PRINCESS MIRALAS AERYN (appears 31) Bella Heathcote - TAKEN BY KATE Status: Freeholder/Vatonese Condition: Feyan/Wytch/Were/Vamp/Human-Hybrid – Aerokinesis/Electrokinesis Position: Princess of Vatonis Alignment: Freehold/Vatonis Starting: Freehold Relationship(s): Emrys Aeryn (grandfather/council member), Aomon Aeryn (deceased father), Sybelle Aeryn (deceased mother), Aouine Aeryn, Endreth Aeryn, Islandriel Aeryn (sisters), Findon Aeryn (half-brother), Lada Koskei (stepmother/potential council member), Ziva Xirath (stepsister/best friend), Eramis Aeryn (uncle/potential council member), Andarne Aeryn, Ormond Aeryn (cousins), Kresimir Koskei (betrothed), Magon Varinus (interest)
miralas' mother was an incredible woman
sybelle’s life began in poverty and pain
the illegitimate daughter of a human/vamp-hybrid who had been abandoned by her wytch/were-hybrid lover
sybelle and her family (for she was a twin) knew want more often than not and survived on scraps
finally escaping dorrain and into the freehold
this life wasn’t much better
but at least they could plant seeds and watch them grow and eat of their fruit rather than begging in the streets
still, their peace was not to last when the last tourney began
sybelle and her twin brother were each carried off
and, defiantly for the scrying glasses, sybelle wright appended what she believed to be her father’s surname to her own
becoming sybelle vyrun-wright and thus earning herself a great deal of controversy – and attention
sybelle was determined to make the most of whatever came her way amidst these dire games
praying that her family could live upon her earnings when the fighting was done – provided any of them survived
whatever happened, sybelle refused to give up hope
sybelle worked her way up, winning acclaim with her quick wit and warm heart
and ultimately being awarded a high position in the ranks of those who had pressed her into service, the fey
it was prince aomon who first saw her potential, naming her one of his advisors
yet, as they came to know one another, their closeness grew from prince and advisor to something much more meaningful
sybelle had one more great shock in store for the ruling elite
in the sight of all, before the scrying glasses of the tourney, aomon took sybelle to wife
elevating a bastard hybrid, who once had lived on the streets, to princess of vatonis
his family, along with the rest of the elite world, was shocked and horrified, but the commons cheered them and called it a fairy tale
and sybelle could not have agreed more
though his family did all in their power to separate them, the young couple refused every temptation and every hardship, alike
staying by each other’s side and joyfully starting a family together
it was this family, however, it is said, that was ultimately to end their wedded bliss, however
shortly after the birth of their last child, sybelle died
while complications from the birth are generally sited, there are those who claim that poison is, in truth, to blame
like the rest of her family, miralas has never quite recovered
losing both her parents, her home, her life – it's all been difficult on its own
but the pain of loss is one that everyone with an open heart must endure, she reminds herself
more difficult to bear with equanimity are the changes that have come out of those losses:
the constant scheming of courtiers all around her, the sudden rain of hatred and dissent owing to her "muddied" blood
a new mother who she fears seems only to judge and to despise
and new siblings who, too often, seem to take after her
most recently of all: an arranged betrothal to a rather severe stranger
miralas does all she can to see what’s most beautiful in others,
but the truth is that espying any beauty whatever in him has come hard-won
and, now, being pressed into the tourney, such beauties are even harder to see
for she is not at all certain that, betrothed or no, this is a man she can depend upon or trust with her life
or the lives of her sisters…
still, she has built her life around always trying to do the right thing and, if this marriage is the right thing for everyone then...
well, she means to go through w it
and the tourney for that matter, too, though in her heart of hearts she cannot stand the idea of it
deep down, all miralas truly wants is to return to the beautiful, idyllic ideal she once shared w her parents and sisters
at least being forced in the tourney will mean she can go back to the place where she was born and raised...
and, besides, she has a small rebellion of her own in mind
being forced into the tourney doesn't mean she has to act as an aggressor -- she means to prove a healer, instead
and, as a person capable of summoning storms, she hopes she has all the tools she needs
a storm, after all, is just the messenger of peace to come...
and, powers or no, she's always been a gifted healer...
