Drezda Ecks

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Drezda Ecks
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Joined: Sun Jul 15, 2018 12:10 pm
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Race: Galdor
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Sun Jul 15, 2018 12:37 pm

Drezda Ecks
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Race: Galdor (Hox)
Birthday: Ophus 25, 2690
Age: 29 (as of Ophus 2719)
FC: Gemma Chan
Place of Origin: Frecks, Hox
Current Location: Vienda, Anaxas
Occupation: Diplomat
Languages: Monite (F), Estuan (F), Deftung (C), Gioran (C)
Writer: Maximus
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Physical Description
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Quick Facts
  • Height: 5' 2"
  • Skin colour: Ivory
  • Hair colour: Dark brown, almost black
  • Typical hairstyle: Shoulder-length and loose, more in line with Anaxi style than Hoxian
  • Eye colour: Black
  • Jewellery: A rarity for special occasions, namely in the form of hair adornments like silver hair combs and pins
  • Cosmetics: Drezda has a taste for cosmetics, particularly lipstick. She usually adds colour to her lips and darkens her eyes, as well as lightly powdering her face
Drezda's features instantly mark her as Hoxian, from the slanting black eyes and high cheekbones to the stark contrast between ivory skin and dark hair. On close inspection, one will find that her hair is a very dark brown but can easily be mistaken for black. Her skin isn't the flawless ivory that it might first appear as on close inspection, it's possible to spot fine freckling on the bridge of her nose and over her high cheekbones, a fact that is usually hidden by an application of powder to even her skin tone. Such freckling would only increase and spread if she allowed it to be exposed to the sun, but this is something that she avoids as much as possible, making a parasol a necessary accessory in hot and sunny weather.

Her use of cosmetics isn't restricted to concealing but also accentuating her features. Her black eyes are often made deeper and more intense with the aid of dark cosmetics smudged around them, creating a stunning contrast against her exceptionally white skin. Even if she doesn't add intensity to her eyes, she will typically add pink or even red to her lips.

Having spent a number of years in Anaxas, she has adopted the Anaxi style of wearing her dark hair longer, falling loose and straight to her shoulders. When the occasion warrants it, the woman will go to the effort to put her hair into an upstyle, pinning it in place with decorative pins and combs. Very rarely, she will add a wave or curl to her hair.

She is evidently no stranger to her good looks although her usual expression has a coolness to it, many liable to refer to her face as a stony one, an exemplary show of Hoxian stoicism. However, for those who can read her, there are usually many signs of her true emotions bleeding around the mask that she attempts to wear, something that she's keenly aware of and extremely self-conscious of when around natives of her kingdom. She doesn't attempt to control her emotions as much as she once did but old habits die hard and many who have encountered her over the years aren't inclined to look further than the proud and haughty manner that they've come to associate with her.

Her movements are graceful, her steps often short and mincing courtesy of the heeled shoes that she favours, and her choice of footwear encourages her to move with care and concentrate on everything that her body is doing. Her gait together with her small stature at 5' 2" tend to make her appear far more delicate than she actually is. Her figure is slim with rather subtle curves. Her penchant for tight, rather form-fitting dresses gives the impression of someone very self-contained. She will wear Anaxi-style dresses but she has a preference for Hoxian ones, even though such garments often reveal more skin than would be considered acceptable by Anaxi standards.

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Personality
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Hoxians are typically viewed as a cold, unemotional people and Drezda generally fits that stereotype from the point of view of the casual onlooker. People who bother to spend any real time around the woman would realise that she isn't wholly unemotive as her emotions leak around the mask that she's attempted to wear for many years. The woman has tried to uphold Hoxian rhakor for many years and while she has determined that maintaining is psychologically damaging for her, it isn't something that can be easily shed, especially as she views excessive emotions to be a sign of weakness. Her inability to uphold rhakor without it taking a negative toll on her psyche is something that she views as a fault in her own character. As such, she is still reluctant to display much and it can often make her appear far cooler or more detached than she truly is, but in truth, Drezda is a passionate and emotional young woman, although her emotions are most likely to come out as anger, irritation, and condescension. The woman is prone to biting rhetoric and often uses it as a weapon to dissuade others from becoming better acquainted with her.

Drezda is largely self-centred, doing her best to only consider herself and her own needs, doing her best not to think of others unless it can be advantageous to her. In truth, the Hoxian spends a great deal of time thinking about herself and analysing her flaws, predominantly viewing herself in light of comparison with others, most notably her mother. She has a great number of insecurities and while she does her best to exude an air of superiority when her abilities are under fire, it is a great deal of bluster to hide how she truly feels. Drezda has long held a desire to better understand herself and how to fix her shortcomings. This had led to a great interest in other people and their motivations, hoping that if she can comprehend what makes people tick then she will be more capable of addressing her own failings. She's a curious sort, possessing an inquisitive mind and this together with her interest in understanding the mind and how to fix herself is what pushed her to pursue a study of Perceptive Conversation in the first place.

Her interest in Perceptive Conversation is one of the reasons why she was so keen to continue her education outside of Hox but not her only one. Her feelings towards her homeland are complex and somewhat confused. She has a horror of returning to Hox to settle there, the notion seeming intolerable to her. There are many aspects of her homeland that she regards with animosity and some things that she might even go so far as to say that she hated. In spite of that, she does have something like patriotism, as she is quick to sing her nation's praises by highlighting its many good qualities, especially its self-sufficiency and relative freedom in matters of sexuality and gender. While she likes to think of her nation as more civilised and superior in many ways than others, she does harbour a sort of jealousy towards Mugroba for its advancements, especially considering their attitudes towards wicks and passives. She has a grudging respect for the standard of magical learning in Anaxas and appreciates that Bastia values a truly worthy magic - Perceptive - but otherwise considers them to be too emotional. She is also somewhat resentful that as a woman in Anaxas, she feels that she's automatically looked down upon as lesser and the fact that she has to be work in order to be afforded the same respect that a man would automatically garner.

While the Hoxian prefers to keep herself relatively isolated to prevent others from getting too close to her, she is also quite a lonely individual. As such, she sometimes allows herself to grow somewhat closer to others, often ending up in a position to do so as a result of desperation, which is often the closest that the woman comes to spontaneity. For those she allows sufficiently close, she often develops a fierce sense of loyalty towards them and is inclined to become rather attached to them. Affection and care for another leaves her vulnerable to emotional pain and this is one of the reasons why she prefers to keep others at arm's length.

When it comes to the races, gollies are obviously superior and before coming to Anaxas, she had never had reason to interact with any other race except for the rare appearance of a passive around Frecksat. In more recent years, she's dealt with more passives and considers them useful, preferring to utilise them over humans or wicks. Her youngest sister is a passive but she hasn't seen Tsia since before she was sent away and frankly, she has never given much thought to the girl's condition or what her life must be like these days. Instead, she has only thought about how there must be a taint in their family bloodline and that while she isn't a passive, there is likely a curse on her too, something that fills her with anxiety. Her interaction with wicks and humans has been minimal but she frowns upon the idea of galdori who breed with the lower races, thinking of them as tainting good bloodlines and potentially contributing to the passive problem, the numbers of passives in kingdoms like Anaxas seeming to give credence to her theory that they are angering the gods and cursing themselves with passives in the process.

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Backstory
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  • Born in Frecks as the middle child of a wealthy Hoxian family with an older brother and younger sister.
  • Jealous of the family heir - who would inherit most of the family properties and businesses - and her darling sister, she spent her childhood feeling as if she was in competition with her siblings for her parents' attention.
  • She began manipulating her parents at an early age, working to wheedle things out of her parents
  • Scored 5 in her initiation at Frecksat
  • Her sister, Tsia who 2 years younger than her, was reportedly killed in an accident while on a family trip up in the mountains just prior to her initiation.
  • Largely disinterested in static magic, but discovered an interest in life magic, particularly interested in its offshoot of perceptive magic
  • Drezda spent a year or two trying to convince her parents to send her to Bastia to study perceptive magic
  • She frequently questioned her sister's "accident" as she felt that something was off but couldn't pinpoint it and disliked information being kept from her. Her perceptive magic wasn't good enough to properly interrogate her parents and so she chose to bide her time, hoping to study in a better institution to hone her skills
  • Prior to her sixth year, she succeeded in convincing them to send her to Anaxas instead, being closer to home
  • At Brunnhold, she excelled at perceptive magic, considering the teaching there to be superior than at Frecksat although she thought it was the result of a brain drain from other nations, with the best sorcerers sucked into the one nation
  • Did some tutoring while in Brunnhold but proved too arrogant to be an effective teacher
  • Discovered an interest in observing the actions of others and thought it might make the work of certain branches of the Seventen interesting to her.
  • Trained with the Seventen for a number of seasons before determining that it wasn't for her and returning to Frecks, where she spent some time working in the University
  • At the age of 22, she began working with the new Hoxian diplomat in Anaxas, secretly honing her perceptive magic skill and making appropriate connections
  • Long suspicious of her sister's death and equip with the tools to check, she questioned her mother about the matter, using magic to determine when she was lying and when she was telling the truth
  • After finally discovering that her sister was a passive given to Frecksat, she returned to Anaxas, confident that only her brother remained as competition
  • She succeeded to the position of the Hoxian diplomat to Anaxas at the age of 24 when her predecessor stepped down to get married.
  • She has spent the last few years making suitable connections, organising student exchanges between Frecksat and Brunnhold and plotting ways to ensure that the best sorcerers choose to settle in Frecks instead of Brunnhold
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Aptitude Skills
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Mental
Excellent
Physical
Average
Social
Master
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Focus Skills
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Combat

N/A

Magic

Magic: Perceptive (Intermediate)
Magic: Living (Elementary)

Linguistics

  • Monite (Fluent)
  • Estuan (Fluent)
  • Deftung (Conversational)
  • Gioran (Conversational)

Professional

Professional: Diplomat (Proficient)

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Career and Income
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Occupation

As a Hoxian diplomat in Anaxas, Drezda represents the interests of those of her people within the kingdom and ensures the smooth transition for those Anaxi who wish to go to Hox for work or study. She is particularly focused in the area of magical education and sometimes headhunts stellar Brunnhold students to try to convince them to finish their education in Frecksat. She is very good at organising student exchanges.

Income: Wealthy

Although not the primary heir to her family's fortune, Drezda is still well looked after and due to come into quite a bit of money when her parents die, especially as her sister, Tsia, is no longer included in the inheritance. Furthermore, the Hoxian government don't want their kingdom to be viewed as poor and thus, they ensure that she has a very good standard of living.

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Housing and Inventory
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Housing: City Dweller

A two-storey, two-bedroom house with servants' quarters in Vienda. She has space for a guest to stay and a lounge and dining room with room to entertain multiple people. While the house is fully furnished, there are few things that show the character of its owner aside from a variety of maps and books, mainly magical ones. By her own standards, the house is a humble one although it could easily house a family.

Additional perks:
  • Access to a carriage.
  • Access to up to four full outfits of clothing.
  • Access to a range of passives who will meet the PC's needs and requests.
  • Access to tutors/trainers in appropriate Focus Skills.

Inventory

  • One set of clothing
    • Dark black, furred cloak
    • White blouse
    • Light blue skirt
    • Undergarments
    • Black shoes
  • City Dweller outfits
    • Purple organza dress with black lace appliquéShow
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    • Hoxian black silk, form fitting, floral dressShow
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    • Hoxian purple velvet, asymmetrical dressShow
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    • Hoxian red silk dress with black patterningShow
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  • Jewellery
    • Tiara (Heirloom)Show
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    • Decorative silver hair pins
    • Decorative hair combs
  • One set of toiletries
    • Soap
    • Brush
    • Razor
    • Tootbrush
    • Toothpaste
  • A pair of silk handkerchiefs
  • One water skin
  • Two sets of eating utensils
  • Tinderbox

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Goals
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Long-term:
  • Make contacts in other nations
  • Discover True Name in Monite
  • Change career
Short-term:
  • Improve Perceptive magic
  • Improve Life magic

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