Post by ruveila on Oct 23, 2007 19:45:50 GMT -5
Player
[/u][/center]Alias: Torra
Gender: Female
Contact:
AIM:Xeanna Amastacia
MSN: ryushikawa@hotmail.com
Location/Time Zone: Eastern, USA
Character
[/u][/center]Name: Ruveila Lynn Ashford
Gender: Female
Age: 16
City: Port Caynn
Status: Maid
Personality
Ruveila is a rather quiet person by nature. She is not one who will openly approach people, giving the impression she is either shy or snotty, and the shy part would be the correct assumption, especially when it concerns people that are nobles, even though her family is very well off finacially for commoners, her mother being a maid and her father a member of the Royal Navy, as is her brother.
She would much rather spend her time with books, rather than people. Its not that she can't handle either speaking in front of or being around them, its the strain of Asperger's she was born with and also her tendency to not have to speak much if there are not a few people she knows around. She is also very wary around strangers.
She always has a tendency to get stuck on one person or thing and just keep repeating it over and over again until either someone yells at her or politely tries to change the subject. She also likes plants very much, particuarlly flowers and takes it upon herself to keep to their upbringing.
Rambling is another thing Ruveila will do to comfort herself sometimes when she is upset and anything and anyone around her at these points becomes invisable.
-Personality Flaw:
She suffers from Asperger's syndrome as a child, though over the years of her life, she has learned to accept other people and get along with them for the most part, but there are times she will be among people and seem like she takes no notice of them or talks to herself. She also tends to repeat herself be it verbally or in what she is doing physically and is not really always aware she is doing so.
Appearance
Ruveila is an average woman in terms of looks. She has smoky blue eyes and medium brown hair that has some hints of red highlights within its slightly wavy depths. Its very thick and she often wears it down unless working in the kitchen at the Palace, then of course it is up.
She has a moderately large bust, a nearly flat stomach and wide child baring hips. She has long piano player's fingers and keeps the nails short, so not to scratch herself. She rarely smiles, often its just a serene or empty expression displayed on her face if not working, if working it would be one of intent concentration.
-Appearance Flaw:
One of her several apperance flaws is the rather prominent and strong chin she has, something inherited from her father and if she was troubled by apperances, then this would bother her, right along with the fact she has overly sensitive skin. Another thing she has trouble with her balance and often trips over things, another result of the Asperger's syndrome she has.
History
Ruveila was born to Sarah and Ryan Ashford, their second and last child and only daughter. At birth, she appeared to be a healthy and normal baby and her family welcomed the female addition. But as she grew from infant to toddler and was around others, her mother than began to notice that she was rather clumsy and did not seem to take note of other people around her, as if no one else existed but herself.
This concerned her parents and they took her to see a Healer but the woman could find nothing physically wrong with the child. So back home they all went, baffled at the news but figuring their daughter must not be right in the mind.
This fact made her father turn away his only daughter and he pondered on taking the child and just ridding the family of her in the marketplace. This was a rather tramatic experience for Ruveila and seemed to root her future wariness around male figures.
This was precisely what he did, but to his annoyance and suprise, she found her way right back home and thus the idea of her being dumb was dismissed but then what was wrong with their child?
Her mother began to realize that Ruveila was a very normal and mentally competant young child but when it came to social behavior, this was where the abnormalities were exhibited. She never even really seemed to note much that she had a brother or a father, clinging to female figures in particiular, seeming wary around men in general.
So her mother began to work with her on basic behaviors, repeating each lesson over and over in patterns, as it seemed that was how Ruveila learned best. She seemed to at times just listen to her mother for the sake of being around her but things did not always sink in very well.
It worked for the most part, enough to at least help her function well enough in society and once she turned thirteen, her mother took her to the royal residence with her and got her some easy work as a maid, cleaning and minding the rose gardens, as it seemed she liked being there the most, when shown around and would talk to the plants as if they could answer her. She remains in this position as of currently and is approaching her seventeenth birthday.
Family
Ryan Ashford (Father|Naval Officer)
Sarah Ashford (Mother|Maid)
Christian Ashford (Brother|Crew member of Lioness Rampant
(Permission granted from Laura for Christian's occupation)
