"Life's just not as fun without a little mystery,"
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Nicknames and Aliases: Jean {Not many call her that, as the English often pronounce it wrong and she isn't fond of that}, Nettle {Like Tea Nettles, most common nickname of hers in England}, Lady Jeannette
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Gender: Female
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Age:
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Ethnicity/Race: French
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Sexual Orientation:
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Race: Mermaid
Hair Color: Blonde
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Eye Color: Blue
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Height: 5'7
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Weight: 120
Tattoos:
N/A
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Piercings:
N/A
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Scars:
She has an awful scar around her ankles, a burn mark that never quite faded. She got her tail caught in a fisherman's rope and it gave her bad rope burn.
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Oddities:
Water Manipulation- she hasn't been in the queen's court very long either, only about a year- the same amount of time she has been in England.
{Mischievous, Imaginative, Adaptive, Callous, Self-victimizing}
Jeannette's nickname is Nettle because she is often described like one- she can be sweet and mellow, but only when people give things to her or try to be around her often enough that they become desensitized to her otherwise black qualities. She's quite mischievous, often hanging around in the Queen's lakes or ponds with a mask on to scare unwilling people. She comes up with wild schemes to prank people or otherwise scare them, though she would never harm a person intentionally. When push comes to shove, however, she an be quite funny and adaptable, going along with whatever the other person wants and making them feel at home and happy. However, she's callous at times and cold- she doesn't really 'get' how to be nice to people who aren't nice to her. She also victimizes herself to get out of trouble often, as she is quite good at playing the victim even if the situation was obviously her fault.
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Hobbies:
-Painting
-Swimming
-Scaring People
-Laughing
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Habits:
-She often goes around barefoot because she doesn't like the feeling of restricted feet/fins
-Bites her nails when nervous
-Obsessively combs her hair when she doesn't feel safe or at home.
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Likes/Loves:
- Boat rides
- The Ocean (water in general)
- Swimming
- History (inherited from her father)
- France
- Coffee
- Shoes/Restricting clothing
- Being deep inland
- Stuffy people
- Abusive people
History:
Nettle was born to Jacques Auguste de Thou , who is the only true reason she was aloud in the court in the first place. As the daughter of not only a noted historian but also a president of France's Parliament, she was a French Nobel from birth. Her spoon wasn't just silver, it was gold plated. Still, she didn't grow up spoiled- she grew up happy. Her mother was quite a bit forward-thinking, and her father accepted her as a smart young lady with a bright future, even if she had to hide behind a male. So, he taught her- history, maths, laws of every notable nation. Though son père knew a lot, he did not know everything, especially about his wife's linage.
Her mother raised her differently than her father, in secret- about who she was and what she was to become. A mermaid. Jean's mother taught her all about how to control it, how to hide it, how to survive in high society with it. But Jean didn't want to survive with it, she wanted to live with it. So, she began to develop it, every summer- her family would take trips to the sea and she would disappear, into the ocean, for days sometimes. Her mother covered her, telling her husband she was with a distant relative.
Jeannette grew to be a local mystery- she wore a blue Carnival mask on her face when she went to the coast as a mermaid, embedded with white sea foam pearls. She was une femme de la mer, a woman of the sea. She was talked about in whispered tones, and she adored it. Scaring people, getting a laugh out of it, it was her life for once every summer.
And then she turned 16, and her father insisted she needed to learn the ways of the world and spread the family name. So, with her second language as English (her father taught her law in English as well as French and made her practice every day, so even though her accent is strong she is quite good at it), the natural choice was to send her to England. The planning was long and the trip was longer, but she enjoyed the warm sunny ship (first class, of course), as well as the knowledge she would be well accepted once there- the queen sent a message saying she would be treated like Royalty in the queen's court because of her status in France. And she was - well received, well fed, well clothed. She receives a monthly gift from her family in the form of a nice sum of Francs, which she quickly transfers to pay for her endeavors (she lives within the palace walls for free- her father either pays for her stately lodgings or it is a gift because of her status- she neither knows nor cares).
Jean has lived within England for a year and hopes to eventually remain there forever, as it has much more access to the ocean and lakes than Paris did. She knows she will have to marry to do that, but she doesn't want to worry with that yet- her reputation as a Mermaid of the Sea in England is not yet solidified and she has to fix that- Her mask in place, of course.
Face Claim: Gemma Ward