[b]Character Name:[/b] Esmeralda
[b]Movie of Origin:[/b] The Hunchback of Notre Dame 
[b]Additional Sources:[/b] The musical of the same name, and parts of the original novel.
[b]Age:[/b] 27
[b]Reference:[/b] http://www.thehunchblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/d-esme-3.png
[b]Personality:[/b] Esmeralda is a fierce woman who knows she's beautiful and makes no apology for it. She is headstrong and a proactive believer in justice, willing to stand up for those who cannot do it themselves.

Having lived her whole life as an outcast, Esmeralda is untrusting to soldiers, and keeps non-Roma at an arm’s length, at least until they prove themselves to be trustworthy. A selfless individual, she prefers to take care of her own business herself, and feels that those who aren't fortunate enough to have what she has should come first.

Esmeralda is a dancer, improv artist, and magician. While her primary interest is survival, when she has downtime, she works on her routines, and trains her goat, Djahli.

[b]Abilities:[/b] Being Roma, Esmeralda is street-smart, can handle herself in a fight, and has a bit of medical knowledge, as she would not otherwise survive the streets of Paris. She knows several sleight-of-hand tricks, can improvise a weapon, and knows a few fighting moves, all of which she will use if necessary to come out on top.

Her most-known talent is her dancing. Esmeralda uses her grace, beauty, and flexibility to put on a good performance, sometimes improvising her routine. These same traits play into her fighting style, and grant her some leverage in getting her opponents to underestimate her.
 
[b]Flaws:[/b] Esmeralda isn't afraid to speak her mind, and it often gets her into trouble. She also refuses to sit by and watch if she witnesses an injustice, always stepping in if she can, because if she does nothing, who will? This has forced her to flee other cities before arriving in Paris. Even other Roma, who prefer to keep their heads down and avoid trouble, are wary of her, because the attention her stunts garner often get them dragged into it by association.

As mentioned, she is distrustful of soldiers, albeit for good reason, as her people technically aren't allowed in Paris. When Judge Claude Frollo was alive and in charge, injustices towards her and other Roma went unnoticed at best, and got them killed at worst. With Phoebus currently at the helm and cleaning up the guard force, Esmeralda has an easier time dealing with them, but she also knows that they all aren't like their captain, and will not trust them unless they prove themselves. She has a similar position with people she doesn't know.

With her life as an outcast, Esmeralda will take an offensive position in a fight if she thinks it will get her out of the situation faster. This strategy will sometimes give her the immediate win, but can be detrimental in the long term due to the enemies she makes in the process.

[b]Companion(s):[/b] Djahli, her goat. Unlike Esmeralda, who is willing to give a chance if the other person backs down, he is more firm in his initial dislike of someone, and will keep that opinion until he sees them continually doing right by his owner. If Esmeralda is in danger, Djahli will kick and headbutt until they leave her alone. He hates soldiers even more than Esmeralda does, and is particularly brutal when going up against them.

Djahli can dance and do tricks, and works as a team player with Esmeralda. He is always on alert for danger, and like his owner, has a tendency to find trouble, though on a far lesser scale. As a goat, he’ll eat anything, but he especially likes Quasimodo's wood carvings and Pierre's socks.

He shares a pair of gold hoop earrings with Esmeralda. While he prefers her above all else, any friend of hers is a friend of his. If Esmeralda is separated from him, Djahli will find one of them, priority being Phoebus, as he's her beau, Quasimodo, who is consistently at Notre Dame and therefore easy to find, and then Pierre if the other two aren't available.

[b]Brief History:[/b] Esmeralda travelled from a few cities before arriving in Paris, often because her love of justice brought trouble and forced her to flee, though her young age, beauty, and gender granted her some leniency as a “silly girl who should stick to dancing.” She arrived in Paris at fifteen, and, learning from prior experiences, became more careful when calling out injustices.

At sixteen, she married Pierre Gringoire to save his life. Pierre unwittingly found the Court of Miracles and, having no useful skills, was going to be executed if no Roma woman took him for a husband. A jug was thrown to the floor and broke into four pieces; they remained married for four years, where she threatened him with a knife on their wedding night to keep him from consummating the marriage and locked him out of the bedroom every night. Despite it, they grew to be friends and remained such when their marriage ended.

Years later, at the annual Festival of Fools, Esmeralda stepped in when the crowd turned on Quasimodo. She used the opportunity to publicly call Frollo out on his constant mismanagement of justice, and for it (along with her alluring dance prior, and her sleight-of-hand tricks being mistaken for witchcraft after), became a wanted criminal.

Despite being wanted, Esmeralda flourished her new friendship with Quasimodo, and came to adore Phoebus after watching his bravery in defying Frollo to save the miller's family, going so far as to save his life.

After her capture, Esmeralda continued her defiance of Frollo, spitting in his face while being tied at the stake, and, even weak from shock and smoke inhalation, preventing Quasimodo from falling as long as possible, both times preferring death over giving into the judge.

After Frollo's death, Esmeralda returned to a more or less normal life. Things are less tense between the Roma and Parisians, thanks to her own efforts and Phoebus’s work to fix things among his men, though they still have a long way to go. She has since taken Phoebus as her lover (and damn well knows he goes to brothels and turns a blind eye to it), though she retains strong friendships with Pierre and Quasimodo, particularly the latter.