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Name Lorelei Astor-Caldwell [Rastognlir]
Age 22
Gender Female
Species Human
Ethnicity Connlaothian
Height 5’5”
Occupation Noblelady
Residence Folkvar, Bellkrath
Sexuality Lesbian (Homoflexible?)
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Physical Description
Lorelei looks like nearly the perfect young lady. She has a pretty face with delicate features, fair creamy complexion, and large seagreen/blue eyes. Her light blonde hair is thick and long and wavy, but usually kept up in a neat updo. She has a slim, youthful build and attractive curves. From a wealthy family, Lorelei is usually quite well-dressed. And, even though she thinks the decorative function of women is a tool to distract from their minds, she knows how to make herself look respectable and attractive and comes across as very put-together.
Personality
UGH, the patriarchy, amiright?!
Lorelei can behave as well as the most gracious young nobleladies: bright, charming, witty, educated, and clever. But it’s something of an act. The glossy, socially-acceptable exterior covers Lorelei’s more radical tendencies: The problem with Connlaoth, if you asked Lorelei, isn’t the conflict between mages and non-mages, but the common oppression of all segments of common society (mages, women, the working classes and peasants) under the heel of a fundamentally unjust feudal and patriarchal system. A system that must, if the nation ever hopes for a meaningful peace, be destroyed. However, her private passion and zealotry on this matter betrays some of her youth, idealism, and naivete. Lorelei, who has been relatively sheltered from the war, has no first-hand experience with revolt or revolution.
Aside from her political and philosophical beliefs, Lorelei is intelligent and observant. Though kind in her convictions, she can at times be a bit sharp in her interactions with people. She’s quite blunt, unless she’s “acting the part” of a Proper Lady as she terms it, doesn’t see the point in sugar-coating things. It’s possible, though, that she thinks she’s too clever, resulting in her sometimes being a bit insensitive and meaner than she intends. Particularly to her sisters.
Abilities
Lorelei is smart, quick, and very well-read. Like most well-raised young ladies, she also has various artistic and musical talents: she can embroider and play the lyre and nicely recite poetry. She’s also a fairly skilled and persuasive writer of essays and pamphlets denouncing the oppressive societal structures that underpin Connlaoth, which she does under the penname, “K.L. Woodsworth.”
Relationships
Mercuxio Rastognlir - Bethrothed/husband
Lord Astor-Caldwell - Father, 57, Alive. Lord Astor-Caldwell is a wealthy man from the higher strata of nobility in Folkvar. In addition to his substantial and productive lands, Lord Astor-Caldwell has significant trading and shipping interests.
Lady Astor-Caldwell - Mother, 50. Originally from an old and prosperous noble family from Bellkrath.
Miriel Ator-Caldwell - Sister, 27, spinster.
Ashton Astor-Caldwell - Brother, 25, Knight.
Brooke Astor-Caldwell - Sister, 19, unwed.
Name TBD - [Former] lover. A slave brought to Connlaoth from somewhere in the north, she was Lorelei’s personal maid before the two fell in love. After Lorelei agreed to the marriage her parents arranged for her, she was sold to hide the family’s shame, much to Lorelei’s dismay.
***I am open to someone playing this character! PM me if you’re interested!
History
Raised in southern Folkvar, Lorelei’s life has been sunnier than most of the nation’s during the time of war. Sheltered between the coast and the southern mountains, her life has been relatively untouched. Of course, like everyone, she knows many who’ve gone to war and not returned; she was forbidden from attending the university in Uthlyn because of her parents’ fear of political unrest; and has had an otherwise scanter upbringing than she may have. But for all that, the war has been somewhat far away for Lorelei; seen only on the face of her brother when he returns home. Her life, instead, has been spent like most proper young ladies: tutors and music lessons and socializing and all that. It has been, though, a bit boring for the bright Lorelei. And, though she couldn’t quite put her finger on it, she always felt somehow different. However, during her teenage years, she found the avenue that would consume her passions. Deep in the library, she found old writings about different political systems. Noticibly non-Connlaothian political systems. Ones that, to her, seemed far more just. More egalitarian. At around the same time, a slave from the north was gifted to her household and made the personal maid of Lorelei. The girls were the same age and took to each other immediately. The slave told Lorelei about tribes in the north, matriarchal with common ownership and peace. Then several things came together for Lorelei: her vision of a juster society and her final understanding of just what it was that made her different. The girls fell deeply in love with each other and the vision of a world they built together.
When Lorelei’s mother came to her to propose her marriage to the upcoming Duke of Bellkrath, Lorelei thought it would be the perfect solution for them. After all, servants usually came along with ladies into their husband’s home. They would have a position, away from her parents’ watchful eyes, and could continue on much the same as they had. What Lorelei didn’t know was that gossip of their daughter’s affairs had reached her parents ear and that, during her wedding, they had arranged for the slave girl to be sold and sent away, disappearing with her their family’s shame.
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