Wrayne

Wrayne is an eisfuura scientist and wife of Cerrit Agrupnin. She was away from Avalir during Exandria Unlimited: Calamity and was absent for its events. Shortly before the city fell and as The Calamity began, Cerrit sent their children Maya and Kir to her and to safety in Gwessar using Runes of Recall.

As an NPC, she is played by Brennan Lee Mulligan.

Description
Wrayne is an eisfuura woman. She is described as a "brilliant woman" by her husband Cerrit Agrupnin. She speaks softly to Cerrit and their children Maya and Kir, and she is calm and level-headed even as she feared she was speaking to Cerrit for the last time. Her husband, in conversation with Kir, said that she "works at her own pace"; however, he was not being entirely forthcoming in that conversation about the real reason she was away.

Biography
Wrayne is married to Cerrit Agrupnin, Senior Sightwarden of the Eyes of Avalir. He describes her as "a very busy scientist" and a "brilliant woman", and she is possibly sometimes busy on long-term research trips away from home. They have two children Maya and Kir; their ages have been given as both 7 and 5, respectively, though Maya is later stated to be 14. She lived with her husband and children in Avalir in the neighborhood of Cloudstone. Shortly before the events of Exandria Unlimited: Calamity, she and Cerrit's relationship became so strained under his obsessive dedication to his work that she separated from him and went to Gwessar.

Exandria Unlimited: Calamity
Wrayne was away from Avalir for the events of Exandria Unlimited: Calamity during the eve of the Replenishment. Orwyn, her husband's coworker in the Eyes of Avalir and former detective partner, asked Cerrit about her and invited the two of them to dinner. Cerrit replied that he and Wrayne will take up the offer and that their life at home was "real busy". That night, Kir asked Cerrit if she would be home tomorrow for the Replenishment or if she would miss the day. Cerrit reminded him that she was very busy but expressed certainty that she would be home tomorrow if possible.

As Orwyn died, he keyed two Runes of Recall to target Wrayne so that her children could be sent to her before Avalir fell. Cerrit found the runes and, instructing them not to return to the city, sent Kir and Maya to Wrayne. At the time, Cerrit did not know where in Exandria Wrayne was but was confident that his children were safe.

Over an hour later, Wrayne spoke to Cerrit over Kir's sending stone. She assured Cerrit that their children were safe with her and asked him to tell her that he was coming. When he apologized and expressed regret for being absent and promised to make up for it, she sent Kir and Maya inside to speak with him alone. She asked if this was goodbye, but he was determined to return to them. She urged him not to feel regret, and she told him that she and their children loved him and that she considered him a great father and man. The conversation was cut short when the sending stone's spell was forcibly ended by surging magical energy in Avalir. Wrayne was reunited with Cerrit weeks later.

Relationship with her family
Wrayne is separated from her husband Cerrit because his dedication to his work took too much of his attention away from her and their children, driving her to leave Avalir for Gwessar. Travis Willingham, Cerrit's player, imagined Wrayne felt: "I need more [from you]. I need more purpose. I'm going to go find that elsewhere, and until there's something for me here, I won't be here." Cerrit barely acknowledged this and continued working as he did.

Despite their relationship "not doing great" by the beginning of Calamity, in conversation over sending stone in, Wrayne fondly calls him "darling" and still cares for him. When he expresses sincere regret and apology for his absence in their home, she urged him not to feel regret for not having been more present because "moments seem like they're going to last forever all the time". Pointing out his nature to search for problems means he will focus on his absences, she told him that she and their children loved him and that he was a great father and a great man. She began to express apparent confusion over his inability to understand ("...and I don't know why—") before she is cut off.

She is also fond of her two children, whom she also calls "darling". Similar to her husband, Wrayne goes along with Kir's insistence on using code names when communicating over sending stone and used the names he chose.

Appearances and mentions

 * Exandria Unlimited: Calamity

Quotations

 * "Darling, I want you to know. Don't, in your heart, have this— Don't feel regret. Moments seem like they're going to last forever all the time. You look for problems, darling. I know you see the moments that you weren't there. Our children loved you, and I do too. You're a great father, you're a great man, and I don't know why—"

Trivia

 * It is unknown where in Gwessar Cerrit and his family lived during the Calamity, but Aabria Iyengar said that she hoped they were in the Qoniira Tetrarchy, a civilization in southern Gwessar that she created for the first Exandria Unlimited series and was added to Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting Reborn. The Qoniira are neutral and non-judgmental about sources of magic and respectful of all magics, and the civilization's capital Niirdal-Poc survived the Calamity. Furthermore, Niirdal-Poc also has a population of birdfolk, possibly eisfuura, living in it as late as 842 PD, some of whom may be descendants of the Agrupnin family.