Post by Élodie Reinard on Feb 22, 2010 20:08:19 GMT -5
Name: Élodie Reinard
Age: 19
Race (Lineage Origin): D'Angeline
Gender: Female
Height: 5'4"
Home Provice/Country: L'Agnace, City of Elua
Appearance: (1-2 Paragraphs): Elodie was once perfectly beautiful, but a hard life on the street has dulled the sparkle in her tawny eyes and lessened the glow of her golden skin. Her hair is blonde, and she tries to keep it as soft as possible. Her body is still slim and fit, though scarred from many beatings.
History:
Elodie was born and raised in Jasmine House, and from the time she was a little girl, everyone expected that she too would become a Jasmine adept. She was a happy girl, smart, and satisfied with her lot in life. On the day of her first assignation, her future looked bright, but all of that would soon be lost. Her patron, an opium user, gave her opium from his little pipe (like a tobacco pipe) to help them relax, and from that night on, Elodie was hooked. It started with whenever she had an assignation, she suggested using opium together. Then she began to only take patrons who wanted to smoke opium with her, checking for telltale signs of use like stained fingertips and glassy eyes, or only taking home patrons from fetes who used the drug. Then she began to use her patron gifts for purchasing opium in Night's Doorstep instead of on her marque. As her dependency grew, she began to fantasize that her fee was not the house's, but hers. So she began stealing various items from the house, and selling them on the black market. In a final incident, she broke into the office of the Dowayne and tore the place apart looking for the safe containing her fees from an assignation. After being beaten in the Jasmine courtyard, she was told to gather her things and cast out, her marque only partially complete.
Having no home other than Jasmine, she began to beg in Night's Doorstep, often trading sex for food, shelter and opium. This continued for some months, until one customer laced her opium with something stronger, and then raped and beat her to within an inch of her life. She woke up from this beating on the middle of a street, with a member of the Queen's guard standing over her, checking to see if she was alive or dead. But alive she was, as alive as she could be. She resolved to try and break her opium addiction then, get a job, and someday complete her marque with a custom design. She went to the Bath House, and after an interview with the Madam, was given a job there. She has been working there for a little over a year. Every so often, she has a relapse, but so far she has been clean of opium for 2 months. She scrimps and saves, hoping someday to be a courtesan in her own right, and finish her marque with a design all her own.