Osai Spotlight: Oja Diamond

Full Name: Oja Sanfono Diamond
Birthday: January 9, 1990
Nationality: Kiillaanian
Birth City: Tarra, Baydi
Bloodline: Res
Current City: Tarra, Baydi
Title: History Teacher/Musician

Fast Facts

• Oja Diamond is the 2nd oldest son of Elko Diamond and Jenny Kotolain. He has 8 siblings: Rally Diamond (1988), Jumanji Lusk (1988), Lesko Diamond (1990), Sokphair Charles (1991), Janessa Diamond (1993), Dagon Diamond (1995), Toby Diamond (1997), and Lyonal Diamond (1998).
• He is the only Man of Osai to have a twin brother!
• He was a very quiet and antisocial child growing up and was well known for being in complete contrast to his twin brother, who had a very light complexion in contrast to Oja's very dark look.
• His parents noticed he never slept and would often lie awake. They took him to a doctor who said there was nothing wrong so they didn't worry. He would go on to become famous for sleeping in the most random of places whenever he felt like it was time for a rest.
  
• Oja has played baseball since he was 4 years old and continued to play until he moved to Kennywood in 2001. He has also played basketball but never on a school team.
• He decided to be in band along with his twin brother when he started 6th grade and chose the clarinet, the instrument that first came to his mind and stayed strongly in his mind.
• He is well known even still for being a klutz, having broken many things and gotten stitches more times than he cares to admit. He is also a pro at getting into really funny accidents.
  
• He was one of the only people to be discovered by his fast healing.
  
• He was discovered in 1997 when he was 7 years old. Earlier that morning his twin brother had fallen down the stairs and broke his nose, sending him to the hospital. Oja had a baseball game later that night and was in the field. He went to catch a fly ball by standing right below it and the ball came down squarely on his face, breaking his nose as well! The story became well known and they went about the next week healing from their breaks. However, the family noticed that Oja healed eerily quickly and after a week he had literally no signs that his nose was ever broken, whereas Lesko still could barely open his eyes. At church the following Sunday his mom made mention of it and the town Aikada, who was there, tapped her on the shoulder and whispered, "I think your son has the Gift of Osai." Oja met in a room with him and his parents where the mark was called forth and all of his little quirks fell into place.
• From then on he realized that he could foresee things before they happened and began to realize his power.
• As a teen he was a very quiet person who did not really talk to anyone. He was in band but didn't really think much of his playing ability and spent most of his time reading, talking to people on the Osai Forums, or playing basketball at his neighbor's house.
• Just before his 17th birthday, two major events happened in his life that would change him forever. Both harnessed his power to receive vision from Osai and shaped him into who he is today.
• The most famous story involves his twin brother, who lost consciousness and fell headfirst into a sharp table. Oja was upstairs in his room and heard the loud crash and immediately a flash of vision so strong came into his mind that he didn't even notice that he was flying down the stairs, where he found his brother curled around a table just to the left of the stairs, blood everywhere. He got him situated and then shouted for his sister who called an ambulance while he pressed on his freely bleeding forehead with a cloth. Oja rode in the ambulance with him and once at the hospital went to the waiting room while they stitched Lesko up. as he sat and let what happened sink in, he heard the loud voice of Osai say "Stay near your brother. You are connected for a reason. You must watch over him." Oja cried as he realized how much his brother really meant to him and all hints of his previous antisocial nature was gone. From that day on Oja and Lesko became almost inseparable.
• A very short time later, Oja volunteered to pick up Lesko from his JKSO (the city youth orchestra) rehearsal, as he can't drive and his parents were both busy that night. As he walked up to the windowed door and peeked inside, the following story, called Oja's Big Epiphany, happened:

Oja's Big Epiphany
"On January 10, 2007, something amazing happened to Oja Diamond. He was at the KSB Office (the building that the orchestra rehearsed in- stands for Kennywood Symphonic Band) waiting to pick up Lesko, and he walked inside [the room] to listen better. It could not have been at a better time, because at that moment, Bug Tabb was playing a clarinet solo. As the beauty reached Oja's ears, he was suddenly thrown forward in time. He saw, from Bug's spot, himself sitting with a clarinet- Marcellus and some unidentifiable people to his right. He was laughing and having a great time. Then suddenly [another vision came to him and] he was playing a beautiful solo with the strings playing. He then saw this same scene in third person. Almost as quickly and distinctly as he saw that, he heard a voice that whispered, Oja, you know this is exactly what you want to do. You are very good. Now is the time to use your talents to the best you can. He thought suddenly of the pile of money he had been saving under his mattress. He had always been saving it for "something special" but he couldn't figure out what it was for. Now he knew exactly. It was for a brand new instrument, reeds, everything.

He finally realized that he was still standing in the rehearsal room and that [the orchestra] had finished playing. As he drove Lesko home, he thought with amazement and excitement at what he was about to do..."

• From that point on he became an incredible musician, stepping up his ability tenfold and tapping into a hidden talent he never knew he had.
• He and Lesko both got hit very hard with a very bad case of the flu in November of 2007 and Lesko was never the same after that- his medical condition worsened drastically. From that point on, Oja moved his laptop into his brother's room and watched over him every night.
• Despite his very, very dark and quiet nature, Oja is surprisingly outgoing when out with friends.
• He also became notorious for purposely hearing things wrong and then repeating back something totally random and different for a laugh.
  
• He married his beautiful wife, Cameron Charles, in 2009. They met in band and although he liked her a lot, Osai clearly told him not to date her yet, or anyone for that matter. He later knew why- because it was more important to care for his brother, which took a lot of time.
• He clearly saw not only who he was to marry but his entire future family in a vision given of Osai. He would not find out until he was finally dating Cameron, but she saw the exact same vision at the exact same time.
• He moved back to his hometown of Tarra after he graduated from Lionel High School in 2008 and is currently at University of Baydi Tarra (UBT) pursuing a major in Catin History and a minor in Music. He wants to become a history teacher and plans to do music on the side in his free time. He is in the orchestra there and sits right behind his wife, who plays flute.
• Oja and Cameron are expecting their first child in June 2011!
• Oja has traveled all over Kiillaana visiting distant friends and the Kiillaanian Men of Osai. He is very social, despite his antisocial past, and loves to meet people and see old friends.
• He regularly takes the trains over to Kennywood to surprise Lesko at school, whenever his afternoon classes don't meet.
• His pair is Jeffrey Peak and they finally tangibly met for the first time in early 2010. Since then, they visit each other often and both fit into each others' friend circles.
• Being a Catin History major, he has attracted a lot of attention from everyone in the field familiar with Osai Naori. When his name is read, heads turn and jaws drop more often than not. He is even in a Great Catin Gifts class and got to do his own spotlight!
• Oja's sister (Sokphair) married Cameron's brother (Lleyton Charles) and therefore their children will be double cousins.
• Both Oja and Cameron have a twin! Oja has a fraternal twin brother (Lesko) and Cameron has an identical twin sister (Jillian).
  

A Short Description

He may only stand at 5'7'' tall but he is a man of immense power. His wavy, black hair is parted down the middle and calls attention to his large, brown eyes which are so deep behind his shadowed, furrowed brow that from a distance, all one sees is darkness. He is actually a little more than half Catin, but his dark Kiillaanian side that he gets from his mother is the one that shows through on him.

One of his favorite things to do for his friends at UBT is to go out on a moonlit night and look into the full moon, which causes the mark of Osai to glow brightly in his dark eyes. He also enjoys going on late night trips with his circle of friends to the store to get lots of junk food and then have parties at his house involving board games, video games, or other fun games like Charades or Improv Acting. Hand in hand with his beautiful wife, he also enjoys just walking alone through the maple forest, looking at her with immense love. They can often be found in Dahhod on long weekends, at Sothrey Tavern, enjoying the Tarralan Ried Ohrley as it runs by, sipping the season's drink whether it be hot chocolate or lemonade and chatting with themselves and Ashlan Sorela while listening to the local music on the stage nearby.

He is a very young man but a man of great power who loves nothing more than making like better for everyone else. His family and friends are more important than about anything and he loves them so very much.