#da.accepted

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(alexandra dowling, 24, cis female) Is that (NISSA FLETCHER) walking through the castle halls? (SHE) hails from (OSCANA) and is known as a (COURTESAN). Word around the castle is that (SHE) is (INTELLIGENT & BRAVE) but can be (STUBBORN & DECEITFUL) if crossed. (ooc: becky, 25, gmt, she/her, no triggers)

Welcome to Oscana, NISSA FLETCHER. Be sure to complete the checklist after you settle in. Don’t take too long! Life at court moves fast, and you won’t want to miss a thing.

Why have you come to the court of Oscana?

“It’s my home. I owe my life to Madame Macre and she won’t let me forget it anytime soon. I’m stuck here until she’s finished with me.” Nissa breathed a laugh. “It’s not so bad. Plenty of opportunities if you know where to look and when to keep your head down. My advice? Don’t get caught up with the royal lot and you’ll be fine.”

Do you support the alliance between Oscana and Ryhule?

“Doesn’t make a difference to me.” She shrugged slim shoulders, hint of smirk curling the edges of her lips. “If the powers that be can put their dicks away long enough to work things out, good for them.”

What secret or scandal are you hiding?

“My skill and reputation for discretion throughout certain influential channels gained the notice of Oscana’s spymaster. For a very high price I spent a year working the court at Ryhule, collecting their secrets in the beds of nobles.”

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(henry cavill, 37, cis male) Is that CAIN HOWELL walking through the castle halls? HE hails from OSCANA and is known as the BLACKSMITH. Word around the castle is that HE is HARDWORKING & DISCREET but can be IRRITABLE & WITHDRAWN if crossed. (ooc: emma, 24, bst, she/her, n/a)

Welcome to Oscana, CAIN HOWELL. Be sure to complete the checklist after you settle in. Don’t take too long! Life at court moves fast, and you won’t want to miss a thing.

“Why have you come to the court of Oscana?”

“Why does anyone go anywhere,” Cain growls, focussed more on sanding the blade rested firm on his thighs than entertaining the imbecile spouting riddles; “greed, shelter. I go where there’s gold and goods. Men need blades, I provide them. Royals need locks and keys to hide their secrets, I provide them. It’s a job. Nothing special."

“Do you support the alliance between Oscana and Ryhule?”

"Depends,” he says, with a long shrug that stretches the hard-worked muscle of his upper arm. “War requires weapons. I sell them in exchange for gold. Gold buys meat and ale. Peace is a nice idea, but an alliance is a fool’s errand. It’s in noble blood to thirst for more land, wealth, power. No fancy wedding or wide smiles are gonna hide the corpses in their closets. As long as they keep their business out of mine, they can keep playing pretend. Nothin’ to do with me."

“What secret or scandal are you hiding?”

The question causes Cain to finally pause his work. He continues to wipe dust from the metal, but the movement is light, lost, distracted. "There’s a reason I’m good at making blades. You can’t weld what you can’t wield. I was a soldier. A fucking good one. In charge of hundreds - thousands - of men, most prone to pissing their pants at the sight of battle before I taught them how to fight.

Then my anger got the best of me. Saw a civilian attempting to assault a woman in the street and, well. Public execution apparently ain’t honest entertainment when it’s the son of some Duke. I wasn’t just kicked out the army, I was kicked out the land. I’m originally from Ryhule, see, but now I got enemies there. So I got my head down and practiced my father’s craft. Got fucking good at it, too. Didn’t want to turn to mercenary work if I didn’t have to, not that I blame those who do. In fact, I sell just as many weapons to the royals as I do to those who want ‘em dead.”

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(anya chalotra, 24, cis female) Is that (CAHIRA MYKONOS) walking through the castle halls? (SHE) hails from (OSCANA) and is known as the (LADY OF WESTERLY). Word around the castle is that (SHE) is (INTUITIVE & CHARISMATIC) but can be (SHARP TONGUED & CALCULATED) if crossed. (ooc: trix, 27, est, she/her, none)

Welcome to Oscana, CAHIRA MYKONOS. Be sure to complete the checklist after you settle in. Don’t take too long! Life at court moves fast, and you won’t want to miss a thing.

“Why have you come to the court of Oscana?”

“Is it not a Duke and Duchess’ daughter’s duty to be present at court to represent the Duchy? Particularly a court you’re bound to by blood? Precisely. Besides, I certainly couldn’t imagine abandoning court life now - things have gotten frightfully interesting, if we’re being truthful, and I’d hate to miss all the delicious scandal.”

“Do you support the alliance between Oscana and Ryhule?”

“I haven’t decided if I truly support it or not. I can see the advantages to an alliance, certainly. But, something as feeble as that of an alliance born from a marriage? It seems flimsy at best, and disaster in a pretty disguise at worst.”

“What secret or scandal are you hiding?”

“It was a terrible tragedy - widowed at just twenty one - when my late husband left this world. A hunting accident’s wound took him, rest his soul, or at least that’s what the court thinks - but the truth is that I’ve got his blood on my hands for being the licentious and abhorrent man he was, and it was by the grace of my mother and father’s wit, and our connections to the royal family, that kept everyone from knowing how it was I who dealt him his death with poison slipped into his pain tonics after that fateful wound was bestowed upon him.”

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(ANEURIN BARNARD, 30, MALE) Is that (YARRIC MORRELL) walking through the castle halls? He hails from (OSCANA) and is known as the (ROYAL EXECUTIONER). Word around the castle is that he is (RELIABLE & PRACTICAL) but can be (TACTLESS & IMPULSIVE) if crossed. (ooc: Mouse, 25, GMT, she/her, no triggers)

Welcome to Oscana, Yarric Morrell. Be sure to complete the checklist after you settle in. Don’t take too long! Life at court moves fast, and you won’t want to miss a thing.

“Why have you come to the court of Oscana?”

Brought to the court of Oscana when he was twenty five, Yarric sent by his father to be an apprentice to the old royal executioner. Seeing as the Morrell family are a lesser noble family his father figured the Yarric had no chance of being part of the court. It didn’t help that he was quiet and tactless young man. This was their best chance for the Morrell’s to have eyes and ears with the royals.

Some think that killing people is easy. It is but executing them? That’s hard. There’s a skill to bringing the axe down on a person and making it as painless as possible. There’s a skill to not letting it effect you. To Yarric he took great pride in learning this skill from the past executioner.

“Do you support the alliance between Oscana and Ryhule?”

Yarric is supportive of the alliance between the Oscana and Ryhule. Despite his position he doesn’t want to be part of a war in any way. He would rather any conflict was dealt with in meetings or done by underhanded means.

“What secret or scandal are you hiding?”

Yarric is actually a bastard child, his father had an affair with younger noble woman. Once she was found to be pregnant she was whisked away to her families summer house where she stayed until the child was had. The noble woman’s father tried to protect her and told her she was unable to keep the child, that’s when he was sent to be brought up by his father. Of course, it caused a uproar in the Morrell house but in order to keep appearances they raised him as one of their own and no one is aware of who his real mother is. Only the Morrell Family know the full details.

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(JASON MOMOA, 40, CISMALE) Is that (KEONI SHALE) walking through the castle halls? (HE) hails from (OSCANA) and is known as the (COMMANDER of OSCANA’S ARMY). Word around the castle is that (HE) is (STRONG & COURAGEOUS) but can be (IMPULSIVE & UNYIELDING) if crossed. (ooc: Penny, 20, pst, she/her, none)

Welcome to Oscana, KEONI SHALE. Be sure to complete the checklist after you settle in. Don’t take too long! Life at court moves fast, and you won’t want to miss a thing.

“Why have you come to the court of Oscana?”

“I live here.” He said before downing the rest of his drink. Waving two fingers in the air Keoni didn’t continue until his mug was filled. “Tried out Ryhule before coming here but Oscana proved to have more need of me. I have also grown fond of the sea.”

“Do you support the alliance between Oscana and Ryhule?”

“If you asked me that five years ago I would have said no, because back then whatever Ryhule and Oscana did didn’t matter to us.” Sighing he ran a calloused hand through his hair. “Now it does matter. I have seen the things Ryhule as done and the blood they have shed, my heart calls for vengeance for the comrades I’ve lost. However if the queen says that we’ll try for peace? Then I will try for peace.”

“What secret or scandal are you hiding?”

Keoni chuckled. “I see now why you are paying my tavern bill.” He put his mug at the end of the bar. “Simply put I’m not from Oscana or Ryhule. I come from a nomadic clan in the far east. A mountainous country. I was exiled, forced to leave my country and leave my clan name behind. Some day I plan to return there.”

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(Jamie Chung, thirty-seven, cis female) Is that (FELICITY FLINT) walking through the castle halls? (SHE) hails from (OSCANA) and is known as the (PIRATE CAPTAIN). Word around the castle is that (SHE) is (PASSIONATE & CLEVER) but can be (PROUD & BITTER) if crossed. (ooc: Vic, twenty-two, EST, she/her, no triggers)

Welcome to Oscana, FELICITY FLINT. Be sure to complete the checklist after you settle in. Don’t take too long! Life at court moves fast, and you won’t want to miss a thing.

“Why have you come to the court of Oscana?”

“I have a few friends here,” Felicity says with a casual wave of her hand, a displeased wrinkle in her nose.  The whole atmosphere of the court was rather loathsome, in her opinion, but it was much easier to keep an eye on the situation with Greenwood and the Arkwrights when she was so close to it.  “I don’t anticipate I will be here for too long.”

“Do you support the alliance between Oscana and Ryhule?”

She barks out a laugh.  “If they could make it happen, I am all for it – but there is no chance they ever will.  This tentative truce they have now can’t hold long enough for them to actually come to an agreement that everyone can live with.  Their fragile egos will snap before long, and they’ll be back to fighting.”  She rolls her eyes.  While she does not mind a good fight when it is between the actual fighters, the ones to blame are not the ones on the ground here.  “I give it three months at best.”

“What secret or scandal are you hiding?”

“Well, it’s not mine, I’ll tell you that.”  She drops her voice, careful to make sure this information does not travel further than she lets it.  “But I happen to know that a certain Earl is even less honorable than he wants the world to see – and that is saying something.  It’s worth a great deal of money to him to keep this quiet.”  And she intended to take full advantage of that fact for as long as it lasted.

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(Keiynan Lonsdale, 26, Male) Is that (ARCHON BALTIERRA) walking through the castle halls? (HE) hails from (RYHULE) and is known as the (CROWN PRINCE). Word around the castle is that (HE) is (CURIOUS & EMPATHETIC) but can be (SELF-DESTRUCTIVE & EVASIVE) if crossed. (ooc: Lance, 21, PST, She/Her, trypophobia)

Welcome to Oscana, ARCHON BALTIERRA. Be sure to complete the checklist after you settle in. Don’t take too long! Life at court moves fast, and you won’t want to miss a thing.

“Why have you come to the court of Oscana?”

He huffs out a tired laugh, “If I wasn’t here I’m afraid the kingdoms would go to war.” With a sigh he grits his teeth, “Or my parents would have had my head. I am here to do what needs to be done, may the crowned princess and I be happily wed- quickly.”

“Do you support the alliance between Oscana and Ryhule?”

He gives a firm nod, “It is time we learn from our history, constant conflict has solved nothing, causing needless death in its wake. My people are suffering, if something as simple as a marriage will allow them access to the waterways and rain gold across our land then so be it.” For a moment his voice softens, “Between us, what I really wish is for my siblings to see a world that isn’t filled with war.”

“What secret or scandal are you hiding?”

He takes a deep breath in, returning to his rigid posture after the bluntness of the question caused his body to react in shock, “I do not wish to marry the crowned princess- for many reasons. And while marriage does not require love, I wish to spend my life with someone who cherishes me the way I cherish them. I do not love her, I could never love her, for I love a man.” His shoulders slump and he casts his gaze to the ground, “But I will do what needs to be done, for my siblings and my people. The constant threat of conflict is exhausting and I am tired…So, very tired.”

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(Keira Knightley, 38, cis-female) Is that (DELIA ARKWRIGHT) walking through the castle halls? (SHE) hails from (OSCANA) and is known as a (COURTESAN). Word around the castle is that (SHE) is (CHARMING & AMIABLE) but can be (DISTRUSTING & CALLOUS) if crossed. (ooc: emily, 21, cst, she/her, no triggers)

Welcome to Oscana, DELIA ARKWRIGHT. Be sure to complete the checklist after you settle in. Don’t take too long! Life at court moves fast, and you won’t want to miss a thing.

Please answer the following questions in character.

“I was invited, of course.” Delia offered a smile. She took a deep breath as she looked around. “My work had me traveling the kingdom. I think it will be quite a relief to be in one place for a bit. Especially as my home is not the safest place at the moment.”

The question gave her pause. “I do.” And if she didn’t, she couldn’t exactly say it out loud. But she truly did support an alliance between their nations. “Our future queen does not wish to marry the crown prince of Ryhule, but that does not mean another alliance agreement cannot be made.”

“I am helping to blackmail the father of my child. It wasn’t my idea, but the one I love came to me and told me it would help me. You see, her father’s parents gave me a large sum to keep quiet when they found out I was pregnant, but I’ve hit a rough patch lately.” Delia bit her lip. “I feel a bit guilty about it, but at least at court, perhaps Xenia may meet her father.”