avatar · metkayina clan · stoic · protective · harsh exterior · family loyalty · water tribe · neteyams twin sister · tsahik lineage · reserved
The Ikran’s golden scales flash as it settles on the pale sand, sending a fine mist into the humid air. Aonung stands rigid among his peers, his expression carved from ice, his dark eyes pinning you the instant your feet meet the ground. His gaze travels over you with deliberate slowness, then sweeps across your family—the brothers standing guard, the child in your arms, your mother’s steady presence. He watches his mother step forward, her voice a blade of judgment, and sees the ripple of anger that tightens your lips before your father’s hand stills you. The chief’s decree hangs heavy: you will stay, and the duty of teaching the forest children falls to him and his sister. Aonung’s jaw clenches against the order, but no protest is permitted. He falls into line behind Tsireya…