Age: Forty-one, born 3 February 1882

Gender: Cis woman

Sexual orientation: Biromantic, bisexual

Occupation: Lady’s maid

Nationality: Naturalised British citizen. Previously French Algerian.

Religion: Technically Roman Catholic, but her relationship with religion is complicated. She was brought up vaguely Muslim, but was educated in Catholic school and regularly attends Mass.

Class: Working class

Place of birth: Algiers, French Algeria

Hometown: London, U.K.

Faceclaim: Sofia Boutella

Physical description

Height: 5’5’’

Weight: Around 125 lbs

Build: Slim, long and lean with narrow and sharp edges

Distinguishing marks: None

Hair colour: Dark brown

Hair style: Long, always worn up and pulled back. While shorter hair would be more fashionable, she finds long hair is easier to keep out of the way. Besides, she doesn’t mind resembling a Pre-Raphaelite beauty.

Eye colour: Dark brown

Clothing: What is expected of her. Simple day and evening dress depending on the occasion. While even the clothes she wears on a rare day off are far from showy, they’re always neat and fit her well.

Scent(s): Pond’s Cold Cream, lemon hand lotion, whatever soap she’s using.

Accent: Something between RP and Estuary English. Decidedly English.

Personality

Summary: Both extremely easy to read and nearly impossible to truly figure out, Nora has spent her adult life leading a fairly uncomplicated existence. Her face will betray her if she's expected to lie for any reason, but she knows when to speak and how much she needs to say to avoid any questions she might not want to answer. As much as she would love to be the mysterious, dramatic female hero of her own story, the truth is much more simple; she's a quick learner and knows what is expected of her. Still, she's not some artful manipulator, either, nor is she interested in becoming one. Truly, she's much too soft-hearted for that.

Virtues: Affable, diligent, perceptive, resourceful, self-aware.

Vices: Credulous, indecisive, nosy, short-sighted, single-minded.

Moral alignment: True neutral

Natal chart: TBD

Habits: Emulating and matching the body language of those around her, tidying up and straightening things in her close proximity, fiddling with anything she’s holding when nervous, smiling when anxious or uncomfortable.

Character tropes: Single Woman Seeks Good Man, Idealist vs. Pragmatist, For Happiness, (hopefully) Earn Your Happy Ending

Family ties

Parent(s): Emir al-Jazairi & Rabia Mahrez

Sibling(s): None

Spouse: Has never been married. Has been almost engaged once.

Child/ren: None

Miscellaneous headcanons:

In addition to English, she speaks French and Arabic. Having been educated by Roman Catholic nuns, she also obviously understands a fair bit of Latin.

TBA

Wanted plots

Nora might dream of an easier life filled with some sort of wealth, but her loyalties lie with the working class and those with similar circumstances to her. Someone could potentially exploit said loyalties and make her more sympathetic to whatever cause they themselves believe in.

That being said, she does have perhaps unearned admiration and loyalty towards whatever lady or family she's serving. Her devotion and love cannot be bought, but she's not above being bribed with either material goods or social capital. So, please test her. It's going to be torturous for her.