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Tumnus ✦ 67 ✦ Faun ✦ Narnian ✦ FC: JAMES MCAVOY

Synopsis:

An eternal winter would not be kind to anybody, but it was to Tumnus—for a carefully negotiated price. True enough, it was a price that most everybody in Narnia had become accustomed to pay by then and the exchange was in reality quite simple. Conformity for your life. Complicity for everything else. For Tumnus, the terms of his homage were these: the delivery to the witch of any one human child that crossed his paths in exchange for the security of one statue frozen mid-scream in the middle of her palace.  The sardines were an extra. On the kindness of her majesty, as would say the wolves when he picked up his dues, and Tumnus would avert his eyes when he crossed over the courtyard so he couldn’t see any new statues and wonder if he had been the one to put them there. Who could blame him, though? It was what everyone would do—it was what everyone was doing.

And yet such a thought did nothing to assuage his pounding heart when he woke up in the middle of the night, riddled with guilt. In his dreams, the statues would all wake as he passed and his father would finish his scream only to see the parcels in his hands and turn away in disgust. To think! He would say, and his hooves were paws. My only son a coward, convening with the Witch to keep a life he wouldn’t try to save. Tumnus would then cry and vow to the statues not to do it again, but his tea would run out and his arms would fill with parcels once more. It was only when he met Lucy Pevensie, who wouldn’t believe such a thing of him, that he found the courage to let the parcels fall and his word began to mean something.

Relationships:

Lucy Pevensie: The single most important person that Tumnus has in his life is easily Lucy Pevensie. She is somebody he is determined to protect at the cost of everything, including his life. They are good friends, the best of friends, in fact, and though they are often both busy with their duties as Queen and Lord Chamberlain respectively, they always find time to have at least one tea session together. They look on each other for guidance and advice, as well as a good laugh, as it is inevitable to have those with the young queen. Lucy is his compass and he can always count on her to return home.

Susan Pevensie: On the suggestion of Susan, who was well aware of the importance that he took on keeping his home, well, homely, Tumnus was made Lord Chamberlain of Cair Paravel very early on in the Pevensies’ reign. The mere thought made Tumnus burst into tears, as he happened to be a sensitive sort of person, but he held her hands very tightly and promised her he would do his very best to have restore the grandeur to the old castle. Since then, Tumnus has dedicated himself to the task, finding great pleasure and happiness in his position, and has therefore grown quite the soft spot for Susan.

Lord Peridan: Though at first put off by the ease of Peridan’s disposition, whatever worries Tumnus might’ve had when the other was appointed Lord Steward were assuaged when he realized the man was as serious about the job as he was playful about everything else. Since then, he has been working quite closely with the knight, and very well at that, and so a soft companionship has grown between them. Tumnus rather enjoys working with the man, even if their interactions always keep him on the tip of his hooves.

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Sir Peridan ✦ 27 ✦ Human ✦ Narnian ✦ FC: DAN STEVENS

Synopsis:

Peridan’s family comes from the line of Frank and Helen, making them distantly related to Queen Swanwhite. During the winter, Peridans family played the part of complacency, keeping under the radar of the Witch’s ire in order to help those in Narnia as best they could. Peridan grew up helping those who wished to flee, learning early how to be wise around danger, yet giving and compassionate. He was told that he was the descendant of the first King and Queen of Narnia, and as such was taught to behave in a way that was worthy of that name.

When the Winter melted, Peridan and his father fought at the Battle of Beruna, earning the title of ‘Hopebringer’ from Aslan, who knighted him into the Order of the Lion. Because of his upbringing, family, and actions during the winter, Peridan has much influence in Narnia, being granted a place in the Royal Household as Lord Steward. He is a trusted friend of the Pevensies, and in their inner circle.

Peridan is a man of his word, and a man of honor, his years in the winter carved a man of great faith in Aslan as well, and gave him a determination and courage which some find inspiring. But apart from the knight known by the crowd, Peridan is a man who loves deeply, a gentle soul, who enjoys life to the fullest, though within moderation. Too much of a good thing can be harmful, after all.

Relationships:

King Peter: The closest relationship Peridan has is with the King himself, a brotherly regard having been built over the years between them. Two men who have matured within the same timeframe, and have grown together, making for themselves a very comfortable and relaxed friendship. Some may say that Peridan is too casual with the king, and some wonder if he feels slighted by the Lion for passing over him as monarch of Narnia. But for Peridan, he couldn’t be more pleased. He’ll gladly tease Peter that things may have been very different, but he will always be delighted that it’s Peter and not he. His friend is much more suited to the crown.

Tumnus: Tumnus was always a good friend of Peridans father, and now the work closely as the Chamberlain and Steward of the palace. Business brought them together more than anything, though soon a lovely companionship was struck and they realized they work very well together.

Petra Thorne: There are times when a man needs solace and solitude, and in the library Peridan found both, along with a little friend a few years ago. She’s a bit younger than himself, but she delights him with her more childish and innocent insight. They have something in common as well, the fact that Petras family also helped friends escape to Archenland, it is something that they have bonded over.

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Ainsel ✦ 43 ✦ Wood Elf ✦ Narnian ✦ FC: TAMSIN EGERTON

Biography:

Survive. That was probably the most important word that was said to any child born during the Hundred Year Winter. Ainsel took it to heart every single time they moved from one place to another, took it with every blood beat and breath. With every snow swallowed step, her left hand always held a smaller one. Until she had to flee without holding this smaller hand, instead holding her side staunching blood enough to not start a trail. Death waiting for the red drops.

Pairs of dead eyes. Panic finding home in her lungs and crawling up her throat, needing to leave only to be swallowed back down. Bruising grips that had claimed a place on her skin, added upon by the now learned lesson that the winter can both kill and save. The choking need to wait with only possibilities and prayers as companions, while that one word loomed over her. It became a stable of the immediate days. Love begging that she come back. Come back because there was someone waiting for her to say "Welcome home."

She came back, too late. Pairs of dead eyes now looking at her from the couch instead of the floor. One body leaning against the other. Hands wrapped around a small empty space in between. Empty. Like this house. Like those eyes. Like her left hand. It's not going to stay that way. She couldn't let it.

So Ainsel survived ever searching for the one that had always filled her left side. She found a new family, new friends, and even a new future. Old aspects still stayed though, like how she still chose to be a healer and moved from one town to another, until she just recently settled down to the capitol city that needed her most. Healing. Surviving. Searching.

Personality:

Ainsel is a determined person in everything she does. Add in the matter of her craft of healing, she's unstoppable. She would save anyone that needs it and save anyone from the brink of death if she could. Whatever their affiliation is or whether they're a threat to her person or not, she would do her best to save. By the order of their severity whatever their position in society.

Why? Because to Ainsel, those moments of courting Death are standstills for choices. She believes it's her duty to provide them the chance to deliver the resulting choice of such courting. She also believed that the survivors owe to continue living to those that died for their sake, even if it meant losing limbs or whatever equivalent.

Relationships:

Missing Brother

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Lady Marian ✦ Ageless ✦ Naiad ✦ Narnian ✦ FC: JANET MONTGOMERY

Synopsis:

Marian is like a willow in the breeze, a quiet, gentle, soothing creature. A spirit of the water, Marian brings herself to the court like a calming presence, and it is the reason Susan brought her there to start with. Meeting soon after the thawing of a small river, Susan and Marian became good friends,  the nymph rose from the water with stories of the past and stayed beyond what was expected. Now she lives in the castle as a lady of the court, adding a loving aura to Susans personal staff. She is the oldest, the mother, the caring one who looks after Susans needs beyond what is required.

But water can have a point of wrath, and so does Marian when pushed too far. Though placid, still waters run deep, and Marian is fully capable of being as dangerous as her mistress. A calm before a storm is very misleading, as is Marian when she is far too quiet. She is the mother of the ladies in waiting, and is therefore very protective-- it would be wise to keep her as a friend, for she is a dangerous enemy when provoked.

Relationships:

Queen Susan: Given their ages, Marian has a level of more of a mother hen type relationship. Marian was in Narnia long before Susan, and is always ready with a tale should Susan ask for it. Though Susan is called ‘gentle’ many do not understand her form of gentility--but Marian knows the subtlety of Susans actions, and how one can take the form of both a gentle person and one which is seen as questionable. She does what she must, and Marian supports her, knowing that to be a queen is to do things which not everyone will understand.

The Other Ladies: With the exception of Sirena, Marian has adopted the other ladies as her daughters. Sylvia is perhaps the closest she is to, as Sylvia is much like herself, altruistic and caring. Sirena is more of a friend than family, the siren being one which the Naiads are not entirely trustful of. But they have formed a friendship, at least, and that is all that Marian can care about. Dagmar, perhaps, is the most problematic to deal with, for as fiercely loyal and passionate as she is, Marian sees danger in her firey nature. She can only guide the girl as best she can, and does.

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