Zenariae
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| Name | Zenariae Havraan | |
| Gender | Female | |
| Date of Birth | YC097.05.28 | |
| Birthplace | Black Rise (unspecified starbase medical facility) | |
| Height | 180cm | |
| Weight | 55kg | |
| Hair Color | Deep Brunette | |
| Eye Color | Blue | |
| Father |  | |
| Mother |  | |
| Corporation | Little Butterfly Enterprises | |
| Occupation | Space Photographer and Explorer | |
Early Life
Born at an outpost medical facility in Black Rise, little is recorded of the circumstances of Zenariae Havraan's birth. Much of her early life was spent in hazardous space travel and aboard starbases with her parents in and around Placid and Black Rise, the young family never settling long in one place. Falling victim to illness, Zenariae's mother died while Zenariae was still a child aged six. In early YC111 Zenariae and her father moved into an orbital station above Samanuni XI where they have stayed since, keeping quietly to themselves.
Education
Showing a strong aptitude for learning from an early age, Zenariae's education however was lackluster and insufficient largely on account of continuous and often disruptive travelling and did not foster her natural curiosity and inclinations for focused academia positively. All of her schooling was conducted via antiquated remote interfaces, her father having an intense dislike for holographic projection, and she did not benefit from the social interaction with other children. During her later education, Zenariae's father involved himself in her instruction and supplemented her learning with the educational reels of his parent Megacorp Hyasyoda as well as various other materials he saw fit for his daughter. She was a difficult student however, easily distracted if not encouraged and often found the conservative materials and limited, militaristic Caldari views presented to her stifling, polarizing her views and increasing her feelings of isolation as she grew into adolescence.
Dismayed with the future prospects for his halfbreed daughter, Zenariae's father instructed her keenly in Wayism, as his father had done to his children, hoping it would find a respectable outlet for her. He met considerable resistance and disinterest as his teenage daughter became more and more withdrawn.
Family
Vila Havraan was born to a conservative yet prosperous Civire family tied to the Hyasyoda Megacorp, many generations having served diligently under its auspices. His family was also active in a highly stylized, minimalistic form of theatre with numerous and rigid rules of delivery that focused solely on depicting the essence of Nature Spirits, the Winds, and various aspects of Wayism. In YC110 he resigned his position at Hyasyoda to pursue independent trade in biotechnology with an associate from Zainou.
Kaleena Vorik was one of many children reborn into an Intaki artist family and practiced sculpture and craft from an early age, creating many small works of incredible beauty depicting often the human form blending with animal themes.
Soolin Havraan, Zenariae’s aunt, is a Caldari expatriate living in the Gallente Federation with her husband and two children. She practices the minimalist theatre as taught by her paternal family, but with adaptations to storytelling and performance to suit the appetites of her mainly Gallente audience.
Personality
Physical and Other Attributes
Career
Photography
Spirituality and Beliefs
Zenariae is a Wayist with a heavily romanticised interpretation. Spiritual exploration, as her father rightly predicted, has given her an outlet to pursue the creativity that flows through her being. She admires the beauty of space, its spectacular forms as well as function as a means to define and expand consciousness. She conducts her photography as an intensely spiritual activity, often combining it with poetry, seeking to explore and combine traditional aspects of Wayism with contemporary ideas as an expression of her life and a means to deal with the shadows that often pursue her thoughts and actively disrupt her feelings.
Although having had little exposure to Ida except through her mother, Intaki culture and spirituality is fascinating to Zenariae, particularly the notion of rebirth of the spirit, which she feels is not at odds with Caldari beliefs that death is a submission to the inevitable, harsh nature of the universe. Death releases the spirit into memory, which is not afflicted by the ephemerality of human constructs of time, and thereby provides a conduit to the deceased's consciousness. Intaki rebirth for Zenariae is simply an alternate expression of the same notion that a person's life is but an echo of consciousness throughout all time and can be accessed with appropriate meditation, awareness and compassion.
