Post by Denise nó Orchis (I) on Oct 1, 2008 23:01:29 GMT -5
Name: Denise nó Orchis
Age: 19
Race: Tsingani/D'Angeline, Tsingani on her father's side, D'Angeline on her mother's side, from the province of L'Agnace
Gender: Female
Height: 5'2
Home Province: L'Agnace
Appearance:
Denise nó Orchis is a girl whose presence far exceeds her physical being. She is quite short at only 5'2, a bit plump in places from eating far too many sweets. Her features reveal her heritage quickly, her olive skin compounding upon them. Her eyes are almond shaped, the irises within them a hazel that appears far more green in the middle, with a ring of brown around it's edges. Her nose is button-like and slightly upturned, and below it she bears round, kissable lips, thick and soft.
Even in the most solemn of moments, Denise's eyes seem to dance, a smile always ready to part her lips. She carries herself with gaiety, her steps light. Her voice is sweet and soft, as if she is always laughing. Her clothes, when she has leave to choose them herself, are always in the brightest of colors, and most are rendered in a D'Angeline version of the Tsingani style, with many colorful scarves and bangles. The spring greens of her marque have begun entwining themselves up her back, not yet finished. Her hair is long and wavy, the deepest of browns, that extends to her mid-back.
History: Denise's mother, Marra, was an adept of Heliotrope, having fully earned her marque. She traveled to the lesser districts of the City of Elua, trying to learn how to love even the most basic of men. She lay down with cut-purses and beggars,and soon the adept found her true love in a Tsingani horse-breeder, Joaquin. She chose to light a candle in Eiseth's name to him, and was soon with child.
Marra knew full well that the Tsingani would most likely not accept a Didikani into their ranks, and she believed that her time at Heliotrope would best be repaid by delivering the Night Court a fresh adept. When her daughter was born, she waited a time, trying to figure out which house suited the infant best. She refused the harshness of Valerian or Mandrake, but knew from her daughter's constant laughter that she best belonged at Orchis. She delivered the child to them, explaining that she had even chosen her daughter's name for their canon. "Denise", she said, was the name of female followers of the Hellene God of wine and mirth. Orchis accepted the child, and Marra ran off with her Tsingani lover, forever to travel the lands.
Denise's childhood was like that of any other child in Orchis house. There was much play, and all was good. At the age of ten she began her formal training, learning the arts of Naamah. She took to these well, enjoying in the knowledge of the arts of love, believing that they were the greatest cause for joy. At sixteen came her debut, and she earned a fairly high virgin price, perhaps for being a rather exotic addition to Orchis house. She began then working toward paying back her debt and earning her marque, which she has more than half-completed. Denise has a tendency to over-indulge herself, whether on joie or sex or food. She is a creature of lust and gluttony, existing in every moment for the moment only, without thinking about whatever retribution may come for her actions. This has gotten her in trouble in Orchis house on more than one occassion, when she has indulged past the point of even their standards.