Theme: Karakuri Pierrot ~ Piano Cover
Image Song: Reflect ~ Senka ♂
Role: The Pierrot
Gender: Female
Nickname(s): Ciná
Age: 18
Race: Salamander Halfling
Appearance: Petite and weighing little, Cináed is a slender young woman with a very slight build. Her figure is nothing impressive; even though she is an adult, it looks like she is still in the midst of adolescence. The way she looks, she has a very narrow build that almost gives her a lithe look. Yet, with how little Cináed weighs, she’s rather bony at her joints, and it makes her look frail. Cináed’s skin is very fair, yet it has some scars here and there thanks to the fact she was raised in a circus. Some of the stunts she pulled got her hurt. Her hands are calloused, because of her life as a Pierrot, Cináed’s small hands bear the markings of her life. Normally, her cheeks are flush and her lips are on the thin side and a little lacking in color.
Because of her life as a Pierrot, Cináed was made to always keep her hair in a ponytail so that it would not get in the way when she rehearsed or performed. However, her hair is rather uneven and rather poorly kept at times. It’s fairly straight though, so even though she doesn’t keep it as neat as other people, Cináed’s hair is never too unruly. Her hair is a lovely shade of red. When not in a ponytail, her hair falls to about her waist while her kept bangs are a little uneven, and they tend to fall in her green eyes.
Her eyes are about as different as her hair, they are a bright shad of green. In reality her eyes are actually quite large, they make her look innocent, but due to the way she naturally is, Cináed normally leaves her eyes only half open, giving her a rather lax look and drawing attention away from her eyes.
As things go, Cináed rarely has any sort of expression her face. Typically, she’ll look rather blank.
Preferred Clothing: The truth is that she expresses little interest in any sort of specific clothing, she simply wears what she is told to.
Height: 5 ft (152.4 cm)
Weight: 79 lbs (35.9 kg)
Measurements: 27-20-29 (69-51-74)
Hair Color:Ruby Red
Eye Color: Jade
Personality: Cináed is a girl who had been taken into the care of one who did not want her due to this, her personality developed as expected. She’s a quiet girl who is of the submissive sort, she calls herself a leech due to how she functions.
Cináed is uncomfortable making big decisions on her own; she hates people looking to her for guidance. She only feels contented in making choices when there are clear outcomes or she is given options to choose between. Her obedient nature stems from how she was raise; her aunt and uncle instilled into her the guidelines that make up who she is now.
She was taught to be utterly obedient, to never speak out of term in a man’s presence and to only give her own personal opinion when asked for it. If a man disagrees with her words, she was taught to bow to him respectfully and to apologize, apologize, apologize. Cináed was never encouraged to pursue her own interests; she was shaped and formed from her birthing to become what her aunt and uncle considered the perfect girl, quiet, polite and utterly subservient to the opposite gender. Poor thing was never taught how to be her own person, she was only taught how to be an extension of another person, to carry out another’s will. Never to follow her own volition. . . .
Cináed feels utterly lost if she’s left to her own devices you could say, it’s only when she’s latched onto someone whom she deems her superior does she feel at ease. She needs someone above her, and if she loses that she’ll automatically begin seeking out someone to take her place under. Saying this, Cináed is loyal to a fault, once she gives her word of loyalty to someone, she does not break from it unless the person she deems her superior frees her by his or her own order.
Cináed's loyalty extends to her temperament, if the person she perceives as her superior is threatened, insulted or is put down in her presence, she will make her displeasure very clear. This is one of the few ways to see her angered, during this time she seems not a weakling, and she waits not for a turn to speak and she will verbalize her thoughts very clearly.
To people who don’t really understand her submissive nature, her utterly obedient attitudes and such, she may seem strange to them. Yet, she can be a source of solace for anyone if she is given the chance, under her servant-like nature, there is a quiet and sweet girl who is not judgmental, and she will give words of comfort to people if they need it. Cináed holds inside of her head a vast amount of knowledge, though she would rather not have to make choices and use it, Cináed is anything but stupid. She is a very capable advice giver, though she will rarely utter an opinion unless ordered or told to do so.
This was simply how she was raised; Cináed’s caretakers were not the kindest of the bunch. Due to this, it is hard to defer Cináed from a set path once it has been established for her, she does what she is told and it is rare for her to ever branch away from this path. While she does have her own sense of judgment, she will rarely follow through if it informs her that her ordered actions are wrong.
Oddities: For being as small as she is, Ciná has an unusually large appetite, she gets hungry often and tends to eat so much food, you’d think she’d be making herself sick. This couldn’t be further from the truth though, as Cináed always seems perfectly content after a meal despite having consumed enough food for someone twice her size. The girl is a food lover, and appreciates a good meal, always being polite about it and showing her gratitude whenever she’s served or cooked for.
She apparently sleepwalks, that’s what she’s been told at least. Evidently, she wanders out of her bed at random and walks around, even going outside. Cináed has been told she carries the expression of a doll whenever this happens, and if she is addressed, she speaks in a tone of voice that is very, very monotone.
Given her passive and rather submissive nature, as well as the need for her to more or less ‘serve’ under someone, Ciná is a girl who speaks in an usually formal manner, given her upbringing. She does not use abbreviations in her speech, such as ‘I’m’ she will instead say ‘I am.’
In line with how she was raised, Cináed is very much a subservient girl. So much so, that it is almost frightening to think about. It is very rare to see her ever, ever act on her own.
Although she is a Salamander Halfling, Cináed is completely unaware of her heritage and believes herself to be fully human, so whatever powers she holds over fire are still dormant.
Despite her nature, Cináed has a small quirk that is all her own, she gives people nicknames.
Likes: Cooking/baking, sewing, animals, books/reading, writing, the stars, sweets, and looking at the moon.
Dislikes: Having to make decisions, isolation, monsters, blood, pain, death, bitter/sour things, being left to her own volition, and thunderstorms.
Hobbies: Reading, writing, cooking/baking, stargazing, and companionship.
Phobia(s):
Atychiphobia – Failure.
Agliophobia – Pain
Hemophobia – Blood that is not her own
Astraphobia – Thunderstorms
Aquaphobia – Deep water
Skills: She is gifted with an odd knowledge of human anatomy, she knows all of the pressure points on the body, and is completely able to use this to her advantage. Cináed knows how to inflict a massive amount of pain to a person without threatening their life, how to temporally paralyze a person’s limbs, how to knock someone out cold in fifteen seconds and she also knows how to make it appear someone is dead for a short period of time. Even though this knowledge can be used for malicious purposes, it is more often used to calm people down, or to make them feel better if they are in pain from an injury or some sort of ache.
Cináed is fleet of foot; her small size and upbringing have left her as this. She is able to deftly dodge people, and to slip in and out of crowds if she must. Also, her training has left her rather graceful.
Due to her nature and rearing, Cináed is a skilled cook, while not the greatest, she is at least able to make food according to a recipe and have it taste as it should. Nothing special about it really.
Weapon: Chakrams
Fighting Style: She does not have a very defined fighting style due to never having to do real battle, however, if she were made to fend for herself, Cináed’s manner of battle would be flighty, graceful and quick. Her training as a Pierrot has lead her to be skilled in using chakrams, which could double as a viable weapon.
Abilities: Recollection; because she has read so very many books and such in her lifetime, Cináed is gifted with a wealth of miscellaneous knowledge that she can recall at will. The information she is privy to varies greatly by topic. As she was never given a formal education, all she has ever learned came from the books she read.
As of now, Cináed has no other abilities that are truly noteworthy.
Personal History: Cináed’s very life was threatened before she even took her first breath. Before her existence was even known of, Cináed’s father was slaughtered, his death used as an example to the public for what ‘treason’ could cost them. The reasons her father was accused of treason remains unknown, but this is why he was killed. Grieving over his death, Cináed’s mother fell ill shortly after, before finding out she was pregnant. Upon this discovery, she was shell-shocked, and became frightened for the life growing inside of her. Her husband having been executed for an unknown crime, it was feared what would happen to his offspring—would it too be sentenced to death for some unknown reason?
Cináed’s mother was born of a proud lineage, the de Amore family, the heiress to the family’s name and privileges, Violetta de Amore was a proud woman who fell in with a commoner, a strange man whose true history was a tale unknown to all but he. His name was Julius Lockhart. . . . It did not take long for them to wed, yet, shortly after their marriage, Julius’ execution was carried out. Still carrying her proud name, Violetta came to be with child.
In the fear she carried for the child’s life, Violetta contacted her sister shortly before she was due to give birth, and pleaded with her and her husband to take care of the baby. Violetta’s sister was an odd woman, the black sheep of the de Amore family, and estranged from her sibling—instead of being a lady of aristocracy, she instead ran away from home at a young age when her strangeness was rejected by her parents. She went by the name of Athene, and after fleeing from home, she married a the son of a ringmaster, he went by the name of Maxwell. Quickly the two came to live and help run the circus . . . Athene eventually came to contact her sister again, letting her know of her wellbeing and such, as well as where she was.
The two never really got along very well, but still, they were sisters. After some time of pleading with her, Violetta received Athene’s reluctant aid in protecting the life of her child. For the first time she fled from home, Athene returned to the de Amore estate in time for Cináed’s birth. After she was born, and given a name, Athene took her niece off quickly and returned to her husband and the circus they travelled with. Because she had been begged and pleaded with to take the child, Athene did not hold much affection for the little Cináed. Regarded as such, the girl was raised with little love. She was not abused in any manner, simply, she just was not shown acceptance, support or anything of the sort.
Cináed grew up in the care of her aunt and uncle, unaware of her birthrights or heritage. As far as she knew, she was simply the daughter of a ringmaster and his assisting wife. Nothing more. She learned and grew up performing in the circus herself, helping to care for the animals and people who travelled with them. . . . Never given a formal education, the only way Cináed every learned anything was from people who took pity on her in the towns they remained in, strangers taught her the basics of reading, writing, and math. All the while Athene and Maxwell formed and shaped Cináed to be a subservient girl, someone who wouldn’t get in their way or annoy them. They wanted no trouble from her so they taught her to bent to their will and to not question what it was they told her to do.
For nearly eighteen years, Cináed lived like this. Never knowing any other way of life, always assuming that this was how she was suppose to exist. . . . It was shortly before she was to be eighteen, Violetta contacted Athene once more and said it was time for Cináed to be returned to her rightful place in society—her birth was known of now and she was already betrothed to the son of the local ruling Duke of the region, Louis Auttenberg. It was then that the reality of her birth was told to Cináed, she learned she was not the daughter of Athene and Maxwell, but that they were her aunt and uncle. Confused and not understanding any of this, Cináed simply remained passive toward everything she was told, as her existence fell to pieces around her. It was how she was raised after all. Upon being returned home, Cináed at last met face to face with her birthmother, with Violetta.
Violetta herself was still a weak and ailing woman, and because Cináed was raised as a submissive girl who had an innate need to latch onto someone and deem them her superior, the girl bent to the will of a mother she hardly knew, learning she would soon be married and be made to live the life of a noble’s wife.
Cináed has been with her mother for but a month now, adjusting to life as aristocracy without questioning anything she is told to do. Upon her eighteenth birthday, she is to be wed to Louis Auttenberg, the son of the local corrupted and greedy Duke Auttenberg who reigns over the region. A notable womanizer, Cináed does not understand his ways, yet still, she will go through with the marriage because she does not know how to say no. She is being told what to do and thus, she believes it to be best. . . .
The night before her birthday is fast approaching, and it will be then that Cináed attends a party thrown in the honor of her and Louis’ marriage. . . .
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