Phaedra
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Biography
Physical Features
Species: Caelian
Age: 27
Physical Build: Tall and athletic
Gender: Female (she/her)
Hair, Skin, Eye colors: Black wavy hair, Brown skin, white irises with orange sclera
Other Distinguishing Marks Or Features: Frizzled orange wings
What are some things this character might carry on them at all times?
-Phaedra keeps paper and a pen on her at all times, she is always prepared to make notes of any important information
What is their general state of dress or appearance?
-Phaedra wears nice and well made clothes, with a staple of her outfits being an orange scarf. Phaedra is always very tidy and put together.
Personality
Personality Trait 1: Confident. Phaedra is very confident in her abilities, she has a very high view of her own skill.
Personality Trait 2: Calculating. Phaedra is very skilled at analyzing situations and determining how to manipulate them to best suit her. This trait suits her well in her career as a lawyer.
Personality Trait 3: Charming. Phaedra is an extremely charming and socially skilled person. She is easily able to navigate her way through conversations of all kind and come out favourably. This trait has earned Phaedra a position of relatively high regard amongst her family.
Loves: Debates, reading, her family (especially her cousins)
Hates: Injustice, being wrong, seeing family members upset
Fears: disgrace, being embarrassed
Goals/dreams: Phaedra wants to rise in the ranks of both her family and the legal system
Hobbies: Phaedra loves reading, and also keeps pet snails
Habits: Phaedra is in the habit of analyzing the behaviour and speech patterns of everyone she interacts with
Occupation: Lawyer
Some things this character is good at: investigating and analyzing information, public speaking, convincing others of her points.
Some things this character is bad at: Forming close relationships with non-family members
Relationships
Relationship 1:
-Phaedra is very close with all of her cousins, including the outcast of the family Lucian.
-Phaedra always goes along with what her family wishes of her except for in the case of Lucian, she refuses to cut off contact with him or to allow anyone to speak ill of him in her presence.
-Phaedra visits Lucian as much as she can with her extremely busy schedule. She often confides in Lucian, and he confides in her in turn.
-Phaedra is fiercely loyal to her younger cousin and would do anything for him.
-Phaedra, along with her other cousins, often brings Lucian supplies so he can live comfortably in his remote cave.
Relationship 2:
-Phaedra was very apprehensive about Alaric when Lucian first introduced the two, but seeing the love her cousin had for the travelling Ignii, Phaedra eventually accepted Alaric.
-Phaedra and Alaric have since become friends, the two of them often compare notes and work with each other to ensure Lucian is taking proper care of himself.
-Alaric will often consult Phaedra on Caelian customs and communication in order to better understand and communicate with Lucian. As Lucian’s cousin she is also often consulted for gift ideas for Lucian.
History
TLDR: Phaedra was a prodigy who became a lawyer after her brother’s murderer got away without punishment.
Childhood: Phaedra’s parents are successful businesspeople involved in the running of the family business. Her family are of fairly good standing and thus between attending social/business events and running the family business her parents had little time for her. Phaedra was mostly raised by an older brother when she was a child. She was also quite close with her cousins, with the group of them spending much of their free time together. As a child Phaedra was a prodigy and excelled in many subjects, failure was not accepted by her family, but that was of little concern to her as Phaedra rarely failed. Phaedra decided to go into law when her older brother was murdered, and the person she believed was guilty managed to escape punishment.
Adulthood: Phaedra studied law and quicky became highly skilled. Her skill was noticed, and when her training was finished she was taken in by a prestigious law firm. Phaedra’s legal services are fairly sought after, and she has become successful enough that she can choose only the cases that interest her (and of course any cases her family ask her to take). Phaedra enjoys taking cases that remind her of her brother’s case, as while she was not able to get justice for him she tries to get justice for others like him.
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Update:
-When Lucian and Alaric decide they want a child (and after some in depth discussions) Phaedra volunteers to act as a surrogate. She keeps this a secret from the rest of her family, and takes a year and a half off of her work to "travel".
-After her time off (which Phaedra considers a vacation and a break from the pressures of her family and job) she returns to her job, continuing to take on ambitious cases.