#character:fenice

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When Comes the Dawn Writing Update |

I just finished writing the chapter where Sola is introduced and reunited with Fenice after a long time, and we’re finally getting into the murder-mystery aspect of the story along with all of the court intrigue. 

 “You know that I would do anything for you, even without the pretense of gifts.”

“I know.” She inclined her head, silver eyes downcast. “But it is because I know this that I feel I must give you a gift. Especially for what I must ask you to do.”

We also got a very brief--an awkward--interaction between Charles and Fenice who met each other for the first time. I actually reused a scene I had written for @yourocbackstory’s event.

Fenice looked up, and it was not Sola Eidos who came as she expected.

It was Charles.

Thirteen and ruddy-faced, already a burgeoning Adonis in his youth. His hair, so dark a brown it almost appeared black, clung to his face. His white tunic clung to his torso, smeared with dirt and dust, which were tucked into black breeches. 

Her nose twitched at the stench of sweat that lingered around his frame but steeled herself from the urge to pinch her nose and leave.

“May I help you?” She said, eyes boring into his silver ones. 

He blinked owlishly at her, head imperceptibly jerked up at the sound of her voice. “I--um...yes?”

On a side note: I’m really thinking of aging up my characters (well, mainly Fenice and Charles) because I really want to get into certain aspects of their backstory/relationship with others, but being the age they’re mostly at right now (16 and under), bringing that stuff up would just be weird.

New ages:

Fenice: previous 15, now 18

Charles: previously 13, now 16

Everyone else is the same

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When Comes the Dawn | Excerpts

Oh, how infinitesimal Fenice felt under their gaze. Her knees trembled to prostrate herself in front of such sacred deities, to pledge her undying fidelity to their cause. Stone figures they were, but even she, a deadborn, could feel the power emanating from such masterful artistry. 

But at the same time, she could feel the deep, unseated resentment that simmered in her belly. It was these gods that cursed her so. Who brought down misfortune upon her for simply existing. 

Fenice loved them. Fenice hated them. Such a dichotomy of devotion and loathing roiled within her heart, making the organ ache within its confines. 

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If you get this in your ask box, pass it on to the next writeblr with Royal OC(s). Is there a historical/modern tiara/crown you want to see your OC(s) in? What palace do you see your OC living in? What monarch (historical/Modern) does your oc(s) most reassemble in personality/appearance?

To be honest, I've always just imagined Fenice wearing a golden laurel, akin to roman emperors and empresses. Though I could definitely see her wearing Princess Tanako's Diamond Bandeau tiara, the Nine Provinces tiara, or Princess Ayako of Takamodo's Diamind Wreath tiara (all of which I admired after spending a lot of scrolling through @tiaramania 's blog)

Whatever crown Lucilla is wearing in Gladiator is gorgeous as well sorry for barely knowing anything on crowns!!

Oh definitely torn between the glamour of Versaille or the ancient aesthetic of the House of Augustus on Palatine Hill

I don't know about appearances...maybe somewhat similar to Hurrem Sultan or a young Queen Victoria

Personality wise, I based her on a strange mixture of Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth I, and Katherine the Great

Thanks to @inky-duchess for also tagging me in this!

Tagging: @hell-yeah-fantasy @onedayiwillwritestuff and anyone else who wants to participate!

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Hello! For the ask game: 👽 Describe your OC as if they were an urban legend or myth! Have a nice day!

Thank you!

Also tagging @thebestmollygrue who asked me this earlier, but I didn't see it because Tumblr app has issues.

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They say She is...unnatural. Where as you and I are born with the warm ventrils of Arcana coursing through our veins, She has none. Merely a void where the essence of life should be.

They say that She was born with Death clutching at her foot, that when She was born no cry rang out--only silence. They say the healers and midwives proclaimed Her dead, but when Her pagan mother uttered a guttural cry, like all mothers do when their infant lay dying, She awoke as if merely resting. But I tell you--and I heard this from my cousin who worked in the palace, and she told me this word for word--that the healers swore that the young lass had no heartbeat.

It must have been Her pagan of a mother I tell you, practicing those dark arts of hers. But then again, it might just be recompense. Revenge, I say, for all the lives Titania of Taul took. Only fitting after all, that the Buther of the North's child be born dead. Maybe that's why good king Dantalion sent his cursed wife and child to live so far away.

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🐟 & 🏀 for Fenice :>

🐟 What was your OC like as a baby? What were they like as a child? A teenager? An adult? How do you think they’ll develop ten years into their future? Twenty years? Will they live to old age?

Sorry this is super late! I tried to find this one deleted scene that perfectly encapsulates what kind of kid Fenice was, but 😔 I never found it.

Baby | Fenice was a deadborn, someone born without magic, and honestly, the majority of the world (including her parents) thought she wouldn't make it through the night. They never even named her until after the 3rd day of her birth. The fact that she hardly cried or made a noise only deepened their worries.

Child | She was a very...solemn child. She was sick more often than not, often spending her days indoors with occasional strolls about the gardens. She lived a lonely existence, and since she was surrounded by adults who were subservient to her, and with a mother that was raised to have a 'stiff upper lip,' she sort of behaved like a dowager 5x her age.

Teenager | She's always know about the circumstances of her birth, but it's only when she realized what it all entails that the envy and rage starts settling in. She starts to study and learn all the same things she would have been tutored in had she been heir presumptive, as her own way of living the life that was 'denied' to her. She's more moody, prone to self introspection and filled with ambition she's uncertain will ever be fulfilled.

In 20 years...she'll be wiser, I'm certain. More empathetic to people beyond their daily lives as servants to the crown, and more caring to people other than those she's considered family. Living to old age, however, is a tricky question that even I' not all that certain about.

🏀 Does your OC have any skills that people wouldn’t expect them to have? Do they have a hobby or pass time that others would consider strange or weird? How did they learn this particular skill or pick up this hobby?

Fenice is actually somewhat knowledgable about the arcane studies and drawing seals. Most people assume she'd never study it because of her inability to use magic and find it peculiar when they find out she can make a damn good seal.

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🎁 What would be the perfect gift to buy your OC? What would be the worst gift? Are they themselves any good at gifting things or are they really indescisive? How do they wrap their presents?

For both Charles and Fenice, anything homemade would be best (though of course, if it's badly done, Fenice will criticize the gift because if you're going to put effort into something handmade then might as well make it the best. She'll still accept it though). Fenice has mostly received handmade (or at least self-hunted) gifts from her mother, so anything bought (especially if there's minimal thought put into it) will probably receive half-hearted gratitude. Charles is the opposite, where he's usually been given something very expensive and carefully picked out to curry favor, so anything with genuine thought will make him really happy.

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First and Last please?

Sure thing 💜

FIRST |

Her first steps outside the lands of her stately manor were in gray skirts under gray skies, clouds gathering overhead the somber funeral procession as Fenice’s retinue made the long trek to the capital. The king requested that his beloved be released within the marble skies of the temple, and as his dutiful subjects, they must obey.

LAST |

Fenice smiled, resigned. “I promise.”

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📓 Write a typical diary/journal page by your OC! (or if you’d rather not, describe their journal. Do they keep one, why?) 👽 Describe your OC as if they were an urban legend or myth!

It has finally arrived.

Of course, there isn't a great need for me to request that Leda send The Cloak along with my other things, even if the king had already ordered a new set of outfits for me to fit the incoming season. But...

It must be silly of me to fuss over a cloak so much when I hardly wear it. But still-- despite the lack of practicality of a feathered cloak, it still brings me great comfort to know it's nearby. Like, like a piece of my mother is still with me, however silly that may sound.

Leda said that she stored The Cloak in my armoire should I ever need it, though I hesitate to ever bring it out in public. The Cloak my mother weaved will seem like such a pagan thing to the court. I'm already threading on thin icein their eyes, I wouldn't want to fall from their esteem any further. Especially with the Temple.