Arcem Alva : Shui Shir-Del

Name: Shui Shir-Del
Age: 7
Gender: Male
Height: 113 cm
Race: Human
Class: Mage
Occupation: Apprentice

City: Song- lu
Allegiance: Koben Empire

Personality: Observant, Determined || Attention-seeking, Impressionable || Protective, Vengeful

When Shui was first asked, he never quite fully understood why he called an illegal brothel his home, only for a fact that it's the building where his mother used to work and the place he could return to, nor the fact that he is a by-product between the prostitute and a regular customer. But despite the inconvenient nature of his birth and the undesirable environment he grew up in the boy was well-loved by both his parents as he describes them: Amane Tanemura was a pretty young woman and the caring mother to ever meet the 'most dashing, adventurous adventurer' whom Shui insisted as his father. Even though there was skepticism and a good amount of despair to who the father was according to the former's diary, Shui grew old he began to display the features of his father but the final nail on the coffin being that the boy proved to be able to wield magical abilities he inherited. Shui came to understand that this was this was his most treasured skill: he could delight his mother and many of her co-workers with the tricks he learned, in addition to making his father visit him more frequently.

While it's obvious that his father couldn't stay around long enough in his visits but he loved his son and the mother well that he promised to take away the both of them one day, which is why the boy still remained long after his mother died of a wasting illness. Shui was subjected to the sparse care of his mother's co-workers, who found it more convenient to keep the boy in the closet out of their employer's range of sight. When that prove to be ineffective Shui found himself drifted away by the children of the same co-workers, alternating between playing in the alleyway and crawling back to the establishment for food.

It was still dawn when Shui was woken up by loud yelling and prompted to take refuge- from his hiding place he saw the establishment raided by the guards and its angry leader until sunrise, but it wasn't until the peacekeepers began searching the vicinity for evidence that Shui decided to come out, mauling one of the apprentice who made off with his mother's belongings. After more yelling and gentle violence, the boy was brought over to the head of the raid where Shui began to explain every detail of his existence to the peacekeeper Rohayu Shir-Del. Overwhelmed by guilt and feeling responsible for the leaving the boy homeless, Rohayu brought Shui to stay under her roof temporarily despite Shui's protest that he would wait for his father's return. But days turns to weeks, and in turn to two complete months, and any hope that the boy's father could come back became more bleak the longer he stays. Greatly saddened and disappointed by this turn of events, Shui then found solace in the attention given by his caretakers- the Peacekeeper Rohayu being the first person he meets and was unwilling to be separated, her partner Lentia whom showered Shui with love and treats and Rohayu's brother Andros who was quick to becoming Shui's new paternal figure.

When the boy returned to playing with his old magical abilities, it was then he noticed that he attracted a lot of attention from Rohayu's relatives and the next Shui knew he was offered a place in her family, the notion that he will get to live in a big house filled with many friends of his kind appealed to the young boy more than the Peacekeeper anticipated. Shui enthusiastically agreed to take on the Shir-Del name and share the family's burdens; so long that he gets to stay with the temporary guardian he came to grow fond of and exact revenge on his wayward father once he grows up.

Additional Info:

• Shui's given name is Shukichi Tanemura.
  

• Shui is part Songluan through his mother! Little else is known of his father save for the initials used in his mother's diary, him being a possible rogue mage and the part where he's definitely not a Songluan, if Shui's appearance were to tell.

• Most of the time Shui may seem independent, but he's not alone. In Shui's words he always has his 'friends' around with him at all times though Ral concluded that her grandson had always has spirits to keep him company. Said spirits only seemed to be visible to Shui's young eyes, and the very knowledge terrorizes Rohayu endlessly.

• He's only starting to properly sport his fire magic after enrolling in the Shir-Del's mage school, but curious onlookers can't help but wonder why his flames burns brighter than those of his peers.

Likes: Large places, Shiny objects, Magic tricks, People who understands him, Fireballs
Dislikes: Alcohol, Strangers barging into his and his mother's lives, Stealing, Long lectures, Rohayu's cooking, 

Relationships: 

Amane Tanemura (biological mother, deceased)
G. F. (biological father, ??)

Rohayu Shir-Del (adoptive mother, 27)
Ral Shir-Del (adoptive grandmother, 53)
Lentia Renova (doting auntie, 24)
Andros Rhodon (cool uncle, 24)
Killian Miwa Jarosh-Kraus (younger brother figure, 20)
Lilian de Lacelles (friend and playmate, 6)
Hughes de Lacelles (Koben mentor, 28)
Cosette and Caius Doherty (friends and playmates, 6)

RP reference: Head canons or script RP! though collabs or RPing over paintberri would be lovely! please note for more info!