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Name: Anastasia Joule
Age: 22
History: Anastasia was born during a time of turmoil, just after her mother had regained her throne. Due to her parents' separation and fighting, she was brought up in a convent for the first six years of her life. When her mother was under threat again, her father kidnapped her to keep her from being held hostage. She spent time in the south with her father and half-brother before finally being brought to the castle. Her mother scared her, but she overcame her fear and became quite close to her mother. She was always a sickly and weak child, but she began riding and training with a staff, and her body became stronger. She still suffers from weak spells, but isn't as bad as her mother. She's become a gifted linguist and mathematician, with her father's love of history as well.
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Name: Esteri Nevalainen
Age: 18
History: Esteri is the youngest princess of a neighboring kingdom, which has been allies with Kara's Northern ancestors for generations. Her kingdom has enjoyed relative peace for years, but lately there have been whispers of rebellion, that those who tried to overthrow Kara have moved there. Esteri was invited to Kara's kingdom as a representative of her kingdom at Anastasia's birthday.
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Name: Kara Elizaveta Joule
Age: 40
History: The queen. Her father died when she was young, and she became queen with her mother Laura as regent. Kara was constantly trying to keep Laura from gaining power, and she became so paranoid that she poisoned herself to build a tolerance to poisons that her enemies might use. She has always been sickly. She rejected countless suitors before marrying Jadyn, and only then to spite her mother by marrying someone Laura considered low-born, though she did come to care for Jadyn. She became pregnant right before Laura had her and her friends imprisoned and tortured in an attempt to steal the crown. With the help of Jadyn's father, Kara managed to regain the throne, but not long after, she and Jadyn separated. Anastasia was born after Erik, and Kara and Jadyn decided to have their daughter brought up in a convent. After six years, another rebellion, and a serious illness, Kara and Jadyn finally reconciled, and they have become friendly again. Kara still suffers from health problems from time to time, though she no longer poisons herself, and she occasionally requires the use of a cane, due to injuries to her feet from Laura's torture.
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Name: Sophie Bielke
Age: 40
History: A northern duchess. She spent most of her time at court in her youth, and she and Kara were not close. Eventually, she became Jadyn's mistress, to bear a child with Terrell blood in case Kara could not have children, and Erik was the result. During Laura's rebellion, Sophie and her father were favored, and Sophie used this to help protect Jadyn. When Kara regained the throne, though, Sophie and her father were exiled, and Sophie's father died. It took years for Kara to allow Sophie to return to court, and shortly after Jadyn and Kara reconciled, Sophie married Kenneth and left court. She had a family of her own and has not returned to court or visited Erik in years.
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Name: Kira Manderly
Age: 24
History: Born a lady, she was kidnapped by pirates aged 10, but as an orphan with no family to pay for her she was useless to them for ransom. She was educated, though, and the captain put her to work with logs and ordered her to teach his daughter, who was a sailor aboard the ship, how to read. In exchange, she taught Kira navigation, charts, sailing, and tactics. Some she picked up from just being on the ship as well. At age 15 Kira left the Cobra to join her friend's crew on the Arsia as quartermaster. They were very close, but at age 20 her friend wanted to go to Singapore to chase a lead, Kira disagreed, and she left. She got her own ship, Pavonis, and began to make a name for herself. She became known as a skilled captain, but she lost her ship, weakened by battle, in a storm on her way back to port. She and a handful of her crew survived, and now she is seeking a new ship and crew.
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