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   Nuri Libelle-Kiada - 17 - Female - She/Her - Waldon - Fire Drákon-Ório
               (art by Jungon Kim)
             "She bargains with the world
              so everything she wants
                will come to her"
                 history
Nuri was born into the lineage of the Drákon-Ório and is the great great grand daughter of the chieftain's daughter, one of the few people to escape the attack on the Othana city, and only member of the head family. For the sake of tradition, she wasn't given a last name, as she had been chosen at birth to bond with the said to have turned to stone egg. This egg was the one Nuri's great great grandmother had saved, but due to immense stress the egg hadn't hatched. Now more then a hundred years later due she'd been chosen. Again, for the sake of tradition, she stayed with the stone egg for a week. Only eating and drinking once every day during that period of time, and to the village's joy and shock the egg hatched, twins. Both a different size, the smaller a male who she later named Kaida and the larger a female who she named Libelle. And took their names to form her second name, Libelle-Kaida, and at their hatching bonded with them.
Nuri was eleven, and out training with a village elder with her two dragons, when the soldiers from Oseia arrived asking to meet this girl. As she was to be paired with an egg, they clearly hadn't known she was already matched, and when she arrived to meet them they stood in shock. They asked how this was possible and Nuri explained to them herself, and they couldn't speak, only responding after they were able to process this story. She was taken to the Capital a few hours later, with her dragons.
It's unsure whether good or bad fortune followed the girl, as she wasn't entirely liked by the other riders since her bond was stronger and she'd been raised with these two dragons. Nuri was thirteen when she returned from a mission, and was accused of attacking the town of Mutumnd in Braonia. With no way to prove her innocence, she was put into prison and separated from Libelle and Kaida, who broke her out the following evening. Since then she's been on the run, unable to return to her village in fear that they will harm her family and friends, and lives on forests and where ever she can find shelter.
               "With no greed
               inside her mind
            she knows what she deserves
                personality
Nuri before she left Ronla, was a very proud and confident child, she liked to do everything herself and rarely excepted help from others. She wanted to be seen as strong and will the heart of a dragon, this was before she was bonded at 6 years-old. Her need for action is always present and she never backs down from a challenge, she knows that those help people grow and so she fights them head on. A habit she suffers from is when ever watching from the side lines she jumps up and down with excitement or following along the movements of who's she's watching. Since being removed from Ronla she was a little more guarded, not a outright boastful, but still praising herself silently when she won in games for challenges. She also become more negative, often grumbling at the simplest things and rarely smiling unless around Libelle and Kaida. Her face is often covered with a frown or resting face that makes her look unhappy to be present. All this has caused her to have a bad reputation, as people don't see her as the bright fire rider, but as the destructive kind. There have been both in the history of the riders of Oseia, and she has already been labelled as dangerous not long after becoming a teenager.
             "We cry the fallen names
             we cry for those you burned
               beneath the flame

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🐚 Eldoris Arnav 🐚
I don’t dislike you, it’s more that I just don’t think of you.

sexuality - homosexual
relationship status - single [open]
age - 21
pronouns - he/him
mental illness/disabilities - none
alignment - water rider

personality 🌊
(view spoiler)[Eldoris is an introvert that prefers to be alone, often making up as many excuses to not be in public spaces/events. The only person he is currently opened up to is his dragon. He was open with his siblings, having been very protective of them before he was taken away. Cordelia, closest in age, was the one he was closest with. Now he often wishes for her company and her odd mannerisms along with the joy she brought. So, excluding his dragon, to others he comes across as cold and arrogant. In reality Eldoris is just not focused on what people think of him and is more focused on his mission. It takes quite a bit of effort to get him to be close to you, let alone even notice who you are. His thoughts are much more devoted to what he considers more important matters, often doing it out of the feeling of responsibility. Still, he isn't some robot that only cares about the important stuff. On his own he practices ballet and acts plays, although this isn't really something he shares with many. Eldoris will often do ballet whenever he's stressed and needs to think about something else.
Given his unfriendly demeanor, you’d think that he’d be unpopular among the majority, but he’s well sought after by many as people view him as “exclusive”. Eldoris is the only one who doesn’t seem to take a hint when being flirted with. He doesn’t think much of what others say, so that may be one of the reasons why. Eldoris is a focused man, as you could see from the previous sentences. He does his job well and makes people are safe. He feels as if he carries the burden of others which is why he could be considered distant at many points. Eldoris is strong in his will and can stand his ground, being quite brave in the face of danger. Still, he does everything he can to make sure the danger doesn't happen in the first place. He thinks before he acts, and when he does act, it's as quick and strategical as it can be. He doesn't relish the fight and just wants it to be over with.

likes 🌊
his siblings
especially cordelia
solitude
water
his dragon
reading
otters
cute sea creatures
ballet
acting

dislikes 🌊
land
racism
public events
priests
talking
glasses

fears 🌊
his siblings having been harmed
especially cordelia
failing his duty
not being strong enough (hide spoiler)]

history 🌊
(view spoiler)[Eldoris had a life. He had a home, a family. He was only 12. Only 12 years old when they came just after they'd had dessert. Eldoris was still finishing his, passing a spare piece of chocolate cake to his sister, Cordelia, when a loud knock came to the door. In Rouerdiselly, it wasn't necessarily common to get knocks this late, but not too strange. His mother answered the door, only for tall, shadowed figures to be standing over her. Menacing.
The group of shadows entered the room before she could say a word, footsteps loud and certain. They told her that he had been chosen, but at the time Eldoris could only watch in wonder. He didn't know what this meant. Not yet. But in just a few minutes he'd know. His mother's face became red with anger and she screamed, screamed at them and tried to run for her son. The figures restrained her, telling her they'd have to take the child by force if she didn't do this 'politely'. Eldoris's mother refused to back down, and as the muddied boots neared him, Cordelia stepped in front. She was smaller than him even if they weren't far in age. He knew they'd hurt her, grab her roughly and force her aside like they did his mother. The man didn't hesitate, a knife sliding from his side. In an instant, Eldoris was there, protecting his sister. What came next was even more a jumbled version of events, but in the midst he began to use all his strength to try and escape. He was strong for his age, but not nearly strong enough to hold his own. He was cut on the chest, the blade slicing through his clothes and grinding through flesh. The people hardly cared, carrying him kicking and screaming out the door, facing him away from his family. Eldoris could hear their screams but couldn't see their faces, something that would haunt him in the years to come.
Eldoris was trained as soon as he arrived, his childhood already having morphed into an entirely new one. A dragon was given to him, one that he hated at first. He hated everything, rejected everything. Still, no one seemed to care. It was as if this was normal and he'd grow accustomed soon enough. They were right. As the years grew by, Eldoris practiced his strength, the one soul he could speak to being his dragon. He couldn't force himself to hate her. She was his dragon, after all. Even if he held a grudge against those who had taken him, he grew to understand that he just had to get it done. This was his life. He had to face it. Even so, there are still so many times he wishes to at least see his family. He needs his last memory to be something other than their chilling screams. (hide spoiler)]

appearance desc 🌊
voice claim ; jay from descendants
fc ; idk, eguchi takuya???? i couldn’t find many names by image reverse so that's what i'm guessing
appearance ; Eldoris has blue hair that is almost always wet, as he lives in the ocean. His original hair color is light brown, but when he gained his powers his hair turned bluer and bluer until it became what it is today. His eyebrows are thick and his skin is smooth and pale. Eldoris is muscular and clearly athletic just by glancing at him. He usually wears his shirts casually, with a few buttons being unbuttoned. He wears beige shorts that go near his knees often and wears sandals.
[image error] (what he'd look like at 12

distinguishing features 🌊 (view spoiler)[He has a long scar on his chest. (hide spoiler)]
abilities 🌊 (view spoiler)[Eldoris can control and manipulate water. His strength in this ability is actually quite strong and he can create things as big as tsunamis if he wishes to do so. He works well with his dragon and they understand each other well, usually not even needing words to speak their feelings. (hide spoiler)]

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      Taenya Virqen - 17 - Female - She/her - Braonia - Princess
              (art by Aries Bianco)
           "She smells like lemongrass and sleep
           She tastes like apple juice and peach"
                 history
Raised as the older daughter of two, Taenya weighted down with the most responsibility out of the Virqen daughters. Since turning four years-old, she realized the full extent of her purpose and has been learning studying and practicing her wielding abilities. Along with the roles and duties of an emperor's daughter, to say the least it has caused her to miss out on much of her childhood. Her younger years were filled with meetings that her parents had her attend, for her to learn, and afternoon parties with noble daughters. So that she could grow connections, connections that never really blossomed into anything.
At the age of ten years-old Taenya was already a strong wielder, she could wield all for elements to the same strong degree, but as never used them in combat. Making it an area where she struggles. Now being sixteen, her life has only picked up pace with a new 'adventure' named courtship. Having received many proposals and requests to meet her, and she doesn't believe she's ready for this, and has requested that she wait another year or as long as she can. To hold off on marriage, so that she can study and do things she enjoys or missed out on, but even that time is running short.
         "Oh, you would find her in a polaroid picture
            And she means everything to me"
                personality
Taenya is a silent girl, she doesn't talk to much, and is very quiet. Others describe her voice as the dandelion in the field during a summer gust of wind, easily blown away and not seen, but like that dandelion she also stands out a little among the grass. Not because of her personality, but her peaceful and friendly nature, she always accepts people and doesn't speak against anyone without strong evidence. Believing they at least deserve to be heard and understood, before she decides to share. She is quite submissive, she doesn't like to take charge and would rather follow, seeing it as the best way to not be in harms way and simply escape all those terrible things that result of having to lead. Often people find it difficult to talk to her, since she doesn't give answers from her heart and rather answers she assumes others would want to hear. A people pleaser you could say, to a point she doesn't voice her own displeasure unless she absolutely has to. Over all Taenya is very agreeable, and enjoys the peace and silence that comes with how she acts. She would like to act like a boy someday and run around like she has no cares in the world, but life sometimes gives you the short end of the twig.
           "We could not be more far apart
      Cause she tastes like birthday cake, and storytime, and fall"

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      Lavania Aamon - 13 - Female - She/her - Social - Princess
             (art by Dustin Panzino)
              "What will you do
             when she drinks the sea?"
                 history
Born a love child to Emperor Delroy of the Scoidal empire, and an unnamed elven woman from Braonia, Lavania has never felt part of the royal family. Her mother died after giving birth to her, and she was given to her father by the midwife that had helped Lavania's biological mother during labor. She was raised in Oseia the capital, in the palace, which could have been seen as a blessing but maybe it wasn't. Watching how her step brother was used as a punching bag by her father, and how dysfunctional this family really was behind the smiling faces that the people saw during their appearances. While her step brothers had a chance for the throne, Lavania had no choice to watch from the side lines, she didn't qualify. Platinum blonde hair, blue eyes, fair skin, and not to mention pointed ears meant she had no right for the throne. A dream that would always be out of reach for her.
She settled with practicing the magic she had felt growing inside of her, and reading about what type she had so that she could better understand the limits. Subconsciously protecting herself from disappointment that could arrive later in life. During her time in the libraries she found that she had gained dark magic from her father, after narrowing down the type she possessed to two options. While in the palace she pushed herself, and made more discoveries. The said to be whipped out forgemasters were a people that lived long ago and with their creatures could change the direction of war in a few hours. Their ability to use dead bodies, by bringing them to life and having full control of them, was her new obsession. She was a forgemaster.
             "Drown her in sorrow,
              or let her be free?"
                personality
Lavania is quiet and silent, but don't mistake her reluctance to speak as weakness, as she is a dog that doesn't bark; but instead mauls it's prey to death. She is smart and intelligent for a thirteen year-old, she understands more concepts then most adults, will every wish to. Perhaps this is a curse that she is already this bright and quick to pick up what she learns, or maybe a blessing, it's undecided. Lavania has an odd fascinate with the dead, she sympathizes and is empathetic for them, but a the same time doesn't care as they are a tools for her own use. As well as a way for her to grow in a magic, that was thought to be lost, and destroyed because of how cruel and terrible it was.
While she isn't entirely the friendliest of people, she is still can be friendly, she acts like it at least. Welcoming people when they come to parties and being the first to offer a hand when someone has fallen and needs help getting up. No one is sure if her kind and helpful nature are an act that she puts up to protect herself or if it's a part of her really personality. She's not even sure herself, but she likes to believe that it is and does her best to present herself in that way.
             "The mother made her
              a savage daughter
            who never begs for forgiveness"

[ʰᵒ ʰᵒ ʰᵒ ᵍʳⁱⁿᶜʰᵐᵃˢ]

fc: Athanasia de Alger Obelia
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Anwen Anise Virqen
fair and beautiful - pure soul - the surname of the braonian royal family.
 ‣ fifteen
‣ female
 ‣ heterosexual
‣ march 11th
 ‣ braonia
‣ princess of the braonian empire

 ‣  ‣  ‣ [ " it'd be rude to keep a book out while having a conversation. why does it matter what I'm reading anyways? " ]

      magic abilities
  ‣ as an elf, she has high infinity for magic. while she can use all elements to some extent, she is most skilled with the water, air, and light elements. most of the other elements she can use can't even be considered useful in combat and she has very little affinity with them.
  ‣ she can do a lot with her magical abilities, as it's been her focus rather than actually learning how to fight physically. she can manipulate the water surrounding her and manipulate the air and wind around her to allow her to 'fly'. using both her water, air, and light element, she can allow herself to turn invisible. she does it by surrounding herself in water, creating an air bubble in between, and reflecting light off the layer of water mimicking invisibility. it's something she worked really hard on and requires a certain level of control that she spent a long time trying to achieve.
  ‣ she can use her light magic to do a few things, from healing to creating fire by using her water element as a magnifying glass and her air element to fan the flames. her light element can be used to burn more serious wounds close, ones she can't heal.
  ‣ her greatest skill doesn't seem to be her ability to use her magic in combat or anything of the sort, but her ingenuity and control. it helps that the elements she has high affinities in work rather well together. though, it seems like those are the only affinities she is any good at. not to mention, using multiple elements at once to create a 'spell' requires a lot of skill, control, and focus. this means she has to spend a lot of time just to learn one skill. it took her two years to figure out the invisibility thing. because of this, she hasn't actually learned any good offensive spells.


     physical abilities
  ‣ her physical state is... rather concerning. she doesn't do much exercise and has little stamina. this is largely due to the fact that she spends a lot of time indoors. her body is weak and she doesn't seem like she'd be any use if it came to a battle of strength. because of this, there isn't much that can be said about her physical abilities other than the fact that she's extremely weak.
  ‣ her body is actually a lot more than just out of shape though. she's a bit frail and often gets sick. she's never let this stop her before, but, it has gotten her into some rather dangerous situations where she was so sick that the royal physicians were worried she might not make it through. she, of course, did every time. she seems to be a bit healthier lately and it's been a while since the last time she fell gravely ill.

     mental capabilities
  ‣ she's incredibly intelligent and hardworking. she enjoys studying and often spends a lot of time doing so, to the point she loses sleep or even pushes herself. this is a habit from her childhood. she was always advanced for her age when it came to this and would read books above her age group's suggested reading level.
  ‣ it got to the point where she preferred to stay in the library more than her actual room. she's kept all of her notes since she was old enough to be semi-responsible for them and has them organized in her room from oldest to newest. while her notes were always semi-neat, her notes did get noticeably neater and organized as she got older. now, she references book titles, numbers, and chapters when working on her notes.
  ‣ she doesn't just enjoy academic books though. she reads a lot of other genres too, such as romance, mystery, etc. despite being a bit young, she's even dipped a bit into some 18+ novels. she often finds herself fangirling and swooning over characters.
  ‣ she is well versed in etiquette, dance, etc. she does her best to memorize nobles and the other imperial and royal families. while she might seem like the type who'd be bad with social settings, due to having been raised and prepared for it, she's actually well-spoken and very tactful. because of this and her kind personality, she's actually well-liked in most social circles.
  ‣ despite all of this, while she's not completely weak, she's not the type of person who can withstand torture or anything like that. she can handle years of emotional neglect and bottling things up, but actual torture and such things aren't really things she can withstand mentally. she also can't handle abandonment. if abandoned, she is sure she'd likely completely break down. probably gain some trust issues.
  ‣ even if she doesn't have much of a mental guard, the girl can withstand insults and such rather well and doesn't seem very affected by them. instead of reacting rashly when insulted, she's more likely to respond in kind in a roundabout, lady-like way. after all, social circles were often like being thrown in a lake full of piranhas. if she wasn't capable of becoming a shark, how else would she make it by in noble society?
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     room for improvement

  ‣ her main focus should probably be strengthening her body and stamina. not only does having a weak body like hers make it difficult to do most things and make it harder on herself when she gets sick, but it also makes it difficult to do magic as freely. magic has it's toll on one's body, and well, having such a weak body with no stamina makes it hard for her to perform consecutive spells, strong spells, or continuously use a spell for a long time.
  ‣ learning some more defensive and offensive spells would probably be good for her, in case she comes across a dangerous situation where she can't be protected.
  ‣ experience. she's been raised inside the palace walls. naturally, what she needs most is experience. she needs to be able to experience the empire herself, to travel, to be able to experience everything from many different points of view. heck, just being allowed in the meeting hall would be a starting point. while her sister was often dragged around by her parents to attend meetings and everything, wen had always dreamed of being able to do such things. she knows better than to ask though. it's this kind of experience that can not only help improve her understanding of the world but also magic. after all, there's a limit to how much she can imagine and think of from books and watching the others train.
  ‣ it'd probably be best to allow her to meet all kinds of people. to be in a situation where she can't just rely on her title or her family's money. perhaps a trip where she travels around hiding her identity. she'd be able to learn a lot from the experience. money management, how the citizen's daily life is, the dangers that come with the outside world, how to judge people properly for their worth.
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     overall
  ‣ she's too physically weak. she doesn't have enough stamina to properly cast magic as much as she wishes and she doesn't have enough stamina to put up much of a fight. because of how weak her body is, she's more prone to illnesses and if she pushes herself too much she'll feel a bit faint. she still often pushes herself though, seemingly not knowing her limit.
  ‣ while she's skilled and able to perform complicated spells, she doesn't know enough spells to properly be of use. sure, she can come up with theories and everything, but to actually see if they work to create a new spell, she'd have to have the stamina and time to do so.
  ‣ she has too little experience due to having been sheltered too much as a child. sure, there are expectations on her as a princess, but that didn't mean she wasn't sheltered. she's never had to starve, she's never had to fight for her life every day or worry about money or anything like that. she's waited day and night by staff. even if her duties are stressful, it's not unfair to say that she's still coddled, especially as the youngest.
  ‣ I'll probably add more to this.
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 ‣  ‣  ‣ [ " i'm not a glutton. sweets are fine every... once in a while... " ]

[ʰᵒ ʰᵒ ʰᵒ ᵍʳⁱⁿᶜʰᵐᵃˢ]

 ‣  ‣  ‣ [ " I swear, it wasn't me who snuck into the kitchen this time. " ]



     personality
 ‣ the princess is usually extremely kind and bright. she's almost always smiling and, while she isn't extremely loud, her gentle voice often commands the respect and attention one would expect from the imperial family too. while she's usually rather forgiving and kind, she can be rather stern if a line is crossed. if someone comes at her with backhanded compliments, she'll respond in kind.
 ‣ she enjoys sweets a lot, but she's not allowed to have them as often as she wants for various reasons, such as it not being healthy for her. she often finds herself sneaking into the kitchen to steal small sweets like candy. because of this, she's often getting scolded for stealing from the kitchen.
 ‣ she looks up to her sister a lot and used to follow her around a lot as a child. now she enjoys their conversations and spends whatever time she can to talk to her sister.
 ‣ she's often pushing herself and trying to impress those around her. she enjoys studying, mainly because she likes being complimented. what she wants most is a compliment from their parents though. after all, she's trying her best. she studies diligently, she's popular in the social circles, she's graceful, and she makes sure to follow their traditions.
 ‣ she often dreams of getting out though. of going somewhere far away and doing stuff she has never done before. of climbing trees and hiking up mountains. sailing the seas and visiting other kingdoms and empires without worrying about the title that does nothing but restrain her.
 ‣ I'll probably add more later.

 ‣ she likes sweets, animals, and her family.
 ‣ she dislikes slimy things, smelly things, and those who openly show hostility towards her and her family.
 ‣ she's afraid of being left behind and abandoned for not being good enough.


 ‣  ‣  ‣ [ " sometimes i just want to drop everything and go on a grand adventure, like in the books. sail the seas, make close companions, have life-changing encounters. honestly, anything sounds better than staying inside the palace all day. " ]

     appearance
 ‣ anwen's hair is blonde and kept long, due to her empire's customs. her hair is naturally wavy, so it's never actually straight as she doesn't bother to do so. she wears various hairstyles and it just depends on the day, but her hair is usually up in some way due to how much she has. doing so makes it easier to manage. unless she's going to bed or something of the sort, her hair usually has a ribbon or something similar adorning her hair. in certain lighting, her hair may resemble the color of gold.
 ‣ she has large, deep blue jeweled eyes. under one of her eyes is a beauty mark, but it's extremely close to the eye and very hard to notice unless you are staring intensely at her face. she has fair, porcelain skin and pointy ears, due to being an elf.
 ‣ she's rather small, only standing at around 5'2" at the moment. despite this, she doesn't seem to have any trouble getting around. she doesn't seem to bothered by her height either.
 ‣ she wears all kinds of colorful and pretty dresses ( as can be seen in her photos ). rather than what's in fashion, she prefers to have her outfits picked out by what fits her best. after all, what's the point of wearing something that's currently in fashion if it doesn't fit her in the slightest? even if she isn't wearing the newest and most popular outfits though, she always makes sure to look fabulous for events and, honestly, just everyday routines. after all, she can't just walk around the palace in just pajamas. that would be indecent.
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 ‣  ‣  ‣ [ " in the end, all that matters is what's best for the family and empire right? " ]

     history
 ‣ born as the youngest princess in the empire, she was practically coddled. perhaps it was because she was weak, or maybe it's because they expected more from her siblings, but she grew up without the pressure of her parents' expectations. while, she of course, had to live up to what was required of her as a princess, it was almost as if the bare minimum was expected of her. while this might seem good, it wasn't for her. it made her feel inferior, almost as if her parents thought she wasn't worth having any expectations for. it might have been because they didn't want to pressure her because of how weak she was, that they were doing her a favor. she never thought of it that way though.
 ‣ she was born premature and nearly died multiple times during her infancy. she managed to push through, but she constantly watched from a young age due to how frail she was. growing up looking up to her siblings, naturally, she wanted to be like them. perhaps it was jealousy. she wanted nothing more than for her parents to look at her. to not think her of as someone incapable.
 ‣ despite everything, the female seemed to be learning at a rather fast rate. she had grown an interest in letters at the age of two, learning the alphabet fully and by heart not long after being taught it. she began stringing together words, trying to learn to read and write like her siblings. she learned that quickly as well. while it did take some time to learn proper spellings and pronunciations and such, something she would struggle with for a while, she was still absorbing the things taught to her at alarming rates. however, she would get excited to learn things and would often push her body to the point of exhaustion. when she was young, it didn't take much. this made actually learning and playing difficult.
 ‣ she grew her love of books as she slowly aged. the more time she spent in bed, the more she began to love the exciting stories read to her. once she was able to read efficiently enough, she'd read herself while she was in bed. like before, she seemed to absorb the knowledge quickly. though, it was easy to be textbook smart. all it took was memorizing.
 ‣ it wasn't until she was seven that she had started showing an aptitude for magic. it's around then that she started studying seriously. however, it was also around then that she got engaged.
 ‣ while this might have seen normal, the guy was a jerk! he was all moody and didn't actually want to be engaged to her. they only met on a total of four occasions. their first meeting, a small playdate, her eighth birthday, and the empire's festival. though, she knew she didn't like him. she needed to endure though, as she was told the marriage was super important.
 ‣ I'll probably add more to this as time goes on.
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 ‣  ‣  ‣ [ " ew no. they are slimey and gross, why would i want to eat that? " ]

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[[deleted user]]

𓆩 Delroy Aamon 𓆪
Baby, when it's love, if it's not rough, it isn't fun.

sexuality - idontcaresexual
relationship status - married [always open ;} ]
age - 37
pronouns - he/they/neopronouns
mental illness/disabilities - none
alignment - emperor of the scoidal empire

personality ꧂
(view spoiler)[Monster? Manipulator? Traitor? Oh, yeah, Delroy’d definitely agree. Most of those names are what his family calls them and they relish every moment of it. He can twist anyone’s argument into either a term of endearment or into something that sounds stupid. It pisses so many people off, but Delroy doesn’t care in the slightest. They are prideful in their abilities, though they don't have to say it out loud for their strength to be recognized by all. That’s a reason why he hated [son] and people like him: they have to ask for respect. Delroy slightly favors [daughter] out of his children because [blank], but that’s as far as their relationship goes. On the outside he can appear carefree and like all he wants is a little fun, but Delroy is very cautious and not what they may appear. They make sure not to let their guard down and are constantly on alert. Delroy is pretty flirtatious even though they’re married. They don’t ever stick to anyone, but instead use them until they get bored or simply use them whenever they have free time. He isn’t one to care about people’s feelings which makes him, in part, such a good leader. They can make decisions without bias and without mercy. Delroy is smooth in other aspects, too. He can communicate with others and make them like him just by their charm. They are just, on principle, a charming fellow and many swoon for them or are good friends. In reality he doesn’t really care about most of them and is only friends if they think they can get something out of it. In the end, he is loyal to no one. Delroy is really out for himself and serves his own needs. It would take quite a lot to get them to ever see past their own nose.

likes ꧂
flirting
hurting people
blood
messing with people
killing
power
pissing off marlene
violence
making [son] afraid
torture
desserts and only desserts
sweet things
movies

dislikes ꧂
their children
especially [son]
his wife, marlene
a lot of people
having to rely on others
difficult problems
tedious business affairs
needy lovers
uncleanliness

fears ꧂
losing everything
being killed
love (hide spoiler)]

history ꧂
(view spoiler)[Delroy was born into a family built on money. No true bonds, only two people reproducing for appearances. He never experienced a loving household growing up, being abused to extremes by his father. Their mother neglected them, turning a blind eye to most things that occurred. Then again, their mother would've been like everyone else. Seeing, but not truly. Ignoring it. Delroy was molded into the perfect leader, even if that meant he gained a few scars along the way.
During their late teens, an arranged marriage was planned with a woman named Marlene. They didn't do it out of love, they never loved that woman. He hated her, she hated him. It seems that's the only thing they could ever agree upon. By extension, Delroy disliked his children, too. Especially if they couldn't be perfect. And even if they did everything right, he could always find some way to make them feel worthless. The cycle of abuse continued in a loop, nothing ever changing. Delroy would always make sure to take out their rage on [son], not even bothering to hide the abuse. Like when he himself was a child, no one seemed to see. Delroy was cheating, too. Why should they stay faithful when Marlene was such a pain? They had many affairs and many lovers. He's had quite a few children, not just the ones considered royalty, but Delroy makes sure they stay hidden. Well, that doesn't always work. Especially when the mother is adamant on her child living a good life. Lavania happened to be that child he couldn't get rid of, the midwife making sure witnesses could see her and testify that she was Delroy's child. It was better to take her in. They liked her just a bit more than the rest. She didn't have an ounce of Marlene in her and seemed more him, in a way. Not only that, but a quiet girl is one they believe is easier to control. Also, Delroy just prefers daughters in general.
Nowadays they live in luxury, only doing whatever they want to do. If they don't like something, it goes away. He doesn't care what happens to anyone else, only if he gets what he wants. (hide spoiler)]

appearance desc ꧂
voice claim ; adam driver
fc ; erin mommsen
appearance ; Delroy is quite tall (6'3) and has a lanky figure. Despite him beign 37, he appears more youthful for his age. His jaw is sharp and soft, bow-shaped lips. Delroy's eyes have fluffy lashes and piercing green eyes, the shade being unnaturally bright in shade. Their skin is obviously tanned but not as tanned as the average Scoidal citizen would be. It shows their privilege in not having to work long hours in the blazing sun and the ability to stay in the shade, surrounded by the expensive palace walls. Their hair is black, being slightly curly and long-ish. His brows are thick and pointed. Delroy's clothes are often black despite the heat from their empire. For button ups, they're often mostly or entirely unbuttoned, exposing their muscles underneath. Sometimes their button ups are white and often the material is satin. They also often wear black blazers over their button ups. He wears black pants and matching black oxfords. They also wear black gloves due to their ability, though sometimes they wear it off just to frighten people (or to do more than that).

distinguishing features ꧂ (view spoiler)[They have burn scars on his chest and whipping scars on his back along with a few cuts and just a frick ton of scars. (hide spoiler)]
abilities ꧂ (view spoiler)[Delroy's ability is death, a rare extension of darkness magic. They wear gloves to prevent killing things, but they often take it off simply because they like the thrill of it. He's killed quite a few things in his time. The weakness in this ability is that the stronger the person, the more of their ability it will take to weaken them. Still, if Delroy succeeds in killing them, he will become livelier afterwards, as if their life has added to his years. Now that I think about it, isn't it strange that he looks so youthful? ;) (hide spoiler)]

[Henry]

Name: Spencer Williams
Nickname: Williams - Enemy's only

"Gotta go"

Age: 28
Height: 6'5"
Weight: 179 lb

"Ouch! That hurt"

Appearance:
Species: Human
Clothing type: Pesant

"Nope.... yeah no"

Personality: Adventurous, outcast, introvert, creative, strong willed, brave, kind, optimistic, humble, protective, vindictive.
Sexuality: Straight
Occupation: Wanderer
Relationship's: None but open

"Ahhhhh!!!!"

History: Alone. That was his first memory due to amnesia. All he could remember was basic knowledge and his name. This was when he was 16 but that was 12 years ago and he's learned much since then and found that people aren't exactly trustworthy so he wonders around now from kingdom to kingdom filling up the empty memories in his head.
Pets (optional): A white mouse who can speak (Coming soon) who's name is Leonard.
Other: Nope

[[deleted user]]

Name: Flyta Fairchild
Nickname: Flye

"Did I ask your opinion? No. So shut up."

Age: 21
Height: 5"7'
Weight: 200

"News flash. I don't care."

Appearance:

Species: Human

"Can you just--shut up?"

Personality:
The biggest mistake you could ever make around Flye is to underestimate her. And yet, everyone persists in doing it. They glance at her and dismiss her as ordinary, just another face in the masses of people who call wetheihau their home. They call her little girl and tell her to go home. And she proves them wrong every single time.

First, it was the instructor who turned his nose up at the little girl telling him the classes were too easy, that she needed a challenge. He laughed at the pretentious little girl who persisted in wasting his time. In the end, he allowed her to skip four grades, mostly as a joke. He expected her to fail. They all did. And sure, it was damn hard. But Flye had what she'd always wanted. A challenge.

The next one to underestimate her was the boy who taunted her in the trainyard for being so young, for not being like everyone else. He expected her to not fight back. He expected her to back down. She broke his nose and emerged from the schoolyard grinning.

She has had doors slammed in her face more times than she can count, has been sneered at by people more high-up than her all her life. But she's gotten through it and has emerged stronger than ever. She's walked right over those who told her no and taken what she wanted no matter the cost. Her new goal? The shiny crown and the handsome prince who wears it. After all, what girl doesn't want to be a princess? And what girl with genius-level intellect doesn't want the opportunity to shape a nation?



Sexuality: Bisexual Panromantic
Occupation: Princess of Wetheihau
Relationships:
Mother;
Father;
Sister;
Sister;

"Yeah-- I broke that."

History:
-has loved music since she was a child
-obsessed with dragons
-deaf
-hates her youngest sibling
-oldest child

[[deleted user]]

Name: Topaz Everhyve
Nickname: Paz, Pazzy

"Look at those flowers! Can you count the petals for mommy?"

Age: 26
Height: 5"7'
Weight: 210

"Oopsies! Let's clean up the mess."

Appearance:


Species: Human
Clothing type:

"Be nice to him, okay? He may look like a toy, but he's a dragon, sweetpea"

Personality:
Pazzy grew up the little girl down the street that always had her two front teeth missing and constantly bullied people three times her size. She didn't let anyone or anything get to her, and was always confident in who she was. Paz met spencer, She was fourteen then.
It was a small crush, and they never acted on it.
Her dragon wasn't thrown into the mix but she allowed her emotions to cloud her judgment, which called for a rowdy relationship. Paz became quickly saddened, choosing to have relations with men once she turned eighteen.
Paz discovered she was pregnant at 19, had Ruby at the ripe age of twenty.

Sexuality: heterosexual
Occupation: Dragon Rider
Relationship's:
- Exes with Spencer
-mother of ruby/red precious gem

"Oooh- the clouds are pretty, aren't they?"

[Henry]

Name: Leonard Bratson
Nickname: N/A

"Ahh yes cheese... Dont suppose you have any do you?"

Age: 21
Height: 5" when standing on his two hind legs
Weight: 1.5 lb

"Watch your step!"

Appearance:
Species: Mouse
Clothing type: In image

"Hey. A mouse gotta do what a mouse gotta do"

Personality: Cocky, a thief, smart, talkative, optimistic, somewhat brave, likes to make jokes.
Sexuality: Asexual
Occupation: Theif/companion
Relationship's: Spencer as his friend

"Oh god where's my tail! ... Oh there it is."

History: Leonard used to be alone sneaking food until he meet the only human he trusts who happens to be Spencer. Leonard was basically in the same boat as spencer alone not knowing who he was. To this day he doesn't know how or why he is able to talk. He did make a house but thats when spencer landed on top of it. Though he still steals from people he's tooned it down a bit in the past 12 years. So yeah not much to know about his past.
Pets (optional): How dare you! Im no ones pet nor do I have any mate. Unless you consider my human one
Other:

[ellie]

𝕻𝖗𝖎𝖓𝖈𝖊 𝕮𝖔𝖑𝖊 𝕰𝖓𝖉𝖗𝖆𝖓 𝕬𝖆𝖒𝖔𝖓 𝖔𝖋 𝕾𝖈𝖔𝖎𝖉𝖆𝖑

Prince of Scoidal
20
Panromantic Bisexual


Face Claim: This drawing

Personality: Prince Cole Aamon is...well. Safe to say, a kind of jerk. He's a flirt, a playboy, and not one to shy away from going after the thing...ahem, sorry the people...that he wants. His moral compass is a bit screwed up, admittedly, and he's the type of person to lead noblewomen and noblemen on, court them for as long as he feels like it, and drop the relationship. At the same time, he knows he's popular and basks in that and his wealth, and he likes to flirt with anyone he can. He's a bit egotistical and knows who he is and kind of acts like everyone wants to be with him.
The truth is, Cole is afraid to get close to people. He's terrified to actually find someone he loves and cares about because the first time he did that...it didn't go well, hence why he has such a flippant attitude towards romance. He also is a very vain person and will spent hours before mirror making sure he looks nice and presentable, brushing his curls and making sure they shine.
The prince also has, like, zero qualms about rule breaking, and he's a bit of a lazy bum. He doesn't really have a desire for the throne, though he is in the running, because part of him believes it would just be too much work, and then he'd feel pressure to actually settle down with someone and for some reason he doesn't want to because then the person he married would be ignored by him, and to Cole its one thing to ignore and dump a date, but not your partner in marriage.
He's an easy charmer and likes to sweet-talk his way into and out of situations he either shouldn't be getting himself into or that he already is in and needs a way out of. He's not beyond bribery and a bit of manipulation, and he goes after his goals whole-heartedly. He spends his days either just running around outside with his bow and arrow for fun, horse racing, or playing some other game when he really should be studying. That is to say, he actually doesn't hate his studies, he would just rather be doing everything else, at least most of the time. He gets frustrated by foreign languages and he's much better with numbers and mathematics.
He gets jealous easily--he's secretly jealous of the attention his half-sister Lavania gets, which pisses him off a bit, and is one reason he doesn't exactly seek her out to make conversation, and he kind of wishes his family was closer in a way but it isn't like he's bold enough to say anything about it despite being very bold when it comes to romance....and he will deny it with his last breath, but the prince is a romantic and he likes romance books. Or, he did. He doesn't as much anymore.
Cole is kind of an impatient person, and he can also be quite stubborn when he wants to be. He's kind of a classist, but it's not to the point where he avoids his subjects or anything, he just thinks, in the back of his mind, that he's a bit better than them. He loves his wealth and money, and spends time away from his father just to avoid him because even Cole isn't that bad and dislikes the man's antics and messed-up ways. Maybe that's a reason he's all over the place, he just...needs some guidance and never quite had any.
He's the type of person to start laughing boisterously at a state function when he shouldn't, and he often snorts when he laughs really hard about something. He's also the type of person to find crass things kind of hilarious.
The middle prince is also kind of an extravert, and wants to befriend his brother but he's pushed away a lot, and he knows his father is disgusted by his actions and Cole has tried to by out the hypocrisy but he’s too afraid of his father’s distance and what he may do to really tell that he blames him for the disarray the family is in even though he does. He knows Delroy hates his jokes and lightheartedness and part of the reason Cole has so many flings and thinks he’s popular is because he doesn’t get enough attention from his dad and his brother acts like he hates him. Cole knows about the abuse and feel really bad for his brother, but he doesn't understand that he's trying to protect him, and Cole just wants to help. But he's also careful not to turn the abuse on him. He’s not super close to his sister either. (Relationship with mother and other brother will be added when they are created by other users)
Maybe Cole deep down wants to be loved and validated. But he finds that elsewhere. He’s not a very religious person.

History:
Cole is the middle prince and second child of Emperor Delroy Aamon of Scoidal. He was born to the emperor and the empress as a legitimate son, but not the firstborn. He grew up with a typical education for royalty with languages and sciences and mathematics and reading and history and geography, and hunting and tracking skills outside, and learning how to ride a horse.
Cole also grew up to learn his father was colder and distant with him, which hurt Cole when he was little. He also tried to get close to his older brother but was always pushed away. Cole never cared that his brother was a Demi-human; he’d follow him everywhere as a child but he only ever felt scorned and hated, so he turned his attention elsewhere…to getting attention.
He became attached to making jokes at bad times and finding everything funny; and he spends more time outdoors as he felt it was a place he could release his energies and get away from his cold household and people who didn’t like him. The prince also began to flirt a lot—he found that making it known he was royal attracted attention of nobles, and as he got older he’d more and more kiss and make out and such with men and women both. He found it free his attention from his family and made him feel loved in a way he never was before.
But he kept it up until he met Lady Charlotte Sanden, and the two actually became close and Cole found that he liked her. A lot. So for once, the then-seventeen year old began to court her seriously—they both had a penchant for mischief and jokes and they’d hunt together. But when Cole and Charlotte were eighteen, Cole got them both in trouble when he and she decided to see how many things they could steal from a local farm and made a game out of it.
But she was caught and punished and almost stripped of her rank and sent to a different kingdom away from Cole, and the male never spoke up to say he had a hand in it. And since that day he’s always felt at fault and has been afraid to even befriend and then date anyone again and get close to another potential partner.
So to this day he seeks validation and distraction via flings and weekend stands even as he still hunts a lot and spends time outside. He knows he’s in running for the throne but also really isn’t sure If he wants it, as he knows he doesn’t take as much seriously as he should and really doesn’t even know why he has to. It’s too much responsibility and Cole naturally is a jokester and a flirt. He’s accepted he may not be chosen.
If this works with the user for the empress, Cole was closer to his mom. TBD. He was twelve when he found out he didn’t possess the abilities to wage an element, and at first he was upset. But as time went on he realized that would be more responsibility, and Cole—impatient and a but lazy when he wants—knew it was for the best. He doesn’t care as much anymore.

Likes: hunting; horses; racing; spending time outdoors; romance books; flirting; drinking; dancing; himself
Dislikes: his father; foreign languages; cats; getting dirt on his clothing; kinda indifferent/annoyed with Lavania; wishes he was closer to his brother and wishes he could help but he isn't sure how
Fears: getting in a stable relationship; his father; not being good enough, deep down; the abuse turning on him

Abilities:
~Cole actually has no powers--he cannot wield an element and this makes him really upset, but its true
~Physical Skills
He's a talented archer as well as an expert horseman and pretty good at tracking outside. He can use swords but he prefers archery and hunting. He’s a bit of a sport hunter.

[[deleted user]]

❀ Petunia Sinclair ❀
Women are so pretty, aren’t they? Just like cherry blossoms . . .

sexuality - lesbian
relationship status - married
age - 35
pronouns - she/her
mental illness/disabilities - maladaptive daydreaming, depression
alignment - queen of vawhiania

personality ༅
(view spoiler)[To put it bluntly, Petunia is a bit of an airhead. She gets distracted easily and flits around from one subject to another. This goes along with her hobbies and often Petunia is trying a new hobby each month. She has a wild imagination and daydreams so often that it can at times interfere with her life. It's often an escape from real life, as she prefers to be absorbed in a world entirely of happiness. She has an obsession with pretty things and collects cute fashion accessories, trinkets, and her continuously growing flower garden behind the palace. Of course we can’t forget the women, either. Petunia is a hopeless romantic and is still in the honeymoon phase with her wife. She doesn’t dwell on the painful things in her life as she did when she was younger, but now she has grown from it and learned to be happier and less anxious. Instead she looks at cute animals, her son, or her wife whenever she is in a bad mood and remembers all the things that she has. Many people consider Queen Petunia to be one of the sweetest queens out there, which is to be expected as all of the rulers of Vawhiania have been known for their kindness. Even though she has such a sunny mood, hardly anyone would know that she's really sad. Not even herself knows this. Petunia just wants to be happy and thus shoves away all her struggles, but it doesn't work.

likes ༅
pretty things
sewing
knitting + crochet
bunnies
happiness
her kingdom
harmony
nature
flowers
sweets
her wife
her children

dislikes ༅
sadness
winter
war
genocide
loud noises
violence

fears ༅
predators
war
death (hide spoiler)]

history ༅
(view spoiler)[Petunia was born into a loving family, one that pampered her while also teaching her good morals. She grew to be one of the happiest children in Vawhiania while also treating others with the love and respect they deserved. Even if they didn't deserve it, she would still treat them kindly. Everyone thought Petunia an angel, and she truly was.
Even telling her family she couldn't marry a man in her teenage years, everyone understood and it went far better than it would've had she been someone else. Petunia was loved by her kingdom. A strong majority, at least. When she became a young adult, she married the love of her life, Rosemary. While many marriages in royalty can be forced and fake, hers was as pure as the soul. She loved and still loves Rosemary with her entire being.
Then . . her parents died. It was a mysterious incident, one that doctors couldn't find the cause of. All Petunia knew is that they'd had dinner, then, just as they were preparing for bed, they were on the floor coughing. Not Petunia, though. Not Rosemary. Only them. It was ruled an accident, and Petunia believed it. She isn't one to doubt the word of others.
Then she was her happy self again. But was she? Only Petunia's soulmate would ever be able to see the pain that lingered inside. Those emotions were even something Petunia herself couldn't see. No, Petunia isn't the joyful queen she was. She's sad. She was forced to rule a kingdom as barely an adult, the loss of her parents hanging over her head. Petunia has her happy ending. The love of her life, her son, a palace, subjects that adore her. But you can't win back something that's lost. The weight of everyone's expectations have forced this queen to lie to herself and to everyone. Thus, she has never been able to reconcile with their deaths, and any sadness is something she holds in her heart. It may be only a matter of time until she breaks. (hide spoiler)]

appearance desc ༅
voice claim ; isabella from tpn
fc ; the picture above
appearance ; Petunia has light brown hair that is soft and always looks like it was just done (it was). Her eyes are a hazel grey and her lashes are long and fluffy naturally. Her makeup is professionally done and appears natural and matches her face well. She has freckles dotted along her face and her nose is rounded and small. Often she wears pastel pink and white. Petunia has many corsets and dresses with frills and lace accents to them. She wears long white gloves and white tights quite often and matches them with white platform heels. She wears lots of jewelry and most commonly wears her rose quartz heart necklace, gifted by her mother. Petunia also commonly is seen wearing big lace hats with flowers sewn into them. This was made by her wife and she usually wears this while she is gardening or going outside.

distinguishing features ༅ (view spoiler)[Petunia has several scars along her from assassins and attacks she has faced while being a princess and then a queen. (hide spoiler)]
abilities ༅ (view spoiler)[Petunia can grow plants. While she can easily do this with her garden, she prefers to wait and see what happens on its own. In combat, she can create deadly plants or use them for deadly purposes if the weather and soil is right for it. Petunia has a wand that enhances these abilities more so than the average person with plant abilities. It is only used for emergencies as the power within it is in limited supply. The wand is taken out for ceremonies, though. (hide spoiler)]

[ellie]

ℌ𝔢𝔯 ℜ𝔬𝔶𝔞𝔩 ℌ𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔓𝔯𝔦𝔫𝔠𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔄𝔩𝔦𝔞𝔫𝔫𝔞 𝔄𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔫𝔞 𝔇𝔢𝔩𝔞𝔠𝔯𝔬𝔦𝔵

Princess of Esnana
21
Straight


Face Claim: Amanda Seyfried

Princess Alianna stands at around 5' 5" with a slim, delicate build. She has smaller hands, slim fingers, trimmed nails, and small feet. Her skin is pale and she has a slight dusting of freckles across her cheeks and nose, while she has paler blue eyes that often glint with a hard, cunning and sadistic edge. She has a tiny nose that turns up at the end, and long, wavy pale blonde hair that she always styles to look as perfect as can be.

Alianna tends to wear clothing that stands out, always choosing more traditionally feminine garb with long gowns that dust the floor as she walks. She loves showing off her family's wealth in the bright, finely colors she wears, which are very different from what one thinks of people who follow the snow creator, but, Alianna likes attention. She will wear something else for state functions if need be for public appearances. She always has to look her best, and even when alone in her rooms, she wears a tiara of gold or silver with diamonds. She has quite the collection.

Personality: From the perspective of someone at a state function, Princess Alianna is the perfect royal: polite, laughs at the appropriate time, sends someone she's talking with a dazzling smile with sparkling eyes. Small talk, manners, all of that are down. But inside, and when alone or with her servants or prisoners, the princess reveals her true self, and it's horrific. Vindictive, arrogant, rude, sadistic, and cunning, Alianna enjoys pain. She believes anyone who breaks a kingdom law or any small rule needs to be punished accordingly, or even worse. Alianna believes in making an example of people for everything they do wrong, and she's very afraid of rebellion from her parents' people, hence her belief in instilling fear into them. She's also genuinely sadistic and enjoys the sound of prisoners screaming because in her book, that's what they deserve for breaking the law. This being said, as she's cunning, Alianna also has a way with her enemies: she's not afraid to slip a poison into their drinks and watch someone get sick for a rude comment they said to her, or maybe even die. Thus, she's patient--she knows payback and revenge and getting what she wants may take some time, and she has said time.
Alianna is slow to anger in the sense that she doesn't just fly off the rails when someone insults her. She may be enraged and anyone making her angry will earn them her hand of revenge in some way, but she will bide her time and she knows outbursts are improper for. royal.
Alianna is also very vain. She likes to look and feel nice, hating activities that can get her gown stained. The princess prefers to remain indoors or in the garden in the castle, while she will fret if there's a hair out of place or if her nail breaks. It's part of the image, and Alianna is huge on image. She's not a religious person and while her family follows the one snow creator, she pretends to for the sake of the kingdom but she really doesn't believe in religion. It may also be because her abilities fire, not ice. She loves the warmth and heat, again, odd considering her kingdom, but she only cares a bit. Sure, maybe she feels a little left out and wants to be the center of attention, but still. She's not dumb. She knows what she needs to do to gain attention at the right times, to play the part of a loving princess, and when to assert her revenge.
While she knows her kingdom doesn't exert much political influence, she aims to change that. Alianna likes power, she likes the spotlight, and she likes throwing her weight around and being in charge, and thus aims to change what she considers the "sad state of Esnana."
The blonde is classist, ableist, and homophobic, all horrible traits. She sniffs and turns her nose up at servants and peasantry when she's alone (though tries outwardly to act gracious for the sake of getting people to love her when in public). But she firmly believes in the traditional structuring of society with royalty on the top and then everyone else unfolding from there. She also doesn't fully believe in familial love. She thinks her parents are weak for feeling pride in such a sad kingdom and believes she would run Esnana better. She has a colder, distant relationship with her brother. She views him as competition: if he gets the throne, Alianna may stage a little accident. The blonde isn't super attached to him, and prefers her friend who she hangs out with a lot. She's passionate and determined in the sense of going after what she wants without shame, and she likes inflicting fear into people and threatening others even if she never carries the threats through. The princess is sneaky and vindictive. She has a penchant for using daggers and her pyrokinesis to scare the crap out of people.

History: Princess Alianna of Esnana was born to the emperor and the empress with one sibling, her brother. She was spoiled beyond belief considering how wealthy her kingdom is, and it's definitely gone to her head. She believes in power and money and was raised with a private, thorough education: history of Esnana, the other kingdoms and empires, mathematics, sciences, languages, and self-defense (which she uses more to beat up people she doesn't like in secret).
Alianna grew to have a kind of off relationship with her brother, who knows about her colder ways but they came to an arrangement, where Alianna would be fine and not told on as long as she didn't mess with his personal servants, so she just annoys the general servants and her own, well, they're all terrified of her. She quite delights in their fear. And she knows her brother won't defend her if reprecussions fall into place upon her head if she does something horrible before the whole kingdom, so partially in revenge--and because she believes she deserves the throne and can better Esnana--she plans to stage an accident for him if he is chosen, one that cannot be traced to her.
The princess had always been a bit twisted, and nobody's really sure why or how that happened, but it did. She always found pleasure in stepping on bugs, and as a kid, bumping into people and stepping on feet and disobeying her nanny and tutor--the way their eyes narrowed and faces got red, and how people whose feet she stepped on at balls and functions made her grin and feel good. She felt powerful and found others' suffering funny; entertaining. Most of the staff was irritated by the spoiled, bratty child, but it became a genuine fear and unhealthy respect when she got older and much more sadistic. Nobody tried to rein her in much.
When Alianna was seven, things got worse: the child discovered she could control, manipulate, and create fire. Big problem...because she loved it and had no control at first. Alianna could not be burned by flames, and she began to tease people by shoving her flaming hands in their faces or setting small things aflame. It was...joyous to her. She also started closely to examine Esnana when she was twelve, and when she saw how little political clout they had compared to other kingdoms and empires, she started to get jealous and determined to build their clout up. She hopes to one day rule so she can explain their influence...and...maybe go for Althon Domination. But nobody knows how far she'd go in that respect.
Alianna was only thirteen when she went to visit (either Scodial or Wetheirau) on political business. Not only did she learn here especially how much more she wanted Esnana to grow, but she also came into contact with a frustratingly skilled knight-in-training: Lady Caledonia Hayden. Immediately, Alianna took a disliking to the girl, who seemed odd, in Alianna's eyes: unusually tall, quiet and cold, and no interest whatsoever in "traditional" feminine activities. As Alianna's political trip lasted quite awhile: 6 months, actually, she had time to settle in. The noblewomen made her feel welcome, but she found out they, too, saw Lady Hayden as an outsider. Its as from them she learned of Lady Hayden's humble birth and the fact she was training to be a knight. Disgusted and seeing a chance to hurt the girl--which made the sadistic princess so thrilled--she joined in the other nobles when they gossiped about her, giggled in the hallways, and occasionally stole or broke her things.
Alianna also happened to be there when she found out that Caledonia liked other women, and she was there when rumors flew around that the knight had been beaten by her father for it--after all, evidently she never missed training, but she as out for three days. Alianna was also disgusted, as a homophobic jerk, and she and the others took pride in bullying the young knight-in-training even more. Alianna, after all, was a princess, and while this wasn't her kingdom, she knew what she wanted and she didn't care. She also, with other noblemen who felt Lady Hayden had no place being a knight, attacked Hayden and beat her up only a few days after she returned to training, where Alianna discovered she hated fire. So, she used it all she could and for six months tormented and bullied Lady Hayden in private or where nobody else in her Esnanan party could see and stop her. When the Esnanan party left, Alianna was fourteen, and over the next few years, they visited said kingdom for additional negotiations, and each time they went for a few months, Alianna did what she could to make the woman uncomfortable, and the two started a rivalry and hate one another to this day. Alianna is disgusted that a woman with a poor commoner's background is now the captain of that country's guard. She's also a bit jealous, admittedly.
When Alianna was younger, as well, she was introduced to a friend of hers (name TBD; Arin's character), whose father understood that he served her, rightfully, Alianna believed. The two hit it off, and he came to share her sadistic nature and gave her ideas for how to torment people--he's actually a friend who she wouldn't torment, unless he turned on her. Then, no promises. But Alianna appreciates him at he moment and what he does for her.
She truly is sadistic, enjoys torturing prisoners in Esnana when she can, not that everyone knows their princess does so. She also learned to put on an act for the public, but inside, she's a sick individual.
Alianna was fifteen when she killed for the first time--she poisoned an ambassador for a kingdom who visited who was exceptionally hurtful towards her when he was asleep. She then snuck into the capital and found her way to a poison and potion shop, and she has black market connections and has learned to make her own poisons. Nobody, not even her brother, knows about this. She's currently planning to kill him if he gets the throne and is thinking about killing Lady Hayden next time she sees her, too.

Likes: torture; fire; screams; hot days; dancing; her friend; getting what she wants
Dislikes: water; swimming; rain; cats; healthier foods; Esnana's current state; peasants; filth and dirt; most of the outdoors
Fears:drowning; being forgotten; messing up her act in public

Abilities:
~Powers: pyrokinesis (strong)
~Can wield daggers with efficiency (to defend herself and hurt people)

[ellie]

TW: History/Other: (view spoiler)[ abuse, assault, self-harm (hide spoiler)]

𝐿𝒶𝒹𝓎 𝒞𝒶𝓁𝑒𝒹𝑜𝓃𝒾𝒶 𝑅𝑜𝓈𝑒 𝐻𝒶𝓎𝒹𝑒𝓃

Captain of the Guard--Scodial Empire
25
Lesbian


Face Claim: Cobie Smulders

Caledonia is 5' 11". She has pale skin and a physically fit/muscular frame. Because of training, her hands are calloused. Caledonia has high cheekbones, blue eyes, dark brown, wavier hair that only goes to a few inches below her shoulder blades. The knight almost always wears it pulled back. She has a birthmark on her left shoulder and one behind her right knee, and a scar across her stomach. Many small scars on backs of her hands.

Caledonia wears the traditional clothing of a knight of the empire when at war, but when alone, she prefers traditionally masculine garb with pants, boots, and, at site functions she has to attend for the sake of formality a velvet vest over a silk shirt. She likes dark colors. Multiple piercings on her ears. She wears a gloves at almost all times.

Personality: Lady Caledonia Hayden is a tough individual. She is skilled at hiding what she feels and sometimes struggles to even acknowledge what those feelings are, aside from anger and bitterness. She was trained from an early age to keep said emotions hidden. She's a colder, more unfriendly human, and doesn't make for one to chat up. Caledonia will brush anyone off who just wants to have a chat, and she's very down-to-earth and businesslike, preferring to engage in politics/war talk and about the kingdom. She's not great at small talk or deep personal talk. Doesn’t open up easily. Introvert.
The brunette is driven and passionate, and goal-oriented. She goes for what she wants and isn't afraid to stand up to people she feels are putting her down or not giving her skills a test, and she has...quite a lot of skills when it comes to war. She's a skilled tactician, and deadly with her weapons, especially her sword, which she has on her at all times. Caledonia's paranoid, coming down to two things: her job/sense of duty, and lack of trust. She wants to be prepped in case she's suddenly on call to defend the kingdom (and by kingdom she includes the people in this), and she also just...doesn't trust anyone fully, even the royal family she serves.
She walks around with her shoulders back and chin lifted with an expressionless or colder look, overall giving the picture of confidence and the air she knows herself. She knows what she's capable of, and while she believes she deserves her position, deep down she can be insecure.
As the captain of the guard, she has a sense of duty to the royal family, but also the people. Unlike lots of higher class individuals, she sees the people as humans who deserve to live in safety and peace, and will protect and fight for them. That being said, she is a stickler for the law, and while she believes in defending the people, she isn't afraid to punish someone when they break a law. However, she has a sense of justice deep down that outwardly would not be seen, because yeah, she's a bit scary. Caledonia knows sometimes people break the law because they have no other option. If she finds someone stealing because they were forced to to felt they were at death's door, she'll either help the person to find some way to get out of the forceful situation, or find a way to get someone back on they feet to eat by legal means. So she's tough and dislikes most people in that she has no patience for idiots and distrusts people. But she also doesn't like seeing people dying and suffering unless her rage kicks in, and she has a hidden soft spot for kids.
Caledonia is a very angry and bitter person. She has a sort temper, and is unafraid to stand up to bullies and demand that people shut up or that they be arrested or otherwise held accountable for their actions. Caledonia is unafraid to challenge someone to a fight and while she's gotten better at it, she used to be the kid who couldn't say not to a challenge or who threw a punch whenever someone offended her. Part of it came from her past, but it is what it is. She's working on her rage, but still: especially if she's in private, if someone says something sexist or homophobic, they will get punched in some way, especially if its among the knights that she commands. But. She’s actively against torture.
Caledonia is a good and strong leader, easily taking command, hardened by battle and deaths, and isn't the easiest on her men. She's harsh and punishes the knights as she sees fit, but never gets physical with them, though sometimes she makes people fight one another as a way to shape up and learn from one another. Maybe it's a bit unconventional, but it's worked so far. She's not a completely unfair person, though, despite her threatening demeanor.
And, well, she does threaten people. Criminals and anyone who kills and commits heinous crimes. Those are the people she doesn't believe deserve a second chance, not petty thieves. Caledonia is unafraid to throw her weight around or stand in the back of the room cracking her knuckles as a threatening presence, and she's one of the most skilled warriors in the empires, so she has a bit of a tough reputation, too. Most of her men respect her, as she's earned it but also has proven what happens when they don't.
Caledonia also suffers from mild depression, though nobody but herself and her mother know about this. Speaking of her mother, the two are very close, and she's the only person Caledonia can say she loves and trusts. She's very observant and unafraid to kill when she has to even though she doesn't want to.

History: TW (view spoiler)[ (abuse, violence) (hide spoiler)]
Lady Caledonia Hayden was not born such. She was born Caledonia Laughlin, a poor commoner. Her mother died in childbirth while her father fell into a drunken grief, dying two years later coming home from a tavern, leaving the girl alone for three days before knights came to find her, cold, starved, and clinging to a stray cat.
They took her to a local orphanage, where she sunk into herself, quiet, afraid and observant, for six months, before one of the knights, Lady Katarina Hayden, whose family were skilled fighters and earned their position as nobility via their prestige in war centuries ago, came back. She felt horrible for the child--who still clung to her cat--and, being infertile, adopted her.
Caledonia at first didn't trust this new person and asked if she'd leave like papa had, but Lady Hayden fell in love with her and spoiled her with love and attention. And the Hayden's needed an heir anyway for their noble lineage. This being said, her husband, Lord Mannon, from a lesser dukedom who had married into the Hayden's privileged family because it was arranged, was disgusted.
A commoner? And while he put up with his wife's status as a great knight, he didn't approve of women being knights, an old-fashioned notion. He wanted a son, and while he disliked his wife after he found out she couldn't have kids, he couldn't divorce her and needed an heir. So he took his rage out on Caledonia when she wasn't around her mom, disparaging her and making it clear he hated her. He put her down, manipulate her, and tried to encourage her to become a "proper" lady...and always reminded her of her humble origins. He became physically abusive and hit her in places where the evidence would be hidden under her shirt.
But Lady Hayden treasured her, and Caledonia was clingy as a toddler and would hide from her dad in her mom's rooms. Her mom taught her how to defend herself early and made it clear she respected her and would let the child choose her path in life. Caledonia wanted to be a fighter like Mama was, so she started training early. She wanted to be strong and idolized her mom, which never stopped, and it made her feel secure and powerful when she had often felt ashamed of her past. Her mom had always said not to. But her dad said otherwise. But she never acknowledged him as her dad, really. And she stood up to him a lot but never to her mom, because she didn't want to cause her mom any grief. Her father always said she was a burden and she deep down came to believe it.
Other nobles bullied her when they found out she was of a peasantry background and didn't have an interest in most "demure" things a typical noblewoman would. She was bullied growing up, and so this and her father's abuse turned her into someone colder and un-trusting, bullying that got so much worse when a sadistic noblewoman found out Caledonia was crushing on another woman when Cal was only fourteen. (view spoiler)[she was assaulted by a group of them, including Princess Alianna who was there on a state function, who also started to bully her (hide spoiler)]
Then her dad found out. And Caledonia was beaten so badly that she took days off training, but that's when Lady Hayden figured out what was going on, and she had Lord Hayden arrested after divorcing him. The action shocked Cal, who in a moment of weakness broke down and told her mom everything. Her mom was furious, and assured the child she was no burden. From that day on, they were even closer, and Cal grew up even more determined to make her mom proud, but also to be someone who would have power to help others, and as a huge middle finger to her "dad".
All this being said, she began to get better and better, her days and nights spent training as hard as she could, and she finally managed to earn more respect. At twenty-one, she was promoted to captain of the guard after serving under her mom, and she forced everyone else to respect her with clear retribution if they did not. She has an air that commands respect and she's terrifying, too. Not someone to mess with. All this said, Caledonia deep down is insecure because of her humble birth and the reminder from many that she doesn't belong here, that she's a dirty outsider. And because no matter what she can't forget her father.
She also works against slavery and is against it, and works to find other means to get a labor force. When she was promoted she began to see Delory's abuse of his son. She was horrified, and tries in secret to help the prince or outwardly placate Delory before he flies off the wall. She's respected by him and outstanding at her job, but she's secretly planning to assassinate the emperor to save his son. She adopted two demi-human toddlers after being called in to damage control an auction gone wrong, being unable to part with the kids out of rage at slavery and bc kids are a soft spot for her and she understands being scared as a kid.

Abilities:
~She can control the earth and anything related to it--plants, dirt, soil and vibrations within the earth, causing landslides and earthquakes and ripping rocks and dirt from the ground.
~Extremely skilled at hand-to-hand combat and dueling via sword.

Likes: Fighting/staying physically active; being in charge; reading; spending time outside; her mom; rain; cats and horses; weaponry, specifically her sword; HER CHILDREN
Dislikes: Fire; sexists; homophobia; heat; people telling her what to do; closed, dark spaces; small talk; state functions; gowns; slavery; Delory
Fears: Fire; feeling helpless/trapped; losing control of rage; not being good enough; losing her job; coming out

Other:
~TW(view spoiler)[ habit of picking at the backs of her hands when anxious or thinks she deserves the pain or she's upset (hide spoiler)]
~still has a cat
~has a sweet tooth
~suffers from depression and PTSD
~adopted two kids

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"I was meant to be yours"

Dyani Aamon- 17 - Male he/him - bisexual biromantic -

✧Sugar and spice and everything nice. That is what Dyani Aamon is made off to the public. An absolute ball of energy one never really witness Dyani taking any time for himself unless it's late at night when he finally drags himself to bed, or when he's disappeared for hours sitting in the Library. Otherwise, he is usually busy making sure that his garden is in excellent tip-top shape. If he so much as spots someone who is down in the dumps or not having the luckiest time of their life he makes an effort to change that in whatever way he possibly can. Whether that be through his immense abilities of small talk, buying them a warm meal, or a personal invitation to a nice spare bedroom at la casa de Aamon. With only two spare bedrooms (he bought the cottage as a surprise for when he and Taenya finally wed, many years from now.) he often finds himself at a full house, but he is assured that there is no better feeling in the world than taking care of people. No doubt he is a mother hen, and he's just probably filling in the times where he can't take care of them when he is working. After all if he wasn't staying busy would he really be himself? It only helps that his life motto is that a little tender love and care go a long way- and he lives it out just about every day. While he may be a general sweetheart it doesn't help that he is entirely naive to a number of people's motivations. Dyani has been taken advantage of for his kindness too many times to count, but maybe he just hasn't met the right person to make him completely withdrawal from the need to help people. Along with this, another defining attribute that Dyani holds is his love for gossip. No matter what the source he's always got an ear out for it, and he loves to share everything he learns with his girlfriend and fiance, but aside from that he's an excellent secret keeper and doesn't really whisper a word of what he hears to anyone else. Overall, Dyani can be quite the handful but he finds that relationships with others come to him easily enough and he'll probably never lose his shine.

✦Dyani life began in the pretty standard way. His father-ever the charmer- got his mother into bed (after wedding her, of course) yada yada yada, and he was born. Let’s not go into the details revolved around his conception though. The most important part is he was born and handed off to his nanny as if he was nothing more than a sack of flour. No worries though, they had enough love for the little bundle of joy to satisfy anyone. Yet, in being raised by his nanny he has never been aware of the fire genes a distant relative has passed on to him. Sure he has an affinity for all things burning and hot, but he figures it was just an inborn passion. Perhaps it would be as well if it weren’t for the fact that any sort of plant would have died under anyone else's care in such a shabby location as his garden.

There isn’t much significance to his life aside from the world-shaking moment when his nanny passed away. It was all too quick and left him little time to piece himself together and get a job (other then his princely duty. he despises his families money and won't touch it.). In this he had to leave the little education he had behind which was a large disappointment for him.

History: tbrpd

"You where meant to be mine"

Good Qualities:
- relentless
- protective over his sister(s)?
- ruthless
- observing

Flaws
- he doesn't know how to keep his mouth shut
- hot-headed
- wants to fight
- anxious all the time

Likes
- when he's able to talk about his thoughts.
- Taenya
- Lavania


Dislikes
- literally his whole family except for his youngest sister
- when Taenya is hurt
- his father
- cole flirting with taenya
- loud noises

Fears
- pain
- abandonment
- failing his family

|| voice claim; landon from legacies

Appearance Description
Clothing Style

Power/Abilities: Not really sure.
Weapons : He has twin daggers??

"Can we not fight anymore please, can we not fight anymore"

author’s note: This is my baby please tread lightly

[ʰᵒ ʰᵒ ʰᵒ ᵍʳⁱⁿᶜʰᵐᵃˢ]

vc/fc: leona kingscolar
(view spoiler)[ sauce: twisted wonderland
links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIg7E...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsqXc... (hide spoiler)]

cessair cadmus aamon
sorrow, affliction - dragon teeth - "who induces to eagerness."
 ‣ twenty-five
‣ male
 ‣ heterosexual
‣ janurary 19th.

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      magical ability
  ‣ being a demi-human, he cannot use elemental magic. however, he is semi-skilled with word magic. he's good with spells, but he seems more interested in runes and such. however, he still struggles a lot with runes and isn't that good with it.
  ‣ he uses fire-based spells mainly.
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     physical abilities
  ‣ he is beyond capable in this sense. being a demi-human lion, he is stronger than the average human as well as more agile and a bit faster. much like an actual lion, there is a reflective coating on the back of his eyes to help reflect moonlight, making his eyesight eight times better than a normal human. ( yes, this is true about lions. ) ( normal lions are about 7.5 times stronger than humans )
  ‣ again, much like a lion, he has a well-developed sense of smell. maybe not as great as a canine, but certainly better than humans. much like cats and lions, he possesses the Jacobson's organ in the roof of his mouth that helps with this.
  ‣ since he is a demi-human from a predator known to be towards the top of the food web, even if he can't perform magic and his spell magic is weak, he does have traits that help lions and such in hunting.
  ‣ his hearing is also pretty great. he's able to turn his ears side from side to catch more sounds coming from different directions.
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      mental ability
  ‣ he's not that great mentally. while he is intelligent, he has slight anger issues and is very mentally damaged from the constant abuse.
  ‣ while he is prideful, he is extremely insecure and is actually quite frightened by most things. he just likes to make himself seem bigger to ward off enemies, which seems to come partly from his instincts.
  ‣ he's actually pretty easy to break. he doesn't get attached to others easily though.
  ‣ his biggest weakness would probably be his siblings, as he cares about them too much. to the point that he's willing to continue to endure the abuse of the emperor to keep them safe.
  ‣ he's like an open book. even if his face doesn't show his emotions, his tail and ears are likely to.
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     room for improvement

  ‣ probably strengthening himself mentally instead of just pushing everything deep down only for the trauma to resurface at other times.
  ‣ stamina. he needs more of it, even if it is typical for lions to not have much stamina. he plans to build this up.
  ‣ he follows his instincts a bit too much. while this may be good every once a while, he isn't a wild animal so it'd be best if he used his brain instead.
  ‣ it'd be good if he can muster up some of that courage of his in front of his father.
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     overall
  ‣ he lacks the stamina, so even if he were to use his speed, it'd be in short bursts and wouldn't be for very long.
  ‣ while his sense of smell is rather heightened, this can also be a flaw as strong smells can overwhelm him.
  ‣ he's at a bit of a disadvantage, since he can't use magic freely.
  ‣ he relies too much on instincts and emotion.
  ‣ he wasn't allowed to properly learn the sword, so naturally, he fights instinctively. there is no form, it's messy and is more like a wild animal fighting than an actual prince.
  ‣ he should probably stop drinking as much as he does.
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     personality
 ‣ much like his brother, he's a bit playful, though, not in front of any of them. he's extremely egotistical and prideful. many believe that between being a lion demi-human and a prince, he let it get to his head. while he doesn't directly disobey his father, he does have moments of small acts of disobedience, like tattooing his arm or sneaking out "to play". he's definitely a lot like a rebellious teenager; acts tough but a complete coward in front of his parent.
 ‣ when around the palace, he's usually a lot more serious. he keeps a straight face and is rather cold. he is pretty much still a dick though. he acts like he's too good for others and does so at official events though. he usually sticks to the corner and stays quiet, but if bothered, he'll respond in kind. despite being a hothead, he does have some tact and knows how to respond in kind.
 ‣ he has slight anger issues. while he'll never show this to his father, he'll definitely take his anger out on intimate objects. he'd never do such a thing to another human being though. even though it might seem like this, it's really him trying to turn his sorrow into anger as anger is more easy to deal with.
 ‣ while he might not seem like a very complex kid, he does have a lot of complex emotions and thoughts. he's rather cunning and if he needs to, will use people for his own gain. especially rotten nobles. he'd trick them into doing things or exposing themselves pretty often.
 ‣ while he doesn't seem to care much for his mother, every ornament or jewelry he wears is likely something that was once hers. he doesn't remember her too well, but he does miss her and he knows how much she suffered.
 ‣ he can be a bit flirtatious at times, but he's not really the type to get serious. he actually doesn't like being touched, part of the reason as to why he wears gloves. intimacy scares him.
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 ‣ sweets, animals, his mother
 ‣ his father, abusive people, prejudice, the situation with the demi-human and slaves.
 ‣ he has a lot. his main fear is his father. but he also fears getting close to his siblings and them facing the kind of abuse he does. he's also afraid of intimacy, having never experienced it before.
 ‣ he seems to think most aristocrats are scum. of course, not all, but the majority of them.
 ‣ he prefers to be in either bars, inns, or somewhere with a lot of wildlife rather than his room at the palace or his estate.


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     appearance
 ‣ the male has long brown hair, which usually has some kind of braid in them. much like his personality, his hair is as wild as he is. he also has lion-like features due to being a demi-human, such as his tail, ears, and other animal autonomy which aren't as obvious.
 ‣ he has tanish brown skin and green eyes. while he is considered rather attractive as a demi-human, he does have a scar across his eye. he also has various of other ones, such as the ones on his hands or back. even so, if he didn't have the title of the prince to protect him, he'd probably be sold off as a slave to a place like a brothel.
 ‣ he doesn't usually wear formal wear, but he will for official events.
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     history
 ‣ much like his first name implies, he didn't have a happy life. while he was born as the first born royal child, he was born to a mistress and a demi-human at that. she was formally a slave and only granted a viscount title when she was pregnant with the child so the nobles didn't bother her too much. though, the emperor soon got bored with the woman as time went on. and well, when he was around four years old, his mother was put to execution by his father. from then on, he was taken care of by the maids. while his father would often have gotten angry at him and would even harm him at times, it wasn't until he was around eight years old and he got the scar over his eye that he truly lost his respect for his father. the violence continued like this, getting worse and worse. while this wouldn't be shown in public, it definitely happened plenty enough behind the scenes.
 ‣ he, of course, hid it from his siblings. especially since they were so young. from the moment his first sibling was born, he'd separate himself from them.
 ‣ when he was eighteen, he officially inherited his mother's title of viscount and a little bit of land. however, this was not a gift. it was to show the other nobles that while he was first in line to the throne, he would not be the one to inherit it. not to mention, despite being a prince, to only be worth the title of viscount was insulting.
 ‣ even though he had the land, he didn't spend much time there and spent most of his time in the palace still. he wasn't allowed to escape. though, around two years prior, he started to notice medical supplies being left in his room when he was injured. it was a nice gesture, and honestly, it kind of made him happy. after all, most people were only showing him slight kindness because he was a prince. they didn't mean it. though, considering that there was no name left with the supplies or anything like that, he could tell they were probably worried about his health. one day, he saw cal trying to deter the emperor and that's when he started connecting the two.
 ‣ he didn't start properly living on his property until he started looking for a fiance, though he still spent a lot of time in the palace and still has a room.
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     miscellaneous
 ‣ kitti.
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[Henry]

Name: Zoe Rogers
Nickname: N/A

"..."

Age: 29
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 182 lb

"Help me."

Appearance:
Species: Human
Clothing type: Pesaunt/Prisoner

"I speak to the rats"

Personality: Slowly growing insane, shy, easily scared, dreams big, acts like a mouse/rat
Sexuality: Forgotten but has a high preference for females
Occupation: Prisoner
Relationship's: None

"Don't look at me"

History: Zoe was 19 when it happened. Her house or more so her small village was blown up by a terrorists who died in the explosion. Zoe was near the explosion which explains the scars on her body. Since she was the only survivor all the evidence pointed to her and when she didn't confess to killing all those innocent souls she was sent to jail alone for life. Though she didn't used to be alone. There were servants who would bring her food and water. But one day they stopped arriving at the age of 20 and that's when the rats started coming. The rats would bring her scraps as she barely survived. She even befriended the critters and after a couple of years learned how to speak their language. She even started to believe she was one of them and started walking like them. Now she lies in the empty and forgotten prison waiting to be remembered.
Other: She's from freze

[ellie]

Ｋａｔｎｉｓｓ Ａｌｅｘｉａ Ｒｅｖａ

Drákon-Ório-Storm Rider
19
Aromantic asexual


Face Claim: Chloe Bennet

Katniss stands at around 5' 4", so she's not the tallest person around, nor is she the shortest. She has a smaller, thinner body frame with tanned skin, dark brown eyes, and thicker, dark brown hair that tends to fall to a few inches or so below her collar bone.

The dragon rider tends to wear clothes befitting of her Vawhianian heritage, while she also wears what works in the Scodial Empire and their weather considering she was trained there as a dragon rider when she was twelve. She's the type of person okay with a dress or with pants, but she prefers pants just because she feels she can better ride her dragon that way, and go running through any fields or towards any waterfalls she finds, because she adores adventuring so much. It just makes more sense. She also isn't a huge fan of dressing up, it's just a lot of energy and work.


Personality: Katniss Alexia Reva is one of the kindest, most selfless people to probably ever walk Althon. She's the type of person who hates seeing others get hurt and will do everything she can to help someone if she sees they're in a situation where they need care or medical attention, even if she doesn't know how to help. She'll offer to stay with them to get them to someone who can help. Katniss, despite this, is actually quite shy around new people, and an introvert, but she still wants to do want she can to make the world a more safe and just place.
Maybe it's seen as contrary to this, but Katniss is also a very adventurous person, and she likes to feel adrenaline rushes and do bold and daring things. She's an adventurer at heart and wants to see as much of the world as she can--it doesn't take a lot to bring a smile to her face and make her laugh with joy, especially if it's nature-related. She can find joy and happiness in the little things, and thus considers herself an optimist. However, that doesn't mean she's unrealistic--she's more of an optimistic realist, or maybe a realistic-optimist. The girl always tries to find a solution before assuming the worst of people and circumstance.s
With any small friend group she had, she'd be incredibly loyal, and kind, always the friend checking up on you. Also, maybe what's interesting considering her quieter nature is that she's strongly quiet--she's confident in herself and knows and accepts who she is: someone who's just a bit shy around new people, but when you get to know her, she's selfless and kind and full of laughs and adventure and wanting to make someone smile. She really can be an energetic fireball around nature, her dragon, and her family and friends, and she laughs a lot and genuinely loved life and the world around her.
The brunette is also confident in who she is--not in a showy way, and she's not egotistical, but she's just comfortable in her own skin, at least for the most part, and Katniss is hard to really upset. She always gives second chances--mostly, anyway. If you hurt her family and friends, she will want legal retribution and action taken and wants the person to know that what they did was wrong. When she's shier and in a few place with new people, she closes off, and she does have a hard time making new friends and forcing herself to talk to them. All her cheerfulness comes mainly when she's alone with a group of people she's happy and feel safe with. She does have a fear of abandonment, though, and is insecure only in the sense that she's afraid she'll be alone and lose any friends she made, and she's afraid of being judged for being a generally romance-repulse aroace, because so many people in the world want romance, whereas Kat was never able to handle it.


Family:
~Her dragon (alive-name TBD)
~Keladry Reva (twin sister-alive)
~Kellan Reva (younger brother-alive)
~Andrey and Thena Reva (parents-alive)


History: Katniss was born along with her twin sister, Keladry, to a family in Versai Capital in Vawhiania Kingdom. Her father works to transport cargo while her mother works to dock and undock cargo onto the ships. They're thus not the most wealthy family around, but they were all so very close, which Katniss looked back on fondly. She had a loving, wholesome relationship with her family--her mother and father always telling adventure stories that made Katniss want to travel, as her father sees far off lands in his own travels. She was also close with her twin sister, the more homebody of the two of them, and her younger brother, who is about 16 now. She always liked to go and explore the city with them despite having been born there.
When Katniss was six, she found she had the ability to control water, and she was fascinated and amazed, always playing with it and practicing with help of her father, who then revealed to his daughter he, as well, could control water. Her mom and sister were fire benders, however, and while many believe fire and water don't mix, Katniss always saw it proof that two people, while different, could get along and even happily love one another. Her brother, though, was not born with an ability, and when he'd be upset and in tears about it, Katniss would sit with him and sing softly, or just assure him it didn't make him any less special.
Kat attended reading and math lessons from her father's boss's wife who gave schooling at a cheap price to her husband's employees' kids, which is where Katniss and her sister learned to read. While at the "school", Katniss made two good friends, feeling comfortable with them while shy around everyone else. It even took her sister introducing her to the two friends for her to even open up to them, but when she did, the three would always have so much fun together, and Katniss would go running and splashing in water when it rained with them, or they'd play hide and seek through the city, earning glares from everyone.
When some people were nine or ten and started showing an interest in romance, Katniss was confused. She said nothing and started to feel like something was wrong with her as friends and classmates all began to say that "so and so was cute" or blush and stammer around someone. She never thought anyone was "cute" or "hot", and she never got a crush or felt attracted to someone.
When she finally brought it up to her parents, both of them assured her there was nothing wrong with her, and that some people just didn't feel romantic or sexual attraction. Katniss felt a bit better after that, but always slightly left out, and she began to worry she'd spend the rest of her life alone without friends considering they'd all get married and leave her alone, and she'd never marry.
But aside from this, her life was good...until she was twelve. About two weeks after she turned twelve, they came for her. People from Oseia. She was horrified, and she and her parents were crying, but as her parents knew why they wanted their daughter and what this meant, they had to let her go. So, dejected and even more quiet and shy than usual, and being ripped from her loved ones and the life she knew, Katniss was taken to Oseia, where she was paired with her dragon, who grew to be protective of her as well as share some of her personality traits, and Katniss and her dragon became and still are very close companions. She's grown to love them and is a little protective of them as well, though she's sure the dragon can do more for her than she can for them. But if anyone hurts her dragon, she'd be furious and also, probably, cry. She's not always a super sensitive person, but she isn't always the type to stand face-to-face against bullies, either. It depends on who she is with and her comfort level. She prefers helping from the sides because of how shy she can be. If she gets over that fear (and she's bolder with her dragon), she could be a force to be reckoned with became if it weren't for her shy nature, Katniss would be an energetic fireball more than she already is around nature or her dragon or her loved ones. It's the same with her family, if someone hurt them she may go ballistic. She wouldn't snap and hurt anyone, as Katniss doesn't really have that much of a temper, but she may look for some legal way to get revenge or for the person to get locked up or...just know what they did was wrong and regret it, but she'd first and foremost be there for her loved ones to be sure they'e okay.
When she got there, she met the other Riders, any who existed when she was there, and honestly, as Katniss was never the jealous type unless it meant she wished she had more friends, she never actually disliked Nuri the way some do. She just was a bit uncertain about being torn from her family, and very sad and shy, that she had no idea how to approach her, especially since Nuri seemed to be not as approachable. Katniss tried to be friends with her and anyone she could, though.
She named her dragon xxx, and it was discovered she was the Storm Rider, which did bring a small smile to Katniss's face. She'd always loved rainstorms and lightning anyway, so she actually found this fitting. From that day on, she felt bonded with her dragon, and she trained as hard as she could to become stronger, and her skills remain using sticks and staffs and spears as as weapons over anything else. She has seen her family a few times since then after being sent on missions when she got older, and she's always happy to meet them via letter and then meeting somewhere where her dragon won't cause problems. They still write one another a lot, and she loves them all dearly.
They moved to the Scoidal Empire as well so they could be closer to Katniss, who, on her time off, sometimes stays with them or who goes on random adventures with her dragon or on her own to explore the world because she likes to. She can be a little distracted because of her wonder with the world on missions sometimes, but it is what it is. Katniss doesn't hate her life, but she does wish she was able to keep her water abilities, but she gained her dragon's, which are pretty cool, and she's mostly accepted it as this point.

Likes: adrenaline rushes; adventures; lightning and rainstorms; rain; water; swimming; flying on her dragon and the wind in her hair; adventuring; discovering new places na strung new foods; outdoors; hiking; cats
Dislikes: super hot days; deserts; being away from her family; spicy foods; slavery; being cooped up inside for too long; bullies
Fears: being alone the rest of her life; her dragon's death; being judged for her sexuality; her family being hurt; never finding close friends

Abilities:
~Powers:
Used to Have: Water manipulation/hydrokinesis--she was once able to control, shape, and play with water, while also being able to breathe underwater thanks to her ability, which is a huge plus for her.
Now, she had the abilities her dragon has, as the creature's magic (storm magic, mainly control and manipulation of lightning with some water and air) is now hers as well (?)
~Physical Skills
Katniss is good with flying on her dragon, as well as skilled with batons and spears and staffs as self-defense weapons.

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        Linn Ruan - 24 - Female - She/her - Socidal - Assassin
               (art by Sam Yang)
              "You say I'm the only one
         If it's true, then why you running, you running, ooh"
                  history
The fourth of a group of seven sisters, leaves one with no where to stand out. Linn took this thought literally, she never stood out, but she wanted to. Living on a ranch in the Wetheihau Kingdom, she was told that she would grow old, get married, have kids, and later take care of her dying parents. Life would be lived and wasted, was how she saw it, and so she decided that would never happen. You only live once after all. Linn trained on her own, practicing with a bow and arrow, till she could shoot a strawberry on a piece of string from across a field. Saving up money from selling eggs, she went into town and bought her own katana, along with some varnish to fix up her bow. Again she continued to train, rest was for the weak, she wouldn't be weak.
During the late breeding season of the eleni on her parents ranch, she was herding the calves into the canyon for a change of scenery, when a bird the size of a hawk in the rocks caught her attention. Walking closer she found a hontzal chick with a broken wing, picking it up she took it home nursing it back to health, feeding and bonding with the animal, till they formed a connection. She moved away from home at the age of 15, and went into the bounty hunting business, making a name for herself. Sure bounty hunting made good money, but an assassin, that was where the really money and fun could be found. She tried love once in her life, but that only left room for weakness and she would never show weakness, later killing the man in bed with a knife dipped in poison. Weakness was for the weak.
              "I'm dying to believe you
              I feel alone in your arms
             I feel you breaking my heart"
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Linn is the type of person to keep her priorities straight and stick to the plan, but she most certainly doesn't mind changing up what was originally asked of her, if she sees fit. At first she may come across as serious and as expected of her, a killer that doesn't care who it is as long as she paid, but Linn is actually very comedic. Even if others don't think so, she will laugh at her own dark or light jokes, teasing people just for the fun of it. She used to take everything to heart, but got out of the habit once she took control of her own life and what she wanted to do with herself. It's difficult to unsettle her, but when she gets mad, she gives this half-hearted laugh. Like her body is unsure how else to react. Linn's fighting style is long range, because of her size and body type close combat is something she purposefully avoids, knowing full well that she could lose the high ground. Rather she likes to watch and wait from a distance, dipping an arrow into poison and shooting down her target, then going to kill them with her katana once they are subdued. She doesn't care how 'fair' she fights, as long as she wins. When talking to people, while she's looking for someone she will happily engage in conversation, genuinely enjoying it. But never making close connections or relationships, because like always that leaves room for weakness. Weakness she can afford to have in her life.
             "Got too many different sides
              Got dishonor in your eyes"

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Ianira Blakely
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First Name─ "enchantress"
Last Name ─ "dark"



F A C T S
Gender ─ female
Role ─ slave ( former? )
Age ─ threeish
Current Home ─ caledonia

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▶ deadlines ● ○ ○ ○ ○
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Her hair is long and black. It goes a bit past her shoulders and is very soft and silky. The young child has bangs, though, surprisingly, they fit her rather well. Her hair fades a bit in color the further it goes down.
She has delicate, porcelain skin. Her skin is rather pale, almost as if she hadn’t seen much sun. she’s a rather small child with thin arms and small, calloused hands. Her face is roundish and her cheeks are almost always tinted pink. Her cheeks are very pinchable.
She has large, round eyes with a purplish color. While she appears human, the female does have large scars on her back from where her small wings were ripped off of her. She is a demi-human who had avian features. Perhaps they’ll grow back one day, but, there was no guarantee. Though, she does have the stub of a tail growing in.

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The child is very cheerful and is almost always wearing a smile on her face. She is still extremely young and doesn’t understand things well, but she seems very frightened of others. This is largely due to what happened to her recently. She wasn’t a slave for long, but they took advantage of every moment. They were hardly even there, but they knocked her out and when she woke up, they were gone and were only left with an overwhelming amount of pain that made it difficult to move. All she could do was lay there in the cell and cry. She almost didn’t survive the fever either. They didn’t expect her to survive, but she did.

They are rather clingy towards caledonia, who they are extremely grateful towards for saving them. They like being around the female and sees her as a big sister of the sort. One day, they want to be as strong as her. They are extremely playful and like to learn new things. It’s a good thing, honestly. Despite all that she went through, she could still act like a child. She is very mild-mannered and doesn’t really get upset too often. She does pout a bit every once and a while, but the child doesn’t seem to throw too many tantrums. They know when to be quiet and can be rather affectionate. Strangers frighten her, but she seems to be rather fond of animals and other demi-humans. Especially the fluffy ones. She is more likely to open up to a demi-human than she is to a human, due to the fact that her previous owner was a human.

While the child is generally well-behaved, clumsy albeit, she does often have nightmares and have panic attacks. She also suffers from phantom pains from where her wings were taken from her. When these phantom pains occur, she gets really sick and has trouble moving around. Panic attacks are difficult and it feels like she can’t breathe, to the point where she actually starts having trouble breathing. It seems as though, while she is young, she suffers from severe PTSD from her experiences as a slave. It’s a miracle enough that the child is alive still, but for her to be suffering still for it all is awful.

she is extremely close with the cat demi-human and finds their company to be favorable. while the cat is low-energy, they often draw and play together. she's very protective over them, and even if she's scared, would try to protect their 'sister'

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It’s not that she had a bad family. They were honestly great. Her mother had been hoping for a girl for a long time and once she hatched, she was thrilled. The small hybrid was like a miracle for the couple, who had been having trouble conceiving. However, then something unexpected happened. Their little place in the forest was invaded by slave merchants. The father, lizardmen, lost his life in attempts to fend back and the mother had lost her eye. Both the infant and mother were taken away and imprisoned. With the mother, they could use her as a s*x slave and, since she was fully grown, when she would shed her wings, they could take the feathers she shed and sold those. However, the child didn’t have much use since it was young. They waited for a while, keeping her as basically livestock. She shared a cell with her mother and a cat demi-human around her age. It was when she had just turned two that her mother had disappeared and didn’t come back. She wasn’t sure what happened, but the guy in the cell across said that she had served her use, whatever that meant. Her wings had started to properly grow that year, and when she was nearly three, they were big enough. While they were planning to wait until she was older to make full use of her, their boss was getting impatient. It wasn’t in their plans that her mother would die and they had promised the feathers of the girl’s clan. So, they took her from her cell and injected something in her. When she woke up, they were gone and she was next to her cat friend. They were crying. It was incredibly painful once the meds wore off and she couldn’t really move. All she could do was lay there and cry in pain as their friend cried with them.

It was half a year later that something happened. Both her and her cat friend were to be sold at the auction. However, as the auction was ending, explosions could be heard. There was a lot of panicking and then… they blacked out for a while. Once they came to, they had been abandoned by their masters and were left there. They couldn’t find their cat friend and was in a panic, but they couldn’t move as they had been trapped under some rubble. The cat child’s new owner had already taken them. The most they could do was cry and call for help. Caledonia was sent to investigate immediately, as she was in the area, in which she heard the child and ended up saving them. Things began to calm down as the fire began to extinguished from the rain. It was then that more crying could be heard. Following the source, Caledonia would have eventually found the cat child trapped, unable to get out due to rubble blocking the only way out. Their new master in front of them, dead from head trauma. Caledonia ended up helping that child as well and the two then reunited. It was when they realized that they were probably going to be brought somewhere or sold off again that the cat child claimed she wanted to stay with caledonia. It was surprising, considering how quiet they usually were and usually did as they were told. Jumping on the bandwagon, as she didn’t want to leave cal either nor did she want to be separated from her friend, she also claimed she didn’t want to. Caledonia considered it. She considered taking them to an orphanage or a church, and began to head in that direction after telling her knights she was going to do one more look around and then get the kids somewhere safe. She tells the others to go home, so they do. Alone with the kids, she starts taking them to a church. but stops. because she can't do it. she can't just take the kids somewhere because 1.) she knows they'll probably end up back in slavery. 2.) they were abandoned and probably ripped from their families, or stolen, or something. 3.) she has a soft spot for kids, especially ones that need help.

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ianira is one half of the demi-human child duo.
they are currently under the care and protection of Caledonia hayden ( or, will be ).
they are a hybrid, but they are full demi-human. She is an avian on her mother's side. her particular lineage would have very beautiful wings/feathers, in which they are highly sought after and such which is why they would have taken it and captured her. on her father's side though, she is a green anole lizard.
This isn't something known currently in roleplay, but will be found out later. green anole lizards can lose their tails and grow it back. that gene ended up mixing with her avian genes and causing a mutation, in which her wings will later grow back ( along with her tail. ) It's a very painful experience and makes moving difficult. It's actually what her phantom pains really are, her body trying to grow her wings back but failing.

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[Henry]

Name: Montel Smith
Nickname: Ed

"Huh? Sorry"

Age: 28
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 179 lb

"Scuse me"

Appearance:
Species: Human
Clothing type: Slave/old clothes

"Sorry I'm late"

Personality: Acts tough and brave but is scared on the inside. Somewhat optimistic, Mostly a Mute at times, trust issues, strong willed but not stupid, protective towards things he likes, vindictive.
Sexuality: (Choosing to be)Asexual/Straight
Occupation: Scoidal Empire Slave
Relationship's: None

"...."

History: when he was a baby he was sold to the empire by his sister and parents. Ever since then he only knew confinement and almost killed himself once but met another slave which changed his mind. That other slave also changed his life. The creature was magnificent to him so he didn't end it all. Now a days he only stays alive to not die alone and to see the day he'd be free.
Other:

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Maya Twilight Fairchild

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Name: Maya Twilight Fairchild
Nickname: Peaches (By her siblings), Mae, Tilly



Age: 16
Height: 5"4
Weight: 99.8



Appearance:

Species: Human
Clothing type: grunge-like



Personality: she's clear-headed and fun-loving. Of course she's also courageous, understanding and independent, but they're far less prominent, especially compared to impulses of being self-indulgent as well.
Her clear-headedness though, this is what she's so well-liked for. There are many times when friends count on this and her brilliance when they're feeling down. she's provocative and vindictive is just the tip of the iceberg. That's without even stating she's also scornful, argumentative and destructive, but at least they only show in smaller doses and mixed with behaviors of being sensitive as well. But focus on her as this is what she's almost feared.
Sexuality: Bisexual
Occupation: Princess
Relationship: She doesn't have one



History: She is the middle child, she tries to keep her older sister from killing her younger sister. She is an outsider because of how she looks. Because of her gees she can never be Queen, but she ks okay with that.
Pets (optional): Dog named Darling
Other: She the outsider of the family

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M A R E L L A ♪ M A D R IG A L
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First Name ─ "star of the sea"
Last Name ─ "song for unaccompanied voices"

F A C T S
Gender + Pronouns ─ Female + She/Her/Hers
Role ─ Sound Rider
Age ─ Sixteen Years Old
Current Home ─ Oseia Capital

S T A T S
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▶ strength ● ● ● ● ○
▶ empathy ● ● ● ○ ○
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Marella naturally has hair the color of ravens but over time, her hair has been dyed with brightly colored red berries she finds in the nature around her. When it's not wet or braided, which is her go-to style, her hair falls just below her waist. Her eyes are an amber color with flecks of gold in them, though in certain lighting, they look like they're orange or red. Her skin is rather pale since she tries to hide herself the best she can, in case anyone has any pictures of her. Marella isn't that tall, only being about five foot six but her personality makes up for it in the long run. She has a button nose and naturally red lips, as well as what it seems as flawless skin. She keeps her nails sharp but she doesn't color them and her style changes, usually depending on what she can find or get with the money she collects.

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With having a complex personality, comes a complex series of good and bad traits. Marella has a decent balance between all of her personality traits, sometimes the good ones out weigh the bad and sometimes its the other way around.

Marella had never met an adventure that she never took on for herself. She's been on more adventures, both good and bad, then anyone else she knows, even though she doesn't know many people, but that isn't the point. She's clever as well as witty and rescourceful. Before she found her way to the town of Zrose, she always found a way to survive on her own with her dragon companion. Food wasn't always easy to find, but she was always able to look for different herbs and plants that would get her and her dragon along until she was able to get some actual food.

Since she isn't trained like the other Drákon-Ório, Marella tries to keep a close eye for other riders to make sure her location is kept a secret. So, when meeting people that neither she or her dragon know, she's usually very cautious and sometimes even hostile towards the person or thing she's meeting with. She is also calculating in this way as well, she tries to make obversvations about the people she talks to, either trying to find certain facial features that mark them, or even certain voice tones the person uses. She uses these little details later to help her survive more smoothly without being caught.

Being quiet makes it easy to blend in, no one suspects a thing. That's what Marella is, quiet. Normally, unless she needs to, she doesn't really speak all that often and when she does speak, it's usually in soft hums under her breath. Though, she does have good manners, despite raising herself, and she's pretty understanding towards the people that live around her. She can also be pretty honest, usually about small things. Not things such as her real name or what she really is.

Marella is pretty stubborn to put it lightly. Everything needs to be a certain way and if it isn't in that perfect and certain way, then she gets upset and has to take a few moments to calm down. She's a perfectionist and always makes an enough to look her best and stay tidy even when her life is in danger.

Intelligent is said to run through Marella like water runs through a river or a stream. She's smart and there really isn't any other way to put it. Her smarts is one of the only things that has been keeping her alive all of these years. She's also strong-willed and very modest about her own abilities. She would never want to make someone feel bad just because they thought she was better.

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Marella was born to two lowerclass parents, her mother being a human with no ability at all and her father being an elf with a strong connection to nature. Anyways, her parents disappeared only a day after she was born, so she never really got to get to know her parents, she only knows their faint shadows in the back of her mind, in the forgotten memories. She can only see her mother and father's smiles from when she was first born. That's all she really can remember.

Since day one, she's been on her own. At first, Marella went to an oprhanage somewhere near Vushrash Village. There, she stayed until she was seven years old. After age seven, being in an oprhanage became risky, other children would fight for the attention of older people looking for cute little children to take to their homes. So, she ran away with only a small bag and the clothes on her back.

From the orphanage, Marella ran and ran until she got to the Ruins of Othana. At the time, she didn't know what the place was called, all she knew was that the voices and whispers in the wind from that place calmed her greatly. Since she was young, little things like the dark and shadows scared her, but the whispers of dragons kept her at ease.

At the age of eleven, she traveled to the Town of Zrose, and there she met a group of nomads, a group made of mainly elves with a few humans. The nomads treated her with kindness and even invited her to travel with them as she was to young to be out in the world herself. Marella accpected their offer to join them, the nomads took her past the Wokichola Village. There, she wandered away from the group and they left her at the village with the Qhezokey. At first, the Qhezokey didn't want Marella in their village, their home, so they kept her at bay. But, over time, she slowly earned their trust by giving them small gifts when she was able to find enough money for the gifts.

A year after the Qhezokey allowed her into their village, a worker from the Scoidal Empire came to find and bring her to the Oseia Capital where she would bond with her dragon and become a Drákon-Ório. At first, Marella didn't want to go, she had made a connection with the Qhezokey and they had given her a home. To make her go on her own free will, the teachers of the riders decided to allow her to visit the Qhezokey every now and then.

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Aife Alvara
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First Name─ "great warrior woman of myth"
Last Name ─ "army of elves/warrior elves"



F A C T S
Gender ─ female
Role ─ slave ( former? )
Age ─ threeish
Current Home ─ caledonia

S T A T S
▶ speed ● ○ ○ ○ ○
▶ strength ● ○ ○ ○ ○
▶ empathy ● ● ○ ○ ○
▶ deadlines ● ○ ○ ○ ○
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The girl is rather small, though, that’s a given for her age. Though, she’s pretty thin due to having not been properly fed and has thin, fragile limbs. Unlike their ‘sister’ they are pretty low-energy and far more fragile than she is. Despite being the same age, she’s much smaller and weaker. Exerting herself too much can cause her to get sick. Partly to the fact that was never properly taken care of, but also because she couldn’t move around as she wished. Unlike her sister, she didn’t have a parent or something of the sort to take care of her.
She has short, brown hair and fur. Much like her hair, her eyes are a light brown. She doesn’t like hiding her ears that much because it’s uncomfortable and her tail is usually well hidden under her dresses. Under her eye, she has a beauty mark. She does also have a few scars covering her small body, mostly on her back. This is not due to having a body part ripped out or anything though, it was mainly just as punishment. Whip marks. The child would have barely been alive by the time she escaped from that hell hole, even if she wasn’t placed in such a dangerous situation. She’s severely malnourished and often struggles to eat normal portions.
Her expressions seem rather limited, quite the opposite of her cellmate. It’s hard for the girl to express herself, so it’s quite worrying for her age. There are times when she’s really happy though and her tail will slow very slowly though. It’s not very noticeable, as it isn’t too big of a movement. She seems rather attached to Nira, especially since the smaller girl would share what food they did get with her and would often get in trouble for her. She has scars on her legs and feet.

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She isn’t one to express her emotions often, despite being so young. This is likely due to the situation she grew up in. While most children her age would have a hard time reading the room and would just blurt anything out, she is strangely quiet for a child and doesn’t make too much noise. Though, that’s a given. She was born into the situation she was in. If she was too loud or annoying, she’d be punished. She spent a lot of time either being groomed, sick, or drugged. Meeting various people who might be interested in a cat demi-human and only being met with the frustrations of those who couldn’t sell her. It’s only natural that she doesn’t know how to properly express herself, in a place where being quiet and suppressing your emotions was the best way to make it through, the way they taught their stock to act. Obedient and quiet. Nira had promised to make up for the things she lacks by being overly expressive but… that’s dangerous in itself and the girl doesn’t like it. She’s young, so she doesn’t quite understand it all that well yet. All she knows is that she is afraid. Though, it’s not only because of her fear though. A huge part of it is the conditioning, and well, being drugged constantly to make sure she didn’t ‘retaliate’ when meeting prospective owners.

But, even if she can’t express herself normally, she’s still a child. She likes to play, at least, with what she can do and she gets happy, scared, and sad. She still feels everything, she just doesn’t know how to express it all or what it means so it just wells up inside. She’s soft-spoken and seems very slow on the uptake at times, but she’s incredibly observant and does seem to be rather crafty. Much like a cat, she can see in the dark ( refer to cessair’s abilities, night vision is something all felines are capable of ). She has an incredibly strong sense of smell and hearing. Her taste is also incredibly sensitive and can’t eat foods that are incredibly seasoned, due to being used to eating incredibly bland foods.

The child spends a lot of time resting. It takes a lot of energy just to walk around for a while and she gets drained rather quickly, having very little stamina. Because of this, she has no choice but to sleep in most of the day. For her, it’s also a way to cope. Sometimes she just… doesn’t want to get up and just goes back to sleep. Much like Nira, she does get panic attacks at times and suffers from anxiety and PTSD. During episodes, she also has trouble breathing and ends up sweating a lot. She doesn’t get them as often though, as she’s usually sleeping. Nightmares can trigger them though, as well as being around large men or whips. The sound of horses terrifies her as well.

While she doesn’t express love openly, she is grateful towards caledonia and feels comfortable around the woman. She often gets really worried about Nira though and gets anxious if she thinks the girl might be in danger or something. When she wakes up and doesn’t see Nira anywhere or hear her at all, she often panics as well, thinking that she might have finally been taken from her, even if they are in a safer environment now.

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Both her mother and father were slaves themselves. Her mother a demi-human and her father an elf. She wasn’t the only one though. In her litter, sure, she was the only one who made it, albeit still very weak. She had two older brothers. She didn’t remember her mother at all. After she was finished breastfeeding, she was sold off somewhere. Her father was sold somewhere for work before she was even born, leaving her with her siblings. She didn’t understand things all that well and still doesn’t. However, both her parents had died. Her mother after being r*ped and her father in a mining accident. It wasn’t long until her brothers were taken from he too. They had tried to rebel, to get out of there with her. In the process, both of them died and she was punished severely despite only being a little older than one. It was then that she was placed in a cell with Nira. Nira was a bright child, despite their circumstances. She reminded her of her older brother. It didn’t take long for her to open up to the girl. She saw her as someone who was strong, someone bright and warm like the sun. At first, when they met, she couldn’t walk due to the punishment. So, the girl would help her move around and would even share food with her. She came to know her as her sister.

When they were both a little over 3, some shit happened at an auction and they were taken in by Caledonia Hayden. It hasn’t been too long since then, but the girl doesn’t feel on alert when around caledonia and feels rather at ease around her. She sees the woman as a warm person. Maybe one day she’d consider her to be a mother figure of the sort? Right now, she’s still feeling out the water, to see if it’s safe to dive in. After all, what if Caledonia left them too?

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Abandonment Issues
Likes warm places
Sleeps a lot
Needs to build up stamina
Concerningly pale
Gets sick a lot
She doesn’t like pain, at all
Slight separation anxiety

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[leah-megan , head mod]

   
     Katrana - 26 - Female - She/her - Scoidal - Zushenian Slave
               (art by Merwild)
            "I had a dream I was seven
             Climbing my way in a tree
             I saw a piece of heaven"
                 history
Katrana was born in Braonia, in the hidden and protected Khalh village, she was protected and cared for by her mother carefully as she was her mother's first cub. And to put it simply she was over protective of the once adventurous and trouble seeking Katrana. Taking part in the tribe's activities, such as traditional festivals and events, was something she took part in as soon as she could properly walk, the age of two four weeks old. Like most zushenian parents, she was carried close to her mother's torso in a sling, so that she was protected and safe in case someone attacked the village. Katrana proved her strength from a young age, as all cubs did, by play fighting and rough housing to set a hierarchy among themselves. Being strong willed and physically the strongest out of the females her age, she was at the top, and led the small hunting trips. During one of their regular outings, when Katrana was around the age of fourteen, two of the males had gone too far and were out of their mothers' chirping range and pride territory, so Katrana went to go find them. Telling the others to head back, she went out to search for them, but ended up being chased by human hunters. She easily kept ahead of them, but failed to notice the trap set for her, her leg was pulled up by a rope and she roared. While clawing and scratching to get free, the two males had heard her distress and she told them to leave, her being at the top of the females they followed her orders.
Katrana was later sold to a slave market, where she met Montel, being newly brought to the market. Her wild and strong tendencies hadn't been broken and her innocence hadn't been tainted so she couldn't understand why someone would want to take their life, she was the one to keep Montel in this world. Now being twenty-six years old, Katrana suffers from insomnia, anxiety, paranoia, and struggles with eating. People touching her sets her off, because of the amount of times she has been hit on the spot found on her forehead. Those that knew her, only see something wild and more untamed then when she first arrived, her sanity slipping away. She is clearly unhealthy and every rib is visible. No longer a proud and strong zushenian.
            "And I was runnin' far away
           Would I run off the world someday?"
                personality
In the past, Katrana was adventurous, curious, yet loyal and mature. From a young age, she would try to slip away from her mother's sight and explore the village, grabbing and putting nearly everything in her mouth, as cubs do. She was always looking for new things and if she discovered a new flower or type of plant, she would pull it from the ground without a second thought and show someone with pride. Her curiosity was a gift, she was always looking to learn new skills, how to hunt, and basically couldn't get enough out of what people told her so she had to see for herself. While she got herself into trouble with the other cubs' parents and was scolded by her own mother for being reckless, on more than one occasion she was loyal to people. She kept her promises, and left no one behind, often going out on her own to find a lost friend. Her loyalty was her virtue and the others her age looked up to her for it, making her the lead female of the cubs. Before being taken she was quite mature, she knew how to take care of herself and others, making sure everyone was safe and always staying on track.
Since being caught and sold, she saw the worst in people, causing her to be in constant fear and agitation. When being transported she is held down or sedated, as she shakes violently out of terror. She suffers from insomnia, and night terrors which wake her up every night and the nights that don't is because she can't stay awake in the first place. Katrana is constantly stressed or anxious, either her claws are flexing in and out or her tail can stay still, it got a point once where she started clawing herself in her sleep or when she wasn't doing anything to distract herself. Always alert and on edge is her paranoia, feeling that she is watched or that everyone is out to get her and she can't stand that feeling. Once it made her feel strong now she can't stand it. The once powerful and prideful Katrana had reduced to someone who doesn't resemble who she once was.
            "Take me home where I belong
             I got no other place to go
              Now take me home
             Take me home where I belong
              I can't take it anymore"

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Blanche Frostyne Higalik
"White" or "Pure"
 ‣ 25
‣ female
 ‣ heterosexual
‣ january 20th

 ‣  ‣  ‣ "I like to wear my human skin outside, in disguise
I contort my body into something that you'd like"

      magical ability
  ‣ an intense connection with her dragon, Apricity..She can at times see through her dragons eyes and feel her dragons emotions, even while seperated.
  ‣ mind communication with her dragon Apricity.
 


     physical abilities
  ‣ she's physically fit but still manages to be curvy. She can run, she knows self-defense, and she wields a staff.
 
      mental ability
  ‣ protective over her dragon. always worried about him and always wanting to check up.
  ‣ also very protective over cessair.
  ‣ mature for the type of upbringing she had
  ‣ ptss




     room for improvement

  ‣ her attitude. she has a hard time keeping her mouth shut.
  ‣ her empathy. she has some, but she doesn't know how to wield it.


     overall
  ‣ could be a little kinder
  ‣ could learn how to be more reactive
  ‣ needs to be held to a higher standard
  ‣ is hopelessly in love with cessair
  ‣ hates the monarchy

 ‣  ‣  ‣ "Have to sew my innards up, stitch 'em tight, I'm so shy
Hide my ten-foot tongue behind my Hollywood smile"



     personality
 ‣ snarky, full of it, hateful to anyone who isn't a dragon rider or dragon (minus cessair)
 ‣ seductive, flirty, lustful, basically would sleep with anyone if they asked
 ‣ kind outright but it takes a while for her to warm up to you.
 ‣ wants the monarchy to fall
 ‣ feminist.

 ‣ likes; loud noises, stuff to keep her from having flashbacks, not being touched by anyone (other than flings, even then she is always on top lmao), not losing control, not being put down for her thoughts
 ‣ dislikes; her fiancee's father, losing control, her dragon hurt, being touched, certain smells.



 ‣  ‣  ‣ " I'm an entity, an apparition looking for a host
I'm darkness's scary sister, dissipate like smoke "

     appearance
 ‣ Blanche has bright blue hair, it's genetics, but it's a tad unnerving as she has a hard time fitting in because of it. It's funny though because she's an ice rider.
 ‣ Full hourglass frame. She's a tad thicker than most girls and embraces it.




 ‣  ‣  ‣ " I'm freaky, I'm a fetishist, I really like the toes
I unhinge my jaw to swallow you, I don't want to choke "

     history
 ‣ born to a noble father and a maid mother
 ‣ raised a noble, adopted by his noble wife
 ‣ mother was "killed" by her father. he let her go and she now works as a cook at the Aamon castle
 ‣ her dragon saved her life.



 ‣  ‣  ‣ "Okay, cool, it's a party with my ghouls
We go, "Boo, " I'm mixing mushies with my juice"

     miscellaneous
 ‣ has a nervous tapping that she does when she needs to be grounded.
 ‣ her dragon is very protective of her
 ‣ has a hard time processing compliments
 ‣ wants hugs all the time



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[Henry]

Name: Horace Rubio
Nickname: N/A

"Ever see limbs floating in the sea?"

Age: 29
Height: 6'6"
Weight: 178 lb

"Need something? Or are you giving something?"

Appearance:
Species: Human
Clothing type: https://images.halloweencostumes.com/...

"What can I say? Im a business."

Personality: He's cocky, brave, strong willed, loyal, keeps his promises, keeps secrets, identical memory, protective, some what vindictive.
Sexuality: Straight
Occupation: Merchant/vawhiania
Relationship's: None currently. But he does perticurly like a specific pirate/bounty hunter

"Hey hands off... Unless your buying or trading... Though I do see something I'd like to buy off you"

History: He's always been a trouble maker and was never one to let down a challenge even after he's lost his left limbs. He's always hated when people called him weak so he'd exercise himself to the limits. The reasoning for this is cause he's had abusive parents who called him worthless every day. One day he decided he wanted to become a sea tyrant but that fail within a weak when his captains ship was attacked by other pirates. Unfortunately he was hit by an explosive cannon and it imploded on impact. That's how he lost his limbs. So he decided to become a merchant to sell, trade, and buy goods. He never stays stationary though usually 2-3 years in one kingdom then he moves.
Other: Missing two left limbs and has a leg prosthetic

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Leandra Leone Proulx
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First Name─ "Lion Human"
Middle Name─ "Lioness"
Last Name ─ "Valient"



F A C T S
Gender ─ Female
Role ─ Bounty Hunter ( pirate, mercenary )
Age ─ twenty-seven.
Current Home ─ She doesn’t have one.

S T A T S
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▶ strength ● ● ● ○ ○
▶ empathy ● ● ● ● ○
▶ deadlines ● ● ● ○ ○
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The woman has smooth, caramel-colored skin. While most of it is covered, she does have various scars across her body, such as one that goes across her stomach. She has a voluptuous figure and typically maintains her appearance the most she can. Not for anyone else, but for herself.
She has long fluffy black hair that extends a bit past her shoulders. Her eyes are a light green color, which is a lot less noticeable than her eyelashes. One of her eyes are covered with an eye patch due to a scar there, though it’s mostly covered by her hair anyways.
She’s rather tall, standing around 5’10”. She’s almost always smiling or smirking in some way and while she is seen as dangerous, is known as a beauty amongst many. She wears a hat and a long coat to finish the pirate look, but it’s mainly to hide her lion features. On her hip, she keeps a sword and a rapier.

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The female is bit rambunctious and doesn’t like boring things. She’s always looking for something fun or exciting to do, hence why she prefers her job as a bounty hunter rather than that of a mercenary, as most of the whole mercenary thing is just sticking to a client and guarding them. She’s incredibly cunning and while she might seem like nothing more than a low-class good for nothing thief, she’s incredibly smart and cautious. She makes sure to always be aware of all escape routes and goes through various scenarios in her mind. When taking a bounty, she first does a lot of research on them, or as much as she can, before creating a few plans and carrying them out. While she seems reckless, she never jumps in head-first. If she’s lacking information, she’ll sit and watch for a while and observe the situation.
Though, coming up with various plans and stuff isn’t what makes her a great bounty hunter/pirate/mercenary. While planning is great, plans don’t always turn out the way you want them to and she knows that very well. She’s very innovative and quick on her feet. If her plans don’t work out, she’ll do her best to turn the situation around in her favor.
While she might be seen as a low-life by some, she does have a wide variety of connections and seems to constantly be gathering information. She takes advantage of the fact that most nobles don’t really think too much about the help and has even turned some corrupt nobles against each other while plundering their valuables.

She’s extremely confident in her abilities and appearance, and while it may seem like overconfidence and her just being vain, it’s just that she’s perfectly aware of worth as well as what she lacks. While she is prideful, she isn’t so prideful that she can’t admit her faults and mistakes. Despite not having a proper education, she’s well informed on various things. After all, her profession allows her to travel to various places and puts her in a position to receive various books and such. She’s self-study though, and well, there is only so much you can learn from books.
She’s a bit flirty at times, though, not very often. She isn’t really the type of person to just sleep with anyone or anything like that, but that doesn’t mean she can’t flirt. She’s often swindled others using this method. She’s someone who enjoys teasing others, but not really in a mean way.

While she might seem carefree, she definitely knows how to hold a grudge. If you stab her in the back, she’ll definitely get you back. She believes in taking karma in her own hands. So, while she might seem rather chill and carefree, she is still a pirate and can be a formidable foe.
She’s very skilled with the sword and rapier, having been using them for years now. Maybe not as long as others, but that doesn’t mean she isn’t as skilled as others. Unlike her younger half brother who relies more on his instincts and attacks wildly, she often bides her time by parrying and blocking. This is mainly possible thanks to her demi-human physiology and high stamina. While she usually only uses one weapon, she’s a dual wielder. What she does know of the sword is what she learned during her teenage years when she first picked it up.

She is a lion-demi. She has lion features such as night vision and enhanced senses. She’s stronger than the average human, but rather than strength, as a lioness her best skill would be her speed. She’s incredibly fast and quick on her feet, especially when running. She has strong legs, making it easy to jump around rather high. She’s used this to jump from ship to ship before. Though, since she hides the fact that she’s a demi-human, she doesn’t usually do too much as to avoid suspicion.
The rowdy female can be known as crude by some and rather sophisticated by others. It just depends on what side of her they often see. She frequents bars, though, not just to drink. It’s mainly to make connections with others to broaden her network. It’s also fun to get in drunken brawls, she won’t deny it. Some see her as someone who often avoids responsibility, but that isn’t the case. She takes her responsibilities very seriously and is willing to be held accountable if she messes up. If it’s someone working under her that makes up, as their superior she takes responsibility. She can be serious when she wants, she just doesn’t like showing her serious side due to it not being as favorable. She’s previously freed various slaves on missions, but she isn’t as well known for that than her supposed ‘bad deeds’. She’s changed a lot since her time as ‘Loni’, so much that she’s pretty much unrecognizable. Though, she does technically have a bounty on her head as an escaped slave. It’s just, it’s hard for people to recognize her as this ‘loni.’

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She was born into slavery. Her mother was a slave who abandoned her as a baby and escaped into the world of aristocrats by becoming the emperor’s mistress, leaving the child all alone from the start. Life as a slave wasn’t easy for the demi-human. She was never fed properly and because of her lineage as a apex predator, she was often made to do things like physical labor or.. less favorable things. Treated as livestock only to be used to get rid of people her owners didn’t like. Drugged when she would retaliate, abused. This went on for fifteen long years. When she was fourteen, she got pregnant. It wasn’t anything of her choice, of course. She was just finally old enough to match her master’s preferences, even if she was nothing but skin and bone and extremely small for her age. Though, the abuse didn’t end even when she got pregnant. Between the poisoning of drugs and abuse, she lost her baby. The baby she swore she’d protect and not abandon like her mother did. For a year, she stayed there. Absolutely heart broken over her loss. When she was sixteen though, she had become sick of it. With the help of a passing mercenary, she made her esape. Finally, she suceeded.
Under this mercenary, she learned how to read, write, and fight properly. It was when they took her under their wing that she began to learn the sword. She worked with them on bounties to earn money, to eat and earn her place. With proper food and care, she grew a lot. She was no longer small and malunorished and even grew a pair of b00bs. She grew to the point that she was no longer regonizable. It was when her mercenary master died on a mission that she finally went on her own.. She tried to get a normal occupation. Though, as a former slave and a demi-human, no one wanted her. When she tried to escape to Braonia, others got hurt when people tried to pursue her. That’s when she figured out that she didn’t have many choices to make a livelyhood and returned as a bounty hunter.

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She hates the nickname Loni ( “fierce lioness” ) and can get rather upset when called it.
Loni is the name on the bounty on her own head, as an escaped slave.
On the eye that she usually covers, there is a huge scar from one of her punishments. A hot steal bar was taken to her face and burned it. She can’t see out of that eye.
While she may seem like a criminal in some people’s eyes, she’s very mother-like and is actually quite good with younger children.
Her ears and tail are often hidden by her clothes. While another demi-human could probably smell that she herself is one, most humans wouldn’t be able to tell.
Her ear is clipped, from her time as a slave.

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Aurelio Delacroix
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First Name─ "golden"
Last Name ─ "of the cross"



F A C T S
Gender ─ Male
Role ─ Prince of Esnana
Age ─ 21
Current Home ─ Esnana

S T A T S
▶ speed ● ● ○ ○ ○
▶ strength ● ● ● ○ ○
▶ empathy ● ● ○ ○ ○
▶ deadlines ● ● ○ ○ ○
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The male has short, platinum blonde hair. His hair is rather sleek and is always kept short for convenience purposes. He has multiple piercings on his ears, and he always has something in. Though, he doesn’t usually wear girly earrings or anything. He has pale skin due to a lack of sun, though, it makes his eyes stand out even more.
He has light blue, slanted eyes and often looks rather tired. He often wears make-up, but not much. It’s usually just to cover up things like bags and everything and used to make his complexion look a bit better. ( much like an actor would do so ).

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He’s usually pretty quiet and minds his own business. He finds it important to find capable servants who can work efficiently under him without the risk of having things leak out. Most of his servants are personally trained and rather loyal to him, as he puts a lot of time and effort into molding them into the people he needs. As a prince, he’s rather civil and does his best to mind his manners. He’s incredibly intelligent and has been involving himself with his country’s politics for a long time now. He manages quite a bit of territory and often looks over the aristocrats and keeps them in line. He personally works with the army of their kingdom and occasionally oversees their training. He’s often off doing security checks and such in their territory and when he’s not, he’s busy managing it and going over things or doing stuff to maintain a good public image.
Despite all of this, he’s not really a gracious prince. He’s rather cold and when agitated, will glare you down. He doesn’t have time to deal with other people’s bull and doesn’t like being bothered often. While he likes to keep up with diplomatic relationships, he usually stands down when it comes to his sister and doesn’t attempt to go after bigger projects like relations with the scoidal empire and such. Though, he does maintain diplomatic relations with some other kingdoms as well as oversee the trade process. Since he’s often busy though, he doesn’t have the time to go in person as one of the ambassadors.
He turns a blind eye to his sister’s actions and doesn’t really bother to address them. As an unspoken agreement, she doesn’t mess with the personal servants he himself raised. While, he like his sister, is very ambitious and wants to further their kingdom along, he’s also the type who wouldn’t try to covet her power as he believes she’s far more ambitious than him.

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He grew up in the palace with a rather loving mother. While he isn’t close to his crueler sister, he isn’t very forgiving either. He’s rooted up an entire noble family for attempting at his life when he was around eleven years old. He’s always been rather cold towards others, and well, entitled.
When he was younger, there was an agreement with his sister that they’d rule the country together. He as the queen and she as the king and they’d split their duties accordingly. Any lovers or spouses they had would be concubines rather than rulers.

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I kind of half-assed his history
Likes cold foods
Skilled with wind magic
Good with the sword
Magic Swordsman ig?

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༻ Isola Malissande Delacroix ༺
Actions may have consequences, but not all consequences are bad.

sexuality - straight
relationship status - married
age - 42
pronouns - she/her
mental illness/disabilities - ptsd
alignment - esnana queen

personality ۞
(view spoiler)[Isola isn’t your average queen. Immersed in science, she often is experimenting in her lab. She’s a focused woman and won’t stop until she achieves what she wants. Isola sees a future for her kingdom. She protects what she loves and she loves a lot of things. This can lead her to being cold on the outside, or even ruthless at times of great danger. There’s one thing that she cares for more than anything else in the world–her children. Isola will protect them with her life. She coddles them, spends time with them and does as much as she can to be a nurturing mother for her kids even if they get annoyed by it at times. While she is loving around her children, to defend them she does brutal things, causing her somewhat icy reputation. While her son is the best child in her eyes, she also views her daughter in the same way. Her preshus wittew Awianna could never hurt a living soul! Isola always seems to turn a blind eye to Alianna’s actions, simply because she loves her so much. Isola dislikes those who try to get in her way and often spends time with those who share her own viewpoints. Even though Isola has what some may consider a cold reputation, she is all about appearances and makes sure her kingdom stays loyal to her. This means that sometimes she has to blame others for her faults, but don’t all rulers have to tell a few white lies here and there? She is mysterious and can be vague in what she says unless it’s important. Isola prefers spending time with those she cares about, like her husband and her children. It seems for different friends she has different personalities, some with her being boisterous and loud, others with her being witty and sarcastic. It’s really all just to gain favor with those of importance. Sometimes Isola can be shortsighted in times where she is angry and someone may have to tell her when enough is enough, but usually she’s very good at planning in advance and knowing her limits. Still, the definition of limits is a broad subject . .

likes ۞
experimenting for the greater good
her children
her husband
reading
winter
cleanliness
white persian cats
tiny food
purple
plums + figs (she binges them and has a whole stack of them in her room)
murder mystery novels

dislikes ۞
heavy rain
loud noises
the woods
small spaces
fire
people telling her she’s wrong
summer
people who accuse Alianna of doing things

fears ۞
her children being hurt
astraphobia (storms)
claustrophobia
the parasite
bombs (hide spoiler)]

history ۞
(view spoiler)[Isola was born the second child. Her older brother prepared from a young age to be king, but no one assumed he’d pass away so quickly. The parasite swept through Esnana. The palace was supposed to be protected. Isola was only seven when her brother, nine years old, began to cough black droplets. It all happened in fast, and suddenly Isola was the new heir, surviving the parasite that had managed to wipe out a quarter of the palace’s staff. This was what made Isola fascinated with experimenting. All she wanted was to prevent the fate that had ended her brother’s life, but it became a hobby as well. Through her teenage years, she experimented on many animals. Even when the spread had died down, it was still lurking. She turned out to be very bright on the subject and progressed thoroughly in her research.
As Isola became a young adult, she wed the man she’d been engaged to. At twenty one, she had two children, Alianna and Aurelio. Oh, how she loved them. Aurelio reminded her of her late older brother and Alianna of her other siblings. She stayed present in their lives, making an effort to be near them. Over ten years, her experiments were put aside. It became not as important. She was more engaged with her family instead of in her lab. Besides, the parasite was gone. It wasn’t so big of a deal anyways. That was until the parasite resurfaced. The palace was quarantined. Isola’s worst fear had spread, once again at age thirty four. Her days were now spent in the laboratory, desperately trying to find a cure. Within a year, she did just that. She had bags under her eyes and skin paler than frost, but she’d done it. Her kingdom was cured. But what was left of the experiment was . . interesting. It was one of her failed experiments from her teenage years. A rat was the subject, or used to be. Isola had put it locked up, but now she was curious. It’d been a few decades since she’d seen it. All she remembered was injecting what she had naively thought would be the cure, then pink-ish purple worm-like tendrils sprouted from the creature. Quickly, she’d hidden it in a separate room of the laboratory. Isola had tried to kill that thing. She’d put poisonous gases of all kinds in there, but she still heard it rustle. The rat should have died by now. She could check. But that thing was alive. And far larger than she could have imagined.

“ Ｃｏｍｅ ｃｌｏｓｅｒ， ｐｉｔｉｆｕｌ ｑｕｅｅｎ. ”
“ No . . , ” the Queen of Esnana whispered, backing away from the writhing mass.

“ Ｇｏｎｅ ｓｏ ｓｏｏｎ？ Ｂｕｔ ａ ｑｕｅｅｎ ｓｈｏｕｌｄ ｗａｎｔ ｐｏｗｅｒ， ｓｈｏｕｌｄｎ＇ｔ ｓｈｅ？ Ａｎｄ ,” it said, voice smoother than blood,
“ Ｉ＇ｖｅ ｂｅｅｎ ｑｕｉｔｅ ｌｏｎｅｌｙ ｄｏｗｎ ｈｅｒｅ ． ． ． ”

Isola ran, ran out of that lab and out of the palace. She ran even as guards were chasing her, asking her what she was doing. Power? That wasn’t power. That was a death warrant. She had shaken her head, pushing down the voice that beckoned her back. The same voice that would call to her for years to come.

Then the years passed and suddenly it was her fortieth birthday. Her party was one of elegance and smelt of red wine. All good things don’t last forever, though. A loud boom had rung through the room, loud as a crack of thunder. The walls crashed, and soon all Isola could see was smoke. She’d searched for her children and husband, but they had been elsewhere at the time. Every crushed body sent her heart racing. The party was over. Isola heard footsteps behind her and had whipped her head around, only to meet a dagger. A masked figure had pinned her to a wall. Then she was saved by one of her guards, one she trusted most dearly. What if her guard hadn’t been there? What if the assassins had succeeded? She always knew she was weak, but now it was glaringly obvious, and the queen had to do something. That voice came back, fiercer than ever. Without even truly invading her, the parasite had made its way inside her. Isola did what she believed she had to. She went back to the laboratory.

The parasite pulsed.
“ Ｙｏｕ＇ｖｅ ｃｏｍｅ． Ａｓ Ｉ ｋｎｅｗ ｙｏｕ ｗｏｕｌｄ. ”

Isola kept her face calm . She took a slow, deliberate step forward and said, “I think we can work together. You’re right. As your creator, all I ask is that you control yourself.” She wasn’t sure if this would work, but she had tools nearby to sever limbs.

“ Ｏｈ， ｂｕｔ ｄａｒｌｉｎｇ， ｐｏｗｅｒ ｃａｎ ｏｎｌｙ ｃｏｍｅ ｔｈｒｏｕｇｈ ｔｈｅ ｍｉｎｄ, ” it said with a squelching movement, a laugh.

The queen narrowed her eyes. “You aren’t lying?”

The voice answered quick, “ Ｔｈｅｒｅ＇ｓ ｏｎｌｙ ｏｎｅ ｗａｙ ｔｏ ｋｎｏｗ， ｉｓｎ＇ｔ ｔｈｅｒｅ？”

Next thing she knew was her face to face with the parasite, the thing that had ended her older brother’s life. The thing that could end so many more. Isola was allowing it to live inside of her, to hear what she thought, to love who she loved. Not only that, she was allowing herself to hear what it thought, to hunger for whoever it hungered for. And hunger is all too easy to succumb to. Soon enough, the parasite had invaded through her, entering through her eye sockets. It was painful for a moment. The queen may have screamed, but she couldn’t remember. That’s for the parasite to recall. Soon, the pain was gone. Isola felt stronger. She--they--felt stronger. To have something so otherworldly inside you was an exciting feeling. To take over the mind of a woman of such high status was even more exciting.

So Isola lived. She went back to her everyday life, but the parasite spoke to her more often than ever. Sometimes her actions didn’t feel like her own. When she was angry, her voice became less her. It was noticeable at first, but over time, it felt just like her. That was who she was. No! What was she thinking? That thing was only to help her rule. It wasn’t her. These thoughts raced through her head, and its own voice only added to the raging fire.
Now she has some strange abilities. They grow like weeds. At first she’d thought what it had were tendrils, but it seems more like roots now. Roots of a strange thing, growing inside her.

. . .

The roots have been extending,
extending straight down to her heart. (hide spoiler)]

appearance desc ۞
voice claim ; lady gaga
fc ; lady hellaine from mercy
appearance ; Isola has darker platinum blonde hair that becomes an extreme platinum whenever the parasite fronts. Her hair is thick and wavy, often put up. She has blue eyes with a greyer tint, but the whites darken whenever the parasite is in control. Her blue eyes seem to fade to a lighter shade, as well as her already pale skin, too. Her makeup often consists of foundation, grey eyeshadow, and plum lipstick. Her corsets are cinched tight, like she wants to contain the beast inside her. Her dresses are darker colors. The dresses can be tight, showing her curves, and Isola often is in gloves. During winter days, she puts on a black high-collar coat. She wears heels or heeled boots. She has many big hats.

distinguishing features ۞ (view spoiler)[She has prominent freckles scattered on her skin, like a constellation. Isola gives a mysterious aura. It always leaves people a little put off. (hide spoiler)]
abilities ۞ (view spoiler)[Originally, her power was fire. It wasn’t Isola’s best skill and she used it for experiments. She’s never been amazing with a weapon, but her best one was always a bow. Isola always hated fighting close. You may ask, why did I say ‘originally’? After that parasite had made its way inside Isola, the power dried up. The parasite always seemed to shy away from fire, retracting itself on hot days and basking in the cold. She gained a new power. This power is uncontrollable. It comes when it wants to. During it, her hair curls like tendrils, pales into near-white. The eyes darken like black blood. Then the roots erupt from her mouth, her back, or the stomach. Once they’ve retreated the skin closes seamlessly. (hide spoiler)]

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fc: adelaide kane (hide spoiler)]

Gianna Eloise Atwood
God is gracious - healthy - by the wood
 ‣ 21
‣ female
 ‣ bisexual with a male preference
‣ December 14th

 ‣  ‣  ‣ " a woman in power goes against nature itself. men will never willingly bow to the weaker sex. and they will suffer greatly for it "

      magical ability
  ‣ she has the ability to control flowers.
  ‣ it isn't the strongest power, but since she always looks on the bright side, she always likes to make pretty flowers.
  ‣ she makes all sorts of things out of flowers and often sells them. she then takes the money and gives it to the poor and the orphanages.
  ‣ she used to wish she had a different power, but she's pretty happy with this power now.


     physical abilities
  ‣ gianna isn't fond of working out, but she does try to keep in good shape.
  ‣ she is actually pretty strong, even if it isn't that something one would think.
  ‣ she has strong legs.

      mental ability
  ‣ gigi is on the fence of smart and a complete idiot. sometimes she is pretty smart and other times she can't tell her left foot from her right foot.
  ‣ gigi is pretty book smart, she's great with things like strategy and compromising, but if you were to leave her on the street, she wouldn't know what to do.
  ‣ gianna does not take criticism or insults very well. she will either do one of three things. 1) cry and run away (most cases). 2) get incredibly angry, run away, and plan your demise (though she won't act on anything). or 3) slap you across the face (hasn't happened...yet)



     room for improvement

  ‣ gianna really needs to work on taking criticism and insults. it makes her look really weak.
  ‣ gianna also needs to work on building up her magical abilities and physical abilities. she has a lot of potential but she chooses not to use it.
  ‣ gigi needs to stop trying to please everyone. she's a huge people pleaser, but she never stops to make herself feel better.


 ‣  ‣  ‣ " in my end is my beginning "



     personality
 ‣ she is practically the definition of a golden retriever. you can always find her smiling and she is always trying to help whoever she can.
 ‣ she is a huge people pleaser and is great at compromising. she takes on more than she can handle though, and takes a toll on her mental health.
 ‣ if she's upset, you will know. she walks around like a zombie, has her head down, and looks very annoyed.
 ‣ she can be described as dramatic or a crybaby at times.



 ‣ she loves public speaking, when people are happy, dressing up, and fancy events.
 ‣ she dislikes everything that is bland. bland food, bland outfits, bland parties, anything bland.
 ‣ she fears people hating her and thinking she isn't good enough.

 ‣  ‣  ‣ " none of us are responsible for our hearts, only our actions "

     appearance
 ‣ she has wavy dark brown hair and brown eyes
 ‣ she has pale skin and rosier cheeks
 ‣ she has thinner eyebrows
 ‣ she is slightly curvy



 ‣  ‣  ‣ " love is a risk for anyone "

     history
 ‣ she grew up in the court life and was very excited to join the court.
 ‣ tbrpd

 ‣  ‣  ‣ " i need to believe, that who we are, matters more than our station "

     miscellaneous
 ‣ she absolutely adores dressing up and wearing fancy things
 ‣ she tends to plan many things without ever following through with them.



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[leah-megan , head mod]

        
     Lindir Argolad - 53 - Male - He/him - Scoidal - Light Rider
             (art by Bandana Design)
          "Legend has it that the moss grows on
             The north side of the trees"
                 history
Lindir had been raised in the world of medicine, born to elven parents, both healers. In the healer city of Mogoon, Braonia. As mentioned, both were healers, as well as teachers to the apprentices in their city. Lindir's mother took a leave of absence for six weeks, during that time students would often visit her and her new born, Lindir's older sister always boasting to her friends and the students about her little baby brother. He was raised in an environment that loved him and protected him, growing and forming Lindir's personality into what it is today. Like all elves, he could wield all four elements, and would train as long as he could. Mastering all four before the age of 14. The men of his neighborhood would often offer him a friendly challenge after hearing about his skill, and he would always accept, never turning down an offer to prove himself. Not only did he practice his wielding abilities, but he also, was naturally taught by his parents how to dress a wound, treat scrapes, and make medicine.
Not long after his fourteenth birthday, the light rider happened to perish during a battle with a group of terrorists, the light rider had happened to be an elf of Braonia so the kingdom took it into their hearts to morn for their lost member. The dragon of the rider died a week later, from stress and not eating due to loss of their companion. To Lindir's surprise his sister while taking part in her priestess studies at the temple in the capital of their empire was the one who happened to have the vision of the future rider. Who happened to be her little brother.
Lindir was taken from the healer city and arrived in Oseia not long later, he was excited, new challenges and not to mention people he could converse with and learn from. He was paired with a male dragon, who he grew close to, currently he is the oldest rider of the twelve and appears young for his age (this is normal for elves).
        "Well, legend has it when the rain comes down
           All the worms come up to breathe"
                personality
Born into a community surrounded by people, Lindir has learned how to hold a steady conversation and enjoys being around people, but he does have a low social battery. Meaning he is easily tired out when being around others for long periods of time. He is very calm and collected, unsettling this man takes more effort than a person would want to put in for a small reaction that he'd give them. Lindir is very knowledgeable in many departments, other than just his obvious strength in wielding the light affinity. He is skilled in treating wounds, stitching, fixing dislocated joints, and mixing medicine. His wielding abilities are very strong and with the new riders he is always the one assigned to teach them how to control these new affinities given to them. A teacher at heart, like his parents, Lindir finds great joy in watching those he taught become stronger and always praises them.
While he is seen as a very sociable person, Lindir is extremely grumpy in the mornings, mostly if he hasn't had his daily cup of tea. Which happens to determine his mood for the day. Lindir's doesn't like to break the rules that often, unless he sees it as the only opinion, last resort, or that it will bring good results. But he is very forgiving of people if they do, he just holds high standards for himself, and tends to be harsh and criticize how he does things. Even judging himself and his thoughts, good or bad, trying to find the meanings behind them. As stated he is very forgiving and will often be the first to accept an apology giving that person a second chance without question. He is one of the few that has already forgiving Nuri and would readily welcome her back into the group.
         "Well, legend has it when the sunbeams come
         All the plants, they eat them with their leaves"

[Honey.Bee]

Name: Ariel Virqen
Nickname: Ari

"If you have such a big problem with it, come stop me."

Age: 18
Height: 6'1
Weight: 171 lbs

"Do you have a death wish?"

Photo: (view spoiler)[https://i.pinimg.com/564x/44/0e/43/44... (hide spoiler)]
Appearance: (view spoiler)[With long golden hair that is typically tied to a loose ponytail at the nape of his neck, Ari is described as beautiful. And rightfully so. He has icy blue eyes, but they've never had an ounce of kindness in them. He has a sharp jaw and a thin mouth. He wears bright blue face paint to create markings underneath his eyes and designs on his hands. His hands themselves are soft and clean, the fingernails perfectly manicured - a sign he'd never worked. He's tall, and he moves almost gracefully. He has a muscled body, though not one of a working man, but of a soldier. His skin is fair and pale. (hide spoiler)]
Species: Elf
Clothing type: He wears very loose garments, always with a flash of gold or jewels. He has clothing that allows him to move easily

"I think you're forgetting something; You're below me. Always have been, always will be."

Personality: Ari is probably the cruelest of his siblings. He has a heart of stone, and doesn't completely believe in mercy, unlike his younger sisters. He believes that once a person commits a crime, they are gone forever and shall perish. He feels no sympathy for prisoners and traitors.
Being the way he is, Ariel also handles insults terribly. He's extremely hot-headed to the point where he'd get his own hands dirty if he had to, due to a petty comment - and that's saying something. He's egotistical and pretty much a total jerk. The only people he's vaguely nice to would be his own family. Even then though, he has almost completely shut them out of his life, which is why he's no longer the next heir to become Emperor.
He has multiple barriers set up between him and the outside world, putting up a facade. In truth, he thinks of himself as an imposter. He plays the role of the Cruel Prince, as if he was acting out a play. He feels a lot of the time like a shell of himself. He hates any type of physical contact.
Sexuality: Bisexual
Occupation: Prince of the Braonia Empire
Relationship's: None yet - Open

"May god have mercy on my enemies, because I won't."

History: TW; Implied SA, Abuse, Death
(view spoiler)[Being the eldest, Ariel was exposed to a lot before his siblings. Oftentimes he was kept away from them, for he had duties to uphold for the Empire. He had first seen a dead soldier when he was ten. Back then, he'd been terrified and cried almost every night for weeks, waking up his nanny with his screaming. Ari had been a cowardly child, to which he'd soon grow out of.
When he was thirteen, he'd gotten completely numb to the sight of bloodied bodies and the stench of death. He grew hard-hearted, and only saw cruelty in the world he lived in. The only things at the time that gave him joy were his siblings. Even then though, he barely got to see them, usually off reading paperwork with his father, watching the soldiers spar, or training himself. He was to be an heir.
Ari's past had taken a dark turn though during his few months at a training camp. His father and mother decided it best to send him to some camp - or "academy" - where he would learn skills in warfare. There, he'd met the Captain. The Captain was a man who didn't take no for an answer. He wanted Ari to try doing "private lessons" with him, in which Ari would be in his office with him for hours. Afterwards, he would lock himself in his room and wouldn't come out until he had to be dragged.
Coming back home, he had decided to distance himself further from his family. He usually stays in his room unless he's asked to come out. He still hasn't fully recovered, but in order to feel some sort of control, he's chosen to be cruel. (hide spoiler)]
Pets (optional): None
Other: Ariel has major PTSD issues

[ʰᵒ ʰᵒ ʰᵒ ᵍʳⁱⁿᶜʰᵐᵃˢ]

Anwen Anise Virqen
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(view spoiler)[B A S I C S
First Name─ "fair and beautiful"
Middle Name─ "pure soul"
Last Name ─ surname of braonian royal family



F A C T S
Gender ─ female
Role ─ braonian youngest princess
Age ─ fifteen
Sexuality ─ heterosexual

S T A T S
▶ speed ● ● ○ ○ ○
▶ strength ● ○ ○ ○ ○
▶ empathy ● ● ● ○ ○
▶ deadlines ● ● ○ ○ ○
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anwen is someone who is always bright and colorful, whether it's her personality or clothes. she has a variety of beautiful dresses that she wears. she likes foreign clothes more than the ones of her empire because it's different, but she likes beautiful things regardless of whether or not they are new or not. her clothes are always matched properly. if she wears a green dress, she'll wear green shoes to go with it and a green ribbon. she dresses nicely mainly for herself, but also to maintain her image.
anwen has long, blonde hair as per the customs of their empire. though, even if it wasn't something of custom, she probably wouldn't cut it too short either. it took a long time to grow as much as she did and she really likes it after all. she couldn't imagine herself having short hair anyways. her hair is naturally wavy and a bit of pain to deal with, so she doesn't usually straighten it. she also doesn't wish to damage her hair in any way. how her hair is put up and made depends on her outfit usually, but she is seen wearing various hairstyles rather than just the same one every day. while that may be the case, her hair is usually put up in some way and most of the time, braided as it's easier to manage that way and keeps it neat. she also usually has some kind of accessory or ribbon adorning her hair. her hair is a bright blonde, so much that it sometimes look almost like it's the color of gold. she makes sure to maintain her hair properly so she doesn't get split ends or anything.
she has pale, well-kept skin. she has to wake up rather early to go through multiple skin care routines and such, that way she looks her best even if nothing is planned. she doesn't mind simple facial care routines, but it's bothersome to do such extensive routines so she often tries to hide away. though, because of those constant morning and night routines, her skin is soft, smooth, and flawless. after all, that's what is expected of her.
while her features make her stand out a lot, it's her eyes that are the most noticeable. the female has large, deep blue jeweled eyes. as implied, her eyes resemble jewls rather than a normal blue. because of this, her eyes have various different shades of blue within them. while they are normally beautiful, in some lighting, they look more icy than anything, especially when she's visibly upset. the female is a bit small, standing around 5'3" currently.

───── ( p e r s o n a l i t y ) ────────────────────

anwen is known as the energetic, innocent and friendly younger sister of the empire. always caring, always forgiving. someone who'd give mercy even to her enemies. while some of this may be true, not all of it is. the female can get rather energetic and happy when talking about things she's interested in, but she normally maintains grace and a constant, calm attitude in formal places. it's only when she's in disguise that she could freely be as she wishes.
she is caring, though, not towards everyone and definitely isn't forgiving. after all, who would blindly forgive someone after they betrayed the trust given to them? she is willing to give everyone a chance. a chance to earn her trust, a chance to prove themselves to be an ally rather than an enemy. however, if that trust is broken, she won't just forgive them and turn the other cheek. it kind of depends on the betrayal, but if they were to commit something like treason or break the law, why should she have to forgive them? because people think she's this perfect little angel as the youngest? as an imperial royal? no. there would be no reason to keep someone like them before, someone who threw out what trust she had given, what chances they have. there won't always be second chances in life, so if you throw away your chance, it'd be the only one given. while she maintains her image of the friendly, harmless princess she'll also throw someone away once they've managed to break her trust. it's harder to regain her trust after losing it than it is to gain it the first time around.
even so, the princess is always smiling and, for those who haven't broken that trust or prove themselves to be threats to her or the citizens of the empire, she's extremely kind and gentle. she isn't a very loud person, even so, she is still a royal. she's able to speak in a tone that commands respect. she doesn't seem like the type of person who is capable of speaking in an authoritative voice though.
she can be forgiving for smaller stuff, such as mistakes and such. however, once a certain line is crossed she is rather stern and will respond in kind. backhanded compliments will be responded with more backhanded compliments.
even though she might seem effortlessly perfect and sweet by the other citizens, behind te scenes she is always working hard and trying to make sure she is the best. while she enjoys simple studying and such, she's often pushing herself so she's knowledgeable and wouldn't fall behind. she's also pushing herself when it comes to her magic training. after all, her ultimate goal is to gain her parent's recognition. she often feels that she isn't good enough, despite being perfectly fine the way she is. it's not like she's dense or doesn't understand what's going on, she's actually extremely intelligent as is and talented. she does her best to make sure she has proper connections and is popular in social circles because of that. she's never properly gained the attention of her parents though ( or, that's what she believes ) as their attention is always turned towards her older sister and brother ( even if the attention towards her brother is negative. )
when she was little, she used to look up to her older sister a lot. she still does, actually. she enjoys her sister's company and likes being around her whenever she can be. still, she is also rather jealous of the girl. that she can go with their parents to the meetings, that their attention always seems to be on her. she knows it must be suffocating and probably came with it's own set of issues, but so was the feeling of being ignored or feeling like they just.. don't expect anything from her but the bare minimum. even if her parents didn't expect a lot from her, she knew their citizens did. being an imperial royal meant she had to keep up an image, to be proper and to make sure they felt safe with her as a royal. it's much more important now that her brother is seen as dangerous by the public and their parents.
sometimes, she just wishes she could get away from it all. enjoy her life, go do whatever she wants without having to worry about the title of a princess that chains her down to those people and this place.

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 ‣ like any other elf, she able to use any magic element. she is most skilled with water, light, and air elements.
 ‣ she was born with a rather frail body, which is why she thinks her parents don't expect anything from her. she knows it's probably so she doesn't feel burdened by things and push herself too much to the point she gets sick, but.. it just leaves an empty feeling. she still does push herself a lot and gets sick a lot regardless.
 ‣ physically, she's not that well. she's weak and frail. her body can't seem to keep up with her knowledge and her skills in magic, even though she seems to be rather talented.
 ‣ she's very knowledgeable about things that she probably shouldn't know as a princess such as medicine. ( as there is no need to know such things as they have servants to take care of things like that. )
 ‣ she's capable of handling situations peacefully, including putting people in their place and reminding them of themselves, without resorting to violence or relying too much on her parent's powers. ( something many nobles are known to do, rely on their parents position as a defense. )

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[the_rabid_snail]

Moko C. Pendra - Part One

Name: Moko Ciaran Pendra
Nicknames: Mo, Coco

Gender: M

Age: 19

Race: Human
Rank: Wanderer
Nationality: Wetheihau

Appearance:


Hair: Curly, black-brown
Eyes: Sea green
Skin: Lightly tanned. He has a slashing scar down his left cheek and several on his stomach, and his knuckles are also scarred because of a recent incident with a particularly nasty bunch of briar.
Height: 5’8

Powers: Absolutely none

Weaknesses:

Moko has no powers. At all. This puts him at a severe disadvantage in conflict or troublesome situations against other beings with magic.

Someday his impulsivity will be the death of him. When he is forced to stay still or remain in the same place for too long, he cannot control himself and does something rash without thinking through the potential consequences of his actions.

Personality: While being pretty friendly and a bit of a prankster, Moko is actually a loner born and bred, and there really is no other lifestyle more suited to him, even if it seems to contradict some of his personality traits. His adventurous spirit makes him a bit of a wanderer, so he never stays in one place for very long, looking for excitement and new discoveries. He’s known for not being able to sit still for more than five minutes, and his attention span is even shorter. The only exception is if it’s something or someone he deeply cares about. He has several little tics he uses to maintain concentration: bouncing his leg, tapping his fingers, biting his nails, etc.
He has serious commitment issues though, and it contributes to his inability to stay in any one place for too long. Even things he loves he’ll eventually abandon. This has made long-term relationships very rare and sparse for him, so he hardly ever attempts to form a friendship more than friendly banter as he knows he’ll leave and never come back again. At heart he wishes he could pursue a more sedentary lifestyle as almost always being on the move makes for an especially lonely one, and having a hand to hold (either figuratively or literally) on dark, chilly nights would bring about a comfort that is in short supply. But he simply cannot bear monotony. Waking up in the same house every day, seeing the same sights and people, and doing the same work day after day bores him until he does something impulsive and just up and disappears in the night without informing anyone as to his intended whereabouts with no plans to ever return in the future. He sincerely believes that consistency and safety dull the mind and degrade creativity and originality to the point of mediocrity and apathetic humdrum. The word settle is not in his vocabulary, and he thinks others shouldn’t have to resign themselves to a prison of languid, pointless routine. Experiences shape a person’s thoughts, actions, and mannerisms, and only the majestic and tremendous events inspire exceptionality. To truly live and make something of yourself, you have to wander aimlessly and experience as many unimaginable, implausible things as possible. That is, in essence, Moko’s philosophy.
Moko’s skin is rather tough. Insults, cruel jokes, and malicious pranks don’t really get to him since he honestly cares little for what anyone else thinks of him. He never plans on running into the same people more than once anyway, and as he does not form attachments to most people, it seems to him that other people who taunt him are really just wasting their own time. He would have to care about others in the first place to be hurt by their mockery and slanderous attacks, but purposely keeping people at arm’s length prevents this qualification from being met.
Meeting plenty of unsavory and deceitful characters through his wanderings has caused him to adopt a distrustful and cynical approach to new and unfamiliar situations. He always makes sure he has some form of insurance for himself, which has saved his hide on more than one occasion in his past travels. Though he generally has a laid back attitude, he is by no means slow, lazy, or dim-witted. In fact, it’s rather the opposite, and he is one of the sneakiest and wiliest people in existence. He has the most annoying habit of unearthing secrets other people would prefer stay hidden if he sticks around long enough, and the vast variety of people he’s encountered has taught him how to read others exceptionally well. From simple conversations he can discern any number of things about a person, including their wants, fears, attachments, personality traits, and more. Usually he only cares about whether or not someone poses a threat to him, but if he intends on remaining nearby for long enough he’ll analyze anyone he encounters more seriously.

History: Moko’s parents were Ahab and Nia Pendra, two airheads whose marriage was an enigma. Neither of them could ever be depended on to do even the simplest of tasks, like showing up for work on time or hanging the laundry out to dry. None of their neighbors understood why they were married, and whenever Moko asked around, no one could remember exactly how they came to be so. There had been no real courtship or even anything resembling one beforehand. Ahab and Nia had known each other for a while as they had grown up together in the same neighborhood, and one day when they had barely reached adulthood a couple years prior, they suddenly returned from their respective family vacations and announced their engagement. A whirlwind of wedding preparations commenced immediately after, and they were married only months later. According to the neighbors, they had never been well matched, and the first year of their marriage consisted of many late nights and shouting matches. About a year and a half after his parents had said their vows at the altar, Moko was born, and his only contribution to his parents’ evening arguments was to cry in distress. When he got older, his parents took to fighting when he wasn’t around after he asked them what he had done to make them hate each other so as a young child.
Moko’s mother stayed home while he grew up, but in truth, it would have made little difference if she hadn’t. Nia was irresponsible and impatient, and her housekeeping skills were lacking, which was evident as the state of the house was always messy, like a tornado had just whipped through it. As Moko got older, most – actually, all – of the household chores fell to him. He learned to cook from a neighbor after he nearly burnt the house down trying to make himself something for dinner, and he taught himself how to dust, clean, and organize, which wasn’t terribly difficult. The three girls next door let him do laundry with them in their yard, though sometimes he did it alone as the youngest of the girls, Corela, ceaselessly batted her eyes at him and ruffled his hair whenever he was near. The other two, Rosalie the elder sister and Dahlia their cousin, were much more relaxed and typically better company, even if Rosalie did sometimes tease him for silly things. He was uncertain why Dahlia lived with the sisters and their parents instead of her own, but after both sisters gave him a threatening glare when he tried to broach the subject one afternoon, he never brought it up again.
While Moko was going to school and keeping the house in decent shape, Nia did… whatever it was she did. Moko honestly had no idea what she did with her abundance of leisure time, but when he finally did find out, it shouldn’t have come as a surprise given how flighty his mother was. Apparently, his parent’s marriage had always been so unhappy and fraught with fights that his mother had sought comfort in the arms of one of their neighbors. It started out innocent, but in the last couple of years it had turned into an affair. When Moko’s father found out, he was livid, and Moko took refuge next door with Dahlia, Rosalie, and Corela, though his parents’ voices carried to the girls’ porch where they were lounging in the rocking chairs with snacks and glasses of chilled tea.
In the following months, Moko spent most of his time with the neighbors, often heading directly next door with the girls right after school to avoid the near-tangible tension in the air of his own home. Sometimes he helped out the elders in his neighborhood for spare pocket change, and most evenings he was sprawled out on a rocking chair or just lying down on the porch with a plate of whatever Dahlia had baked for dessert, watching Corela pick flowers or chase after moths in the yard while Rosalie perused through a book or hummed a tune softly. Every so often, the oldest sister could be persuaded to serenade them with a song, and after the echoes of the last note faded into silence, she would blush madly despite Moko and Dahlia’s enthusiastic applause and ask if there was any dessert leftover, scampering into the house to check before anyone could answer. Moko’s favorite dessert was Dahlia’s dump cake since she usually let him help or, rather, pester her into letting him pick the fruit for the filling. As there was really no way to mess up a dump cake, Dahlia allowed him to pour in the fruit while she mixed the rest of the ingredients and sliced the butter into small squares for the crust, and sometimes when she wasn’t looking, he snuck a piece of fruit in his mouth instead of putting it in the cake pan. Sadly, she caught him a few times and made him weed the garden with Rosalie, who was fortunately better company. While Dahlia was stern and practical, Rosalie was more carefree, content to imagine the adventures she wanted to have someday, and that was one of the things Moko liked best about her, though her angelic singing was not to be underappreciated either. Being nearly the same age, Moko liked mapping out where they should go once they finished school. Of course, Dahlia and Corela were welcome to come along too, but somehow he doubted they’d want to. Rosalie obliged him, adding her own preferences to the map, and eventually they had a solid roadmap sketched out. But events transpired that put a dent in their plans.
Things between Moko’s parents got worse and worse until his father accepted a job promotion that placed him in another city. However, he would not allow either Nia or Moko to accompany him. Not able to take it anymore, Moko’s mother ran off with their adulterous neighbor a couple months later, and Moko was left alone. After a week of going to school and carrying on as normal, he realized there was no reason for him to stay. No real obstacles to keep him from embarking on his adventure existed, and he elatedly packed the essential supplies and a few other things he couldn’t bear to part with and threw pebbles at Rosalie’s window that night until she climbed down the tree near the side of the house. He had been so sure that she would spontaneously agree to go with him that he was unprepared when she said no. She hadn’t finished school, but even if she had, she wouldn’t be able to live with herself if she left in the middle of the night without giving Dahlia, Corela, and her parents a proper goodbye. Moko grabbed her hand as she turned to leave and embraced her tightly, only releasing her to peck her on the lips in farewell. He left, disappointed, but promised himself that he would return for her in a year or two, cementing the picture of her astounded face when he kissed her in his memory.

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Moko C. Pendra - Part Two

History cont'd: His travels took him out of Wetheihau and all over the continent, but every adventure he had ultimately reminded him of Rosalie at some point. So, a couple years after he left, he returned to visit Rosalie, Dahlia, and Corela. Dahlia, being the oldest of the three, was married now and happily scraping by in another part of town. Corela was still in school, but Rosalie was working. Smart as she was, Moko assumed she had finished her schooling early. Come to find out, that was not the case. Rosalie and Corela’s parents had died in an accident, forcing the older of the sisters to drop out of school and work. Moko waited on the porch in a rocking chair for her to come home one evening with every intention of bringing her along on his next journey, but she refused, her voice and eyes lifeless compared to how they had been before he left. There were too many responsibilities, and she had to care for Corela. Dahlia couldn’t afford it, and it wouldn’t be right to leave her little sister now. She requested to hear some of his adventures and travels, and he indulged her, pleased with the sparks of excitement temporarily returning to her eyes. Before departing again, he kissed her to say goodbye, giving her his word that he would be back in several months or a year to visit. He set off, venturing even further away from home this time, but he was true to his word and stayed a day and a night with Rosalie and Corela when he could manage to make it back about once or twice a year.
To this day, he roams the continent in search of new and exciting adventures, only pausing to visit Rosalie and Corela once a year as promised.

Likes:

Roaming aimlessly
Adventure
Magic
Anything new or undiscovered
Camping
Stars
Cartography
Cooking
Pranks
Riddles
Thunderstorms

Dislikes:

Routines
Small or enclosed spaces
Sitting still
Safety
Burnt or bland food
People with no sense of humor
Commitments
Spiders
Bossy people
Stubbornness
Restrictive clothing

Other: Probably the most goofy person ever.

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Serefina Nightingale - Part One

Name: Serefina Tanwen Nightingale
Nicknames: Sera, Sari, Fina, Fi

Age: 23

Gender: F

Race: Human
Rank: Lady
Nationality: Scoidal

Appearance: It will never be said that Serefina is the most beautiful of her sisters, but she is lovely in her own right. Light, blonde locks with golden strands woven throughout cascade down to her lower back, and though she is proud of the many, natural shades in her hair, she cannot for the life of her wrangle her hair into curls. Her thick tresses are stick straight and refuse to hold curls longer than a few minutes at a time, but she doesn’t let this stop her from wearing her hair down. For formal events she will put her hair or at least parts of it up in elegant styles, but for the most part, she prefers to leave it down and loose. If she isn’t out and about or entertaining company, she simply lets it fall down her back, but if she has to appear more presentable, she’ll add pins or combs in her hair to keep it off her face or comb it into a half-up half-down style, sometimes with the up portion braided if she feels like it. Her eyes are deep, cornflower blue with tiny threads of silver only visible upon very close inspection, and dark eyelashes of moderate lengths frame her eyes. Her skin is paler than most and burns easily after prolonged time in the sun without adequate shade, but in the summer months, freckles are splattered across her cheeks and nose. Though she loves her freckles when they appear, her mother and sisters insist that she conceal them with makeup, so only her family, servants, and a select few have seen her with them visible. She has high, sharp cheekbones, but her forehead and chin are softer. Her nose is delicate and curves upward just a touch at the end, and there is a small dent near the top of the bridge that isn’t usually noticeable from far away. Her lips are small and thin, though her bottom lip is a tad bigger than the top one, and they don’t hold much natural color except in summer when they forgo their pale, pink shade and darken slightly. Her neck is long and elegant, and she has slim shoulders and a slender frame. Skin as soft as velvet runs down her back, and she has a moderately curvy figure. Her bosom, though definitely existent, isn’t much to envy, and her torso is a bit shorter than her legs. Her wrists and hands are dainty, but her fingers are perhaps somewhat more calloused than a lady’s should be since she embroiders and crochets and writes excessively. Her legs are lean with ankles that are slightly too small for her overall height of 5’7, and her feet are small enough to befit a lady yet unfortunately narrow, which makes shopping for shoes too much of a chore at times. Her small ankles make wearing heels more difficult, but she is very happy with the high arches she has. She has a small, white scar right on her hairline at the top right of her forehead and a second scar on her lower back.
Serefina does not share her sisters’ elaborate tastes in clothing. She prefers gowns that are understated but elegant with small, thoughtful details. Her favorite colors are various shades of blues, grays, greens, silver, lavender, and soft pinks. Very little of her wardrobe is red, gold, or dark purple, and she won’t wear any of those colors unless forced to. Tea gowns are her preferred style of dress, and she will wear them as much as she can get away with. Her preferred accessories are small, drop earrings, combs, and ribbons. She can’t abide by rings or bracelets and has accidentally lost more of those than she can count simply because she can’t resist playing with them while she’s wearing them. Satin is among her favorite fabrics simply because it alleviates her senses, and though she loves the feel of velvet, she finds it unbearably heavy and suffocating except in very cold weather. For shoes, she mostly wears flats since her ankles have trouble with heels, but luckily her formal dresses are long enough that no one can see her feet anyway.

Personality: Serefina may not be the most beautiful or the most confident of her sisters, but she doesn’t need to dress up or puff herself up to assert herself or her position. Even without dressing to the nines like her sisters do, it’s still clear that she is the eldest from the grace and poise she routinely exhibits. She has no desire to call attention to herself, preferring to fade away into the background whenever possible, but the seemingly contradictory elements of gentleness and strength both present in her cause her to stand out to anyone observant enough to notice. Sera aims to act as her parents trained her to: refined, well-mannered, gracious, patient, accommodating, and dignified. In those things, she succeeds for the most part, but she isn’t as much of a social butterfly as her parents had hoped. Instead of rising to the top and taking charge of the social hierarchy, she would rather stay in the background and observe, despite being among the higher-ranking nobility. There are people she could call friends, and she does make some effort to socialize for her parents. But she’s happiest and most content to be on her own reading, sewing, writing, singing, dancing, painting, or practicing on the piano.
Sera is not a complete idiot, so she knows that she’s been the subject of plenty of gossip in the past and will continue to be in the future. However, it doesn’t really bother her if others say unkind things or spread lies about her. The only thing that cuts deep is having no one stand up for her. Having experienced being all alone against everyone else, she gets exceptionally defensive of her younger siblings. She cannot think on her feet well, and she likes to be thoughtful and methodical in all her actions and decisions. It takes her considerable time to mull things over, and she hardly ever loses her temper or reacts strongly to anything. Even though things can irritate her and make her angry, she is too quiet and timid to react in any kind of way that would betray her aggravation in public. But when someone doesn’t treat her siblings as well as they ought, Sera feels as if she’s almost in some kind of fight or flight mode where the only thing she can think of is that she must defend her siblings whatever the cost. She knows her sisters are perfectly capable of defending themselves, but she gets a kind of tunnel vision where all her usual, more rational thoughts have been filtered out. Mistreating her siblings is like poking a bear, and in addition to being the easiest way to push her buttons, it’s one of the only ways to stir her up enough to make her react forcefully and rashly. Of course, she typically feels bad about acting that way afterwards even if she feels the situation warranted her reaction, and while she will apologize for behaving in an undignified and unseemly manner, she will never apologize for protecting her siblings. She and her sisters don’t have perfect, fairytale relationships, but even though sometimes she can’t stand them, it doesn’t change that they are still her family. Since Sera has plenty of experience with friends betraying her, she knows that family is more reliable, tied together forever by blood. If she can’t count on her family to have her back, then she can’t depend on anyone at all. And above all else, she never wants her sisters to feel like there isn’t anyone on their side, so even when they disagree (which is a frequent occurrence), Serefina tries her best to at least be there for them.
Having been betrayed by more than a couple friends has made Serefina a little cynical, paranoid, and generally distrusting of other people. She’s not the most open and inviting person in the world and tends to guard her words and secrets carefully and vigilantly. No one besides her sisters is trusted with her most sensitive thoughts and ideas, and she would rather perish than sing or dance in front of anyone besides her family. Her writings and paintings are also very special and personal to her, so she keeps them tucked safely away in her room, only retrieving them for her sisters or parents.

Likes:

Writing
Sewing
Knitting
Reading
Taking long walks alone
Painting her garden
Satin
Cats
Dogs
Puzzles
Word games
Being barefoot

Dislikes:

Dressing up
Jousts
Any other kind of sporting event
Red ink
How bad she is at writing poems
Socks
Heels
Fish that tastes too fishy
Red, gold, and dark purple colors
Dancing when other people are around
Singing when other people are around
The scar on her hairline

Powers: None

Family:

Father: Alator Nightingale
Mother: Vanita Nightingale
Older brother: Alasdair Nightingale (deceased)
Younger sisters: Margareta, Genevieve, Lenora, and Juliet Nightingale

History: Serefina was her parents’ first daughter, born a few years after her older brother, Alasdair. Her parents were a widely respected duke and beloved duchess in the Scoidal Empire, and for centuries, her family had held power and influence that had only increased from each generation to the next. Her father was one of the most charming men she had ever known, able to lighten any tension, and he was also one of the most knowledgeable people she knew. Her mother was very elegant and poised, and her fervent devotion to all her various social and charitable causes had made her adored and respected. So when Sera was born, she suffered from no shortage of opportunities, education, and finery.
Right from the start, Alasdair was her best friend. Her older brother always seemed to be getting into some kind of mischief, but she was more than happy to be all wrapped up in whatever trouble he had thought up so long as she was by his side. Her parents disapproved of this and strongly encouraged her in other, more ladylike pursuits, but though she loved her music and embroidery lessons, she would drop them in a heartbeat as soon as Alasdair beckoned her come with him. Her younger sister, Margareta, did not share the same inclination and ‘tsked’ Serefina for going along with whatever tomfoolery Alasdair was planning on getting himself into. Despite her parents’ and Margareta’s disapproval, Sera almost always followed her brother into any chaos he caused. She was his most loyal companion and had earned his utmost trust and unrelenting protection. When she was by his side, she was never daunted by anyone or anything. It was the only time she ever felt fearless.
As she grew older, her parents became stricter with her and made it clear to her that they would not tolerate her acting unladylike anymore. She was to dress properly and behave in a more appropriate and refined manner. There would be no more capering about with Alasdair. So, she took to her lessons more seriously, determined to work hard and please her parents. Besides, if she finished all her schoolwork and etiquette lessons quickly, she had more time to hunt down Alasdair and spend time with him, though she was more careful not to get into too much mischief with him now. Oftentimes, they went out riding together with all their younger siblings. Margareta and Genevieve would go along at a sensible pace, but eventually Alasdair and Serefina would grow bored with this and race on ahead. Juliet, one of the free spirits of the family, often wound up riding hard after them with Lenora riding right behind her to make sure she didn’t hurt herself.
Margareta was the most extravagant of the siblings. She loved spending a pretty penny on the finest things she could get her hands on and would never allow herself to look drab in any kind of fashion. She was also the most social and outgoing, and she quickly took what probably should have been Sera’s place in the social hierarchy. She was the center of many social circles, the origin of much gossip, the beginning of almost every trend, and the final word in most disputes.

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Serefina Nightingale - Part Two

History cont'd: No one could deny she had the most social influence out of all the siblings, and she was the clear frontrunner to take on their mother’s many charities and projects when she was unable to continue them. In spite of their obvious differences, Serefina still looked out for and loved her. They often argued over what Sera thought were meaningless things like protocol and social obligations, but in the end, they were still sisters. It hadn’t always been that way, though. Once, Margareta had been unable to stop the gossip about her older sister, and Serefina was devastated that her own sister hadn’t defended her, though she said nothing of it and decided to let Margareta think she wasn’t aware of what was going on behind her back. But though she was deeply hurt that no one – not even her own sister – had stood up for her, she would not let Cyrus’s younger sister, Cecilia, make up unflattering things about her sister. And she said so, quite heatedly, to Cecilia and her entire group of friends at a party. When Margareta saw what happened, she felt guilt prick at her heart. After the party, she went to thank her sister at home, but Serefina, who was still furious over what Cecilia had dared to say, let out all the hurt she’d been bottling up at Margareta. The two of them had it out for a good while, but in the end, Sera felt badly about how she’d lost her temper at her own sister and struck a truce. The two of them would stick up for each other and forget everything else that had happened.
The next sister was Genevieve, and though she didn’t have as dominant a personality as Margareta, she still had her own friends and her own place in the social hierarchy. She was sweeter and kinder than Margareta, but she wasn’t afraid to be in the limelight like Sera was. Of all the sisters, she was the most talented dancer and enjoyed putting her gifts to good use in front of an audience. While she was too ladylike to admit it, she thrived on the attention. She and Sera got along fairly well for the most part, especially since Serefina was more than happy to have everyone’s attention on her siblings rather than herself.
After Genevieve, came Lenora and lastly, Juliet. Lenora couldn’t stand to be alone and was always to be found with a friend or one of the sisters. She was naturally very caring and motherly, so she was often chasing after free-spirited Juliet, trying to make sure the youngest sister didn’t get into any trouble or hurt herself. Both Lenora and Juliet had circles of friends and no shortage of admirers, like their older sisters. However, being younger, they were much more naïve and childish in many respects. Juliet was forever feigning interest in her many suitors, in awe of the attention she got as one of the prettier sisters, and Lenora seemed to fall hard for all the wrong types, too desperate to find her eternal love to realize that she had a long time yet before she would be ready.
One of Sera’s good friends was the son of an old family friend. The Nightingales and the Cranesley family had been friends for several generations, and their eldest son, Cyrus, was close in age to Alasdair and Serefina. The three of them were tight-knit friends and often found themselves thrown together at most every opportunity. What they didn’t know was that much of that had been orchestrated by their parents. There had never been a more perfect chance to unite the two families before now, and they hoped that Cyrus and Alasdair would become loyal friends and that Serefina and Cyrus might one day bring the two families closer together than they ever had been.
When Serefina was eighteen, her engagement to Cyrus was announced. Naturally, she was very pleased with how things had turned out. She knew that she would be married off, treated as an enticing pawn and nothing more since she was the duke’s eldest daughter, but to be married to one of her best friends was more than she had thought to hope for. Their engagement was to last a year, and then they would be married after Cyrus reached his twenty-first birthday. She and her sisters spent months planning her trousseau and all the other things she would need once she was married. Slowly but steadily, they filled her beautiful hope chest with linens and gowns and handkerchiefs and all manner of carefully and lovingly sewn pieces.
During this time, Cyrus sent her silks and velvets and lace and jewelry in the Cranesley colors, red, gold, and purple, so that she would have time to create a wardrobe appropriate for her marriage. Messengers delivered her letters from him written in red ink and bold script, and she always answered in kind, delighted to put her writing skills to good use. Cyrus was one of the most skilled huntsmen and swordsmen in the area, and so she attended every tournament and competition to support him, embroidering handkerchiefs for good luck for every event he participated in. Although it seemed as though things couldn’t be going better, their engagement took a drastic turn for the worse.
Serefina and Cyrus were ten months into their engagement, and it had become apparent to her that he had romantic feelings for her. She wasn’t sure if she felt the same or not about him, but being around him when he was like this was a disorienting experience, though in a nice sort of way if that made any kind of sense whatsoever. No one had ever expressed any genuine interest in her before. Normally her suitors were more interested in her title or one of her other sisters than they were in her. She didn’t exactly know what to do, so she tried her best to be nice and attentive and sweet and all the other things a fiancée was supposed to be. They only had to wait a few more months until Cyrus’s birthday, but evidently, that was too long of a wait for him. They were in Serefina’s sitting room alone when she felt something was off with him. He tried to corner her, but luckily she was able to escape and fled into the garden. He pursued her, angry that she had gotten away from him, and when he caught up with her, he tackled her. She twisted in an attempt to get away but only succeeded in hitting the corner of her forehead on the stone path as she fell. Suddenly, Cyrus was pulled off her, and she was barely conscious enough to realize that Alasdair, her forever loyal protector, had come to her rescue. She was too weak and too much in shock to move or say anything, so she merely watched in silence as Alasdair nearly killed Cyrus. The only thing that saved Cyrus’s life was Juliet’s shriek from the patio when she exited the house in search of Sera. The entire household was alerted by her scream, and Sera and Cyrus’s fathers had to pull Alasdair and Cyrus apart. After that, the engagement was broken off, and the Cranesleys shunned them, blaming Sera and Alasdair for the entire affair. Alasdair said good riddance to that. Anyone who would cause his little sister to be bruised and covered in blood was complete rubbish in his book. It took a long time for Sera to come to terms with the whole ordeal, and in some ways, she never truly got over the betrayal. Gossip abounded for a long time, but Alasdair and her sisters did everything they could to support her. In the end, things got back to normal as much as they could, and a year later, Serefina felt more like her normal self than she had in a long time. In that year, she stayed home mostly, learning how to tend to the gardens that she had spent hours upon hours sketching and painting. She planted rosebushes and lupines and orchids and tulips and all her favorite flowers, and in a way, it was therapeutic for her that something pretty could grow from her misery and trauma. Just when it felt like things could be good again, Alasdair was taken from her. Her honorable albeit hotheaded protector who stayed up every night with her and guarded her from every nightmare, waking or otherwise, was killed. Cyrus had never lived down the embarrassment he had suffered at Alasdair’s hands and finally took matters into his own hands. He murdered Alasdair in cold blood, staged an accident, and got rid of any evidence to the contrary. But Sera knew when he taunted her at the funeral that he had been behind it all, though all she could do was try not to tremble in his presence, furious with herself for feeling so helpless around him. If only Alasdair was still around to protect her, her beautiful, lovable, dorky, hotheaded guard dog. In the months that followed, she consoled herself with the white kitten Alasdair had gotten her several months before he was killed. Snowball was her constant companion, and she would go nowhere without him, one of the only remnants she had left of her brother.
For a few years, no one would touch her. The Cranesleys had done a superb job of alienating her from the rest of the nobility after her engagement ended, and no one wanted the scandal or the risk of offending the Cranesleys, who were higher ranking than the Nightingales. Very few knew what had truly happened to end the engagement, and the story the Cranesleys had told was something along the lines of her being unfaithful. Sera had hardly bothered to fight their narrative. For one thing, she had been too in shock to care, and for another, she didn’t really mind being considered untouchable. She had never enjoyed the spotlight, and all the suitors that she had once had to deal with being only interested in her title or one of her prettier sisters had gotten nearly unbearable anyway. If it came down to it, she was perfectly content to stick to her garden and her paintings and writings and embroidery. Maybe she would simply spend her time collecting lots more hobbies and not have to be bothered by people she didn’t care for. Of course, her family was never a bother to her, but she couldn’t say the same for anyone else. All in all, she wasn’t too worried about the next several years. With her sisters around to cheer her up when she felt down and plenty of hobbies to keep her occupied, she felt like she would be okay at least.
Then, out of the blue, she found herself in a new engagement. She had started to think that she would be a maiden forever and had been getting used to the idea when the emperor arranged for her to marry one his sons, Prince Cessair. All the structure she had built around herself came crashing down in an instant, and she found herself in a realm of complete unknown. Would her new engagement be like her first? While her parents were busy being offended and slighted by the arrangement, Serefina was more concerned with what was going to happen to her. There was no Alasdair to protect her this time. She knew she probably should be insulted since it was obvious that the emperor had no love in his heart for Prince Cessair and since this engagement would erode her family’s power and influence. But for the present moment, she was more scared than anything else. Just thinking about it made her heart thump so hard that she thought everyone around her must be able to hear it. Her sisters rallied around her to comfort her, and she felt better knowing they had her back. Now, she felt slighted, and she grew annoyed that the emperor had decided to punish her family by orchestrating this engagement. After all that had happened in the past few years, didn’t they deserve a break? How dare this self-centered emperor decide to inflict further pain on her family. She grew furious the more she thought about it, which was probably a good thing in the end. It took her mind off all the terror in her. But, knowing that even she could not defy the emperor, she accepted the engagement, doing her best to appear dignified and poised as she had been taught when she was young. Hopefully, this time things would turn out differently.

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AH I LOVE HER < 3

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melodious wrote: "AH I LOVE HER < 3"

Thanks! I'm glad you like how she turned out!

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Rayonna Alyssa Sapphirus
light and brilliance - rational and noble - sapphire
 ‣ 19
‣ female
 ‣ heteroromantic asexual
‣ 23rd march
 ‣ human
‣ spy (scoidal empire)

 ‣  ‣  ‣ " i can fix me " pause " gotta do everything by my fucking self around here "

      magical ability
  ‣ has the ability to control water. triggered this ability at age 8, so has had almost a decade to perfect her control over her abilities. didn't get as much opportunity to use it in that first year just what with scodial being a desert empire, however the next year she started travelling to different places with her father who was a trader and during those travels was exposed to a lot more water that she used to better hone her control.
  ‣ her favourite skill with the water magics is running on water. she does this both for survival or sometimes for fun or on the rare occasion to delight younger children. she doesn’t run on land nearly as well as she does on water as the added control over the element gives her a confidence and steadiness she otherwise lacks
  ‣ one of the most used skills in her arsenal is water whips. this started as trying to reach for her father when he went overboard during a storm on one of their travels, but once she was older and started working as a spy she trained herself to use it as offense in fights. it’s served her well on the rare occasions she has needed to use it.
  ‣ converting water from one state to another, a skill that leaves her completely drained. it’s been helpful, yes, but not always worth it. doing this the first time left her bedridden for weeks and even though she is better about this ability now does not mean it is anywhere near being good enough to use in day to day. freezing water to ice has helped form barriers between herself and attacks. once or twice she has even formed knives of ice from vapour in the air but that is only in the direst of circumstances because of how energy exhaustive it is.
  ‣ has a very precise control over water, honed by meditation and frequent training. this precise usage of her ability has allowed her to pick most locks that don’t use magical sealing on them and has helped her erase fingerprints often. she also casually uses it to dry clothes when they take too long but that is neither here nor there.
  ‣ if and when she really focuses, she has use her control over water to sense the movement of people around her by the shifting of water vapour in the air. this again takes a lot of focus and a steady stream of energy but has proved useful when she is alone spying for her kingdom in placed that carry huge risks.


     physical abilities
  ‣ speed and stamina. where she can’t overpower her opponent she outlasts them or keeps just out of their reach for as long as needed.
  ‣ swimming
  ‣ really flexible. learnt both from her mother as her mother’s way of trying to bond with her children in a way that doesn’t relate to violence and later in her teenage as a need for survival by fighting.
  ‣ has learnt to mimic people’s body language and uses it to blend in with crowds.
  ‣ excellent hand-eye coordinated built up by practising catching the knives her boyfriend threw at her at her request. in her defence it is an excellent way to pass the time and a skill that may very well end up saving her life in the future.
  ‣ good with fighting with her knives. simultaneously hopeless with dancing.
  ‣ is not allergic to poison ivy.

      mental ability
  ‣ good with numbers. can do all sorts of calculations in her head if asked to.
  ‣ has a good memory of names and faces that she uses to build up and maintain connections with numerous people she has come across. remembers little bits of information about them and brings it up to make people feel more relaxed and heard.
  ‣ awful with learning new languages and survives only on the two that were spoken in her house while growing up. simple does not seem to have the skill for languages.
  ‣ accumulated a fair amount of poison knowledge bcs it’s just fascinating to her.



     weaknesses
  ‣ has issues eating regularly which sometimes impacts her health majority.
  ‣ has to build up stamina, build up using her abilities for longer stretches of time.
  ‣ needs to learn more major moves with her water abilities, possibly long range too, or better control over waves of water.
  ‣ has not ever processed her grief in a healthy manner. needs to figure out how to do so.
  ‣ gets really attached to people if she’s given the opportunity to. feels empty without and gravitates towards any sort of affection that people give her. this is tied back to the death of her parents when she was a kid.
  ‣ cannot use a bow and arrows. abolutely horribly hopeless at it. internally seethes at the sight of that weapon for this very reason.

 ‣  ‣  ‣ " do you think it'll all be ok? "
" yeah. even if it won't i've got people to love in the meantime "



     personality
 ‣ she is the person who fills in the blanks for others. She's the one who covers her partner's back on espionage missions (when she has to work with another person), the one who makes up for gaps in formation and cracks in the wall. she changes according to the need of the mission while on field, while off field she changes according to the expectations of her. keeping the people around her happy by fitting in boxes is safer than being seen as an unknown she has learnt, so she feeds into assumptions and assumes the role she is given till she either gets away from there or can physically no longer keep pretending. this skill has served her well while spying but sometimes affects her personal relationships.
 ‣ She's a lot like her element in that sense, assuming the shape of the container it's given.
 ‣ she likes to be present among happy crowds, likes the energy of them, it fills her heart in a way nothing else has managed yet, though being around malcolm is a close second. the effort of pretending is worth that wonderful feeling of people laughing and enjoying themselves and milling around. but when she's not conforming to people she's quiet, reading while sitting next to familiar people, stepping around people without drawing attention to herself, hovering near her loved ones (or if they aren't there then the person nearby who she feels most comfortable with), trying to figure out her likes and dislikes and where exactly she fits in in the puzzle.
 ‣ to most people she's a social butterfly, knows almost half the city by their first names, a few others outside of the city too. having an excellent memory with names, faces and absurd facts helps her stay friendly and in the good graces of a lot of older folks, and she holds close to her heart the importance of community and having people to lean on. it has helped more times than she cares to share and in turn she has made sure to help others.
 ‣ overshares like it's a competition and she is winning, but through her easy words and distracting smiles all she shares is irrelevant information unless one is truly digging for information from her. in those cases she simply goes silent, asssessing that person like the threat they have become in her eyes.

 ‣ likes: flowers, poisonous plants, sweets, collecting pretty stones, dressing up for events, reading, sleeping, meeting new people, knowing things others don’t, late nights, physical affection, necklaces, walking barefoot, etc
 ‣ dislikes: dancing, helplessness, fighting for the sake of fighting, being overlooked or ignored (she has come to weaponise it but it still gets on her nerves), scarves, someone telling her to do anything, the colour orange, etc
 ‣ fears: losing more of her loved ones, heights, scorpions, spiders, that she is wasting away her life, that she is losing herself the more she pretends to be different personas, etc
 ‣ preferences: hanging around at nighttime when the city mostly falls asleep, likes missions that send her near braonia best not that she tells many peopoe that, prefers winters to summers, dislikes alcohol in general, when not on missions sometimes likes to be seen wearing a flower crown on her head that her boyfriend made her.


 ‣  ‣  ‣ " i’ve noticed before that if you go too long without anyone seeing you, it’s easy to start wondering if you’re really there. "

     appearance
 ‣ generally her hair is black but sometimes with dyes she gets from markets all across althon she changes the colour to her current tastes. default is still black though and she keeps the length a little below her shoulders.
 ‣ bright blue eyes she shares with her twin. these have been see to glow on the rare occasions that she pushes herself too hard in using her water abilities.
 ‣ when not acting as a spy, often accessorizes so you can often see her constantly changing up accessories, wearing pendants and earrings, nothing too flashy but definitely noticeable ones. except one leaf shaped pendant on a thin silver chain that has the letter 'E' carved on it, this she wears this all the time unless she absolutely has to remove it.
 ‣ a long scar running from behind her left shoulder till halfway down her back from the one time she nearly got caught.



 ‣  ‣  ‣ " if it takes time, still do it. that time will pass anyway. "

     history
 ‣ born one of two children to a trader and a bounty hunter, rayonna and her brother grew up running around the streets of one of the smallest town of the empire. their mother encouraged it, always staying nearby even when they couldn't see her, while their father heavily disapproved of this citing the dangers of two children loose in one of the most dangerous places they could possibly be in. but they still grew up there for nearly a decade, so that says a lot about exactly how disagreeable their father was about Nebwo.
 ‣ louder and more sociable of the two siblings, rayonna was more often not outside the house as they grew up, contrary to her brother who preferred being inside and learning what their father tried to teach both of them about trade. she'd be following her mother through the busy streets, sometimes obediently but more often than not playing around, trying to get her mother to find her hidden among the crowd, hiding under tables or behind stalls. by age six most people including but not limited to bounty hunters who frequented the place, some traders, few shop owners knew her by face and name and as edlyn sapphirus' little troublemaker. sometimes they'd indulge her talkative nature, answering questions about the people and things that were brought into the town, about the unusual weapons she saw some of them carrying, and even about the animals she saw with some. edlyn must have seen something in this behaviour of hers because at some point she started teaching her daughter the importance and means of collecting information. that is how rayonna comes to see information as currency.
 ‣ some of her mother's bounty hunter 'friends' liked to indulge her excited curiosity and she is five the first time she holds a knife. it is far too big and heavy for a child, but it is her first knife and even in the present time she has it hidden somewhere though she doesn't use it. her father freaked out the first time he saw her with it, and in the middle of the night she remembers hearing her parents quietly arguing in their room. her father is a little colder to her in the following days and her brother seems confused like her.

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 ‣ she is 8, sitting around talking to one of her mother's friends, asking the woman about the other cities and empires she travels to. the scent of blood that floats up from injured captives doesn't bother her much, not when the thought of what is out there is so much more fascinating. her mother's friend who she only knows as 'auntie' tells her about the ruins of othana where she tracked one of her targets down to, how if you pay careful attention to it then you can hear whispers of the people and dragons that lost their lives there. one of the other bounty hunters makes fun of her for lying to the child, he tells rayonna there's no such whispers and it is all stories her aunt, ("that elf," he murmurs fondly) likes to tell gullible people. that story and more paint the picture of the wonders of the rest of the world however, so when she finds out later that she can control water and her father offers to take her along with him to different places where she could have a better chance at practising with them, she practically leaps at the opportunity.
 ‣ she is a natural with people, something her mother comments that she definitely got from her father. ("you remind william of himself sometimes, he's scared you'll turn out exactly like he has," edlyn whispers, tucking the blanket around her daughter's shoulders)
her father laments that she would have made a great trader with how she talks around some of the grumpier buyers, if only she wasn't dead set on following in her mother's footsteps because "it's cool, dad!" but he isn't cold to her anymore and sits beside her on the deck of the ship they're on as she practices reaching for the water all around. he is her support when it comes to all things magical, the one who tells her about old legends and the origins of it, who talks about various famous personalities who have wielded these magics before her. her favourite stop on travels becomes rouerdiselly in vawhiania.
 ‣ she is 11 when they die. not at the same time, but in a close enough time frame that it might as well have been. she was home with her brother, for once having listened to her parents' complaints and studying. richard and her were being watched by an old woman who lived nearby, who they knew as 'nana nyssa', when someone knocked on their door. one of the traders familiar to richard stood outside with a grave look on his face.
pirates, she finds out. that's what killed him. pirates. in all the times she has travelled with her father not once have the ever encountered pirates and the one time she doesn’t... it didn't end well. ("you two are my goodluck charms," her father joked once. ray believes he'd neaded that luck that day but they hadn't been there with him.) two weeks later comes in the news that their mother who'd gone after a bounty hasn't been seen in weeks. ("she's probably dead, anna" auntie tells her. but nothing can kill her mother, rayonna knows that, her mother is too good at what she does for that.)
 ‣ nana nyssa houses them for a few months, but her health isn't the best and she cannot deal with two children. she lives with her nephew who she raised, who dislikes kids far too much, who always makes pointed comments about them being bad for his aunt's health and only appears to come around when he finds out rayonna can control water. then he is far too friendly for comfort. ("i don't feel safe," ray tells her brother in the middle of the night, huddled under blankets.
"me neither.")
 ‣ they leave. 11 years old and all the immaturity and irrationality of that age. they pack a little bag each with some clothes and toothbrushes, some food and water, and they run. that year is the worst. they nearly die of dehydration and starvation a few times, the bounty hunters certainly aren't around to help them except the occasional gift of something they might need to survive when they come across the kids. because they knew her mom and they can't do nothing but they sure as hell can't take in a kid, much less two. the traders allow them to hang around at first as long as they help, but not many want children around all the time. eventually when older traders start to come around less and less and newer ones chase them away they stop hanging around that place too much.
 ‣ rayonna turns 13 and she goes into the exchange of information. people value information a lot, especially those of their competitors. it is a currency and quite valuable at that if she can acquire the right information. she carries a pair of knives her parents gave her, one extra that she's carried since she was a child, and uses all of her experience sneaking around to stay invisible and get the information she needs. it keeps them afloat. richard helps out traders and stall owners at their stalls. they survive and grow and learn things children shouldn't about violence and turning a blind eye to stealing.
 ‣ her knife skills grow better. she explores dyes for her hair. her brother's annoying voice mimicry skills that she once scoffed at become something she asks him to teach her. she learns to fake laughter and happiness, to fake curiosity. people like how important she makes them feel by listening to them, and she uses this to endear herself to groups and collect what information she could end up using in the future.
 ‣ ray is 17 when her brother's need to learn and know more pulls him away from her. he can't control any elements, so he has done his best to learn about spells and other magics. regardless of whether or not he can use them, he wants to know, to study. it's certainly set things on fire quite a lot. one of the wizards takes notice. ("an apprenticeship! do you know how amazing that is?!") she's left alone, so she doesn't stay in the little place they've called home for so long. she travels. escapes. they survived alone for a year when they were 12, now older and with more knowledge she befriends and travels with groups in and out of the city. then in and out of the kingdom. it's how she meets malcolm during this time, in mogoon city in braonia where apparently he was looking out for his brother who was learning to be a healer. they hit it off as friends, she doesn't find out he's an assassin till a few months later when they're involved in a skirmish, thankfully he's as assassin for scodial. and he's pretty sweet.
 ‣ around this time her skills for information gathering are noted too. she's hired for the first time by a royal. it goes well, she's marked down as reliable in her work. it pays well.

connections
 ‣ richard sapphirus - twin brother (wip)
 ‣ malcolm dalloway - romantic partner (wip)
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 ‣  ‣  ‣ " how do you process grief? "
" by running from it until it finds me in the middle of a sunny street on a beautiful day "

     miscellaneous
 ‣ nickname: ray (most of the time), anna (only by her parents and mom's friend), my devious spy (by malcolm), fish (derogatory) (by richard)
 ‣ often seen tapping her fingers or her foot when tensions stsrt to rise.
 ‣ likes listening to people sing.
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