#ellen van omerta

[roseapov]

Ruby's Attendant

Yandere!Ellen van Omerta X GN!reader

The warnings: Poisoning/drugging, stalking, spying, obsessive/yandere themes, power imbalance

Summary: You're Lady Ruby's attendant. When you travel with her to her new husband's household, you quickly catch the attention of Ellen.

Povtober 2025, Day 25th [Masterlist]

You were one of Lady Rudbeckia's personal attendants, who got sent with her abroad for her contractual marriage to live with her new husband - Izek Omerta.

The long grueling journey on a ship together with the Duke's soldiers had taken it's tool on your Lady but she still handled that so well and kept on smiling while still being kind all the way, her resilient posture made you try your best to not show any signs of fatigue and keep fulfilling your task of accompanying Ruby assigned to you by her father, the Pope.

Thanks to your motivation you clearly stood out from the rest of the servants whom when the journey was stretching for way longer than they were used to they became more sloppy and weary with their movements and slower with their steps. You, on the other hand, did your best to keep up the energetic and practical tempo.

When your party had been leaving the ship and seeing the welcoming party to the contractual bride, Ellen's eyes had immediately jumped from Rudbeckia to you. After meeting her fiery red eyes, which seemed so icy cold, complete opposite of the vibrant color they could be, you looked immediately at the floor. You were just a servant you reminded yourself of. Try not to get dragged along into any drama with the big shots..

Your focus and consistency did not go unnoticed by the soldiers sent by the new husband of your lady. When the head maid of the Omera Household finally assigned the newcomers to their new tasks, one of the soldiers in particular had kept an eye on you this whole time. "They have potential" is what he thought, and being himself, the soldier - Ivan, mentioned that to both of the Omerta siblings, Izek and Ellen, with whom he was close.

Because of that, the siblings seemed to ignore you, but why would they pay attention to an ordinary servant like you anyway? Little did you know they actively observed you and calculated the potential risks you may bring. If the pope's daughter wanted to cause ruckus in their household, then she would surely use her seemingly most competent attendant to help, no? And so the quiet watching began after they forcefully put more distance between you and your Lady so you two wouldn't get a chance to scheme. "Just to be safe" is what Ellen said to justify that decision with her brother.

Izek could not keep an eye on you all the time since he was busy training and dealing with his new wife's antics, the precious lady that you serve. The task of looking after you was placed in the hands of Ellen, who more often than not delegated that task to other people in the household, to be able to keep more tabs on you and see you from other perspecives. Who knows, maybe you're just a two-faced person who licks the boots of the ones in charge but has no respect for the ones below you? She will find out.

The more she had noticed about you, how polite you were to everyone, how calm and unproblematic you had been acting, and the more she heard from her spies, of your good deeds, of your praises.. It was too perfect to not be an act, and she would not stop until she found out your true self.

After that she put herself more often into situations that allowed her a direct contact with you, like having a teatime with Ruby and you having to stand in the corner of the room ready to fulfill your Lady's wishes.. And then she observed, her sharp eyes seemingly looking through your soul, it made you so nervous, you had no idea why she was looking at you like that, you didn't do anything to accidentaly offend her, did you?

Your precious Lady however did not notice the growing tension between the two of you, and bless her heart for being so innocent and positive, but Lords above if no one's gonna come to your rescue soon you're going to pass out.

Another time, you were walking through one of the mansion corridors when you saw Ellen's figure walking in front of you and a red pouch of something on the floor behind her. You quickly grabbed it, not even looking at what was inside, and ran after the woman to give her back the pouch. The red eyed beauty looked positively shocked when you stopped her to give back her pouch, but she quickly masked that with her usual emotionless face, but don't be fooled her eyes followed you the whole time.

Yes, now she was sure that you truly were a wonderful soul, just like the lady you served, and in that moment, she wondered, would Ruby allow her to get you for herself? There was one of her maids that she noticed Ruby getting along with sweetly. Maybe she'll be open to an exchange? She wondered with an almost intractable smile on her face as she walked through the house.

Next thing you know, your Master has been reassigned, and now you're called in to bring Lady Ellen tea..? Confusedly but obediently you follow the order since theres not much you can do unless you want to challenge the Duke's family. You walk through the corridors with a porcelain teaset on a silver tray with a tight-lipped but as polite as your situation would allow you to smile. The exchange stung a little knowing how much you liked working for Ruby and how there were seemingly no reasons for your lady to exchange you like that. It left a bitter taste in your mouth.

After crossing the doorstep to Ellen's room, your senses were coated in this light yet refreshing scent with something that you couldn't quite name. After placing the tray on the table, you prepared to leave the room only to be asked to stay by the woman herself.

As you both had been enjoying the tea you drunk together, you couldn't help but start feeling a bit woozy. Your vision started to blur a little, but your new Master seemed unaffected by that, so you didn't outright panick and instead intended to put the teacup down back onto the silver tray.

However, your plans had been quickly folded by the quick and sharp order of the woman. "Do not stop drinking this," she said, and you had no choice but to follow. You swallowed thickly before placing the cup back to your lips, forcing your hand to be steady. You felt worse with each sip, yet her sharp eyes did not provide you with any peace. After you, thanks to some miracle, not passed out from finishing the whole cup of this suspicious brew, your hopes had been shattered seeing the head maid pouring you the cup full again..

It was obvious that this was deliberate, yet you felt lost, hopeless. What could a woman of her status possibly achieve by doing this? You thought as you pressed the cup again to your shaky lips, taking another long sip. Then the world swirled once, twice, and then with the corner of your eye, you saw the same red pouch that you helped Ellen get back, now being open with some unknown to you plants inside.. And then the world swirled for the third time, and you finally lost your consciousness...

[pruneunfair]

"My feelings on" part 5. How to get my husband on my side and how it properly tackles abuse, eating disorders, and relationships.

Another super popular manhwa that I can understand why it's so beloved. The Borgias were actual people in history that inspired characters like the protagonist Ruby, and the title itself already feels different since the world of OI is all about being a perfect badass woman, funnily enough, HTGMHOMS does this better than most.

Rudbeckia/Ruby starts off with the behavior of the og fls that a lot of OI make fun of. She is surrounded by what appears to be loving family members and is already being prepped to be married of to Izek, she looks excited and ready to do whatever her family wants until her inner monolog reveals how she really feels about them especially her older brother Cezar. She hates almost all of them and her real reason for being excited for marriage is so she can get away from her abusive household and avoid death which shouldn't be hard since the transmigrator doesn't plan on poisoning her sister in law like og Ruby did. She's a master of hiding her feelings already which is attributed to her past life in a similarly abusive adoptive household.

Right off bat, Ruby is shown to be strong in the mental sense. Not only is she walking on eggshells she also suffers from an ED (likely bulimia), there a quite a few scenes where she's throwing up, refusing to eat a lot, or in later chapters, eating a lot more out of stress. Her family too is whole new level of psychological horror. They aren't cartoonist evil, for example Pope Borgia is usually kind to his daughter and treats her with respect until he feels like she's defying him, all of a sudden that kind caring nature is gone, then he becomes threatening, or her older brother Cezar who has been abusing her for years both physically and sexually, he keeps her in place through fear, intimidation, and attacking her on occasion which is only enhanced after he kills Rubys bird and feeds it to his turtle which gives Ruby a phobia of turtles. It's actually heartbreaking with how eerily realistic it is when these types of people are easily placed like normal family members in certain scenes, because that's often how abusive family members blend in, almost no one knows what they are really like and if you looked at a first glance without context, you'd think "Ah yes, that's just a brother next to his siblings." They're never truly gone, they just know how to hide their true colors so well.

This is why Ruby is so much stronger than a lot of people give her credit for, she's dealing with all of this at the same time and her only hope of respite is being as far as possible from her home country. It's easy to jump to the conclusion that Ruby is just a weak stereotypical protagonist everytime you see her pretend to fawn over Izeks presence but if you read further, you'd know that Ruby doesn't like it any better but she thinks she's doing what's right to avoid Izeks Wrath since she's the only one who knows what he is the one who kills the og Ruby in the novel.

Speaking of which, while Izek isn't my favorite ML ever, I still was shocked to find that I liked the typical cold nobleman persona on him. Unlike a lot of ML's Izek is allowed to be flawed and his negative traits and moments aren't brushed aside, they cause some issues like Ruby going out of her way to appear dainty and sweet so Izek won't kill her. He acknowledges how he has hurt her and grows from it and doesn't push her boundaries. It's possible for the cold Duke archetype to work but a lot of the time, the whole war hero past gets thrown to the side for baseless fan service or they're just unapologetically abusive. Izek however is in the in between. His cold and dangerous persona stays consistent but that doesn't make him one note and he gets to have geninue moments of care for those in his life rendering Izek to still be likeable.

Ive noticed that the narrative also makes sense instead of twisting itself for a stupid chance at a fan service plot. An example is Ellen and Freya.

An unfortunate sideffects from the fandom was on and off hatred of Ellen for considering what Freya had to say, taking her side or not even choosing a side at all. The readers know that Freya tried to get Ruby killed by tricking her into going into a monster infested forest or when she tried to frame Ruby for poisoning her, but does Ellen know that? Realistically she's not going to immediately turn her back on Freya since they were childhood friends along eith Izek but that doesn't mean she screams at Ruby either. Ellen does care about Ruby but she knew Freya longer than she knew Ruby. From her perspective, it' makes sense that Freya would be innocent.

But perhaps the best part about Ellen that makes her my favorite character is how she notices the little details on others. She's the first to find out that Ruby has an eating disorder and it's not out of nowhere either, Ellen and Izeks late mother also suffered from a eating disorder that Ellen witnessed more than once so it gives an explanation on how she can tell what Ruby is going through.

Side characters are treated just as well as the main cast too. From the other guards to the friendly monsters to minor antagonist and even the children are all given attention to be their own beings, it doesn't have to be a lot since most of what I mentioned are minor characters but then you got characters like Ivan who has a life outside of just being by Izeks side.

Out of all the side characters I gotta say the monsters are my favorites. It makes me wish there was a side story where Ruby successfully runs away forever and lives as a little witch with monster companions.

Of course like all media, HTGMHOMS has its flaws but I think I'll chill on this one since the flaws aren't large enough to ruin it and I want to stay positive on something I like for once.

Conclusion: This is a story that does such an amazing job with its commentary. Instead of just saying "Cezar abused Ruby in the past! Feel bad for her now!" For example, we are given actual flashbacks to respect the show don't tell rule. Other characters besides Ruby suffer from their own traumas and they get their own arcs on their hardships and how they recover from it, it handles eating disorders and trauma responses in a respectful way that has an actual effect on the plot. Most of all, it does all of this with the type of protagonist that has been deemed as "weak" before in the manhwa community. Ruby isn't a boss girl who is always successful and smart. She makes reckless decisions, she cries, she isn't always able to one-up her enemies like Freya. She's a human woman stuck in a world that's not her own but she still rises to the task at hand even with all her blunders. Ironically making her more feminist then many of the female leads before her.

[moonmercy]

A group of men and women bantered among themselves as they came down the staircase that led up to the central hall. Among the two ladies and several paladins in black armor, there were some familiar faces. Every time I saw them, I thought those men were ever so proud to be paladins.

Elenia wore an elegant blue dress and looked like a goddess with a holy knight escorting her. Freya's dress was the same in design, but hers was a soft pink that matched her platinum-blond hair. She giggled and playfully slapped the knight with silver hair nearly touching his shoulders. Iske was looking away, so I couldn't see his face, but he seemed to be in a pretty good mood.

— HOW TO WIN MY HUSBAND OVER NOVEL, Chapter 19

Well, I think their dresses are the same design, only in the manhwa Freya's dress is red and not pink.

[roseapov]

Povtober 2023, Day 31 How to win my husband over/How to get my husband on my side [Masterlist]

From the most to the least dangerous yandere, my thoughts + explanation

! STORY SPOILERS !

! ! WARNINGS ! !

Cesare de Borgia - Oh, you don't wanna mess with him. I was debating who would be the worst to a darling, and then I took one look at Ruby, and I immediately knew the answer. While I think escaping Izek might be harder, Cesare will fuck you up.

He is Cardinal Valentino, a priest, a holy figure guiding lost, etc. Truly, if any scandal with you reached the outsiders ears, his reputation would be done for, that's only if anyone would believe you.

You would get trained to be an obedient dog and other inhumane humiliating practices. You would get abused on the daily until he broke you apart and made out into exactly what he wanted. So yeah. He's the worst.

Izek van Omerta - I mean, just look at him! He is pure terror, no one would disobey him in the north, and your chances of escaping would be non-existent with how many people he has contacts with.

Besides, he himself is insanely strong and has great authority over Dukedom. No suspicious move of yours would be left unreported, and if he ever chose to lock you up and never let you out, the servants would be too scared to ever intervene.

While he wouldn't hurt you per se, he would be very jealous and possessive. As I mentioned before, escape would be impossible as he will search for you tirelessly for days, weeks, and months on end with little to no sleep.

His family wouldn't be of much help either, as long as Izek's happy...

Ellen van Omerta - Also has authority over the dukedom. Of course, not as severe as Izek, but still very influential nonetheless.

She is also very cold and intimidating to others, so really, they wouldn't want to do anything to cross her. And the servants are loyal to her.

If she were to keep you tethered to her, no one would bat an eye, not wanting to go against the family of the Duke. Izek also will not save you. He doesn't care about you at all.

His sister is happy with you, and that's all that matters to him. If you were to do something to Ellen, you would find out just how intense his wrath could be. He would leave you alive, though, since his sister insists on keeping you around.

Rudbeckia de Borgia (current Ruby) - Depends on her leaning on Izek tbh. If she's close with him, he could keep you around for his wife's happiness since he loves her more than anyone. So you would have to walk on eggshells around both of them, and I'm not sure if Izek would ever even like you.

Ruby likes you, that's a fact. But does Izek like the fact that Ruby spends all of her free time with you? Not so much.

She'd be rather gentle, but Izek is another case entirely. So he will be the one keeping you in check, not her. However, if the situation calls for it, she also will put you in your place. Her great, innocent reputation does come in handy.

Rudbeckia de Borgia (past life) - If she wanted you, you would be hers quite frankly. Compared to current Ruby, she has way fewer brakes when it comes to doing crazy actions. And she had way fewer reservations about keeping up an act.

Could and would manipulate you to keep you around. She doesn't rely on and trusts anyone other than herself, so you would be in her orbit constantly. And that would give you no chances to ever escape.

While the current Ruby we're used to rely on others, this Ruby does everything herself, do not mistake that.

Freya van Furiana - Not really threatening. She doesn't confront head-on and uses petty tricks, mostly just mind games and rumors. Playing the political games of her family.

If you are a commoner against a Marquise daughter, you are powerless, yes. But that doesn't mean you have no way out. Freya's family would not approve of her obsession with someone so insignificant. Other than her brother Lorenzo, no one supports that. Her family would try to get you, a mere commoner, away from her, to your delight, and Freya's despair.

If you are a person of a greater status, you will not get rid of her. Her family would want her to get close to you for the connections and better relationships. And since all she ever wanted was to cling to you, this turn of events is her absolute dream!

And due to your position, you can't exactly push her away either without damaging relationships with the Marquis family...

She could potentially try to frame you and your close ones to get what she wants, some blackmail perhaps, but it's a lot more of the reputation and social games with her.

Lorenzo van Furiana - You would be locked up most of the time. His family wouldn't really care because of his knightly duties and because they have Freya to play their political games for them.

Freya would judge you, yes, but all she wants is happiness of her brother, so she would help him in dealing with you.

If you ever run away, he would be devastated, but other than him and Freya, no one would want to help, and no one would care.

Potentially, Freya could ask Ellen to help dispatch a group of people to look for you, but they wouldn't be as fervent as if they were searching for Duke's missing darling.

You have plenty of time to escape, and I think you would be completely free after escaping through the borders of the country. He would never be able to find you again.

Sir Ivan - It's not the worst situation to be in. Ivan doesn't have as much authority as the people mentioned above. The most he could ever do was to lock you up in his room/house. To keep up the appearance.

Izek might give him a look but will not outwardly comment on the situation as long as Ivan behaves well and doesn't slack off.

If you ran away he would obviously look for you and abandon his duties, which in turn might make Izek irritated, so he would either get more people to help search for you so Ivan could go back to work quicker or search for you with Ivan himself.

Both of those options are scarily accurate in locating you, by the way. I can't imagine Ivan being violent with you in any situation, even after escaping, so that's why I think he would be one of the least dangerous yandere to be with! All he wants to do is adore you.

Enzo de Borgia - One of the tamer ones I imagine, less aggressive than Lorenzo could get. Would keep you with him, and his family would disapprove of his blatant infatuation. It would be fine as long as he keeps it indoors, though.

When you escape, he will try to find you. His family will allow him to, for a time. But to keep up appearances, they will not intervene, and after a while of unfruitful search, I can see them just calling it off, saying to Enzo that there's no point and so on.

His family could either try to fiercely find you to protect their image, or they could pretend as if you never existed at all too, to cover up the fact that their family member's lover ran away. It's fair game either way.

Another one that if you escape the country he will not find you. 50/50 chance he'll find you in Britannia Kingdom, but that's about it.

He's last because he's not strict with you, and once you escape abroad, he will not find you easily. You just need to avoid churches, and you're free.

[roseapov]

Protect

Izek & Ellen x GN!Reader

Tw: obsession, yandere, possessiveness, implied blackmailing, implied killing

Povtober 2023, Day 15 [Masterlist]

They always acted weird towards you.

As a younger sibling of Freya Van Furiana, you had to tag along with her during her many visits to the Omerta Duchy. As your parents wanted her to seduce the future Duke.

As she was a close friend of Ellenia Van Omerta, you tagging along with her, made you two acquainted. The same goes for the future Duke, Izek Van Omerta, the one your sister had to seduce.

Your mother was always very insistent on sending you along with your sister to their household. Yours not so keen eyes never saw the way she tended to tremble, when you didn't want to go there, throwing a fit.

Perhaps sensing something wrong?

These two kids immediately took an interest in you, being very friendly and kind.

You felt overwhelmed with their affections and attention, as they were anything but that to everyone else. You tried to avoid them to the best of your abilities.

What you never knew was the fact that when you were avoiding them, they were lashing out of your older sister. What did you told her?! What made her avoid us? Answer us Freya!

Basically your every discomfort is Freya's fault in their eyes, that quickly became her biggest fear. She spends the most time with you, it doesn't matter that she is your sister, she's taking you away from them.

And they can't have that.

They both are aware of the cruel nature of the world, yet you are so pure and untainted by it. They want to- no.

They need to protect you from the sorrows and pain, that will await you, if they leave you alone. If someone were to taint you-

Especially fond of this mindset is Izek. He is your knight after all, sworn to protect you till his dying breath.

Ellen tries her best to distract you from the rude nobles kids, having grand tea parties with her in the garden and with Freya.

The feeling of unsettling around them never disappeared.

Even when you all got older and yet, you decided that it was only a part of your imagination. Children really does have a huge imagination, don't they?

Your whole life they were nothing but kind to you, they would never hurt you.

All the moments when you were throwing fits about coming to them leaving you extremely embarrassed, they loved it, wanting to make up for them, for all this time spent together.

It is good to be unaware, right? It's in your best interest to make it last that way. They will protect you from the world, whatever it takes.

[roseapov]

Room arrest

WLW, Ruby x F!Reader

Tw: Obsession themes, mentions of murder, room arrest, manipulation, guilt tripping, cheating

Povtober 2023, Day 4 [Masterlist]

Ruby's only solace, a person whose soul possessed the body of Freya Van Furiana, the novel female lead, just as she possessed the body of Rudbeckia De Borgia, the novel villainess.

You both found out about it rather accidentally. By accident I mean you heard Ruby singing a Taylor Swift song 'Wildest Dreams'. After that, you had to take your shot and risk it all, but in the end it was all worth it, as you made your gorgeous bestest friend.

From that day forth one could wonder, how did you both got so close? After all, to those who didn't know the whole story, it all seemed as if you two just magically decided to be the closest of the close, like you know each other all your life, which kinda displeased Ellen. Which was partially true, after all you won't find a better person to talk to than the one who's in the same situation as you.

Ruby had a really hard time adapting to the ways of the north, so different from her 'home' ways. Yet there you were, guiding her through every step of the way.

Also don't forget making seducing Izek easier, by setting them the right scenery and without the original Freyas stunts.

Yet even when this feared Duke of the North, Izek Van Omerta finally fell in love with Ruby, which brought you both a peace of mind, the Duchess always felt bad when he showed her love and affection, as she had fallen for you.

When she found out, that your new family was abusive, she boiled with anger- No, shefumed with fury. That was the first time, when you felt completely terrified by your innocent friend.

Not to mention that the first words she said after your revelation was an order to get rid of your family's heads, with the exception of your dear brother Lorenzo.

After a few heads rolling and your distance to her, she tried to guilt trip you. She did so much for you, why are you so.. ungreateful! She murdered people for you, the ones who wronged you, and yet you're still avoiding her!

All she ever did was to make your life easier, like you did to hers! She just returned the favor and yet you're making it seem like she did something bad.

Ruby's lovesick lover instantly saw that change in his wife, her desperation. He waited, waited for her to open up to him, yet when she never did he decided to finally confront her in their shared bedroom, much to her's dissatisfaction, as she'd rather share a bed with you.

And that's when she bursts out in tears, screaming her frustrations out into Izek's arm, crying about how you're avoiding her, giving her cold stares, which you don't, and keeping a huge distance, while pretending you don't know her.

Next thing you know, you're forbidden from leaving your room and contacting anyone other than Ruby. She was the only one to communicate with, eat your meal with and the one to spend time with.

And you couldn't do anything about it, after all you lived in the Van Omerta's Household, where Ruby was the Duchess, and her husband, Izek Van Omerta the Duke.

You really should've expected that, after all there is not a single thing this man won't do for his wife. The consequences of your actions are gonna follow you for a long time, in your room with the reason for your 'arrest' always smiling happily by your side.

AAAAA RUBY'S SO GORGEOUS AND FOR WHAT?? There is so little works for this fandom, which saddens me greatly. Please behold the beautiful Rudbeckia De Borgia from the manhwa 'How to win my husband over' (100% recommend).

I hope you enjoyed my work and see you soon!💛

~roseapov

[moonmercy]

Of all the colors, green is the one that is repeated the most in Ellen, just like in her mother. I wonder if it's because green generally has a special meaning in the Van Omerta family or if it's just something of aesthetic.

[pruneunfair]

Ellen's head maid being seen as a humongous bitch even though she was caring for Ellen when her mother was mentally incapable of it and was trying to save the girl from potential trauma (If I remember right, her and Izek's mother was mentally unstable and she had fits, I don't remember much but from a few posts lying around but Izek saw her hang herself so yeah it was so bad)

Also the thing about "her trying to replace her mom" would make you think she's trying to be the other woman and it's just so bad with the misconception that would be gotten surrounding that phrase

Also they're really talking about workers replacing parents being a bad thing not in the way you think it is even though back then, it was the norm for noble or highly ranked parents to put the child rearing to workers due to various reasons and children can be so alienated from their own birth parents, they would see their servants as actual parental figures. Hell raising your own child might be seen as unique then

What I'm saying is that they're saying "Some bitch of a head maid tried to replace the mentally ill lady of the house as her birth daughter's mother and even tried to isolate mother and daughter, SHE DOESN'T KNOW HER PLACE" and not "My god the poor woman couldn't even be near her children without endangering them cuz mental illness is not a joke, it's potentially unpredictable and the maid had to work extra hard so at least one of the kids don't grow up with severe trauma"

I'm pretty sure Ellen's mother wasn't being isolated cuz the maids were abusive, she was isolated cuz she wasn't well and there's a reason mental institutions is a thing and psychology is a very important main field for us

Why the hell is everyone's go-to reaction in every romance fantasy manhwa is to blame everything on the nearest maid when something negative happens? Especially in this case cause wtf? She's the HEAD MAID who is also Ellen's NANNY! It is her JOB to watch over Ellen even if her mother was able to raise her because thats how it was back in those days, noble children were often separated from their parents anyway to give them an early education.