Profile of Eleanor

beauty... charm and contempt converge in eleanor. an invitingly silken coat, soft to the touch and comprised of pretty golds and creams, belies the sharpness in her eyes and heart. both are like solid, impenetrable rock; but where her heart looks hard on the outside, it conceals a sensitive center. her eyes do just the opposite: pretty on the surface, closer inspection reveals they are jagged cuts of amethyst and silver ore.

However her luster, on the inside Eleanor is tarnished. A sweet and unassuming facade gives way to the selfish soul underneath. Give an inch, she’ll take a mile. She always puts herself before others, even (and sometimes especially) those in need. For all the world robbed her of, she has no qualms with taking what she feels is recompense. …and beast

i. born to harri and caterina in a humble, if not derelict, den. money and food were always in short supply but they were rich in love. splendid stories of faraway worlds and unknown wonders are what filled her dreams then and still do now.

ii. her parents succumbed to the late autumn heat waves. eleanor was taken in by her uncle, lord cecil calyx, and thrust into a life where the only condition to maintain her newfound riches was to learn and abide by the political playbook.

iii. in a plot to bolster his ever important reputation, cecil brought in a stray he parades around as a son. the antagonistic relationship she develops with valther throws eleanor's perfect life into tumult.