Juliet Gillina

**Duchess Juliet Gillina-Juliere** is the third youngest child of Countess Acelina and Count Gillard of Pecarom. She is also the younger sister of Alexander, Ivana, Ninette and Sophronia and the older sister of Varina and Elsbeth of Pecarom.

## Biography

### Early life (1565-1578)

Even when she was born, she had the ebony black hair, snow white skin and blood red lips that were typical for her mother's noble house, House Winmorte, so she became her mother's favorite daughter and trophy child. She learned early on that she always had to be her best self yet pretend she was someone else to appease her mother and everyone around her, yet she dreamed of finding the one person that would see her for who she truly was.

### Snowrose Academy (1579-1584)

When she started attending the Snowrose Academy, her mother put a lot of pressure on her to find a suitable partner, so that their superior genes wouldn't go lost after her, but everything felt wrong. She couldn't explain it, but she kept insisting that her soul was connected to someone else's and that she had to find them. Eventually, she stumbled upon Persephone Erdemona, who allowed her to rebel against her mother for the first time in her life, while still being semi-acceptable in Acelina's eyes because she came from another prominent noble house, House Anakkino. With Persephone, she not only felt understood, but she felt like she had truly found her other half and her soulmate, because their souls felt like they were somehow connected. They often spent time together, doing things to rebel against her mother, Persephone always encouraging her to defy all of the expectations sat upon her in aggressive ways. The two of them even got engaged while in their last year of school.

### Early Adulthood (1585-)

After graduating, she was eager to plan her wedding with Persephone, even planning to elope and run away from her family so she would finally be "free" of their expectations. She had a shocking awakening when she overheard a conversation between Persephone and her mother, Desdemona, about how Persephone's plan to destroy the reincarnation of Reverie Beausomnia was coming along. Wrathfully, Juliet confronted Persephone about it and Persephone admitted that their families had long been intertwined and that it was one of their ancestors who poisoned Reverie many hundred years ago. Countess Desdemona had somehow found out that Reverie was reincarnated in Juliet and had been planning for her daughter to kill her soul once and for all and Persephone had eagerly played along, actively lying to Juliet about her feelings towards her for years. Juliet was so heartbroken by this discovery, that she completely forgot to be rebellious and wrathful and instead spent months in self-pity at having pushed away her true family, though it was eventually her siblings who encouraged her to come back to them and start anew.

She eventually got her second chance when her sister, Elsbeth Gillina, introduced her to one of her closest friends, the immortal Victoire Wilona. The two of them quickly found solace in each other, Victoire helping Juliet to move on from Persephone and Juliet finally allowing Victoire revealing to her that she was the real Queen Victoire and that she and Reverie had been close friends in her last life, which made them both realize that they were soulmates, finally braking the Curse of Mercury on Juliet.

## Abilities and Skills

* Passive magic
* Tailoring

## Etymology

**Juliet** is a French name derived from the Roman name *Julius*, meaning 'youthful' or 'sky father'.

**Gillina** is a combination of *Gillard* meaning 'will, desire, brave, hardy' and *Acelina* meaning 'noble, a noble person from heaven'.

**Juliere** is a combination of *Juliet* meaning 'youthful, sky father' and *Victoire* meaning 'victorious, victory'.

### Titles

#### Current title

After her marriage to Victoire Wilona, who is still technically Queen of Gwynlynd, her title became:

*Her Majesty Juliet Gillina-Juliere, by Divine Grace White Queen Consort of the Serene Kingdom of Gwynlynd, Duchess Consort of Astarique and Lady of Amalminn and Pecarom*

However, since Victoire has been using a secret identity and is not officially recognized as Queen anymore, Juliet's used title is:

*Her Grace Juliet Gillina-Juliere, Duchess Consort of Astarique and Lady of Pecarom*

## Trivia

* Juliet represents mercury, the color red and Dahlias
* Between her and her siblings, Juliet is the one who's most similar to their mother Acelina
* She has the typical features of House Winmorte: Ebony black hair, snow white skin and blood red lips
* Her soul is the reincarnation of Reverie Beausomnia
* After her marriage to Victoire Wilona, she technically became White Queen Consort, but since Victoire hasn't used the title officially in hundreds of years, Juliet isn't officially recognized as such