Character Avatar: Yuliya Aug
Player: Gladiolus
Character Name: Gaia Dieudonnée de Mereliot
Age: 50
Birthday: June 8, 1970
Height: 5'8" (1.7m)
Rank/Title: Sovereign Duchesse
Race: d'Angeline (and Vralian)
Country/Province: Eisande
Townhome Request: Louable, North Borough - An ancient fortress-like structure decorated with bas-reliefs and sculptures of Eisheth alongside Tiberian and Hellene gods.
Country Home Request: Palais de Marseille, Eisande - A sprawling palace with several glistening domes. Home to the Lady of Marsilikos, Gaia de Mereliot.
Appearance: Gaia is an imposing woman with shining strawberry hair and icy-blue eyes. She is known to use her clothes to display her power, prestige, and wealth. She often carries with her a ceremonial staff and increasingly uses it to walk.
Personality: Gaia loves activity: riding horses, gardening, hunting, and falconry in the summer; skating, skiing, and sledging in the winter. She is known for an aptitude with languages. She was known for her joyful demeanor as a younger woman, but has grown more stern as her responsibilities have increased.
Additional Information
Marital Status: Widowed
Known Languages: d'Angeline, Caerdicci, Vralian, Aragonian
Strengths and Weaknesses:
Strengths: well-liked, hard-working
Weaknesses: lonely, haunted by her brother's execution
Family Members/Important NPCs:
Roxane de Mereliot, grandmother
Lorelei de Mereliot, cousin, former Lady of Marsilikos
Jeanne de Mereliot, aunt, former Lady of Marsilokos
Lessandrie de Mereliot, cousin, former Lady of Marsilikos
Pierre Alexandre (nee Pyotr Alexeyevich) Romanov, father, deceased
Catherine de Mereliot, mother, deceased
Alexandre de Mereliot, brother, deceased
Anne-Clothilde Orange-Nassau, sister, deceased
Nathalie de Merliot, sister, deceased
Robert Carmine, husband, deceased
History:
Roxane de Mereliot had several children. Her fourth daughter, Catherine, married a Vralian prince Pierre Alexandre in order to solidify a political relationship with Vralia. The two had three daughters - Gaia, Anne-Clotilde, and Nathalie - and a son - Alexandre. The children grew up happily in Marsilikos, part of a large band of young de Mereliots. At adulthood, Anne-Clothilde married a Flatlander prince, Nathalie returned to her father's homeland of Vralia to marry another Romanov prince, Gaia married her childhood sweetheart Robert Carmine, and Alexandre had a consort named Thibaud no Balm.
When Jeanne de Mereliot stepped down from her position as Lady of Marsilikos, Gaia's brother Alexandre participated in an attempted coup to place a male Mereliot on the seat of Marsilikos. Lessandrie de Mereliot managed to take the seat, crushing the coup. Deeply ashamed of her son's involvement, Gaia's mother Catherine personally beheaded her son. Gaia was there for the execution, while her sisters were not, and it has haunted her ever since.
She and Robert lived out a pleasant but childless existence in Marsilikos, until Robert's untimely death when he drowned during a sea voyage to Carthage.
Due to her brother's treachery, Gaia steered clear of politicking around her cousins, first Lessandrie and then Lorelei. Instead, she focused on supporting the soldiers and navy sailors stationed in Marsilikos. She became so popular among the d'Angeline troops that one will notice that many sailor's daughters will have the name "Gaia" or "Dieudonnee" (her middle name). So when Lorelei de Mereliot announced that she would be stepping down from the position of Lady of Marsilikos, the sailors and soldiers rallied around the somewhat surprised Gaia; they wanted her to be the Lady. After much convincing, Gaia agreed to become the Lady of Marsilikos and moved into the Palais de Marseille.
Updates:
Approved by Janet - 22nd June 2018
