Edelweiss Armani

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### Siblings

Levi Armani (younger brother), Adriana “Adri” Armani (younger sister), Carmine Armani (younger sibling), Eden Alarie (younger half-sister, estranged)

### Aunts/Uncles/Auncles

Frederick Armani (uncle) and Catherine Armani (aunt)

## Other

### Song(s)

Primadonna by Marina and the Diamonds

Edelweiss is a character for the third roleplay created by Multiple Mysteries. Do not edit this page without her permission. Ae is the oldest child of Bella and Rowan Armani. Template created by Whiny.

## Appearance

Edelweiss is always sure to look her best, always wearing the fine tailor-made dresses made out of the most luxurious fabrics. She tends to incorporate her house colors into most of her outfits in order to honor the House of Armani. She is also typically adorned with jewelry expensive jewelry made with the rarest gemstones., Her glasses tend to catch the light in a way that blocks out her eyes, making her appear more ominous.

Ae takes very good care of aer hair, washing it frequently and brushing it every day. Aer hair is naturally wavy and more prone to tangles.

Given that she isn't a cis woman, she has broader shoulders then most women, but she doesn't mind, as she's found she can use that to her advantage to maker her appear like a more imposing figure. She does mind not having wider hips, though, and wears dresses with wider skirts because of it. She has very graceful movements.

## Personality

Edelweiss enjoys holding power over people and the emotions that it invokes in aer victims: fear, frustration, anger - the list goes on. If aer physical features alone can't achieve that (height and deep voice), then ae has a plethora of ways to gauge a reaction out of someone using aer social and observational skills. Ae likes to bring up personal, uncomfortable subjects to those ae engages in conversation with. Edelweiss also has a way of twists others' words around and manipulating them. Ae almost always has a response to everything thrown at are and operates expertly under pressure. Sometimes, ae does have more practical reasons for speaking to people, like to get information or forming alliances. When ae needs to form alliances, ae'll take a much more cordial approach to how they interact with people, but always with a an air of smugness about aer. She's a master a reading other people and learning their weaknesses, which she no doubt uses to her advantage. Though her behavior and personality is heavily influenced by her mother, if she were to suddenly be taken out of the equation Edelweiss would still be largely the same, as she enjoys her way of life.

Aside from her mother, she couldn't care less what other people think of her and lives almost entirely without shame, which is part of what led to her developing such a massive ego. She's also incredibly vain. Although most people wouldn't expect it, she's very well-read, the only trace of her father's influence that can be found in her personality. As one might be able to guess, Edelweiss is not very skilled when it comes to sympathy or empathy.

As pressure from aer mother to get married has accumulated in recent years, Edelweiss has begun to doubt aer sense of morality and view of aerself. Ae equates the inability to feel romantic attraction with being soulless and evil, and the discovery that ae is one such person who doesn't experience that form of attraction has left ae feeling as if ae's some sort of freak, as well as being inadequate in the eyes of aer mother. Ae's always known and been content with the fact that aer not a good person, but ae's never wanted to be an irredeemable monster, and it deeply distresses aer more than ae'd care to admit. Ae likes to stir up trouble, not actively ruin lives. Ae's found aerself pondering more and more if that's what aer destined for.

## Mental Health

Trigger warnings: ab\*se, s\*\*c\*dal themes))

Edelweiss bases her worth as a person on her ability to perform social functions and please her mother. She’s truly not bothered by the fact that no one else likes her or finds her to be valuable, viewing her mother’s approval as all that she could ever need. If she doesn’t have Bella and her social standing, two things that are reliant upon each other, then she has nothing and thus no reason to be alive. Being a cruel, manipulative socialite gives Edelweiss and adrenaline high that nothing can compare to, making her feel more alive than anything else in the world. Without that, she’d be absolutely lost.

Edelweiss has no idea how fraught aer mental health truly is, completely and utterly believing ae’s totally fine when in reality ae’s a ticking time bomb.

## Biography

### Pre-Roleplay

(Trigger warnings: emotional and mental ab\*se. in the second paragraph there’s a stillbirth mention)

Ever since Edelweiss was a small child, her mother has instructed her on how to interact with other people and gain power over people, whether it be asserting dominance she already had on those with a lower standing than her or gradually overtaking those she's below. It was always made clear to Edelweiss and her siblings that if they didn’t live up to Bella’s expectations, then would not receive any ounce of care or affection from her. Unlike her siblings, Edelweiss was a natural when its came to navigating her way through the social politics and making herself come across as refined and perfect as possible, so she quickly became her mother's favorite child.

When ae was fourteen years old, aer mother told them that she was pregnant with the king's child, which she would have to send away immediately after it was born and covered up as a stillbirth, explaining that she was telling aer this because Bella trusted aer most out of any of aer siblings with this information. When the baby, Eden, was born, Edelweiss only got one brief moment before aer newborn sister was whisked away forever.

Throughout her entire life, Edelweiss has always been able to do as her mother demanded, whether it be making allies with someone for the benefit of the House of Armani or keep secret an illegitimate child ... until now. Edelweiss knows she should probably be married by now, but she can't stomach the thought of being with anyone in that way. She wouldn't even be able to endure a loveless, purely political marriage, witnessing firsthand the very nearly disastrous effects when Bella tried to find respite from hers. When she first became of marrying age, shee was able to feign insecurity in her ability to be a wife, but as time went on Bella has grown more and more impatient, much to Edelweiss's distress.

### During Roleplay

This conflict came to a dramatic climax one night at a ball. Bella confronted Edelweiss about the marriage issue yet again, and as always, Edelweiss tried to come up with excuses as to why ae shouldn’t have to get married, but this time, the argument reached a different conclusion than it usually did. Bella ended up giving Edelweiss three choices: either she chooses a spouse, she arranges one for her, or she abandons Edelweiss and all her potential. It was at this point Edelweiss finally had to surrender, lest ae compromise who ae was and let aer mother have a complete win.

## Relationships

### Immediate Family

#### Bella

(trigger warning: emotional and mental ab\*se)

*mother, falsely positive, ab\*ser*

Edelwelweiss has always been aer mother's perfect "golden child" who was always able to live up to expectations ever since ae was born. Ae’s always done as instructed without any question, and with aer innate social skills, ae's always been able to carry out each task effortlessly and flawlessly. Edelweiss and aer mother have always gotten along, but they've never quite behaved the way a mother and daughter are supposed to, their interactions very reminiscent of how business partners might behave, with one having more power and agency than the other.

When she was younger, part of what drove Edelweiss to act the way she does was for her mother's love and affection, but when she learned about Eden and how she'd have to be sent away, Edelweiss realized just how little Bella's children meant to her and just how expendable to her they actually were. How expendable *Edelweiss* was. No matter what she did or how well she got along with her mother, she would never be truly safe in her position, and she'd always have to fight for it. Edelweiss changed her motives accordingly to this discovery, now only seeking to earn her mother's approval instead of love. She would give anything to not become an inconvenience to be discarded. A subconscious part of Edelweiss still tries to make her mother proud because she knows it's the closest thing she'll ever get to Bella loving her; that, and the fact that being on her mother's bad side is brutal, as Edelweiss has learned by observing the way Bella treats Carmine and the effect its had on them.

Edelweiss's relationship with aer mother began to grow strained (well, it's always been strained but moreso than usual) because Bella had been trying to push aer to get married when ae didn’t want to. Ae didn’t know how to express to aer mother the sheer amount of dread and panic the very idea of it causes aer, and ae worried that aer mother wouldn't listen to aer even if ae did. Edelweiss didn’t want to disappoint her, as she would lose everything.

And ae did. After an explosive argument where Edelweiss declared once for all that she would never get married, Bella fully abandoned her in favor of putting more focus into her siblings. In an instant, all of Edelweiss work was for naught and everything ae’d built was demolished. Her *whole life* had amounted to a waste of time.

#### Rowan

*father, neutral/positive*

Edelweiss doesn't see gaining Rowan's approval as nearly as much as a priority as gaining her mother's, and doesn't think very much of him, but she generally does what her father asks of her and tends to be polite to him, seeing him as one of the very select few people she doesn't feel the need to assert power over whether it be out necessity or just for fun, viewing him as ultimately harmless and insignificant, and thus not worth making any sort of fuss over (though it can be annoying when he tries to act like he's more important than he is). She doesn't always do whatever he asks her, but that's only if Bella is mad at him for one reason or another.

The father and daughter do have one thing that connects them, though: literature. Rowan introduced Edelweiss to books as soon as ae could read, and though he gave aer books that were a bit ... complex for a five-year-old, ae found more enjoyment in reading that ae expected aerself to. To this day, the pair will occasionally find themselves having lengthy discussions and friendly debates about literature.

#### Levi

*younger brother, former rival, neutral/negative*

Growing up, Edelweiss would always have to compete with Levi for their mother's attention, so they would often sabotage and fight with each other in ways that went beyond just typical bickering between siblings. Naturally, they developed a mutual resentment for one another, only acting polite to each other when the circumstances required it. She wouldn't admit it out loud or to herself, but for the longest time, she was jealous of him. there was ever time, perhaps when they were very young, when she got along with her brother, Edelweiss can't recall it, and she's sure Levi can't, either.

Over time, Levi and Bella's fond faded, and Edelweiss was proven to be the one Bella liked best not just out of the two of them, but of all of her children. Since he's no longer her rival, Edelweiss doesn't think about aer younger brother much anymore, and if ae does, it's usually only because ae was reminded of his existence due to physically seeing him. Ae never misses her chance to lord it over to him how ae "won" though, whether it be in subtle or overt ways.

#### Adri

*younger sister, rival, negative*

Edelweiss's relationship with Adri is much like the one shee used to have with Levi, but much more intense, as the sisters' animosity towards each other has had several more years to intensify. Edelweiss is a lot harsher towards Adri than she ever was with Levi, as Adri has to face up against a version of Edelweiss that has had much more experience using her words to make the lives of other's agony. She tends to have the upper hand over Adri when it comes to issues relating to their mother's approval of them, already secure in the knowledge that she's the definitive favorite out of her siblings.

#### Carmine

*younger sibling, neutral/negative*

Unlike with Levi and Adri, Edelweiss doesn't view Carmine as a threat to Bella's approval in the slightest due to them being so young, and, in Edelweiss's point of view, pathetic, not to mention the fact that Carmine is clearly Bella's most disliked child. No, Carmine is less of a threat and more of a reminder. A reminder of all ae has to lose and how ae'll be treated if that happens. Ae can't stand the thought of it, so ae lashes out at them torments them. Ae is not aware of this, though, and if you had to ask aer why ae threats Carmine the way ae does, ae'd just answer that ae simply just can't take them seriously, so ae uses them a tool for creating entertainment instead. There is no one ae likes terrorize more than Carmine, as ae knows exactly how to get into their head. While ae isn't oblivious to the fact that ae causes them harm, ae is not aware of the extent of just how much ae's damaged them, and, as their relationship currently stands, is unlikely to stop anytime soon.

#### Eden

*younger sister, estranged, it's complicated*

When Edelweiss was first told about Eden, she wasn't sure what to think of her. It wasn't like with Carmine, where Edelweiss had to prepare for yet another rival for her mother's approval. None of Edelweiss's other siblings would even know she was alive or that she was their sister. But aside from all of that, Eden was proof that Bella *wasn't* as perfect as she presented herself to be. What she pushed onto her children, she couldn't even live up to herself. Edelweiss also learned just how expendable her and her siblings were to her mother.

When Eden finally was born, Edelweiss went to go see her in a storage room that was being used as Eden's nursery for the night before she was sent away. Edelweiss had no idea why they went to see her, considering that after that night she would no longer hold any importance in aers or the rest of aer family's lives. For someone reason, ae just felt an odd need to remember her. She figured Eden was asleep the entire time Edelweiss was in the nursery, so ae just stood over her crib watching her sleeping, a strange tranquility washing over ae. Twelve hours later, Eden was no longer in the palace and never would be again.

Edelweiss has not forgotten her. If anything, she thinks about her more frequently than she'd like to, certainly more than her other siblings. Her mind can't help but wonder about what became of her and what kind of person she's grown into, what it would be like growing up outside of the palace. Edelweiss can't stand the fact that Eden occupies so much space in mind, because whenever she thinks about her Edelweiss becomes melancholy, something that both annoys and disturbs the noblewoman. She's never thought about any of her other siblings with such sentimental feelings before, so what was different with Eden?

### Extended Family

#### Catherine

*aunt, neutral/positive*

Edelweiss has always admired aer aunt for her cutthroat, unyielding nature. She recognizes her as a woman who knows what she wants and is willing to take the necessary measures to take it, much like herself. The two of them aren't close or anything, they're far too invested in the affairs of their own sections of the family, but that's part of what Edelweiss respects about her- she doesn't get sidetracked.

#### Frederick

*uncle, neutral*

Edelweiss couldn't care less about aer uncle. In her eyes, he's almost a complete non-factor. Ae respects the work he puts into maintaining the image of the Armani house, but that's about it.

#### Alexis

*younger cousin, neutral/negative*

Edelweiss finds Alexis to be rather amusing. Ae has watched just how hard aer cousin tries not to become like Catherine when ae can tell that the two have many similarities. Shee predicts that its only a matter of time until Alexis gives in to who she really is and she can't wait to see it happen, but in the meantime she has plenty of fun observing just how Alexis tries to win a losing battle and taunting her for it.

#### Lea

*younger cousin, neutral/negative*

Overall, Edelweiss doesn't think much of her youngest cousin, seeing her as yet another insignificant figure in her life, but she of course still takes the opportunity to toy with her any chance she gets for the sake of her own entertainment.

## Quotes

“I quite like that descriptor. The only thing that could have made it better is if I had been called villain*ess.* Yes. I believe that would been even more fitting rather than just being a plain villain.”

“How self-involved of you. Then again, you wouldn’t really be nobility if you weren’t.” Edelweiss to Sybil.

"Why, for me, working *is* indulgence. Unlike nobles who b\*tch and moan about their duties, I actually enjoy them.”

"I act this way because it's fun. Sure, maybe when I was first starting out I was motivated by duty, but that changed very quickly. Frankly, I've *always* been on the top of the food chain, so to speak. I have nothing to fear."

“All insults are just stating observations that are meant in offense.”

“Don’t f\*\*king touch me, you roach!”

”So? No one ever gets a choice, that’s just life.”

## Songs

Primadonna by MARINA

My Goodbye from Epic: The Musical

Michael in the Bathroom from Be More Chill

Error English piano cover JubyPhonic (original version by niki)

Self-Inflicted Achromatic English cover by Oktavia

Last Words of a Shooting Star by Mitski

My R English cover by Lollia (paginal song by KurageP)

That’s Why I Gave Up on Music English cover by rachie (original song by Yorushika)

Charles English cover by JubyPhonic (original song by Balloon)

Rät by Penelope Scott