Meet Jescaiah Duchamp
about page / musings / connections below!
bio below // tldr version: jescaiah was once a fae ruler of over a century over a lovely kingdom called valley of lilidia! she and her people wanted to be mortal beings tho!!! so they searched/found/consumed the supposed “cure”. cure ended up being a curse. now she and every villager live as humans and are reborn then die every 35 years, with no recollection for their past lives!!!!! also, she likes to dance:) and is a waitress~~ how fun
The sole ruler and all of the villagers of the Valley of Lalidia had been cursed to an eternity of mortality. As any fairytale does, this leads us to a warlock and the twist of their words. Jescaiah had been ruling the nation alone for nearly a century, when the chance of the cure was spoken of. Unrelentlessly craving the freedom of humanity, Jescaiah sent her greatest warriors in search. She was not the only one who wished to live a fulfilled human life. A vote had been taken, a nearly unanimous decision made within the kingdom to carry out the search. This voyage cost the lives of many, but eventually, the promise of mortality was returned to the three hundred year old ruler and her people. As soon as the cure had been consumed, the ground gave way underneath Jescaiah and all she’d ever known. It’d been a curse.
Jescaiah unleashed a curse on herself, her people, and their kingdom. The Valley of Lalidia all but disappeared into thin air, their lands being staked and claimed by faes to come. Port Grave now stands where Lalidia and the castle once had, forever and ever forgotten by all. Mortality was given to Jescaiah and the villagers, perhaps in the cruelest form. She’s been born, lived, and died nearly fifty times now. Every thirty-five years, on her birthday, Jescaiah dies and is reborn as a new person, the same soul. As do her people. This goes without notice, because the people of Lalidia cannot remember a thing. The intelligence of hundreds of years along with memories snatched in an instant. This has not stopped Jescaiah from having vivid dreams of a valley that once existed. In this lifetime, she’s begun to keep a dream journal, hoping to piece together whatever story her brain’s producing. Hey, maybe she’ll write a book, because it felt a fantasy.
Dying eternally was not the only curse placed upon her. Jescaiah happens to possess negative traits she once possessed as a thoroughbred fae. Smoking ethereum will do nothing for her, because the girl will never be able to lie a day in her life. It’s tricky to guide the world as a blunt woman, but she’s learned to fine tune her approach. Manipulation is a fae’s greatest attribute.
Dance is a fine, fine art. Wherever she is able to project emotions into meticulous performances, she will. The Obsidian City Circus has enticed her for the longest time, but when that’s one of few magical places on the island, it made for difficulty to be recognized. The competition, impatient to be accepted and marveled at, was fierce. For now, she produces amazing choreography at The Admyr, a club who accepts people steadily and openly. To earn money, however, she spends time working inside the casino in Wailing Waters, at a restaurant.
connections
you know exactly what i am about to say: maybe your current or future character is actually someone who was a villager or noble person in the kingdom of the valley of lilidia! maybe they’re ALSO cursed to this never-ending cycle. and maybe they once knew jescaiah very well. future possibilities for SURE! xoxo
you can put up with me? YAY!: Jescaiah does strive to be a kind being, but can’t help the thoughts the just POP in her head! Of course, the second anyone asks her for an opinion, the truth comes out. this has led to enemies, of course, and her blunt nature has gathered some solid friends. if you don’t mind being told to tuck in your shirt before going out, you might be friends with Jess. i’m sorry y’all, i have been watching that 70s show/friends and think it’d be fun to have a group of pals in the city that hang around each others.
fake it til you make it: i have always wanted to do a catfishing plot and in this modern age, we can LMFAO. if you wanna get catfished by jescaiah, who is too ashamed to admit her place in life, or you’d like to catfish her in return, let’s party. pronouns don’t matter. she’s pan.
miscellaneous: she is FREQUENTLY at the casino. while she does not gamble, she works as a waitress and enjoys a good club moment of dancing and drinkin’. also is in bloodhearth because of the circus, which you could call her a season ticket holder to. wailing waters, the city -- always in both
more to come ~