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hungaryforbloodPlayer Name: Kally
Player DW:squished
Contact: I'm already a member of the game so my contact information is already posted and you know how to reach me.
Character Number: 1 (this would be +1 to = 2)
Character: Ilona Szilágyi
Fandom: Dracula (Fandom OC)
Personality: Ilona is very composed in big company. She's more suited to close, intimate gatherings (where she can be more open with not so many people in a room) and while she may host big crowds as Vlad's wife, she's usually quiet until spoken to with visiting dignitaries (such as, unless someone talks to her directly, she will remain silent and ever-listening) . Due to her quiet upbringing, Ilona is still relatively new to the vibrant court life of bustling lords and ladies which require heightened fashion, demure humor, and a vicious habit of gossip to which Ilona has only just met. She takes comfort in her friendship with castle staff, able to take and then follow through with using their advice. Besides a few select of Vlad's knights, Ilona's only true friends are the maids, servers and cooks.
Ilona's usual disposition is content until excited or angered. She always maintains decorum and doesn't let anyone see her cry. She could be breaking inside to itty-bitty pieces during an important party, and she wouldn't let the dam of tears break until everyone has gone home and she's absolutely alone to wallow in self-pity. Which she loathes. When she feels pity, Ilona has little patience for herself at times and berates herself constantly, meaning that she lacks self-confidence. She questions her own skills and often enough the reason she drowns herself in books is because she wants to learn more about everything so that she's not left behind. Ilona does not like being the lesser known, and absolutely abhors when people skirt about a subject to avoid causing Ilona emotional injury. If she thinks that she is hearing a lie, or being regarded delicately, she often enough is quiet, but also cold. If she does not like you, you will know when you attempt to greet her or talk to her and you receive a very icy shoulder for your efforts. This is called snubbing, and yes, Ilona has snubbed her fair share of people.
If you really want to know Ilona's biggest shortcoming, it is that she is incredibly stubborn. No, she won't raise a fist (unless you attack her physically) but she will persist on a subject no matter if it is closed or open or even discussed. She does not backdown easily, and while this is a wonderful trait in a ruler -- to be able to not let a matter go until it is seen and amended -- it does little good when pitted against the more stubborn dignitaries of Wallachia. While Vlad is the ruler, there are people in his court who also have a hand in Wallachia's day to day happenings. She's disregarded several on several occasions and while she was made to stand by and let things happen, her cool remarks have stuck and caused her grief and frustrations for the future. And she holds no remorse for speaking her mind.
Because of her less outspoken nature in public, Ilona is often perceived as a demure young princess, and at parties, a bit of a bore. Because she does not engage conversation on her own in big crowds (people must ask her questions to get her to say anything to them) she's also been viewed as a dull young woman.
But just because Ilona is publicly to the side, does not mean that alone, she is the same in regards to niceties. Ilona is a very caring young woman, showing hope and small affection for her patients, such as holding a scared patient's hand in reassurance when they are terrified, or quieting an ill, upset child. There is great compassion in her heart, especially when she stays at a patient's bedside, holding their hand to soothe their pains as their lives slowly fade away, or when she remains sleepless, waiting for a patient to wake from their pain-reduced sleep. Ilona's thought process is that she does not like seeing those who are loyal to her and Wallachia, in pain. Even to those who Vlad has caused great injury, she wants to be of use.
Ilona can be described as an intelligent woman with a different array of opinions that are often viewed as odd and unconventional (one of the reasons that she does not give much voice in Wallachia's public eye). She has vast knowledge of books and enjoys a quiet reading now and then and relishes new information. She is able to match word for word in her husband's court and is capable of defending herself before the wives (and most often, the husbands) of foreign dignitaries without even raising her voice. Ilona holds her head up high and has a very balanced composure in which she's known to not even bat an eyelash at a cursing knight or a enraged lord. She is always careful to consider all her options in any decision before the decision is made, as she believes that while her least liked choice may be - obviously - not her favorite, it could benefit the greater good of her people.
While Ilona is not very outspoken in large groups, she is capable of participating constructively and actively in her husband's council room. As she was taught to be demure and quiet as a child, she relishes the opportunity to have her odd and unconventional opinions be heard and even considered. Though she is not loud about it, she is very passionate about the issues she holds dear to her heart, and she will even go toe to toe with her husband to that extent. She doesn't hold back any comments or facts whether or not they may hurt Vlad or a councilor, as she believes that in informing the men and encouraging them to follow her suggestions, then she will be preventing any speculation and doubt from the public. However, she has kept her mouth shut and looked away from the hard fist of her husband when he declares battle or attacks someone in their court. As princess, she knows that she doesn't have much say in what happens in Wallachia, but she ensures that Vlad knows her opinions once they are made known and that he doesn't brush her off like he would an attendant.
Though she does not always agree with Vlad, Ilona does love her husband. She enjoys spending time with him in their library and watching him bounce their five month old son, Little Vlad, on his knee. She believes that he is a good King and a good father, but wishes that he were a better human being. She thinks that it would make loving him easier on her sense of mind and state of moralities. When Vlad is hurt, Ilona drops everything she is doing (barring if she's with their son) and rushes to his side. She's burst out of the castle in her nightdress once on a cold morning, an hour before sunrise, when her husband was being brought back to Wallachia, injured by a sword wound. Despite his haggard orders for her to return to the castle and wait, Ilona would hear none of Vlad's demands and immediately saw to his wounds. Ilona is every bit devoted to Wallachia has Vlad, but when Vlad is compromised, she refuses to see anyone else but her husband first thing.
When Ilona is scared, she has a habit of secluding herself from public. When she was younger, and her mother died when she was only two, Ilona would lock herself in her closets, boudoirs, and climb into high places to ensure that she would not be disturbed. As an adult, Ilona is much the same, only the amount of time she hides is much less. She uses her seclusion to collect her frazzled thoughts and straighten her appearance, so that when she goes back in front of the public eye, she is every bit the composed princess that she was before.
History: Ilona was born to a Michael Szilági of Hungary and his sickly wife, who died four years after Ilona was born. Michael raised Ilona in his cousin Matthias Corvinus's, the King of Hungary's castle alongside the many, many servants and nurses who tended to Ilona's needs and educated her in literature, writing, and manners. Because her father and the King were always busy in the court, Ilona was mostly by herself. She spent time in the library, devouring book after book, and sitting by the fire, working on needlework as was expected of a young lady of nobility. Ilona was not yet a princess, only the second cousin to the King of Hungary, thus, not meriting much in comparison with the King's own children. If anything, the natural princes and princesses were quite cold towards Ilona, believing her to be an interloper in their affairs.
Another reason for their disdain was their envy towards Ilona's healing abilities. Ilona's mother had come from a long line of medicine women, and though she had not been open about her abilities during her marriage (as Michael thought her power to be witchcraft and thus an endangerment to his name), she had healed many people during her youth. And though Ilona had been small when her mother passed away, she had witnessed her mother's power to heal when she would heal any cuts or scraps Ilona sustained during her playing. After her mother passed away, Ilona took to healing herself when an injury was sustained, either by her own clumsiness or from the few times the princes and princesses raised their hands. While Ilona's father was ashamed of his daughter's talents, the King was very much intrigued. He had her make rounds as an assistant nurse whenever his soldiers would return injured and exhausted from battle. While she was surrounded by blood and death, Ilona preferred her days in the sick rooms to her days in the castle.
In the sick rooms, Ilona gained much praise from those she healed. She befriended many a soldier and was even allowed to witness their practice before they went back to battle. Due to her time spent in the sick rooms, Ilona had little fear of disease and the gores of autopsy and other medical practices that most young ladies would find disturbing. She even adopted a most stern bedside manner in which she was often lecturing her patients, berating them for their insolence against bed-rest, and the common stubborn man who longed for the battlefield enough to attempt to fake better health. Ilona would have none of that nonsense and henpeck the men until they fell back into their beds, giving up their lost fight with the small girl.
For the most of her childhood, outside the sick rooms, Ilona was a very quiet, though persistent, person. If she could not read the same books as the princes and princesses, then she would read everything else. If she could not play with the same toys as the princes and princesses, then she would make her own toys (though sloppy and poorly handled). If she could not make the same friends as the princes and princesses, then she would befriend anyone else, starting conversations with the maids, cooks, seamstress and guards whenever she could. Though she remained the lesser in importance, Ilona was certainly most beloved by the castle. And as she grew, becoming more and more the lady her nurses raised her to be, she proved to be the most adored as well, not just by her patients. However, with the princesses prancing about the castle in their rich dresses and beautiful mannerisms, and Ilona in her often bloodied apron and messy appearance, Ilona went unnoticed by the eyes of the opposite sex. And to this, Ilona was quite content to remain unwed and comfortable in the castle, and a harridan in the sick rooms.
And then Vlad Tepes arrived. Vlad had been a former ally of the King before relations soured and they began to look different ways. However, a scuffle of sorts with their shared enemy caused the two to rekindle their friendship, and so the King welcomed Vlad back into his castle. The King and Vlad spent much time together, walking about the castle together in long discussions. One such discussion included Vlad's need for a second wife after his first died so long ago. The King, looking to further cement his good relationship with Vlad, recommended that Vlad look upon the King's own daughters for a possible bride. However, Vlad was not impressed by the princesses. They were either too vain or too spoiled and not at all to Vlad's liking. He told the King that while he enjoyed their friendship, it would soon be time for Vlad to leave.
Days before Vlad had scheduled himself to leave, however, he met Ilona by happy accident. While he had been outside in the King's gardens, mulling in his thoughts over what he would do next once he returned to his castle, Ilona had come rushing out of the sick rooms, demanding clean sheets for the patients. She'd then -- rushing past Vlad -- went back into the sick rooms and proceeded to heel the injured that had arrived that morning. After investigation, Vlad found Ilona to his liking, and told the King that he wished to take Ilona for his second wife. The King relayed this message to Michael, who instantly promised Vlad Ilona's hand at the promise of precious golds and silvers.
When Ilona found out about her apparent betrothal, she was horrified, but when her father and the King expressed their eagerness for Ilona to marry, she gave her reluctant consent to the match. Ilona was sent to Wallachia soon after that first meeting for her wedding, as a young and hesitant bride. She had little time to assess her new home before the wedding, but surmised that her groom was a powerful and intimidating man, interested in barbaric rituals and bloody rites. First scared, Ilona went to her wedding expecting to see a monster at the very end of the aisle. Instead, she was pleasantly surprised to find a clean man who treated her dearly and took her hand during their vows.
After a very passionate wedding night, Ilona began her new life as Princess of Wallachia. Vlad gave her the run of his medicines and even cleared out several rooms, breaking down wall to make space, to make Ilona a sick room, to Ilona's absolute delight. Her first patients in Wallachia were Vlad's soldiers, whose wounds she healed and infections she purified. She became an integral part of her husband's castle, and when not a month after their wedding, Ilona was announced expecting a child, she became an integral part of her husband as well. Spending so much time with Vlad, Ilona began to study the barbaric rituals he performed. She even participated in a few herself before Vlad was sent a message from Ilona's father that the King of Hungary needed Vlad in battle. Ilona, fearing that her husband would not live to see his child born into the world, stole several of ritual rites books from Vlad's library.
She learned more about the part blood plays in particular rituals, and after collecting blood from the castle cells, she purified the fluid and offered it to Vlad as a parting gift. The blood gave Vlad strength and allowed him to return undefeated to his wife who laid upon the birthing bed, exhausted and pained, but happy to receive her husband home.
Ilona birthed a boy, the jewel of Vlad's and Ilona's eyes. Ilona was so attached to the boy that she even refused to allow nursemaids to nurse her son, preferring to feed her son with her own breast-milk, not caring if it lessened the weight of her bosom.
Timeline: Five months after Little Vlad is born.
Abilities: Ilona is a healer who is capable of using her power to heal any open direct wound, ease any fever or illness, or even provide a powerful healing salve by just brushing her finger into the cream. Ilona takes great pride in her power and spend many nights with her husband's soldiers, healing and treating their wounds and defusing any illnesses they may have caught in battle or general protection of King Vlad. Despite her constant presence in the vicinity of the unhealthy, Ilona has yet to contract even a slight cold. Her resistance to illness stems from her power. Ilona can not only heal a wound, but she can purify the wound of any infection. This has made sure that Vlad's army is never one man or so short, and also boosts the morale of Wallachia's populace.
Inventory:
x her medicine bowl
x the medicine bowl's pestle
x a lined black wool overcoat
x tanned, leather boots
x her blood-letting knife
x four lbs. of gold leu (coin)
Link to an image of the character: This is a link to the image
Prose Sample: A really good thread since it compares Ariel's cheery attitude to Ilona's quieter reactions.
Journal Sample: [ It's a scrying mirror. Ilona hasn't seen a scrying mirror for a while, at least not outside of Vlad's private study. She finds it bundled up in her cloak when she first starts awake on the temple floor, and if it weren't for Ilona's quickly catching the mirror, it probably would have broke upon impact with the ground. ] --ah! [ She wipes her long sleeve against the reflective surface. ] Why is it so dirty? [ She wipes away a long-lined smudge, clearing the surface. ] Much better. [ It then decides to activate with a flash of light. ] Oh!
[ Instead of releasing the tension in her fingers in reflex, she only grips the mirror tighter in surprise. Now, upon the network, the young princess's face can be seen, bemused, a touch frightened, and very confused. But that face is nothing compared to the open-mouthed shock her face displays when she starts to hear voices -- of all things! -- coming out of the mirror.
She hesitantly calls out through the din. ]
Hello? [ The surface ripples like water dropping into a pond. ] I am-- [ She pauses and thinks. She can't let anyone know she's royalty (if there is anyone here) until she knows who she is dealing with. She starts again. Clearing her throat. ] Is there anyone who may provide assistance to a confused traveler?
Player DW:
squishedContact: I'm already a member of the game so my contact information is already posted and you know how to reach me.
Character Number: 1 (this would be +1 to = 2)
Character: Ilona Szilágyi
Fandom: Dracula (Fandom OC)
Personality: Ilona is very composed in big company. She's more suited to close, intimate gatherings (where she can be more open with not so many people in a room) and while she may host big crowds as Vlad's wife, she's usually quiet until spoken to with visiting dignitaries (such as, unless someone talks to her directly, she will remain silent and ever-listening) . Due to her quiet upbringing, Ilona is still relatively new to the vibrant court life of bustling lords and ladies which require heightened fashion, demure humor, and a vicious habit of gossip to which Ilona has only just met. She takes comfort in her friendship with castle staff, able to take and then follow through with using their advice. Besides a few select of Vlad's knights, Ilona's only true friends are the maids, servers and cooks.
Ilona's usual disposition is content until excited or angered. She always maintains decorum and doesn't let anyone see her cry. She could be breaking inside to itty-bitty pieces during an important party, and she wouldn't let the dam of tears break until everyone has gone home and she's absolutely alone to wallow in self-pity. Which she loathes. When she feels pity, Ilona has little patience for herself at times and berates herself constantly, meaning that she lacks self-confidence. She questions her own skills and often enough the reason she drowns herself in books is because she wants to learn more about everything so that she's not left behind. Ilona does not like being the lesser known, and absolutely abhors when people skirt about a subject to avoid causing Ilona emotional injury. If she thinks that she is hearing a lie, or being regarded delicately, she often enough is quiet, but also cold. If she does not like you, you will know when you attempt to greet her or talk to her and you receive a very icy shoulder for your efforts. This is called snubbing, and yes, Ilona has snubbed her fair share of people.
If you really want to know Ilona's biggest shortcoming, it is that she is incredibly stubborn. No, she won't raise a fist (unless you attack her physically) but she will persist on a subject no matter if it is closed or open or even discussed. She does not backdown easily, and while this is a wonderful trait in a ruler -- to be able to not let a matter go until it is seen and amended -- it does little good when pitted against the more stubborn dignitaries of Wallachia. While Vlad is the ruler, there are people in his court who also have a hand in Wallachia's day to day happenings. She's disregarded several on several occasions and while she was made to stand by and let things happen, her cool remarks have stuck and caused her grief and frustrations for the future. And she holds no remorse for speaking her mind.
Because of her less outspoken nature in public, Ilona is often perceived as a demure young princess, and at parties, a bit of a bore. Because she does not engage conversation on her own in big crowds (people must ask her questions to get her to say anything to them) she's also been viewed as a dull young woman.
But just because Ilona is publicly to the side, does not mean that alone, she is the same in regards to niceties. Ilona is a very caring young woman, showing hope and small affection for her patients, such as holding a scared patient's hand in reassurance when they are terrified, or quieting an ill, upset child. There is great compassion in her heart, especially when she stays at a patient's bedside, holding their hand to soothe their pains as their lives slowly fade away, or when she remains sleepless, waiting for a patient to wake from their pain-reduced sleep. Ilona's thought process is that she does not like seeing those who are loyal to her and Wallachia, in pain. Even to those who Vlad has caused great injury, she wants to be of use.
Ilona can be described as an intelligent woman with a different array of opinions that are often viewed as odd and unconventional (one of the reasons that she does not give much voice in Wallachia's public eye). She has vast knowledge of books and enjoys a quiet reading now and then and relishes new information. She is able to match word for word in her husband's court and is capable of defending herself before the wives (and most often, the husbands) of foreign dignitaries without even raising her voice. Ilona holds her head up high and has a very balanced composure in which she's known to not even bat an eyelash at a cursing knight or a enraged lord. She is always careful to consider all her options in any decision before the decision is made, as she believes that while her least liked choice may be - obviously - not her favorite, it could benefit the greater good of her people.
While Ilona is not very outspoken in large groups, she is capable of participating constructively and actively in her husband's council room. As she was taught to be demure and quiet as a child, she relishes the opportunity to have her odd and unconventional opinions be heard and even considered. Though she is not loud about it, she is very passionate about the issues she holds dear to her heart, and she will even go toe to toe with her husband to that extent. She doesn't hold back any comments or facts whether or not they may hurt Vlad or a councilor, as she believes that in informing the men and encouraging them to follow her suggestions, then she will be preventing any speculation and doubt from the public. However, she has kept her mouth shut and looked away from the hard fist of her husband when he declares battle or attacks someone in their court. As princess, she knows that she doesn't have much say in what happens in Wallachia, but she ensures that Vlad knows her opinions once they are made known and that he doesn't brush her off like he would an attendant.
Though she does not always agree with Vlad, Ilona does love her husband. She enjoys spending time with him in their library and watching him bounce their five month old son, Little Vlad, on his knee. She believes that he is a good King and a good father, but wishes that he were a better human being. She thinks that it would make loving him easier on her sense of mind and state of moralities. When Vlad is hurt, Ilona drops everything she is doing (barring if she's with their son) and rushes to his side. She's burst out of the castle in her nightdress once on a cold morning, an hour before sunrise, when her husband was being brought back to Wallachia, injured by a sword wound. Despite his haggard orders for her to return to the castle and wait, Ilona would hear none of Vlad's demands and immediately saw to his wounds. Ilona is every bit devoted to Wallachia has Vlad, but when Vlad is compromised, she refuses to see anyone else but her husband first thing.
When Ilona is scared, she has a habit of secluding herself from public. When she was younger, and her mother died when she was only two, Ilona would lock herself in her closets, boudoirs, and climb into high places to ensure that she would not be disturbed. As an adult, Ilona is much the same, only the amount of time she hides is much less. She uses her seclusion to collect her frazzled thoughts and straighten her appearance, so that when she goes back in front of the public eye, she is every bit the composed princess that she was before.
History: Ilona was born to a Michael Szilági of Hungary and his sickly wife, who died four years after Ilona was born. Michael raised Ilona in his cousin Matthias Corvinus's, the King of Hungary's castle alongside the many, many servants and nurses who tended to Ilona's needs and educated her in literature, writing, and manners. Because her father and the King were always busy in the court, Ilona was mostly by herself. She spent time in the library, devouring book after book, and sitting by the fire, working on needlework as was expected of a young lady of nobility. Ilona was not yet a princess, only the second cousin to the King of Hungary, thus, not meriting much in comparison with the King's own children. If anything, the natural princes and princesses were quite cold towards Ilona, believing her to be an interloper in their affairs.
Another reason for their disdain was their envy towards Ilona's healing abilities. Ilona's mother had come from a long line of medicine women, and though she had not been open about her abilities during her marriage (as Michael thought her power to be witchcraft and thus an endangerment to his name), she had healed many people during her youth. And though Ilona had been small when her mother passed away, she had witnessed her mother's power to heal when she would heal any cuts or scraps Ilona sustained during her playing. After her mother passed away, Ilona took to healing herself when an injury was sustained, either by her own clumsiness or from the few times the princes and princesses raised their hands. While Ilona's father was ashamed of his daughter's talents, the King was very much intrigued. He had her make rounds as an assistant nurse whenever his soldiers would return injured and exhausted from battle. While she was surrounded by blood and death, Ilona preferred her days in the sick rooms to her days in the castle.
In the sick rooms, Ilona gained much praise from those she healed. She befriended many a soldier and was even allowed to witness their practice before they went back to battle. Due to her time spent in the sick rooms, Ilona had little fear of disease and the gores of autopsy and other medical practices that most young ladies would find disturbing. She even adopted a most stern bedside manner in which she was often lecturing her patients, berating them for their insolence against bed-rest, and the common stubborn man who longed for the battlefield enough to attempt to fake better health. Ilona would have none of that nonsense and henpeck the men until they fell back into their beds, giving up their lost fight with the small girl.
For the most of her childhood, outside the sick rooms, Ilona was a very quiet, though persistent, person. If she could not read the same books as the princes and princesses, then she would read everything else. If she could not play with the same toys as the princes and princesses, then she would make her own toys (though sloppy and poorly handled). If she could not make the same friends as the princes and princesses, then she would befriend anyone else, starting conversations with the maids, cooks, seamstress and guards whenever she could. Though she remained the lesser in importance, Ilona was certainly most beloved by the castle. And as she grew, becoming more and more the lady her nurses raised her to be, she proved to be the most adored as well, not just by her patients. However, with the princesses prancing about the castle in their rich dresses and beautiful mannerisms, and Ilona in her often bloodied apron and messy appearance, Ilona went unnoticed by the eyes of the opposite sex. And to this, Ilona was quite content to remain unwed and comfortable in the castle, and a harridan in the sick rooms.
And then Vlad Tepes arrived. Vlad had been a former ally of the King before relations soured and they began to look different ways. However, a scuffle of sorts with their shared enemy caused the two to rekindle their friendship, and so the King welcomed Vlad back into his castle. The King and Vlad spent much time together, walking about the castle together in long discussions. One such discussion included Vlad's need for a second wife after his first died so long ago. The King, looking to further cement his good relationship with Vlad, recommended that Vlad look upon the King's own daughters for a possible bride. However, Vlad was not impressed by the princesses. They were either too vain or too spoiled and not at all to Vlad's liking. He told the King that while he enjoyed their friendship, it would soon be time for Vlad to leave.
Days before Vlad had scheduled himself to leave, however, he met Ilona by happy accident. While he had been outside in the King's gardens, mulling in his thoughts over what he would do next once he returned to his castle, Ilona had come rushing out of the sick rooms, demanding clean sheets for the patients. She'd then -- rushing past Vlad -- went back into the sick rooms and proceeded to heel the injured that had arrived that morning. After investigation, Vlad found Ilona to his liking, and told the King that he wished to take Ilona for his second wife. The King relayed this message to Michael, who instantly promised Vlad Ilona's hand at the promise of precious golds and silvers.
When Ilona found out about her apparent betrothal, she was horrified, but when her father and the King expressed their eagerness for Ilona to marry, she gave her reluctant consent to the match. Ilona was sent to Wallachia soon after that first meeting for her wedding, as a young and hesitant bride. She had little time to assess her new home before the wedding, but surmised that her groom was a powerful and intimidating man, interested in barbaric rituals and bloody rites. First scared, Ilona went to her wedding expecting to see a monster at the very end of the aisle. Instead, she was pleasantly surprised to find a clean man who treated her dearly and took her hand during their vows.
After a very passionate wedding night, Ilona began her new life as Princess of Wallachia. Vlad gave her the run of his medicines and even cleared out several rooms, breaking down wall to make space, to make Ilona a sick room, to Ilona's absolute delight. Her first patients in Wallachia were Vlad's soldiers, whose wounds she healed and infections she purified. She became an integral part of her husband's castle, and when not a month after their wedding, Ilona was announced expecting a child, she became an integral part of her husband as well. Spending so much time with Vlad, Ilona began to study the barbaric rituals he performed. She even participated in a few herself before Vlad was sent a message from Ilona's father that the King of Hungary needed Vlad in battle. Ilona, fearing that her husband would not live to see his child born into the world, stole several of ritual rites books from Vlad's library.
She learned more about the part blood plays in particular rituals, and after collecting blood from the castle cells, she purified the fluid and offered it to Vlad as a parting gift. The blood gave Vlad strength and allowed him to return undefeated to his wife who laid upon the birthing bed, exhausted and pained, but happy to receive her husband home.
Ilona birthed a boy, the jewel of Vlad's and Ilona's eyes. Ilona was so attached to the boy that she even refused to allow nursemaids to nurse her son, preferring to feed her son with her own breast-milk, not caring if it lessened the weight of her bosom.
Timeline: Five months after Little Vlad is born.
Abilities: Ilona is a healer who is capable of using her power to heal any open direct wound, ease any fever or illness, or even provide a powerful healing salve by just brushing her finger into the cream. Ilona takes great pride in her power and spend many nights with her husband's soldiers, healing and treating their wounds and defusing any illnesses they may have caught in battle or general protection of King Vlad. Despite her constant presence in the vicinity of the unhealthy, Ilona has yet to contract even a slight cold. Her resistance to illness stems from her power. Ilona can not only heal a wound, but she can purify the wound of any infection. This has made sure that Vlad's army is never one man or so short, and also boosts the morale of Wallachia's populace.
Inventory:
x her medicine bowl
x the medicine bowl's pestle
x a lined black wool overcoat
x tanned, leather boots
x her blood-letting knife
x four lbs. of gold leu (coin)
Link to an image of the character: This is a link to the image
Prose Sample: A really good thread since it compares Ariel's cheery attitude to Ilona's quieter reactions.
Journal Sample: [ It's a scrying mirror. Ilona hasn't seen a scrying mirror for a while, at least not outside of Vlad's private study. She finds it bundled up in her cloak when she first starts awake on the temple floor, and if it weren't for Ilona's quickly catching the mirror, it probably would have broke upon impact with the ground. ] --ah! [ She wipes her long sleeve against the reflective surface. ] Why is it so dirty? [ She wipes away a long-lined smudge, clearing the surface. ] Much better. [ It then decides to activate with a flash of light. ] Oh!
[ Instead of releasing the tension in her fingers in reflex, she only grips the mirror tighter in surprise. Now, upon the network, the young princess's face can be seen, bemused, a touch frightened, and very confused. But that face is nothing compared to the open-mouthed shock her face displays when she starts to hear voices -- of all things! -- coming out of the mirror.
She hesitantly calls out through the din. ]
Hello? [ The surface ripples like water dropping into a pond. ] I am-- [ She pauses and thinks. She can't let anyone know she's royalty (if there is anyone here) until she knows who she is dealing with. She starts again. Clearing her throat. ] Is there anyone who may provide assistance to a confused traveler?