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|Parents=Elton Redrain, Dena Redrain
 
|Parents=Elton Redrain, Dena Redrain
 
|Siblings=Dagon Tyde, Denica Thrax
 
|Siblings=Dagon Tyde, Denica Thrax
|Cousins=Jaenelle Velenosa, Deva Velenosa, Leona Thrax, Valerius Thrax, Hildegard Redrain, Kieran Redrain, Fergus Redrain, Rohkir Redrain, Bradan Redrain, Freja Acheron, Sebastian Pravus, Juliana Pravus, Fatima Thrax, Abbas Thrax, Anze Malvici, Wyatt Thrax, Jasher Thrax, Remi Thrax, Vallen Redrain, Jaromir Redrain, Castiel Thrax, Ivar Halfshav, Logan Halfshav, Galen Thrax, Gwenna Redrain, Artur Redrain
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|Cousins=Deva Redrain, Leona Thrax, Valerius Malespero, Jaenelle Velenosa, Kieran Redrain, Fergus Redrain, Freja Acheron, Sebastian Pravus, Juliana Igniseri, Fatima Thrax, Abbas Thrax, Anze Malvici, Jasher Thrax, Remi Thrax, Castiel Thrax, Ivar Halfshav, Logan Halfshav, Galen Thrax, Gwenna Redrain, Artur Redrain, Mirk Halfshav, Lilith Melaeris, Kace Redrain, Nuala Redrain, Fiachra Redrain, Conn Redrain, Leonidas Thrax, Vega Thrax, Bellamy Redrain, Halla Stahlben
 
|Uncles Aunts=Merida Thrax, Lynette Thrax, Gideon Thrax, Draco Thrax, Marjory Thrax, Casivan Thrax
 
|Uncles Aunts=Merida Thrax, Lynette Thrax, Gideon Thrax, Draco Thrax, Marjory Thrax, Casivan Thrax
 
|Gender=Female
 
|Gender=Female
|Age=25
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|Age=28
 
|Religion=Pantheon
 
|Religion=Pantheon
 
|Vocation=Noble
 
|Vocation=Noble
|Height=5'8"
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|Height=average height
 
|Hair Color=Raven Black
 
|Hair Color=Raven Black
 
|Eye Color=Deep Blue
 
|Eye Color=Deep Blue
 
|Skintone=Ivory
 
|Skintone=Ivory
 
|Character Status=Active
 
|Character Status=Active
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|Description=A striking woman with long tresses that are as dark as a raven's wing. She carries herself with a quiet strength that pervades every fiber of her being, confident and light-footed, but also discreet. She eschews the flashy frivolity of many Arvani noblewomen with a personal style both modest and tailored to display not only wealth, but taste in how her winsome frame is displayed or concealed. Her eyes are a deep beryl blue that gives little away, except the suggestion of a nimble intelligence; thoughts swimming behind her gaze like shadowy leviathans turning in the depths of the ocean.
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|Description=A striking woman with ivory skin and hair dark as a raven's wing. She carries herself with a quiet strength. Her eyes are a deep beryl blue that gives little away, except the suggestion of a nimble intelligence; thoughts swimming behind her gaze like shadowy leviathans turning in the depths of the ocean.
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|Personality=Though a quiet soul who can be overlooked in a glittering throng, Donella's tart tongue has built her a reputation for being clever, even playful company. In political life, she tells it as she sees it, and her candor has won her entry into halls which should have traditionally been closed to her. She has never been without ambition or pragmatism; there is always a method in mind for obtaining her aims. She likes to feel useful and gravitates toward people who know things, and causes she can engage with on a personal level. Failure is taken extremely personally. She has been described even by enemies as a formidable woman, and in spite of rigid self-control, more than once someone has found themselves fleeing her displeasure and temper all the way out of Arx.
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|Background=Anywhere else in the Compact, Donella would have been born the heir presumptive to a great house. But she was not born anywhere but Maelstrom, and to no other family but Thrax in a time when only sons would rise. All the same, before the untimely deaths of good Prince Elton and Princess Dena, she was well-educated and trained to exemplify Thrax virtues. She learned to embrace ALL her heritage with clear-eyed realism, and learned statecraft, diplomacy, and economics, while her siblings were allowed more idealistic pursuits.
  
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|Personality=One might expect a Voice of House Thrax to be a cold, calculating woman, or a timid, submissive creature. Donella decided long ago that she would be neither of those things. Well, not wholly so. She skirts a fine line between embodying Thraxian ideals of strength and cold pragmatism (or murderous ruthleness), with being a capable, intelligent woman, able to keep up with the staunchest politicians at court. She rarely speaks out of turn, and never over her fellows, but when she has control of the conversation, she commands respect. She uses her silence, to watch and learn, and then acts decisively, before many realize she isn?t meek and mild. She embraces all aspects of her being - joys, hatreds, respect, tradition, happiness, cruelty - all of it, for she thinks not doing so would provide someone a weakness to exploit. She allows people to see what they expect, and then gets what she wants, however necessary.
 
|Background=No woman in House Thrax or any of its vassals in the Mourning Isles is ever raised with the expectation that they might rule. It simply is not part of the culture, with women expected to defer to men and inheritance following a strict male primogeniture that stands apart from the rest of the Compact. Donella knew, even at a young age, that her father was treating her differently than the rest of House Thrax might have approved, such as insisting he explain his motivations to her when he took a course of action in governance as the heir apparent of House Thrax. While her mother and the other ladies of House Thrax made certain she still received all the tutoring expected of her as a princess of Thrax, receiving all the exacting lessons in grace and refinement, her father broke from tradition and carefully explained politics to her time and again while her younger brother was captivated with stories of heroism and glory rather than pragmatism and rule.
 
  
Her parents' tragic deaths, murdered by the traitorous Duke of Tyde Fall to start the Tyde Rebellion, ultimately left House Thrax in a far stronger position but with looming questions on succession. Her grandfather, Prince Donrai Thrax, still yet rules with the brutally capable ruthlessness for which he is renowned, but Donella's brother and heir apparent... is not quite the man her grandfather would have hoped for in a successor. An honorable, good man that wants to reform the Mourning Isles, but in the eyes of her grandfather to give away much of the power and prestige that House Thrax has bled for in the name of honor and amends. It still shocked her when she was quietly instructed that in light of her grandfather's ailing health and advanced age that she would act as a Voice of House Thrax inside Arx, representing the family in political decisions. Women, by and large, simply did not -do- that for House Thrax, and she cannot hold the title if her grandfather dies. But for the time being, she speaks with the voice and authority of House Thrax in the capital, second only to her grandfather, and she is coldly determined to put her father's teachings to use and grow the power and prestige of the house. For herself, for her family, and for the realm... in that order.
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Amongst a generation of war-orphaned princes and princesses, Donella showed the most early promise as an administrator and politician... or simply provided the best means to shame the princes, as Prince Donrai made her his Voice. Probably, some expected her to end as a cautionary tale, but instead she proved resilient. Her leadership went a long way toward stabilizing the Isles after her grandfather's death and the rise of another High Lord; one who also made her Voice, and later heir. Her time as Voice opened the way for women, as a proponent for the measured undoing of customs serving only to weaken, and divide the Isles from the rest of the Compact.
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It seemed Donella might standing behind the throne in the Isles forever, until she unexpectedly accepted an offer of marriage from Prince Darren Redrain of Farhaven. A smart match made, they say, for love of all things.
 
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Latest revision as of 00:44, 31 March 2022

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Donella Redrain
Social Rank 3
Fealty Redrain
House Redrain
Gender Female
Age 28
Religion Pantheon
Vocation Noble
Height average height
Hair Color Raven Black
Eye Color Deep Blue
Skintone Ivory
Family
Parents Elton Redrain, Dena Redrain
Siblings Dagon Tyde, Denica Thrax
Uncles/Aunts Merida Thrax, Lynette Thrax, Gideon Thrax, Draco Thrax, Marjory Thrax, Casivan Thrax
Cousins Deva Redrain, Leona Thrax, Valerius Malespero, Jaenelle Velenosa, Kieran Redrain, Fergus Redrain, Freja Acheron, Sebastian Pravus, Juliana Igniseri, Fatima Thrax, Abbas Thrax, Anze Malvici, Jasher Thrax, Remi Thrax, Castiel Thrax, Ivar Halfshav, Logan Halfshav, Galen Thrax, Gwenna Redrain, Artur Redrain, Mirk Halfshav, Lilith Melaeris, Kace Redrain, Nuala Redrain, Fiachra Redrain, Conn Redrain, Leonidas Thrax, Vega Thrax, Bellamy Redrain, Halla Stahlben
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Description

A striking woman with ivory skin and hair dark as a raven's wing. She carries herself with a quiet strength. Her eyes are a deep beryl blue that gives little away, except the suggestion of a nimble intelligence; thoughts swimming behind her gaze like shadowy leviathans turning in the depths of the ocean.

Personality

Though a quiet soul who can be overlooked in a glittering throng, Donella's tart tongue has built her a reputation for being clever, even playful company. In political life, she tells it as she sees it, and her candor has won her entry into halls which should have traditionally been closed to her. She has never been without ambition or pragmatism; there is always a method in mind for obtaining her aims. She likes to feel useful and gravitates toward people who know things, and causes she can engage with on a personal level. Failure is taken extremely personally. She has been described even by enemies as a formidable woman, and in spite of rigid self-control, more than once someone has found themselves fleeing her displeasure and temper all the way out of Arx.

Background

Anywhere else in the Compact, Donella would have been born the heir presumptive to a great house. But she was not born anywhere but Maelstrom, and to no other family but Thrax in a time when only sons would rise. All the same, before the untimely deaths of good Prince Elton and Princess Dena, she was well-educated and trained to exemplify Thrax virtues. She learned to embrace ALL her heritage with clear-eyed realism, and learned statecraft, diplomacy, and economics, while her siblings were allowed more idealistic pursuits.


Amongst a generation of war-orphaned princes and princesses, Donella showed the most early promise as an administrator and politician... or simply provided the best means to shame the princes, as Prince Donrai made her his Voice. Probably, some expected her to end as a cautionary tale, but instead she proved resilient. Her leadership went a long way toward stabilizing the Isles after her grandfather's death and the rise of another High Lord; one who also made her Voice, and later heir. Her time as Voice opened the way for women, as a proponent for the measured undoing of customs serving only to weaken, and divide the Isles from the rest of the Compact.


It seemed Donella might standing behind the throne in the Isles forever, until she unexpectedly accepted an offer of marriage from Prince Darren Redrain of Farhaven. A smart match made, they say, for love of all things.