Mia Riven
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| Mia Riven | |
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| Social Rank | 4 |
| Fealty | Grayson |
| House | Riven |
| Gender | Female |
| Age | 37 |
| Religion | Pantheon |
| Vocation | Noble |
| Height | average height |
| Hair Color | Black |
| Eye Color | Black |
| Skintone | Golden |
| Family | |
| Parents | Laveer Riven, Beatrice Riven |
| Siblings | Nigel Riven, Ezra Riven |
| Uncles/Aunts | Mihaly Riven, Lilah Riven, Eirene Malvici |
| Cousins | Liam Riven, Idris Malvici, Iris Malvici, Jace Malvici |
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Description
Long, thick, straight hair falls in shining black waves to the midst of Mia's back. The gossamer cascade shapes inward around her high cheekbones, lending to the gently oval shape of her face. Her golden-toned features are softened by the slight downturn of her nose over the bow of her full lips. Her eyes narrow in a slight curve, gleaming black beneath thin brows, framed by thick lashes. Lean but shapely, there is something about Mia that suggests directed motion, a contained grace and a strong likelihood that wisdom lies in removing oneself from her path.
Personality
Mia Riven will take no shit from anyone, thanks. Her cool reserve is a frosty, snarky edge over a bite that can go about a foot deep -- yet beneath that surface layer of ice, there is a passionate, fiery soul, who will stop at nothing to achieve her goals. That said, while she is hardly warm, she is duty-bound and loyal -- heart-achingly loyal -- to her ideals and to her people. Once her heart is won, the compassion that she can give is simply unending. Mia loves power not for its trappings or for the mantle of authority but for the ability to help; the ability to make a difference. Change drives her as a concept in her life. She never wants to hold still.
Background
Mia inherited the countship of the Twainfort when the adult Rivens all died along with the Deepwoods under the swords of Abandoned. It's the kind of beginning, in fire and death, that would make this story make all the more sense if she grew into a vengeance lustful soldier, ready to put every Shav'Arvani settlement to the sword. But that is not what she did. When an outrider from the traveling camp of deserter Abandoned came to the fort, Mia did not just meet with him; she insisted on returning with him to meet with his leader, fearless and insistent. At 17, she brokered a deal with Thesarin, leader of the Abandoned rebels, that would one day bring his followers and her people into one unified countship, under he and her as Countess and Count. If she fell madly in love with him that night, well, it wasn't her fault she was 17. But she was more than a headstrong girl with a crush: she was the Countess of the Twainfort, mistress of the Twins, and she would do everything she could to prevent the tragedy that had struck her family from destroying their legacy. The countship would be secured and her borders would be reinforced.
After an unsteady couple of years where she balanced on a precipice of war, chaos, famine and open revolt, Mia Riven married Thesarin and brought his people into the fold. She ennobled them all with the strength of her liege's lieges behind her, and created a new County, a new House, essentially, for the Twainfort: "Kin in Honor," those who had been the Greenwoods and those who had been the river traders.
At 19, she married Thesarin. At that point, she completely hated him, as only a 19 year old girl can hate a man who does not love her. But she loved her duty, and she loved her countship, and she knew what was best for her people.
Together, they grew. Whatever their private romance or lack thereof, they developed over time into an astounding partnership, filling in the gaps in each other's strengths, and showing their people with open progessivism exactly how to integrate the customs of the Prodigals with the customs of the Compact: uniquely, individually, with respect for the humanity of all -- and in accordance, of course, with the laws of the Faith. If anything, bearing children (first, her heir, Vahari, and then two more) only made her feel this all the more fiercely. Mia is a mother who will protect her children; she is a leader who will protect her people; and she is a passionate idealist who will protect the Compact. These all go together.
