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Background
Princess of Moniwid
Princess Draventa was born and suddenly her mother was very ill. Or at least very much not interested in her, or possible very sick. Draventa isn’t sure. She’s gotten mixed reports . Postpartum depression isn’t something the royal family really acknowledges.
People don’t realize that she knows. Mother changed. At least, that’s the whispers, and Papa…he was gone so much. She knew he cared, but the other children….he stayed for them. And then he stayed for Emerit. She would have loved to have had a younger sister, if she wasn’t so jealous.
She ran away once. None of them knew it was her running away. What Princess does that? She was so jealous and hurt over some little thing with Emerit. Papa loved her more. Mantilo loves her more. Drav could never compete, so she ran away. She even packed a suitcase! Unfortunately, she was 6, not fully able to plan it properly. She ended up stumbling onto a nest of Saulės Spindulys, the Rays of Sun. They don’t know how many times the princess was bitten, but they say she should have been blinded, if not out right dead. Instead, she now see everything better. The bites left her unable to walk for almost a half a yeah, and she still to this day gets tired if she has to stand or walk for any amount of time.
Snakes have never scared her, but after the nest, she had nothing to fear. She holds them regularly, handling them with a shared connection now. They don’t judge her, or think she’s odd.
Drav see things…sometimes when she dreams, sometimes when she’s awake. The island cut in 4. Snakes bleeding from their eyes…When she tell people……well. She doesn’t tell people anymore. Not really. Even her siblings. She just tells them the pretty things, it’s just easier.
Drav was a quiet child, usually happy to observe those around her and draw in her sketchbooks. It’s how she learned as much as she did about her mother. Servants talk, and when you’re quiet and drawing in a corner because you can't run around, tutors talk.
Her happiest gift she’s ever gotten was her very first painting set. Colors always just seemed more vivid to the youth than anyone else it seemed. She stopped trying to explain that at an early age, instead just shows people through her art.
The summer of her 14 year she went and visited her mother's family. She became close with her older cousin Conall, who taught her to speak Kundari. they shared some of their secrets, speaking of dreams and odd things, that no one else wished to hear. She even indulged him in his talks of the super natural, drawing him what he’d describe to her.
Papa died a year ago. Things aren’t…right. Mother isn’t right.
Drav pours everything she is into her paintings. It’s strange to her, the fame, and she usually doesn’t acknowledge it. And while it’s not what she originally wanted or intended, her art has become sought after. Made her famous, even.
Her older brothers taught her as much sailing as she could handle, and even with her legs, she does ok tracking and camping. She just has to take it slow.
On her coming of age rite. The night when one is supposed to see visions of the future, her mind did not give her anything she didn’t normally see. The snakes venom seems to have burned that part of her brain, to where she sees things, real or not, always. Draven feels as if she somehow disappointed the gods, and that is why she did not receive any specific vision, unlike everyone else.
Character Features
Drav is a frail thing, tiny and thin. Some would even say waffish. Her dark hair makes her skin seem paler, and her eyes are often like the sea, slightly changing from blues to greys, depending on her mood. There's rumor that says her eyes were a bright blue before she was bitten, like the colorful snakes themselves drained the blues from them. Her hair is often unkept, but in that chaos, there's a beauty, like waves.
Behavior
Quirks
- Confident — Drav knows things. So it doesn’t bother her when people don’t believe her. She believes it.
- Erratic — After the snake bites, Drav changed. Some call it crazy, other's call it slanted. Whatever Drav suffers from, it’s definitely erratic. And now that she's been blessed by Sess…who knows?
- Famous — Drav’s paintings are world renown
- God magnet— Some how she's drawn the attention of Sess. Her scarred legs are healed,the poison drawn from her, but the attention of the gods? What is the cost of that? And is it worth it?
- Snake Handler — There’s no fear of the beasts. And they seem to respond to her as well.
Recent Logs
Recent Memoirs
- Art
*snakes and snake handling
*sailing -she’s not super great at it, but she enjoys it.
*She's been healed by Sess, so is always interested in hearing people's thoughts on the Gods.
*Flowers-Drav loves flowers, especially strange and exotic ones to her.
On the Grid
Known Associates
- Cover
- Moniwid
- Kilgour
- Kincaid
- The Light, their Servants and The Others
- Sutherland
- Commoners
- Laniveer
- X
- Skingaard
- Ruxton
- Aberdeen
Princess Emerit Moniwid : I am numb when it comes to Emerit. Part of me still wishes she'd just disappear forever, the other feels like I need to protect her, the way I would anyone from home. |
Sir Benedict Eberlin : My knight that seems to always be at my side. I don't know if I would have survived this past year without him near. He will make a good ambassador. |
Queen Ciarrah Kilgour : Ciarrah is my cousin from my mother's side. I spent a summer with them when I was younger. I got the feeling she does not feel as warmly about me as I do about her. |
Queen Laetitia Kilgour : You promised to help me. You said you would be here for me….I feel truly alone now. |
Princess Laela Terrwyn Kilgour : So little! So tiny! I've started a painting filled with morning light and rose petals and dreams. Soft and warm and wonderful. |
Prince Logen Kilgour : I hope that this will bring you peace. Far, far away from me. |
King Tyrel Kilgour : I have never met anyone as cold as this man. |
Lady Faerinia Kincaid : I know nothing of this Lady, except that my brother has taken an interest. And that Emerit does not approve. |
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Sess : Have I been blessed…or cursed? |
Priestess Luna : Her words, "Welcome to the fold" Terrified me more than the dream itself. |
Valarius Micha : I miss his guidance. Perhaps I'm meant to bare this burden alone. I hope he finds peace. |
Dair : influenced, but unknown |
Oblivian : I don't understand why I was chosen to see this terror, but I will never sleep again. |
Duke Ronan Crawford : He has show me only kindness. I hope to help some in this war, to end it quicker for men like him. |
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Raymond Trevens : This talented baker is helping me do something special for the wedding. I appreciate it very much. |
Tean : Taen is a seamstress that has done wonders with the Queens dress, actually making me feel like I belong in it. She's dealt with my strange ideas and made them better. |
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Crown Prince Elisen Stewert : I hope he is well from the attack. I can not believe the rumors he poisoned himself, no one would do such a thing. I enjoyed the handful of conversations I had with him. |
Queen Ophelie Stewert : She seems cold. Perhaps this happens to anyone that holds that title. And now there's a scheming in her eyes now that's hard to deny. |
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Princess Karissa Kiraric : Princess Karissa Seems very nice, and has offered to help me with the wedding. I think there's no motive but to be able to sit and talk with me, which is nice. |
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Emma Loise Mowbray : I like her. She seems like she could be nice to talk to, if I could just get her to calm down around me. |
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Crown Prince Conall Aberdeen : Cousin- I miss him very much. I wish he was closer, he knows me more than anyone else, and I know somehow he'd make things better. |
Prince Jamie Aberdeen : My Uncle. You're still as strong and fun as I remember. I wish I could spend more time with you. |