nocturna;

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full name: sylvia lavinia caldwell 

nicknames: sylvie, syl, skip (father)

age / D.O.B.: 28 / 01.03.1998

gender, pronouns, sexuality: cisfemale, she/her, bisexual

place of birth: oxford, england

hometown: dallas texas

career: professional figure skater (singles)

faceclaim: florence pugh

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relationship status: single

children: n/a 

languages: english, spanish, some french

accent: english, specifically oxfordshire

transportation:  an ice blue 2018 mini cooper hard top convertible

tattoos: a worker bee on her left wrist and a lightning bolt on her right, a maypole on her left outer forearm, a match stick on her left inner forearm and an intricate line design a little higher up, a rose on the right side of her ribs, ‘suck it and see’ on the back of her left calf, and the olympic rings on her right shoulder

piercings: first and second lobes on both sides and a third lobe on her left, a flat on her left side in which she keeps a small teardrop, a helix on her right ear, and a septum piercing

scents: lavender, vanilla, and a faint note of coffee beans

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zodiac sign: capricorn

mbti: isfp

likes: painting, collecting records, watching obscure old movies

dislikes: the notebook

bad habits: swearing

secret talent: she’s surprisingly good at cooking and baking; it’s a skill she discovered one summer in spain

fears: cockroaches

five + traits: personable, humorous, confident, disciplined, loyal

five - traits: sarcastic, pragmatic, impulsive, crude, cryptic

pets: a staffordsire bull terrier mix named bowie

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parents: charles 'charlie' caldwell, lavinia caldwell (deceased)

siblings: n/a

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tw: chronic illness

sylvia caldwell has always liked beautiful things, perhaps so much that she sought to become one. her father insists that as a baby she cried when forced to look at his “ugly mug” every day. her childhood wasn’t easy on him; charles was a single parent raising a daughter constantly in and out of doctor’s appointments. sylvie was born with an underdeveloped trachea that collapsed frequently, a condition only worsened by the cold, dreary english weather. humidifiers helped, as did her inhaler for the asthma, but it often felt like a band-aid on a bigger problem.

so, saturdays were spent quietly at home, watching hockey on television— the only sport charlie followed religiously. sylvie quickly became a devotee, admiring the ease with which the players breezed about the rink. the family moved to texas shortly after her fifth birthday when charlie married a teacher he met while she was visiting on holiday. heather was nice enough, an elementary school teacher. she fit the role of a stepmother well, supporting charlie and lavishing sylvie with attention. she never quite became a mother, but sylvie never asked that of her.

after noticing sylvie’s rapt attention during a hockey highlights recap —the only time the girl ever sat still—, heather suggested signing her up for skating lessons. hesitant to expose her to a cold rink when the texan weather was just starting to help her airways, charlie gave his reluctant consent. she was a natural on the ice, though her condition meant she had to take more breaks than the other children. if anything, that only motivated her to push harder. that determination carried her up the ranks, first in small school competitions and then regionals.

sylvie was never the perfect figure skater. her buns were always messy, her socks rarely matched, and she had a desire for speed that was more befitting of a hockey player than a ballerina on skates. when she made nationals, her father found her a personal coach named santiago. santi was unlike her previous trainers; he understood her physical limitations and helped her find ways around them. if split sprints winded her, they shifted to plyometrics until her airway learned how to cope. if she wasn’t perfect, santi would simply shrug and ask her to try again. unlike the others, he was young too— fresh off the competition circuit himself. charlie fought for balance, for normalcy, and santi promised to uphold it. when her father and heather visited family in england during the summers, sylvie traveled to spain with santi, spending the offseason with his family. sylvie relished those days in the sun, mornings on the ice punctuated by afternoons along the coast. he introduced her to trainers in madrid and barcelona, earning valuable feedback on her technique. there was an intensity to her presence that set her routines apart. her edgework was crisp and precise, her commitment to the art propelling her through hours of practice. she paired technique with speed, each jump gaining height from the power she drove through her legs into the ice.

sylvia won her first international medal just shy of her fifteenth birthday on the junior grand prix circuit, and her eighteenth birthday was spent at the european championships. she placed in the top six, marking the first time commentators began to take her seriously. at nineteen, she medaled at a grand prix event and finished with silver at the european championships, earning a reputation as one of the most technically consistent skaters in the field. olympics chatter began when she was twenty-one when she won her first major title: european champion. she had returned to england to attend university, years of skating on the international circuit while still based in texas already making her a contender for the uk team. her signature combo, a triple lutz–triple toe loop, was the talk of the competition circuit. on and off the ice, she was confident but never cocky; the judges liked that. 

sylvie's twenty-fourth birthday was spent preparing to fly to beijing for the 2022 winter olympics. her short program, set to a nirvana cover, put her firmly in medal contention. the triple axel she unveiled as she streaked across the ice in a black-and-gold dress — a bold gamble born of sleepless nights honing a skill few knew she possessed — cinched the silver, earning the united kingdom its first olympic medal in the sport. she remained on the international circuit after the games, although perhaps not signing on to as many competitions as the public expected. the olympics had shifted something in her, validating her more than she’d like to admit. she no longer had anything to prove; her father was proud, her coach couldn’t stop singing her praises, and she had reached the highest level of her craft. she knew she was lucky in that way, the joy of skating had never left her, and continuing to make podiums as her peers retired was the icing on the cake. one more medal for the wall.

she moved back to dallas at the end of 2024 when her father broke his hip, finding a loft down the street from the rink where she first learned to skate. heather had filed for divorce a few years prior, and while charlie would never admit it, he was grateful for the chance to have his daughter nearby again. she entered the milan olympics as one of the most experienced skaters in the field. a clean short program featuring the return of her signature combination, and a free skate to florence + the machine, brought home a bronze medal, cementing her legacy. sylvie has settled back into life in dallas without many of the usual growing pains, almost in the same way she had when she first moved to the city. the sun is a welcome warmth after years in london, and for the first time in a long while she has time. time to bake, to try her hand at gardening, to exist. she hasn’t retired yet, and she isn’t sure when she’ll begin seriously considering it. for now, she’s just enjoying being home.

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her voice is raspy from her health struggles with tracheomalacia and asthma, although her laugh is probably the thing you'll remember most. it's a very full, genuine sound

she is sarcastic to a fault and has nicknames for e v e r y o n e. there’s no escaping it

she often makes jokes about her profession, but she’s still hopeless infatuated with the sport. most mornings she can be found out on the ice dancing to whatever song happens to find its way onto her playlist

her 2022 silver medal skate was to smells like teen spirit (malia j) and her 2026 bronze medal skate was to just a girl (florence + the machine)

syl is very competitive, and while she is grateful for any opportunity to compete, anyone who has faced her knows that she is a fierce adversary

she swears. a lot. to the point where she can’t even get through an apology without a stray “shit”

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