SPIRIT OF: N/A
FULL NAME: Lucille “Lucy” Zarah Frey (formerly Zarah Lucille Kessler)
PRONOUNS: She/Her
AGE: 36 | February 22, 1985
+ PERSONALITY: Kind, hard-working, principled
- PERSONALITY: Proud, guarded, argumentative
OCCUPATION: Owner of Queen of Tarts (Dessert Cafe)
ORIGINALLY FROM: Archamps, France
BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS:
Zarah Lucille Kessler (Lucille, as she'll be referred, going forward) was born a child poised to have it all. Her parents seemed to have had built a share of wealth for her that they intended to pass on to her once they were done with this life. Because of this intent, her upbringing was carefree and somewhat privileged. While the Kessler family wasn’t amongst France’s upper crust, Lucille was well educated and raised to be a well-rounded individual--involved in both athletic and academic lessons while also getting to travel and learn about the world around her. Because everything had been going how they wanted, her parents hadn’t made her aware of their contingency for her future inheritance until she reached adulthood.
Unbeknownst to Lucille (or Lucy) for most of her life, the Kessler family had been connected to an intricately organized crime operation. Her family’s wealth was entirely entangled in said crime organization, and the only way for her to receive said inheritance was to join, just like her parents. Having forged a strong moral compass throughout her adolescence, Lucy couldn’t couldn’t bring herself to agree, even though the monetary price was very tempting. She refused and thus began the crumbling of what appeared to be an ideal family.
Her parents had given her just a couple of years to come around to the idea but Lucy remained unyielding. The strain in their relationship, coupled with pressure from within the organization led her parents to make a choice: maintain the relationship with their daughter and lose everything, or maintain their lifestyle and cut ties with their daughter. Unfortunately for Lucy, her parents chose the organization and swiftly cut ties with her shortly after her 23rd birthday.
With what little money of her own, Lucy packed up and left, temporarily staying with a friend until she could make other arrangements. Not wanting to over-stay her welcome anywhere, Lucy did a bit of couch surfing and worked a few odd jobs before being reached out by a distant relative living in New York. Lucy wasn’t offered much but in her eyes, having some family was better than none at all. At age 25, she booked a one-way flight out to the Big Apple, vowing not to return to France again.
For about the next ten years, Lucy spent time doing her best to heal and move on, reinventing herself while acclimating to a new country and culture. Upon gaining U.S. citizenship, she undertook a new identity and abandoned her family name for Frey, and proceeded to work, hard. She practiced and worked hard to lose her heavy accent--something that is still present today, although not nearly as thick as it once was. She worked 2, sometimes 3 jobs at a time over the years and saved what she could. And eventually, she managed to start her own business: Queen of Tarts, a 24-hour dessert cafe in Lower Manhattan. Thanks to her cafe being close to many of NYC’s colleges, her business has been successful. She hopes to keep it that way, along with continuing to carve her own path in life.
THIS ROLE IS CURRENTLY TAKEN WITH A TESSA THOMPSON FACE CLAIM