Post by Guinevere Perenelle on May 23, 2024 14:32:07 GMT -5
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[attr="class","nametitle"]Guinevere Perenelle
[attr="class","namesubtitle"]"Did you know that it's hard to eat a diamond?"
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Due to her dwarven heritage, Guinevere is a rather short girl with straight, illustrious blond hair that shines almost platinum beneath sunlight. It falls all the way down to her waist and has bangs that fall down just above her small shoulders. Her eyes are big and round, with very striking blue eyes. She bears a round face with a light pale complexion, which gives her a younger facade that beguiles her true age. Her build is on the softer but skinnier side, considering that the only form of physical activity that she does is cooking. She has a very lean figure, however, thanks to her impressive metabolism and only does the minimum work out to stay healthy, rather than in shape. She may appear taller sometimes since her legs are longer than her torso and arms. Her fashion sense and preference in clothing reveal her true essence as a commoner. Ginny isn’t much of a shower and likes to keep her outfits simple and preferably comfortable. This includes but not limited to single colored dresses, gowns without much design or embellishments. She dislikes wearing shorts or dresses that reveal too much (or don’t since there isn’t anything to reveal), favoring modesty at all times. With her hair down, however, Guinevere isn’t too embarrassed to wear outfits that are elegant, or with a more grown up feel, as long as the event is appropriate. While working, for example while serving or cooking, she prefers clothes that are easy to move in and can afford to dirty or rip. What Guinevere lacks in fashion, she makes up with accessories, however. She absolutely adores accessories adorned with jewels and has a discerning eye for high level craftsmanship when it comes to jewelry. Again, she prefers simplicity over extravagance, and this also shows in the jewelry she personally crafts. Her favorite colors to wear with her aesthetics mainly consist of pale, washed out colors centering around blue, yellow, green, pink paired with whites. Her footwear always comes down to either sandals or slippers as she does not own anything fancier. [attr="class","characterappheader"]Personality Guinevere is a young girl full of ideals and dreams that have been locked up in a treasure box for safekeeping. As a child, she was boisterous, energetic and adventurous laced with wanderlust and a pinch of heroism. Back then, she would adopt characteristics fit for a hero from the stories that her parents told her just before bedtime. She would go out of her way to help anyone in need and would reject any prize for the award of gratuity was more than enough for her heroic deeds. Of course, this was all make believe but her brand of justice did have an influence on her personality at the time. She hated menial chores the most and would only engage or show interest in all things related to magic. To her, magic had been a rabbit hole to a whole new world. Nowadays, her fanciful and daydreaming days are over, though she looks back at those times and wonders whether things would be different now if she had remained naive and jovial as she was in her childhood. Ginny becomes reserved, distant but respectful to any stranger that comes her way and prefers no physical contact whatsoever, and will break this rule if only necessary. In contrast to her past, Ginny doesn’t like conflict now and will avoid it by any means necessary, even opting to leave others behind. The core of her outer personality is woven in self-preservation to achieve her goals, whatever they may be at the time. If anything, to ensure her way of life is not disturbed, Ginny uses food as a means of breaking down one’s personality. The kind of food that they eat, how they eat it, and what drinks they drink with the food allow her to assess someone and whether they are worthy allies to someone unworthy of them. This becomes part of her habit of distrusting people and/or fear of trusting the wrong people and it shows in one of her worst traits, which is refusing to ask for help from others, even if she needs it to achieve said goals. Guinever struggles morally between her self-preservation and her desire to go back to her old self. There are times when Ginny’s frankness can break through her outer walls, and a little of her old self shines through. When she becomes comfortable to come out of her walls, Ginny can be very acerbic with her words until she realizes she’s gone too far and snaps back into her inner shells. There are also times when she portrays childish behavior and this is especially visible in arguments, whether big or small, morally gray or heavily convoluted, she’ll throw a childish remark and walk away if only to get the last word. [attr="class","characterappheader"]History Many years ago, before the Diamond War, a little baby was left at the doorsteps of the Perenelle house. She had hair that was like platinum and blue eyes that shined like gemstones. Anyone who knew the Perenelles would understand why they immediately took the baby in, since they were growing with age and running out of time. No amount of natural medicine would alleviate their situation but they felt disgusted by the idea of using magic to imitate the miracle of birth. But in their growing despair, the miracle of life had presented them with a small ray of hope. They named her Guinevere, in reverence to the father’s ancestor. She was a very powerful dwarven queen with a firm hand and a righteous heart but they would go on to nickname their daughter Ginny, and it brought warmth to their sullen house. Guinevere grew up surrounded by love and kindness, but above all, she grew up dreaming about what it would be like to grow up flying around the skies, saving people as a Magic Knight, and receiving the adoration of the masses. The Perrenelles belonged to the Magic Knight Squad, the Black Bulls and with every mission they partook, they told their daughters stories of their adventure; both tragedies and heroic deeds. Every night they would tuck her in bed and fill her dreams (sometimes nightmares) of magic and heroes. It would be these stories that would mold her personality into an arrow, straight and true. But outside those stories, Ginny spent most of her days being homeschooled, staying with the neighbors and dreaming of the day she could exchange these days for adventures. She longed to right the wrongs of the world and daydream of how she would thwart the villains in her parent’s stories. Ginny would often make believe with the children in their village, making herself the captain of the Black Bulls and defeating every evil in her path. Other times, she spent learning recipes to show her mother who was a fair cook herself, and to show her a beaming smile when she had gotten the recipe half right for the first time. Her father, on the other hand, would spoil her with jewels and accessories with gemstones embedded in them. Ginny loved them dearly, and even though she had developed some level of insight into fakes and real gems, she still treasured whatever her father brought her from his missions. But then the war with the Kingdom of Diamond began and her dreams began to turn into nightmares. There was no doubt in her mind that her parent’s Magic Knight Squad would triumph over any challenges coming their way, but in the depths of her heart, Guinevere would wait impatiently for the door to open and hope to see both her parents come back safe and sound. It was also during this time that Guinevere would also come into magic and a far greater war would ensue within her growing soul. Back then she had been filled with dreams of magic and life, but now, with each passing evening, Guinevere wondered whether she would like to have magic and bear the burden that her parents took just so they could survive. On the eve of her thirteenth birthday, her father is reported missing whilst on a mission in the Forsaken region and Guinevere is destroyed with sadness and grief, the worst possible outcome dancing on her soul like a puppet on strings. She herself tries to go out to find him and is barely stopped by her mother along with the village people. Her father returns a few months later, safe and sound, but not all together whole. With her father left as an incomplete version of himself, Ginny stays with him to look after him while her mother takes on more missions to sustain them both. As days go by, Guinevere begins to understand just what her parents are going through and wonders if she ever wants to walk the path her parents have; to have the strength of conviction to give your life for another. The war culminates into an all out battle with the Captains of the Magic Knight Squad and although it is won, many tombstones raise their salute in victory. Ginny’s mother appears to be one of the unlucky heroes and she hears whispers that she might not actually be her parent’s daughter. The death of his wife appears to have shocked her father in some sense and he has glimpses of his former self. Despite receiving alimony from the Magic Knight Squad. Ginny understands that she also needs to work now for the both of them, but now that her father seems better, she can now find a job outside their village, where she’ll be able to earn a living for herself and send money to her father periodically. Oddly enough, when she obtained her grimoire, it had two elements in it both of which were perfect commercially speaking. Thus begins her journey. |
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Guinevere's offensive skills are close to zero, and she heavily relies on her spells to survive an ordeal such as combat or battle. Self-preservation is key and though she's utterly terrified of coming into harms way, when push comes to shove, Ginny is the "best offense is a good defense" type of mage. Her stamina and perseverance are key to her strategy, putting up wall after wall of defensive magic, all the while bolstering the strengths of her allies, should she have any during combat. Her magic can also serve to supplement her allies, taking a step all the way to back row and let her team mates do all the bashing and magic.
If alone or cornered on the other hand, her instincts to flee rather than fight will culminate into battles of attrition, wherein the goal would be to physically, mentally and magically outlast an opponent, until she gets an opportunity to flee immediately. It maybe cowardly but not everyone is built for fighting and as grandiose her magic might be, Guinevere does not see it fit for such a purpose.
Interestingly enough, most of Ginny's spells center around food or constructs related to food that even influence her defensive spells, if only in shape than function.
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Gemstone/Food | Silver | Junior |
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Guinevere's offensive skills are close to zero, and she heavily relies on her spells to survive an ordeal such as combat or battle. Self-preservation is key and though she's utterly terrified of coming into harms way, when push comes to shove, Ginny is the "best offense is a good defense" type of mage. Her stamina and perseverance are key to her strategy, putting up wall after wall of defensive magic, all the while bolstering the strengths of her allies, should she have any during combat. Her magic can also serve to supplement her allies, taking a step all the way to back row and let her team mates do all the bashing and magic.
If alone or cornered on the other hand, her instincts to flee rather than fight will culminate into battles of attrition, wherein the goal would be to physically, mentally and magically outlast an opponent, until she gets an opportunity to flee immediately. It maybe cowardly but not everyone is built for fighting and as grandiose her magic might be, Guinevere does not see it fit for such a purpose.
Interestingly enough, most of Ginny's spells center around food or constructs related to food that even influence her defensive spells, if only in shape than function.
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[attr="class","characterappheader2"]DISCORD NAME | @bloom |
[attr="class","characterappheader2"]TIMEZONE | GMT+8 |
[attr="class","characterappheader2"]DID YOU READ THE RULES? | yaaasss |
[attr="class","characterappheader2"]FACE CLAIM | Meiko Honma from the Anohana series |
[attr="class","characterappheader2"]CHARACTER SLOT NUMBER | 1 |
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