“ Women have conceived and given birth for all of time…don’t think you can just blot that out. ”
– Aruanah, TUT: Neoteric, Verse I
Aruanah is twenty-two years old, and adorned with the signature fair skin, blue eyes, and black hair of the Evtola Family. In Laban’s mind, Aruanah is the greatest of women, and she is what most men would consider the ideal wife. Beautiful, intelligent, wise…and deadly, her husband has well-trained her in the use of small arms – though, her father had also given her a healthy dose of firearm’s instruction on the ranch.
A fraternal twin with a brother, she grew up as the seventh of the Evtola children. Being the most bossy, her siblings were often teasing her. As such, she’s grown thick skin when it comes to words. She’s more than capable of both receiving insult and dishing it back out. Some might say this makes her contentious. Others, strong.
Her husband, Laban, was always a family friend. Often around, and six years her elder, she could not have foreseen that they would marry – although she’d always been infatuated with him. Most often, Laban was around to play with her brothers. As everyone aged, Laban came around to lend a hand on the ranch. The spending of his time on things other than her was always an annoyance to Aruanah.
Appearance
Perfectly matching the Evtola family trademark, long, thick, silken black hair seems almost as if to wrap her in a cloak. Beneath fine dark eyebrows, narrow pale-blue eyes seem to pierce the heart, even to the soul. Bridging a petite, slightly hooked nose, light freckling sits upon the upper-part of each high cheekbone. Full lips give way to a smile that could bring a man to his knees, and a soft jaw line leads to a gently pointed chin. Lastly, a high neck-line makes her seem aloof, defining her jaw and exemplifying the essence of her intimidating beauty. Most men describe her as such at first glance: regal, untouchable, mysterious.
Biography
Born in 2255EE, Aruanah was raised in the wealthy Evtola family, whom made their fortune cattle ranching the farm belts of North America. An extremely rare upbringing, as besides being among the Evtola’s, and a few other elite Houses, cattle is all but extinct. Home schooled, Aruanah spent her days learning to tackle life like a steer. Alongside her were eleven siblings, of which Aruanah is the seventh offspring.
Emotionally tough and extremely crafty, Aruanah’s mother cultivated her natural home economics proclivity. From a young age, Aruanah was in the kitchen and about the house, commanding her siblings like they were her own – much to the delight of her mother. For the sake of her bossy attitude and the pre-mature desire to be woman of the house, her siblings took to calling her “Princess Nanny Pants” as a way of deriding her overbearing nature.
She met Laban at a young age, and adored him at first sight. She’d often go out of her way to force interactions between them, much to his annoyance, most often seeking him out wherever to deliver food, drink, and odd-gifts she’d prepared herself – which she’d never fail to proclaim. It wasn’t until she was sixteen that she began to seriously pursue him. Laban and Aruanah became betrothed to one another some years after. The betrothal lasted for three years while Laban dedicated all his time to fighting for the Ascendancy. The two married in 2275, shortly before Laban retired from the Fleet.
In 2277, Aruanah is living with Laban on Archlight station. She is pregnant with their first child, and faces discrimination for this fact as natural pregnancy is taboo among Ascendancy society. This stigma brought about due to most women being barren.