Lorietta

Lorietta is a character in Gift and Anew. She is Sheyric’s younger sister.

## History

### Gift

Lorietta was introduced in Gift when she pressures Leiea into seeing her brother, Sheyric, and the luxury goods he sells. When he gives Leiea an emerald and nothing else to Lorietta, she storms away out of anger.

She places 29th in school graduation, one of the worst rankings, and makes a scene of excepting it.

On a day that Sheyric is teaching Leiea, she is sent off in a royal carriage to the university in Florithe, although everyone knows she is not deserving of such an education

### Anew

In Anew, Sheyric encounters Lorietta during the Florae Festival with the noble, Fancin, her new boyfriend. Although she doesn’t want to see her old home or anything about it, and Sheyric doesn’t want to travel with her for weeks, they both agree on traveling west together. It’s revealed that she has another year of school left, although she almost never had to go there because her brother is nobility.

Lorietta is generally rude and like herself on the trip. She turns out to not be good with Glennic or Ceicy, their drivers, and she dislikes the places they stop at, and buys an exorbitant amount of unnecessary goods in Becoden. She seems to be pressing for Sheyric and Glennic to get together throughout their excursion.

Before getting to Karyk, Glennic and Ceicy find an abandoned fawn, likely decended from Firyah’s creatures. She volunteers to watch over the deer, and she names her Prairie after the region they are in. She says she’s always wanted a pet deer and, although loving her, not the best at caring for an animal.
Relationships

### Sheyric

Sheyric is Lorietta’s older brother, 6 years older than her. They have very different personalities and don’t get along well, although they look similar overall, besides varied eye color (Sheyric’s are are amber, Lorietta’s are blue). Sheyric was glad to see her leave for the Florithe University.

In Anew, Lorietta’s attitude to Sheyric has changed. She becomes overall more emotionally sensitive to people and admits to loving Sheyric despite their differences, which surprises him.

## Personality

Lorietta is a generally unlikeable person, being selfish, extreme, and rude. Sheyric stated that their parents didn’t bother with raising her properly after him. In school, she would bully everyone, typically with bragging about her family’s wealth. She’s described as being about as good at navigation as a snail. She got 29th in graduation, and is shown to not be as smart as others.

However, in Anew, she is shown to be more caring and emotional, admitting that she cares for Sheyric and knows she’s not as nice and most other people. At times though, she is still brash and holds a grudge against Leiea.

## Appearance

Lorietta is 22 years old (17 in Gift) and stands at 5 feet, 4 inches. She is “ridiculously gorgeous”, with long and wavy black hair and piercing ice blue eyes. In Florithe, she wears expensive and elaborate clothes, always a dress and jewelry. She wore similar things in the village and would wear her brother’s jewelry he sold.

## Etymology

The name Lorietta comes from Loretta, which means “laurel” and is of Italian origin.

## Trivia

* Both Lorietta’s brother and boyfriend are nobles or of that descent, and she admits this was to have a higher status of her own.

## Quotes

> “I know I’m not as nice as everyone else, and I’m not good at saying good things, but you’re still my brother and I do love you.”
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> -Lorietta to Sheyric, Anew