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| The rune Jera is a time of peace and happiness, fruitful season. The results of earlier efforts are realized. It can break through stagnancy. Hopes and expectations of peace and prosperity. The promise of success earned. Life cycle, cyclical pattern of the universe. Everything changes, in its own time. Brynja, like the rest of her siblings, had a somewhat bipolar relationship with her parents Walderik Viðarson and Sigrún Tumadóttir. When her father was there, he was caring but most of the time he was more high chief as opposed to father. Her mother ran hot and cold, as a child Bryn spent a lot of time hiding from her mother and working hard to be noticed by her father. She spent a lot of time alone in her youth and she is still quite strange. She sings to herself, dances in fields, and is seemingly in her own world all the time. She's seems completely harmless until one realizes that Bryn is an impressive warrior. She's always trained hard and worked endlessly to try to be closer to her father. She fought in the war proudly, receiving several injuries and scars from her trials. Now that the war is over she is happy to help rebuild and teach younger generations what she knows. Relationships: Daughter of Walderik Viðarson and Sigrún Tumadóttir. Adopted sister is Runa Valdardóttir | ||||||||
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| The Dagaz Rune stands for breakthrough, awakening, awareness. It's the daylight and clarity at the end of a long uncertain night. Úlfr Randarson, the brother of Ivarr and father of Sveinn never really had a path in life. He bounced from day to day, never knowing where he was going or how he was getting there... until the war. He was a soldier alongside his brother and saw some great and terrible things. The whole time he fought, he was fighting to get back to his son. It was the first time he had ever set a goal in his life and after a long and trying war and some serious injuries, Úlfr made it back to his son with a renewed sense of life and direction. Relationships: Brother of Ivarr Father of Sveinn | ||||||||
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| The Ace of Staves is courageous, passionate, and energetic. Creative and resourceful, the Ace is bursting with confidence and a sense of adventure. Prince Pascal is the fourth born son of Christoph and Odilia. Although he has three older brothers, Pascal has never lived in their shadows. With a courage and passion in his heart he has faced each day with a thirst and vigor for life. When adventure does not find him, he goes out and makes his own. Relationships: Son of Christoph and Odilia Brother of Erich (deceased), Sacha, ???, and Kaspar | ||||||||
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| The six of cups is about nostalgia, forgiveness, and community. Princess Rikku, the second daughter of Emi and Malcolm Westerveldt, has always been the strangest of her sisters. She was often found frolicking around on her own having a good old time. She is a curious, somewhat flaky girl who is easy to forgive and see the silver lining. Rikku was married to Kenshin Tanaka, an esteemed warrior for the kingdom. Rikku was happy and in love with her husband, and soon became pregnant. Unfortunately, Kenshin died in battle and never returned home to see the birth of their child, who is three months away from being born. Rikku was devastated by her loss but is excited about becoming a mother and very proudly shows of her rounded tummy. Relationships: Daughter of Emi and Malcolm (deceased) Widow of Kenshin Tanaka Sister of Aiko, Yukiko, and Yuna | ||||||||
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| The Eight of Cups is a card of movement whether it be physical, spiritual, or emotional. This movement does not always have an means or goal. Yumi is a royal cousin to the house of cups. She spent a lot of time with the cups princesses and grew up with them, learning all the same lessons. Often times though, the lessons never sunk in with Yumi as she was constantly daydreaming. In her older years she often conspired with her cousins to take off for a few days and travel around the kingdom. She got away with a bit more as she was a part of the royal family but she did get into a lot of trouble for her solo field trips. Nothing stopped her from traveling though and to this day she is known to go missing for a few days at a time and travel throughout the different kingdoms. Relationships: Niece of Emi Sato Cousin of the Cups princesses | ||||||||
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| The Eight of Pentacles is skilled, creative, and attentive to detail. Peace is the younger sister of the former Queen Ahrisat. Peace was never interested in the politics game or trying to get ahead, she was just happy to have what freedoms she did. She was always a skilled musician and dancer and has been revered in the Pents kingdom as one of the most talented artists. All of her public and known works are, of course, dedicated to Temperance, but her more private works have what some Pents would consider a heathenish feel to them. Relationships: Sister to Queen Ahrisat (deceased) | ||||||||
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| Strength is a young girl whose inner strength is enough to calm a giant beast. Her love is her strength, not her physical strength. Her power is in spirit as well. Ebele is a run away from a bad and abusive marriage. She survived on pure will power for a long time until finally she grew strong enough to run away from her husband. Relationships: Friend of Logan, Liam, & Elizabeth | ||||||||
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| The Magician is resourceful, powerful, and always aware. Alistair Westerveldt is the middle brother of Kingston and Victor. He was always the second for everything which drove him nuts all through his life. He has always been grappling for power in his own way and always failing. A powerful magician and sorcerer, he has never been content with his station. Alistair was married but his constant scheming drove his wife away but not before their son Ephrem was old enough to take care of himself. Ephrem decided to stay with Alistair when his mother left so he could try to steer him toward a more positive way of thinking. Things were going well... until war broke out. Ephrem went to fight for the Arcane kingdom and returned at the end of the war injured and completely blind. Alistair has continued scheming and looking for a way to offset the balance of power while still taking care of Ephrem. Relationships: Father of Ephrem Brother of Kingston and Victor Uncle of Malcolm, Varvenis, Christoph, Louis, and Elizabeth | ||||||||
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| The Star is a source of inspiration, spiritual illumination, and peace. The star is spiritual, poetic, and artistic. Kohaku was born in an adulterous relationship between King Malcolm and one of the ladies of the Cups House. The goal was to make an heir to the throne, but when Kohaku's mother discovered the real reason of the affair, she sent the baby away from the house in secrecy. He was raised in the sword kingdom in an apprentice home for the arts. He didn't really have a loving childhood. Kohaku moved into the palace when Elizabeth discovered some of his paintings and poems. She fell in love with the art work and asked him to be a royal entertainer. Little does she know that she employed her nephew. Kohaku lives a comfortable life, he was unaware of his lineage until a few weeks ago when he was visiting his old apprentice home. He was given a letter that his mother wrote when Kohaku was a baby. He was disturbed at the information that he received but also intrigued. He had the power to take the Cups throne and began contemplating his next step. Relationships: Son of Malcolm Westerveldt BBFs with Elizabeth, Lily, and Amara | ||||||||
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| The Moon is mysterious and often misunderstood as malicious, but he is truly a helpful and warm, just very shy. Liam is the only son of Elizabeth Westerveldt and a William Bard, a common warrior from the Arcane Kingdom who died in battle before Liam was born. He was born to the very depressed Elizabeth who was then shunned because of her unmarried status and her eccentric lifestyle. Liam was raised cooperatively by Elizabeth and her close friends, including her brother Louis and cousin Ephrem. He was trained for battle and scholarship but his true talents emerged when he was a young teenager and he quickly became the prophet for the house of swords. Liam has never had any relationships because he has always been so incredibly shy and reserved. He has always had a close friendship with his cousins and the other people in the house. His close friends understand the subtly of Liam's personality. Liam was recently promised in marriage to Princess Maricosa, an arrangement he is incredibly reserved about. Relationships: Son of Elizabeth and William (deceased) Fiance of Maricosa Friend of Ebele, Logan, and Sam | ||||||||
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| The Ten of Swords is ruin, grief, and devastation. Genevieve is cool, calculating, and collected. She was raised by her grandparents after her parents died of illness. She was brought up to manipulate and scam her way to the top which was exactly how she ended up married to Louis when she was only fifteen years old and he was twenty. She wasn't forced to do anything she didn't want to and Louis let the relationship grow very slowly, they've now been married for twenty five years and have three children. Genevieve is tired of being the second lady in his life though and wants Louis all to herself, but more so the title of Queen. She wants to get rid of that pesky sister of his once and for all. She has been trying to get Louis to marry her off to anyone but he won't make Elizabeth do anything she doesn't want to do. Gen is getting sick of it and ready to take matters into her own hands. Genevieve and Louis had four children; Alexandra, Samuel, Logan, and Marielle. Genevieve had given up on her plots after Marielle was born because she truly fell in love with her youngest daughter. Unfortunately Marielle died mysteriously ten years ago when she was only eight years old. Genevieve was destroyed, she still clings to her youngest child Logan, but for the most part she's back to her scheming ways. Relationships: Wife of Louis Mother of Alex, Sam, Logan, and Marielle (deceased) Friend of Alistair | ||||||||
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| The Nine of Swords is nightmare, torment, and fears, the only way of escaping is through confronting the truth. Logan is the youngest son of Louis and Genevieve, he is quiet, cryptic, and contemplative. He is the epitome of a mama's boy though. He suffers from nightmares, night terrors, and insomnia and always has. He looks ill and spends most of his time indoors rather than outside. He was never taught how to ride or fight but he is brilliant when it comes to book knowledge. Logan is struggling to come to terms with his sexuality. Relationships: Son of Louis and Genevieve Brother of Sam, Alex, and Marielle (deceased) Friend of Ebele | ||||||||
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| The Two of Swords is balance, equilibrium, and a striving for harmony. Alex and Sam are the eldest children of Louis and Genevieve. The twins have a tendency to balance each other out, come to the other's rescue and bring each other back to their senses. The twins would be completely lost without each other. Alexandra and Samuel have always bounced back and forth between extremes. They would mercilessly tease their younger siblings but then assume the older, responsible sibling role. They can be extremely cruel one moment and exceedingly kind the next. As children they got up to hijinks together and when they weren't together, they covered for the other. As they grew older they still remained close, but for a time became worse influences for each other, ten years ago they faced their darkest moment. As a prank, Alexandra jumped out at Marielle as she was coming up the stairs. Marielle fell backwards and broke her neck, killing her instantly. Alex was so mortified she couldn't say a word. She ran to Sam's room and cried for hours, when he heard from his father that Marielle was dead, he knew. Alex immediately told him the whole story and feeling insanely guilty for the death of her sister asked that he never reveal the truth to anyone else. The twins have kept their pact of silence to this day and skirt around the topic of their lost sister. As adults Alex and Sam still have moments of completely flakiness but they're more grounded and sensible than they were in their youth. Alex can be your best friend and your worst enemy, she can scheme and manipulate but she cares for her family like no one's business. Sam gets bored easily and will often take off on an adventure for days at a time, leaving his wife and kids at home, in his absence Alex keeps them company and watches after the kids. Most days Sam is a better playmate than he is a father, but he genuinely cares about his family even if he thinks his wife is sometimes a bit over the top. Sam was married to Amara, a total gossip queen who talks a mile a minute. He has a hard time keeping up with her and sometimes ignores her but at the end of the day she's still his wife and the mother of their children, Ezra and Raja. Relationships: Children of Louis and Genevieve Brother and sister of Logan Sam is married to Amara and father of Ezra and Raja Alex is married to Ráimundr who is desperately trying to have children | ||||||||
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| The Ace of Swords is force, power, and ideas. Lily was always an ambitious and gossipy girl. She worked in the palace as a hand maiden ever since she was a little girl and she had an ear for gossip. If ever there was something going on, Lily knew it first. She has a way of weaseling information out of people even if they don't want to give it to her in the first place. She is subtly forceful but she always gets things done. With her silly antics and bright personality she soon became a personal friend of Elizabeth and was promoted. Lily is now Elizabeth's personal assistant, party planner, and confident. Lily is a wild party girl who is always up for anything. She is full of energy, life, and ideas. Relationships: BFFs with Elizabeth, Kohaku, and Amara She's had multiple lovers | ||||||||
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| The Page is young, naive, gossipy, and very charming. She is clever and frank. Adrienne is the only child of Triston and Chloe, she was well loved by both of her parents and since her mother's death has never been let out of his sight. She is now the Page of the Swords kingdom and trains alongside the soldiers and archers. Adi doesn't think before she acts or speaks, but she knows when she has done something wrong and is quick to apologize and make up for it. She is naive, curious, and silly, and her heart is always in the right place. She has been somewhat sheltered in her youth as she has spent so much of her time under the watchful eyes of her father but she has gotten the proper training of a soldier and a page. Adi loves her father but she's been trying to give herself more space to grow up. Relationships: Daughter of Triston and Chloe (deceased) Friend of Joanna and Logan | ||||||||
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| The Knight is reckless and outspoken, always ready for opposition. He is quick to react and can often be childish or emotional. He is charismatic, clever, and and quick-witted. He is surprisingly philosophical and very brave although his bravery is in part due to his ability to jump to conclusions. He will fight heart and soul for a good cause. Triston grew up very close to Louis, they learned everything together and became close friends. He was married relatively young to a girl named Deirdre, they were hopelessly in love and by the time they turned nineteen they were ready to have their first child together, but Deirdre was killed in a raid, leaving Triston bitterly alone. When he was twenty-two his parents saw to it that he was re-married to Chloe (maiden name), who was only fourteen at the time. Triston didn't particularly like her and unfortunately they never learned to get along and neither were particularly faithful to their marriage. Triston and Chloe had their first and only child, Adrienne, three years after being married. Triston and Chloe adored Adrienne but still remained bitter toward each other. One night, when Adi was only five years old, Chloe, Triston, and one of Chloe's lovers Benjamin got into a fight which soon became physical. Benjamin and Triston both drew their swords and fought it out, but a missed sweep of Benjamin's blade caught Chloe in the chest. In his rage, Triston stabbed the other man. Benjamin died instantly, Chloe lived another day, only long enough to back up Triston's story. She died three days later, leaving Triston and Adi devastated. Triston has been incredibly protective of Adrienne over the years but has allowed her some amount of freedom. He has not yet fully recovered from his relationship with Chloe and so has stayed out of a third marriage. Relationships: Husband to Chloe (deceased) and father of Adrienne Knight and close friend to King Louis | ||||||||
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| The Queen of Swords has a very perspective mind and often gives the best advice though it can sometimes come off as harsh. She is seen as frivolous at times but personal experience has filled her with some of the most poignant knowledge of sorrow. Elizabeth is the only daughter of the Emperor. She is the unmarried twin sister to Louis. She is Louis's best friend and best adviser and widely respected in the Sword's kingdom. She is intelligent but not very empathetic. As a young woman Elizabeth fell in love with a common warrior but they never married, she was carrying his child when he was called away to battle. He had promised her a family when he got home but he never returned, he was killed in battle. Elizabeth was devastated. She gave birth to Liam, who became the prophet for the house of swords. She is a trusted adviser and good friend to many in the kingdom, she still has hard feelings against her father though. Relationships: Daughter of Kingston and Eve Sister to Varvenis, Malcolm, Christoph, and Louis Mother to Liam, former lover of William Bard Best friend of Lily and Kohaku | ||||||||
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| The King of Swords is a very clever King and a good and recognized ruler to his subjects. He spends a lot of time on a mental level and tries to deal with things diplomatically. War is a last ditch effort to protect his kingdom. He is a problem solver and a peaceful but strong man. Louis is the fourth son of the emperor and twin to Elizabeth. Louis is married to Genevieve (maiden name) and has three children, the twins Alexandra and Samuel and Logan. Louis and Genevieve did have a fourth child, Marielle, but she died mysteriously ten years ago when she was only eight years old. Louis is a daydreamer and can get caught up in his thoughts but is always quick to snap back into reality. He is thoughtful and compassionate, and also very nontraditional as a ruler. There are no rules or taboos about gender and skin color in his kingdom and there are plenty of women warriors. He can sometimes be seen as hard to communicate emotion with because he's so caught up in his ideas. He is a caring family man who has always been a part of his children's lives. Louis takes good care of his family, especially his twin sister Elizabeth, who has been disowned by the rest of the Westerveldt family. Relationships: Son of Kingston and Eve Husband of Genevieve Brother of Malcolm, Christoph, Varvenis, and Elizabeth Father of Alexandra, Samuel, Logan, and Marielle (deceased) | ||||||||
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