Eleonora "Nora" Cyriacus (Charlotte's 3rd Alt)
Sept 1, 2014 22:30:23 GMT -6
Post by Nora on Sept 1, 2014 22:30:23 GMT -6
Formal name: Eleonora Marie Cyriacus, Princess of Etruria
Nickname: Nora Adel
Class: Archer --> Yeoman
Age: 18
Born in: Etruria
Appearance: A petite young woman, Nora hit 5’3” when she was fifteen and never grew an inch more. Weighing in at just under 120 lbs, her body is extremely slender, though her arms and legs are toned from the many hunts she has gone on with Monroe, her protector. Nora does have womanly curve to her body, but most of the time these are hidden beneath her clothes and gear. Because of this and her size, she is often mistaken for being younger than she actually is; she tries to be gracious in correcting these errors, but she often fails.
Her pink hair is almost always tied back in a ponytail to keep it from getting in her eyes, but when it is down it reaches down to the middle of her back. Her skin is surprisingly fair for someone who loves the outside as much as she. While she doesn't bear much skin, her arm sare always uncovered unless it is wintertime, so they are often tanner than her face is. Her left arm is heavily scarred from one of her hunts, with scars going from her shoulder down past her elbow, though she does her best to conceal these with an assortment of cloth bands.
Nora has certainly shed much of her royal grace in the past seven years living just south of Pharae. Long gone are the days of the impractical, heavy fabric dresses. Nora is normally found in the same hunting gear that she now always dons: a blue sleeveless shirt with a hood, tight brown leggings, and the same lace-up, knee-high leather boots she’s owned since arriving in Pharae. She wears one leather pauldron to cover her right shoulder, and she also wears a utility belt to house her hunting knife along with a few other essentials. She tries to keep her clothing dark when she’s hunting, though she always wears a bright-colored armband so part of her is visible, even when her hood covers her hair.
Personality: Nora has always been a rather rambunctious youth, very excitable, bubbly, and ready to experience new things. She has an adventurer’s heart and loves the outdoors, which has always been tough considering her situation. When her father still sat on the throne in Etruria, she was bored by her lessons and wanted nothing but to see all of what the countryside had to offer. In her hiding, all she wants to do is have Monroe let her go out on her own every once in a while.
She’s very independent, and she doesn’t have an issue with telling someone if she thinks they're doing something the wrong way or making the wrong decision. Nora likes to try and find ways to prove that she is ready to leave her protector’s side, even though it is quite apparent that Etrurian operatives are still looking for the young lady. Nora is very aware that she is a former noble, and she remembers all too well that her father was murdered by Kraft. But being a bull-headed teen, though, she completely ignores the threats against her, feeling seven years has been a lifetime and that no one cares about her or Etruria’s nobles any longer. She also doesn’t believe there is anything she alone could do to change anything about the way Etruria is now.
While lively and stubborn, Nora does have a benevolent heart. She loves conversing with strangers (much to Monroe’s chagrin), and she’s always interested in hearing what happens outside of their little valley village. She’s not afraid to go out of her way to help someone, though Monroe often does his best to discourage this in an effort to keep her out of harm's way. A bit of a blip in her kind nature, Nora has little issue with hunting wild animals for sport or cooking a meal from what she’s caught (though she has a soft spot for particularly cute animals like rabbits). However, she would never consider taking another person’s life unless she would die if she didn’t.
Story: Eleonora Marie Cyriacus was the third child to Edgar and Amelia Cyriacus, King and Queen of Etruria. She was an unexpected birth, as the Queen was considered barren from age after birthing their second son, Geoffrey, but the young princess was welcomed with loving and open arms to the King and Queen, the Queen especially. With Nicholas and Geoffrey reaching the age when they would begin receiving private schooling from academy scholars and strategists (thirteen and fourteen, respectively), the queen was soon to be left with just the castle to tend to.
But with Eleonora’s arrival, the queen and her handmaids were thrilled, having another child to raise from infancy to adulthood at their caring hands. From the time she was a baby, Eleonora was carefully watched over, treated as a delicate flower and often dressed as something of a living doll. But as she began to crawl, walk, and talk, it was clear that Eleonora – affectionately called Nora by the women of the house – was not as delicate a child as her mother and father would have liked to believe.
As a very young child, Nora was already trying to find a way to minimize her lesson time and maximize her play time, outside particularly. She loved watching her older brothers as they practiced what they had learned in their fencing lessons, and she always tried to sneak away from her maids when she heard they were to be spending time in the gardens. Of course, as young as Nora was (no more than five or six at the time), she was never very successful.
After a few years of this constant struggle, Amelia finally decided she would start allowing Nora to take lessons in archery, hoping this would sate the young girl’s appetite for adventure. Unfortunately for the queen, this only make Nora hungrier for more, enjoying the outdoors so much that she now asked her mother to the point of obsession about having lessons outside, or when she would be allowed to take trips outside the castle walls. It was frustrating to the queen, but she was also more than familiar with the feeling.
What time Nora would be afforded as the princess of Etruria would not last long, though, as when she was eleven, St. Elimine rose from the dead and a man named Kraft decided to use this to his advantage to gain power in their great country. While some remained loyal to the royal family, many sided with the supposed Prophet of St. Elimine. The royal family was forced to flee their castle in the middle of the night, doing their best to avoid the manic supporters Kraft had somehow rallied behind him. While the queen and her children were able to escape, King Edgar was not so lucky. After ensuring his family had escaped safely, he was overwhelmed by Kraft’s men and killed, allowing Kraft to assume the spot of Etruria’s sole leader.
Many of the royal supporters were killed or exiled under the radar, though the remaining royal family was still desperately seeking passage out of Etruria through any means necessary. Nora was sent away first with one of her father’s most trusted advisors, a loyalist soldier by the name of Monroe Adel. They were able to make it safely out of the country, but unfortunately for the rest of Nora’s remaining family, the queen and Nora’s brothers were found soon after their departure by an Etrurian operative and were killed as well.
Monroe and Nora absconded to a small village just south of Pharae in Lycia, right around the time Nora turned twelve. Monroe was still scared for the princess’s safety, so he kept them on the down low for quite some time, rarely letting Nora leave their humble house save for the occasional trip to the market. The adventurous soul she was, Nora was restless, and she constantly badgered Monroe to let her have some more time outside.
The former Etrurian soldier wasn’t too keen on the idea, but he recognized that Nora couldn’t stay holed up forever. When she turned fourteen, Monroe began taking Nora out to the nearby woods once a month and expanding on her archery lessons of her childhood, but now teaching her how to shoot wild animals and hunt. Nora was upset with the idea she would have to kill the animals at first, but when Monroe taught her of all the uses a hunted animal could provide, Nora became more accepting of the idea, to the point that she would beg Monroe to take her more and more often. But Monroe was still scared, so he kept her excursions to only two or three times a month as they had been doing.
Being adventurous, Nora did have a bit of a rebellious streak to her, so she often snuck out of the house to hunt in the woods or hang out in the fields with other teenagers her age. She always wanted to go to the tavern, but many people there knew Monroe and would likely tell him where she was. One day, though, one of her secret trips did not go as planned. When she was sixteen, she decided to go hunting in the woods with one of her ‘good’ friends, a boy her age named Gerald, because he didn’t believe she could shoot down a crow. As the two stalked through the woods looking for one of the birds, they were found by a mountain lion that had wandered down. Clearly hungry, the cat lashed out at the teens, its sharp claws finding Nora’s arm, leaving a grizzly claw mark and instantly causing her to begin to bleed profusely. Nora cried out to Gerald, but he had already taken off running.
Lucky for Nora, one of the houses at the edge of the village had spotted the teens sneaking off. Recognizing Nora, they told Monroe, who took off after them. As the lion lunged at the injured girl, Monroe came from nowhere, his great sword quickly disposing of the pouncing cat. Once he was sure the cat was dead, Monroe scooped Nora into his arms, rushing her to the town doctor. Nora only has fuzzy memories of all of this now, but she knows very well that Monroe saved her life that night. The gnarly scars on Nora’s arms serve as a reminder to the both of them of how close they had been to losing her.
While Monroe was angry, he knew part of the reason Nora had been hurt was his fault for keeping her cooped up for all that time. Now, Monroe does take her with him on more outings, sometimes even allowing her to do things in town on her own – though always with time limits. Nora still argues for more and more time and free range of her time, which has become increasingly hard for Monroe to manage now that she is older and the threat seems so far removed to her. But with Monroe still very loyal to the late king, he still does his best to keep the former princess safe, hoping and praying to St. Elimine that one day, Etruria will need their King – or a Queen, in this case – again.
Nickname: Nora Adel
Class: Archer --> Yeoman
Age: 18
Born in: Etruria
Appearance: A petite young woman, Nora hit 5’3” when she was fifteen and never grew an inch more. Weighing in at just under 120 lbs, her body is extremely slender, though her arms and legs are toned from the many hunts she has gone on with Monroe, her protector. Nora does have womanly curve to her body, but most of the time these are hidden beneath her clothes and gear. Because of this and her size, she is often mistaken for being younger than she actually is; she tries to be gracious in correcting these errors, but she often fails.
Her pink hair is almost always tied back in a ponytail to keep it from getting in her eyes, but when it is down it reaches down to the middle of her back. Her skin is surprisingly fair for someone who loves the outside as much as she. While she doesn't bear much skin, her arm sare always uncovered unless it is wintertime, so they are often tanner than her face is. Her left arm is heavily scarred from one of her hunts, with scars going from her shoulder down past her elbow, though she does her best to conceal these with an assortment of cloth bands.
Nora has certainly shed much of her royal grace in the past seven years living just south of Pharae. Long gone are the days of the impractical, heavy fabric dresses. Nora is normally found in the same hunting gear that she now always dons: a blue sleeveless shirt with a hood, tight brown leggings, and the same lace-up, knee-high leather boots she’s owned since arriving in Pharae. She wears one leather pauldron to cover her right shoulder, and she also wears a utility belt to house her hunting knife along with a few other essentials. She tries to keep her clothing dark when she’s hunting, though she always wears a bright-colored armband so part of her is visible, even when her hood covers her hair.
Personality: Nora has always been a rather rambunctious youth, very excitable, bubbly, and ready to experience new things. She has an adventurer’s heart and loves the outdoors, which has always been tough considering her situation. When her father still sat on the throne in Etruria, she was bored by her lessons and wanted nothing but to see all of what the countryside had to offer. In her hiding, all she wants to do is have Monroe let her go out on her own every once in a while.
She’s very independent, and she doesn’t have an issue with telling someone if she thinks they're doing something the wrong way or making the wrong decision. Nora likes to try and find ways to prove that she is ready to leave her protector’s side, even though it is quite apparent that Etrurian operatives are still looking for the young lady. Nora is very aware that she is a former noble, and she remembers all too well that her father was murdered by Kraft. But being a bull-headed teen, though, she completely ignores the threats against her, feeling seven years has been a lifetime and that no one cares about her or Etruria’s nobles any longer. She also doesn’t believe there is anything she alone could do to change anything about the way Etruria is now.
While lively and stubborn, Nora does have a benevolent heart. She loves conversing with strangers (much to Monroe’s chagrin), and she’s always interested in hearing what happens outside of their little valley village. She’s not afraid to go out of her way to help someone, though Monroe often does his best to discourage this in an effort to keep her out of harm's way. A bit of a blip in her kind nature, Nora has little issue with hunting wild animals for sport or cooking a meal from what she’s caught (though she has a soft spot for particularly cute animals like rabbits). However, she would never consider taking another person’s life unless she would die if she didn’t.
Story: Eleonora Marie Cyriacus was the third child to Edgar and Amelia Cyriacus, King and Queen of Etruria. She was an unexpected birth, as the Queen was considered barren from age after birthing their second son, Geoffrey, but the young princess was welcomed with loving and open arms to the King and Queen, the Queen especially. With Nicholas and Geoffrey reaching the age when they would begin receiving private schooling from academy scholars and strategists (thirteen and fourteen, respectively), the queen was soon to be left with just the castle to tend to.
But with Eleonora’s arrival, the queen and her handmaids were thrilled, having another child to raise from infancy to adulthood at their caring hands. From the time she was a baby, Eleonora was carefully watched over, treated as a delicate flower and often dressed as something of a living doll. But as she began to crawl, walk, and talk, it was clear that Eleonora – affectionately called Nora by the women of the house – was not as delicate a child as her mother and father would have liked to believe.
As a very young child, Nora was already trying to find a way to minimize her lesson time and maximize her play time, outside particularly. She loved watching her older brothers as they practiced what they had learned in their fencing lessons, and she always tried to sneak away from her maids when she heard they were to be spending time in the gardens. Of course, as young as Nora was (no more than five or six at the time), she was never very successful.
After a few years of this constant struggle, Amelia finally decided she would start allowing Nora to take lessons in archery, hoping this would sate the young girl’s appetite for adventure. Unfortunately for the queen, this only make Nora hungrier for more, enjoying the outdoors so much that she now asked her mother to the point of obsession about having lessons outside, or when she would be allowed to take trips outside the castle walls. It was frustrating to the queen, but she was also more than familiar with the feeling.
What time Nora would be afforded as the princess of Etruria would not last long, though, as when she was eleven, St. Elimine rose from the dead and a man named Kraft decided to use this to his advantage to gain power in their great country. While some remained loyal to the royal family, many sided with the supposed Prophet of St. Elimine. The royal family was forced to flee their castle in the middle of the night, doing their best to avoid the manic supporters Kraft had somehow rallied behind him. While the queen and her children were able to escape, King Edgar was not so lucky. After ensuring his family had escaped safely, he was overwhelmed by Kraft’s men and killed, allowing Kraft to assume the spot of Etruria’s sole leader.
Many of the royal supporters were killed or exiled under the radar, though the remaining royal family was still desperately seeking passage out of Etruria through any means necessary. Nora was sent away first with one of her father’s most trusted advisors, a loyalist soldier by the name of Monroe Adel. They were able to make it safely out of the country, but unfortunately for the rest of Nora’s remaining family, the queen and Nora’s brothers were found soon after their departure by an Etrurian operative and were killed as well.
Monroe and Nora absconded to a small village just south of Pharae in Lycia, right around the time Nora turned twelve. Monroe was still scared for the princess’s safety, so he kept them on the down low for quite some time, rarely letting Nora leave their humble house save for the occasional trip to the market. The adventurous soul she was, Nora was restless, and she constantly badgered Monroe to let her have some more time outside.
The former Etrurian soldier wasn’t too keen on the idea, but he recognized that Nora couldn’t stay holed up forever. When she turned fourteen, Monroe began taking Nora out to the nearby woods once a month and expanding on her archery lessons of her childhood, but now teaching her how to shoot wild animals and hunt. Nora was upset with the idea she would have to kill the animals at first, but when Monroe taught her of all the uses a hunted animal could provide, Nora became more accepting of the idea, to the point that she would beg Monroe to take her more and more often. But Monroe was still scared, so he kept her excursions to only two or three times a month as they had been doing.
Being adventurous, Nora did have a bit of a rebellious streak to her, so she often snuck out of the house to hunt in the woods or hang out in the fields with other teenagers her age. She always wanted to go to the tavern, but many people there knew Monroe and would likely tell him where she was. One day, though, one of her secret trips did not go as planned. When she was sixteen, she decided to go hunting in the woods with one of her ‘good’ friends, a boy her age named Gerald, because he didn’t believe she could shoot down a crow. As the two stalked through the woods looking for one of the birds, they were found by a mountain lion that had wandered down. Clearly hungry, the cat lashed out at the teens, its sharp claws finding Nora’s arm, leaving a grizzly claw mark and instantly causing her to begin to bleed profusely. Nora cried out to Gerald, but he had already taken off running.
Lucky for Nora, one of the houses at the edge of the village had spotted the teens sneaking off. Recognizing Nora, they told Monroe, who took off after them. As the lion lunged at the injured girl, Monroe came from nowhere, his great sword quickly disposing of the pouncing cat. Once he was sure the cat was dead, Monroe scooped Nora into his arms, rushing her to the town doctor. Nora only has fuzzy memories of all of this now, but she knows very well that Monroe saved her life that night. The gnarly scars on Nora’s arms serve as a reminder to the both of them of how close they had been to losing her.
While Monroe was angry, he knew part of the reason Nora had been hurt was his fault for keeping her cooped up for all that time. Now, Monroe does take her with him on more outings, sometimes even allowing her to do things in town on her own – though always with time limits. Nora still argues for more and more time and free range of her time, which has become increasingly hard for Monroe to manage now that she is older and the threat seems so far removed to her. But with Monroe still very loyal to the late king, he still does his best to keep the former princess safe, hoping and praying to St. Elimine that one day, Etruria will need their King – or a Queen, in this case – again.
