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Maxwell

【 NAME 】
Maxwell Adrian Thomas

【 AGE 】
26

【 GENDER 】
male

【 SEXUAL ORIENTATION 】
straight

【 OCCUPATION 】
postgrad med student

【 PERSONALITY 】
Maxwell has never been one for fighting. Even as a child, he tried to be the peacemaker. When teased he tried to talk it out or just ignore it, when hit he would defend himself but not hit back. Though more openly sensitive than most boys, he learned quickly not to let mocking bother him too much. An only child for many years and born in a gap between two clumps of cousins, he looked up to the elder ones and tended to look after the younger ones when at family gatherings. He's a soft touch and a pushover, often easy to take advantage of. He genuinely cares about people in general, and does his best to lend a helping hand or give a shoulder to cry on wherever it's needed. Those traits made him a number of friends, and while he was never one of the popular ones in school it was known that if you needed someone to talk to, Maxwell would listen. That's not to say he's good at giving advice. He will make suggestions if asked, but he's really better at letting a person just get things off their chest.

Even as an adult, Maxwell is still very idealistic and naive. He believes that people are good at the core. He tries to avoid judging people because of things they have no control over, though it's not possible to avoid completely, and he thinks the world would be a better place if everyone would just try to get along. He dislikes violence and unthinking hatred. If he sees a chance to help someone, he tries to take it, even at cost to himself. He might be accused of being a goody two-shoes, but it's better than being a jaded cynic.

【 SKILLS 】
. medical knowledge and application
. first aid
. jogging/running
. cooking
. listening to others

【 PARANORMAL EXPERIENCE 】
It was late one evening and Maxwell was just getting back to his dorm. To his surprise, there on the front step was a woman, clearly injured. She had bleeding slashes across her abdomen, which he quickly treated, but when he turned to unlock the door and get her inside, the woman vanished like she had never been there at all.

【 BIOGRAPHY 】
Maxwell is descended from a long line of doctors and physicians, though not an unbroken one. His father is a respected doctor, and his grandfather was a pharmacist. His family was well off, and as a child he wanted for little. When he was seven his parents divorced, following several years of increasingly intense disagreements, despite their efforts to stay together for his sake. His father eventually remarried and had two children with his second wife. Maxwell adored his younger cousins, and then his baby siblings, and he was always patching up skinned knees and hurt feelings. He decided in late middle school that he wanted to be a doctor when he grew up, and has relentlessly pursued that dream since.

He did well in high school and was accepted into his first choice of college with a scholarship. Four years later he started medical school. Offered the chance to spend a semester abroad for study in Russia, he jumped at the opportunity. He speaks little Russian (read: none) but he's always wanted to travel.

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Maxwell

【 NAME 】
Maxwell Adrian Thomas

【 AGE 】
26

【 GENDER 】
male

【 SEXUAL ORIENTATION 】
straight

【 OCCUPATION 】
postgrad med student

【 PERSONALITY 】
Maxwell has never been one for fighting. Even as a child, he tried to be the peacemaker. When teased he tried to talk it out or just ignore it, when hit he would defend himself but not hit back. Though more openly sensitive than most boys, he learned quickly not to let mocking bother him too much. An only child for many years and born in a gap between two clumps of cousins, he looked up to the elder ones and tended to look after the younger ones when at family gatherings. He's a soft touch and a pushover, often easy to take advantage of. He genuinely cares about people in general, and does his best to lend a helping hand or give a shoulder to cry on wherever it's needed. Those traits made him a number of friends, and while he was never one of the popular ones in school it was known that if you needed someone to talk to, Maxwell would listen. That's not to say he's good at giving advice. He will make suggestions if asked, but he's really better at letting a person just get things off their chest.

Even as an adult, Maxwell is still very idealistic and naive. He believes that people are good at the core. He tries to avoid judging people because of things they have no control over, though it's not possible to avoid completely, and he thinks the world would be a better place if everyone would just try to get along. He dislikes violence and unthinking hatred. If he sees a chance to help someone, he tries to take it, even at cost to himself. He might be accused of being a goody two-shoes, but it's better than being a jaded cynic.

【 SKILLS 】
. medical knowledge and application
. first aid
. jogging/running
. cooking
. listening to others

【 PARANORMAL EXPERIENCE 】
It was late one evening and Maxwell was just getting back to his dorm. To his surprise, there on the front step was a woman, clearly injured. She had bleeding slashes across her abdomen, which he quickly treated, but when he turned to unlock the door and get her inside, the woman vanished like she had never been there at all.

【 BIOGRAPHY 】
Maxwell is descended from a long line of doctors and physicians, though not an unbroken one. His father is a respected doctor, and his grandfather was a pharmacist. His family was well off, and as a child he wanted for little. When he was seven his parents divorced, following several years of increasingly intense disagreements, despite their efforts to stay together for his sake. His father eventually remarried and had two children with his second wife. Maxwell adored his younger cousins, and then his baby siblings, and he was always patching up skinned knees and hurt feelings. He decided in late middle school that he wanted to be a doctor when he grew up, and has relentlessly pursued that dream since.

He did well in high school and was accepted into his first choice of college with a scholarship. Four years later he started medical school. Offered the chance to spend a semester abroad for study in Russia, he jumped at the opportunity. He speaks little Russian (read: none) but he's always wanted to travel.

I think I'm done...

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@Otterpop I need one more thing my char is good at and a paranormal experience. *thinking* I've got a couple ideas. Can I throw them at you in PM or something?

Maxwell

【 NAME 】
Maxwell Adrian Thomas

【 AGE 】
26

【 GENDER 】
male

【 SEXUAL ORIENTATION 】
straight

【 OCCUPATION 】
postgrad med student

【 PERSONALITY 】
Maxwell has never been one for fighting. Even as a child, he tried to be the peacemaker. When teased he tried to talk it out or just ignore it, when hit he would defend himself but not hit back. Though more openly sensitive than most boys, he learned quickly not to let mocking bother him too much. An only child for many years and born in a gap between two clumps of cousins, he looked up to the elder ones and tended to look after the younger ones when at family gatherings. He's a soft touch and a pushover, often easy to take advantage of. He genuinely cares about people in general, and does his best to lend a helping hand or give a shoulder to cry on wherever it's needed. Those traits made him a number of friends, and while he was never one of the popular ones in school it was known that if you needed someone to talk to, Maxwell would listen. That's not to say he's good at giving advice. He will make suggestions if asked, but he's really better at letting a person just get things off their chest.

Even as an adult, Maxwell is still very idealistic and naive. He believes that people are good at the core. He tries to avoid judging people because of things they have no control over, though it's not possible to avoid completely, and he thinks the world would be a better place if everyone would just try to get along. He dislikes violence and unthinking hatred. If he sees a chance to help someone, he tries to take it, even at cost to himself. He might be accused of being a goody two-shoes, but it's better than being a jaded cynic.

【 SKILLS 】
. medical knowledge and application
. first aid
. jogging/running
. cooking
.

【 PARANORMAL EXPERIENCE 】
What was it that your character saw/felt/heard? This is something that all characters will face - though in various ways. One may be more severe than the next, please don't all get assaulted by a ghost because that's just no fun.

【 BIOGRAPHY 】
Maxwell is descended from a long line of doctors and physicians, though not an unbroken one. His father is a respected doctor, and his grandfather was a pharmacist. His family was well off, and as a child he wanted for little. When he was seven his parents divorced, following several years of increasingly intense disagreements, despite their efforts to stay together for his sake. His father eventually remarried and had two children with his second wife. Maxwell adored his younger cousins, and then his baby siblings, and he was always patching up skinned knees and hurt feelings. He decided in late middle school that he wanted to be a doctor when he grew up, and has relentlessly pursued that dream since.

He did well in high school and was accepted into his first choice of college with a scholarship. Four years later he started medical school. Offered the chance to spend a semester abroad for study in Russia, he jumped at the opportunity. He speaks little Russian (read: none) but he's always wanted to travel.

Royal Chaos Expanded Universe (TM): Character & Kingdom Sheets

Wales

Rhia of Wales

_{"I do what I must, but that doesn't mean I can't have any fun."}

_{B A S I C S}

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Name: Rhiannon Heledd Cadfael
Nicknames: Rhia
Title: crown princess and heir to the throne
Age: 21 years old (nearly 22; her birthday is July 20th)
Gender: female
Sexuality: pansexual with a preference for ladies
Betrothed to: no one yet (but soon)

_{A P P E A R A N C E}

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Rhia has lively brown eyes, a generous (though faint) sprinkling of freckles across her cheekbones, and skin that looks great without any makeup whatsoever. Her wide nose, full lips, and darker complexion she owes entirely to her mother, but also some of her hair difficulties. She has a curly mane of rusty brown that takes a considerable amount of effort to look after, and as a result she usually cuts it once it gets past shoulder-length. She's not really fond of hats or hairpins, but she does like headbands. That's about the limit of what she can get to work, as her hair doesn't straighten well and she can't stand the work it takes to comb out her mane and put it in lots of little braids. She's a curvy young lady, 5'6 in flats (but she likes heels of all kinds) with a fondness for bold and colorful clothing patterns. She likes skirts even for casual wear as often as not, and loves tops that show off her shoulders. Her taste in jewelry runs from chunky modern pieces to woven metal designs, and she's especially fond of animal themes or things that are just plain silly.

_{P E R S O N A L I T Y}

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Rhiannon is generally level-headed, though she can have a bit of a temper. She is equal parts girly and sporty, and has learned to handle the media presence in her life by mostly ignoring it. It's frustrating, but just a fact of life. She prefers casual gatherings to stiffly formal functions, though formal events not hosted by the government tend to be more relaxed, and thus more enjoyable. She's learned to handle even the most snobbish ones with patient equanimity, as befits a future queen, and knows how to talk without saying much of anything when she needs to. While she's trained to keep a regal reserve in public, Rhia is openly emotive in nature and prefers to be honest with her feelings and direct with her words. She enjoys the privilege afforded by her position and tries to keep it from weighing her down. She's independently-minded, and while she understands her obligations she also wants a chance at a "normal" life, or as close to it as she can get. She's not particularly fond of politics, and is perversely glad that her parents are young enough that she probably won't need to worry about inheriting for many years yet.

_{L I K E S & D I S L I K E S}

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LIKES:
music, especially classical, folk, blues, and older rock
folk dances of all kinds
sports, especially archery, cricket, and football (soccer)
thrift stores
shoes
earrings
whimsical jewelry
turquoise (color and stone)
bold patterns
bonfires
fireflies
birds, especially raptors
long showers
fresh fruit
bean sprouts
noodles

DISLIKES:
muggy summers
formal dances
nail polish
rugby
long airplane flights
jet lag
excessive profanity
reporters that try to invade her privacy
designer brands that charge just for the label
skinny jeans
brussel sprouts

_{B I O G R A P H Y}

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Pedr and Simone were an arranged match, the heir to the throne of Wales and a member of the extended Aciran royal family. Rhiannon is the eldest of three children, though the twins are younger than she by almost eight years. Her parents had her at 19 despite precautions, and then delayed having additional kids until after Queen Generys was pronounced in remission after being diagnosed with cancer. Rhia was too young to understand most of what was going on at the time, and she has many wonderful memories of her grandmother, with whom she had a close relationship. Queen Generys passed away when Rhia was fifteen, and the young princess took it hard, especially between her parents ascending to the throne and media coverage. She had a few extremely rough years where she threw herself into various wild and rebellious activities, though nothing so outlandish as to cause serious backlash. She dyed her hair black and shaved half of it off at one point, and she got a couple piercings. She's let her nose and eyebrow piercings close, as well as the second earlobe piercings, but she's kept the ones in the cartilage of her ears. It was during this period of her life where she discovered that she really prefers women over men, though she's not disinterested in the latter.

Unfortunately she's always known that she'd have to marry for politics, not love, and while she's had a few short relationships Rhia is mostly resigned to her duty as the crown princess, though she managed to convince her parents to delay the process a few years. They're all looking to find a match that looked both useful and tolerable. Rhiannon has a hand in the selection, in exchange for taking on a few minor duties at court, and she vetoed a few options for personality reasons. She knows that she won't find a perfect match, but she's looking for someone with a less formal side that she can work with, from a stable country that provides some benefit to Wales and the greater Britannian Empire.

_{OT H E R I N F O R M A T I O N}

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~Simone Tiffany Lynton is first cousin to the current Aciran queen, via her father (a younger prince). This means Rhia and the Aciran princesses are cousins as well, and they have done some visiting back and forth.
~She's also related by way of her grandmother Generys's younger brother Pryce to the Reverans, though she's not talked to them as much the past few years.
~Rhia has two younger brothers, Emry and Harri, who are nearly 14.
~She plays harp, piano, and guitar, and also sings a little

Wales

_{B A S I C S}

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Country: Wales (part of the Brittanian Empire)
Capital: Cardiff
Current Ruler(s): King Pedr Ithel Cadfael and Queen Consort Simone
Current Heir: Crown Princess Rhiannon
Kingdom Colors: green(s) and gold
Known For: sheep farming, fish, shellfish, beautiful landscapes, historical sites, vine and interlace motifs

_{H I S T O R Y A N D C U L T U R E}

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Conquered by Britannia eight to nine hundred years ago, and has been a vassal nation ever since. Wales is not particularly large, and it was easier to let Britannia handle the majority of military matters with mainland nations instead of trying to win independence again (though they didn't realize that right away). They have a lot of agriculture, though it tends to be animal farming rather than food crops.

_{OT H E R I N F O R M A T I O N}

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~The previous ruler of Wales, the beloved Queen Generys Olwena Cadfael, died of complications from cancer six years ago, a year shy of 60. Her husband died (or was possibly assassinated) early in her reign.
~Wales has ties to many countries in the Brittanian Empire, as well as direct ties to Aciras and Revera.

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@Otterpop I'll enlist some people with better pinterest-fu than I have, and see what we can't come up with. If I don't find anything, then we'll have to see I guess.

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@Otterpop Is this a dealbreaker? I have very little other art of Maxwell, and none of it captures his character as well as this does. I can search for another picture if these don't work but I don't know how much luck I'll have finding something I'm satisfied with. I'm very picky; unless the pic came early in char creation and I took inspiration from it, I don't often find images for characters. I do have a dollmaker image of him, actually, though it's quite tiny.

other images of Maxwell

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@Otterpop I have a very specific image for Max. Random images won't do. What are the pictures for, exactly? Maybe knowing that would help.

Meet Max

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OH sure, how about a postgrad med student that's dangerously altruistic? Count me in. Though I'm not so good at gifs, I have a sketch of Maxwell. I hope that's sufficient.

Royal Chaos Expanded Universe (TM): Character & Kingdom Sheets

Luxième

Edelessa/Valentine of Luxième

_{". . ."
imagery}

_{B A S I C S}

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Name: Edelessa Sofia Valentine Blanchefluer (born D'Argent, granted the name Blanchefleur upon ascension to crown princess)
Nicknames: Valentine, Val, Bits (by some of her friends, as well as castle servants when people of rank are not around), Tina/Blue (by Anton) does not respond to Edelessa or variants thereof!
Title: crown princess of Luxième. She's to be coronated in a couple years, once she's old enough to be queen.
Age: 16 (born May 1st; just had her birthday)
Gender: female
Sexuality: primarily uninterested (heteroromantic; may be some form of asexual)
Betrothed to: none

_{A P P E A R A N C E}

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Even among Blanchefluers, Valentine has particularly striking eyes of vibrant blue. They're easily her best feature, but like the rest of her face they are all too often hiden behind her dark hair. She never pins it back, and prefers to let it serve as a barrier between herself and everyone else. She has calluses from riding and helping look after the horses. She keeps her nails trimmed very short but even so there will often be traces of dirt under them if she's just come back from somewhere she wasn't supposed to be, and she is prone to ink and graphite smudges on her right hand. There's indication that she will be a tall woman, but right now she's just a leggy teenager.

Val prefers simpler dresses and very little makeup, though she does enjoy painting her nails. She favors burgundy, navy, and deep blue in her wardrobe, as well as pastels, but never *ever* the shade of sky blue that is Luxième's traditional color. She has an unseemly fondness for oversized hoodies and comfy sweaters, especially during the colder months, and if she can get away with it she'll wear jeans or other informal pants for her day-to-day wear. She's got a soft spot for bellbottoms with embroidery on one leg, so long as it's not a floral design.

_{P E R S O N A L I T Y}

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Valentine is a quiet and sometimes sullen girl. She is afraid of a great many things, and covers her fear with anger when she can't just ignore the cause. She prefers not to talk if she can help it though she is working on this, and spends a lot of her time with her eyes glued to her phone, her tablet, her camera, or a book. She likes to keep a barrier between herself and others, and she's found she's happier that way. There are one or two tutors that have reached her, and of course she adores Anton. Beyond that, she's friends with a handful of the palace servants and few others. She is always slipping away to the stables, to the nearest field or forest, to the library, to any corner where she can be on her own. Most of the time she takes her camera with her, though she sometimes brings her sketchbook instead. She can sit for hours sketching, or wait without moving as long as it takes to capture the perfect shot of wildlife. She has opened up a little since her arrival in Athens, but not nearly to the degree desired of her. She has made some strides in the past four years or so, starting to take an interest in statecraft and making more of an effort to be around people, but it is still hard for her and she has trouble conversing under pressure.

Valentine is stubborn, but it tends to be more silent protest than screaming. She is not comfortable enough with others to yell at them, but if she doesn't wish to do something she just won't do it, and most of the time there is nobody around comfortable forcibly dragging her. The only time she really makes a lot of noise in public spaces is when she is so thoroughly distraught that she can't manage to stay quiet, and usually she escapes the situation before she reaches that point. Even when it comes to standing up for Anton she's more likely to use quiet venom and bodily get in their way than yell -- though she does have a very unladylike vocabulary if she wishes to use it.

Online Valentine is a different creature. She loves the faceless anonymity granted her by the virtual world, and the escape it provides. She follows a handful of webcomics, chats on several forums, runs a photography blog, and is a member of two different MMOs. Her digital life is colorful, bright, and far more social, to the point where even her few irl friends note that she's much more responsive by text or voice chat than in person. But through it all she is very careful never to reveal who she is. She never posts photos taken inside the palace walls, and she does not talk about her personal life beyond very general statements. She does, however, occasionally use some of that unladylike vocabulary on party members who do something exceptionally stupid (and where do you think she learned it?)

_{L I K E S & D I S L I K E S}

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LIKES:
~Anton
~pastries, especially danishes
~fruit, especially blueberries
~grape leaves
~the library
~crosswords
~anime (she loves the art style)
~her cellphone
~anonymity
~match 3 games, mahjong matching games
~high fantasy rpgs, including a couple MMOs
~rain
~the ocean
~spiders (but not the really big ones)
~horses, especially hers
~wildlife
~ferns and ivy
~fall leaves
~photography
~sketching
~climbing trees
~hoodies
~bellbottoms

DISLIKES:
~people
~crowds
~blood
~the dark
~fireworks
~fresh laundry
~centipedes
~dating sim games, dressup games
~her given name
~people who call her by her given name
~people who try to cut her hair or pin it back from her face
~people mocking Anton
~any clothing in Luxèmi blue
~flowers, especially white ones

_{B I O G R A P H Y}

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Born the daughter of a younger son's younger son, Edelessa escaped the slaughter of the revolution through sheer luck. She had snuck off to visit a friend and ended up spending the critical hours in a cart full of sheets that needed washing. To this day she cannot stand the smell of a laundromat. She survived off canned goods from the kitchens until she was found by the Athenian team sent to help rebuild. Her eyes and the fact that she'd not gone anywhere were a good indication of her pre-revolution status, and her identity was later confirmed. With most of the ruling family dead -- including all of her immediate kin -- and the Senate in shambles, Athens was deemed the best place for the traumatized girl, now a freshly minted crown princess.

Edelessa wanted nothing to do with any of it. She was terrified of crowds, of blood, of the dark, of anyone and everyone. She refused to eat at proper meals, shut herself in the bathroom rather than sleeping in her bed, and wouldn't talk to anyone. She set about finding the best ways to slip away from her minders and made liberal use of all of them. Many of the servants tasked with caring for her viewed her with pity, the exiled princess who jumped at her own shadow. Some were genuinely kind, hoping to make her feel more at home.

In the end it was the young prince who finally got through to the girl, and over the months and years that followed the two became very close. Anton introduced her to horseback riding, and he bought her the first proper camera she ever owned (she still has it). He was the one to proposed the idea of online courses when the princess had to be dragged to lessons.

Discovery of the internet was immensely liberating for Valentine. Online she could be anyone, not an exiled noble shoved into a role that didn't suit her and that was never meant to be hers. Besides, what government remained in Luxième had little power and it became increasingly evident that she will be at most a figurehead unless she puts serious effort into changing things -- an effort she had no interest in making.

Four years ago she and her "big brother" discovered that the plan was for the pair to be married once Valentine was old enough. She was absolutely horrified at the idea, and the first serious interest she's shown in statecraft has all been directed at finding a solution that she can live with. She has no interest in marriage but increasing interest in politics, now that she's gotten her feet wet. Valentine has made major strides in dealing with her fears, though she's still shaky in many areas. Still, progress is progress, and perhaps one day the tragic princess will make a good queen.

_{OT H E R I N F O R M A T I O N}

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MUSIC:
"Ordinary World" by Duran Duran
"Blue Eyes" by Within Temptation
"Behind Blue Eyes" covered by Within Temptation (originally by the Who)

Additional Imagery

SCREENNAMES: Shattershard (rpgs), Kintsukuroi (aesthetics), KintsugiKitty (linked accounts, "her"), FoilAndFoliage (nature photography), CurlicueQuiet (aesthetics and forums), PieceOfMind (generic forum things), Horsefeathers (specifically animals)

~Valentine has two horses, an older Andalusian blue roan gelding that's almost as old as she is by the name of Balios, and a younger Kinsky palomino mare called Chloé, given to her as a filly.
~multilingual

Luxième

_{B A S I C S}

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Country: Luxième
Capital: Lumèrie
Current Ruler(s): none at the moment (deceased). Officially the kingdom is run by their Senate and a special advisory council of Athenians; in reality it's pretty much under control of the Athenian government.
Current Heir: her royal highness the Crown Princess Edelessa Blanchefluer is heir apparent, to be coronated once she comes of age
Kingdom Colors: sky blue and silver (represented by white on their flag)
Known For: wine and vineyards, excellent local cuisine, silk and related textiles, artisan crafts, complaining, protests, bloody revolution

_{H I S T O R Y A N D C U L T U R E}

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Luxième is a tiny country just inland of the Athenian coast. While rich in natural resources they have always been too small to do a great deal with mining and factory production, and so focused more on grape and silkworm cultivation. Blessed with weather suited for farming, if not a great deal of actual land on which to farm, they rely on lucrative exports for profit and imported produce to supplement insufficient food production of their own, and a bad harvest can mean a difficult year for the whole country. As a result, farming techniques that maximize stable output are a main focus for research funded by the government and private institutions alike. The Luxèmi are aware that they cannot overfarm despite the short-term gains, and monitor their soils carefully. Not only can overfarming be harmful, but the perfect bottle of wine requires the perfect nutrient balance in the soil.

Luxième has always been tumultuous, but nobody thought the tradition of highly-vocal protest and the occasional small riot would ever turn truly nasty. However, after several poor harvests in a row and with economic tensions due to global events as well, a serious revolutionary core gathered enough support to make a move. First they incited a riot during a major event at the castle. A handful of sleeper agents already in place started the massacre inside, and the resulting chaos did most of the rest, along with a few strategically placed explosives. Another team took care of the designated survivor and his family elsewhere at the same time. During the emergency senate meeting that followed, a small moving truck full of explosives took out a significant portion of the Senate.

The Athenian Federation stepped in and imposed order on what had turned into anarchy in the capital city of Lumèrie. Most of the core group were brought to justice over the following years, having gone to ground when they could not quell the riots on their own. But even before that, when a little girl with eyes of Blanchefleur blue turned up in the castle ruins, the Athenians put enough pressure on the remaining members of the Senate that she was sent to the Federation. They have more or less annexed Luxième at this point, and the Senate holds little power.

The original plan was to marry the princess into the Athenian royal family, but as the harvests improved and the remaining core members were brought down or chased out of the country, most of the nation did not much mind Athenian governance. Yes, there's a great deal of discussion about how they should go about being represented, but it's a matter of details more than direction. The princess has had little to do with her public and is mostly seen as a tragic figure but not a leader -- though she is adored all the same, and expected to return to the palace eventually. So long as they have good harvests and a government to complain about it doesn't seem to matter so much what the government is, though there's been a lot of resistance to dissolving the nation of Luxième entirely. The white flowers still fly proudly on their sky blue fields atop flagpoles across the country.

_{OT H E R I N F O R M A T I O N}

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~The fleur-de-lis is a symbol of the country, and a white one that of the Luxèmi royal family (the Blanchefleurs).

~Only members of the royal family may carry the Blanchefleur name. The king's spouse may use it, but the spouses and children of princes and princesses may not. Generally the wife and children of a Blanchefleur prince take the name D'Argent, indicating that they are of a cadet branch of the family.

~Many of the Blanchefleurs (and a number of the Luxèmi high nobility) have bright blue eyes. This is seen as both highly desirable and indicative of noble status. Not all of them do, particularly when there is a dark-eyed spouse, but there are even fewer "common blue" eyes among the Blanchefleurs and the D'Argents than there are non-blue. As a result, there's a saying that "the bluer the eyes, the bluer the blood".

~Luxième is closely allied with the Athenian Federation on their coastward side. The Athenians are seen as good trade partners with a respectable military.

Ianos Clerides from the Athenian Federation (NPC)

Name: Ianos Clerides
Age: 42
Gender: male

Bio: Ianos is the personal manservant of Andronikos Telesphorides, which also means he helps look after Valentine a good bit of the time. He is the very soul of discretion, and does his best to look after his charge(s). He was sent with Val to Aciras because she is comfortable with him.