Post by Eleanor Brooke on Feb 1, 2012 21:02:47 GMT -5
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| ~ ~ | Character Basics | ~ ~ |
.:Name of Character:. Lady Eleanor Brooke
.:Nick Name:. Ella
.:Age:. 19
.:Race:. Camelotian
.:Status:. Nobility| ~ ~ | Appearance | ~ ~ |
.:Physical Appearance:. Eleanor is of average height, with wavy, brown hair that reaches just below her shoulder blades. She has blue eyes, like her father and eldest brother. She dresses in clothing fitting to her station, although she does enjoy riding in less cumbersome attire such as pants. She normally leaves her hair unbound and uncovered, which is still allowed as she is unmarried. She has no distinguishing marks except for a scar on her left calf from a scrap with her brother, Michael.
.:Height:. Five foot, five inches
.:Portrayed by:. Lucy Griffiths| ~ ~ | Personality | ~ ~ |
.:Personality:.
Eleanor is an outgoing person, once she feels comfortable enough in her surroundings. With her brothers she acts differently than if she were sitting among her fellow noblewomen. She is kind and friendly; she enjoys meeting new people. She worries that others will brand her as unlady-like if they knew of her love of archery, and often worries overly about what she says or does to alert others of this. She is also very loyal, and will defend a friend or family member that needs help. She can, however, hold a grudge; ask her brothers.
.:Strengths:.
Loyalty- Ella is extremely loyal to those close to her. She won’t shrink back from defending her family or close friends.
Archery- Ella had often accompanied her brothers to their daily archery lessons with their father’s master-at-arms. She showed talent with the bow and arrow, much to her mother’s chagrin. She has kept up with the sport, despite her brothers both leaving.
.:Weaknesses:.
-She often thinks not with her head, but with her heart. She’s been always quick to defend herself against her brothers’ teasing, and still will if someone verbally attacks her.
- She has trouble with the whole ‘do not speak unless spoken to’ concept.
.:Magic Abilities:. None
.:Special Skills:. Elanor is quite talented when it comes to archery. She insists that she can shoot better than either of her brothers, although they continue to deny it.
.:Accents:. Of the refined, nobility.| ~ ~ | History | ~ ~ |
.:Birthplace:. Her family home of Huntson, close to Camelot’s border with Cenred.
.:Family:.
Lord Gareth Brooke, 47, father
Lady Batilda Brooke, 40, mother
Sir Thomas Brooke, 25, brother
Sir Michael Brooke, 23, brother
.:Occupation:. Lady-in-waiting to Her Grace, Queen Guinevère
.:Current Location of Residence:. Camelot Castle
.:History:.
Eleanor was born to Lord Gareth and Lady Batilda Brooke. She was the youngest of their children, and the only female. Her mother had her sights set on making Ella into her carbon copy, but that was not to be. As soon as she could walk, Eleanor began to toddle after her older brothers. Whether they wanted her to or not, she trailed them her entire childhood. It was because of this that she grew to act a bit more like them, much to her mother’s despair. She would much rather go tumbling with Michael or Thomas through the hay in the barn than sit quietly and finish her embroidery.
It was on one of her tag-along trips with her brothers that she first shot an arrow. She had begged her father’s master-at-arms to allow her to join in the boys’ lesson, and found the feeling of the bow string caught between her fingers thrilling. She honed the ability, and judges that she can shoot far better than her brothers, although they continue to deny it.
Once her brothers married and moved away, her mother turned her attention back to her only daughter. Yet by then it was much too late to squash all of the habits that the boys had taught her. True she can behave like a proper noblewoman and hold herself in a formal situation, but she’d much rather be practicing with her bow and a bullseye.
She would have been sent to the royal court at an earlier age, but her parents feared for their only daughter with Morgana on the throne. But now that Arthur has re-taken Camelot, they thought that it would be safe enough to send her. She had been accepted as lady-in-waiting to the new queen. It is her parents’ hope that her exposure to court would bring a suitor. She currently lives in Camelot castle, along with her brother Michael and his wife.
She has yet to practice her archery since arriving, not wanting to have herself branded as anything other than lady-like and respectable.
