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"I will stand by my actions.

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A first year student at St. Hermelin High, Arisa possesses a strange intensity that few people her age have. Somewhat tall for her age, with dark skin and even darker eyes, she stands out in her class, and what's even stranger, she seems to live by herself in an empty house. Rumors abound about her, about how her adoptive father works in SEBEC, how her family was torn by a tragic accident, and the bad luck that plagued her during her years before coming back to Lunarvale. For all her mystery, Arisa seems to be a normal, hardworking girl, whose blunt and critical nature drives many away. Those who get past that, however, find a loyal friend who strives to be fair in all things, who acts rather mature for her age even if she's prone to making mistakes in judgment, here and there.

Skills

Swan Maiden, Valkyrie, Guilt Complex, Is Here Because a Creepy Crying Little Girl That Looked Like One Of Her Childhood Buddies Asked For Her Help, This Is Perfectly Normal, Doesn't Look Her Age, Knows the Satomi Tadashi Theme Song By Heart, Didn't Set Out Attempting to Learn It In The First Place, Hobby: Photography, Skill: Ballet, Learning Skill: Naginata, Please Don't Hum The Satomi Tadashi Theme, She Just Got It Out Of Her Head A Few Minutes Ago, My Bad Luck Is Just A Rumor

Personal History

Adopted as a baby by Suzue and Fuyutake Shiratori, Arisa's childhood was relatively happy. When Fuyutake put a stop to her friendships with other SEBEC children by disallowing her to visit, Arisa enrolled in ballet and did extremely well, the friends she made there carrying over into school. Then, when she was thirteen, on the eve of her audition to a small part in a Japanese ballet company, her mother was involved in a fatal car accident, killing her and Arisa's three year old brother, Ouichirou.

Sent by her father to live with her grandmother just outside of Sumaru City, Arisa's life became hellish in the private school she was sent to. Viciously bullied by her classmates, Arisa suffered further as a rumor circulated that she was bad luck, due to her causing the deaths of her mother and baby brother. Driven mad with guilt, she considered suicide one winter night, not long after she had just turned fifteen. Standing over the ledge of a bridge over an icy river, she decided against it, instead wanting to devote her life to something that would make up for the guilt she felt.

Unfortunately, due to her bad luck, Arisa's footing slipped on the slippery ledge. Drawn out by her resolution to devote her life to good, Ölrún emerged, falling with Arisa until she blacked out from her crash and sudden immersion in the freezing river. The light from her persona attracted the attention of a passing cargo ship, however, who rescued her before she could succumb to drowning or hypothermia. Visiting Arisa at her bedside, the captain remarked that a 'kami' must have been watching over her, and that kami would be good luck.

During her recovery one night, another strange event happened: Arisa was visited by the spector of a crying little girl, who asked her to 'help her'. Recognizing the girl as one Maki Sonomura, a friend from her distant childhood, Arisa resolved to go to Lunarvale, in order to determine how to help her, as well as what path her future may take.

Notable Social Links

• V - THE HIEROPHANT
  • Kikue Fujino: Arisa's grandmother. Traditional, cold, and distant, she is part of an old family that has secretly funded the NWO throughout the years. Despite her dislike of Suzue's chosen path, she took Arisa in at her own expense, despite the disapproval of many of her late husband's associates. Arisa disliked her at first, but is slowly beginning to hold a high level of respect for her. She gave Arisa her late daughter's camera when Arisa moved back to Lunarvale.

• VI - THE LOVERS
  • Suzue Shiratori: The only child of Kikue Fujino, Suzue rebelled in her childhood and embraced Western culture, moving to Lunarvale where, while working at SEBEC as a receptionist, she met Fuyutake. Her coldness to her mother resulted in her mother's later rocky relationship with Arisa. Died in a car accident enroute to Arisa's audition for a ballet company production.

• XVI - TEMPERANCE
  • Fuyutake Shiratori: (Reversed) Arisa's adoptive father. A bright and talented scientist, he tries to balance his ability to devote himself to SEBEC's goals, as well as the safety of his adoptive daughter, Arisa, which has led him to practically ignore and push away his daughter for her own safety.

• XVII - THE STAR
  • Ouichirou Shiratori: Arisa's little three year old brother and Suzue and Fuyutake's biological son. Arisa loved him dearly, and was fiercely devoted to him. She still has nightmares about seeing his body at the hospital as doctors tried to revive him.

Persona

Arisa's persona is Ölrún, a valkyrie mentioned in the poem Völundarkviða. In the poem, Ölrún and two other valkyries had taken off their swan garments to bathe when the three warrior brothers Slagfiðr, Egil, and Völund came across them. Taking their swan garments, they formed the valkyries to become their wives. Ölrún and her two companions lived with their husbands for seven years, after which they managed to regain their swan garments and fly off to battle, never to return.