Embla Van Aller

## History

A woman was cursed for rejecting the advances of a man. A classic tale of toxic masculinity, and the case for Albertyna Sauer. His curse made her seem insane when she tried to return to her family. She heard voices and her scream was too lethal for mortals. Without ever looking for it she found love, she met, married and mated with a halfling, a Fae. She could never have imagined she would have anyone, let alone Max in her life. Years of marriage later their daughters; Embla and Verena were born. It was not easy to tell which of their parents the girls received their powers from. Eme could have passed for a nymph on appearance alone, she never exhibited abilities that a demi-fae should have been capable of. She was going to struggle alongside her mother with the curse of the harbinger.

Her mother's disdain for magic transferred to her seamlessly. Unfortunately her father was a Magic Fae, he was human enough for them all to live comfortably in the mortal realm. It was simple enough for all of them except Berty. Embla and her mother were thick as thieves being that Berty had inadvertently created a tiny monster and unleashed her onto the world. Embla absorbed each and every lesson that her mother taught her. A sponge, she quite literally, did exactly as told from the first command. She never talked back, she was obedient, she was loyal. It was not until she began separating from her mother did she begin to change. Her time within the halls of Olympus Academy caused a shift in their dynamic. Embla suddenly had limits to what she was willing to tell her mother about. She had secrets that was not willing to share, it was a new a frightening part of their relationship that was hard to accept.

She entered into a contract with an Elf. She did not fully comprehending what she was agreeing to, he could have asked anything of her and she would have agreed. Some people called him a demon, he was an angel to her. She fell in love with him, it was not immediate nor was it instantaneous. Their story in particular was about everything except love when they first met. Embla attended Olympus Academy at her mother's behest. She met Orion Skander while she was in school, an Elf with ties to her paternal Fae grandfather. He knew things about her family, her mother included that she never would. He introduced to an entirely different world than the one that she was trying exist in. She had been living among the mortals with her mother clinging to the last drop of humanity that was left in their blood.

## Personality

She is one of these sweet and selfless people who do not come along in life quite often enough. She is rather shy and perhaps a bit too thoughtful. She likes to give people small gifts on their birthday and national holidays. She hates to be taken for granted and hates to see it happen to others. Although she is submissive she will stand her ground for herself and for others. She is cautious and only engages in action after giving it a considerable amount of forethought. She never rushes into a situation unprepared or without an exit strategy mapped out in her back pocket. She has a mean side, she can be quite nasty. She will be a ruthless enemy to anyone who has harmed someone that she loves. She is absolutely vicious about protecting her family, honorary members included. She gives a deathly cold silent treatment. It truly only hurts the feelings or gets a reaction from people who know her well. She wildly friendly and talkative when she had been given attention, from a small gesture to a big one. She is known to invite herself to everything.