Post by princessselene on May 9, 2007 5:48:59 GMT -5
Player
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Character
[/u][/center]Name: Selenity Ambrosia of Conté "Selene"
Gender: Female
Age: 21
City: Corus
Status: Archduchess of Conté
Personality
Selene for the most part fits the shoes well of a blue-blooded noblewoman, though often
her individual spark shows in her intellect, as she attended the University for several years after graduating from the Convent and often prefers to not be the center of attention generally, though there are those times when in one of her more energetic manic phases that she would make her presence known, or when she felt she had to compete with her siblings.
She has an insane amount of patience and often makes one question if
anything does truly anger her. She is very meek and soft-spoken, kind
and obedient woman to her sister the Queen's will and differing much
from her twin sister, though she still resents both for being everything she is not.
Often, however, she succumbs to the so-called Conté weakness of
canoodling and her reasoning for this is mere attention. She is quite insecure about her figure and if a man says just the right words, she might well be warming his bed. She really doesn't think logically and rationally when it comes to this, despite her academic intellect.. the common sense seems a tad lack luster.
She tends to prefer small social settings with people she knows well
and trusts around her and when in said setting, she blossoms like a
spring bud, being bubbly, talkative and often tending to attract men of
the more scholarly variety to her. However much she may like a man however, like
the Queen, she refuses to marry until she feels the right man comes
along.
-Personality Flaw:
One could put several flaws on her personality but the blatant one is
her intense sense of self-loathing. She absolutely will take any attention she receives and feels she is only really liked and loved when the skirts go up. Extreme insecurity could also be blamed for this as well as never really coming to terms with the deaths of her parents and seems to almost be on a similar destructive path.
Her shyness is yet another flaw of sorts, as she tends to
exhibit a great amount of it when not entertaining her male bed partners or during her depressive manic phases. It really almost contradicts her in the way that it really makes no sense to those around her but it’s just how she is. She never looks at sexual intercourse as any sacred act of love, its just another means to continuing one's line and sobering up an angry reject.
She also has an intense phobia of blood and like any gentle blue blood, she faints or gets nauseous being around, touched or covered by it. Even the sight of her own blood scares her and causes the fainting, nausea or whimpering and slinking behind her safety net of close friends for comfort and to " make it go away." This is something she
never really grew out of and there was no real reason the phobia rooted
itself so firmly into her, but it’s merely how she is.
While not diagnosed psychologically as of yet, Selene is a class example of bi-polar disorder, her mood swings, frequent high and low periods and manic behavior defining this.
Appearance
The outright stand out quality of her appearance would have to be her
odd eye color, something that seemed very un-Conté like and made her a
bit different from her sisters. Secondly, her hair is a much more intense shade of red than her elder sister, borderline burgundy and the almost purple hues tend to stand out in the sunlight.
Her lips are full and kissable, her nose is dainty and sits perfectly
arranged between eyes of an intense aquamarine hue. The shape of her eyes also is a bit different, slightly slanted and deep set into her face. She has high cheekbones, a distinct chin and pale skin, almost too pale really and it tends to sunburn easily.
Like any noblewoman, she confines herself to dresses and riding
clothing strictly, though she tends to keep within the latest rage
fashion speaking in Tortall and often while not liking to stand out,
she wears clothing sometimes that accents her busty and curvy figure.
-Appearance Flaw:
Ask her one thing she hates about herself and Selene would tell you its
her figure. She thinks herself always over-weight and its not without
reason, as she does tend to engorge herself too often in food,
particularly when going through her manic depressive stage. It’s a bad habit and it’s starting to
get her into trouble figure wise, as it shows around her thighs,
buttocks and stomach the most, though some days, her face seems
slightly puffy when the extra pounds pack on.
History
Selene was technically the fourth born child of the former King and Queen of Tortall, born six minutes junior to her twin Sarafina. She was found to have the Gift a few days after birth, when the nursemaid noticed the gentle blue glow around the infant and the sweet smell of roses in the air. It was apparent as time would go on that it was not really all that strong as with the other members of her family.
As would be expected with twins, Selene at first would wail when separated from twin sister, but eventually after about the first year of life, her parents were able to let her sleep in a crib separate from Sarafina, though when she heard her sister, often Selene would get upset when she did, or giggle or something of the like, almost like mimicry.
The years rolled on and it was obvious that she was the very meek and silent type of child, not really talking much to anyone outside her twin, content to simply play with her dolls or a family pet. Her intense fear of blood manifested at age five when she was watching a fencing match at a festival with her family and one contestant sliced the arm open of the other and a single drop of blood landed on her arm and sent the child into a frenzied panic.
The mystery no one could really figure out why she had such a reaction to just one drop of blood, but it was quickly dismissed as she was still merely a child. At age six came one of several mental blows to the girl, as her mother died and she felt the closest to her as far as her parents were concerned.
She became silent, closed up and withdrawn after this, not speaking at all for several months before her mind began to recover a bit from the loss. She began to speak again fully about one year to the day later, but it was evident that something inside her had died along with her mother.
It was during this time that as she was around her sister Amedessa, that Selene almost felt afraid of her, like in a she could kick my arse kind of way and the onset of her future insecurity set in about a year after that, as she tended to just listen to her but not really say much. She also began to distance herself from her twin after this as well, not sharing as close a bond as they used to.
It seemed that sadness was not done with her family and nor was the Black God when her father passed away several years later. By this time however, she was attending the Convent and learning the ways of a Lady and all that came with such a life. But while there, she began to harbor resentment and jealous towards her elder sisters, even her twin, as she felt they never cared she existed and she was just the outsider.
When of appropriate age, Selene went from the Convent to the Royal University, something that her sister the Queen felt might embrace the one strength Selene had, which was academic studies in history and customs. Selene spent several years studying and made a couple of friends while there, and as she tumbled through the teen years, she slid more into a manic phase of her life, her mood swings bordering on extreme and to the point that people tended to avoid her, which only made it worse.
She returned from the University when she turned twenty and spent the last year at the Palace, the idea of marriage passing in and out of her mind occasionally but she was determined to wait for just the right man, if such a male existed.
Like all her family for the most part, Selene was born with the sapphire hued Gift all the Royal line possessed. However, her own was less flashy and strong than her sisters, including her fraternal twin Sarafina. She limited the use of it to some healing and practical uses, such as lighting candles or shifting the air around her to make a particular scent she liked filling the room.
Family
King Artagan II of Conté
Father, Deceased.
Queen Elestra Altessa of Conté
Mother, Deceased.
Prince Orien Artagan of Conté
Elder Brother, Deceased.
Queen Amedessa of Conté
Elder Sister, played by Roy
Sarafina Anaïs of Conté
Elder Twin Sister, played by Stawr.
