I have more!! I am putting it as a reply here because sometimes my memory is a little shoddy, and having it written down where I can refer to it helps me out (and finding old Plurks is hard). Lemme know if this should go elsewhere!
Maria von Kreutzer is from Austria and was expected to go into ballroom dance by her parents, who were old school Austrian artists (and former nobles, 'til the whole World War I thing happened). Von Kreutzers were always supposed to go into some traditional art, and had since the 1600's. Maria wants, however, to go into modern dance and even singing, to their horror.
Which they are not so down with. This complicated by the fact that she's the second eldest, and her sister disappeared when Maria was 12. Before that, her family let Maria do what she wanted -- her sister Theresa was going to be this generation's famous starlet. After she vanished, Maria had all that dumped on. Her parents literally threw away her magazines about modern dance.
So she's into the Moonlight Waltz as a way to make this happen for herself and have the future she wants, instead of the one she's been assigned.
Some quick blurbs!
PERSONALITY: Animated, brash, and confident; Maria is loud and proud, and she's friendly, but she can end up imposing on others because she's a force of personality. She needs to learn to chill out. She is, however, pretty refined in her mannerisms. Under that, she's a softie that just wants friends who appreciate her for who she is. And under that, she's got a lot of self-loathing and wants to scream "I AM NOT MY SISTER, I AM MY OWN PERSON."
NOTABLE NPCs: I... I want her to have a butler named Oskar. Who is a nice old man but is also kind of keeping tabs on her for the parents' sake.
I was also thinking she may have a best friend who is mostly her friend because she's genuinely into waltzes, ballroom dances, and the stuff that Maria is like "uuuugh must we" over.
COMBAT ROLE STUFF: I'd like to give Maria a fencing sword and a wheel lock pistol, like a dual-wielding thing, because it's stylish. I am pretty new to Valor as a system and will need some help, but I'd be fine with any number of roles that can incorporate that?
DISAPPEARING SISTER: I don't have a specific plan but if you can use it, Emily, please do!!
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Maria von Kreutzer is from Austria and was expected to go into ballroom dance by her parents, who were old school Austrian artists (and former nobles, 'til the whole World War I thing happened). Von Kreutzers were always supposed to go into some traditional art, and had since the 1600's. Maria wants, however, to go into modern dance and even singing, to their horror.
Which they are not so down with. This complicated by the fact that she's the second eldest, and her sister disappeared when Maria was 12. Before that, her family let Maria do what she wanted -- her sister Theresa was going to be this generation's famous starlet. After she vanished, Maria had all that dumped on. Her parents literally threw away her magazines about modern dance.
So she's into the Moonlight Waltz as a way to make this happen for herself and have the future she wants, instead of the one she's been assigned.
Some quick blurbs!
PERSONALITY: Animated, brash, and confident; Maria is loud and proud, and she's friendly, but she can end up imposing on others because she's a force of personality. She needs to learn to chill out. She is, however, pretty refined in her mannerisms. Under that, she's a softie that just wants friends who appreciate her for who she is. And under that, she's got a lot of self-loathing and wants to scream "I AM NOT MY SISTER, I AM MY OWN PERSON."
NOTABLE NPCs: I... I want her to have a butler named Oskar. Who is a nice old man but is also kind of keeping tabs on her for the parents' sake.
I was also thinking she may have a best friend who is mostly her friend because she's genuinely into waltzes, ballroom dances, and the stuff that Maria is like "uuuugh must we" over.
COMBAT ROLE STUFF: I'd like to give Maria a fencing sword and a wheel lock pistol, like a dual-wielding thing, because it's stylish. I am pretty new to Valor as a system and will need some help, but I'd be fine with any number of roles that can incorporate that?
DISAPPEARING SISTER: I don't have a specific plan but if you can use it, Emily, please do!!