Elizabeth Dunn

Notice: This page includes spoilers about Rosewood and its plot.
Note: This character is no longer an active student in Rosewood. The player is also no longer a part of the RP by their own choice.
This article is about the roleplaying character Elizabeth/Ellis Dunn portrayed by ⚔Sword⚔
There will be information here which has not been stated within the roleplay itself (this info has been given by Sword, the player)
All references to specific episodes will be in accordance to the Ellis' Escapade playlist found on Sword's Youtube Channel, which follow the perspective of Elizabeth.
== Who is Elizabeth? ==
Elizabeth Dunn is one of the students at Rosewood Institute. She is an 18 year old half elf (half moon-elf, half human) from Bestin Bay, Asix. She only uses divine magic, however has expressed an interest in Occult once before. 
She was part of the second group of students (including the originals), and was the first to be sorted, into Team Stella, after being recruited by their original team leader, Soren Frost. Despite the fact she is classified as an Offence student, she also focuses attention into learning Defence and Support qualities, such as fighting with a shield and healing divine magic.
Elizabeth refers to herself as 'Ellis' and refuses to respond to her birth name. She has no family to speak of, and is now an orphan.
== Personality ==
After growing up with little-to-no social interaction outside of her own family, accompanied by her 10 years of solitude after the rifts, Elizabeth started out with a lack of social understanding in most situations. When first arriving at Rosewood she kept to herself, and was incredibly quiet with everyone. However, she soon warmed up to certain students; Avi, Lyra, and Jack, who were all unsorted students who came with her to the Institute. 
Within Season 1, Elizabeth has learned more about how to deal with social situations and has gone from a secluded seemingly emotionless individual, to a fairly complex emotional being who is just socialy underdeveloped. She often stares at people in silence, not understanding that it can be quite intimidating, and is incredibly blunt in the way she speaks and acts. Elizabeth appreciates honesty above all, and trust is very important to her. As shown through her friendship with Avi; once you have lost her trust, it is a long and slow process to get it back, and furthermore she will never fully be able to trust you again. 
Ellis cherishes memories, as she has explained to Tel'Kahras and Avi individually. Despite having confidence in her capabilities and being blunt with her opinions, during her interactions with Tel, it is slowly being shown how little she truly thinks of herself. Blaming herself for the deaths of her mother and brother, it shows why she started off wishing to take on the role of a storyteller rather than one of the main people within the story. However, as she makes connections, Elizabeth is starting to see she is part of the story she wants to tell, and is battling with her own guilt and happiness as to whether she should be in the spotlight she is in, or not. 
Since deciding she wanted to get rid of her emotions, Elizabeth has found her previously dulled emotions to suddenly be amplified, which might be a mental defence mechanism, trying to convince herself to not go through with the act of removing her emotions. 
== Appearence ==
Ellis is a 5ft girl with natural dark brown eyes with golden flecks in them following her moon-elf heritage. Her skin follows a human tan, however it has a blue tinge to it, which often causes her skin to have a pink glow. Elizabeth's hair is silver with blue tips, and holds a metallic shine as is known to moon elves. She often wears it in a bun under her hood of the male school uniform, but her hair is actually long enough to reach all the way down her back when undone. 
Since beginning to wear the blue necklace fetish (a fetish is an item holding a spirit/fae) given to her by Soren, Elizabeth's eyes have switched to a light ice blue colour with snowflakes with them. Still with the golden flecks.
== History ==
Elizabeth was born in Bestin Bay, Asix, to a moon-elf mother by the name of Aerin, and a human father called Michaelius. Her mother was an artisan who had been making clothes for nobility for the majority of her career as a skilled seamstress. Michaelius had spent most of his life as a guard for a noble family, which was how he met Aerin. He'd met her while she used to deliver her commissions to the family he worked under, and their relationship had developed from there. Elizabeth's mother was originally from Fevira, but when she had a child with a human (Ellis' older brother, Tristram), she was disowned from the family and decided to move to Asix with her husband where they started a new life. 
However, as the discrimination followed their family, Tristram grew up being told he was many horrible things; a troublemaker, untrustworthy, not fit to even be alive, and was bullied by all who knew of his race. Even though he mostly looked human besides his slightly pointed ears, he suffered a lot of mental and physical abuse from his peers. This lead Tristram to actually becoming a delinquent, as he started causing havoc in Bestin Bay, just as they said he did, seeing no reason to be a good person if he was going to be treated poorly either way.
Elizabeth is only 7 years younger than her brother, so he was her role model while growing up. Unfortunately this lead to him manipulating his sister while she was very young, and getting her into a lot of trouble when he first began to be a delinquent. It took a few years for their parents to catch on to what it was they were actually doing, as they'd gathered quite a reputation around town, and not a good one either. Thankfully Aerin stepped up and pulled Elizabeth away from her brother's influence, but by that point it was far too late to convince the rest of the residents of the town that they weren't complete devils in disguise. The whole family was forced out of Bestin Bay when Elizabeth was only 7 years old. They moved to the outskirts of Bestin Bay, on some land owned by a Baron.
The family would build their own home with a small garden beside it, enough to survive rather comfortably with a little work to upkeep their food. Luckily Michaelius was able to use his skills to teach himself how to hunt animals, which he would later teach to Elizabeth when she begged to help him when she was 7 years old. During the time they were living on the outskirts, Tristram would often go missing for long durations of time, sometimes coming back with money which no one ever knew how he'd gotten. No matter what his parents did, there was no taming him.
Michaelius planted rose bushes near the home, he would take roses from this bush almost every day and give them to his wife, different amounts, to express how strong his love was for her each day. From that point on, Elizabeth always associated roses with care and affection, not only romance. 
Ellis' father went hunting a few months before the rifts hit, and never returned. When the family went searching for him, all they found was tattered clothing belonging to Michaelius, going down the river, as well as some on the sharp rocks at the bottom of a nearby waterfall. It appeared that somehow he had gotten caught up in the waterfall and had fallen to his death, although Aerin didn't keep her children there long enough to investigate.
Aerin's birthday was only a month after the rifts hit, so leading up to it, Elizabeth was sneaking out early in the morning to try and hunt animals for herself so she could try and sell them to get money to buy her mother a gift. However, she wasn't supposed to leave the house by herself, so her brother offered to take her out instead. He took Elizabeth far far out from the house, she took her father's bow and arrows, as well as his sheathed sword for good luck, as her brothers intentions were unknown. Ellis was innocent enough to think that perhaps her brother was just being kind for once, and showing potential to be a good person. During their outting, a rift began to open in a farm nearby where they were, and a heavy earthquake shook the ground. 
Tristram quickly lead Elizabeth further out, closer to the city where the earthquake wasn't as bad, and then claimed he was running back to get their mother. Elizabeth waited there alone for hours. Days. She would eventually return to her home, hungry and afraid, and found the rubble of her old home. Somehow it had caught alight and all that was left was tattered clothing of Tristram, her mothers mangled corpse under the rubble, and a strange locked book which seemed untouched by the disaster. 
Ellis used the survival skills her family had taught her to live in the forest for a few months, going to town and selling the little things she managed to kill, as well as stealing, to survive. Eventually she saved up enough money to buy a small place in Bestin Bay, but it was incredibly small and practically falling apart, so she didn't spend much time there, and mostly spent her days hunting. Elizabeth lived this way for many years, using her spare time to return to her old home, where she would sit by the rose bush near the rubble of her home, and sketch the roses. She made sure to take care of the rose bush as much as she could, as it was the last surviving part of her family that she had left. 
After 10 years of being alone, Elizabeth had completely started a new life. She kept her ears hidden at all times, refusing to let anyone know her birth name and deciding to call herself 'Ellis' instead, so she'd have no trouble relating to her upbringing. After the hundreds of sketches she'd drawn in her spare time of the roses, and caring for them so intensely, she knew roses inside out. One day, while sketching and recalling a fond memory of her father also caring for the bush, Elizabeth accidentally conjured a rose in her hand. This was when she discovered her potential for internal divine magic. 
This new discovery lead Elizabeth to seek out information about magic, which was when she was sent the letter for Rosewood. Of course, being the only one left of her family, and seeing no future for herself living the life she currently was, Ellis packed her bags and made for the institute as quickly as she could.
After spending time at Rosewood institute, she realized that it wasn't the place she needed to be. It was no help in her discovery on how to curb Half-Elf racism, nor was it helping her learn the secrets of her mothers book. Not to mention she felt like she brought more trouble than help to the students she cared about there, and thus made her departure from the Institute.
== Magic and Physical ability. ==
Elizabeth learned a little swordplay from her father a year before he died, however she is rather inexperienced with it overall. She's recently (as of Season 1 Episode 17) started recieving lessons from Christopher Quincy, her previous teammate, in how to use her sword and shield. 
She has been said to have better luck with a bow and arrows, due to her years of hunting wild animals, however she has never shown this within the roleplay itself. 
Due to her years of hunting, Ellis finds it fairly easy to stand still for long periods of time, she also can go a day or two without food, without much complaint. Her years of hunting have also given her knowledge of how to fall with minimal injury. This was shown when she slid down the roof of Stella, and where an untrained individual would have sprained an ankle, she got off with only a small throbbing in her feet for a day. 
When arriving at the academy, Elizabeth was capable of conjuring a single rose. She does not use words to do this, but instead the action she takes to cast the spell, is recalling a joyful memory while picturing the rose in her mind as vividly as she can. Ellis rarely shows this ability to anyone, as she uses the roses as a symbol of her trust and affection (usually a friendship affection) in someone. As of Season 1 Episode 18, Elizabeth has given roses to; Soren, Avi, Tel'Kahras, Soralyr and Christopher. 
While Soren was still part of the academy, he began teaching Elizabeth a first circle healing spell called 'Aerdrie Faenya', translated to 'Fire of Healing'. This spell was similar to his own, but rather than frost, it was a flame-based healing. After leaving the academy, Elizabeth continued to practice this spell everyday in secret. She finally got the spell to start working properly in the middle of Season 1, and the first time she used it properly was on Abdel. 
== Relations ==
=== Rosewood Staff ===
==== Chancellor Kestal ====
Elizabeth has had multiple encounters with the Chancellor which have lead her to not only dislike her, but fear her. Elizabeth sees the Chancellor as a very manipulative and deceptive individual, and actively attempts to avoid her at all costs. This was due to the fact she has threatened Elizabeth with blackmail, using the few connections she has in the school against her.
==== Professor Bombadil ====
She's had very little interaction with this professor, most of which has been related to the potion to remove emotions which she concocted in the downtime episode after Season 1 Episode 16. While she wouldn't trust this professor, she does believe him to be a cheerful individual that is pleasant to be around. There is not a single negative opinion that Elizabeth could form about Professor Bombadil. 
==== Professor Mordred ====
She is unsure on what to think of Mordred. She's heard good things about him from other students, specifically Tel'Kahras, however when he spoke with her one on one about the potion, Elizabeth was not fond of the very personal questions he asked, even if he didn't force answers. As of right now, Ellis feels rather uncomfortable around Professor Mordred. 
He made a deal with her for him to stop the Chancellor from messing with Elizabeth in return for her to not take the potion to remove her emotions. However, as there has been nothing told to Elizabeth regarding that situation since the deal was made, she believes he has done nothing in accordance with their deal, and thus has begun taking the potion anyway.
==== Professor Rainer ====
She has had very little time interacting with him, however the few times their paths have crossed, Ellis has seen no bad qualities about him. After the rat mission in Season 1 Episode 17, Elizabeth now sees Professor Rainer as a skilled fighter, and someone who she can rely on during a fight. His caring nature also showed through with how he treated herself and Soralyr during the mission, and she very much appreciated the praise he gave them throughout the mission, and the care he showed towards Ellis when she was having a panic attack due to her fear for her life at the beginning of the mission.
==== Professor Takuya ====
Elizabeth has only interacted with this professor on 3 noteable occasions. During his class, where there was no personal connection made. When she requested stealth training from him, and recieved very minimal help, and most recently during the rat mission when he was mostly fighting slightly behind her during the formation. Due to this lack of personal experience and limited interactions, Elizabeth has not formed much of an opinion on him as of yet.
=== Team Stella ===
==== Isaac ====
Isaac is the current team leader of Team Stella. Ellis' relation with him has been rather chaotic in how it has developed. Starting off as a curiosity after hearing many negative things about him from Soren, upon meeting him for the first time she saw no real reason to dislike him. 
However, when Elizabeth showed potential to become the leader of Stella once Soren returned to Pendlebury, Isaac pulled the rug from under her feet as he attempted to stop her from even being sorted onto Stella at all. From that point, Ellis began to associate him with her manipulative brother, and her hatred for him began to blossom. Said hatred further developed into loathing when Isaac claimed leadership of Stella and used Ellis' unsorted stature as the excuse, making it seem as if he were doing her a favour. Seeing his manipulative nature front and center, distorted Elizabeth's view of him perminantly. 
Even after seeing his competance as Team leader far exceeding her own, Ellis never ceased to dislike her team leader. Thankfully the half-elf puts her hatred aside when it comes to team activities and classes, following orders without hesitation to get the job done, despite her feelings towards him. 
The most development we have seen from Elizabeth in terms of her treatment of Isaac was within Season 1 Episode 17 when during the rat mission, she came to her team leader's aid without hesitation. At first this may have been viewed as a result of the oath she made to Frost, however it is clear when further in the episode she goes to check on her team leader in the infirmary even if she didn't have to. Thus showing she had some form of concern for his wellbeing. 
==== Soralyr ====
At first, Ellis and Soralyr were incredibly distant and barely ever talked to each other. It was only through Soren's influence and trust in the two of them that Ellis tried to force herself to interact with the dragon-kin more. However, whenever they interacted, they would usually find themselves in extended periods of awkward silence- which Elizabeth didn't understand at first.
However, after being teammates and working together fairly regularly, the two seem to have grown closer, as Ellis sees her as a dependable ally. Elizabeth often relays information she deems important, to Soralyr, and discusses things she is unsure who else to talk to about, with her teammate. 
After the rats attacked the students without reason to, and the buddy system was established, Elizabeth chose Soralyr as her 'buddy', which allowed the two to spend quite some valuable time together where they seemingly began to bond in an unusually silent fashion. When Soralyr found Elizabeth's mural in the Stella attic, Ellis was surprised by how much the dragon-kin liked it. She very much appreciated when her teammate requested more art like that. There have been a few hiccups between the two, however Elizabeth never holds grudges against Soralyr, and often brushes issues aside, unlike how she treats other students. 
==== Cecilia ====
==== Tel'Kahras ====
These two hit it off near instantly. On Tel's first day at the institute, Ellis met him while trying to find the support students so they could try and recruit one for Stella (even though she had not officially been sorted into Stella at the time). Later that same evening, the two would talk in the werehouse, where Elizabeth offered the couch she had been sleeping on since arriving- deeming it to be more comfortable. The two would hold a long and deep conversation, as Ellis even went to the extent of suggesting him to try and get onto Stella - despite the fact he wasn't a support.
Most of Ellis and Tel's interactions have been rather one on one, private and as if the two of them don't want others to know they are even friends. However, this secrecy developed into something deeper when Elizabeth showed him the secret hideout which used to belong to Soren. The two would start meeting there during the day, and when Elizabeth began having problems with Stella, they both spent a few nights sleeping there in each others company as well. The amount of time they spent together, with Ellis relying on him to teach her most of what she knows now about social interaction, lead to them both developing feelings for one another. 
When the Chancellor discovered what they were up to, after a long discussion about the dangers of emotion and relationships, surprisingly enough she gave her blessing for the two to have a relationship with one another, with the assumption that they would not do reckless things for each other in battle. 
Despite their interest in each other, Ellis is completely honest with Tel'Kahras, meaning she also told him about her interest in Christopher. This has been the main reason that the two have not actually entered an official relationship yet. As Ellis still spends time with Christopher fairly often, Tel often shows signs of jealousy- which he openly admits to Ellis whenever she notices it. 
Ellis and Tel are 100% open with each other about everything - their hopes, feelings and thoughts, which is why they are so close with one another. Both coming from distrustful pasts, being able to completely openly speak to someone and rely on them without worrying about what it is they are thinking or feeling, is why their love has developed relatively quickly, and strongly. 
=== Friends ===
These students are people Elizabeth enjoys being around and trusts to an extent.
==== Avi ====
==== Jack ====
==== Lyra ====
==== Soren ====
==== Soralyr ====
==== Christopher ====
==== Abdel ====
Out of all of the students, Abdel would definitely be Elizabeth's best friend. They are similar in many ways, and Ellis has known this since the first day they met. The similarity in mindsets is something which is incredibly comforting to Ellis, as she often befriends people who have likeness to herself, so it was a fast formed friendship and a deep trust between these two that were formed. They trust each other so deeply that they speak to each other about their love issues; as Ellis has told Abdel about her interest in Christopher and Tel, while Abdel has informed Ellis of her feelings for her own teammate, L'fron. 
==== Tel'Kahras ====
=== Aquaintences ===
There are various students Elizabeth has a positive view on, but due to the lack of interaction, she wouldn't consider them her friends as of yet.
==== Zuku ====
==== Kai ====
==== Yorril ====
==== Lathariel ====
=== Romantic Interest(s) ===
==== Tel'Kahras ====
==== Christopher ====
=== Enemies ===
==== Tristram ====
Her older brother. Elizabeth has said that he died during the rifts, however she continues to hold a deep and undying hatred for him and what he put her through during her childhood.
== Trivia ==
Elizabeth's preferred way to regain prana is drawing.
The spirit in her necklace is called Frost.
Her favourite animals are wolves.
Elizabeth's favourite colour is gold.
She often does things out of impulse, and comes up with reasons as to why, after the fact.
Her favourite food is Squirrel Stew/Soup.
Ellis eats the same meal at the academy almost every day. She doesn't know what it is. 
She's read various fairytale books in the past, such as 'Alvis in Wonderland', which is where she got the nickname 'Chesire Cat' for Tel'Kahras. 
Elizabeth is a skilled seamstress.
== Links ==
== Gallery ==
File:VRChat 1920x1080 2021-06-14 01-29-42.250.png|Magic buds
File:VRChat 1920x1080 2021-06-14 02-18-24.8377.png|Ready for the rats
File:VRChat 1920x1080 2021-06-12 03-57-54.233.png|Moonie buddies
File:VRChat 1920x1080 2021-05-15 03-09-45.012.png|Prom Night 
File:VRChat 1920x1080 2021-05-15 03-11-08.978.png|Cuties at Prom
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