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Miry is on the left and Aery is on the right.

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[h2]Aymiria “Miry” Cassiel[/h2]
[b]Race:[/b]
Gemminite
[b]Age:[/b]
18
[b]Element:[/b]
Water
[b]Height:[/b]
4’5”
[b]Other:[/b] Is arguably the more levelheaded one of the twins; is less likely to go through with harebrained schemes. Also tends to remain quiet until she’s sure of what to say and how to say it, so as to minimize her chances of getting hurt. Has a lot of confidence issues about the fact that her sister is an inch and a half taller than her, despite both of them still being pretty much midgets.
Miry also keeps a pet rabbit, a small white rabbit whose name is simply, "Bunny". 
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[hider=Aery][h2]Aerienna “Aery” Cassiel[/h2]
[b]Race:[/b]
Gemminite
[b]Age:[/b]
18
[b]Element(s):[/b]
Air 
[b]Height:[/b]
4’7”
[b]Other:[/b] Aery’s a bit more… spontaneous than her sister. She’s also more prone to getting harebrained schemes in her head… and following them through. She’s also more vocal about her thoughts, in a way that’s likely to get her hurt.
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[b]Biography:[/b]
The Cassiel family has long been in service to the gemminite royal household. First as slaves, then as the lowest levels of willing servants, slowly climbing upwards due to loyalty and exceptional dedication to their tasks.

The twins’ mother, Alessa, was a seamstress for the queen herself, and favored for her fine embroidery work. When she bore twin daughters, it was hoped that the girls would follow in their mothers’ footsteps.

Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately, that didn’t happen. Growing up the children showed no interest in embroidery. But they also showed no interest in hunting or any such violent pastimes. Alessa had her heart set on her little Air gem daughter being a flutist and playing in the royal orchestra, and her Water gem being one of the artists employed by the court.

The twins went along with it until they were about five years old; then they realized that they could switch places and could fool even their tutors. For a while they would only switch once or twice a week, but then as they grew up and the lessons got harder, they would go for weeks on end before switching back to their normal roles. And not even their mother caught it.

They finally came clean about the deception when they were fourteen; by that time Miry had secured her place in the ensemble as a flutist, and Aery was a student of one of the many artists. They also revealed that Miry had often done both her own, and Aery’s, history, literature, logic, and philosophy, while Aery did almost all of Miry’s science and math. Their mother had looked at them and had just shaken her head, saying, “When I can’t tell my daughters apart for nine whole years, what does that say about my lack of parenting skill?”
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[h2]Lady Siadamkiru Beneni[/h2]

[b]Race:[/b]
Drakken
[b]Age:[/b]
88
[b]Element(s):[/b]
Fire and Earth
[b]Height:[/b]
6’4”

[b]Bio:[/b]
Sia was the only daughter, and the middle child, of thirteen children. Her father, a Drakken general quite successful in the campaigns against the south, naturally had several Gemminite wives and several more slaves. So Sia grew up surrounded by her half-brothers. It wasn’t a loving home but she made the most of it. The whole time she was growing up she saw how her father and brothers mistreated the women who made and kept their home.

As the family was growing up, naturally all the siblings trained in martial arts, blade combat, and ranged weaponry. Sia was as good as her brothers in accuracy, slightly less good in brute force, and a good deal better in agility, endurance, and speed exercises.

One day, when she was twenty years old, she watched two of her elder brothers harassing one of the slave women. One of the younger ones, still quite attractive. They were trying to force the girl to do something she clearly did not want to do; she tried to resist but they overpowered her. Sia stepped in at that point, challenging her brothers. They told her to mind her manners. She told them to remember that the woman they were so brutally mistreating was the mother of one of their brothers. Her eldest brother slapped her; in a fit of rage she drew her dagger and rammed it into his heart. He was dead instantly.

Her family exiled her, naturally. Threw her out, disowned her. She vanished off the map for almost four decades; they figured she’d died or gone off in shame. What they certainly did not expect was for an armed, armored Sia, carrying the decomposing head of one of the great Southern war generals, and leading about 100 chained slaves, to come knocking on the front gates and demand entry.

The slaves were a gift to her fifth brother, whom had inherited the household (as several of her brothers had killed each other in the years that she was gone). Naturally, with her sudden, unexplained rise to military glory, she demanded to be reinstated as a member of the family.

Over the next few years, unfortunate… accidents met her older brothers as they went off to wage war. Currently she is the head of an almost-empty household, as the elder half of her household is deceased, and the younger half is off waging war to gain glory.

And Sia? She’s mostly bored, stuck at home waiting. She needs something to entertain her. So she finally decided to call in her military victories and come claim a bride or two.

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[color=df5417]Rizan Vesque[/color] (37) [i]Rizan is the captain of her guard. Fights with the standard sword and shield combination, is also proficient in dagger, crossbow, longbow glaive, lance, unarmed combat, and probably a whole bunch of other things. Rizan = df4517[/i]
[color=539a00]Acadea Drais[/color] (24) and [color=3895db]Aldar Drais[/color] (30) [i]These two sisters are probably Sia’s favorite minions. They’re more like her little sisters than they are her guards. Both wield glaives as their primary weapon; on the battlefield they are a terrifying duo because they always seem to know exactly where the other is and subconsciously time their attacks in perfect sync. Acadea = 539a00 and Aldar = 3895db[/i]
[color=c03efb]Meiva Rilan[/color] (16) [i]A new addition to Sia’s pack, Meiva is young and scared—very small for a drakken, though she’s also probably not done growing. A skilled medic and a fast runner with good endurance, but extremely lacking in strength for combat. Meiva = c03feb[/i]
[color=3efbe3]Kelyn Em’vere[/color] (29) [i]Another all-around warrior – best with lances/spears, but also proficient with swords, daggers, and in unarmed combat. Kelyn = 3efbe3[/i]
[color=df17b8]Kintha Lortas[/color] (34) [i] An archer through and through, though also proficient with dagger and sword-and-shield. A friend of Rizan’s. Kintha = df17b8[/i]
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[center][hider=Saisri][img] https://i.paigeeworld.com/user-media/1446422400000/55d6cfebe9e8863d477f1283_5637b6edb7186e593422a95b_320.jpg [/img]

[h2]Saisri Tyalanthe[/h2]
[b]Race:[/b]
Gemminite
[b]Age:[/b]
19
[b]Element(s):[/b]
Water
[b]Height:[/b]
5’7”

[b]Bio:[/b]
Saisri had a fairly normal upbringing. With two brothers, one older and one younger, she was given a loving kind family and a happy, healthy home. Like most water Gems she was fond of her element; her family lived on a lake and she would spend every single day of the spring and summer, as soon as the water had thawed, swimming. She grew to be rather strong, muscular, and… well, beautiful. The day she was taken from her family, her brothers promised that they would come find her and free her; a promise that she prays will come true one day.
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I apologize for the sloppy image- I was getting frustrated at the dollmakers and then inkscape kept crashing and just ugggggh.

[h2]Liana Kasmussen[/h2]

[b]Race:[/b]
Gemminite
[b]Age:[/b]
18
[b]Element(s):[/b]
Fire, but… it’s complicated… See bio.
[b]Height:[/b]
5’1”

[b]Bio:[/b]
When a Fire gem from the southern border and a Water gem from the farthest north fell in love, no one had any idea what the child was going to be, but they certainly didn’t expect someone with Liana’s coloring. From the moment she was born she seemed to be a patchwork of tiny whorls and specks of alabaster and golden flecks, her hair streaks of dark copper mixed with lines of platinum blonde, one eye deep golden and the other icy blue. She was certainly odd-looking, but beautiful, in her alien way.

As she grew up, there were other oddities about her, most notably in her command of elements. While most gemminites had some level of proficiency, if not mastery, of one kind of elemental magic, Liana seemed to have none. It was believed that her father and mother, both very accomplished with their elements, had seemingly cancelled each other's out. She could muster only the barest sparks, no matter how hard she worked.

That said, the girl learned to fight in other ways. While others trained their magics, she trained her mind and body. Quick-witted, intelligent, as well as physically in great shape-- fast, strong, with good endurance. She now faces the Choosing, confident that she can prove herself a match for any Drakken who tries to claim her.
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