- In the Legions, efficiency beat style, so she kept her mane short outside of the year and a half that she spent recovering from a mission, being pregnant and then nursing Adamas (they weren't in battles anyway, due to Ardea needing that long to fully recover). Little braid was first made by baby Adamas, and it stuck for sentimental reasons.
- She stays 4 years in the Mists (Tyria time, she has no way to know how much time passed for her) and her mane grows out while she's in the Fractal, having a grand ol' time with the corruption from [redacted]. Back in Tyria she shaves the whole matted mess off, but keeps the braid.
- Keeps it short in the Vigil, but attempts at hair-care are few and far between as Pact Commander in Orr, so it grows. She wanted to cut it after their victory, but eh, might as well keep it since Adamas and Ellara insist it's a good look on the Commander.
- Starting s2 she begins to braid it/others do so for her (think mane styling for horses) as it keeps growing. Usually simple styles she can quickly do on her own or last long enough, mainly ones that keep her mane compact and out of places where it can get stuck/dirty, though on big occasions she is convinced to (let someone else) do something more elaborated or even decorated.
- As it grows longer and downtime lessens due to s3 events, she starts braiding it in less and bigger braids, till it becomes a big one by early PoF.
- Balthazar is a shitty hairdresser, but most of her mane is saved. The little braid is severely damaged, but it gets salvaged using a lock out of Adamas's mane as extensions. She asks for it to be tied back (around her horn and into the rest of the mane) for safety, since she will have to fight Balthazar again and doesn't want a repeat.
- Aurene getting stronger boosts her powers, which includes her already prodigious regeneration... and a boost to her mane's growth (horns can't regrow, but they get replaced with crystals). By IBS she has the fullest healthiest mane she ever had, it even shines like never before!
- She was not in the mood of dealing with haircuts and was told it'd be good for her image at the Rally, then it was comfy while dealing with the icy weather. After becoming finally official with Ellara, she actually asks her to take care of her mane for her (instead of waiting for her to offer help with it), and the volume gets regularly reduced to a manageable level. Sometimes she even lets Ellara braid it all fancy for no particular reason.
- Not pictured, but when the little braid is long enough, she can easily tuck it behind her side horn to keep it out of the way.
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