Title: Nivain Demore Anlui
Nivain Demore Anlui - December 29, 2007 05:00 AM (GMT)
ABOUT YOU
Name: Sarah
Age: 18
Contact Info: PM
How you found us: Already the smexyful admin (other than Jen of course)
CHARACTER INFO
Character name: Nivain Demore Anlui
Nicknames: feu sauvage - wild fire in French
Character age: 150
Birthdate: 1857
Gender: Female
Is this character supernaturally inclined? Nivain is an extremely powerful fire witch as her powers are boosted by the presence of dragon blood in her ancestry.
Strengths: In addition to the powers a fire element witch posesses, Nivain has extended life, the gift of tongues and access to the innate secret knowledge of the dragons. She has been within the service of Gerard for 60 years but her body is frozen at that of a 20 year old until if or when she decides to let it age further.
Weaknesses Although her skin is harder than diamonds when one tries to pierce it, she has a weak spot over her heart that is as vulnerable as any human flesh to weapons. Her dislike of the cold due to her firey nature is also a weakness, though not one as often seen in Miami/
Weapons carried on person: None save her powers, but she is able to grow her fingers into dragon claws, though it takes great energy to do so.
Tell me about yourself
Hair colour/style: Nivain has curling reddish brown hair that tumbles to brush over her shoulders.
Eye colour: Brown, but when using her power her eyes change.
Portrayal: Katie Holmes
Picture:
Physical description: Slender and with a lightly tanned upgrade of a peaches and cream complexion, Nivain has big brown eyes that stand out from her face and work to combine the soft planes of her face. There are no sharp angles to her, she is all curves and graceful movement, moving easily with her 5' 7 frame. In the small of her back nestles a fist-sized tattoo of a curled up celtic dragon in black ink but its eyes are identical to her own when using her power. She has her ears pierced and almost always has gold posts with a flame shaped stud on one ear and a dragon shaped stud on the other, but has worn other earrings when she has been made to as a requirement. She normally wears black with a sash or beading matched to the color of the night as dictated by Gerard, but again should it be required of her to wear color she will do so.
Likes: Fire, books (especially the library in the Anlui Manor as it has become her second home within the Manor), Celtic anything be it jewellry or art etc., her powers and her heritage.
Dislikes: The cold, disorder despite the chaotic nature of fire, people who remain ignorant to the wealth of knowledge surrounding them, bad manners or ettiquette.
Fears: Being made to retake the trials of the Manor, being cast out of the Manor and Gerard's favour (thus loosing the library she loves too)
Nervous habits: Nivain when nervous, which is not very often or at least not shown very often, lets her fingers burn at a white-hot temperature and twines them in patterns that linger in the air like sparklers. But she has to be incredibly nervous for this.
Personality description: Having lived 150 years Nivain has gained a sense of calm and distance that most humans do not have the time to achieve, and uses that control and calm to keep the firey temper that is also her birthright in check. As all members of the Anlui household, Nivain has been put through the tests of pain; fear; and finally the test of love by Gerard, and it has left her far more tamed than she once was, though this does not run all the way to her core; she uses the control to mask her personality to allow her to better function well within the Manor and for Gerard himself.
Within the earlier years of her life within the household Nivain took Gerard's name when she became part of his house, but as her last miniature rebellion took the T from DeMorte, making her Nivain Demore Anlui, and it was left to stick as it was but a minor rebellion and her last.
She is part of Gerard's house as he has deemed her to be too precious for just servant work, but as an elective she chooses to remain his head of staff and run the library under his direction and specification as it was how she first came to the Manor and she enjoys maintaining her responsibilities for him, showing that whilst she has a forceful personality she enjoys the work she has within the Manor too, though it has become more of a hobby than a requirement for her.
Take me home to meet mom and dad:
Parents: Liam (human) and Marrian Farrel (fire witch)
Siblings: None
Children: None
History: Born in 1857 in Ireland, Nivain Farrel was the daughter of an average lower class man from a small village, her mother having died giving birth to her due to the lack of good midwives in the village. She was not the prettiest girl in their village but by far not the least attractive, and was for the most part happy with life except for the constant fear her father had for her powers. Nivain's great grandfather had been a Dragon, her great grandmother meant to be a sacrifice to him, but the two had fallen in love and so Nivain had Dragon blood running through her as well as the powers of a fire elemental witch that had been passed down from her mother, and her father was terrified of the sheer amount of power Nivain held. He blamed her for her mother's death, saying that Nivain must of burned her from the inside and that is why she died, and forbade her to ever use her magick, scared of the sight of her sapphire blue Dragon eyes and the way flames danced around her.
By the time Nivain was 18 her father had found three potential husbands for her, wanting to marry her off and wash his hands of her, but Nivain detested all three of the men and refused to interact with any of the men within the village until a traveller came into the tavern in which she worked one day. He fascinated her, and it seemed to be mutual. He knew without her saying a thing what she was, he told her in private, and the two talked late into the night until the man had to retire to his room for the day; something Nivain did not think on until later, so immersed in thoughts of the man who knew what she was and found it a good thing. Over time the two grew closer and he told her both his name and what he was: a vampire by the name of Gerard. Nivain had never seen a vampire before now but did not care, feeling that he had no reason to be hated just as she did not, and one night at Gerard's request had him come to her house to meet her father. Gerard spoke with her father, asking him if he could take Nivain on his travels, and her father was only too willing to agree...for a price. He agreed so long as Gerard 'bought' Nivain from him, and though Gerard gave him the money he also imprisoned him as punishment for being so willing to sell not only a precious talent, but a part of his own flesh and blood.
Nivain travelled with Gerard, happily learning the secrets of her powers that were hidden from her, learning to control it even more, to manipulate her own ability so it would bend to her will at a thought; and in return she was company, a willing servant and a pupil for Gerard. There was the occasional rebellion, Nivain wanting to spend the day doing something else, but over time these slowed.
They arrived eventually at one of Gerard's homes and Nivain settled into life as part of the servant household; learning the ways of servants within the employ of Gerard, now known to her as her Master unless given permission to use his name, and over the course of the two years there rose to be the Head of Staff as well as the sole librarian. At this point Gerard decided to bring Nivain into the Anlui family rather than the servant family and so she was put through the trials of pain; fear and love, the last test involving the killing of her still imprisoned father, and Nivain did all of these tests and became Nivain DeMorte Anlui. As her final rebellion, a way of 'striking back' for the killing of her father, Nivain removed the T from DeMorte and so became as she is now Nivain Demore Anlui, Gerard letting it stick.
After the trials Nivain used her Dragon's ability to freeze her body at the age of 20, and has remained this way for 60 years, staying with Gerard and maintaining the library and her position as Head of Staff out of hobby and enjoyment more than requirement thanks to her elevation to his personal household, and is on occasion part of Gerard's bed should he wish it.
Writing Sample: Moving through the hallways with her face lowered to an ancient book written entirely in Aramaic, her redish brown hair falling from behind her ears in slender curling strands, Nivain ran the warm fingers of one hand over the parchment of the pages as she read and stopped for a moment with a wide smile of revelation curving her lips, her brown eyes dancing with the hint of flame. She had been researching this particular working for days now and had found a problem with the final stage of the circle; and had just found the answer. Vervain. If she combined Vervain into the herbs for the protective circle it would negate the negative effects that kept thwarting her.
Spinning on the balls of her feet rather than on the spiked heel of her shoe beneath the gown so as to not mark the floor, Nivain made her way to the kitchen with her face still lowered to the book, crimson lips mouthing the Aramaic softly as she read, though she knew better than to read words of power out loud. Moving through the doors she knew some of the people in the room from their auras; the bodyguards knew her by sight; but she did not know the two women and the babe other than by name.
Closing the book softly over a finger so as to not loose her page Nivain turned to the bodyguards and smiles innocently, but they instantly left the room with mutterings of needing to be elsewhere and so soon it was the three women and the babe. The raven haired woman intrigued the dragon witch, a being of air; one who provided support for the wings of her great ancestors and who stoked the flames that danced at her command. That and her beauty, though she could see through the accidental glamour that the woman she took as being Gisele was still beautiful but not in so unearthly a way as she appeared to humans. She herself appeared human at all times unless her Master dictated she let her truer nature show for their guests, or if she was greatly displeased. Looking over to Jessica McClain and her babe Emma with a still innocent smile, Nivain took the sprigs of vervain from the pots on the table that she needed and used them as a bookmark for the ancient book, settling the leatherbound tome onto the book with a soft echo of power that everybody in the room would feel, sensative to power or not.
When she spoke her voice was soft and neutral in accent as she had learned over time, no hint of her native Ireland in her voice, and she kept her face in the innocent smile, never hinting at her power as she knew it would be felt as a warm breeze over the skin of all in the room.
"Good afternoon madmoiselles, et le belle enfant. It is a pleasure to meet you all."
And the rest:
Anything else?
Did you read the rules? ADMIN EDIT
Name: Sarah
Age: 18
Contact Info: PM
How you found us: Already the smexyful admin (other than Jen of course)
CHARACTER INFO
Character name: Nivain Demore Anlui
Nicknames: feu sauvage - wild fire in French
Character age: 150
Birthdate: 1857
Gender: Female
Is this character supernaturally inclined? Nivain is an extremely powerful fire witch as her powers are boosted by the presence of dragon blood in her ancestry.
Strengths: In addition to the powers a fire element witch posesses, Nivain has extended life, the gift of tongues and access to the innate secret knowledge of the dragons. She has been within the service of Gerard for 60 years but her body is frozen at that of a 20 year old until if or when she decides to let it age further.
Weaknesses Although her skin is harder than diamonds when one tries to pierce it, she has a weak spot over her heart that is as vulnerable as any human flesh to weapons. Her dislike of the cold due to her firey nature is also a weakness, though not one as often seen in Miami/
Weapons carried on person: None save her powers, but she is able to grow her fingers into dragon claws, though it takes great energy to do so.
Tell me about yourself
Hair colour/style: Nivain has curling reddish brown hair that tumbles to brush over her shoulders.
Eye colour: Brown, but when using her power her eyes change.
Portrayal: Katie Holmes
Picture:
Physical description: Slender and with a lightly tanned upgrade of a peaches and cream complexion, Nivain has big brown eyes that stand out from her face and work to combine the soft planes of her face. There are no sharp angles to her, she is all curves and graceful movement, moving easily with her 5' 7 frame. In the small of her back nestles a fist-sized tattoo of a curled up celtic dragon in black ink but its eyes are identical to her own when using her power. She has her ears pierced and almost always has gold posts with a flame shaped stud on one ear and a dragon shaped stud on the other, but has worn other earrings when she has been made to as a requirement. She normally wears black with a sash or beading matched to the color of the night as dictated by Gerard, but again should it be required of her to wear color she will do so.
Likes: Fire, books (especially the library in the Anlui Manor as it has become her second home within the Manor), Celtic anything be it jewellry or art etc., her powers and her heritage.
Dislikes: The cold, disorder despite the chaotic nature of fire, people who remain ignorant to the wealth of knowledge surrounding them, bad manners or ettiquette.
Fears: Being made to retake the trials of the Manor, being cast out of the Manor and Gerard's favour (thus loosing the library she loves too)
Nervous habits: Nivain when nervous, which is not very often or at least not shown very often, lets her fingers burn at a white-hot temperature and twines them in patterns that linger in the air like sparklers. But she has to be incredibly nervous for this.
Personality description: Having lived 150 years Nivain has gained a sense of calm and distance that most humans do not have the time to achieve, and uses that control and calm to keep the firey temper that is also her birthright in check. As all members of the Anlui household, Nivain has been put through the tests of pain; fear; and finally the test of love by Gerard, and it has left her far more tamed than she once was, though this does not run all the way to her core; she uses the control to mask her personality to allow her to better function well within the Manor and for Gerard himself.
Within the earlier years of her life within the household Nivain took Gerard's name when she became part of his house, but as her last miniature rebellion took the T from DeMorte, making her Nivain Demore Anlui, and it was left to stick as it was but a minor rebellion and her last.
She is part of Gerard's house as he has deemed her to be too precious for just servant work, but as an elective she chooses to remain his head of staff and run the library under his direction and specification as it was how she first came to the Manor and she enjoys maintaining her responsibilities for him, showing that whilst she has a forceful personality she enjoys the work she has within the Manor too, though it has become more of a hobby than a requirement for her.
Take me home to meet mom and dad:
Parents: Liam (human) and Marrian Farrel (fire witch)
Siblings: None
Children: None
History: Born in 1857 in Ireland, Nivain Farrel was the daughter of an average lower class man from a small village, her mother having died giving birth to her due to the lack of good midwives in the village. She was not the prettiest girl in their village but by far not the least attractive, and was for the most part happy with life except for the constant fear her father had for her powers. Nivain's great grandfather had been a Dragon, her great grandmother meant to be a sacrifice to him, but the two had fallen in love and so Nivain had Dragon blood running through her as well as the powers of a fire elemental witch that had been passed down from her mother, and her father was terrified of the sheer amount of power Nivain held. He blamed her for her mother's death, saying that Nivain must of burned her from the inside and that is why she died, and forbade her to ever use her magick, scared of the sight of her sapphire blue Dragon eyes and the way flames danced around her.
By the time Nivain was 18 her father had found three potential husbands for her, wanting to marry her off and wash his hands of her, but Nivain detested all three of the men and refused to interact with any of the men within the village until a traveller came into the tavern in which she worked one day. He fascinated her, and it seemed to be mutual. He knew without her saying a thing what she was, he told her in private, and the two talked late into the night until the man had to retire to his room for the day; something Nivain did not think on until later, so immersed in thoughts of the man who knew what she was and found it a good thing. Over time the two grew closer and he told her both his name and what he was: a vampire by the name of Gerard. Nivain had never seen a vampire before now but did not care, feeling that he had no reason to be hated just as she did not, and one night at Gerard's request had him come to her house to meet her father. Gerard spoke with her father, asking him if he could take Nivain on his travels, and her father was only too willing to agree...for a price. He agreed so long as Gerard 'bought' Nivain from him, and though Gerard gave him the money he also imprisoned him as punishment for being so willing to sell not only a precious talent, but a part of his own flesh and blood.
Nivain travelled with Gerard, happily learning the secrets of her powers that were hidden from her, learning to control it even more, to manipulate her own ability so it would bend to her will at a thought; and in return she was company, a willing servant and a pupil for Gerard. There was the occasional rebellion, Nivain wanting to spend the day doing something else, but over time these slowed.
They arrived eventually at one of Gerard's homes and Nivain settled into life as part of the servant household; learning the ways of servants within the employ of Gerard, now known to her as her Master unless given permission to use his name, and over the course of the two years there rose to be the Head of Staff as well as the sole librarian. At this point Gerard decided to bring Nivain into the Anlui family rather than the servant family and so she was put through the trials of pain; fear and love, the last test involving the killing of her still imprisoned father, and Nivain did all of these tests and became Nivain DeMorte Anlui. As her final rebellion, a way of 'striking back' for the killing of her father, Nivain removed the T from DeMorte and so became as she is now Nivain Demore Anlui, Gerard letting it stick.
After the trials Nivain used her Dragon's ability to freeze her body at the age of 20, and has remained this way for 60 years, staying with Gerard and maintaining the library and her position as Head of Staff out of hobby and enjoyment more than requirement thanks to her elevation to his personal household, and is on occasion part of Gerard's bed should he wish it.
Writing Sample: Moving through the hallways with her face lowered to an ancient book written entirely in Aramaic, her redish brown hair falling from behind her ears in slender curling strands, Nivain ran the warm fingers of one hand over the parchment of the pages as she read and stopped for a moment with a wide smile of revelation curving her lips, her brown eyes dancing with the hint of flame. She had been researching this particular working for days now and had found a problem with the final stage of the circle; and had just found the answer. Vervain. If she combined Vervain into the herbs for the protective circle it would negate the negative effects that kept thwarting her.
Spinning on the balls of her feet rather than on the spiked heel of her shoe beneath the gown so as to not mark the floor, Nivain made her way to the kitchen with her face still lowered to the book, crimson lips mouthing the Aramaic softly as she read, though she knew better than to read words of power out loud. Moving through the doors she knew some of the people in the room from their auras; the bodyguards knew her by sight; but she did not know the two women and the babe other than by name.
Closing the book softly over a finger so as to not loose her page Nivain turned to the bodyguards and smiles innocently, but they instantly left the room with mutterings of needing to be elsewhere and so soon it was the three women and the babe. The raven haired woman intrigued the dragon witch, a being of air; one who provided support for the wings of her great ancestors and who stoked the flames that danced at her command. That and her beauty, though she could see through the accidental glamour that the woman she took as being Gisele was still beautiful but not in so unearthly a way as she appeared to humans. She herself appeared human at all times unless her Master dictated she let her truer nature show for their guests, or if she was greatly displeased. Looking over to Jessica McClain and her babe Emma with a still innocent smile, Nivain took the sprigs of vervain from the pots on the table that she needed and used them as a bookmark for the ancient book, settling the leatherbound tome onto the book with a soft echo of power that everybody in the room would feel, sensative to power or not.
When she spoke her voice was soft and neutral in accent as she had learned over time, no hint of her native Ireland in her voice, and she kept her face in the innocent smile, never hinting at her power as she knew it would be felt as a warm breeze over the skin of all in the room.
"Good afternoon madmoiselles, et le belle enfant. It is a pleasure to meet you all."
And the rest:
Anything else?
Did you read the rules? ADMIN EDIT
Nivain Demore Anlui - January 2, 2008 04:56 PM (GMT)
Yes I am approving my own charrie but hey it is a trend here so pfft