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|Description=If there was ever something or someone to be described as The Jewel of the Saffron, it would be Catalana. A staggering beauty with sparkling blue eyes of the clearest Saffron waters, a wavy head of perfect golden hair, and a pair of long legs that carry her effortlessly like a warm Stormward breeze.
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|Description=The height, the regal cast of her sculpted face, the flowing cascade of gossamer hair: Catalina is all dark gold and honey, cream and mellow warmth. Her hair is fine and silky, a deep, burnished golden blonde. Her skin is creamy. Her golden eye makeup and the careful application of paint and fashion keep her all in the mode. Everything about her is measured and considered grace, balletic and refined. Her eyes are clear and pale blue, almost crystalline, like the clearest sea lagoon. Her voice is a low alto, honey and a whisper of smoke.
|Personality=Catalana is a talker. Not garrulous, but a talented conversationalist who can effortlessly make others feel engaged and drawn into a discussion that she can skillfully shift any way she wishes. She's smart, clever, and charmingly sweet. She loves good conversation, particularly since she's adept at getting precisely what she wants through it, but the endearing image can be deceptive- she can (and has) drank battlehardened corsairs under the table.
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|Personality=Catalana is so easy to talk to. It's her personal warmth. She's genuinely interested in people, in what they have to say, in their visions and dreams for the future. She has a knack for insinuating herself in many different kinds of company, and it's probably her sincerity that is her best trait. As a flirt, she is elusive and mysterious but intimate, with a heart-melting wink that she'll share at a moment's glance when nobody but you is looking. As a friend, she is ready with an ear and a glass of fine wine to listen to any problem, and she'll laugh at any joke. As an enemy, she ... well, it's hard to imagine her as an enemy! She's just so likable. Surely this can be talked through...?
|Background=Something of a favored cousin of the main Kennex line, Catalana showed proficiency at social skills at an early age. When she was 18, she became House Kennex's full time diplomat. A stark contrast in path than that of her sister, Jan. Though both sisters shared a similar drive and love of what they do.
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|Background=Trained in diplomacy from an early age, Catalana applied herself to her studies with a will. Perhaps some of it came of having such an unconventional sister, in Jan; someone had to carry on the mantle, after all, of being the woman's woman, the traditional lady, the clever one. Catalana formed herself into her role and made it hers, and in so doing, she focused her aptitudes and frankly surpassed most.
  
She accompanied Denholm on all diplomatic excursions, sitting down at the table as an equal for trade agreements, treaties, and marriage agreements. The latter being something she was left out of for quite some time. At least, until one fateful trip to Arx to discuss trade with the Royal family, Catalana encountered a louse of a Grayson. Prince Washburn. Though the courtship was odd, she saw him as more of a fixer upper project than a prospect of marriage, she soon grew to love the man as much as she loved her family.
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Applying herself as listener and thinker, she became a key advisor on all of Denholm's trade deals, treaties, and marital arrangements. Her life settled into a staid, certain pattern. She excelled, but something was missing. It was at this stage of her uncertain restlessness that she first met Washburn Grayson.
  
Catalana now returns to Arx once more with her husband to join the rest of the House Kennex with plans to get her fingers into all the right pies.
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It wasn't so much that he swept her off her feet. That is, he tried like hell to do that. But that wasn't what drew her to him. Their affair might have begun with dramatics, and spun on for a wild, delightful few months through Arx, but it wasn't until Washburn stole back with her family to Stormward that she began to truly understand the depths of emotional need that Wash had for her. It was that need that drew her like a magnet, inexorably, absurdly.
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It was that need that made her accept his proposal. It was that need that led her, against her better judgment, to accept the second version of his proposal: the one that had him throw away his royal status and his princely airs to throw himself at her feet.
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After years together, hand in hand as partners, Catalana has never entirely recovered the heart she lost to this ridiculous man, but her good sense and diplomatic tact are both altogether restored. At her husband's side, she now returns to Arx to loan her skills as diplomat to her family's cause.
 
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Revision as of 01:03, 26 April 2017

Catalana Kennex
Social Rank 5
Fealty Thrax
House Kennex
Gender Female
Age 24
Religion Pantheon
Vocation Diplomat
Height 6'
Hair Color Dark Gold
Eye Color Steel Blue
Skintone Sunkissed Fair
Family
Parents Wayne Kennex, Claire Kennex
Siblings Jan Kennex
Uncles/Aunts Victoria Kennex, Denholm Kennex
Cousins Ford Kennex, Octavia Kennex, Calarian Grayson
Journals
Authored By / Featured In
Roster


Description

The height, the regal cast of her sculpted face, the flowing cascade of gossamer hair: Catalina is all dark gold and honey, cream and mellow warmth. Her hair is fine and silky, a deep, burnished golden blonde. Her skin is creamy. Her golden eye makeup and the careful application of paint and fashion keep her all in the mode. Everything about her is measured and considered grace, balletic and refined. Her eyes are clear and pale blue, almost crystalline, like the clearest sea lagoon. Her voice is a low alto, honey and a whisper of smoke.

Personality

Catalana is so easy to talk to. It's her personal warmth. She's genuinely interested in people, in what they have to say, in their visions and dreams for the future. She has a knack for insinuating herself in many different kinds of company, and it's probably her sincerity that is her best trait. As a flirt, she is elusive and mysterious but intimate, with a heart-melting wink that she'll share at a moment's glance when nobody but you is looking. As a friend, she is ready with an ear and a glass of fine wine to listen to any problem, and she'll laugh at any joke. As an enemy, she ... well, it's hard to imagine her as an enemy! She's just so likable. Surely this can be talked through...?

Background

Trained in diplomacy from an early age, Catalana applied herself to her studies with a will. Perhaps some of it came of having such an unconventional sister, in Jan; someone had to carry on the mantle, after all, of being the woman's woman, the traditional lady, the clever one. Catalana formed herself into her role and made it hers, and in so doing, she focused her aptitudes and frankly surpassed most.

Applying herself as listener and thinker, she became a key advisor on all of Denholm's trade deals, treaties, and marital arrangements. Her life settled into a staid, certain pattern. She excelled, but something was missing. It was at this stage of her uncertain restlessness that she first met Washburn Grayson.

It wasn't so much that he swept her off her feet. That is, he tried like hell to do that. But that wasn't what drew her to him. Their affair might have begun with dramatics, and spun on for a wild, delightful few months through Arx, but it wasn't until Washburn stole back with her family to Stormward that she began to truly understand the depths of emotional need that Wash had for her. It was that need that drew her like a magnet, inexorably, absurdly.

It was that need that made her accept his proposal. It was that need that led her, against her better judgment, to accept the second version of his proposal: the one that had him throw away his royal status and his princely airs to throw himself at her feet.

After years together, hand in hand as partners, Catalana has never entirely recovered the heart she lost to this ridiculous man, but her good sense and diplomatic tact are both altogether restored. At her husband's side, she now returns to Arx to loan her skills as diplomat to her family's cause.