Approved FL NSW bio for Olivia Messala - CCd by WT

[Winter Mist]

Character name: Olivia "Livia" Messala

 

Physical Description: 5'6" weight 140lbs. Olive skin, dark brown eyes, used to have black glossy hair but there is only few streaks of the original colour left now as it's mostly white, has strange youthfulness about her and not as many wrinkles as a woman of her age should have

 

Place of birth: Ebou Dar, Altara

 

Age: 109, pretends to be in her late 60s

 

Personality: Resembles a mix of Wise Ones Sorilea and Amys from the books. Very self-confident, stubborn and strong woman. Has a good sense of humour. Believes in true Ebou Dar fashion that men need to be kept firmly in hand or they start doing foolish things on their own and that marriage daggers need to be used frequently if only as threats

 

Character History:

 

Childhood and youth: Born 4th child of 6 to Aurelia and Corvus Messala, a seamstress and cobbler. Had a normal and happy childhood in a lower middle class family. Was apprenticed to a weaver master when 7 and moved to live with her family.

 

Age 17: Livia's tiny Spark of Channeling manifested itself. She was recruited to the Kin because she was a took weak channeler to be sent to the Tower (I have ok by James for her to have a low OP strenght score)

 

Age 18 to 34: Practiced her trade in Ebou Dar and lived a fairly normal life of an unmarried woman until her slower aging started to become too apparent.

 

Age 35 to 59: Moved to Caemlyn, Andor and practiced her trade there until her slower aging started to become too apparent.

 

Age 60 to 74: Moved to Bandar Eban, Arad Doman and practiced her trade there until her slower aging started to become too apparent.

 

From age of 74 to 84: Moved back to Ebou Dar and helped run the Kin farm that offers retreat for women to keep low profile so that she would be able to enter the society of her hometown again

 

From age of 84 to 109: Twenty five years in service of Dyfelle family since birth of Iussi (a Warder PC), first as his nurse and when he grew up, as the mistress of the house in place of the dead wife of Donal Dyfelle, Iussi's father (now deceased).

 

Dyfelle family in brief:

 

Donal Dyfelle, a wealthy merchant trading spices, wines and fabrics. Was married to Valeria, a woman he loved very deeply. She died while giving birth to their first born and he blamed the child for her death and never really wanted to have much to do with his son Iussi. Livia was recruited and hired after Iussi was born and she single-handedly raised him and loves him like her own son.

 

Iussi left to the White Tower when he was 18 to seek refuge since he didn't want to marry an older woman from the neighbourhood who pursued him. He became a Tower Guard and married a Red Sister called Telcia Alainin Nalemar (a FLer PC). To Livia's grief Iussi turned out to be a male channeler soon after that. For some reason his Gentling took a long time and Livia visited Tar Valon but was not allowed to meet him - both things something she resents the White Tower for. She hasn't met Iussi's wife yet for she was not in the Tower at the time but somewhere giving birth to their children. Livia didn't hear from Iussi for six months since his Gentling and she was quite worried. She kept sending messages to the Tower, the latest informing him that his father is dead. Now she has finally gotten a word from him that he is returning home with his wife and their twin girl (Jelene) and boy (Jamal) who are two years old.

[Lavinya]

CC'd by the WT :)

[Taei]

*bumps back in order*