#athensintro

Okay, it has been a while so please bear with my while I rediscover my angry princess!

tw: domestic abuse tw: death tw: self harm

Ella did not have a good home life. Despite the fact that Anorra was a small country, her father was power hungry and a perfectionist. His wife always tempered him and kept him calmer, but she passed away from cancer when Ella was only six. 

It had been obvious right from the start that Ella had some...problems. She did not easily get along with other kids, she avoided people and she often pushed herself too hard. As long as her mother was around, Abigail held her back, worked with her and tempered her as well. With her gone, her father turned harder and pushed Ella to be perfect, and it became a bad situation. 

She did what she could to take the pressure of her two younger siblings (the twins) but she was not made for a life in the spotlight. The more she failed, the more pressure her father put on her to be perfect and the cycle went on. Verbal abuse turned to physical and she learned to wear long sleeves and lots of makeup. It was easier to lie and keep things in the dark then it was to fight it, though there was plenty of fighting as well. 

She was always a part of ballet, but she was ten when she really began to pour herself into it. She could lose herself in the physical aspect of it, pushing herself until she hurt, until she couldn’t feel anything. It was admittedly unhealthy, but it made her a great dancer. She never performed for anyone, the stage was not something she was comfortable with, but she enjoyed the art and the release. She was something of a mystery in her country, the princess everyone knew danced, but nobody had ever seen dance. 

She spent about two weeks in a mental institution around fifteen after having a breakdown? Since then she’s been more careful, but she still has her moments where she gets back, anxiety gets the best of her, anger gets the best of her.

Despite her abrasive personality and mental instabilities, she really looks forward to the time when she takes the throne. She knows her father wants to marry her off to someone who’s going to control her and the country, but she wants to be the one in control and make changes. She cares a LOT about her country and the people in it and is a very passionate person. 

Her body is really worn down from all the years of ballet and she doesn’t do it too much anymore because of that. Sometimes she has a hard time moving easily, but she usually pushes herself so that nobody will be able to tell, bc she doesn’t want to be seen as weak. 

When she was about 23, she got a new bodyguard, and she usually scared them off in a matter of months. This one stuck around though, and eventually got under her skin. They actually became friends, and when her father tried to fire him for something stupid, she disappeared until he agreed to hire him back. He’s probably the only person besides her siblings that she trusts. There’s definitely unresolved feelings there, but they both refuse to acknowledge it bc Ella is bad with feelings. 

When it comes to being sent to Athens, Ella is PISSED. She does NOT want to be married off, wants NOTHING to do with any of this, and wants nothing more than to deck her future husband. That is all. 

I am back with my precious traveling child <3 I’m just going to do some bullet points for him this time around, and for those of you from Buckingham, he’s pretty much the same kiddo. So here it is;

The first time Graham died, he was six years old. Nobody is quite sure how the fire started, but there was a fire in the castle he grew up in, and he was trapped in his room in the middle of the night. The smoke choked him before they could get him out of the room. First responders brought him back to life. 

On top of having asthma now from the smoke inhalation, Graham’s family was now all very protective of him. He was already the baby of the family, and possibly the sweetest, now he was the most fragile. They couldn’t stop the news of the accident from spreading, so Graham became known as the prince who died. 

Graham did not rebel. He was the golden child, the one everyone said was destined for greatness. He had the best aspects of his parents, the hospitality of his mother and the commanding presence of his father. Someone like him was not built for rebelling, but he did choose his own path. He wanted a new label for himself, and he did not want to be considered ‘limited’ because of a small medical condition. 

Which brings us to the second time Graham died, at thirteen years old. He was hiking up the Hex River Mountains, for experience, for the stories, in search of something strange or different. His family had roots in magic, and he always believed there could be something real out there, if only someone was able to find it. He collapsed without warning on the trail, his companions forced to carry him down and call for help. 

Care-flighted to the nearest hospital by helicopter, the sudden heart-attack failed to keep him dead. What it did do was bring attention to a rare heart defect. It turned out that his heart was failing and it had been for a while. He had time, of course, if he took proper care of himself. But they told him he wouldn’t live to see thirty years old if he couldn’t find a donor heart that was a match. Unfortunately, Graham was a rare person in more ways than one, and finding a heart that his body would accept was a seemingly impossible task, even for those with the power of royalty. 

This story his family was able to cover up and keep secret, a fact Graham was thankful for. He didn’t want people to treat him like he was dying, even if he was. “Third time’s the charm”, everyone who knew warned him as he’d already received two miracles in life, and most people didn’t even receive one. Warnings like those were hardly heard by a boy like Graham before he was out the door again, in search of something new. 

If anything, his traveling became more urgent? He only had so much time, and he wanted to do something significant before he died. The old her got, the more freedom he took, disappearing sometimes for months on end without telling anyone where he was going or what he was doing. His family allowed it because they knew that trying to stop him would kill him faster than his heart could. 

For all his disappearing acts, Graham still graduated high school early. He always applied himself to school as devoutly as he did to his personal studies. He balanced his hobbies, his school, the life his parents expected him to lead somehow. He threw himself into college when it came, establishing himself as someone who could do things himself instead allowing them to be handed to him because he was royalty. 

Somehow he kept it all from his friends? People already knew he had asthma, but he still did his best not to let anyone see him use his inhaler, or see the epi-pen he had to carry in case of allergic reactions. Living one step away from death gave him an intense personality, but it was the kind that drew people to him, rather than drive them away. 

genevieve parker was born in nashville, tennessee. yes, she’s got a cute lil accent. her mom and dad divorced when she was only 10 years old and she went with her mom in the custody battle. they moved to athens, georgia and have been there ever since.

she lives with her best friend, will myers. but nothing would ever happen bc she probs sees him as a brother type. and no one wants to sleep with their brother, right?

my child is very very reckless. like she has a kid by a man she doesn’t know the name of because she was drunk. however, she does remember his face. so there’s a plus.

she loves her daughter more than life itself and always puts her before everyone else. 

she’s a cosmetologist. she got her licence right outta high school and works as a makeup artist at sephora. she is also one of the managers there.

anyway, i think that’s it for now?

daniel sharman - richard jay astor is twenty-seven years old. he lives in athens as a lobbyist. his family says that he is scholarly, but they also say he is machiavellian. rumor has it that he is hiding his participation in the murder of a political figure.

first thing’s first: a LOBBYIST is not someone who handles a hotel lobby ( idk why anyone would think that but i first heard the term that’s what i thought lol ). anyways, a lobbyist by google definition is: a person who takes part in an organized attempt to influence legislators.

richard is a political lobbyist. meaning he’s hired to persuade. it’s a simple way of putting it. he brings deals together, he makes them desirable for the opposite party and vice versa. 

by twenty-seven, jay (he goes by jay) is already very wealthy. and he loves it. he loves showering himself in the luxuries he didn’t have as a child. he’s a very materialist person. drives a bentley, dresses sharp, smells like a mixture of mints and expensive cologne. 

he was born american but lived all over europe since the age of ten !! so yeah, he has daniel’s accent. he knows six languages ( german, spanish, korean, dutch, french and english ) and learning. he came back to america to finish his degree and get his license, did a bit of studying at oxford, and basically he’s a really smart guy. 

he’s also fake as hell. he smiles all the time but it doesn’t reach his eyes. if you don’t benefit him, he doesn’t care about you. but he doesn’t tell you that to your face unless necessary. 

he’s always three steps ahead of you. he doesn’t trust people and people don’t trust him. which good. don’t trust him, you don’t know if you’re another piece in his political games or if you’re just around for him to use you until he’s done. 

ANYWAYS, the MURDER. okay so, his parents are dead. his mother died from an illness and his dad died in a fight. because he was too young to claim their estate when they perished and there weren’t any legal documents signed that it belonged to him; his dad’s sister took the land. she’s a vile woman, she was always cruel to jay’s mom. frankly, she was also the reason she got sick (i’l write a self para later, i don’t want to bore you guys right now) and she took EVERYTHING from jay. 

so jay was without nothing. he was from nowhere after that. alone with distant family friends but that didn’t work out well either. he was ALL ALONE but driven by revenge, he managed to get out from the rubble and become who he is now. he’s done A LOT of bad things but they all got him where he is now. 

MURDER RIGHT, the murder of the political figure was, you guessed it, his aunt. she was actually wanted dead by a private party. they needed her out of the game if they wanted to proceed with their plans. (oil stuff and illegal stuff) AND of course, a lobbyist was needed. they wanted to set up a trap. jay knew about this plan (three steps ahead) and wanted to be part of it. no questions asked. he was going to see the woman who took everything from him, she’ll be the LAST thing she sees before she’s dead. (i’ll also write a self para about this, i don’t want to write it all in the intro)

ANYWAYS the estate is here in georgia, he bought it the moment it went on sale. since her last living kin (her son) lives with his dad (a problem perhaps? who knows) and they didn’t want the estate. they prefer living in the city. but yeah, jay bought it. it’s on the outskirts but he...can’t move there yet. not until the murder blows over and simply because after 17 years, it’s hard. 

the murder happened in new york btw. um yeah so he has an apartment in athens, very fancy. the good stuff. okay the end. 

small points: 

smokes menthol cigarettes 

collects art, expensive art

doesn’t sleep around

he uses sex as a tool when need be 

but tbh he’s probably lowkey demisexual 

loved a girl once, thought it was love, never again

still checks up on her via online though 

owns too many guns 

doesn’t have friends, except like two. 

catherine, aka cat, is seventeen and a libra. her primary interests are nineties movies and music, the occult, witchcraft, and photography. she uses a discman to listen to music on the go and dresses very quirkily; bouncing between sarah from ‘the craft’ and duped miumiu realness.

when talking with cat, your muse will be faced with a STUBBORN and DETERMINED young woman. she’s feisty and even mean at times, but is empathetic. she’s been through a lot, in the process of getting adopted and then outside of that again, so she’s always got an open ear for others’ problems. that being said, don’t expect any information on her. it takes a long time for her to get close to people, but when she does, she’ll tell them everything about herself, and frankly to be clear. cat expects the same in return.

cat wants to be an actress. she hates school, but drama club is the highlight of her day. you can catch her any day complaining about maths.  ( or anything else. cat can complain for weeks on end. )

i think that’s everything that’s need to know?? she loves her family a lot and her siblings are her best friends          to be plotted ayyy ;) 

her secret is her eating disorder and suicidal tendencies.

also i’m jess and i’m gmt and am very excited.