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GRACIDEA MERLANI
64 years old
15/08/1080

Gracidea’s mother is a knight so she always wanted to become one too, but eventually Gracidea decided to become a protector instead since she could barely use a sword. Her parents both had their doubts because Gracidea has always been very easily frightened and bashful, but they supported her nonetheless and tried their best to help her overcome her timidness. She never got over her shyness, but she excelled at her tests when it came to combat due to training with her mother, which gave her enough qualifications to land her a job as a temporary protector for wizards who needed to be safely escorted to places. At most she had only guarded wizards for a week at a time, so Gracidea almost fainted from surprise when she got news of her first real assignment. She was to be the royal protector of Prince Arius, who had no interest in having a protector, and did his best to ignore wizards assigned to him. Apparently, he could disappear for days and would only be found if he let himself be found, and Gracidea was scared she would not be capable of being a good protector for someone like him. But when she actually met him, to everyone’s surprise he never tried avoiding her. Instead, Arius consistently stayed by her side, actually informed her when he was going to leave somewhere or do something, and willingly initiated conversations with her. 

To this day, Gracidea is still very shy so half of the time she gets into awkward silences with him and she feels embarrassed whenever Arius randomly holds her hand or hugs her. The prince has a sporadic schedule so one day she could just quietly listen to him speak while they have tea at his house then the next day he’ll decide to take a random trip out of the city. He has some strange habits that confuse her and he always gives her strange gifts on holidays, and despite being his protector for the past 25 years, Gracidea still has no idea what to expect from him sometimes.

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