Belyara Kerwyn
 Belyara Kerwyn
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| Gender | Female |
| Race | Hyur |
| Clan | Highlander |
| Citizenship | Limsa Lominsa |
| Age | 27 |
| Orientation | Bisexual, strong female preference |
| Guardian | Menphina,_the_Lover |
| Server | Balmung |
Basic Info
Commonly known as Bel or Yara. She is a student of the arcane, alchemical and physical sciences and loves to see what makes things and people tick. She can be a bit cold and calculating when dealing with her subject-matter of choice, but those close to her will see a very different side of the highlander.
History
Born into a family of Ul'dahn merchants, Belyara showed an early interest and aptitude for alchemy. Apprenticed to the Alchemist's Guild she enjoyed being surrounded by alembics, bubbling beakers, crystals and some of the best minds in the city, eagerly soaking up any knowledge or research she could. She was fascinated by the ability to change, enhance, or cleanse being contained in a bottle. She helped around the small store her parents ran and would often sell wares there to earn some coin. She blossomed early, developing a more mature and curvy figure by the time most girls were just starting to change. If this was helped along by alchemical means or not is unknown.
As she grew into a young woman, a chance encounter with an Arcanist visiting the Guild opened her eyes to another avenue of inquiry and experimentation. It was suggested that she go and study with the Arcanist's Guild in Limsa to broaden her knowledge, and likely get her out of the Alchemist's Guild for a while. With her family's merchant connections and her own growing funds, she secured passage to Limsa Lominsa and a modest dwelling to live in while she studied. Much better than communing with spirits or finger waggling for hot and cold, these were magicians after her own heart! Science applied to magic, with clear cause and effect.
It was here that she leaned how to bend magic to her will just as alchemy was how she altered the natural world. Once she learned how to summon her own carbuncle, then she and Mr. Bunclesworth were neigh inseparable.
She has recently joined a local academy in hopes of improving her wealth of knowledge and acquiring more business skills to build her trading efforts.
Personality
Very inquisitive when her mind is focused on magic or science, and passionate about her work. She tends to be a bit disconnected from empathy when she gets like this, but as so long as no one gets any unintended lasting and ill effects, progress needs test subjects! A little bit of a mad scientist, but she'll tell you she's just enthusiastic!
She prefers to be in control of the situations she finds herself in, through research and understanding. Structure and discipline are important in her fields of study and she usually applies those to personal relationships as well as it is just how she thinks. When confronted with someone excitable or spastic, she will try to observe their chaos and the effects it has while keeping that same nature from affecting her as much as possible.
Once she gets past seeing someone as a potential test or source of information, and as a person unto themselves she can be very friendly. She is a bit motherly with those she is close to, as the oldest of four children she had to help raise her siblings.
She is distrustful of men having been accosted as a young girl on the streets of Ul'dah on more than one occasion, and quite often since coming to Limsa by drunks and sailors at the taverns she frequents. Not a drunk, but she enjoys a relaxing libation after a long day. Thanks to these trips and the brawls that happen with some regularity, she is coming to learn how to fight more physically. She uses her knowledge of the body, physics, angles, pressure points and leverage, to deliver blows that one wouldn't expect from the physically unassuming woman.
Often seen with her summon, an emerald carbuncle named Mr. Bunclesworth.
Affiliations
Currently enrolled as a student at Vylbrand Academy (Unsung Heroes Free Company) in the Artisan school.
Family
Parents - Still living in Ul'dah. Siblings - 2 younger sisters, 1 younger brother (deceased).
Other Notes
Has attempted to make a Fantasia potion, with mixed results.
Quotes
"Here, have some tea! I made it myself."
"The rumors of some creations having side-effects are largely exaggerated."
"People always complain when I let them help me without their knowledge. Don't they know this is for science?"
"Practical application is the natural progression of learning. What value is knowledge if you don't use it for anything?"
