Custom: FullCharacter Name: Peoli
Race: Orderite
Gender: Female
Class: Civilian (Mage → Healer)
Appearance: Peoli's skintone is a pale lavender color. Her eyes are rose - a bright pink color, and her hair is dark blue and worn long. As she grows older, Peoli will have a slender and elegant build, and she'll be of medium height. Her wings are gold at the tips, but fade to a darker purple the closer they get to her back. She is quite fond of her wings and takes care of them as best as she can. They are her favorite feature about herself.
Personality:
- Cultured -
There are a lot of finer things in life, and Peoli appreciates them all. She is a fan of stories of all sorts, written and verbal, as well as numerous styles and types of art. She also adores any sort of jewelry, fine clothing, and perfume. But her refinement isn’t just in regard to things that she enjoys or likes: this Orderite is quite sophisticated in her temperament as well. Peoli is no stranger to politeness or etiquette, and takes personal pride in conducting herself in such a way. She also does her best to be as eloquent and diplomatic as possible, as she feels it’s important for people to see her in the best way.
Supportive -
If you need someone to give you advice or to just simply be there for you, Peoli is your girl. She loves to provide encouragement to others, should the need for it arise. Even if she might not particularly agree or want the same thing as the person, she will do her best to support them, if it is truly what they want. It’s crucial, in her mind, to be there for as many individuals as she can. She doesn’t do this for hope of reward or glory, but simply due to the fact that it gives her great joy to do so. Being unsupportive or cooperative of someone, she knows, can be one of the most damaging things; she wants to avoid that at all cost.
Empathetic -
Aside from being someone you can count on, Peoli is also very understanding. If a person is going through a rough time or some difficulties, she is very aware of the feelings of that person. She might not have faced the challenges that they are going through, but that doesn’t mean that she doesn’t try. She does her best to see things from the perspective of others, so as to best understand how they feeling. This Orderite is also blessed, her family says, by being able to read the emotions of others well. This comes in handy, in particular, if people don’t want to talk verbally. She can watch their body language or their facial expressions and can get a glimpse as to how they are feeling pretty well.
Naive –
Despite priding herself in being refined, Peoli is a bit inexperienced when it comes to the real world. Due to growing up in a sheltered household, she hasn’t had the chance to experience much of the world. Most things at her home, be it cooking or even something as simple as having help getting dressed, were done with the help of household staff. This is how things always have been, and in her mind, this is how it will always be. It’s not that she is unaware that things could change or differ. She just simply believes that it won’t, and that she will continue living on in the lifestyle she is accustomed to.
Blunt -
Honesty is the best policy as far as Peoli is concerned. The Orderite girl isn’t afraid to tell it like it is, even if it means it hurts someone’s feelings. This isn’t out of spite or malice – she doesn’t act this way to be mean, intentionally. She just feels that it is important to be honest and forthright when it comes to how she feels or thinks. It doesn’t do well to patronize people, simply to make them feel better. She wouldn’t want people to act this way toward her, so she doesn’t act in such a way toward them.
Meticulous -
Details, details, details. Such things are of the utmost importance to Peoli. She is very fussy about certain things: cleanliness, in particular. Don’t expect to find a disaster of a room from this Orderite, or a disheveled appearance. All of her belongings are well taken care of and everything seems to have its proper place. This also extends to Peoli’s physical appearance as well. The girl takes much care to make sure she is clean and well put-together. She wants to look her best for others, and being grimy or dirty is definitely going to prevent that. Aside from cleanliness, her fastidious nature is applied toward other things as well: namely, her satisfaction toward something. If a project or a task has not been completed to her satisfaction or standards, she will often keep at it until it is. She has also been known to re-do things entirely. Such behavior isn’t expected toward other individuals – it’s just something that she holds herself to, personally.
Biography/Background:
- Like the majority of Orderites, Peoli calls Ashen City her home. Her father, Adrax, was the son of a wealthy Orderite noble. During his formative years, he made his way as a warrior, and had a lot of daring and dangerous adventures. It was on these adventures that Adrax would go on to meet the woman who would become his wife, Nielah, an Orderite mage. As fate would have it, Nielah was also from a prominent Orderite family back in the city. With the two of them getting on in years, both Adrax and Nielah decided it was time to finally put their adventuring days to an end. They had a good run together, but it was time to settle down and start a family of their own. Both of their families, pleased by the fortuitous match, happily agreed, and then the two were married.
Adrax and Nielah were able to set up an extremely comfortable life for not just themselves, but for their eventual family as well. Since they both came from nobility, money wasn’t really a concern for either of them. The happy couple just took it upon themselves to make sure they had the best home possible for any children that they might have. As easy as their courtship and marriage had been, starting a family seemed to be a different game, entirely. The couple tried for years, but they were unable to successfully conceive a baby. The pair was just about to give up hope, when Nielah received some surprising news: she was going to have a baby, after all!
Peoli was born on a fall morning, and her parents couldn’t have been more thrilled. Yet, as much as they wanted to have more children, Adrax and Nielah decided to stop trying to have more, upon the birth of their daughter. It had been a trying time, and since they had been blessed with a newborn baby girl, they came to the decision that she was more than enough. Their highest priority was then making sure that Peoli was well taken care of.
Growing up, Peoli was fortunate to want for nothing. She had basically everything a child could ask for: loving parents, a beautiful home (as well as a summer home in the Valley of Andrah), private tutors, and a plethora of staff to make sure she was taken care of. As one could imagine, the young girl flourished in this environment, with a particular fondness for etiquette and the finer things that life had to offer.
The young Orderite’s formal apprenticeship is fast approaching. As her father and mother before her, Peoli fully expects to follow their example and take up a career suitable for someone of her standing. Her hopes would be to go on and be a diplomat or a dignitary or some sort, though whether that will happen yet or not remains to be seen.
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Unknown to Peoli, currently, her life is about to be turned upside down. While she has been going about her studies and the other general aspects of her life, a lot of things have been going on behind the scenes: predominately in regard to her parents, and her father in particular.
A few years after his daughter was born, Adrax, unfortunately, developed a major gambling addiction. Whether this was a result of boredom from having settled down and missing adventuring, a way to cope or escape, or simply something that got too far out of hand is unclear, but the truth is that it happened. All the money that he had for his family is now gone. Adrax and Nielah have done well to hide this fact from Peoli so far, but they will be no longer able to any longer. The family is going to be forced to sell their homes, let their staff go, and find a different (and more affordable) home for themselves.
This, of course, is going to flabbergast Peoli. The once comfortable lifestyle that she was used to is now suddenly gone. The home she had grown up in is no longer hers to call home, and they have to up and move. But not only that, any sort of affluent job prospects that she hoped to have are now out the window. It’s not practical, in the eyes of her mother and father, for her to aim to be a diplomat any longer. The young Orderite will now be faced with the task on picking an actual trade that she can learn in order to sustain herself as she grows: she decides on becoming a scholar - a magical healer, to be specific.
Becoming a healer isn’t going to be an easy task for Peoli. She will have to learn the craft starting from the very basics. Once she starts learning, however, she will come to enjoy and love her newfound profession. The change in status and suddenly having to take up a trade are going to be some of the hardest things for her to grow accustomed to. Her relationship with her father will also probably become strained as well. Her mom will probably separate from him, and Peoli will go live with her as a result. She'll have to deal with living with only one parent, and going to visit her father over weekends or short periods of time, rather than living with both parents together.
Thoughts on the Great Engagement:
Peoli thinks that Soudana is a goddess that is too greedy for her own good. It was her desire for more land and more power that started the whole engagement in the first place. The Oblivionites, faithful to their goddess, fought in her name and with her ideals in mind. Naturally, as a result, it was the Orderites job to defend against them. All in all, she feels the fighting has gone on entirely too long. Not much good can come from so much hatred and anger.
Thoughts on the Magescian Races:
- Oblivionites -
Peoli hasn't had the chance to meet an Oblivionite yet. If she did, however, she would be instantly wary of them due to the things she has been told. They are a cold, cruel people, and must be watched constantly, less they stab you in the back -- or, at least, that has what her family has told her. The Orderite doesn't outrightly hate them. She would certainly come to their aid if they were in need of help. But she won't be one to go out of her way to be friends with one, either.
Dovaa -
Peoli is totally fine when it comes to Dovaa. Like Oblivionites, she has yet to meet one, but she would eagerly become friends with one if given the chance. She feels that the Dovaa have good heads on their shoulders, and that they were wise for remaining predominately neutral in terms of the Great Engagement. A neutral party or viewpoint is necessary, in her mind, and she doesn't want to be the type of person to push a Dovaa to either side.
Hybrids -
Peoli's view on hybrids is a lot different from most people. Instead of seeing them and being disgusted, she tries to treat them like everyone else. Because of their mixed parentage, she knows they will be viewed with hatred from almost everyone else, so she feels that they don't need such hostilities from her. The only time she is on the fence with hybrids is if they are an Oblivionite/Orderite hybrid. Such a mix is something she feels wouldn't be compatible, so she is unsure how to react around such a person.
Thoughts on the Dragons and Khehora:
- Dragons -
Dragons are amazing creatures that are fun to watch. It saddens Peoli that so many people are fond of killing them in order to obtain their souls. She understands why they do it, as dragon souls are important to Magescian society, but she would never involve herself in such acts, personally. As amazing as dragons are, she also finds them to be intimidating as well. If she ever encountered a dragon on her own, she would probably be too scared to approach it and would run away before it did anything.
Khehora -
Peoli views the Khehora in the same way she views dragons: a mixture of amazement and intimidation. She thinks it's neat that they can talk and take up crafts or battle like other people around Magesc. What she is not fond of, however, is the concept of bonded khehora. Bonding a khehora to a person is slavery, as far as she is concerned. If she meets someone with a bonded khehora, she is most likely to look down on the individual for forming such a bond, regardless of circumstance. Peoli has no plans to bond with a khehora, and would much prefer to make friends with any feral one that she meets, provided she is not too scared of them, initially.
