Beatriss Rylerne

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Beatriss Rylerne is an antagonist in the *Project 54* series. She is the twin sister of the late Arliss Rylerne. Though a gifted engineer, she was unable to pursue her passion because of her gender, and resorted to black market dealings to get create her company (whilst disguised as a man).

## Appearance

Beatriss has fair skin, walnut brown eyes, and short ash-brown hair which is parted to the side. Her hair also has a large piece of it (a cowlick) sticking up in the back. She has the same slender features and slim build as her identical twin sister, Arliss.

In order to start her engineering company, Beatriss presents herself as a man, wearing suits and binding her chest (which she hates).

Before she disguised herself as a man, her hair was usually in a bob with bangs. This was because she and Arliss distinguished themselves by the length of their hair (with Arliss’s being much longer).

## Personality

Her entire life, Beatriss has always been a jealous person, which stems from the fact that her identical twin sister, Arliss, was often favored by her parents and others. Despite all this, Beatriss is still a very intelligent, calculating, and clever, as shown by her talent in engineering and her plan to create an engineering company.

After Arliss died, Beatriss grew to hate Construo Corporation, just like her brother-in-law (almost) Dr. Eagleden, though her sanity still stayed intact. She became so determined to succeed and “overthrow” Construo that she turned to the black market to get the money she needed, leading her to create a war machine which needed an intelligent automaton to work. She still envies almost everyone she sees, including Septimus, Eulalie, Sixtine, and even Dr. Eagleden.

## Relationships

### Arliss Rylerne

Arliss Rylerne was Beatriss’s identical twin sister. Beatriss was always jealous of Arliss, mostly because Arliss was the favorite child, and was often seen as nicer and more ladylike than Beatriss. Despite this jealousy, Beatriss was grief-stricken after Arliss died, and began to resent Construo Corp. even more than she already did, the company who was (partially) responsible for Arliss’s death. This resentment led Beatriss to illegal activities on the black market, supposedly in Arliss’s name.

### Eduard Eagleden

Dr. Eagleden was the fiancée of Beatriss’s late twin sister, Arliss Rylerne. They had a strained relationship even before Arliss's death, since Beatriss was jealous of Dr. Eagleden’s success at Construo, and she was protective of her sister. After Arliss died, they formed somewhat of a grudging alliance in their grief, with both now despising Construo (though Beatriss secretly looked down on Dr. Eagleden for his overreaction). Dr. Eagleden didn’t keep in contact with Beatriss very well, though he sent her one letter describing his plan to blow up the city and humiliate Construo, along with Beta, the second automaton in Project 54. Upon realizing that a sentient automaton would complete her black market war machine, Beatriss went on a mission to find the rest of the Project 54 automatons and use them in her machine.

### Septimus

Septimus is somewhat of an nephew to Beatriss, being the son of Beatriss’s (almost) brother-in-law. However, the two have a hatred of each other.

### Sixtine

Sixtine is somewhat of an niece to Beatriss, being the daughter of Beatriss’s (almost) brother-in-law. Despite this, the relationship between the two of them is full of hatred.

### Eulalie Roder

Beatriss and Eulalie have a mutual feeling of contempt between them.

## Trivia

* Beatriss Rylerne (and the rest of the characters) were originally supposed to live in France or a French-inspired imaginary country, but it was changed so that they live in an English/American-inspired imaginary country.
* Beatriss is left-handed.
* She is a Pisces (with her birthday being on February 26).
* Her blood type is B positive.
* Her favorite color is gray.
* Beatriss was originally a man named Vincent, who had a similar character design as the “male” Beatriss.
	+ Interestingly, Vincent’s character design originally belonged to Arthur Chandler.
* She has an interest in shoes. Most of hers are expensive and high-quality, and she does her best to keep them as such.
* Beatriss doesn’t like dressing up as a man, finding it uncomfortable and nerve-wracking, but she believes it’s the only way she can succeed.
* Beatriss has a talent for drawing, and puts it to good use with sketching her machines. She also enjoys drawing her friends and family, though not so much in recent years.
* She dislikes dancing, seeing it as a pointless waste of time.
* Her surname was originally Flynn, but this was changed because of how the name sounded out loud with her original masculine name. The second version of her surname, Ryder, was scrapped because of how similar it sounded to Roder, Eulalie’s last name.
* The last name she gives to her male alter ego, Lee, is her mother’s maiden name.
* Beatriss’s parents were not expecting twins when she was born, so her name was made up on the spot to match “Arliss.”
* Beatriss’s MBTI personality type is ISFP-T.