Bethany "Beth"
Lady, Duchess Bethany (a.k.a. Beth)
"Amy you can't leave. I need you here with me," Beth cried, the tears running freely down her cheeks. "Beth, I wish it weren't so but if I am going to get out from under papa's thumb I need to do this." Amy reached out and pulled her cousin close in a tight embrace. "I am not blessed as you are. Papa has decided that dividing the lands and fortune seven ways was all he could afford to do." "But what are you going to do? I know you are going for training but why?" "Bethany! The old healer passed away and his will was that whomever took up the mantle in his stead would hold all his lands. It also says that no one could divest the heir of those lands. Papa doesn't know this though Uncle Marcelle does. Uncle told me to do it and papa agrees." Amy wiped a tear from her cousin's cheek. "Once I finish my training the land would be mine and you will have a personal healer. Papa will not see anything from the land or its profits." With a final squeeze, Amy stepped back, kissed her cousin on the forehead, then turned to mount the coach awaiting her. "I will write you often," Beth called out to the back of the departing carriage. Amy's head protruded from the window as she waved fairwell.
Physical Description
General Physical Condition
Beth is in prime physical condition neither too thin nor packing extra weight.
Body Features
She is slim, athletic, and a 'perfect specimen' of the Ducal family.
Facial Features
She has a round face with a button nose, rosy cheeks, wide round blue eyes, and medium thin lips.
Identifying Characteristics
Bethany has a heart-shaped birthmark between her soft pink breasts.
Physical quirks
Beth is known to bite her lower lip when nervous, or twirl the ribbons of her bodice.
Apparel & Accessories
Beth is commonly seen in dresses of her own design and manufacture. She has bargained with Francine Du Plaint for some of her lace to work into the designs. Francine is not entirely happy about this, but has begrudgingly acquiessed after seeing the finished product. Beth's gowns do not use the same profusion of lace as Francine's but are used more as accentuating pieces.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Bethany was raised to be the heir to Gaullium since her mother miscarried many times after giving birth to her. She was doted on by both parents and told many times there was nothing she couldn't do if she put her mind to it. Being raised with her cousin Amy they shared many secrets. Beth knew she was not interested in men two years after Amy came to reside in the Ducal palace. They are four years apart in age.
When Amy left for the House of Healing Beth felt like she had lost her sister. When her parents became frustrated at her lack of a husband from the local nobility and young men, Beth was packed up and taken to the Royal Palace of Herigmark in hopes that she would be able to find a husband there.
Gender Identity
Cisgender
Sexuality
Lesbian
Education
For all of her reading she has mastered not only the ladylike skills but those of running a kingdom. Her father is quite proud of his little angel in all aspects except for her lack of a husband.
Accomplishments & Achievements
Beth feels she has found someone that would please her father and herself at the same time though he never responded to her note.
Failures & Embarrassments
Beth feels that the one man she could actually love has escaped and rebuffed her.
Having to tell her father Duke Marcelle her chosen is a druid apprentice and rebuffed her advances. This was done not through words but by his actions.
Mental Trauma
She has severe social anxiety about failing to live up to her father's standards. This is because he expects her to get married and have a family to continue the family line. As Beth is the only child of Duke Marcelle and his wife, she will be the one to inherit the title and lands.
Beth is completely uninterested in the male form due to trauma as a young girl. Her father's Ostler caught her playing with his daughter and decided to teach her how to be a 'LADY'. This was not a pleasant encounter for Beth nor the Ostler's daughter.
Intellectual Characteristics
Bethany has a sharp intellect and has been handling her father's books since she was ten with the exchequer looking over her notations to make sure they were accurate. She has also read about seventy percent of her father's library.
Morality & Philosophy
Beth was raised with the attitude that she could get whatever she wanted from her father. Because of this she has learned that if she desires something all she has to do is demand it from her father and it would be hers. This does not mean she is demanding in personality, in fact, she has a very quiet manner.
Personality Characteristics
Motivation
For Bethany pleasing her father is the driving force of her ambition.
Savvies & Ineptitudes
Beth is adroit at figuring out whether someone is trustworthy or not. She can determine their motives within a few moments of meeting them. This has led her to dismiss many possible suitors because all they were after was either her body or her power.
Likes & Dislikes
Beth loves the sight of dresses on young women, the only thing she would like better would be to see the dress on the floor beside the bed where the young lady would be cuddled up to her.
Beth dislikes most men with a passion. She finds them boorish, conceited, and arrogant.
Virtues & Personality perks
Beth is honest in most of her dealings with others.
Vices & Personality flaws
She can be rather selfish and usually gets whatever it is she desires through one means or another. This includes, but not limited to wrapping daddy around her finger.
Personality Quirks
Bethany has formed the habit of asking her father for things she can't get by herself. This includes maids, servants, tutors, and pretty much anything else.
Hygiene
Bethany prefers to bathe on a regular basis. This is a habit she picked up from her cousin Amy.
Social
Contacts & Relations
She is related to Amy a healer student at the House of Healing, and her father the Duke of Gaullium. She has distant relationship with King Daividh of Herigmark.
Family Ties
Bethany is the daughter of Duke Marcelle, cousin to Amy, and distant relative of Queen Amsarill.
Social Aptitude
As the epitome of the fine arts of being a lady, she knows all her ettiquite. Her skill with a needle is exemplary and she has crafted many a fine embroidery along with her wardrobe.
Beth is soft spoken but firm when the need arises. She has learned you catch more flies with honey than vinegar.
Speech
Bethany was blessed with a rich contralto voice. Her speech patterns have a soft lilt to them giving the impression of childlike innocence.
Her voice though rich it is soft and airy. She has a habit of giggling like the soft wind chimes found around her home.
Relationships
History
Amy is Beth's elder by four years. They spent six years together in the Grand Hall, under her Uncle's watchful eye. Amy was required to learn everything her younger cousin was taught about being a lady of nobility. Amy and Beth had many adventures running in the hills and woods around the Hall, until they came across the Old Healer's cabin. Amy became intrigued by the plants growing around the cabin, while Beth grew bored and returned to the Hall.
Shared Secrets
Amy has known since she was twelve before she headed out to the House of Helaing for training that Beth was not interested in guys.
Shared Acquaintances
Eldrick King Daividh
Current Location
Species
Ethnicity
Honorary & Occupational Titles
Lady, Duchess
Age
22
Spouses
Siblings
Children
Pronouns
She/Her
Gender
Female
Eyes
Pale blue
Hair
Long wavy strawberry blonde tresses
Height
5'3"
Quotes & Catchphrases
Well isn't she a perfect pie, I could just eat her up.
Now don't be such a fly in the ointment, I only wanted to get to know you.
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