Florence Avallin

## Personality

Florence has always had a lot of energy and ambition. They didn't know that they wanted to be a knight from the start, but they always worked extremely hard when they wanted something. The main thing about them, I guess, is that they're extremely determined. They don't mess around when it comes to something they love, and they're honestly kind of hard on themself when they do mess around if they shouldn't be.

She's not exactly outgoing, but she definitely doesn't have an issue introducing herself and socializing. However, she is not good at sticking up for herself if it's something about her and not her career. She kind of just awkwardly nods along if someone criticizes something like her appearance or demeanor, and doesn't bother standing up for herself.

Florence is very pro-monarchy. They truly look up to the royal family and support them. They've had moments of hesitation about this, but they really are very loyal, and the fact that the monarchy and knighthood has given them a much better, more secure life, strengthens their loyalty to the throne.

They're really nice btw!! Especially in the past like, 10 years, since they've had to be nice for their job. They are super respectful and, even if they don't agree with someone's viewpoints, treat people with kindness.

## Biography

Florence, the younger of her parents' two children, grew up without wealth, in a small cottage at the very edge of the main Ilosia town. Her father was a construction worker, who mainly worked on small structures in town, and her mother worked as a doctor until she suffered a bad injury (undetermined atm) that never healed properly when Florence was around 8. Their older sister Vera, 13 at the time, took up a job at a local apothecary as an assistant, as their father's income alone wasn't enough to support everyone and their mother being pretty much unable to work because of her injury.

Florence and Vera's parents were very anti-monarchy, and so was Vera- those three saw firsthand how little the royals seemed to care about the lower class. However, Florence was kept somewhat sheltered of the struggles their parents and sister were going through. They went to school like normal, where they were taught everything great about the monarchy, and few of the bad parts. She heard a little bit of what her parents said about the royal/nobles, but didn't take it to be something incredibly serious, as they tried to tone it down for her so she wouldn't worry.

Vera at one point talked to Florence about how the monarchy was affecting them as a family, to which Florence scoffed and ignored- truthfully, they didn't want to believe that those royals in elegant clothes at the fancy palace who seemed so perfect might not actually care about them. They worked even harder in school, and eventually was told about the opportunity to become a Knight. At this point, Florence was 16 years old, and had worked their way into the higher social circle of high school, a group of mostly middle-class citizens who were much in favor of the monarchy, and Florence found something like friendship in most of them. They eagerly took the opportunity to train as a knight. Her parents and Vera were extremely confused as to w h y she would ever want to serve the throne, but ultimately they didn't really have a way to stop her from doing it, so they kinda just shook their heads but let her join.

Florence absolutely LOVED the training, as they always loved being challenged physically, and there was plenty opportunity for friendly competition. She quickly progressed to the sort of baseline knight position. This was pretty boring, mostly security posts inside the castle, and relatively low-paying, but it was, at least, an income! She started renting a tiny apartment in town when she was around 17 or 18, and not long after, started rising the knight ranks, reaching a pretty good paying position by the time they turned like 22.

Since then, they haven't changed drastically. However, they've upgraded their living situation to a much nicer little house, and have gone through some some self discovery regarding their gender and sexuality (well actually, I say this but I haven't determined what those things are for them- but we're gonna say *they* *do* have it figured out)

## Relationships

### Family

#### Vera Katrine Avallin

*older sister, neutral/positive*

Although Florence and Vera have very different mindsets and opinions, the two siblings grew to be very close. When they were young, Florence was honestly a little scared of Vera, as she's 5 years older and was always somewhat distant. By the time Florence was school-aged, Vera soon began working, which further separated the siblings, as Vera worked most of the day and was usually very tired trying to keep up with her own education at night. Florence and Vera went most of their teenage and young adult lives separated just by busy schedules, and when Florence began their training and moved away, they saw each other even less. Florence didn't really care- they'd never known their sister well anyway- but Vera took it hard, especially the news that Florence was going to be serving the throne. The siblings didn't speak unless at holiday get-togethers for upwards of five years, and it wasn't until Vera gave birth to her kid, when she was in a pretty unstable medical condition and Florence was called in case the worst happened, that the siblings reconnected slightly. They kinda made a truce to not fight about their past and their viewpoints and political sh\*t, etc, which helped them get past some of their resentment and stuff. Nowadays Florence tries to visit their sister like once every month or so so they can be in their sister's family's life and all that. They still are *very* different people-- Florence being more of hard worker, productive kinda person and Vera being more of a go with the flow type of person-- but they get along decently.

#### to-be-named baby Avallin

*baby niece/nephew (undecided), positive*