The Ladies
Liliana
Age
25
Gender
Female
Sexuality
Bisexual
Species
Elf
Abilities
Mage, so energy-based magic
Appearance
Liliana is a very beautiful young woman, whose appearance is quite striking, due to the mixed cultural background. For starters, she is pale. Very, very pale. Her skin is an ivory white color, smooth and near-flawless, save for the scar through the left corner of her lips. Her lips are a slight natural rose petal pink that contrasts nicely with the pale color of her skin. A few beauty marks accentuate her natural beauty, with one being on her right nostril, another above the right side of her lips, and a third on her left cheekbone, just beneath the corner of her left eye.
Liliana is descended from parents who come from quite different places, and her features reflect this in a beautiful and unique way. From her mother, she inherited her gorgeous eyes, a deep, soulful brown so dark they are nearly black, and an upturned almond shape, framed by long, thick lashes. Her lips, also inherited from her mother, are full and soft, with a small mouth and a slight natural part between them that shows just a slight amount of her definitely unnaturally straight and white teeth. Her long, black hair was another trait from her mother’s side. Thick, soft waves of jet black hair fall down her back and around her face like shiny, beautiful silk.
From her father, Liliana inherited her sharper features. Her jawline and chin are sharp and well-defined, and her nose is much the same, being beautiful features added to her stunning appearance. It would seem her beauty marks were inherited from her father as well, given the fact that he has a few dotted around his face. Her high cheekbones and the wave in her hair are also features that are inherited from her father’s side.
Her features are, like anyone’s not perfect, and she does have a slightly overlong nose, with somewhat uneven nostrils, the right being a touch higher than the other. Her lips are also crooked, resulting in a natural smirk that is only emphasized whenever she smiles. Paired with the arched black brows and the angular, narrowed eyes, the crookedness of the smile gives an air of mischief, like she knows more than she’s letting on.
Physically, Liliana is not exactly imposing, standing at the not-so-staggering height of five feet tall even. She holds herself with a certain grace and confidence that makes her seem a little taller than she is, but it doesn’t tend to do much. She has an overall petite body type, though all of her weight is carried around her hips. Her narrow shoulders and small waist contrast with her more than generous hips, which makes for a very clear pear body type. She has thick thighs, thick calves, and a larger backside. The rest of her body is pretty petite by contrast, with a small chest, slim arms, and a slender neck. Her hands are delicate and graceful, with long, thin fingers often considered “piano players’ hands”. Her nails are well taken care of and usually kept neat and tidy, just a touch longer than her fingertips.
Liliana’s voice is quite pleasant to listen to, lower than average for a woman, and smooth, with just a touch of a flirtatious air to it. This is aided by the unique accent that melds with her words like honey.
Personality
Liliana is quiet. That is perhaps the first thing that one will notice about her. She rarely speaks unless spoken to, but is always observing. Her dark eyes have a clear, calculated intelligence to them that speaks volumes about her internal monologue. She is rarely one to give input to a conversation, but always one to observe it. Surprisingly for her introversion, Faye is actually quite commonly seen doing this at parties and other social gatherings and locations.
In fact, she is quite adventurous and enjoys getting out of the house. She loves to travel and has been all over the world in her lifetime, and even when she is in one place for a while, she is always looking for something new to do there. Liliana thrives on change, excitement, and adventure, and is someone who is more than happy to pursue these things fully independently.
Intellect is a core value, and she displays it quite beautifully. Top of her classes throughout her school days and always learning even into adulthood, Liliana prides herself on being a very well-learned woman. Creativity is very much the same situation, as she follows many artistic pursuits, such as writing and painting.
Liliana isn’t exactly sunshine and rainbows, though, as she can be an incredibly difficult person to get along with. She is stubborn, quick to anger, and holds a general disdain for most people. While she finds others interesting to watch, she hates being approached and talked to, and rarely responds positively to it. If someone can get her attention somehow or interest her in the topic of conversation, she can be surprisingly talkative, but the issue is trying to interest her in a conversation.
Should one get to know her, they would find that she is quite sassy and sarcastic, often making quips about her current situations, or teasing the person she is talking to. Sometimes this is gentle and almost affectionate. Others, not so much. She has a tendency to be feisty no matter who she is talking to, and even if she likes someone, she will always point out if they are wrong. She loves a battle of the wits, even if the other party is not willingly participating. She can even get downright mean to someone if they happen to get on her bad side, which isn’t hard considering how prickly she usually is at first. While she would never call herself petty, the term very much applies.
Should someone manage to befriend Liliana, however, they would find a very affectionate, warm, if quite socially awkward, young woman. She is incredibly protective of her few friends, and, although she will still taunt and tease them, she will be the first to jump to their defense if anyone else dares. Friends are often treated to gifts, usually in the form of something hand made or gestures, as she believes that such things are far more meaningful than what one can buy.
While she is a good friend, one of Liliana’s biggest flaws is her ego. She firmly believes that she is absolutely brilliant, stunningly beautiful, and an incredibly powerful mage, and should these views be threatened, she becomes very irate. Her quick temper can easily override her otherwise rational and intelligent thought and have been known to get her into trouble. Oftentimes, her desire to avenge a slight is what leads her into pettiness.
Skills
Liliana’s strengths lie in her intellect, perceptiveness, and ingenuity. She is quite agile and fast, and tends to enjoy climbing things and hanging out in odd places. She has some miscellaneous skills that are more based around hobbies, like writing and drawing, but her most useful ones are her physical and mental skills.
Ineptitudes
Liliana is quite physically weak, and cannot keep up with most people physically. In part because of this, she’s also not in any way skilled with any weapons. Additionally, many life skills that most people learn are quite foreign to her due to her background. She can’t cook, is fairly frivolous in her spending, and isn’t particularly keen on taking orders.
Strengths
Liliana’s magic and knowledge of a variety of topics make her quite useful to those around her. She is essentially the group scholar
Weaknesses
Liliana’s biggest weaknesses are her temper, ego, and her extreme stubbornness. She isn’t an easy person to work with, especially if she’s already in a mood.
Likes
Liliana loves reading, writing, music of any kind, and travel. She loves to experience new things, and is quite fond of nature, particularly flowers and cats. She likes rainstorms, autumn, dark colors, and is very much a night owl.
Dislikes
She’s not particularly fond of the morning, forced exercise, and social interaction. She doesn’t enjoy being controlled by anyone, and certainly hates following what other people are doing, as she is an anticonformist to a fault. She also holds a strong disdain for pastel colors, large crowds, ignorant people, and children.
Background
The oldest daughter of a prestigious elven noble family, Liliana had the setup to be quite an important person in the scholarly world. But, as a young woman, for reasons she will not share if asked, she left the family home. Whether she was disowned, ran away, or something of the like is unknown, but by the expression on her face and tone of her voice whenever she speaks about her family, it can be assumed she did not leave on good terms.
Aravae
Age
238
Gender
Female
Sexuality
Bisexual
Species
Elf
Abilities
Nature magic. Growing plants, communing with animals, healing, the works.
Appearance
Aravae is a tall and very slender woman --5’7” and 120 pounds-- with narrow shoulders, a small waist, and long, slender legs. She has a small chest, slightly curvier hips, and generally has the build one would associate with a ballet dancer. While she is very slim, she’s also fairly muscular and surprisingly strong and flexible, enough that she is capable of holding her own against people twice her size in a fight. She isn’t overly concerned with wearing anything to enhance her appearance, but she likes to keep her nails slightly longer than normal and tries to ensure she always at least looks presentable.
Aravae’s skin is a warm tan tone, marked with a few small scars from her years at work. The only major injury she has incurred in her time is a burn on her chest, stretching from her left shoulder over her collarbone, and down to about the middle of her stomach. It is a fairly faint burn, indicating that it must be quite old, and she doesn’t ever seem to talk about how she got it. Her nose and cheeks are covered in many freckles, as well as her shoulders, though they become much less frequent over the rest of her body. Due to the amount of time she spends in the sun, her skin has a very sunkissed hue to it, and she never seems to visibly blush.
She has a diamond face shape with high cheekbones and a sharp chin. Her eyes are a round shape, big, and slightly upturned, in a way that makes her look both highly intelligent and entirely more innocent than she actually is. She has dark brows and thick eyelashes that make her uniquely colored eyes pop beautifully. Her eyes are blue around the edges of the iris, fading into a forest green color around the pupils. Her lips are full, and she has a round, slightly upturned nose.
Her face is framed by long, curly, dark brown hair that reaches about halfway down her back. Due to its unruliness and tendency to get in her way, she prefers to put it up in a ponytail or a long braid. When she does have the rare day off, she likes to style it, and is oddly attached to keeping it at its length, despite the fact that cropping it short would be far more practical for her job.
Personality
Aravae is cold. Icy, even. She doesn’t talk much and mostly just glares. She is careful, methodical, and almost cruel to some extent. But, somehow, she is a healer, and not a ruthless killer. Not that she’s not capable, but for some unknown reason, she actively chooses to be nonviolent when it is not necessary. She instead makes the choice to avoid people unless she needs to interact with them. She is cold towards her group, but is not outwardly cruel. Simply serious and quiet and not particularly empathetic. She makes, in some ways, a perfect medic. She is not someone who gets caught up in her emotions and is willing to care for the people around her despite holding little or no emotional attachment. Surprisingly, though, she is capable of kindness. It is incredibly rare, but she can show compassion and a liking for those around her, although this seems to only have been reserved for her family and random animals she can find.
Skills
Aravae is skilled with a bow, as well as being highly trained in medicine, though most of her experience comes from healing wounded animals. In addition, she is very stealthy and good at hiding, a skill honed from years of hunting.
Ineptitudes
Aravae has exactly zero social skills, and, other than things about plants, she doesn’t have a ton of knowledge to her name. She has lived most of her life in solitude in the forest and the ways of those outside of it are foreign to her.
Strengths
Aravae can heal people quite efficiently and, surprisingly, is quite motherly. Additionally, she is quite agile and strong.
Weaknesses
As a plant cannot grow when devoid of sunlight, Aravae cannot use her power if she is kept in darkness for an extended period of time. Usually, the longest she can go out of sunlight without losing her abilities is about 36 hours.
Likes
Plants, particularly flowering ones, being alone, sunlight
Dislikes
Fire, crowds, people in general
Background
Aravae grew up in isolation, raised only by her mother, father, and older brother. She lost her home in a forest fire long ago, and has been working mostly alone since, up until she met with the group a few months back and began working with them as a medic.