Auberon Alura

Auberon Alura was a half-blooded wizard from the Mariana Islands and one of the five Architects of Walytja Academy.

He was close to his mother’s side of the family, and his cousins were the siblings he never had. They quickly joined him, his mother leaving her old life behind and opening a small bed and breakfast for visitors to stay at Walytja Landing to be near her son.

His exact date of death is unknown, but he was honored with a holiday on 24 November. Walytja Academy’s main treader, the S.R.T. Alura, is named for him, and there are many visitors to his family’s business even today.

Early Life
Which of the islands Alura was from remains shrouded in mystery due to constant movement. His mother’s family were magical but his father was a Muggle that had come from afar. He was killed when Alura was young, for protesting the conditions being forced onto those that lived there. The young Auberon watched his father dragged to the firing squad and they could not save him because it was illegal to show magic. The event changed Alura forever, the boy vowing to never stand by and watch such injustice ever again; he would act.

His mother, fearing she would lose her son as well, had him work as a porter on the docks, hoping the hard work and distance from the area would help keep him too distracted for thoughts of revenge. He met Robin Rembar while working the job and found more appeal in running a treader of his own instead of being forced to watch and do nothing for his home.

Running the C.R.T. Fisga only served to convince Alura that things needed to change. As he saw the conditions he had grown up with were even worse in other areas, he began to react. More than once, he crept onto Muggle ships, invisible, to free those upon them or to punish ships that engaged in such things by taking from them.

When Robin Rembar and Elizabeth Ewamin met with him to tell him of their plans, Alura did not require much convincing.

The Sea Rover
Alongside Ewamin, Alura would raid ships known to have cargo that consisted of beings. Their cause was aided by one Meena Magura, who plotted routes and methods unknown to the International Confederation of Wizards due to her Mermish heritage. The treaders would seemingly vanishing through various whirlpools and shrouds of mist.

Still, with all they freed, it seemed there was not enough space. Rembar solved this issue by requesting the aid of an old associate he traded with many times: Tibbir Targar.

Targar's aid helped tip the balance. Enough treaders were crafted to be deemed the invisible fleet, fighting the imperialist views that were slowly beginning to take root in the magical world.

The International Confederation considered Alura a massive threat, trying to keep watch on him constantly and failing repeatedly. He became known as the Sea Rover, often seen in multiple places at once, never able to be caught. The Sea Rover was feared and despised by more than a few merchants all around the world, with multiple countries offering rewards for his capture.

Still, despite their constant attempts, their fleet and their allies, they were not making any headway due to  the Supreme Mugwump of the International Confederation of Wizards, Semias Crane and their decrees, most notably the ones regarding not punishing wizards partaking in various aspects of enslaving other beings. While they could not save everyone, they could try to save the innocent: the children.

Alura approached his home region and they responded with much gusto. The Muggle world was rapidly moving further and further onto their land. The roaming tutors had been clamoring for a place to keep their kind safe as they learned, since even homes, lands they had held for centuries, were no longer as secure as they had been.

And so the plan of creating a physical school in the Oceania region was put into motion

Walytja Architect and Professor
Auberon Alura founded Walytja Wizarding Academy with friends Robin Rembar, Elizabeth Ewamin, Meena Magura and Tibbir Targar. He created and designed Mammal House within the academy.

Walytja's location was chosen carefully. It could be hidden but also accessible. The islands were unclaimed by any sovereign nation at the time, and so they could freely aid all of the region.

With Robin Rembar back at his side instead of fighting the International Confederation, the famous Sea Rover brought many students to safety at Walytja. Many who saw the physical efforts mattering just as much as the magical and legislative quickly took Alura's emblem and House as their own.

Alura valued the physical, the body, for relying only on magic on the seas would be death. This lifestyle showed the importance of group efforts, of teamwork, of supporting each other. He was often seen cheering his students on at events as enthusiastically as any child, often bringing his own family members to support any child that had no family of their own to cheer them on or bring them to the school, a tradition that is still upheld by their descendants even today.

Though it is unknown exactly how or when Alura died, his legacy is cemented.

Post-Mortem
Alura is beloved by those in Oceania for his stance. When the world reviled and denounced him, his home praised him. Portraits of him are found throughout the world, from the many children his family adopted as their own, in his family's bed and breakfast, in the school and he often travels between them.

Physical Appearance
Auberon Alura's portraits show him as a tall, light-skinned man with dark brown hair and dark gray eyes. Occasionally, he is seen in portraits fiddling with the zetochreia, a device of Alura's own creation.

He is often seen in Muggle clothes, due to how often he was flitting between the two worlds, but on special occasions, his portrait may don elaborate dark dress robes.

Personality and Traits
Auberon Alura valued those willing to act, be they witch, wizard or any other being. His father's legacy was a huge influence to him not caring what a person was or their abilities so long as they were willing to help others. He was excellent at forming groups, leading them and inspiring loyalty, much to the displeasure of the International Confederation.

Alura, being half-blooded, held great love for sharing traditions of both worlds with all beings, and learning from others.