Princess Adella of Atlantica

### Siblings

* Queen Attina of Atlantica, Princess Alana of Atlantica, Princess Arista of Atlantica, Princess Aquata of Atlantica
(older sisters)
* Princess Andrina of Atlantica, Princess Ariel of Atlantica
(younger sisters)

**Princess Adella of Atlantica** (17 September 1788 - 1 October 1768) was the fifth daughter of King Triton and Queen Athena of Atlantica, and thus a younger sister to Attina, Atlantica's last queen. Another sister, Princess Ariel, was crown-princess of Glowerhaven.

## Appearance

Princess Adella resembled her father and had dark brown hair, a fair posture and large doe eyes. She usually wore pearls, and was described as "plump and pretty".

## Biography

### Childhood

Adella grew up as the fifth of King Triton's seven daughters. Continuous childbirth had weakened Queen Athena significantly and her health deteriorated until she died in 1796 aged only 33. The court had little time to mourn, as revolution threatened the royal family. All girls were raised very musically, often performing concerts at their father's balls. Adella was an excellent violinist. As King Triton's reign was unpopular, the family remained very secluded and often fled the palace to other courts to escape revolutionaries. In 1807, Adella's youngest sister Ariel married Crown Prince Eric of Glowerhaven. This gave King Triton the idea to marry his elder daughters off quickly to foreign princes, thinking that would keep them safe. However, the first two to marry (Alana and Adella) both married local nobles.

### First marriage

Adella first married to Lord Stephen du Lac, her father's young secretary. She temporarily moved to her husband's family estate in the county of Lac, but quickly returned to court. Later in life, Adella would describe Stephen as the true love of her life. The union was very happy, until Lord Stephen's sudden death from shore illness in 1812. They had one child, Lady Melanie du Lac, in 1809. The pair was allegedly devoted to each other and their child.

### Second marriage

Widowed with a young toddler, Adella was very vulnerable as her father's government was once again under scrutiny. After only a month of courtship, Adella married Captain Nicholas Nemo, who promised to take her away to the new world, where they would be safe. Nemo was ten years Adella's senior and their marriage was more of a business arrangement than a genuine love match. While travelling the seven seas and exploring the New World the two raised their sons: Adolphus (1814) and Fabian (1816).

### Independance and performing

In the early 1830s, the marriage started to fall apart. Her husband fell in love with an American art model named Susanna George, who was sixteen at the time. Nemo divorced Adella in 1833 and stayed in America, where he married Susanna. Adella went to Maldonia with her children (24, 19 and 17) where they supported themselves by performing concerts throughout the country. Here, Adella rekindled a love affair with a fellow violinist Anastasio Dragici.

### Third marriage and revolution

Adella broke things off with Dragici after a year or so, when his brother Benjamin married Adella's daughter Melanie. In 1838, while visiting her sons at college in England, Adella met their senior classmate Adrian Bell (born 1813). Despite the 25-year age difference, the two started a love affair that ended in a marriage in Maldonia in 1840. Though the family was initially outraged, Adella and Adrian found support and acceptance as the years went on. They stayed married for 28 years until Adella's death.

Around the time of their marriage, revolution had erupted in Atlantica. Queen Attina had been deposed and only a week after the wedding, Adella was told that four of her sisters, her brother-in-law, three nieces and two nephews had all been murdered. She was devestated by the news, and never returned to Atlantica. After the death of Princess Ariel in 1861, Adella was the last surviving daughter of King Triton.

## Trivia

* Adella was survived by her husband, her three children, her eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
* If Atlantica's monarchy would have been reinstated after the revolution, Princess Adella's descendants would have been first in line.