Childhood and Marriage
Elisabeta was the eldest daughter to a noble family near the end of the Fifteen Years War. Her father used to be employed by the Romanian royal family, which allowed the daughter to frequently interact with the crown prince, Grigore. This facilitated intense maiden training and education for Elisabeta in order to impress the royal family into marriage. She had little interest in marrying this man, but had been pressured into accepting the conditions for the sake of her family. By fourteen, Elisabeta had become the queen consort of Romania.
The marriage set off a crack in the young woman's psyche, giving birth to her first alter: Elsa Maria. This had been an affectionate nickname given to her by Grigore, allowing this personality to manifest without getting caught. Elsa Maria lovingly expanded the family by four children and had been loved by the people as a fair queen. She barely had much power in the court and despite her popularity, her lineage occasionally received questionable looks. The queen could not leave her country and family, and yet she had no clue where to find meaning in her life.
Vampiric Siring
Elisabeta and Elsa Maria co-existed without knowledge of each other, yet the queen did not rise any suspicion towards her in that regard. Years passed since her coronation and the woman soon found herself exhausted from the responsbilities without any power to resolve them. One evening, Elisabeta encountered a German noble during a royal meeting; his name was Franz von Thuringen and he sparked a feeling inside she hadn't felt before. The two began to meet each other and eventually began courting into a secret affair. The pair would share intimate secrets in a house away from the castle, encouraging the queen to run away from her family. She eventually agreed.
On the night the couple planned to run away, Franz revealed his hand to her: he was a vampire. Their final embrace led to Elisabeta being sired into a kindred as well. By the time she woke, her lover was nowhere to be found; he didn't seek her out in a long time. These bodily changes inside her had been left unexplained and the woman had no idea how to cope with the thirst. At first, she tried to keep it a secret until Elisabeta couldn't hold it any longer. She attacked her entire family, starving and unleashed with power, and once she came to: nobody survived. The court immediately tried to subdue their queen and even her people turned on her; how could someone murder the royal family and her own children? Elisabeta had to run away as a rebellion stirred up in Romania against her authority and crimes.
Franz finally returned to her once Elisabeta found herself lost and alone in the forests. He explained to her that he sired her in an attempt to reclaim the Romanian court alongside her. He claimed her attacks and murders were unintended, but still resulted in the same intended outcome. The lord offered the former queen to join him, however, she ended up attacking him out of rage. Elisabeta killed her own sire and stole his axe as a symbol of the crimes he committed on her. She vowed to only live for herself and never trust anybody again.
Mental Slumber and Gaps
Elisabeta fractured once more after slaying her sire. This new form: Bella, was immediately faced with ridicule for the crimes committed by her body. Her memories remained foggy from the experience, but this new self took on the role of atonement as well as deep regret. From then on, Elisabeta fell into a deep slumber from the spiraling reality that became her unlife while her other self wandered in her own body. Occasionally, she would awake in random parts of the world with her final memory being somewhere in feudal Japan.
Whispering Oaks
It had been approximately 200 years since Elisabeta awoken with full control. The mortal world began to shun mythical creatures, which left a handful of mythics to hide in a community called Whispering Oaks. Bella and a fellow kindred were on a mission to rescue an elf, leading to a bear attack on the both of them. Her body knocked onto the ground and woke up the sleeping queen into the modern world. Now, the queen is currently struggling with her messy memories, her unknown personalities, and the new world she lived in now.
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