Aetheralia Caelum

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**Thalia** is an Essencia Duelist-Coryphée serving as one of the Guild officers in Ateleista. She's one of the newer officers along with her sister, Tanya.

## Appearance

As identical twins are, Thalia bears a striking resemblance to Tanya, to a point that they can be almost indistinguishable to the untrained eye, if only the two had similar tastes in fashion. Like her sister, Thalia also has bright golden orange hair, something not really easy to miss, especially with her characteristically pale skin. Thalia remedies this paleness through lightly applying homemade cosmetics on her face, but only to an extent that it will look “natural” in her eyes.

Other than being seemingly more rosy-looking than her sister, another physical trait that can differentiate Thalia from Tanya at first glance is her straight hair - shoulder-length tresses of orange framing her small face, with full bangs that cover thick eyebrows she isn’t really proud of.

Her outfit consists of a dominantly-purple empire silhouette dress, the inner black layer stopping at mid-thigh and the outer layer at knee-length. She wears black socks and low-heeled boots. She always wears her hooded black cloak on missions and is never seen without gloves.

## Personality

A 'role model' since her younger days, Thalia Caelum has always acted 'prim and proper', much beloved by her family and other people alike due to the amiable and affirmative nature she presents. She's never seen unkempt, understandable for someone who places much emphasis on her looks, and would go beyond measures to achieve the aesthetic she wants to portray. First impressions of Thalia is easily that she's graceful and sophisticated, a young girl who barely had anything to show but holds her head high as if she owns the place. Some may attribute it to the little (supposed) noble blood she has, but those who knew better can easily point that she just took *a lot* after her father. Which is, to those who actually knew her father, was both a good thing and a bad thing.

Perhaps attributed to being an actress at heart, Thalia defaults to putting up appearances in public, or at least, that's what her twin says. She's still generally friendly to all people she meets - just maybe, perhaps a bit *too friendly* at times - that a select few with a high grip on intuition (or those who just knew her enough) might start to think something's off. It doesn't help that she can also sound condescending and sarcastic at times, even while she smiles and all seems to be going great. She'd say it's genuine, but others may peg her as having a way with words.

She's also selectively protective and loyal to the few people she trusts, especially her twin.

## Background

Thalia grew up in the confines of a rather unconventional theater in Ventis, as the first child of a Natura and an Essencia known for their satirical renditions of prominent plays and their own controversial works.

Growing up in a theater surrounded by very passionate artists and play enthusiasts, Thalia and her twin, Tanya, developed a deep appreciation for the arts, with Thalia taking solace under the spotlight - mostly as an actress in the musicals they perform, and eventually as one of the ballerinas in their theater's ballet group. With pride and practice, Thalia is easily appointed as the the leader of their corps de ballet, a part she took very seriously and very much enjoyed. She once believed that with even more practice, she can debut as a principal ballerina someday, and even get to tour other continents to perform.

But dreams sometimes take a turn, and you find yourself treading a path a bit different from what you expected. As political tension in Ventis rose, Thalia had to face the open secret that her parents weren't merely playwrights anymore, and that the theater she knew and loved wasn't just a theater. Aside from being a coryphée, Thalia knew she had another leadership role waiting for her in her father's footsteps... and that the people were counting on her.

One fateful encounter in the woods, during a seemingly harmless reconnaissance, Thalia was separated from her father, and was soon whisked to Fernis with her mother and her sister. Confused and soaked from rain, Thalia soon found herself gripping her twin's hand tightly as they stood in front of a rather unremarkable door with such a remarkable insignia. *Ateleista*.

"You're not leaving us here," she protested, only to be met by her mother's apologetic gaze.

It seemed like she didn't have much of a choice.

## Equipment

Thalia's clothing and equipment, though comprised of a lot of flowy fabric that leaned more on appearance rather than utility, are all very lightweight, which allows for her fast and seamless fighting style.

## Trivia

* Thalia is Tanya’s identical, mirror image twin.
* She’s right-handed.
* Can cry on command, a talent she finds useful for getting people to do her bidding.
* Strong eyebrow game that she really detests, thus convincing her twin that they should have bangs to cover them up.
* Can’t cuss to save a life.
* She’s an unapologetic *daddy’s girl* who will randomly recall some anecdote involving her dad in the middle of a conversation.
* Tends to call everyone by some form of endearment.
* Always wears gloves when seen in public. Who knows if she wears them to the showers lol
* Never leaves for a mission without her hooded cloak, though she goes through all the trouble of actually removing it in the middle of a battle if it gets in the way.
* She got flowers banned from their theater because her allergic reactions were intense. Boi does she hate those pollen-carrying, social norms of love-