Princess Artio of Nantarora
The Girl from the Apple Tree
Widow Queen Cauaria (mother)
King Gobannus (father, deceased)
Princess of Nantarora, Fairy of the Apple Tree, Vessel of the Ogham Quert
Favorite meal: Apple Tart
Favorite flower: Apple blossom
✨🌷 Physical description ✨🌷
Artio is a slender youthful girl, apparently in her early twenties. She has long golden hair split in two long braids, that remind two bunny ears. Her eyes are deep green with yellowish/golden details. Her skin is milk bottle white with lovely pinkish blush. She dresses very elegantly, like an Iron Age Celtic princess, her fashion style is similar to Elinor’s. She wears a variety of gold and silver, mostly rings. She wears a bear necklace representing her father Gobannus tribe.
✨🌷Personality & Background ✨🌷
Artio was raised completely isolated from humans, in the Otherworld, which she named Albion (the White World or the High Lands in Gaulish) and she has no memory of her life on Earth with her family and even though she has some “flashes” and emotional response to them, she can't grasp what they mean.
She had constant contact with Faery beings throughout her life in Albion but none was able to connect with her at a deep level, since she always knew she wasn't one of them. She remained with an emotional hole until Merida's arrival.
Artio is warm-hearted, gentle and kind, understanding and sweet. She is jolly and energetic, not as fiercely as Merida but enough to give some trouble to the Fae during her childhood. She likes to chat and tell stories as much as listening to them. She is sometimes very innocent or out of orbit, doesn't get many references or figurative language since she spent most of her life in the Otherworld.
Despite her usual bright personality she might succumb to her curse – the rising sadness within herself, the melancholy that breaks the hearts of the women of her family through her ancestor Gwydion, from her mother's side. The Faery World protected her from it, but outside she can be consumed, even with the immortality powers of her ogham. Tamlin, her familiar, is her bridge to the spiritual world and prevents her from succumbing completely.
Artio’s apple tree can blossom and bear fruit simultaneously (like the trees of the Otherworld in the Celtic lore). She has enough power to make flowers bloom and trees bear fruit in the middle of winter and build her own personal springtime world at any place whether in human or the Fae world.
Her apples contain a variety of properties, including healing, increasing intuition and changing emotions. Some of the Fae say she can create those who can aake eternal love or despise or even bring immortality.
She can invoke objects out of thin air if they're connected to her domains. She can talk to birds and understand them. She has silver bell anklets and a golden ceremonial bell that can invoke spirits and Faery beings and set her in a state of trance.
Here is the newest profile art and some of Artio's lore! She was created especially to be a LI for Merida, since it was too long I wanted to write a Brave fanfiction and I thought it was going to be interesting and a challenge to pair Merida with someone :3
Also, yes, I changed my user/artistic name to something that seems more suitable. I'll explain more about it on my Instagram stories ✨
This is a very condensed version of her lore, if you want to know more about how her abilities, powers and personality unfold I suggest you check it out on my AO3, where I'm posting the fic, named The Arrow and the Flower.
Artio is also related to Chiara, Aradia's sister and my MC to Muriel's route. They are both of the lineage of Gwydion, a mythical-like hero inspired by the Welsh mythological figure of the same name.
Finally, I hope you can actually read it because instagram is not exactly the best platform for texts lol and you'll be learning more about her and relationship with Merida in posts to come ✨🌺
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