Kosuke Ataru was a half elf, but for most of his life he hadn't known this. His dad had practiced dark magic and his mother had been an elf, but she'd never told them this. Years ago, when the villagers decided they didn't want a dark magic family in their town, they formed a mob. It quickly got out of hand and both of Kosuke's parents were killed.<br/><br/>Kosuke was then taken in my a white magic healer and taught all about white magic. He learned of what exactly his father had been doing down in the basement all those years ago and decided to never affiliate himself with black magic. It was something humans shouldn't be aware of, the dark arts were too horrifying.<br/><br/>After 15 years training with his master, Kosuke had learned all he had to teach him. Then he decided to leave his home town and become a traveling healer. Before he left, his master gave him two things: the necklace he always wore, and a letter his mom had left before the incident. The letter confessed that she was an elf, making Kosuke half elf.<br/><br/>With this in mind, Kosuke left to be a traveling healer, slowly making his way to the elven city.<br/><br/>-------------------<br/><br/>Because of the elf in him, though Kosuke was 21 he looked fourteen at the oldest. He was very slight for his age and had clearly never been in combat. His hair was straight and pitch black. It hung down almost to his shoulders and the fringe had a tendency to find its way into his eyes. His hair was unusually shiny and nice for a boy, ironically, this gene came from his dad. He also got from his dad flawless, nearly white skin, pitch black eyes. His mother contributed by giving him a persistently youthful appearance, and causing his eyes to always catch the light and seem to sparkle.<br/><br/>He wore the white robes of a healer, with wide sleeves and a hood to pull up in harsh weather, and he carried a white cloth bag over his shoulder containing some medical supplies, food and other things.<br/><br/>He'd been traveling for quite a while before finally arriving at the elven city. They were hesitant to let a<span style="font-style: italic">half</span>elf in, and they had him undergo several tests. When they had determined that he had never harmed a person or told a lie, and had never touched black magic, they were rather stunned. It wasn't often someone like this came along, but with such pure intentions as healing and seeing his origins, they could not deny him entrance to their city.<br/><br/>Glad to be accepted, Kosuke spent a while wandering around and seeing the sights, making note of landmarks that would help keep him from getting lost. When he came across the fountain, he immediately noted it. Not only was it a good landmark, but there also seemed to be a lone girl admiring it, so naturally he noticed it.<br/><br/>Kosuke wondered if this girl was an elf; elves were not the only species taking residence here after all. He assumed her to be an elf, because of her dress and pointy, eloquent features. But quite honestly, he thought this girl was much more beautiful than any other he'd seen so far in this place.<br/><br/>He could not fight it. Her beauty held a magnetism that drew him in. He had to go talk to her, if only for a moment.<br/><br/>With his light, agile step, Kosuke wandered over to the fountain. "Hello, miss," he said in his child-like voice and with his usual polite innocence. "Do you like this fountain?"