Post by helena on Jun 11, 2012 20:36:03 GMT -5
Player Name: Stephanie
Character: MamaAncient Greece
Name: Helena Eudoxia
Age: 55
Affiliation: Civilian
Occupation and/or Rank: Madame of the Elysian Fields brothel and entrepreneurial businesswoman, occasional harborer of wanted criminals and refugees
Birthplace: Lamia, Greece (Earth)
Appearance:
Helena is a statuesque woman, of a presentably tall height. She has wavy brown hair that falls past her shoulder blades when down, olive eyes, and skin that appear sun blessed, typical of her Mediterranean heritage. She has aged gracefully but implemented non-surgical alternative and technological advances to look like a woman in her early thirties.
She typically keeps her hair up, kept in an orderly chaos amidst ornate hairpins and clips. Her clothing is usually drapes of cool toned cloth and brocade corsets, though she never wears much jewelry despite the rest of her ornate appearance .
Personality:
Helena is a woman with a motherly exterior and edges lined with the cold steel of a successful businesswoman. She is proud of her age but constantly lies about it, using different numbers almost every time. She does this simply to amuse herself. She has a quirky sense of humor, that tends to pop up to poke a bit of fun.
She demands that the women in her service be treated with respect, the ones who are there by no other choice she slowly work to help get them better situations, usually in subtle ways so that they can't be traced back to her. She uses the multitudes of connects she has gained from the influential men and women who visit her for the services her brothel can provide for this as well as other needs. She doesn't hesitate to call in favors either; often dragging up minor incidents from the past to use to her advantage. Nothing but cutthroat when it comes to buisness.
Her trust is gained through effort, never given away, and very easily broken. She is an outwardly caring and motherly woman to those she looks after, doing the best she can to keep those of her adoptive family safe. This is both her job and obligation. Blood and heritage doesn't make a family to her, the ties run deeper. This is why she insists that her long-term lover Ansehelm's nephews call her Auntie.
Helena was taught by her grandmother that names held power so when she left home at the age of fourteen she abandoned her family name, taking on instead the secondary name Eudoxia, a reference to those of high regard in her culture. She rarely uses it and very few have heard it. She sees it as a protection and a blessing. Slightly superstitious, she feels if people know of it they will take that power away from her.
AU History:
Born on Earth as an only child to a decently sized Greek family, deeply involved in customs, Helena doesn't remember her birth town at all. Shortly after she turned two her father left to work on clearing some of the satellite graveyard that surrounded the Earth and not two weeks later her mother received the news that he had been killed in a collision with some of the debris. Devistated, Helena's mother left her in the care of her grandmother and left the country. Frustrated with being left to care for the girl the grandmother packed theirs bags and loaded onto a shuttle for one of the newly settled, Greek based, colony on an outer rim moon of a nearby solar system; Amphitrite.
She attended school only on the days that her strict keeper felt fitting as most days Helena was needed to do chores around the house and care for her grandmother. Helena's grandmother was a strict woman, brought up in discipline and rules and she raised her granddaughter as she saw fit. At the age of fourteen her grandmother gave her a bag, a kiss on each cheek, and slammed the door in her face, certain that the only way for children to grow up is to make them.
Wandering and lost with no other family to turn to Helena sought refuge on the border of the colony at the Elysian Fields Brothel. Madame Aglaea was a woman with sun spotted skin, draped in jewels who despite her obvious age was still beautiful in temperment and she welcomed Helena in with open arms, keeping her to clean rooms during the day and in the evening would take a few hours to teach her the basics of buisness and math, which Helena took to quickly.
When she became of age Helena took on the duties of the other women in the brothel but continued to take lessons from Madame Aglaea, slowly taking on the duties of running the brothel. It was a lifestyle that kept her awake to unmentionable hours and then called for her to rise at dawn again to further her learning but she completed each task with pride, knowing this was building security for herself.
When she was twenty-five a man found his way onto the doorstep of the brothel and she ushered him inside, claiming sanctuary for him with permission from Madame Aglaea. This was not the first person of questionable origin that the brothel had held safe, there were spare and hidden room in the back that were used for this. Helena housed the man, who she learned was named Ansehelm, there and looked after him. As time passed the two grew close and eventually became lovers. Due to her career, and eventual necessity to take over the brothel and his history they never progressed beyond that.
In her thirties her life took a few massive turns. She discovered she was pregnant. There were of course ways to deal with the problem, even in an age of technology pregnancies were common enough to those in her profession and despite a low hum among her brothel family that she would be risking her career and the brothel's future by having the child she continued with the pregnancy.
Three months after her son, Hercales, was born she was officially granted the title of Madame on her mentor Aglaea's deathbed. While she had already stopped taking clients after becoming pregnant this officially cleared her from the role of prostitute, leaving her bits of time to continue investments and local loans, like Aglaea had taught her.
She built partnerships, connections and protection from the law under the radar. This allowed her to help find better opportunities for the women in the brothel, slowly helping them find other work once they had reached a more mature age.
Equipment:
She doesn't keep much on her, usually. A taser, pocket knife, and a small pistol when she goes out, though she doesn't know much about how to shoot it. She keeps it mostly for emergencies when just the appearance of the gun might be useful.
Any other info:
I'll edit this with more information on her relationship with her son once we get a player for Heracles.
Also, I had noodles for lunch.
Character: Mama
Name: Helena Eudoxia
Age: 55
Affiliation: Civilian
Occupation and/or Rank: Madame of the Elysian Fields brothel and entrepreneurial businesswoman, occasional harborer of wanted criminals and refugees
Birthplace: Lamia, Greece (Earth)
Appearance:
Helena is a statuesque woman, of a presentably tall height. She has wavy brown hair that falls past her shoulder blades when down, olive eyes, and skin that appear sun blessed, typical of her Mediterranean heritage. She has aged gracefully but implemented non-surgical alternative and technological advances to look like a woman in her early thirties.
She typically keeps her hair up, kept in an orderly chaos amidst ornate hairpins and clips. Her clothing is usually drapes of cool toned cloth and brocade corsets, though she never wears much jewelry despite the rest of her ornate appearance .
Personality:
Helena is a woman with a motherly exterior and edges lined with the cold steel of a successful businesswoman. She is proud of her age but constantly lies about it, using different numbers almost every time. She does this simply to amuse herself. She has a quirky sense of humor, that tends to pop up to poke a bit of fun.
She demands that the women in her service be treated with respect, the ones who are there by no other choice she slowly work to help get them better situations, usually in subtle ways so that they can't be traced back to her. She uses the multitudes of connects she has gained from the influential men and women who visit her for the services her brothel can provide for this as well as other needs. She doesn't hesitate to call in favors either; often dragging up minor incidents from the past to use to her advantage. Nothing but cutthroat when it comes to buisness.
Her trust is gained through effort, never given away, and very easily broken. She is an outwardly caring and motherly woman to those she looks after, doing the best she can to keep those of her adoptive family safe. This is both her job and obligation. Blood and heritage doesn't make a family to her, the ties run deeper. This is why she insists that her long-term lover Ansehelm's nephews call her Auntie.
Helena was taught by her grandmother that names held power so when she left home at the age of fourteen she abandoned her family name, taking on instead the secondary name Eudoxia, a reference to those of high regard in her culture. She rarely uses it and very few have heard it. She sees it as a protection and a blessing. Slightly superstitious, she feels if people know of it they will take that power away from her.
AU History:
Born on Earth as an only child to a decently sized Greek family, deeply involved in customs, Helena doesn't remember her birth town at all. Shortly after she turned two her father left to work on clearing some of the satellite graveyard that surrounded the Earth and not two weeks later her mother received the news that he had been killed in a collision with some of the debris. Devistated, Helena's mother left her in the care of her grandmother and left the country. Frustrated with being left to care for the girl the grandmother packed theirs bags and loaded onto a shuttle for one of the newly settled, Greek based, colony on an outer rim moon of a nearby solar system; Amphitrite.
She attended school only on the days that her strict keeper felt fitting as most days Helena was needed to do chores around the house and care for her grandmother. Helena's grandmother was a strict woman, brought up in discipline and rules and she raised her granddaughter as she saw fit. At the age of fourteen her grandmother gave her a bag, a kiss on each cheek, and slammed the door in her face, certain that the only way for children to grow up is to make them.
Wandering and lost with no other family to turn to Helena sought refuge on the border of the colony at the Elysian Fields Brothel. Madame Aglaea was a woman with sun spotted skin, draped in jewels who despite her obvious age was still beautiful in temperment and she welcomed Helena in with open arms, keeping her to clean rooms during the day and in the evening would take a few hours to teach her the basics of buisness and math, which Helena took to quickly.
When she became of age Helena took on the duties of the other women in the brothel but continued to take lessons from Madame Aglaea, slowly taking on the duties of running the brothel. It was a lifestyle that kept her awake to unmentionable hours and then called for her to rise at dawn again to further her learning but she completed each task with pride, knowing this was building security for herself.
When she was twenty-five a man found his way onto the doorstep of the brothel and she ushered him inside, claiming sanctuary for him with permission from Madame Aglaea. This was not the first person of questionable origin that the brothel had held safe, there were spare and hidden room in the back that were used for this. Helena housed the man, who she learned was named Ansehelm, there and looked after him. As time passed the two grew close and eventually became lovers. Due to her career, and eventual necessity to take over the brothel and his history they never progressed beyond that.
In her thirties her life took a few massive turns. She discovered she was pregnant. There were of course ways to deal with the problem, even in an age of technology pregnancies were common enough to those in her profession and despite a low hum among her brothel family that she would be risking her career and the brothel's future by having the child she continued with the pregnancy.
Three months after her son, Hercales, was born she was officially granted the title of Madame on her mentor Aglaea's deathbed. While she had already stopped taking clients after becoming pregnant this officially cleared her from the role of prostitute, leaving her bits of time to continue investments and local loans, like Aglaea had taught her.
She built partnerships, connections and protection from the law under the radar. This allowed her to help find better opportunities for the women in the brothel, slowly helping them find other work once they had reached a more mature age.
Equipment:
She doesn't keep much on her, usually. A taser, pocket knife, and a small pistol when she goes out, though she doesn't know much about how to shoot it. She keeps it mostly for emergencies when just the appearance of the gun might be useful.
Any other info:
I'll edit this with more information on her relationship with her son once we get a player for Heracles.
Also, I had noodles for lunch.