Yassia Dyfrène de Ailantha

[Yassia Dyfrène de Ailantha]

| ~ • ~ | Character Basics | ~ • ~ |

.:Name of Character:.
Yassia Dyfrène de Ailantha
.:Nick Name:. Yassi, Yass, Prinčesa
.:Age:. 21
.:Status:. Royalty

| ~ • ~ | Appearance | ~ • ~ |

.:Physical Appearance:.
Yassia is of average height and slender, showing the stringy appearance of someone who’s been on her way for quite some time, wandering without true hardship but still without a luxurious life. Her hair is chocolate brown, a bit fairer now than usual, as she had spent much time under the sun, and it falls in waves down to her waist. Her eyes are of a mix between brown and seagreen, the colors actually coalescing in a most intricate way, looking at the world with a strong will hidden behind them. As her kingdom is close to the mediterranian sea, her skin shows a color between olive, rose and pale, very difficult to define, but matching perfectly with the rest of her appearance.The clothes she usually wears are plain but still giving away her high status, most of the time comfortable walking clothes, a tunic and pantskirts. Once she has reached Camelot she will of course dress in a princess garments again

.:Height:. 5’9’’
.:Portrayed by:. Odette Yustman

| ~ • ~ | Personality | ~ • ~ |

.:Personality:.
Before her life took a definite turn for the worse, Yassia would have been considered the typical princess: Used to give orders and seeing them obeyed, a little spoilt but never exploiting her position in a way that could be seen as cruel or vain. She was well liked amongst the people of Ailantha, though she never had any commoners as friends. Her biggest flaw was maybe a strong temper, inherited from her father. She was not throwing tantrums, but she could start a heated argument whenever she felt like it – and that was not a rare occasion. Those fits were also the only time you could catch her behaving unseemly, yelling lowerclass cusswords at the ones vexing her. But she always apologized afterwards, doing her very best to not cross people for long.

Yassia’s greatest fear is to lose her confident position of freedom, and she guards her privileges with teeth and claws. But when she sees her struggles to be invain she rather flees to seek help elsewhere than giving in – the very thing she did when leaving Ailantha.

Ever since she took up the life of a wanderer, she has matured and changed, seeming more thoughtful and introverted to people who meet her. Inside she is still the same, proud and a free spirit, but the hardship of her new life has shown her not to take everything for granted. Also, she doesn’t want most people to know who she is before she has reached Camelot safely, for fear of being taken hostage or worse.

.:Strengths:.
surviving out on her own, healing with herbs, casting daggers, loyal
.:Weaknesses:.
her strong will, her sense of freedom, scared of spiders, a considerable temper
.:Magic Abilities:. none
.:Special Skills:. concocting very effective herbal remedies, keeping rogues off her with well-placed daggers
.:Accents:. a weird mix between a french and spanish way to sound certain consonants

| ~ • ~ | History | ~ • ~ |

.:Birthplace:. Taykhe, capital of Ailantha
.:Family:.
Father: Diodore Dyfrène, King of Ailantha (recently deceased)
Mother: Rhiannon Dyfrène, née Howard, former Queen of Ailantha (deceased six years ago)
Brother: Ramon Dyfrène, Crown Prince of Ailantha (deceased six years ago)
Stepmother: Amaranta Condesa de Fremente (queen dowager)
Stepbrother: Mircea de Fremente

.:Occupation:. wanderer
.:Current Location of Residence:.
on the roads towards Camelot / Camelot City (depending on thread)

.:History:.
Yassia was born into the perfect life of a small kingdom’s princess, having everything she wanted and a loving family to boot. She was not under the pressure of being the future leader of Ailantha, like her four years older brother Ramon was raised and educated to be, so her days were filled with playing and literally doing everything she liked to do. That this privilege turned her into a bit of a wild child needn’t be said. Still, she took a certain liking to healing also, learning the skills from her mother who had brought them with her from her foreign birthland Albion.

Things however changed brutally in the year Yassia was turning 15. Ramon was taking up the honor of accompanying his mother personally to a visit of a noble lady a few day’s ride from the capital city of Taykhe with only a few other guards. Times were considered peaceful and safe, but they soon should learn what an utter misconception that was. Two adjoining kingdoms had just signed a peace treaty and were dimissing their troops. Now the mercenaries found themselves without occupation and flocked together, starting raiding parties wherever they roamed. Ramon and Rhiannon were unlucky enough to cross paths of such a mercenary group, and them, seeing only the profit in such a party, attacked without a second thought, slaughtering everyone.

The whole kingdom of Ailantha was in shock as something like that was without compare in all their history. King Diodore, feared for his temper and blind in grief, lashed out with all his force, making it his personal aim to wipe out the entire mercenary population he could possibly reach. His counterstrike went down in history as the “Mercenary Doom”, the first war-like state Ailantha had been in for centuries. Suddenly the small kingdom was without an heir, as the laws prohibited a woman to take up the throne. Only Yassia’s future husband could claim the crown and so pressure was suddenly high on Yassia’s side, even though she was not of maritable age yet.

After a year of mourning King Diodore married again, surprising everyone with this move. His new queen was the Contesa Amaranta de Fremente, always having been a close friend of the royal family. Her son Mircea and Yassia had known each other before, so they didn’t mind becoming step siblings.

Things started to go back to normal for Yassia, as she believed her stepmother would surely bear a child soon. However, Amaranta miscarried a few times and then disaster striked again – in the very meaning of the word this time. King Diodore, always been healthy and still considered in prime age, was hit by a crippling stroke out of the blue and died only a few short days after. Peaceful Ailantha fell prey to chaos almost overnight.Guifré, Diodore’s younger brother had always fancied the throne, even if Ailanthian law prohibited succession of siblings if there were heirs, be they male or female.As an attempt to change this laws was overruled by the king’s council he took refuge to other means.

Yassia’s husband would be the heir apparent, and just having turned 21, the princess was more than able to carry out her duty for her country. Guifré now seeked permission to marry Yassia to his only son, which would give him the power over Ailantha just as well.Yassia was distraught but unable to sway the council into dimissing this, in their eyes, reasonable solution. Guifré at the same time left no stone unturned to convince – or rather force – Yassia to agree to this marriage.In the end, the princess sought help with her stepbrother Mircea, who agreed to flee with her, taking her safely to a kingdom called Albion. There, a brother of her mother was a valued and mighty knight, and Yassia hoped he would be able to help her reclaim what was hers to take.

Weeks after weeks they spent travelling, crossing the continent towards the north, always hiding from possible pursues Guifré sent after them.While crossing the sea towards the British Isles Yassia and Mircea got into a mighty storm crashing their boat, and when Yassia awoke cast away, Mircea was gone. Refusing to believe he was dead she waited for three full days but then decided to move on towards Camelot alone. As Mircea had been carrying most of their money and other goods Yassia was well-nigh penniless, spending the following weeks fighting to survive like an outlaw.It’s still written in the stars if she will reach Camelot unscathed, but every day brings her closer to her destination, and hopefully: help.

However, when Yassia finally arrived in Camelot, she witnessed most troublesome times. There were countless threats of magical source or other important things going on, the return of the Lady Morgana being only the beginning. Her uncle Sir Kay welcomed her gladly once he had worked over the initial shock, but he could not promise her quick help and Yassia soon learned why. With Camelot seemingly being under constant attack, King Uther Pendragon could not spare any soldiers for a far-away mission of unknown outcome and so told she was told wait and enjoy a break from her travelling. Times though never seemed to calm down, and though Yassia seemed to come closer to her goal of finding help when Lady Morgana took over the kingdom for a short period of time, as Morgana was rightfully dethroned and King Uther restored, Yassia now is back to day one, but hoping that with Arthur in charge for the time being, her tide might turn soon.

For the time being she lives as a guest on the Griffith’s estate which is not far from Camelot and she visits the court regularly to be close to her ever-busy uncle Leon, but still praying everyday that the next day will bring the news she yearns for: that Camelot can spare a handful soldiers to win back her kingdom.

[Camelot]