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Okay y'all I'm gonna sleep but!! What if I talked about Tuana's prev incarnation under the cut first! Ew and Shb spoilers also That Theatre Company raid spoilers i forgot their name

So. The prev reincarnation was a Garlean playwright named Vergilius (...yeah) and he was Solus' favorite playwright. To the point he knows all of his works from the memory. And when he was still legatus, they actually sent each other a couple of letters over their shared love for the theatre but they've never met because Vergilius was a very private and anonymous person. The letters ceased to be once Solus started to turn Garlemald into a despicable invasion force and Vergilius was a critic especially after witnessing the horrors Garlean army has brought on the lands they've conquered. He continued to write but stayed anonymous. But after a while he knew he needed to get out. To leave.

And Solus still wanted to meet him. And Vergilius was about to accept if only to say that he'll leave the empire, but Hydaelyn was like "Hear, Feel, Think... And ABSOLUTELY DON'T MEET HIM. BETTER YET, RUN. LEAVE THIS PLACE." and so he did and wrote a letter to Solus. It was actually a small play but the message was very clear. Vergilius had no intention to live in a paradise forged with blood. Before he left, he gave many of his plays to Raxentales which were friends of his.

Vergilius roamed the world and met many people. One of them was Hamon Holyfist. They became friends and he gifted him several art works he himself drew. Some of them featured their own faces.

Jury is still out if I should make his death a tragedy but he died and Tuana was born.

Tuana who loved theatre and Vergilius' plays more than anything. Tuana who got adopted by Master Hamon eventually. Tuana who recieved one of those sketches that featured Hamon and Vergilius as a bday gift. Tuana who liked the art style because it was kinda like hers but also kinda different.

And of course. Of course i need to mention while Tuana doesn't look like Azem, Vergilius ABSOLUTELY did.

And once a certain two theatre enthusiasts met on the First... It was inevitable they would talk about their favorite playwright. It was inevitable Tuana would show him that sketch. It was inevitable he would recognize the face and the similarities in the art style. To think he has thought Azem's soul was gone all these years until he met Tuana. Because he's searched and searched and searched but could never find her soul. But her reincarnation was right there. Under his nose. They wrote letters to each other. And he didn't know. Then he left just as Azem did because he was not interested in living in a paradise forged with blood.

And now she's echoing that sentiment.