Post by Adonais on Feb 22, 2010 3:11:35 GMT -5
Portrait of Adonais as a Grump as it hangs in his manor house in the freehold of Mirage
Name: Adonais Le Fleur
Race Before Chrysalis: Human
Kith: Sidhe
Age/Seeming: Grump
Court: Seelie
House: Eiluned
Rank: Marquis
Legacy: Courtier, Knave
Romantic Legacy: Protector, Deceiver
Arts: Soverign: 4, Wayfare: 2, Chronos: 4, Primal: 4, Dreamcraft: 3, Legerdemain: 2
Salutation: [His/Your] Eminence
Secret Society: The Crystal Circle
Apparent Age: A very well preserved 30
Eyes: Mauve
Hair: An aquamarine quiff
Height: 6'3"
Weight 175 lbs
Build: Impossibly lithe, broad shouldered and well muscled
Speech: Archaic, laden with a heavy "French" accent or Skara Braen accent to Sosarians
Blazons
Eiluned Heraldry and Arms: Per chevron, sable and argent, two decresents and a pentacle counterchanged
Le Fleur Heraldry and Arms: An aquamarine horned Pegasus rampant, quarterly of nine, azure and ermine
Coat of Arms of House Eiluned and Family Coat of Arms, he also has the right to wear the heraldry of House Takissis
Distinguishing Marks
Mortal Shell: A black tattoo depicting wings
Fae Mein: Actual wings (chimerical body modification), neon hair, pink eyes, big pointy sidhe ears
Mundane seeming: He appears to be a striking human man with pale skin. His slipped seeming will reveal several faery traits -- brown hair with green highlights and chestnut brown eyes that light up in a pink glow. Generally however, he is a brunette with chestnut brown eyes. He has standard rounded human ears. He has a black tattoo of angel wings on his upper back, lined up in the position where his chimerical pixie wings would sprout for those privy to them.
Fae Mien: A regal sidhe, blatantly one of the fair folk. Those of the dreaming see his alabaster white skin. His broad smile reveals perfect pearls of teeth. His cruel beauty is pointed, angular, and emphasized to the extreme. His pompadour of radiant teal hair swirls and flows like a stream of water or a lit candle. His back tattoo is gone. Instead, he has a pair of what seem to be semi transparent insect wings growing out of his back. His voile varies from kingly fabrics to knightly armor. He has long pointed sidhe ears and sometimes he decorates them with voile earrings.
The appearance of Adonais to the mundane (left) versus Adonais to those of the Dreaming (right)
The Le Fleurs were a prominent family in the court circle of Queen Taki. All were strong beauties, fair of face as they were adept in swordplay, chivalry, and fae arts. Adonais was no exception. As a childling, Adonais was raised to be charming and sincere, the perfect little seelie prince. Even when he was serving as a squire the childling was already a knight by birth. But he was so modest and gracious, he never let his high birth go to his head among the other sidhe squires.
Portrait of Adonais as a late childling after his knighting ceremony as it hangs in his march in the far dreaming
Adonais's days as a wilder were ones of intrigue, perfect pleasure, politics, court life, chimerical ecstasy, courtly love. He loved questing for chimerical beasts and serving his Queen Takissis. During this tide, his father, Count Jean Le Fleur has retired in his county, beloved by all his people. Adonais' mother, Countess Isabella Le Fleur died recently -- however one defines "recently" in the far dreaming. It was also during his late wilder years that he was installed permanently in Silvara's court after being transferred from Taki's.
Portrait of Adonais as a Wilder as it hangs in Queen Silvara's castle in the far dreaming
When Adonais became a grump he was promoted to marquis. He was given a march, appropriately placed on a border of the kingdom in the far dreaming. He was expected to have his retinue constantly defend it from all manner of chimera and menaces like bean sidhe. He became no less courtly or chivalric, but it hardened him and he became more of a traditionalist politician. Everyone in their place to maintain order. He was not linear in his thinking, however. During this tide his musings and legacy have been undercut with hellish suffering and sinister, but fleeting, unseelie thoughts. The Le Fleurs were predominantly Seelie, but Adonais suspects some of them, like him, oft flirted with their unseelie side. He identifies as seelie to the core, but he may be more unseelie than he is willing to admit to himself and others. As a grump he lost family and a beloved. He was sent on several dangerous missions that led him to stray from the silver path and even teeter on the borders of the mysterious deep dreaming. It was all this, coupled with being of House Eiluned, that caused him to join the Crystal Circle and relentlessly practice the arts. Over the years he has acquired many secrets.
His latest mission, much to his displeasure and chagrin, was to leave the far dreaming and serve at the Grand Duchess' right hand in the Freehold of Everthorne where he will keep her majesty Queen Silvara updated on current affairs.He and Duchess Selora ventured deep underground to nurse the long neglected balefire in Mirage. He has since created his own modest March in the former kingdom of Mirage. He keeps in close contact the Grand Duchess, uniting the two freeholds, Mirage and Everthorne, under the Queen's banner.
Tristain, Chimerical Companion
A woven combination of unicorn, allicorn, and pegasus, Tristain has soft white fur, a jet black mane and tail, a long spiraling horn, a set of white feathery wings, and two large pools of knowledgeable blue eyes. This heavenly incarnation is a fantastical beast woven with the embodiment of the traditional sidhe faery steed. Tristain is truly a companion of many long years, he is the marquis confidant, and the two share thoughts and banter back and forth just as often as they ride into battle together. Adonais regrets he cannot take him out of the freehold.
Blanche Fleur, Enchanted
A Sosarian hawk the marquis enchanted a few hours after arriving in the autumn realm by feeding her glamour infused gifts of seeds and dried fruit. He uses her for all his missives and correspondence. He also goes hawking with her, it is one of his favorite sports. Upon seeing Blanche Fleur soaring in the high above sky in the Freehold of Mirage, Adonais described her as "a white flower in a barren and bleak world." She is fiercely loyal to her enchanter.
