**Name:** Elora _'Elle'_ De Launciet

**Age:** Physically, 26 though she's been around for nearly 130 years.

**Appearance:**

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**Personality:**

It's safe to say that Elle is not the sweet, simpering kind of girl. She's very much the opposite unless a situation arises in which she needs to get her way, then she's all sweet words and batting eyelashes. She prides herself on her strength of mind and character, and will not mould herself or her views to fit anyone else's ideals. She speaks her mind and tends to offer her opinion where it's not wanted which grates on a lot of people's nerves. People often find her a little too honest or sarcastic but as long as they don't take her too seriously, they'll see that she's actually a lot of fun to be around.

Elora does not like to be told what to do. Especially when her parents are the ones ordering her about which they tend to do more often than she'd like. As the youngest of her family, she has forever been treated like the baby, despite the fact that she has been a grown woman for quite some time. Part of her is relieved at the prospect of escaping her family, though she wishes it did not entail joining the Vaskial's. She does not plan to make this easy for anyone involved. 

Deep down somewhere under that hard shell of Elle's there's a soft caramel centre. Of course, she doesn't let just anyone see her softer side. It's rare she ever get's close enough to anyone to show it. While she acts as though little effects her, she's really more emotional than she let's on. If she's upset about something, she'll bottle up all soppy emotions until she can deal with them alone. That's the only time she can truly be herself. She doesn't want to let anyone see the vulnerable side of her.

**History:**

Elora's family has always been powerful and wealthy. Just not as powerful and wealthy as the Vaskial family. For centuries, there has been rivalry and competition between the two houses but that is all about to change. It was her mother who suggested the joining of the families in an attempt to gain some leverage and even the playing field and Elle had not been entirely interested until she'd learned that she was to be the pawn in her parent's plans. 

Elora has an older brother, Sebastian, who is the heir to her family's wealth. She had always played second best. He was their oldest, their only son. He would be the one furthering the De Launciet line while she would become part of some other household once she married. It had also been the driving point behind her father's argument. "Everything will go to Sebastian. Don't you want to further this family's legacy? You could bring so much to us if you'd only marry the Vaskial boy." She didn't like the idea. There had been so much animosity between their families for as long as she could remember. How was she supposed to be civil to them, now? Least of all marry one of them! She had expected this day to come, of course. Her parents had made it clear that she would be matched to another upstanding member of vampiric society. It doesn't mean she has to like it, however.