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|First Name=Natalia
 
|Full Name=Natalia Grayson
 
|Full Name=Natalia Grayson
|Social Rank=3
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|Social Rank=7
|Fealty=Grayson
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|Fealty=Crownsworn
 
|House=Grayson
 
|House=Grayson
 
|Parents=Alaricia Grayson
 
|Parents=Alaricia Grayson
 
|Siblings=Gareth Grayson
 
|Siblings=Gareth Grayson
|Cousins=Barric Grayson, Alarissa Valardin, Sabella Grayson, Calain Grayson, Lou Grayson, Reese Grayson, Laric Grayson, Lark Grayson, Ainsley Grayson, Ailys Grayson
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|Cousins=Barric Grayson, Alarissa Thrax, Sabella Grayson, Calain Grayson, Lou Grayson, Reese Grayson, Laric Grayson, Lark Grayson, Ainsley Grayson, Ailys Grayson, Aiden Grayson
 
|Uncles Aunts=Rodric Grayson, Alarrion Grayson, Alari Grayson, Kellan Grayson, Alarys Grayson
 
|Uncles Aunts=Rodric Grayson, Alarrion Grayson, Alari Grayson, Kellan Grayson, Alarys Grayson
 
|Gender=Female
 
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|Eye Color=Deep Blue
 
|Eye Color=Deep Blue
 
|Skintone=Porcelain
 
|Skintone=Porcelain
|Character Status=Roster
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|Character Status=Active
 
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|Description=Princess Natalia Grayson is sultry in a way that inspires devotees of Jayus to create artistic masterpieces that become legend within their lifetimes. The lines of her figure curve to perfection, femininity embodied. A wealth of luscious curls, the color of spun gold and sweet cream fall in a torrent of delicate loveliness, framing her divine features. Porcelain skin glows in rose health, giving her a sense of pure life that invigorates most that behold her. Eyes the color of a spring sky, framed by thick lashes take in the world around her, warm and inviting, or cold and ruthless depending on her desires. She carries herself with an air of utter confidence, knowing exactly what she wants and how she will get it.
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|Description=Natalia Grayson is sultry in a way that inspires devotees of Jayus to create artistic masterpieces that become legend within their lifetimes. The lines of her figure curve to perfection, femininity embodied. A wealth of luscious curls, the color of spun gold and sweet cream fall in a torrent of delicate loveliness, framing her divine features. Porcelain skin glows in rose health, giving her a sense of pure life that invigorates most that behold her. Eyes the color of a spring sky, framed by thick lashes take in the world around her, warm and inviting, or cold and ruthless depending on her desires. She carries herself with an air of utter confidence, knowing exactly what she wants and how she will get it.
|Personality=Natalia knows who and what she is. Her utter confidence can come across as egoism or pretentiousness, and she's all right with that. She knows her worth, and what the worth of others are. There's a necessity to play the game of politics, to get what she wants, and she's adept at navigating those waters, so those that are not worth being in her presence do not tax her overlong. She can be genuinely kind and compassionate when it suits her, and when being haughty will hold her back. She likes to seek out new challenges, giving herself private goals and seeing how quickly she can obtain a pretty thing, maneuver an ally into position, or make a staunch Valardin clergyman blush and want her.  She loves her games, and pushing the limits to the very edge, without crossing the line (in any obvious way) to cause her more trouble than she wants. She is a force of nature, and lives every moment as such.
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|Personality=Natalia possessed the utter confidence of a woman who knew precisely who and what she was, but that sort of arrogance quite nearly destroyed her. Suitably chastened, she has a newfound respect for the power that the great nobles represent, and is considerably more circumspect about ever picking fights. She's a woman who hass been burned but survived the experience, and while more than one individual has remarked that she's a changed woman, they simply miss that she's far more cautious. There's still that wicked gleam in her eye caught at unguarded moments, that pursuit of new challenges or the thrill of the hunt. She's still a woman with ambitions, but now even more calculating. She still has cards to play.
|Background=Natalia doesn't consider herself spoiled, of course, even though she happens to be (in her very humble opinion) a ravishingly beautiful princess of the greatest house in Arvum and a distant cousin of the king. It simply is just a tragic lack of sufficiently cultured tastes if others fail to appreciate her, as she is very much near perfection. She learned from an early age that while the race might go to the swift or the fight to the strong, the real influence goes to the most charming and beautiful. And if individuals have something she desires, or might be even a little useful, she can be disarmingly charming indeed. Not that she doesn't have other pursuits besides winning friends and influencing people. She rejoices in fashion, seeing every possible style as an expression and statement, even if some statements can be shamelessly misleading and used to lead the unwary astray with messages they cannot help but misinterpret. While House Velenosa might consider themselves the reigning monarchs of fashion, Princess Natalia has no intention of allowing that to pass by unchallenged, and looks forward to dethroning any pretenders clinging to the mantle of the fairest of them all.
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|Background=Mistakes were made.
  
Natalia was sent to Arx by her immediate family, the more distantly related to the crown Graysons of Grayhold, after two vassals (a knight and a son of a baron) fought a duel over her. Natalia was, of course, completely blameless in that unfortunate affair, but her parents thought it best she be sent to court where the more senior members of the family could help make certain she stays out of trouble. And, presumably, she might learn a thing or two about politics and be able to help the family in the Assembly of Peers. As for Natalia, she would never deny being ambitious, and it is typical for her that a 'punishment' like being sent to Arx might have been precisely what she wanted.
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Once upon a time, Princess Natalia Grayson was (in her not so humble opinion) the most brilliant, shining star rising in the most powerful house, which put her exactly where she wanted to be, ready to take the peerage of Arx by storm. She had the wit, beauty and wealth to do it, and all she really had to do was charm anyone that was useful enough to get her exactly what she wanted. In retrospect, it might have gone just a little to her head. She was due to marry the scion of House Thrax, Prince Dagon Thrax, and maybe she shouldn't have pushed for it to be the most lavish and expensive wedding the Compact hadn't seen. And maybe when the plans for that potential match started to fall through, she shouldn't have picked a fight with her cousin Princess Lark, who happened to be the highlord of House Grayson. And had the power to cast her out of the family and strip her noble title, rank, and privileges. It could have gone better.
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But say what you will about the once Princess Natalia Grayson (and judging about the rumors of the city, very little -hasn't- been said), she's not a quitter. She still had some favors at court, she still had a wealth of experience, she still had her beauty and charm, and she was able to parlay that into becoming a courtier and joining the Whisper House. The hard lessons of her downfall served her well, and the old flamboyance arrogance of Princess Natalia Grayson is long gone. But the outwardly humble and conciliatory Natalia Whisper? Arx has not heard the last of her.
 
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Revision as of 08:03, 22 April 2018

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Natalia Grayson
Social Rank 7
Fealty Crownsworn
"Crownsworn" is not in the list of possible values (Redrain, Valardin, Grayson, Thrax, Pravus, Lyceum, Crown) for this property.
House Grayson
Gender Female
Age 22
Religion Pantheon
Vocation Fashionista
Height 5'9"
Hair Color Golden Blonde
Eye Color Deep Blue
Skintone Porcelain
Family
Parents Alaricia Grayson
Siblings Gareth Grayson
Uncles/Aunts Rodric Grayson, Alarrion Grayson, Alari Grayson, Kellan Grayson, Alarys Grayson
Cousins Barric Grayson, Alarissa Thrax, Sabella Grayson, Calain Grayson, Lou Grayson, Reese Grayson, Laric Grayson, Lark Grayson, Ainsley Grayson, Ailys Grayson, Aiden Grayson
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Description

Natalia Grayson is sultry in a way that inspires devotees of Jayus to create artistic masterpieces that become legend within their lifetimes. The lines of her figure curve to perfection, femininity embodied. A wealth of luscious curls, the color of spun gold and sweet cream fall in a torrent of delicate loveliness, framing her divine features. Porcelain skin glows in rose health, giving her a sense of pure life that invigorates most that behold her. Eyes the color of a spring sky, framed by thick lashes take in the world around her, warm and inviting, or cold and ruthless depending on her desires. She carries herself with an air of utter confidence, knowing exactly what she wants and how she will get it.

Personality

Natalia possessed the utter confidence of a woman who knew precisely who and what she was, but that sort of arrogance quite nearly destroyed her. Suitably chastened, she has a newfound respect for the power that the great nobles represent, and is considerably more circumspect about ever picking fights. She's a woman who hass been burned but survived the experience, and while more than one individual has remarked that she's a changed woman, they simply miss that she's far more cautious. There's still that wicked gleam in her eye caught at unguarded moments, that pursuit of new challenges or the thrill of the hunt. She's still a woman with ambitions, but now even more calculating. She still has cards to play.

Background

Mistakes were made.

Once upon a time, Princess Natalia Grayson was (in her not so humble opinion) the most brilliant, shining star rising in the most powerful house, which put her exactly where she wanted to be, ready to take the peerage of Arx by storm. She had the wit, beauty and wealth to do it, and all she really had to do was charm anyone that was useful enough to get her exactly what she wanted. In retrospect, it might have gone just a little to her head. She was due to marry the scion of House Thrax, Prince Dagon Thrax, and maybe she shouldn't have pushed for it to be the most lavish and expensive wedding the Compact hadn't seen. And maybe when the plans for that potential match started to fall through, she shouldn't have picked a fight with her cousin Princess Lark, who happened to be the highlord of House Grayson. And had the power to cast her out of the family and strip her noble title, rank, and privileges. It could have gone better.

But say what you will about the once Princess Natalia Grayson (and judging about the rumors of the city, very little -hasn't- been said), she's not a quitter. She still had some favors at court, she still had a wealth of experience, she still had her beauty and charm, and she was able to parlay that into becoming a courtier and joining the Whisper House. The hard lessons of her downfall served her well, and the old flamboyance arrogance of Princess Natalia Grayson is long gone. But the outwardly humble and conciliatory Natalia Whisper? Arx has not heard the last of her.