[hider=Pearl the Fool] [color=LightGray][color=White][h3][u][b]Basic Information[/b][/u][/h3][/color] [b][color=HotPink]Common Name(s):[/color][/b] [indent]Pearl[/indent] [i][color=HotPink]True Name:[/color] [indent]Reverentia Bieheth[/indent][/i] [b][color=HotPink]Race:[/color][/b] [indent]Awenyddion[/indent] [b][color=HotPink]Gender:[/color][/b] [indent]Female[/indent] [b][color=HotPink]Age:[/color][/b] [indent]8274[/indent] [b][color=HotPink]Fae Court:[/color][/b] [indent]Spring[/indent] [b][color=HotPink]Position/Occupation:[/color][/b] [i]Fool of the Spring Court[/i] [indent]Entertainers of high noble houses and lords, the fools use a variety of methods in which to entertain. These include songs, music, storytelling, satire, physical comedy and, to a lesser extent, juggling and acrobatics. The fools are the only member of a Court allowed by law to mock the ruler of any given Court without fear of retribution. They do this in order to provide the King or Queen (who has no other that opposes any of their decisions) a sense of perspective on their actions.[/indent] [b][color=HotPink]Text Color:[/color][/b] [indent]HotPink [color=HotPink]“"[/color][/indent] [color=White][h3][b][u]Appearance[/u][/b][/h3][/color] [b][color=HotPink]Hair Color:[/color][/b] [indent]Auburn[/indent] [b][color=HotPink]Eye Color:[/color][/b] [indent]Oliver Green[/indent] [b][color=HotPink]Skin Pigmentation:[/color][/b] [indent]Cream White[/indent] [b][color=HotPink]Height:[/color][/b] [indent]5’8”[/indent] [b][color=HotPink]Weight:[/color][/b] [indent]110 Pounds[/indent] [b][color=HotPink]Physical Appearance:[/color][/b] [indent]Pearl is predominately human in appearance as most Awenyddion are. She stands at around 5’8” and though she is not small either in build or in stature most people regard her as less because of her appearance and the manner in which she behaves. Pearl’s hair is a dark brown that had just a hint of red to it like freshly turned soil. It is long and braided down her back with white lilies woven through it. Her skin has an ethereal glow and around her eyes seems to emanate a soft pink ever so subtly. Her features are small and nimble, her lips subtle. Her eyes are an intriguing shade of olive green while her skin is flawless and cream colored. [/indent] [b][color=HotPink]Glamour(s):[/color][/b] [indent][/indent] [b][color=HotPink]Attire:[/color][/b] [indent]She most commonly wears a dress that extends to just above her knee. It is a floral pink with images of swans embroidered onto it. It is tied off at the waist with a length of fine vine that looks very much like rope. She nearly always goes barefoot. The symbol of her people is branded on her lower back always covered by whatever clothes she is wearing and usually concealed by her glamour which she uses for little else.[/indent] [color=White][h3][b][u]Personality[/u][/b][/h3][/color] [b][color=HotPink]Innate & Outward Personality:[/color][/b] [indent]Pearl’s encounter with the spirit of the Awen fractured her mind. She cannot consciously retain any of the knowledge she saw but many nights she experiences terrible nightmares that fade from her mind the moment she awakens leaving only a gripping fear with her. Because of this she often behaves rather simple, as a small child would, disregarding personal space, speaking at inappropriate times and speaking true things people usually don’t want to hear. This is not a façade though there is more to Pearl than that simple exterior. She is devastatingly intelligent and often good at providing insight even without using her gifts. She is brutally honest though never mean spirited about it. Because of the night terrors she experiences her concept of fear is greatly skewed to the point of not fearing most anything even when she should. Picking up subtext is not her strong suit which often leads to her embarrassing important people when they really wish she would stay silent. In some ways though she is painfully naive and often needs Leaf to rescue her from situations she created for herself.[/indent] [b][color=HotPink]Skills/Talents:[/color][/b] [indent][/indent] [b][color=HotPink]Goals/Motivation:[/color][/b] [indent]Pearl lives her life unbound by the complexities of the fae world or expectations of any kind. She calls things as she sees them and lives her life very much in the moment. To this end she had no real ambition as she doesn’t plan for what will happen in the next second let alone the coming years. She enjoys making people laugh and smile and her sunny disposition and slightly absurd manners lend to that greatly. [/indent] [b][color=HotPink]History:[/color][/b] [indent]The Awenyddion are a rare breed of fae, because of their skills they were not only highly sought after but also feared. When Pearl was only two hundred, still a child by fae standards her whole world was ripped from her. After suffering heavily at the hands of the Summer Kingdom, the Winter King of the time, a man by the name of Fenodera sought an answer from the Awen, a secret guarded close. What he asked was the one question the Awen was forbidden ever to reveal in any form. The Winter King's own Awenyddion when forced to answer was thrown into a terrible fit that caused his eyes to burn from his skull as he died screaming. Not deterred by this for Fenodera was young and new to his throne, sought out other Awenyddion. He commissioned the few arcane fae under his command to come up with a process to allow the Awenyddion to see this answer without dying. Meanwhile he offered a reward for any Awenyddion to come forward. A few did at first but they suffered fates like his first and word began to spread that none survived the King's favors. Fenodera began to offer great rewards for any that brought him one of the Awenyddion alive. His sorcerers made progress in shielding the Awenyddion from the destruction of that answer but they were fighting old magicks. Magicks forged before time started ticking. They only made slight improvements to the Awenyddion's natural abilities. Pearl and her family were among those taken by bounty hunters to the Fenodera's Court. Pearl’s family died as a result of forceful exposure to the Awen however Pearl suffered a far crueler fate: She lived. The spells Fenodera’s sorcerers contrived allowed Pearl a single glimpse into the heart of the Awen, at the source of all knowledge and power. She should have died, her mind should have melted but for some reason the Awen chose to spare her. Maybe she was stronger than her kin, maybe there was something special about her or perhaps the ancient well had grown tired of its guardians being slaughtered. Whatever the reason the Awen reached out and touched Pearl’s mind. Her eyes flew open glowing with a pure golden light that seemed harsh and cruel as it looked on Fenodera and his spellcasters. Pearl opened her mouth and it seemed a thousand voices spoke through her mouth. [color=gold][i]”FOOL!”[/i][/color] It shouted in disgust. [color=gold][i]”You have desecrated the Awen. Meddled with forces you cannot conceive. Broken ancient laws set down before the realms were forged. Judgement falls justly. You sought all truth, now let it scald your minds.”[/i][/color] The Awen stretched forth Pearl’s hand and the golden light shot forth. It touched Fenodera and his sorcerers and as it did they screamed with such agony that some say it could be heard throughout all four kingdoms. Their eyes burst into golden flames and they died in the most painful of manners. Then the Awen placed Pearl’s hand on the stones in front of her. [color=gold][i]”Be free my child.”[/i][/color] Pearl’s vision glowed gold for a single moment before she lost consciousness. When she awoke she was lying in the middle of a clearing halfway across the world in the Court of Spring.[/indent] [color=White][h3][u][b]Relationships[/b][/u][/h3][/color] [indent][color=White][h3]| [b][color=ForestGreen]Leaf[/color][/b] |[/h3] | [i]Surrogate Sister[/i] | [b]Comrades Forever[/b] |[/color] [indent][/indent][/indent] [b][u][color=HotPink]Other:[/color][/u][/b] [indent]Pearl bears the sign of the Awen branded on her back. [hider=Sign of the Awen] [img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Awen_symbol_final.svg/220px-Awen_symbol_final.svg.png[/img][/hider][/indent][/color] [/hider]