Aradia Shan is a player character played by Arbitrated.

Aradia Shan
Species & Gender:	Neo-Caelisolan Female
Date of Birth:	YE 22
Organization:	Star Army of Yamatai
Occupation:	Star Army Science Officer
Rank:	Jôtô Hei
Current Placement:	Retired

• Height: 135cm
• Weight: 31kg
• Wingspan and Structure: 275cm, hummingbird-like wings
• Wing Color: Primarily sky blue plumage, however the tips of her feathers are a bright pink
• Eye Color: Silver and ocean-blue heterochromia
• Hair Color: Brownish-red
• Hairstyle: Curly hair that reached to about her stomach in length; on top of her head she usually has a near-permanent cowlick
• BWH Measurements: 28AA, 26, 28

Aradia is a positively tiny woman, similar to her sister Arbitrated Iemochi. Unlike her sister, however, Aradia has virtually no womanly curves.

Miss Shan is a somewhat bubbly young woman. She often speaks with a feeling of holding back her words, even around friends and family, but when she does talk in a normal way she is an enjoyable conversation partner. She much prefers to observe, and takes notes on… Almost everything, sometimes muttering quietly while she does so. Despite her seemingly constant note-taking, Aradia has rather obscure and difficult organization skills, creating what seem to be messes that only she can navigate reliably. Additionally, she appreciates having 'new' things whenever possible; new technology, an updated device or weapon, et cetera.

Despite being somewhat charming in conversation, Aradia is surprisingly awkward in many more situations than one would expect her to be. She is ineffective at picking up body language and some social-based cues, and sarcasm is usually something she can't understand very well. She likes to listen to music in a quiet area, especially when she's working.

Aradia Shan is a massive fan of “magical girl” anime and will sometimes spend her spare time humming, singing, or even tapping out the tunes of theme songs for her favorite shows while idle or concentrating on something else.

Aradia Shan was born in YE 22 in the Artume system. Born in the rather unsteady time right before the Fourth Elysian War, her hometown was very busy a lot of the time, producing parts for machines and weapons. Nearly a year into the war, a bombing run on the colony devastated many of the factories on the planet's surface, effectively crippling its production capacity. Aradia's father was injured badly during the bombings, but thankfully had survived.

Growing up in the colony as it struggled to rebuild made life somewhat tough for Aradia, but not unbearable; for her earlier years the girl was raised at a nursery while her parents were working, spending a lot of time with other children. This practice was expanded to Aradia and many of the other children living full-time in the nursery as the Second Mishhuvurthyar War exploded across the Kikyo sector. Her homeworld was still in no shape to contribute to the war effort at that point in time, and was consequentially mostly ignored by the major forces of the warring parties.

After the second war had ended, Aradia's life slowly started to return to something comparable to a normal family's life. When she was around 16 years old, she felt a seemingly random desire to join the military - not to fight for people and protect them, nice as that was, but instead to experience more of the galaxy and learn from it. Despite her physical disadvantage, the young woman took the basic training incredibly seriously. She strove to work harder than those around her while training, even to the point of almost always training - even when she should have been relaxing or going out to socialize.

With the standard training regiments behind her, Ms. Shan entered specialization training in order to become a scientist. The mentally-focused courses of this occupation synergized well with her mindset, allowing her to effectively breeze through most of its parts. During the specialization, she was unintentionally pressured into creating a “study group” with many of her fellow students to assist them with their own struggles; despite the lack of social prowess the young woman had, she was able to still assist many of the students involved to a significant degree.

Near the beginning of her career as a soldier in the army, Aradia had heard some talk about a “Neo-Caelisolan” body being developed by her brother-in-law and to a degree, even being produced commercially; without hesitation, the woman opted in to becoming part of this new species. Soon afterward, she was transferred onto the YSS Hana, where she had her first experience in actual combat - primarily through the detection of an Elefirn ship, and subsequent boarding and capture.

As the YSS Hana was readying for another mission while in Yamatai, Aradia transferred to another vessel: the YSS Sakura II Plot. Shortly after Shan's arrival on board, the Plumeria and her crew engaged in battle with a detachment of the Kuvexian navy in the Scrapyard System star system, in which Aradia fought in her Ke-M2-2D "Mindy II" Power Armor, briefly in space and primarily on the surface of the planet.

After the Scrapyard System battle, the Neo-Caelisolan joined her crewmates in a holiday celebration in Tsubomi, in which she had flown around the starship in a personal airshow, demonstrating her flying expertise to the civilians attending the event. Shortly afterwards, the processing of her promotion and awards was finished, promoting her from an Itto Hei to a Joto Hei. Shortly afterwards, she was transferred to the YSS Kanagawa (Plot).

With the disappearance of the YSS Kanagawa, along with her crew, some members of the crew were resurrected via Soul Transfer backups - Aradia among them. Unaware that she is, in fact, still alive, Aradia is still serving with the Star Army of Yamatai and has been recently transferred to the YSS Resurgence.

• YE 41: Aradia was promoted to the rank of Jôtô Hei and awarded the Combat Award, War Medal, and Service Award.

Aradia Shan has the following notable skills:

• Star Army Common Skills: Aradia underwent the standard training for a Star Army soldier.
• Knowledge (Physics/Science): Aradia has learned quite a bit about advanced theories and sciences such as quantum-based technology and faster than light travel. Some primarily has accumulated this knowledge via watching documentaries, researching the information online, and on occasion attempting to simulate the theories on her own when possible. As she began her specialization training, Aradia's knowledge expanded even further.
• Maintenance: Aradia's compact body allows her to work on incredibly small-scale tasks for maintenance or fit into many places a full-sized humanoid might have trouble with (even when accounting for her wings). This and her desire to know how things work means that Aradia often is familiar with how to disassemble, reassemble, reboot and repair technology that she comes across, without needing to ask for help all the time.
• Physical: Even when accounting for her occupation as a soldier in the SAoY, Aradia is more physically capable than her small size implies. She can run at moderate speeds for a prolonged amount of time without needing to pause for a breath and rarely struggles with lifting and carrying somewhat heavy objects. Aradia can fly like many Elysians, however unlike many Elysians she does not struggle to hold her position while in the air, and she can even fly backwards if she wanted to.
• Technology Operation: While stationed on the YSS Hana, Aradia quickly learned the need for a group of soldiers to be capable of handling situations when sheer brute force was either ineffective, or too destructive to achieve the goals set by their mission. After returning to the ship, Miss Shan set out to properly learn how to engage in cyberwarfare and electronic warfare - hacking, effectively. As her carreer advanced, however, she realized it would be better to remain on the leading edge of development rather than getting into this hacking business - she's begun to put her knowledge towards solving problems she sees, rather than clearing barriers… Though, of course, she can still do the latter, due to her moderate knowledge of how systems work.

Aradia is connected to:

• Jackson Sivins (Father, Nepleslian)
• Mary “Zap” Sivins (Mother, Caelisolan)
• Arbitrated Iemochi (Older Twin Sister, Caelisolan)
• Ken (Boyfriend)

Aradia Sivins has the Star Army Standard Issue Items.

Aradia Sivins currently has 8350 KS.

Ke-M2-4 Series "Mindy" Armor

In the case arbitrated becomes inactive:

• Can this character be used as an NPC by a GM or FM? YES
• Can this character be adopted after I've been gone for a year? No