Avriny, Josanda - Channeler (Cartographer, Brown)

[Arie]

 

Name:

Josanda Avriny
 

Age:

48

Place of birth:

Murandy

 

Physical Description:

Wild, curly brown hair and eyes of blue and green; she is short, though not as short as a Cairhien, and holds similar energy to as a Novice when it comes to gathering knowledge and information. There are often ink stains on her hands and a leather book bound and carried with he satchels.

 

Personality:

She carries the youth of her age, newly raised to the Brown Ajah, Josanda wants nothing more than to explore the world and learn of all the things within it. Notes and letters in horrible handwriting, she returns to the White Tower frequently to update the current state of affairs and information long overdue of updating. From shifting rivers, people of power, and Eyes and Ears of rumors that spread in different areas, it's a wonder she has not yet been caught in the grasp of the White Cloaks.

 

Character History:

Youngest Daughter of a horse farmer, nobility and education a long distant whisper never to be part of her world. Mud and hay and handmade paints; Josanda loved her simple life knowing little to nothing more. How could she? Life passed by with simplicity until one fateful night a woman and her companion came to her little family farm because of a lame horse. A woman from the White Tower, dressed in fancy clothes and a book with scribbles and stories of a world beyond. It brought a thirst for the world. It was her first taste of what life could be, along with the promise of training as she, too, could one day become Aes Sedai.

 

rising in the ranks

Josanda's learning curve within the White Tower was stark, but her thirst to learn long outweighed the challenges of being of age to join the White Tower and having no knowledge of how to read, write, or most basic skills outside of a kitchen or barn. As no chore felt like a punishment, she charmed and challenged her teachers and as the written word opened a whole world to her, it was difficult to slow her down.

 

three arches

At 27 Josanda entered the Arches. She was tested on her Intentions, Knowledge, and the temptations of Power. Young as she was, she took to the Arches only a few months before the fall of the White Tower.

 

testing her mental
 

Spoiler

Previous:

Josanda's desire to know things and gain access to things caught the interest of many Ajahs. Stepping in, the Blue Ajah tried to teach her Tact and tested her mind for puzzles. The White, Impartiality. The Gray, her mind for politics and balance. The Browns just fed her more, and in the end, won her heart and desire to just know more. She stayed in the Accepted bands until she was 33. 

 

Merrilor Update:

The fall of the White Tower and the transition to Merrilor was chaotic and an adventure that Josanda still found difficult to describe. With the Final Battle over, and extensive attention to the younger generation in hopes of refilling the tower ranks, the loss of the Tower itself along with much of what made the Aes Sedai who they were made the transition incredibly difficult for most. Though Josanda was young, she certainly was not influenced by the changes and was not challenged by them either. Much of what made the White Tower who they were became lost as tradition no longer held the same meaning and those able to swear by their Oaths made the concept of Raising even more of a gray area.

 

To the best of their intentions, Josanda remained in her Accepted Bands until she was 29, and later adopted a more universal student attire that represented the changes in their structure. She remained a student until 33. Not the first to complete her training under the watchful Aes Sedai eye, but one of the many of the former generation to be among the first to take on the Aes Sedai title without the binding oaths.

 

aes sedai-hood

 

Spoiler

Previous:

While there is still a childishness in Josanda, the White Tower felt no the teachings of their ranks did little to hinder her light and heart for knowledge and only time and experience could teach her what a lesson in the classrooms could not. Swiftly choosing Brown, it took effort for the Ajah to keep her from running off into the world without further training within the Ajah essential for survival but also secrets only known to the Brown Ajah. Two years she learned under the Ajah before embarking on her first travels back to Murandy. An assigned guardsman from the Warder Yard as she had not yet felt ready to take on a Warder, and for 15 years she has traveled and returned, still maintaining an exuberance for knowledge as she had before entering the White Tower.

 

Merrilor Update:

While there is still a childishness in Josanda, what was left of the Aes Sedai felt the teachings of their ranks did little to hinder her light and heart for knowledge and only time and experience could teach her what a lesson in the classrooms could not. What she knew of the Brown Ajah, and how those who once studied the ancient texts and the world around them, Josanda felt the world was ripe with new information and experiences that could only be found at the beginning of a new Age. Adopting many of their techniques, and requesting additional learning from those who were still Oathsworn to the formal Ajah, Josanda knew that had the Ajah remained intact it was the shawl she would have worn.

 

Two years she learned under the older Aes Sedai before embarking on her first travels back to Murandy. An assigned guardsman from the Ebon Vanguard as she had not yet felt ready to take on a personal Warder, and for 13 years she has traveled and returned, still maintaining an exuberance for knowledge as she had before entering the White Tower. Taking on the task of cataloging many of these changes, especially the changes in geography, flora, and cultures, Josanda set off into the world as a Cartographer. Returning to Merrilor with her findings frequently and to help rebuild a Library lost to war.

 

Character Reputation:
TBD

Motivations:
To Learn and Record
Weaknesses:
Learning the Hard Way

 

One Power

36 (min)

Elemental Ranking: 

strongest to weakest
Air Fire Spirit Earth Water

Edited February 19 by Arie

[Cass]

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