Post by lily tomlinson on Oct 23, 2008 14:43:28 GMT -8
Name: Marit (She hasn't used a last name in centuries.)
Age( and age they look like if you please): Looks to be around 18/19, but she's very close to 300 in actuality.
Birthday and/or Zodiac Sign: Cancer
Species: Vampire (Made)
Height: 5'8
Hair Color: Silvery Blonde
Eye Color: Silvery Gray
Brief Look Description: Tall and slender, but female-shaped. Very pale... since she's a vampire. Has a labret piercing.
Personality: Marit is... what most people would call intense. At least on stage. She throws all of her bottled up emotions into each performance, and she has a lot of those. Off stage though, she enjoys the silence and rarely speaks. She doesn't feel the need to draw attention, nor does she crave companionship.
Short Bio: Marit is from Estonia, a place that no one really knows where it is, and it doesn't really matter to her either. When she was little, her country was under the occupation of Russia, and they have this saying in Russia: "If you don't beat them up, you don't love them."; so she grew up being loved, but being treated like crap. Nobody respected their kids, especially if they grew up into women.
Arranged marriage was another common practice in her time. As was bartering for daughters to be brides. Marit became one of these daughters when a wealthy newcomer found interest in her beauty. She'd been 14, and he at least 30 years her senior, but with money in hand, her family sent her off with him through marriage. In these days, as it was an accepted practice, Marit had no choice but to comply.
But no matter how hard she tried to be subservient, the moment her parents were out of the picture, her husband was a cruel man. She spent her years of marriage with him being beat and raped, battered and berated. By the time she was 18, hardly anyone would recognize her, she was so beaten down and her spirit was a broken immitation of what she'd once been.
It wasn't until she'd become pregnant, only to lose her child during labor, that she found the will to fight back. She'd lost her childhood, and then her own child... she couldn't handle anymore of such a life. So one night when her husband was at the tavern, she ran from their estate with only the clothes on her back. She didn't want anything to weigh her down. She'd made it to the border of Estonia before trouble managed to catch up with her.
Her husband's men found her there, and took turns beating her until she was barely conscious to make sure she wouldn't fight them as they returned her. But to her luck, an old vampire was passing through. Perhaps it was out of boredom or even sympathy, she never knew, but he killed all the men, and made her like him, in turn giving her her own strength to fight back.
The centuries passed and she never once returned to her homeland. She spent countless time travelling, delving into the finer arts and never once trusting another man. She's tried to forget about the horrible things of her human life, instead finding strength to never let it happen again.
Most recently, out of a restlessness and boredom that only centuries of living could bring, she's taken up her old passion of singing. She's mostly been known to perform throughout Europe, but now she's settled in Vegas for a spell...
Social Connections: None at the moment...
Model (the person you will use to portray your character): Kerli
Age( and age they look like if you please): Looks to be around 18/19, but she's very close to 300 in actuality.
Birthday and/or Zodiac Sign: Cancer
Species: Vampire (Made)
Height: 5'8
Hair Color: Silvery Blonde
Eye Color: Silvery Gray
Brief Look Description: Tall and slender, but female-shaped. Very pale... since she's a vampire. Has a labret piercing.
Personality: Marit is... what most people would call intense. At least on stage. She throws all of her bottled up emotions into each performance, and she has a lot of those. Off stage though, she enjoys the silence and rarely speaks. She doesn't feel the need to draw attention, nor does she crave companionship.
Short Bio: Marit is from Estonia, a place that no one really knows where it is, and it doesn't really matter to her either. When she was little, her country was under the occupation of Russia, and they have this saying in Russia: "If you don't beat them up, you don't love them."; so she grew up being loved, but being treated like crap. Nobody respected their kids, especially if they grew up into women.
Arranged marriage was another common practice in her time. As was bartering for daughters to be brides. Marit became one of these daughters when a wealthy newcomer found interest in her beauty. She'd been 14, and he at least 30 years her senior, but with money in hand, her family sent her off with him through marriage. In these days, as it was an accepted practice, Marit had no choice but to comply.
But no matter how hard she tried to be subservient, the moment her parents were out of the picture, her husband was a cruel man. She spent her years of marriage with him being beat and raped, battered and berated. By the time she was 18, hardly anyone would recognize her, she was so beaten down and her spirit was a broken immitation of what she'd once been.
It wasn't until she'd become pregnant, only to lose her child during labor, that she found the will to fight back. She'd lost her childhood, and then her own child... she couldn't handle anymore of such a life. So one night when her husband was at the tavern, she ran from their estate with only the clothes on her back. She didn't want anything to weigh her down. She'd made it to the border of Estonia before trouble managed to catch up with her.
Her husband's men found her there, and took turns beating her until she was barely conscious to make sure she wouldn't fight them as they returned her. But to her luck, an old vampire was passing through. Perhaps it was out of boredom or even sympathy, she never knew, but he killed all the men, and made her like him, in turn giving her her own strength to fight back.
The centuries passed and she never once returned to her homeland. She spent countless time travelling, delving into the finer arts and never once trusting another man. She's tried to forget about the horrible things of her human life, instead finding strength to never let it happen again.
Most recently, out of a restlessness and boredom that only centuries of living could bring, she's taken up her old passion of singing. She's mostly been known to perform throughout Europe, but now she's settled in Vegas for a spell...
Social Connections: None at the moment...
Model (the person you will use to portray your character): Kerli