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Evangelia Ridoran




Warm sunrise in her hair and her hands cold as gold.



Name: Evangelia (Eva) Ridoran
Gender: Female
Age: 22
Orientation: Heterosexual
Race: Human
Class: High



About the Ridorans: Ridoran is a family that comes from the tropical city Khalad. Their business was thriving, because not only are they people from an entirely different continent, but despite cruel sandstorms in the island, they managed to grow quality cotton and expand their trades. Their business brought them a fortune and the previous generation of the Ridorans got them a spot among the Noble Families in the largest Kingdom of Argos.

Currently the Ridoran family consists of four people: Hemmet Ridoran, the Head and the father of three children. He has grown up in the field of cotton and other plantlife and still proceeds to spend his free time there. He is very humble at home, but once you'd come to meet the man, he comes off as very strict and cold.

Nicholas Ridoran is the oldest child of the three and he's known to be the muscle of the family. Not the sharpest tool in the box, he has no skill with the plants or making any sort of business, but his friendly and open-minded nature offered him a chance to meet plenty of people, therefore allowed the more responsible members of his family to work with trades while he gets on everyone's good side.

Eva is the second oldest child, works in the field in her free time, but it was as if she was made to be a noblewoman who is ruthlessly making coin through trades.

Coraline is the youngest child and is three years younger than Evangelia. Perhaps the smartest of her siblings, she works well behind the scenes, but she shows no interest in dealing with the society of Argos or it's people. She buries herself in her books and is generally very shy.


Reputation: Eva has met many people in both Khalad and Argos, even more in the second location, given that it is where most of her family business bloomed. While favored mostly by men, Eva is known as very charming, communicative, well-spoken and very confident woman. She makes sure that it's she who ends the conversation, be it by words or something she does, it's also known as a bad trait. Her confidence is is also seen as her being very demanding and self-centered, sometimes even mean. She doesn't really care about concealing her stubborn nature, especially when it comes to the business that is now up to the children of the Ridoran to keep it thriving and she is worried less about those who cannot handle her ambition and focuses on those who think similarly.

Relationship status: Very single, but rarely alone
Likes: Well-spoken and hard-working people, her two large wild cats, her family, good wine, the smell and feel of fertile soil and the smell of the yard after a heavy rain during spring
Dislikes: "Good" and kind women, lazy men (lazy people in general, but despises men who don't do anything of use), winter and snow, and she sees cheating as the worst of deeds a person can do

Hair: Blonde (golden), wavy and waist-length
Eyes: Emerald green
Height: 5'8''
Body type: Hourglass, average weight



Style: Wears dresses of light fabrics of any color she feels like that day specifically, but mostly it would be jewelry she'd pay most of her mind to. Evangelia loves jewelry mostly that have the color of gold and gems on it. She loves things that are not easily accessible and high quality. If she can tell that something is worth having, she will never ask for a price.
Her hair is styled almost every morning with complex braids, usually decorated with various hair pieces. But there are times when she would leave her loose braid rest over her shoulder and wear less jewelry. She's found that men find her much more appealing in such "loosened" state. She seems less "frightening".
Eva strongly believes in the phrase "Your body is your temple", so she takes care of herself, worships herself during long baths with oils beneficial to her skin and self-care is a high priority to the golden haired woman. This also means that she rarely leaves her house without putting make up on. Hardly a surprise, hm?


Hobbies: Spends time with her two precious wild cats (trains or just leisurely drinks wine and reads with them close to her), visits markets often and rarely is she alone without a company of a man and drinks wine (a lot)
Mannerisms: When she speaks, she doesn't speak with her voice, but her body. She's elegant and gracious with her gestures. Even the tone of her voice will fit whatever impression she wants to make, her every move is calculated. But it definitely is not a good sign is she falls silent and stares at someone with a raised left eyebrow. The more she's still in the crowd, that means that she's less relaxed.





Who is the bright maiden?


Evangelia Ridoran is the second child of the family and her reputation has changed in the course of years. Once, she was known as a shy and very reserved girl, much like her younger sister Coraline nowadays, who loved to spend time in the fields and work with the crops and flowers, now she is a social natural disaster. By that, it's actually meant that Eva has an appearance that demands attention (and perhaps some sort of respect, depending how she affects some people), and her charisma does not take that aura away from her. In the eyes of the many, she is well-spoken, enticing and can actually seem as a pleasant person, someone you can trust. However, while that doesn't have to be always the case, Eva is manipulative and seeks her own interest, and even more importantly, she seeks the interest of her family. She is selfish, yes, but she cares about her family greatly. As the matter of fact, the members of her family are the only people she cares about.

Evangelia is aware that there is competition all around her, especially in Argos, given the other Noble Families with successful businesses and reputation, she takes this as a challenge. When it comes to her relationships with these people, it is a very complicated puzzle. She holds respect for some of the, and she will show it, but there are some members of these families she absolutely cannot stand. Truth be told, Eva has a strong distaste towards women and girls who come out as gentle, kind and pure. To her personally, those women lack character and strength, and in her mind, those women cannot be trusted, because in a world like this, such traits are not genuine. But when it comes to men, she hates those who think with the wrong head. She thinks of them as weak-minded and easily manipulated, replaceable/expendable and that they're good for only one thing (though that is arguable, as well). Men who go from woman to woman to kill time is something that rubs Eva the wrong way and spitefully drags them into a situation where they would worship her, only so she would leave without a word after tiring them to the point of passing out. Even better if she gets to act as if she doesn't know them the next time they meet, only to make a fool out of themselves in the public. Of course, she would only do this to the select few where there is no evidence that they actually met and cannot prove to anyone else that it is true, since she is well-aware that this can affect her reputation.


Long story short - Eva does not like people. She hates them generally, but respects individually.

You may catch Evangelia staring at someone in what only can be said a very frightening way. What is usually dismissed as a "bad day", it's usually when she cannot stand anyone. Should she be picked on or someone presses the wrong buttons, there's no guarantee that she will not try to verbally devour the person. There's so much hidden rage inside this woman, some sort of unknown hatred towards people, that is an absolute opposite to what she shows Even if she cares about the people from her family, no one in the world knows what is happening inside this woman's head. Ask anyone either in Khalad or Argos about her and you will hear the same things over and over. There are rumors circulating, some whispers and false tales that are not possible to be confirmed, all are contradicting one another, but no one knows this ironically well-known woman.

She will come home after dealing with people for the entirety of the day, close herself in the room, all by herself and get drunk on wine while she broods. She loves her family, but she feels completely and utterly alone. Nobody is good enough for her. And that is what kills her. And unfortunately, she doesn't give a chance to anyone to prove themselves to her, so she would finally understand that she was wrong. All her thoughts never left that cage that is her skull. All that void filled with finery and endless ambition, yet she is once again alone in her room, drink in her hand, quietly staring outside.



First comes a blessing of all that you've dreamed
But then comes the curses of diamonds and rings
Only at first did it have its appeal
But now you can't tell the false from the real




Business = status


It is no secret how seriously Eva takes her role as the member of one of the Noble Families and she wants to make sure that everyone is aware that they saw nothing yet. The golden haired woman is certain that one day she will be the Head of the Ridoran family. In her mind, it's in their best interest - she puts them first, she cares about the quality of what they have to offer, strictly follows the rules of reputation in Argos and is ready to do whatever is necessary to keep their family at the very peak. Eva after all is responsible for doing the trading and contacting the customers and clients, all the while her brother Nicholas knows many people and can be of great help in that field of her work. She always offers the best to the interested clients and customers, but she will not take any deals she doesn't see any benefit for her business. That is already a strong point: well-spoken, warm and friendly, and only has the success of her family in mind. But, she does have her own selfish reasons to be the head of the family, after all. While those reasons never left that pretty head and seem endless miles away from the possibility, Evangelia swore to make it happen.

Business with growing cotton has been going well, Eva who has expensive taste and know what good quality is, wants to spread her influence a bit more. While certainly she wouldn't be the only one with this idea and obviously this business is already running in the world, but Evangelia wants to make her own wine. She wants to make the best and most expensive wine in the world. She is already in her free time collecting some fruits if she runs into a merchants that are selling them and is running her own research about wine brewing and growing of the richly flavored grapes. If Eva wants to succeed and make special and quality wine, she needs to find a way to make it more special. Of course, that's just a goal, but whatever plan she made in her head, she's going to make it happen, no matter the struggle or cost.




From porcelain to ivory


When she reached 11th year, Eva has been introduced to the business that their family was running and she was a quick learner. While Coraline at that age was more excitable to jump to conclusions and suggestions, Eva before her would quietly sit, listen, watch and observe. She was like a sponge that absorbed everything that was thrown her way, it was only as she was growing older that Evangelia began to understand some things by herself about the agriculture and done some growing of her own. She loved flowers and would try to grow some for herself before learning how to grow cotton properly. At that age, nature fascinated her, especially when she learned all the benefits that it gives to the people and how life would be impossible and unbalanced without it. While she secretly hates the people, she does love the flora and fauna and holds massive respect for the nature. However, to her unluck, Eva's strength lies in communication. She has, what one may call, a "green thumb", but it's overshadowed by her natural social skills that drains her energy. Evangelia became aware of this talent once she was finally considered mature by the society and grew much bolder. And bolder she grew for one reason only - to get something her innocent and naive heart desired... And that one thing she so genuinely wanted was never meant to be hers.


While the fair lady of the Ridoran family is rumored to be quite ruthless when it comes to romantic relationships, that she has men wrapped around every finger on both of her hands, nobody knows that this untouchable woman was once a romantic soul that innocently fell in love, less than a year before her legal maturity. It was love at first sight, something she knew was not supposed to happen. It was before her first trading lessons, so she was still coming out as a shy person who wouldn't speak much to anyone, even less to the strangers.

She was walking through the streets of the Argos with her older brother, who was at the time familiar with the place and people. He greeted one of the citizens he knew who was a Argos guard. A man who also just recently came to the city, which is how Nicholas met him in the docks. To anyone, he was just another freshly mature and capable man who came to the city of Argos to make a living, but to Eva, he was something else. He might not look noble at all, perhaps exotic to a naive girl like her, but he was a beautiful man. When he politely introduced himself to her and smiled, Evangelia got lost in that moment and she was quiet before saying her name, completely lost in a natural charm. He was not like the people from either Argos or Khalad who were taught how to act, but this man was naturally gracious. And gods, he was beautiful! It took the golden-haired girl a few seconds before she introduced herself. The worst part was, she cannot remember his name. She got lost in that situation so much that she couldn't hear anything around her or see anything but him and lost in the depth of his melodic voice. Nights would pass after that very first meeting and the poor girl could not sleep. She would read through the romance books, imagining herself and the guard in those fantastical and touching situations. Just the mere thought would have the gentle maiden innocently blush!

She would see him in the city occasionally and he would politely approach to greet her and share a moment for a small talk out of courtesy, since he knows her brother and because of her family name. She knew he was a bit older than her, she knew the differences between their positions, but everything in Eva made her want him. She would secretly draw them together on paper, just waiting to be mature and grow bolder. She would spend some time in front of the mirror, talking to her reflection, imagining that it was him, reading dialogues from the books and making gestures as she would recite heart-felt confessions. It was so innocent and naive, so wishful. But at one point they did return to Khalad around the time when it was her birthday and once they returned to Argos, she would purposefully walk outside more during her free time in hopes to run into him. To her unluck, she never saw him again. To say that Eva was devastated was an understatement. All that yearning for the time when she could be old enough to have more than just small talk about the weather, state of the trades and the city and such with him and get to know him was crushed. She never asked her brother who that guard was. She still to this day doesn't know his name. And no one knows about this heartbreak that Eva experienced. To her, it felt like weakness, a foolishness, something that part of her hates. She blames herself for being so idealistic and childish. She blamed herself for the purest emotion she has felt so far in her entire life.

To this day, she has never felt for a person the way she has for him. Despite that being naivety, what she felt was real and someone who got to have everything and be rewarded after the struggles her family went through, to Eva this was a hit she never recovered from. Every man she has met was compared to him, even though she never knew him. No one was good enough, no one was him. Perhaps this was a good thing for Eva, since it made her work so stubbornly for everything so she would get what she wants as soon as possible. She follows her intuition and grows her roots in her own direction and uses her talents to achieve potential great things. Yet she still would dream about him. She would look out the window and hope to see him in the crowd. She hopes, even though it's very unlikely that she's going to get the only thing that her heart desires and not her gnawing greed.





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Frances of the Serpents




Man of the house? Over there - the redhead.



NOTE: This is exclusively a character for Dragon Age roleplays

Name: Frances (fake name)
Gender: Female
Age: 24
Orientation: Heterosexual
Race: Human
Class: Rogue assassin
Nicknames: Spitfire, Boss, Bitch, Miss Angry Pants, Red
Occupation: Head of the Serpents of the Rocks

Keywords: Sarcastic, empathetic, passionate, Chantry-hater, introverted, alcoholic, haunted, depressed and friendly (sometimes)



Frances and the Serpents


Nobody knows from where Frances actually came and why she insisted on attacking a group assassins in the middle of the night, but what men and women of the underground assassin organization know is that Frances wanted to die in a fight, but her skill and vigor in battle made the Head Serpent stop the fight and spare the poor fool. He recognized the pain and exhaustion in her eyes and took her in, especially after he learned of her deeds in the past. It wasn't long before Tobias, a man close to retirement of his position, loved the girl as his own daughter. She reminded him so much of his child that he's lost to Blight that he was ready to leave everything to Frances. Not only because he loved her, but because he knew she would not abuse the power of this organization and the resources.

The Lair of the Serpents is a convenient web of tunnels made by one of the dwarves in the group with the help of other hard working men. Except from the many passages that lead out to different locations of the Hinterlands, they have a direct passage to Redcliffe where they send spies and the place from which they transport their resources.The Serpents' interest was to bring justice to the innocent and Tobias took in people who were talented and had nowhere to go. Not only that, but they would adopt the children who lost their parents during the Blight and have them do minor things, such as spying, gathering information and finding their place among their new family. Frances loved children as if they were her siblings and they loved her back just as much. She showed fierce protection over them, especially given her past and why she's so determined to give her life to them. And she did not want them to end up with the Chantry, due to her terrible experience with them when she was a child.


The Nightlaws and Julienne


Before Frances officially became the member of the Serpents, she was sent to spend three years with the infamous group of Orlesian pirates, known as Nightlaws, but loosely called Phantasms by the Orlesians. There Frances perfected her skills and became a force to be reckoned with, but developed a new persona that is very well known as Julienne Bechard, the seductress and daughter of the terrifying pirate Demon's Grin, the leader and captain of the Nightlaws - Florian Bechard. If one has been in Orlais, they'd hear the bards sing of the cold-blooded killer and seductress, a very dark intrigue with which Orlesians are obsessed with. Julienne is not seen often, but when the masked assassin does make her appearance, some watch in awe, others clear the path and disappear from sight. It was one of the rare things Frances enjoyed. But learning Orlesian came naturally to her, as if she was meant to be one of them.

Frances finds it hard to resist and tends to work with Nightlaws from time to time. She adores sailing, the sea breeze and the songs of one of her trusted companions, William has a soft and melodic voice that flew in harmony with the sound of waves. In order to escape her ghosts and all the suffering she's silent about, she'd become Julienne and enjoy being a different person, for a little while.




Recent events


Tobias has died under very suspicious circumstances, but it was very quickly dismissed as weak heart. Both Frances and Tavros, her trusted friend who was loyal like a dog to Tobias, knew that something was up. But if it wasn't enough for Frances to lose the only father she ever had, many of the Serpents disagreed to accept her as the new Head Serpent and it didn't end with a vocal disagreement - they wanted to kill both her and Tavros. But the two of them weren't alone and it ended up with many deaths among the Serpents.

She never wanted any of this and if she didn't love Tobias so much, she would've abandoned the organization. Instead, she took it upon herself to lead these men and offer them the same shelter Tobias did, she accepted knowing that there were traitors in their midst.

Aside from doing what Tobias has already done, Frances wanted to spread the influence of Serpents, but still keeping a very low profile. To this day, little to no one knows who they are and even if they do, the Serpents misled them into thinking that their boss Frances is actually a man, purposefully giving false information so people know as little about them as possible, for that is their strength and why they prospered for so many decades.




Hair: Fiery red, wavy and curly, reaches down to her waist
Specific features: Faint freckles over her face
Eyes: Green
Height: 5'7''
Body type: Hourglass, stronger in the hips, but very athletic and flexible.
Fighting style: She's trained, incredibly quick and light on her feet. She's not necessarily strong, but she's very slippery and easy to miss. Daggers are almost like the extensions of her arms and dances around her enemies while cutting them little by little. She's been spotted jumping on top of the ogre quite literally to get face to face and stabbed him in every eye. While some may consider her fearless, any normal person would say that this is a stupid bravery and that she will get herself killed. Perhaps that's the point.
Style: She wears black all the time, not exactly because of her taste, but because its practical. If she cared, she'd wear dresses, but she thinks most of them are ugly. She's seen very often in leather, fur, wrapped in scarves, and sometimes a corset, so she can effectively hide her throwing knives. As her alter ego Julienne, its an entirely different case. She dresses to get attention to herself, hiding her true personality.









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Rosalie Épine Chapelle




Name: Rosalie Épine Chapelle
Nicknames/Titles: Mistress, Mademoiselle
Age: WIP
Species: Vampire
Bloodline: Iscari
Sexuality: Pansexual
Accent: French
Blood preference: Sanguine - aroused individuals or the running hot blood during a climax
Type of eater: Messy eater, she indulges in crimson mess

Position: Switch
Positive characteristics: First timeline - Naive, excitable, adventurous, graceful, flirtatious, head is always in the clouds and playful
Second timeline - Radiantly charismatic, sarcastic, graceful, flirtatious, witty, confident and sensual
Negative characteristics: First timeline - Idle, idealizes people, selfish, worry-wart, unsure of herself
Second timeline - Selfish, ravenous, vain, slightly pretentious and full of herself, distant and self-destructive

Hobbies: Dancing, observing people is her favorite past time, reading and staring at artwork for hours
Likes: Theaters, art, golden chandeliers with diamonds that are covered in blood, vicious bite marks on women's bodies, men that see right through her, the idea of dying on a burning stage as she ends her grandiose performance, passionate lovers who aren't afraid to share blood and explore sin with her, all of the taboos
Dislikes: People who are not ready to cross boundaries, those who do not have fire within them, smalltalk, lack of creativity, modern age

The Human


Rosalie has been turned into a vampire back in 1800's, in the beautiful city of Paris. While she currently gives the vibes of a gracious, proud woman with taste and became a trend setter in Los Angeles, Rosalie's life as a woman in a French brothel can only be described as hell. Women were treated like property and men sometimes wouldn't wait for them to consent, nor even pay them. Rosalie, like most women at the time, didn't work there because they had a choice - some were forced and others did it for survival. Many whores of the brothel were mothers and in poverty.

Rosalie managed to leave the brothel and worked in a small and cheap theater as an actress and dancer, which caught the attention of both Francesca and Donovan Chapelle. A beautiful woman who has potential with some more training and supernatural enhancements. However, she needed to prove herself and she was set on a trial without even knowing.

She succeeded. But.. The story she tells everyone is that she simply impressed both Donovan and Francesca. Unfortunately, that is not the truth of her Embrace, it was far far darker.

Part of Rosalie misses her humanity and she misses the sun even to this day, the food and pure alcohol. While the upside is that she won't suffer from any disease, live longer to discover the world's secrets and indulge in pleasures without many consequences. However, a piece of her regrets the fact that she could never be a mother. Rosalie still has that silent longing, something that was ripped away from her forever.



The Vampire: 1900's


When she interacted with humans, she surprised how much attention she would draw to herself. Both men and women - they'd admire her, shower with compliments and would do anything to have her attention. She remembered seeing Donovan entrancing every single person in one chamber where he held his gallery, people stared at him with adoration unblinking, throw themselves at his feet and he loved it. He had them eating from his palm. To have such control over so many people - mental, emotional and sexual - it was dangerous. The blood of Iscari offered unnatural beauty and radiance that would attract everyone's attention, but those powers corrupt the Iscari vampire.

They'd bring people over to their mansion and indulge in hedonistic delights, feed from one another and generally make a mess in most of the rooms, while their Ghoul servants would silently clean everything up the next morning. Seducing people came so easy for Rosalie, even when she didn't intend to do so. Jokingly she asked someone to give her some money, and the person, not only gave her their money - they gave her their wrist watches, jewelry or anything else of material worth. She refused immediately, feeling severely uncomfortable. Rosalie was scared of having so much power.

Even less than hundred years later, Rosalie was still fairly naive as the Chapelles fought for some sort of recognition in the society. She was still learning, she was still the old Rosalie. Kind, gentle, patient, hopeful and starry-eyed. She wanted the world and only for the good reasons.

She also noticed how easily she loses herself in things that normally she didn't consider beautiful. Monstrous designs and creatures would mesmerize her. In the Parisian mansion, Donovan had a large statue of a nude Medusa, her body was ideal for the Roman ideals, but her face was completely terrifying. Rosalie would catch herself staring with wonder at the statue, completely lost and hypnotized by the perfection and characteristic and frightening face that she found to be very exciting - another curse of the Iscari blood - being entranced by what one may subconsciously consider beautiful. Rosalie found monsters, beasts and terrifying things beautiful. There was pain behind it - pain she felt. She felt like a monster, too.

While not everything was blood and roses, Rosalie would eventually come to Los Angeles where she met people she never thought existed, saw buildings unlike anywhere else and the beach in Santa Monica became her favorite place to visit. But Donovan needed a muse and he also needed to stay away from the public, given that technology slowly started to take over. He was once a celebrity and he'd risk being recognized by humans and officially stopped being a recognizable figure. This awoke violent tendencies within him, since he loved attention. She was entranced by his powerful presence and beauty, that she believed she was in love with him. She thought she was his muse. But he used her, scarred her body that would heal and use her as his plaything for his sadistic desires. Rosalie sometimes even forgot what he was doing to her, but she always ended up with the same feeling - she felt unclean.

Artiste Extraordinaire: 2000's


Rosalie here reached her peak - she not only has sharpened her talent of acting, her presence and beauty intensified to a level that would've normally frighten her. She was acting in Los Angeles' "Golden Angel" theater, owned and funded by Donovan, where she became the very face of it and also a recognized Hollywood star all over the world, both in human and vampire society, you could not walk the streets of LA without seeing her face on the billboards. And this was all thanks to Chapelles doing a very risque move that eventually changed Los Angeles for good. Some people think this is the golden age for LA and others say that its only going downhill. And oh, did the angel fall.

All three of the Chapelles are recognized and influential members of the vampires society, Francesca and Donovan became the parts of Inner Circle, while Rosalie is the trend setter for humans and vampires of Hollywood - which could eventually reach even outside of America, given Hollywood's importance. Because of her appearance and charisma on-screen, people desired to see her raw and passionate roles in theater plays, which made theaters IN after years of this art form being just a cultural artistic show which was mostly appreciated by the rich people who had money to attend the shows.

She has many important vampires wrapped around her finger, her personal apartment always buzzing with activity of both humans and vampires, indulging in hedonistic delights. Rosalie became a ravenous woman who craved more of everything to fulfill the emptiness in her very being. She grew bored easily, she would kill accidentally while feeding on humans, her libido went through the roof and she became less emotionally available. Dismissed as pretentious celebrity behavior, Rosalie suffered the biggest artistic block of her life, disgusted with the world she currently lives in, all optimism and hopefulness died along with the old Los Angeles. She never wanted any of this to happen. Alas, she had to become the apex predator of this day and age to survive.

She's a master manipulator, dangerous political player, yet very disloyal, her interests becoming more selfish. She still wants to be the person she once was, but that meant that she was weak in the eyes of all the players that surround her. And in the high steps of the ladder in vampire society, when you show weakness - you're devoured whole.

Happiness seemed so far away... If only she could see the sunrise again.



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