Lilianne Jelleryn/Personality

## Lilianne Jelleryn

### Titles:

Lady of Tyre's Ridge, Margravess of Magnimar, Headmistress of the Rose and the Thorn, Boss of Lowcleft

### Affiliations:

House Jelleryn, Band of the Rose and the Thorn, House Nirodin, The Family, Trollskull Alley, The Shadow Court

### Occupations:

Adventurer, Artist, Singer, Priestess, Community Leader

### Residence:

Trollskull Manor, Nirodin Villa (former), Avenstar Villa (former), White Grotto dorms (former), Tyre Manor (former), Asterford Keep (former)

### Relatives:

Udakeedakaida (birth mother), Taros Jelleryn (birth father), Camille Jelleryn (stepmother), Ran Louis Jelleryn (half-brother), Sophine Gaster (half-sister), Dolyn Jelleryn (half-brother), Laudia Dantvelre (half-sister), Trandel Jelleryn (nephew)

## Biographical Information

### Hair Color:

Varies; jade and shamrock (spring), fiery orange (summer), platinum blonde (autumn), cyan (winter), glowing magneta (fey)

### Eye Color:

Varies; ocean blue (spring), deep amber (summer), vibrant green (autumn), pearl pink (winter), glowing purple (fey)

## Details

### Subclass:

College of Lore, Shelyn Domain, Divine Soul

### Religion:

Shelyn (primary), Desna (observance), Sarenrae (observance)

## Personality Traits

### **Pride**

Of the seven deadly sins, theologians and philosophers reserve a special place for pride. Lust, envy, anger, greed, gluttony and sloth are all bad, the sages say, but pride is the deadliest of all, the root of all evil, and the beginning of sin. But there's parental pride, pride in one's work, pride for your town or country. Of all the deadly sins, pride is most likely to stir debate about whether it's sin at all. This is especially true for Lilianne as she easily fits in both camps. Sure, she is a creature that does think pretty highly of herself, though expects a lot from herself in return. She can be made to see her limits; therefore, she can seek to manage others to fill in her for her for tasks beyond her skillset or otherwise would be considered beneath her. Getting to that realization is a difficult thing for her admit. Of her parents, her father was her hero and idol but it was her adopted mother that helped Lilianne into the lady she is. Inheriting some of Camille's sense of self importance, propriety, adherence to hierarchy. Though she does catch herself and it is sometimes something she struggles with. At heart, she is a good person who strives for beauty and her sense of pride is a reflection of that; a facet of who she is but doesn't solely define her.

### **Humility**

She's not beneanth doing acts of humility, matter of fact, that's often the primary factor behind her quest towards inner beauty. While her pride sometimes makes her blind to her actions, it also serves as means of the way she holds herself accountable. Without the humility to help right wrongs, she can't hold herself to the higher standards and inner beauty which she would to see in others. Simply said, without this key attribute Lilianne would of lost her way long ago.

### **Driven**

She has never been one to put off what can be done today until tomorrow. She is more than capable of having the focus to work at a very high level until the task is done to her satisfaction. She is constantly in a state of motion, and rarely remains idle. If she doesn't tirelessly working on her administrations, managing her accounts and ledgers, or giving out orders she will tutor the young, knit clothing, paint, sing, and send time with others. There is always something that she feels that needs doing, and has no problems taken on tasks and causes if she feels necessary that she do them. Those around her show concern about how much she takes upon herself, while others gawk in wonder.

### **Relentless**

Lilianne is an individual that fails quite often, at least to her own perception. She constantly finds herself faltering and questioning her own methods. Although, once she has chosen a path rarely does she let these failures stop her. At the end of the day she simply refuses to give up, even if the odds look dire or unachievable. That unwillingness to admit defeat frustrates both ally and enemy alike. Although, this trait has allowed her to claim victory out of seemingly unwinnable scenarios on more than once occasion.

## Themes

### **Duality**

Lilianne is someone who is pretty complex at her core. Full of conflicts, symbolism, and themes are that often at a tenious battle with each other. These elements don't often contradict each other, but instead exist in tandem.

* She is capable of great pride, and great humility.
* In many ways is she is very human and also is quite Fey, but ultimately is not either.
* She is both of the First World and Golarian, but belongs to neither.
* Her uniqueness is both defining and dazzling, but is also divisive and isolating.

### **Neutral Good**

Her alignment towards neutrality and good isn't so much a clear definition, as it is a compilation of the wholeness of her characteristics and intents. Sure, she is very interested in helping and improving herself; although, it is often at the benefit and/or enjoyment of those around her. She strives to be a good person at heart like her father, but she, like any mortal, is flawed. She tries to find a balance between things of a orderly nature, and the ability to compromise, this takes an active effort. She believes that customs and rules are guidelines to be respected, but it's also a duty to one's self and those with responsibility and power over others to find better solutions than the laws allow.

### **Religion**

Being raised as a lady, the religion of Shelyn was taught to her as part of the womanly arts. She as part of upbringing she follows the Goddess of Beauty, Love and Art. It's through her own initiatives that she continues to identify and accept the Goddess in her own way. She'll strive towards both external and internal beauty. Seeking to make the world a better place with her art, and she has an immense desire to find love. The Goddess Desna strongly calls to Lilianne as well, but for reasons can't really define as she's only unconsiously devout; finding herself staring at the stars or excited about exploring something new. She also feels a strong calling towards the Sivanah, but knows little about her. She can find redeeming qualities in other gods, seeing that there could love and beauty even from those that follow dark gods like Urgathoa.

### **Seasons & Physicality**

Being a Eladrin (or something close to it) her features vary wildy. Her form when she first fell into Golarion was her fey aspect. Over her time being raised by the House Jelleryn, she began to adapt to some human-like qualities. Her features would be receptive to changes in the seasons throughout the year, and well as her emotional state. At first these would change several times through out the day when she was young, and followed the seasons otherwise. After the onset of her physical maturity, her aspects also developed a distinct floral smell, and as she grew older, she gained more control of her seasonal aspects. Now, with her overall contentment over herself she usually is her Autumn aspect. Though, her control waxes while she's in her sleep/trance where her current mind state can cause her to slip into a different aspect. An elemental feature and phermone help round the impact of the Seasonal change and theme.

### **Love & Loneliness**

She has been blessed to shared a strong loving relationship with her adopted father. She has loving and/or respectful relationships with most for her siblings as well. Hell, deep down she even loves her adopther mother. The looming fear of being locked into a loveless marriage is a very real and quite possible reality for her. She just narrowly avoided a marriage to Terdosel Avenstar, who turned out to be a child rapest and murderer. She could very well end up as some old widower's play thing and than thrown out by his heir. So there is a pressure for her to try to discover love. It's the one aspect of Shelyn she understands the least. Deeper still is her growing loneliness, as the people who grew up with go old and then die. Doomed to outlast everyone she has ever known, thus she has developed a reluctance making friends for the same reason. She hasn't been able to connect with other Elves as she is Forlorn (an Elf raised in a Human environment) and of distant heritage, neither party have had much luck relating to each other. So she struggles with truly letting people in, particularly anyone of short age, even though she identifies far more with Humans. It's a very real and very deep fear for her. The thought of having a child she'll outlive like the rest of family is heartbreaking for her to even fathom. So she's stuck in the dualistic trap of wanting genuine romantic love so very badly and being too afraid of actually finding it.

### **Unique**

She so exotic in her physical form, Fey origins, uncharacteristic upbrining and duality that is easy define her as being quite unique. She that has appeal that draws people to her unconsiously. She shouldn't be easy to define, and people are always try to figure just what and who she is. Though this appeal does come at a cost. That fact that she's one of a kind often leads her to feel lonely, and that she doesn't belong; be it her country, family, humanity, and perhaps in Golarian at all. In juxtaposition, she also finds joy and contentment of being unique that few could understand. All in all, it's just one more piece of the puzzle that makes what she is.

### **Politics**

Being an elf adopted into almost strictly human-centric nobility isn't as glamourous as it seems, and thus far being a minor country noble as done a lot to help shield her from scrutiny. Although, her early escapades and the multitude of failed marriage proposals involving have done the opposite; even though none of are really her direct fault. She was originally allowed to be adopted into the nobility to help foster an alliance with Kyonin that failed. With the changing of the crown, and reforms she now stands to inherit a profitable Barony. Something that other powerful nobles can't ignore, as her brother Ran Louis struggles to find a solution before all is brought to ruin. The Grand Princess Eutropia also has an interest, as it was with her help to Baron Taros Jelleryn that allowed to be adopted in the first place, and could stand to lose some pull in the Senate over the matter. While more patriotic followers of Eutropia may try to take matters into their own hands.