O C C U P A T I O N
Maid
L I V I N G I M M E D I A T E F A M I L Y M E M B E R S
N/A
D E A D I M M E D I A T E F A M I L Y M E M B E R S
F A T H E R
Elric Danrose
M O T H E R
Mariam Danrose
C U R R E N T C O M P A N I O N S
N/A
C U R R E N T A N D P A S T L O V E R (S)
N/A
H I S T O R Y
Born and raised by a butler and maid of the Danrose Castle, Mathilda was raised on the various stories and likings within the castleβs walls. She was taught the importance of her role. In fact, her bedtime stories were accounts what happened to her parents and other staff of the castle β how such-and-such situations could have been adverted. One bedtime story her father once told her was how an honorary guest was impressed with the king's cutlery (that her father had chosen) after an otherwise unprosperous dinner and decided to turn around the conversation and agree to the king's words.
Her family never left to go on vacation, and when they did leave the castle it was to attend a guild for servers. Frequently at the Guild, due to her parents being staff at the Danrose Castle, her parents would relay many of their incidents and antidotes for various situations. Mathilda believed being a maid was a completely natural occurrence, and she should be thankful to have such an opportunity in her life.
When her father became ill during her adolescent years, he never made the illness known. He worked to the best of his ability, still denying anything was wrong. He was proud of his work as a butler and could not imagine any other way of life. His loyalty to the king was so astonishing that when he fell ill during an event and dropped a platter, he spent days during his spare time retracing that very incident (a practice Mathilda picked up). Eventually, when he had died, her mother had been too preoccupied with her own service to witness his death β just as her father had wanted. He would never have wanted to disrupt the comfort of the king by burdening the staff by the absence of his wifeβs presence.
Mathildaβs mother died two years ago, the same year that Mathilda became a maid. Unlike her mother, Mathilda took time from work to tend to her motherβs death. For this reason, she feels quite at odds with her own ability to be as good of a staff for the castle. However, she is determined not to let this snuff any her otherwise excellent keeping.