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Aliana Kylina |
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| Name | Aliana Kylina |
| Species | Mermaid |
| Gender | Female |
| Born | 15 AGE Ducal Palace, New Atlantis |
| World | Asleep Universe |
| Occupation | Princess of New Atlantis (15 AGE - 39 AGE) Co-Duchess of New Atlantis (39 AGE -) |
| Native language | Novoatlantean |
"BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!"
- Aliana's characteristic laughAppearance
Aliana has purple skin, with intricate patterns all over her forehead, and long, straight black hair. In her youth, she was fairly short and slim compared to her younger sister, Meriandra, causing many people unfamiliar with them to assume that she was the younger of the two. As an adult, she did put on more weight; however, she remained glamorous, and people often commented that she looked ten years younger than she actually was.
Throughout her life, Aliana has had an extensive wardrobe, featuring all colours and styles of clothing. However, her favourite outfits have always been her emerald-green ones made out of seaweed.
Personality
The main thing people will notice about Aliana is her charisma: she's able to win over many people simply by charming them. As a result, she was earmarked for work as a diplomat by the time she left school.
It wasn't always this way, though. As a child born into a royal household (not to mention the favourite child of her father, Nestor), Aliana was used to getting whatever she wanted whenever she wanted. As a result, she was very spoiled as a child, and therefore was often a great pain for others to be around (not to mention a major drain on Nestor's wallet). However, this aspect of her personality was tempered somewhat in her teenage years, as she began to come into contact with sufferers of genuine hardship, and came to realise how fortunate she was. Once she became a diplomat, and met more and more people who had been dealt a poor hand in life, she stopped behaving selfishly towards those outside her family altogether. She can still come across as spoiled in her dealings with her own family, however: they eventually stopped playing games with her because she's such a bad loser!
Aliana's diplomatic work has given her strong interpersonal skills, and made her a good negotiator. This is her preferred method of resolving problems, and she dislikes physical combat; however, should discussions break down, she's still able to fend for herself on the battlefield. She has inherited her father's prowess with the trident, and she's able to perform a fairly vicious tail-whip. She's also imbued with a small amount of magical power, enabling her to temporarily shrink objects (or other people!) at will. However, this does consume a large amount of her energy, so she needs to be careful not to be over-reliant on this.
Relationships
Kyle - Aliana's husband. In his youth, he is the prince of Lennart Kingdom, but he spent much of his time in New Atlantis, as his home was either unsafe or unpleasant for him. During his stay in New Atlantis, he and Aliana found one another to be immensely good-looking, and they soon fell in love. Unfortunately, Aliana's struggled to handle Kyle's temper, which has led her to give him the disparaging nickname "Mr Mature". As a result, their relationship was of an "on again, off again" nature: usually, they'd make up fairly quickly - but there were times when they both proved stubborn, which led to the relationship breaking down and taking months to repair.
Despite their past issues, Kyle and Aliana eventually got married. Fortunately, the relationship held together: they both grew out of their temperamental tendencies, and now they dedicate their time and effort to co-ruling New Atlantis and raising their five children. It's a monumental challenge - but Kyle and Aliana are always there to support each other through it.
Frederick - One of Aliana's best male friends. Together with Kyle, the three of them form a "trouble trio", who caused endless headaches for her father, Nestor. During one of her break-ups with Kyle, Aliana did briefly date Frederick; however, they never possessed the right chemistry to foster a lasting relationship, and they eventually agreed that they were better off as friends.
Nestor - Aliana's long-suffering father, who is the subject of many of her practical jokes. Nevertheless, she is his favourite child: during her childhood, he spoiled her with whatever toys, meals, and dresses she wanted. However, Nestor also had very high expectations his daughter - and he wasn't afraid to discipline her when these expectations were not met (sometimes even with beatings and tail-whippings). Naturally, this often caused Aliana to grow resentful - and so, she usually ended up shrinking him afterwards.
When his children grew up and became adults, Aliana was the only one of the three to give Nestor any grandchildren, thus solidifying her status as his favourite child. He did still complain about her behaviour a lot; however, he no longer had any authority over her, so when she responded by shrinking him, he had no choice but to accept it.
Lysander - The older brother of Aliana. During their childhood years, they fought and teased each other (as brothers and sisters tend to to), but still cared deeply for one another. However, When Aliana was 19 years old, he forced Nestor to step aside as Duke of New Atlantis, due to his unpopularity and lack of interest in the non-military aspects of the role. As part of the deal, Nestor arranged for Aliana to have a small palace of her own, in the border town of Ikylos. Sadly, this town was destroyed by the Kraken a week later. It is now completely deserted; what little of value was left has been pillaged away by barbarians; and it is considered unlikely that construction will ever begin on Aliana's palace. When Lysander refused to rebuild Ikylos (thus leaving Aliana without her part in the inheritance from Nestor's abdication), she was justifiably fuming - and now, she outright refuses to speak to her brother.
Story
Early years
Aliana is the second of three children to her father, Nestor, and her mother, Cassandra. When she was born, her parents were the Duke and Duchess of New Atlantis. As a result, she enjoyed a very privileged upbringing, as did her older brother Lysander, and her younger sister Meriandra. She most enjoyed the exotic locations that she travelled to several times a year - sometimes due to her father's work commitments, and other times purely as a vacation. On one of these trips, she was given a souvenir in the form of an ornate compass in a golden case, which could be used to locate magic. This was her most prized possession in her childhood years - but, sadly, it fell overboard on the way back from another voyage three years later, leading her to believe she had lost it for good.
Aliana's best friend in her youth was an elvish girl called Lydia. They knew each other through their mothers: Cassandra had a long friendship with Lydia's mother, Floria, dating back to when they both ran stalls in the marketplace outside Lennart Castle. The two stalls complemented one another nicely: Cassandra sold fruit, whereas Floria sold fruit juices. While Cassandra eventually gave up her stall to become Duchess of New Atlantis, Floria stayed with hers, eventually expanding it into an international business empire called "Floria's Fifty-Flavoured Fruity Fluids". Aliana's favourite juice from her range was the Ugli Fruit juice - which she always got for free due to the strength of Floria's friendship with Cassandra. However, she was only able to drink these when she was away from home, as Floria didn't have a store in New Atlantis. This was due to her atrocious hostility towards Nestor, who had trashed her original market stall in one of his clumsy accidents, then attempted to flirt his way out of this mess, with disastrous consequences.
While the young Aliana got along well with other girls, she absolutely couldn't stand being around boys. This paranoia began after she had to spend her 7th birthday in the infirmary with chicken pox, which she had caught from her brother Lysander. This unfortunate incident led her to believe that Lysander (and, indeed, all other boys) gave off toxic "Boy Waves" - and, from then on, she stopped speaking or playing with her older brother. About a month later, Nestor went to Lennart Castle to meet with his childhood friend, King Thomas Lennart, where his twin sons Kyle and Jake were celebrating their 5th birthday. Nestor thought that now would be a good time to introduce them to his beloved daughter, Aliana. Sadly, she became terrified of being exposed to their "Boy Waves", and went to extraordinary lengths to protect herself from them (for example, covering herself entirely in honey). As a result, the meeting was a total disaster: Aliana became distraught, and when Kyle wouldn't stay away from her, she tail-whipped him right in the face. Nestor was able to salvage his friendship with Tom - but this incident did ruin poor Kyle's birthday. Needless to say, the two children wouldn't see each other again for several years afterwards.
As a teenager, Aliana no longer believed in "Boy Waves"; however, she was still little better with boys than her father was with girls. She met plenty of young princes whom she found attractive - but she always insisted on being taken to the most expensive restaurants and theatres, and on being around them for every waking moment. As a result, she was almost never in a stable relationship. The closest she came was when she was 16, with Prince Rommel of Waldstein. They stayed together for nearly a year, and actually planned to get married at one point; however, in the end, she proved too demanding even for him. After this, she gave up on boys in order to concentrate on her diplomatic work (which necessitated a lot of travelling on a weekly basis, and made it extremely difficult for her to hold down a stable relationship anyway).
The sleeping prince
More recently, Aliana's work took her to Lennart Castle, where she met once again with the young prince Kyle, who had just awoken from a five-year slumber. Around the same time, a young guard named Frederick discovered that the king had been involved in a plot to kill Kyle's father, Tom, and was therefore on the throne illegitimately. Once the king found out about this, Kyle and Aliana decided it was no longer safe for them to stay in Lennart Kingdom, and escaped with Frederick to New Atlantis. While the three of them were in hiding there, Kyle and Aliana grew closer, and eventually fell in love - in the case of both of them, for the first time in years. By now, Aliana's demanding nature had mellowed considerably; however, they struggled to get along, ironically because Aliana found Kyle to be too demanding. To make matters worse, New Atlantis eventually became an unsafe home for them as well, due to stealth attacks carried out first by Kyle's mother, and then by his brother Jake (who switched Aliana's body with Nestor's). Once Meriandra had restored her sister and her father to their usual bodies, he arranged for Aliana and Kyle to live in the remote village of Black Shard Cliffs, under the watchful eye of his old friend Alexis.
This trip started badly. Before their ship was due to leave, Kyle received a nostalgic reminder of his youth, causing him to attempt to run away, and then break down in tears in a crowded street when Aliana prevented him from doing so. This embarrassed Aliana, and caused her relationship with Kyle to reach a breaking point: he was still mentally 13 years old, having undergone no mental development during his time asleep, and so Aliana and Kyle were unable to see eye to eye on anything. During the voyage, Kyle made one last attempt to save the relationship, by casting an ancient spell on himself to force the mental development which he had missed during his five-year slumber. Thanks to this, Kyle began to behave more maturely after meeting Alexis, and Aliana's faith in Kyle was restored.
Things got better when, to her amazement, she rediscovered the magical compass which she had lost all those years ago. However, all those years under the sea had taken their toll: the face was smashed in, and the casing was full of mud and silt. Shortly after arriving in Black Shard Cliffs, Aliana took this compass to a magical repair shop, to see whether there was any hope of restoring it. While there, she found a small obsidian cube, sitting on a shelf along with dozens of other broken and rusty contraptions. The mechanic who ran the shop had no idea what was inside; however, he could tell that it was immensely powerful, and he had never opened it for fear of what might be inside. He even agreed that, if Aliana took it off his hands, he could repair her compass for free. She agreed to this - but, sadly, when she took it back to Kyle, his charms had worn off: he was back to his old self, and he insisted that she open it right away. Aliana refused - and, when Kyle became physically violent, this was the final straw: she broke up with him there and then, and returned to New Atlantis.
Separation from Kyle
About a week later, Aliana returned to Black Shard Cliffs - along with Kyle's father Tom, who had been trapped inside the cube for all those years. She reintroduced him to Kyle (who, needless to say, was overjoyed) - and, shortly afterwards, he was able to cast a more permanent version of the charms which Kyle had attempted on the original journey there. However, this had the side-effect of temporarily ageing Aliana by five years herself; to the horror of everyone else, she immediately began recanting a tragic story of how both Tom and Nestor had both lost their lives in a full-scale naval invasion. It soon became apparent that this invasion was due to take place in only one week's time - and so, once Aliana had been restored to her usual age, Tom and Alexis took heed of her warning, and began preparing to resist an attack.
The following day - a full six days earlier than planned - the royal flagship arrived outside Black Shard Cliffs. This initial attack was skilfully sabotaged by Frederick, who had been sneakily stowed away inside the ship's cargo hold. He then swam to the shore to re-unite with Kyle and Aliana....hotly pursued by several dozen of the ship's crew. Thanks to their prior preparations, Tom and Alexis were able to stave off this attack - but, even so, it was clear that the village of Black Shard Cliffs was no longer safe. Seeing no other choice, they hurriedly assembled all of the villagers and their belongings, in order to evacuate them further inland.
From here, Aliana followed Alexis and the rest of the villagers journeyed through a dense forest, to the Dwarvish city of Kemmelreich. From here, they planned to take Kyle to the summit of an ancient mountain, so that it could fully cure him. However, as it had been barely a week since his break-up with Aliana, the situation between them remained tense. Tom insisted that Aliana should be there for Kyle, and be his friend; however, Kyle had no desire for mere friendship with Aliana: he saw her solely as a love interest. This left Aliana with three undesirable options: re-start the relationship (unacceptable to her); be Kyle's friend and nothing more (unacceptable to him); or stay out of his way altogether (unacceptable to Tom). Furthermore, when Tom was harshly critical of her attempts to salvage the relationship with Kyle (whilst complimenting Kyle's own maturity), she was incensed: she gave Kyle the disparaging nickname "Mr Mature". Ultimately, she concluded that she had no place on this quest, and left the party to return to New Atlantis.
Eventually, Kyle returned to New Atlantis, with his age issues fully cured by the mountain's magic. However, Aliana still wanted nothing to do with him - and initially stayed out of his way. Eventually, she attempted to get her revenge on him, by dumping a vat of honey over his head, in order to block out his "Mature Waves". This act made Kyle cry, and was widely seen as a disgrace - earning sharp criticism from even Lydia. After this, Kyle felt it was possible to even remain friends with Aliana - and so, he and Tom left to return to Lennart Castle.
The reconciliation
For over a year, Kyle and Aliana did not see each other. During this period, Aliana spent most of her time at home, preparing to take over from Nestor as Duchess of New Atlantis. This required her to give up her diplomatic missions, and the cross-country swims that took her there. However, she didn't modify her diet accordingly - and so, she began to put on considerable weight. Nevertheless, Frederick still found her attractive - and the two of them did date for a while, until they concluded that it wasn't working, and they would be better off as friends.
However, in the year 37 AGE, Kyle escaped from Lennart Castle. He had been treated very harshly by Tom - who wasn't even letting him go outside. Once he got out, he fled to New Atlantis - where Nestor agreed to keep him safe from his father's abuse. Under these circumstances, Kyle became grateful for Nestor's protection - and he even reconciled with Aliana, who felt sorry for him after his mistreatmeny by his own father. However, Tom was enraged - and he threatened war with New Atlantis if Kyle wasn't handed over. Nestor refused - and Tom duly declared war on New Atlantis. However, this war was very short: Tom declared the war from within New Atlantis itself, and he was immediately captured and imprisoned.
After Tom had been captured, Nestor took him to the Academia Magesteria, where the mages observed that he was acting under the influence of dark magic, and attempted to treat him. Nevertheless, after Tom had been away from home for several days, his representatives from Lennart Castle sent Nestor an angry letter, demanding that both Tom and Kyle be returned. Nestor agreed to return Tom (in spite of his treatment being only partially successful), but not Kyle. Nevertheless, Kyle decided to hand himself over, in order to avoid annoying his father. Aliana was distraught, as she knew that her boyfriend would simply be mistreated back at home - but he had already gone.
Aliana knew that she couldn't allow Kyle to carry on living with his abusive father. Therefore, she led an operation to break into Lennart Castle, and bring him back to New Atlantis. This operation succeeded at its primary objective; however, Aliana's sister Meriandra was captured and imprisoned in Lennart Castle. This damaged Aliana's relationship with Kyle - as she blamed him for the loss of Meriandra. Eventually, she was freed, but Kyle continued to make attempts to hand himself over - including one where he jumped out of a moving carriage, only for it to run him over and break both his legs. Aliana found Kyle's behaviour, and lack of care for his own well-being, to be completely disrespectful towards her as his girlfriend - and the relationship fell apart once again.
While Kyle was recovering, Aliana focused on her studies, and her preparations to succeed Nestor as ruler. She passed her exams with ease, allowing her to take over the throne at any time she wanted. However, Nestor was very keen for her to marry: she was nearly 25 years old, and he was embarrassed that she was still single. Therefore, he attempted to bring her back together with Kyle. Of course, Aliana wasn't enthusiastic about this: she wanted Kyle to prove that he could be "a functioning adult". This caused further strain between the two of them - as Kyle's confidence had been wrecked, and he believed he could do no useful work at all. However, Aliana eventually encouraged him to try writing stories - which he did under the pen name "Alice Dooker", so that nobody would know it was him. He was scared to publish his finished works - but when he did, they turned out to be very successful: he proved to be adept at writing in a variety of genres, including children's literature, romance, and war.
With Aliana's confidence restored, she married Kyle in the year 39 AGE. In the same year, both Kyle and Aliana succeeded Nestor, to become co-rulers of New Atlantis.
Rulership and motherhood
In the end, Kyle and Aliana's rule was soon interrupted - as only three months after they married, Aliana announced that she was expecting the couple's first child. Nestor offered to take over rulership duties for the next few months - which were a nervous time for Kyle and Aliana, as they knew the difficulties of having children as a mixed-race couple. However, they needn't have worried, as Aliana ultimately gave birth to healthy twin girls, named Sandra (after Aliana's mother), and Ana (after Aliana herself).
Nestor would ultimately remain as acting ruler for a further seven years - as this pregnancy was the first of six. The second one produced a third daughter, named Olivia - but really, Kyle yearned to have a son. Sadly, Aliana then suffered two miscarriages - and when her fourth child did arrive, it was another daughter, named 'Meri' after Aliana's sister Meriandra. But finally, Kyle's patience was rewarded, as Aliana's fifth child was the son he had always desired. Sadly, Nestor Jr proved to be a real handful - and after this, Aliana and Kyle agreed not to try for any more children.
Now, Kyle and Aliana combine their rulership duties with raising their large family. And while they truly love all five of their children, they have to acknowledge that bringing them up is incredibly hard work. The twins are extremely competitive, as Sandra was the heir to the throne (being the older of the two by about five minutes), but Ana makes every effort to demonstrate that she deserves it instead. Olivia is the smartest and most peaceful of the five - and, mercifully, the only one to have inherited her mother's shrinking powers. Meri is obsessed with the merman anatomy, and asks way too many inappropriate questions about it (just as her aunt Meriandra did as a child) - and Nestor Jr has inherited his grandfather's habit of getting into clumsy accidents, and complete lack of social awareness. Thankfully, the tension between Kyle and Aliana has completely evaporated over the years - and they have one another's full support, both with the children and with the realm.
Trivia
Aliana speaks four languages: Novoatlantean, Modern Archonian, Standard Lennartine, and Waldian.
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