until exhausted, bodysurf the waves, ride a shark

Significant Others


The Shanghaied Ensemble of Royalty is a massive collective of "fairy princesses" to which she blithely and merrily belongs. Visit this link for the full skinny:

Weakness
The Errant Noble


Iria has wandered far adrift--perhaps too far. She is near so many commoners, so many taboos. She risks Undoing merely from hanging around the wrong people for too long!

Likelihood of Corruption


Low.

Though vulnerable to Banality through the extinction and effacement of Menehune customs, at heart, she is a very good

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