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Introductions!
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Born: Jan 17th
Mother: Ceola
Father: Matthias
Currently: Page-in-training
Arabella grew up without parents, mostly alone in the newly made Tortall fief, Chesnier. She had a nursemaid, Anice, who took care of her like a mother would. She was given the proper upbringing as a lady should, but without parents, Arabella had a free reign in her younger days. She would explore the mountain with a bear cub she met and sometimes wouldn't step back into the castle until the next day. She played with the local kids and even started using a pet name, Bell, with everyone in the castle. Though she was a bit sad that she had no parents, she felt that they were good people and that she had a good life with Anice who loved her.
The only thorn in her life was her uncle, Saren. He came to visit when she was 6 years old and announced that he would take guardianship over her. He told her that he was her mother's brother. She was small then and didn't know what to think over his visit. Up until now, all the finance was done by her father's accountant and she felt that he was being fair to both the staff in the castle and those in the fief. She had a nursemaid that was the head maid and she had a wonderful cook who would give her sweets and a stableboy who would let her look at the horses that the guards rode. But Saren insisted that she use more gold to make her life "comfortable" and "suitable" for a girl like her. He told her that he wanted to replace her nursemaid with a more capable one from the capital and increase the number of guards but she didn't want anything to change and told her uncle so. After that, he only checked in once every few months and tried to get into her good side.
When she turned 9 years old, she met a traveling knight who came to the border to take care of the mountain giants who remained after the Immortals War. He had fiery red hair with strange purple eyes. Bell was in the mountains with Rion, her bear, and Alcot, her pony, when from over the hills, a group of giants saw her and began to approach her. Rion and Alcot stayed with her but they were swinging their massive fists and just when one was about to kill her, the knight came on a white horse and pulled her away. That was her first encounter with Sir Alanna of Pirate's Swoop and Olau.
Her decision to become a knight was made.
Nicane of Tesserel
Born: Jan 17th
Mother: Marietta
Father: ?
Currently: Page-in-training
Before the Lady Tesserel came and adopted him, he was an errand boy for the court of the rogue in Corus. He was an orphan when his mother died when he was a year old. Living with other street kids, he grew up learning the art of pickpocketing, knives, and lock-picking. He met her as she was traveling on the road to the palace. Lady Marietta was called to the palace for the annual counsel since her husband died a year ago. She saw him lifting the purse of another merchant and stopped him. At that moment, Lady Marietta would find him over and over again until the boy gave up and agreed to her proposal that she adopt him as her heir and son, since she had no children of her own. He was 10 years old when she moved back with her to Fief Tesserel down south. He was given the best education and training and was instantly liked by the maids and stableboys because of his charm. He started his page training 3 years later, at age 13, and went to the palace.