Raelyn Grant
Lady Raelyn Savannah Grant (a.k.a. Rae, Fawn)
Raelyn Grant is a daughter of the Remnant Raymond Grant. She serves as the de-facto leader of the Lords of Earnest and the Lady of Shatter Keep. She is the younger half-sister of Russell Grant and Roman Grant and the older half-sister of Rhea Grant-Reyes.
Physical Description
General Physical Condition
Identifying Characteristics
One of her most striking features is her hazel colored eyes, as she's the only one of Raymond's children who share his eye color.
Special abilities
Raelyn, being a daughter of the Remnant Raymond Grant, is one of the most powerful Amps in Earnest, with only her older brothers and father surpassing her. Her unique combat style combined with her creativity in using her powers make her a formidable opponent. Her powers are a result of her mother's ancestors having Amplifications grafted onto them along with her paternal lineage.
Powers
- Superhuman Strength: As a daughter of Raymond Grant, Raelyn possesses superhuman strength far surpassing most Earnestian Amps. She's capable of throwing massive objects with ease, move building sized structures, and easily overpower other Amps.
- Superhuman Durability: Raelyn possesses superhuman durability, allowing her to endure extreme punishment without much injury.
- Superhuman Speed: Raelyn can move at superhuman speeds.
- Superhuman Stamina: Raelyn can perform at peak physical condition for hours before tiring.
- Geokinesis: Raelyn inherited the power to create and manipulate rock and stone from her father. She can create massive stone constructs, stalactites, and walls for defense. She mainly uses her power for projectile based combat in contrast to her brother's more physically-oriented styles, making her use of her power the most varied of her family, only matched by her father.
- Golem Constructs: Grant can create stone humanoid constructs that she can control and attack her opponents. These can range in size from about as a tall as a human to towering figures the size of small mountains.
Abilities
Gifted Intellect: Raelyn is highly intelligent, which serves her well in managing her district.
- Expert Negotiator: Raelyn is good at negotiating favorable outcomes for herself and allies.
- Skilled Manipulator: Raelyn is skilled at manipulating parties to come to agreements that benefit her and her interests using persuasive tactics and the occasional use of threats.
- Skilled Leader: Raelyn is a capable leader, which serves her well in managing Earnest's Lords.
- Expert Combatant: Raelyn is a skilled fighter due to extensive training by her father. While she rarely engages in combat herself, she can easily outmatch any Amp in Earnest. Her fighting style is differs from the rest of her family in that she rarely utilizes her power as a means to bolster her physical abilities, but to deliver long ranged attacks while maintaining high defensive ability.
- Skilled Hand-to-Hand Combatant: While not her specialty, Raelyn is proficient in martial arts if she is to resort to it. Her style is simple compared to the rest of her family, opting for overwhelming her opponents with powerful punches and kicks.
Specialized Equipment
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Raelyn is daughter of Raymond Grant and Emma Fischer. She was born with the ability to manipulate stone and rock like her brothers. However, her father performed genetic modifications on her mother so that his power would dominate. When it was discovered that she had powers, she was taken to be raised by her father. Raelyn grew up knowing she was destined for great things as her father had told her that her entire life and at the same time was raised up to be his potential successor. Raelyn had little control of her life growing up, were she could go, who she could associate herself with, and what she wanted was all to be decided on by others. She had a very fraught relationship with her mother, regarding her as an absence. The only solace she could find was in her education. Her instructor, Pamala Ferns, treated her with respect and encouraged her intelligence, the only other person to do so being her father, only so far as it benefits him.
Raelyn wanted to pursue her own path but she was at the behest of her father's expectations. She surely became a Lord of Earnest. From there, she became a powerful member in guiding the nation's direction. She allowed for the creation of new jobs, albeit cheap labor for non-Amps. She's often pitted against her siblings for the title of Lord of Earnest. Due to her position, Raelyn has greater authority than her older brothers, ensuring that they follow her orders without question. Raelyn also reports back to her father as his eyes and ears into the city's inner workings, ensuring he stays in control without having to show himself.
Education
Raelyn was education by top Earnestian teachers throughout her life.
Employment
Raelyn is the Lady of Shatter Keep, an Earnestian territory. While her duties officially are to manage her designated territory, Raelyn serves as the unofficial leader of the Earnestian Houses, managing the affairs and disputes between houses. Compared to her father, who despite being the Lord of the nation is much more hands-off, Raelyn often takes up the role of actively ruling Earnest in his stead. She also takes taxes from the various houses and manages finances for the region.
Mental Trauma
Raelyn was subject to abuse and neglect growing up. As a child, she was ridiculed and demeaned for showing weakness (i.e. compassion, guilt, empathy), and like the rest of her siblings, was put though brutal training to unearth her powers. Growing up, she was constantly sought after by men looking to use her power for their own ends. Having been starved of any true intimacy, she entered in increasingly unstable relationships, further adding to her turmoil.
Intellectual Characteristics
Morality & Philosophy
Personality Characteristics
Motivation
Raelyn wants to become her father's successor as Earnest's ruler. She also wants to make Earnest a better place for the citizens. She also seeks her father’s approval and love.
Likes & Dislikes
- Being in control
- Gaining the advantage
- Being underestimated
- Losing control
Virtues & Personality perks
Raelyn is capable of being tender towards others in her private moments. She has good social skills and can make connections with ease. She's a capable leader and has the ambition required to be one. Her ambition allows her to curry favor with powerful lords.
Vices & Personality flaws
Raelyn will callously use people and discard them just as easily. This tendency of hers causes great heartbreak, but she shoves them under a veneer of cold indifference. Her pride is self destructive enough that she erodes opportunities out of a belief that they're too good for her. Despite her intelligence, she's retained the strength based worldview her father and will strong-arm people into doing what she wants. Raelyn is also deeply insecure and is resistant to any sincerity, and will respond with hostility. While powerful, Raelyn is deeply insecure about her place in Earnest and among her family. Despite her work in maintaining the nation’s infrastructure, her brothers are shown more reverence than her.
Social
Reign
Contacts & Relations
Family Ties
Raelyn has the closest relationship to her father compared to her brothers, as she meets with him more often than either of them. On Raymond's side, he treats her considerably more compassionately, but he still has subjected her to cruel treatment. Raelyn's position as the de-facto leader of the Earnestian Lords means she technically holds more authority than her brothers, which is a source of tension between them. Even with her status, she’s often treated as the baby sister by her brothers and father, who refers to her by her nickname "Fawn." She often employs Russell as an enforcer, though any authority she holds is superseded by their father, something her brother reminds her of. Roman had always been a figure of stability in Raelyn's life, which has persisted in their adulthood, despite tensions between them.
Social Aptitude
Raelyn is very aware of social dynamics, and is able to use them to her advantage. Her demeanor is often cold.
Mannerisms
Rae presents herself as a confident, no-nonsense woman. She rarely yells or uses force to get her point across, preferring to be firm. Similar to her father, she often holds a contemptuous gaze on those she perceives as her inferiors.
Relationships
History
Raelyn has the closest relationship to her father compared to her brothers, as she meets with him more often than either of them. On Raymond's side, he treats her considerably more compassionately, but he still has subjected her to cruel treatment.
Nicknames & Petnames
Raymond's nickname for her is "Fawn" in reference to her childhood love of deer.
History
Raelyn often employs her brother as her enforcer, much to his dismay. While Russell is the heir to the Earnestian throne, Raelyn's role in leading the Lords grant her authority over him. Russell does however, ultimately answer to their father, meaning that he doesn't always do what she says. This transactional relationship tends to supersede their relationship as brother and sister. When not on the job, the two tend to get along fine. Russell is quite distant from his younger sister, and Raelyn is often too busy to engage in any bonding time, but the two do look out for each other when necessary.
History
When Raelyn was born, Roman wasn't too ecstatic to share a household with a baby sister initially, but he took to being a big brother quickly. Roman took on some responsibility in caring for Raelyn, including changing diapers, which he often jokes about to her in the present much to her chagrin. One of his most cherished memories is reading stories to her when she was still an infant. He often cites this as the origin of his storytelling skills. Raelyn spent most of her childhood very attached to Roman as their relative age gap meant the two spent more time together in their youth. As adults, Roman and Raelyn don't often interact on account of their separate responsibilities and have became distant as a result, but they still maintain a loving relationship.
History
Stonekeeper and Raelyn have an complex relationship. Having known her since infancy, Stonekeeper tried to take on the role of a mentor for the young Grant. While Raelyn cares for Stonekeeper, she harbors jealousy as she believes him to have a better relationship with the Lord than her, the Lord's daughter. Stonekeeper treats Raelyn well, but tries to reign in her more impulsive actions, to varying degrees of success.
History
When Raelyn became a Lord, she choose Elliot as her personal knight mainly out of obligation. Elliot's loyalty and competence earned her respect. Elliot is one of the few people Raelyn trusts beyond her brothers and father.
Wealth & Financial state
- Lady of Shatter Keep
- Daughter of the Stonemason
- Eye of Earnest
- Daughter of Raymond
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