Post by Mario de Pavento on Jun 22, 2008 1:48:44 GMT -5
Principe Mario de Pavento
Duca della Sicilia
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Race: Caerdicci
Appearance: While Mario keeps his curly hair cropped fairly short, he can’t seem to make time every morning to shave and is usually seen sporting a dark shadow on his cheeks. Though getting on in years, he keeps fit with regular sparing and hunting, and only his hair shows a touch of grey. His cheekbones are high, and his nose strong in an aristocratic way, giving him a slightly fierce cast. He stands at 5’11”.
History: Mario is the son of Felisa della Sicilia, the heir of the island city-state, and Arturo de Pavento, a younger son of the rulers of Milazza. Felisa's family has always had the job of taking care of Mylai, the gateway port between the large island and the mainland. Mario married young, as was expected of him, and a few years later Tessa’s belly became swollen. But the birth was not easy, and Tessa died shortly after their son was brought into the world.
Mario was devastated, having come to love his wife in the years they had spent together, and it was only the presence of the babe that kept him sane. He doted on the boy, and eventually listened to his family, telling him the child needed a female influence in his life. He married again when his boy was two years old, and his second wife bore him a girl child a year later.
Mario is a politically astute man, balancing his power as a leader of a city-state against the loyalty he has sworn the Doge and the sea-faring powers that enter his port. He is trying to pass on this wisdom to his children, though they are denied little.