[OOC - M] Moonlight Upon the Waves (Alter and Naming)

[Namingtoohard]

One chance meeting, an unlikely romance, and a tale that will bring two worlds crashing together.

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Name: Celia Ludweth del Rosa
Age: 22
Race: Human
Gender: Female
Sexuality: Bisexual

Appearance:

Spoiler: Photo 

Personality:
A truly empathetic soul at heart, Celia is the sort of person who always puts others first, even at her own expense. After an incident that befell her as a child, she quickly resigned herself to the future that awaited her as queen, wholeheartedly accepting the knowledge that she must put her kingdom and her people before herself in all things. She locked away any 'childlike' will of her own, submitting almost wholly to her parents' designs in order to become a proper ruler.

Just beneath the surface, though, lurks both an intense passion and a want for a life of her own, free from the stresses, self-sacrifice and forced practices of life as a noble...not that Celia would ever openly admit it, of course.

Likes: Sweet foods, Stargazing, Pretty dresses
Dislikes: Bodyguards, Lengthy court sessions, her old tutor

Biography:

Spoiler: Bio 

"Lady Angelina, if you were to have a child, what would you wish for them?"
"I would want them to be...Honest. Passionate. And...kind enough to heal the world. Even if only a little"

Lord Kaladin and his wife, Lady Angelica, heads of house Ludweth, desperately sought the one thing that fate had denied to them - a child of their own, to love and nurture, and raise as an heir to their modest kingdom. In their desperation, they sought out help from sources that their would have deemed unseemly; mages, witches, and any non-human race they thought could help. On one fateful eve, Lady Angelica met with an elderly woman who listened to her prayers, and bestowed upon her ritual blessings of fertility and bounty when she judged the woman to be sincere in her wishes. An old ritual, thought to be powerless, but what harm could it do?

Nine months later, a child was born to them - a healthy baby girl, branded with a silvery birthmark on her forehead in the shape of a crescent moon. The parents named her Celia, proclaiming her a true gift from the gods. Their prayers had been answered.

During the early years of her life, Celia proved to be a wilful and energetic child. Cheerful, loving, and curious. As she grew, her parents discovered that she was special for more than just the brand she bore. She would be introduced to new retainers and consorts, only to ask them about personal problems that she had no prior knowledge of. When asked about this phenomenon, the young girl would simply shrug, telling her family that she could simply 'see it written on their faces'.

As word spread, the city became divided - many of its people praised this newborn child and her gift, claiming that her parents had been right. Others had heard of rumours about her assisted conception, though, and judged the child an abomination. An evil thing, born of unnatural forces. Mother and father loved her anyway, of course.

The defining moment of her upbringing came when, impatient and disillusioned with noble life, the girl fled the castle and headed out into the city with her best friend - a young stable boy she had been allowed to play with as a child. An attack on the defenceless noble and her friend by one of those who believed her to be evil left the stablehand crippled, and Celia with a permanent scar on the palm of her left hand where she had tried to grab the attacker's knife. If not for the timely arrival of the guards who were dispatched to search for her, they both would have been killed.

After that Celia finally gave up on her idle fantasies of freedom, now believing that her role was to be a much more important one. She focused on her studies, doing her best to grow into a princess worthy of her family. When her parents finally relented and allowed her beyond the castle walls again, albeit with a hefty escort, she started using her gift as selflessly as she could. With the scar on her hand to remind her, she has continued on as such until the present day.

[Alter Ego]

Name: Man’talia “Manta” Aerwyna Raygaliante
Age: 230 years old, appears 23
Race: Mermaid, subspecies raymaids
Gender: Female
Sexuality: Lesbian

Appearance:

Spoiler: appearance 

Very tall, the tops of her ears to the tip of her tail is about ten feet (3 m) long. When her arms are outstretched to the sides, her wingspan gets to be eighteen feet (5.5m) wide. The orange symbol on her belly and her back is the symbol of her family, signifying that she is the daughter of an important Sergeant in the ocean’s army. Her size comes from her father. Her skin is slimy yet smooth to the touch. At the end of her tail are poisonous barbs, which she can shoot off of herself at any time. In her human form, she is still very tall, standing at 6'1. Her skin is very tanned, as though she spends a majority of her time in the sun. Her family symbols turn into the faint outlines of scars on her belly, legs, and back when she is a human.

Personality: Manta is a very extroverted merperson, never being afraid to step out of the boundaries and be the first to introduce herself to a new creature. She is very sociable and loves to be the center of attention. Manta is a flirtatious raymaid who will coy and tease with anyone who can help her get what she wants. She comes off as very shameless, and at times blunt and impatient; she sees no point in sugarcoating and is very honest, but has little patience and does things on whim, making up plans as she goes along. Manta has very few insecurities about herself and is overall fairly arrogant; however, she is known to occasionally be a decent person, standing up for the little guys and ready to defend someone falsely accused in a moment's notice.

Likes: Flirting, stirring up trouble, shrimp, other species, exploring
Dislikes: Seaweed, hesitation, people who nag

Biography:

Spoiler: bio 

Man'talia grew up as a well-off raymaid, the one of the eldest children of the famed ocean army general Giranemo Aslan Raygaliante, one of the leading generals and right-hand merman to the king of the ocean, Poseidon. Manta's father is a strict rayman, abiding always to the rules of the ocean and expecting Manta and her eight other brothers and sisters to do the same. Of course, this was never Manta's style; she often swam off to go to parties she was forbidden to attend and swimming to the surface of the ocean, and would attempt to observe the distant human land when she felt curious--though this always failed, as she was never able to find a means to getting to the human world.

Man'talia was the third oldest of her siblings: the eldest being her brother and sister, then three younger brothers and two baby sisters following them. All of her siblings came from separate mothers, as it is the custom for merfolk of high rank to have several mistresses to birth several children. Man'talia was close to her brothers and sisters, but would much rather be by herself off with friends then spend time with any of her family.

Her mother was much like Manta, being very outgoing and sociable. Manta's mother gets along well with the other mothers, and does not mind having "sister wives." Her mother, Aerwyna, loved her life and wanted Manta to follow in her tracks, always forcing Manta to take classes on how to be a good housewife for her future husband. This of course did not appeal to Manta in any way, and like always, she did whatever she could to get out of those boring lessons.

Manta wanted more out of life than just birthing a child to some all-important seaweed brain that she would be forced to wed. Her best friend, the royal mermaid prince Sacheverell, sympathized with his giant friend and would engage in sneaking out and exploring with her. Together, they were able to discover the ins and outs of their underwater city, and eventually found ways that led to other territories. Together, they were a most troublesome duo who often got punished for their "inappropriate behavior."

Soon enough other merfolk of a similar age and personality began to join them on their journeys, ranging from a tough motherly male orcaman to even a small butterfly. Each of the individuals had their own talents, which they shared with each other. Manta took the most interest in the orcaman, who was the son of another important war captain and knew about combat. Manta reached out to him for lessons on fighting, which he gladly assisted her with.

Man'talia's oldest brother, concerned that Manta was going down a path that she would regret, sent a spy out to go and monitor Manta's activities. Upon hearing that she was learning skills like fighting and was going outside of the city walls, he immediately reported it to their father, who in turn severely reprimanded Manta by keeping her locked inside the house with soldiers near her at all times. Geranemo even went so far as to threaten Manta, yelling that he would "throw her out of the ocean and leave her to dry and suffer among the cruel and unkind humans."

Miserable, and only somewhat believing her father, she obeyed his orders until a few days later she could take it no more, and began to plot her escape.

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[Alter Ego]

Name: Sacheverell Sinclaire (Sa-cheh-vrr-elle Sin-Claire)
Nickname: Sach
Age: 229, looks 23
Gender: Male
Race: Merman
Sexuality: Bisexual

Appearance:

Spoiler: Sacheverell 

(Tail is not see-through, but rather a betta-like tail
As a merman, has a long, gorgeous blue tail with gills at the sides of his abdomen. His hair is of an equal color, and is long enough to reach his rear. Strange tattoos the color of the ocean line his body.

Personality: Very flirtatious, he enjoys hitting on whatever he can. He's had quite a handful of partners, both male and female, and is used to getting what he wants without much effort. He is very determined, and once he takes a liking to something he'll refuse to let it escape from him. However, he has a hard time staying committed to something, much to his dismay.

Bio: Though not a prince, he might as well have been one. He was always spoiled by his parents, given everything he wanted with just one flick of the wrist. However, his fate was decided when he was still a young merboy; he would marry another noble mermaid a little younger than him, and bring the family's bloodlines together. Sacheverell was afraid of commitment, though, and vowed to himself to date whomever he could before being forced into marriage. It was always the norm to date any male or female (or anything in between), so there was never any discrimination against who he chose to temporarily be with.

As a child, he often played with Man’talia Aerwyna Raygaliante since their fathers were close friends as well. Eventually, he and Man’talia became the best of friends, bonding over their need for exploration and partying and their dislike of their pre-determined futures. He knew the layout of Exorqua and the nearby cities well, for his father the emperor often went on business trips when Sacheverell was younger.

Sacheverell was always the smaller and subsequently weaker of the two, and relied on Manta and their other friends in their posse to do the fighting and dirty work for him. Manta became a bodyguard of sorts, and so their symbiotic relationship formed: Sacheverell knew all of the best places to see and explore while Manta could protect them easily.
Other: Is a Libra.