"She is free in her wildness, she is a wanderess, a drop of free water."
~Roman Payne
Corinna Isolde Auclair
|| Nicknames ||
Her entire family calls her Cora, and those who do not know her as well may call her Cori
|| Gender ||
Female
|| Age ||
Twenty-seven
|| Rank/Title:
Lady, Sister to King Cyprian Auclair
|| Sexual Orientation ||
Bisexual
|| Kingdom/Alliance ||
Seabel
Deep, russet-like ginger
|| Eye Color ||
Deep brown that is nearly black
|| Height ||
Five feet, nine inches
|| Weight ||
One hundred, forty pounds
|| Scars ||
Corinna has no noticeable scars, but that would, of course, be expected of a young lady of her standing. If one looks close enough, they may spot some small scars on her hands from sewing needles or from playing as a child.
|| Description ||
Cora has always been and likely always will be an excellent example of female beauty. It seems to run in the Auclair family, actually. She is above average height for a woman, but she enjoys it and often attempts to accent it in any way she can. Her hair often captures light and reflects it to emphasize the reddish hue. Her eyes are dark, a trait more uncommon among the Auclair family, but she makes up for it in her wardrobe. She carries herself proudly and regally like a bird showing itself off in an elaborate display. As such, she dresses in bright colors and flashy fabrics. Her ears have been pierced only as is proper for a woman of her title, and she dresses these piercings with elaborate jewels and metals. Cora often wears a smirk upon her lips, but it is more endearing than teasing or taunting. She always seems to carry about an air of inquiry and looks to be questioning everything and anything all at once.
There was a time when Corinna Auclair believed in happy endings and princes that whisked a girl off to a castle. She believed in love for years, and maybe she still does, but she refuses to let that side of her show anymore. Cora returned from the Estermont estate as a changed girl, one who trusts very little and always seems to be compensating for something. She's horribly insecure, and oh how she wishes she wasn't. But she can't quite shake the feeling that she has let her family down in her life choices, and they seem to haunt her on a daily basis.
She hides behind a bold, crass persona who simply isn't afraid to speak out and speak loudly. As she sees it, no man will want her now, and so she has no one to impress any longer. Corinna has fiery, Auclair blood in her veins, and she is certainly one to step up to a fight or, perhaps, even begin one. She feels it's necessary to stand up for herself since she's not sure who else will now. Certainly, she has her mother and her brothers, but she doubts sometimes that they truly do care for her.
Cora focuses intensely on many things at once, to the point where she often overwhelms herself. In fact, sometimes she'll simply work herself up into a fit of tears without uttering a single word. She obsesses over simple ideas or words, and she may focus on a single statement for a week. It has certainly made her the intelligent woman she is now, but it has also made her as insecure and obsessive as she also is.
Despite it all, however, the one thing that truly brings Cora the same sort of bliss and joy that she experienced as a child is her son, Calisto. She coddles him and seems to watch his every move, as though she is worried Christoph will take the boy from her. She couldn't bear such a thing, of course. Cora has a habit of mothering anyone from other children to her own peers. She enjoys giving advice, but she dislikes taking it from others and often cries when given constructive criticism. She tries not to, of course, but tears come far too easily to her still. They probably will come to her quite easily for the rest of her life as well.
She hardly enjoys most hobbies anymore, but she still reads avidly when she finds herself with nothing to do. Otherwise, she may sew and weave, but these activities bring Cora little joy. She also rides occasionally, but she never seems content with it.
|| Habits ||
Cora bites at her nails almost constantly, and if she is not doing that, she picks at her nails or kneads her hands. In general, she likes to keep her hands busy, and if her son is around, she often does this by toying with his hair. She makes eye contact almost constantly as if trying to prove she isn't afraid of a scenario.
|| Oddities ||
She has developed a sort of anxiety over the past six years. Corinna often finds herself just between states of bliss and mental fatigue. As such, she can often be found with an expression that makes her seem as though she is about to sob.
- Calisto, her son
- Horses
- Attention
- Books
- Confrontation
- The Quiet
- Christoph Estermont
- Rain
- Shouting
- Senseless Death
|| Place Of Origin ||
Falor
|| History ||
Corinna's birth did not occur for years after Cyprian was born. Her parents had intended to give her older brother time to grow up in their care so that when they finally did have their second child, they could dote upon it. That's how life was for the first year. Cora was the apple of her parents' eyes. She was a darling young girl, and she was loved by all. And then her younger brother arrived far earlier than Persephone Auclair had hoped.
The middle child is, notoriously, the difficult child. Nestled between her brothers, Corinna unfortunately received little attention from either parent. Cyprian was tutored in the ways of maintaining the family fortune, and Capheus caused enough trouble himself that their mother often had to follow the young boy lest he harm himself. And so Cora was placed in the care of women who taught her how to sew and read and tend to her husband's household.
Truly, she enjoyed these lessons, but her real passion was in riding with her brothers. For a few years, she dreamed of being a knight, but those dreams were all too quickly snatched from her by her mother. Not that Persephone meant it in a mean manner, but she insisted that the young girl get her head out of the clouds and face reality. It shattered Cora's heart, but she followed along nonetheless, watching her mother, learning the ways of a noble woman until her boyish tendencies were almost entirely forgotten. But she did not forget her rebellious streak.
She met Christoph Estermont when she was fourteen and he was thirty-four. By then, his hair had already begun to gray, but she was smitten with the silver-tongued man almost instantly. He was smooth, charming, and she wanted to be his. Her parents forbade it, of course, for they knew he already had two children, one of eleven and the other of four. Their mothers had been forgotten, and they knew Cora would be as well. Their warnings did little to dissuade the girl. She waited, and she grew to love him over time.
Eventually, when she had turned eighteen, she left home to be with him. It was here she met his children, Loras and Loria. It was Loria she grew closer to, however. They forged a bond, the two of them, and it is one that persists to this day. She'd refuse to admit it now, but those years with Christoph were some of the best she had ever had. She bore him a son soon after her twenty-third birthday. He insisted she entrust the boy to him, and Cora refused vehemently. She fought him, told him she wanted to marry him now, solidify their love for each other and for their son. He didn't, of course, and so he removed her from his household and sent her on her way to the Auclair estate, Calisto held tightly in her arms.
When she arrived, she broke down, and her mother, having little choice, could only cry with her daughter as she brought the young woman and the baby in. For four years she lived with her mother and father, regaining whatever mental strength she had lost. And then her world fell apart once more. Her elder brother fled Falor, taking refuge in the newly-formed Seabel. Before word could reach his family for them to join him, their father was murdered at the hands of loyalists.
Knowing nothing was left for them in Falor, the Auclair family fled after Cyprian and Juliana to Seabel. It has, of course, been a difficult two years. Adjustment for all of the family hasn't come easily, and it most certainly hasn't come easily to Cora who has searched for stability for the past six years. She has found just a shred of it in her son, and so she holds him close and keeps him safe in an obsessive manner. She refuses to lose him too. She has lost far too much already.
|| Happiest Memory ||
The birth of her son, Calisto
|| Saddest Memory ||
The death of her father, Hektor Auclair, as well as being kicked out of Christoph's home following Calisto's birth
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