Soliphant and the ways of its people’s are Eden’s only cares and concerns in life- she has taken nationalism for her planet to the fullest extent. Born into a long generational line of Federation of Biostructural Technicians (FBTs, or gardeners), her position in life has never been in question: to continue the service of her forebears, maintaining life-support ecosystems of Helian spacecraft offworld. Although she has spent her life studying to be a proficient gardener and she enjoys her work, she is left struggling with the grief of longing for her homeworld, her people and their simple, calm, low-tech and homely way of life. This often leaves her short tempered, blunt and disinterested in the regularities of non-Soliphant life, opting to spend most of her time at work maintaining life support systems and preaching the morals, culture and history of her people to as many as possible, seeking to free people from the cage of reliance on modern technology.
▓▓▓ CURRENT STATUS ▓▓▓
> in deep meditation, seeking insight to further refine the Word of Soliphant and make it easier for nonbelievers to understand
MOOD: serene and at peace
╔════════════ ABOUT ME ════════════╗
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FULL NAME:
EDEN NEUMANN
ALIASES:
PREACHER, EEDIE, FUNGUS FREAK
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╔══ HELIASPACE CORE FOUR™ PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT ══╗
▓▓▓ FULLY DEVOTED ▓▓▓
└─> DO OR DON'T DO. THERE IS NO TRY.
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Eden does everything in her life, from spreading her Word to clipping her toenails, with full devotion and completely free from distraction. She has carefully and methodically cultivated this practice as part of her Word.
▓▓▓ SHORT TEMPERED ▓▓▓
└─> WHY MUST THE WORLD BE THIS WAY
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Uniquely with the world and not with people, Eden regularly finds herself in moments of aggression and disappointment with the way things are. She loathes the mass adoption of technology and how, realistically, most people won't come to even consider a life without it. She will do her part in spreading the Word, but with such a large system, is it even possible to spread it so far?
▓▓▓ UNFORTUNATE EMPATH ▓▓▓
└─> I CARE, BUT I DON'T WANT TO
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First and foremost in her life is the spreading of her Word, and empathy has been a great natural gift in helping connect with people and preach. While she cares about these people and their welfare to the point of travelling the system and ideally freeing them from the chains of technology, she finds the extent of her empathy causing her great pain and suffering.
╔════════════ GENERAL ════════════╗
► GOALS:
preach the Word of Soliphant to the locals of Traum, further test possibility of hybridization of fungal and algal species for greater efficiency with life support systems
► COMPLETED:
preach the Word of Soliphant across the entirety of Soliphant; to all major scattered clans, even though they didn't all adopt it
► FAILED:
making any disciples of crew whatsoever on her current vessel
► FEARS:
the mass adoption of advanced technology system-wide and turning away from what makes life life
► LANGUAGES:
getlaran basic (conversational)
► SKILLS:
using just enough technology to excel at her work as a gardener, advanced persuasion, calming and understanding others
╔═══ KNOWN ASSOCIATES / RELATIONSHIPS ═══╗
[RELATIONSHIP KEY] 100-90: LOVE // 89-80: ADORED // 79-70: FRIENDS // 69-60: LIKED // 59-40: NEUTRAL
▓ TARA NEUMANN
[96%]
MOTHER (BIOLOGICAL) // MOTHER (SPIRITUAL LEADER)
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"I will finish what you have started. I will not rest until the system knows of your name."
Tara raised Eden from birth, lovingly and in devotion to her culture. She educated Eden in their way of life with excitement, joy and devotion, inspiring her and giving her the idea that this culture must be spread before the plague of technology strips sentient life of all that makes them uniquely and powerfully made.
▓ GILEAD NEUMANN
[88%]
FATHER (BIOLOGICAL) // TEACHER (GARDENER)
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"Our forefathers shall not go to shame; I swear to you, I will maintain the family name."
Gilead, while more distant than Tara due to his dedication to his work as a gardener first and foremost, introduced Eden into the long generational line of gardeners. Though she is regularly ashamed of the necessity for technology in this work, she is proud to think of her ancestors smiling down at her.