Madeline Aurora Ardennes

Madeline Aurora Ardennes, more commonly known by her nickname, Maddie, is the 18-year-old daughter of two wealthy and influential French politicians. She is currently a senior attending Crestwood High, and upholds a rather high social standing in both her online and offline life. She was born on August 21st to Marguerite Ardennes and Alexandre Ardennes.

### Relatives

Alexandre Ardennes (father)Marguerite Ardennes (mother)

## Personality

On the outside, Maddie may seem like a stuck-up, spoiled rich brat. And that’s kind of true. Maddie is confident to a fault, considers everything she has to be the bare minimum, and she cares deeply about her appearance and maintaining her popularity. She’s sassy, savvy, and has a surprisingly sarcastic sense of humour–and money is her solution to any problem she can’t trash-talk her way out of.

Once you get to know her better, though, you’ll discover that Madeline is more than just a pretty face. She’s actually very kindhearted when she wants to be (although that isn’t very often), and often acts before she thinks, which results in actions that she regrets tremendously later on. She’s a very emotional, passionate, and full of spirit kind of person.

## Physical Description

Maddie has brown eyes, a heart-shaped face, and relatively petite features. She isn’t very tall at 5’1. Before the Hair Salon Party™, Maddie had long, straight hair (which she always likes to say is honey blonde) down to just above her waist. Now, though, her hair has a slight wave to it and has been cropped to her shoulders.

## Reason for enrolling in Cupid

Because Maddie was neglected by her parents most of her life and was left at home with nothing to do and nobody to talk to most of her childhood, she became a very social and extroverted person, always feeling more energised when she was around people. Unfortunately, after figuring out that most of her past friends and her long-term boyfriend were only with her for her fame, popularity, and money, she was thrust into a constant state of worry she couldn’t trust anyone. Her one secret dream was to find someone she could trust. Which was why she applied to join Cupid Academy.

## Relationships

### Marguerite Ardennes (mother)

Maddie had a wonderful relationship with her mother before she became too busy to care for her daughter anymore. Her mother was always there when Maddie needed a shoulder to cry on, or someone to rant to, or someone to help her bake cookies. She was kind and considerate and always had a great eye for fashion. Essentially, she was Maddie’s role model. Now, however, although Marguerite is caring whenever she’s around Maddie, the few times they are together are short and far in between.

### Alexandre Ardennes (father)

Maddie and her father had a sort of love-hate relationship before work took over his life. They were constantly joking with each other, and Alexandre is the reason for Maddie’s love for singing (despite her having inherited her horrible singing from her mother). He was the type of father who’d read Maddie bedtime stories even when she got too old for it and told the worst dad jokes that Maddie always said she hated but secretly adored.

### Conrad

Maddie has a very sibling-esque relationship with Conrad. She’s the annoying younger sister, and he’s the tired older brother who literally can’t stand her. And although Maddie is starting to warm up to Conrad a little after the traumatic Toenail Incident™, she’s still a little wary of him, and wouldn’t hesitate to team up with Claire to Mocha Marshmallow poop bomb his room.

### Jason

Jason, one of Maddie’s ex-boyfriends, was one of the most amazing people she’d ever known. He was funny, sweet, kind, attractive–everything anyone could look for in a partner. That was until she found out he’d cheated on her and used her for money and popularity. She’d hated him immensely after that–and although she tried to mask it with plans for revenge that were never carried out, she really had loved Jason. He wasn’t like anyone else she’d ever dated–and a part of her is still broken from his betrayal.

## Background

Maddie has always been a popular girl. Being the daughter of two rich and successful French people–her mom being a politician and her dad being a lawyer–she was always able to afford the trendiest clothes, had the best parties, and was just in general the type of person everyone adored and envied at the same time. Unfortunately, because of this, Maddie’s other qualities were often overlooked by both her peers and her family.

In fact, her family often overlooked her entirely. As they were very busy people with very active social lives, they were constantly travelling–and constantly leaving Maddie behind home alone except for the butler and her nanny, who didn’t really care much about her either and spent most of their time on their phone. This left great opportunities for the most epic sleepovers and the wildest parties–but it also meant that whatever time Maddie spent home was time spent all alone with nothing to do. And even when her parents were around, she still felt alone.

When she was younger, her parents were much more present in her life. Sure, they were still a little busy, but that was before they rose up in ranks at their jobs. They were always able to find time for her. But now, even when they were at home, they virtually ignored their sole daughter. This was why she began to pack her social schedule to the brim with events she could attend so she could escape her cold, ghost town of a house.

Her situation at school wasn’t all that great, either. Although she was extremely popular and had tons of friends, she never really felt like any of them were close friends. Sometimes Maddie even began to doubt their loyalty to her, wondering if she weren’t so rich and if she weren’t so compliant to what they wanted, they’d even be friends with her at all. Eventually, a lot of friends turned out to be that way. Recently, after spending her whole life being pushed around by her friends, she started to draw lines and put up boundaries–and her friends did not have a positive reaction. A lot of them began to act colder around her, making her feel like they’d only been using her for her money and her popularity.

## Random, Unrelated Information

* Maddie is a Leo.
* She uses she/her pronouns.
* She identifies as bisexual.
* She won’t eat anything that’s medium temperature; it has to be either too hot or too cold. She won’t settle for anything that’s “just right”.
* Maddie hates red roses, but loves pink ones.
* Maddie is an intense Swiftie and Olivia Rodrigo fan.
* She has an intense fear of the dark, deep waters (even pools kind of freak her out, as she never learned how to swim and almost drowned in a pool as a kid), and any kind of bug (not including the pretty ones like ladybugs and butterflies).