Post by Verbena Nightshade on Jan 23, 2010 10:47:33 GMT -5
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|| ♥ || ♥ || &hearts || ♥ || ♥ || ♥ || &hearts ||[[+]]aLL THaT We aRe
the child without a name grew up to be the hand
to watch you, to shield you or kill on demand
the choice he'd made he could not comprehend
his blood a grim secret they had to command[/i][/right]
[[ CHaRaCTeR naMe ]] Verbena Nightshade[/size]
[[ aLiaS // niCKnaMeS ]] Priestess Nightshade, Priestess Prima[/size]
[[ aGe ]] 19[/size]
[[ BiRTHDaTe ]] 29/2 (29 February)[/size]
[[ RaCe ]] N/A (believed to be part elf)[/size]
[[ HOMeLanD ]] Celestia[/size]
[[ SOCiaL STaTUS ]] Commoner[/size]
[[ OCCUPaTiOn ]] priestess of Estolia[/size]
[[ aPPeaRanCe ]][/color][/size]
Verbena is tall with slender, graceful limbs. She holds herself tall, back held high, and carries an ethereal air as she glides along the ground. Her silver-eyes have been said to be disconcerting and her gaze, piercing. Her appearance is serene and noble, but occasionally exudes a sense of sadness. With great pains and great efforts, she can produce a pair of leathery black wings.
She wears the plain, long black dress of an ordinary Priestess of Estolia. As other Estolian priestesses, she wears a black mask. The ornate gold design etched into her mask and the black satin ribbon wrapped around her left arm signify that she is a Priestess Prima while the ornate gold design etched into her mask suggest that she is training to become the next Head Priestess.
Her ceremonial dress is quite different, made with thin, translucent cloth.
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[[ PeRSOnaLiTY ]]
Verbena's religion is very important in her definition of herself. She is a calm, serene woman with a soothing, melodic voice. Her every action seems gentle and she sincerely cares about others. Faced with danger, she will gladly do whatever she can to help even a stranger. In that sense, she has little care for her own life and sees her life as valueless in comparison with others.
She is humble and serious with little understanding of humor. She smiles often and always puts on a cheerful front, viewing her own thoughts and emotions as secondary to those of others. She has very little attachment to her few possessions and will willingly give them to those in need. She, in turn, relies on the kindness of strangers for her own well-being. Despite this, she never begs or asks for help.
Verbena, however, is very confused and at conflict with herself. As a Priestess of Estolia, relationships are not forbidden from her. However, she finds herself more and more attracted to women, and this disturbs her as a relationship between an Estolian Priestess and a woman is completely unheard of. She is deeply afraid of herself and of her attraction to women.
As with other Estolian Priestesses, Verbena has worn a mask almost from the moment of her birth. She has never taken her mask off and, like many others, believes that she has no face underneath.
[+] "natural things"
[+] the kindness of strangers
[+] Estolia
[+] religion/faith
[+] energetic/confident people
DISLIKES
[+] cruelty
[+] fighting
[+] insects
HOBBIES
[+] dancing
[+] studying different religions
[+] architecture[/ul][/color][/size]
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[[+]]BeHinD THe MaSK
lover.I.am.loveless
he's torn between his honor and the true love of his life
he prayed for both but was denied
so many dreams were broken and so much was sacrificed
was it worth the ones we loved and had to leave behind?
so many years have passed, who are the noble and the wise?
will all our sins be justified?
[/size][/color][/right]he's torn between his honor and the true love of his life
he prayed for both but was denied
so many dreams were broken and so much was sacrificed
was it worth the ones we loved and had to leave behind?
so many years have passed, who are the noble and the wise?
will all our sins be justified?
[[ SPeCiaL SKiLLS ]] None[/size]
[[ WeaPOnS ]] None[/size]
[[ MaGiCaL aBiLiTieS ]] minor healing (can exchange the pain and injuries of others for her own health), short flight[/size][/color]
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[[+]]THe PLaCeS YOU'LL GO
[/color]the curse of his powers tormented his life
obeying the crown was a sinister price
his soul was tortured by love and by pain
he surely would flee but the oath made him stay[/size][/i][/right]
[[ FaMiLY ]] N/A[/size]
[[ aDOPTeD FaMiLY ]]
-Heather Nightshade ("mother" - 57, Head Priestess of Estolia)
-Emille Nightshade ("father" - 54)[/size]
[[ BaCKGROUnD ]]
Like all other Estolian priestesses, she was an orphan left at the steps of the temple. A newborn, she was found on the evening February 29th with a note attached claiming that she had been born that same morning. An important note as only those born on the 29th of February were considered as candidates to become High Priestess. She was taken under the direct care of the High Priestess, Heather Nightshade, and her husband Emille. It was no surprise, then, that she was named successor to the position of High Priestess of Estolia.
From the moment she was found, a black mask was placed over her face, a tradition among the priestesses. Verbena had been led to believe that after many years, the face beneath the mask disappeared. She has never once taken off her mask.
Verbena was an odd child. Pointed ears dictated that she was an elf. But one day, after a jealous priestess pushed the young child off a cliff, leathery black wings revealed themselves and once again left the girl's nature in question. This, however, was considered as being of little consequence and her position as the successor to her adoptive mother's title was left uncontested.
Raised in the temple at Sol Doratina, she became a deeply religious girl with firm faith. Slowly, she became a faithful and beautiful young woman. And eventually, she fell in love with someone living in the surrounding city. However, there was a problem: her first love was another woman. Ashamed with herself, Verbena told no one of her secret desires. And after hearing news of Emperor Galeron's invitation, calling all eligible women to the castle for his daughter's hand in marriage, the raven-haired priestess left the temple in search of herself. She hopes that Terre de Conte is where she will find it.[/size][/color]
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[[+]]WHO'S THe PUPPeT nOW?
maybe.we.can.never.be.as.good.as.we.want
[/color][/s]he's torn between his honor and the true love of his life
he prayed for both but was denied
so many dreams were broken and so much was sacrificed
was it worth the ones we loved and had to leave behind?
so many years have passed, who are the noble and the wise?
will all our sins be justified?[/color][/i][/right]
[[ aLiaS ]] Xiulin[/size]
[[ aDDionaL CHaRaCTeRS ]] Nerys Lamia[/size]
[[ HOW YOU GOT HeRe ]] the old Sapphis[/size]
[[ nOTeS ]] None[/size][/color]
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CReDiT WHeRe CReDiT iS DUe
we.guard.our.secrets.with.our.lives
[/color][/s]please forgive me for the sorrow, for leaving you in fear
for the dreams we had to silence, that's all they'll ever be
still I'll be the hand that serves you
though you'll not see that it is me[/color][/i][/right]
[[ MUSiC ]]
HIM - "Under the Rose"
Within Temptation - "Hand of Sorrow"
AFI - "Affliction"
Lacuna Coil - "My Wings"
Saving Jane - "What I Didn't Say"
Dashboard Confessional - "I Light My Own Fires Now"
Green Day - "Extraordinary Girl"[/size]
[[ iMaGeS ]]
FACE CLAIM: Google
OUTFIT IMAGE: Google[/size][/color]
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