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Eskadinya Airtafae

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❀ BASIC INFORMATION 🌹


FULL NAME: Lady Eskadinya Airtafae
PRONUNCIATION: ES-ka-DEEN-ya AIR-ta-FAH
MEANING: Elegant, delicate rose. [1]
REASONING: Heir to the House of Airtafae, who's house flower and symbol is the rose.
NICKNAME(S): Dinya, Delish
PREFERRED NAME(S): Lady Airtafae, Eskadinya
BIRTH DATE: November 11
AGE: 37
ZODIAC: Scorpio
GENDER: Female
PRONOUNS: she/her
ROMANTIC ORIENTATION: bisexual
SEXUAL ORIENTATION: heterosexual
NATIONALITY: Overgrown
ETHNICITY: Overgrown
CURRENT LOCATION: Overgrown
LIVING CONDITIONS: Lavish and luxurious
TITLES(S): Lady

❀ BACKGROUND πŸ₯€


BIRTH PLACE: Cervidea
HOMETOWN: Overgrown
SOCIAL CLASS: Nobility
EDUCATION LEVEL: Privately tutored, pursued higher education and graduated from a prestigious college.
FATHER: Unknown
MOTHER(S): Biological mother unknown; Adopted by Languish & Rosemary Airtafae
SIBLING(S): Unknown
BIRTH ORDER: Unknown
CHILDREN: Chanterelle Airtafae
PET(S): A white stallion named Zanzibar
OTHER IMPORTANT RELATIVES: Unknown
PREVIOUS RELATIONSHIPS: Taio Airtafae (husband, deceased)
ARRESTS?: No
PRISON TIME?: No

❀ Family Tree ❀

Adopted

Eskadinya Airtafae

Taio Airtafae

Chanterelle Airtafae

Languish Airtafae

Rosemary Airtafae

King of Mythland

❀ OCCUPATION & INCOME 🌹


PRIMARY SOURCE OF INCOME: Persephone's Herald
SECONDARY SOURCE OF INCOME: The Airtafae Family Fortune
TERTIARY SOURCE(S) OF INCOME: Storytelling
APPROXIMATE AMOUNT PER YEAR: Upwards of 500,000 gold yearly.
CONTENT WITH THEIR JOB (OR LACK THERE OF)?: Yes, although she's never known anything different.
PAST JOB(S): Bardic Songstress
SPENDING HABITS: Frugal
MOST VALUABLE POSSESSION(S):
- Engraved dagger she's had since infancy.
- Aulos that belonged to Rosemary.
- Dragon Wing Longbow that magically conjures ice arrows. She swindled it out of a peddler.

❀ SKILLS & ABILITIES πŸ₯€


PHYSICAL STRENGTH: Just because Eskadinya is one of the weaker women from the Overgrown doesn't mean that she's not strong. She has to have strong arms to be an archer.
OFFENSE: Between her mastery of long bows, her bardic magic, and her powers from Xornoth, Eskadinya is a threat that should not be taken lightly.
DEFENSE: Glass cannon. She'll crumble if you manage to land a hit on her, but you have to be able to.
SPEED: Not as fast as you'd expect, but still not someone you want to be chased down by-she'll catch up.
INTELLIGENCE: She's smart, above average, and quick witted too.
ACCURACY: With daily practice, Eskadinya's eyes are sharp and she is more likely to snipe you than not.
AGILITY: Many years of dancing and hunting has made Eskadinya a master at being light on her feet.
STAMINA: Surprisingly, Dinya can continue pushing forward under a lot of pressure.
TEAMWORK: Dislikes working with others greatly, as she's constantly concerned with making sure she hasn't accidentally harmed her comrades.
TALENTS: Charismatic to a criminal degree; Talented musician and singer; A green thumb; Magically gifted
SHORTCOMINGS: Pain and injury can slow Eskadinya down substantially and she can be slow to realize that she's too injured to continue in a fight. As much as she hates to admit it, she tends to listen for Xornoth's guidance to avoid forming close relationships and attachments with others.
LANGUAGE(S) SPOKEN: Common, Celestial, Elvish
RIDE A BICYCLE?: Yes
SWIM?: Yes
PLAY AN INSTRUMENT?: Lyre, aulos [2]
PLAY CHESS?: Yes
BRAID HAIR?: Yes
TIE A TIE?: Yes
PICK A LOCK?: She can make an educated guess.

❀ PHYSICAL APPEARANCE & CHARACTERISTICS 🌹


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Dinya

EYE COLOR: Blue
HAIR COLOR: White
HAIR TYPE/STYLE: Long, curly, tied in a loose ponytail
GLASSES/CONTACTS?: No
DOMINANT HAND: Right
HEIGHT: 6'5"
WEIGHT: 170 Ib
BUILD: Slender
EXERCISE HABITS: As a huntress, she's often in the woods hiking difficult terrain and carrying heavy equipment.
SKIN TONE: White
TATTOOS: N/A
PIERCINGS: Multiple ear piercings, nipple and belly piercings
MARKS/SCARS: Arrows that wind around her neck, torso, back, wrists, and ankles given to her by Xornoth.
NOTABLE FEATURES: Very tall and often has her hat low to obscure her face. Gorgeous.
USUAL EXPRESSION: Annoyed/disinterested/aloof
CLOTHING STYLE: Prim, elegant, bejeweled outfits that accentuate her figure.
JEWELRY: Jewels, silver, pearl bracelets, earrings
ALLERGIES: Hornets
BODY TEMPERATURE: Warm
DIET: Fresh fruit, venison, cakes & pastries, confectionaries
PHYSICAL AILMENTS: N/A

❀ PSYCHOLOGY πŸ₯€


JUNG TYPE: ENTJ
JUNG SUBTYPE: Dominant
ENNEAGRAM TYPE: Type Eight: The Commander
MORAL ALIGNMENT: Lawful Good
TEMPERAMENT: Intense, guarded, dynamic
ELEMENT: Water
PRIMARY INTELLIGENCE TYPE(S): Linguistic, bodily-kinesthetic, musical, naturalistic
APPROX. IQ: 115
MENTAL CONDITIONS/DISORDERS: PTSD
SOCIABILITY: Very aloof and fiercely independent to a fault
EMOTIONAL STABILITY: Unstable
OBSESSION(S): The urge to exhume her son's grave to make sure he truly is dead.
COMPULSION(S): N/A
PHOBIA(S): Being buried alive.
ADDICTION(S): N/A
DRUG USE: Poppies
ALCOHOL USE: Regularly drinks wine and isn't afraid to drink heavier kinds of alcohol.
PRONE TO VIOLENCE?: No

❀ MANNERISMS 🌹


SPEECH STYLE: Careful and eloquent. It's obvious she scrutinizes her words before opening her mouth, but so effortlessly that her words drip silver.
ACCENT: Very punctuated, clearly upper class.
QUIRKS:
- Eats her food from favorite to least favorite around her plate.
- Always wipes the rim of her glass with her handkerchief before taking a sip.
HOBBIES: Playing instruments, gardening, reading, horseback riding, hunting,
HABITS:
- Opens the curtains every morning
- Makes herself a cup of warm honey milk before bed every night
NERVOUS TICKS: Pinched sighs
DRIVES/MOTIVATIONS: It takes a surprising amount of motivation to be a thorn in Xornoth's side.
FEARS:
- Being unable to save a child in danger.
- Hurting someone close to her.
POSITIVE TRAITS: Charismatic, playful, intelligent, resilient, loyal, adaptable, confident
NEGATIVE TRAITS: Distant, secretive, abrasive, manipulative, mischievous, guarded, intimidating
DO THEY CURSE OFTEN?: No, Eskadinya has to be particularly annoyed or stressed to warrant a swear.
CATCHPHRASE(S): "Pretty girls don't know the things that I know."

❀ FAVORITES πŸ₯€


ACTIVITY: Archery
ANIMAL: Stag
BEVERAGE: Sazerac Cocktail [3]
BOOK: The Art of War by Sun Tzu
COLOR: Pink
FOOD: Tarte aux Fruits [4]
FLOWER: Rose
GEM: Ruby
HOLIDAY: Valentine's Day
MODE OF TRANSPORTATION: Horseback
WEATHER: Overcast
VACATION DESTINATION: Mythland, it has beautiful scenery and architecture even if the residents leave much to be desired.

❀ ATTITUDES 🌹


GREATEST DREAM: To be rid of Xornoth's infection, to find true love once again and have children.
GREATEST FEAR: She will die alone with no legacy to leave behind, and people will neglect her tomb.
MOST AT EASE WHEN: She is around children. She loves to take care of them and they bring out a lighter, sweeter side of her personality.
LEAST AT EASE WHEN: Within the presence of Xornoth or someone under Xornoth's control.
WORST POSSIBLE THING THAT COULD HAPPEN: Rebuilding her relationships and family only for Xornoth to massacre them before her eyes again.
BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT: Rescuing many of Xornoth's kidnapped victims either from his control or his captivity.
BIGGEST REGRET: Accepting her pact with Xornoth. She believes that the world would have been better off with her dead with the rest of her family and forgotten.
MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT: While hosting an event on behalf of Lady Persephone, the King of Mythland broke into Eskadinya's manor and while she was trying to get him to leave, Persephone came looking for her and caught her with him.
BIGGEST SECRET: She keeps her pact with Xornoth secret and intends to take it to her grave.
TOP PRIORITIES: She cares deeply about her reputation and image, especially with her leader Persephone.

❀ TRIVIA πŸ₯€


"If she could swap places with anyone for a day, who would she swap with?"

Her son, Chanterelle. She'd want him to get another day to experience being alive.

"What does she do to celebrate her birthday?"

Eskadinya celebrates her birthday by buying herself a cupcake and lighting a candle for herself, before blowing it out with a wish.

How would Eskadinya react to receiving a love letter?

If she were in front of other people she'd likely crumble the letter up and throw it away. In private, she has a whole wall of love letters she's kept.

Is she good at tongue twisters?

She's incredibly good at them as many of the spells she performs have complicated incantations.


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  1. Airtafae is a feminine surname of Arabic descent.β†©οΈŽ

  2. The aulos was a prominent ancient Greek wind instrument, often referred to as a "double flute". Eskadinya's flute is more similar to Lydia's flute from Barbie and a Diamond Castle.β†©οΈŽ

  3. The Sazerac is a historic cocktail that originated in New Orleans in the 19th century. Traditionally, it consists of rye whiskey (sometimes cognac), sugar, Peychaud's Bitters, and an absinthe rinse.β†©οΈŽ

  4. Tarte aux Fruits (French Fruit Tart), a classic open-faced tart with a crisp pastry shell, filled with rich custard or frangipane (almond cream), and topped with an array of glazed fresh or preserved fruits such as figs, apricots, cherries, or plums. They're often served at royal banquets in the Overgrown.β†©οΈŽ