nahum » Lair » Eve

Eve

(#4348449)

sunlight filtered through spring leaves

Familiar

Clown Hippocampus

Energy: 47/50

Personal Style

Apparel

Skin

Scene

Physical Attributes

Battle Stats

Measurements

Length

4.53 m

Wingspan

3.93 m

Weight

470.85 kg

Genetics

Grey
Iridescent

Peach
Blend

Cream
Underbelly

Hatchday

Jun 23, 2014
(9 years)

Breed

Adult
Pearlcatcher

Eye Type

Light
Common

Level 25 Pearlcatcher

Max Level

STR

133

AGI

DEF

QCK

INT

VIT

MND

Lineage

Parents

none

Offspring

none

Biography

E V E
wary ⌂ elegant ⌂ stern
polite ⌂ disillusioned ⌂ frugal

▼ a grimm, fairytale beauty

She was the only one old enough of her siblings to remember their mother. She’d been beautiful in a striking, classic way. She’d had a wardrobe full of delicate clothes gifted to her by clients, for every occasion, every season. When Eve had been young, she’d spent hours in front of her mother’s vanity, trying on her powders and jewelry. It wasn’t until little Q was born that the collection began to shrink. She hadn’t known it then, but her mother was ill and could no longer work— and the disappearance of her closet’s contents was the only thing keeping their small family fed.

After her death, Eve carried out her mother’s instructions to a T. She sent letters through couriers to a number of wealthy merchants, knowing that her siblings’ wellbeing depended on their estranged fathers acknowledging their favorite courtesan’s children as their own. One by one, her siblings were collected by men draped in finery like Eve’s mother had worn when she left for the evenings, until there were only four of them left. Eve, Barron, Quilo, and the youngest, little Jasper. Letters were returned unopened for three of them, the intended recipients no longer at the addresses that they had left behind. And one letter was sent back, simply reading “No child of mine”.

I don't walk around trying to be what I'm not

The four of them found it easier to pretend they didn’t know whose father had sent the last letter.

Eve was far from grown, but she had spent the last two years well aware of what life would be like if any of her siblings were unclaimed. She’d built relationships with other workers and business owners along the harbor district, and managed to negotiate room and board within the salary she secured herself at a textile factory. It was long, hard work, but it kept her siblings fed, and paid enough that Barron could stay home and raise Q and Jasper.

That is, until the blight ravaged Sornieth, and work and food suddenly became far more scarce.

The famine devastated the local economy, and factories shut down overnight. The four siblings were reduced to begging on the streets with other orphans, and when work began anew, Eve and Barron both returned to the workforce, and their new home was filled no only with Quilo and Jasper, but also several other adopted siblings they had shared bread with when living on the streets. Their resources were spread thin, and Quilo and Jasper began working much younger than Eve would have wanted for them, but there was a balance struck.

I don't waste my time trying to get what you got

That fragile balance didn’t last for near long enough. One winter, Jasper caught ill. He’d been working as a courier in the sleet and snow, and came home one night sniffling. Eve coddled him, trying to keep him warm and well fed to fight off the cold, but within a few days it had moved deep into his lungs. He needed a healer, and they had no funds to spare.

Barron, Eve, and Q argued late into the evening that night after the younger children had fallen asleep, whispering desperately. Barron had heard of a job with a fishing vessel that would pay well- if only because the winter waves were choppier and more dangerous. Q insisted they try to find a loan first, but Barron countered that the only folks they knew who would offer the orphans a loan would just as soon take a limb if they couldn’t pay it off in time. (‘Better a limb than your life!’ Q had replied furiously.)

In the end, Barron left the next morning against Q’s wishes, and Eve managed to find work at the docks. A few days after Barron’s departure, Jasper’s fever broke, and the tiny family rejoiced, now waiting eagerly for Barron’s to return to a healthier family than he’d left.

But when the ship returned to the docks, Barron wasn’t among the weary sailors that unboarded.

Two mornings later, Jasper’s sleeping form failed to be awoken by his panicked older sister. They held a private funeral for both brothers together, and Eve returned to work at the factory the next day.

She was never the same again.

▼ never slowing, never speaking

Eve was quieter, after that. Bitter, less hopeful. For all the pain she had endured in her life, all the loss, there had been a warmth, a spark within her that had remained bright. With two of her brothers dead, that light was extinguished.

Their family’s fortunes improved over the years, with Quilo’s aptitude for numbers earning him a place as an accountant for most of the harbor district, and the rest of their little family’s wards eventually finding a home in a shelter run by a newly-formed ministry bankrolled by the King. It was only her and Q left, by the time Eve reached her majority, and one night while waiting tables at a tavern in the theatre district, a visiting noblewoman fell in love with Eve’s elegant manner and offered her a fortune to work as her handmaiden.

Eve accepted on the spot, with the stipulation that the woman pay for her brother’s tuition to become a court scribe. The noble agreed, delighted to be given the opportunity to demonstrate her generosity twice-over, and Q was moved into paid housing and enrolled at the royal college.

My soul flies free like a willow tree

Eve adapted to court life with what appeared to be easy grace. In reality, she was privately horrified by the excesses of wealth and the disparity between the quality of life she received as a tangential member of the court and her childhood as a penniless orphan, but she maintained her composure publicly.

But on her days off, when she could meet with her brother in plainclothes and share a meal with him in his paid-for apartment, they whispered together about the casual cruelty of the upper ring. They wondered what their fellow urchins might have done, had they known how much food was wasted and clothing ruined by the careless hands of the wealthy.

Alone in her dressing room, Eve thought privately that had she known what she does now, she would’ve happily watch every one of those filthy nobles’ heads roll if it meant she could see her brothers one last time.

But it was time to be paraded about like a doll again, and she could stall no longer. She fixed her tear-stained makeup, replaced her delicate heels, and pasted a serene smile on her face once more.

Someday, she would see their finery burn, and she would dance on their ashes.

─theme: appletree by erykah badu ─

xxxxxxxxxx

Naga, the heir of the Valley

Osyen, the besotted protector

Rene, the loyal healer

Quilo, the young scholar

Nereus, the golden prince

Riven, the hesitant accomplice

Zenith, the grieving avenger

Samtara, the weeping river

Eve, the vicious handmaiden

Galao, the charming veteran

Circe, the travelling seer

Leah, the bright-eyed pathfinder

xxxxxxxxxxx

─coli build: 133 str farmer ─

scatterlog:
dirt/bubblegum/blood > crimson/indigo/fern > emerald/sunset/hunter > pink/midnight/carribean > sanddollar/royal/driftwood > brown/vermillion/sunset > cream/sunshine/violet > cornflower/royal/sanguine > jade/sanguine/honey > oilslick/cherry/navy > garnet/saffron/bubblegum > grey/peach/cream ooooooo

huge thanks to everyone who has drawn eve <3 | banner credits

If you feel that this content violates our Rules & Policies, or Terms of Use, you can send a report to our Flight Rising support team using this window.

Please keep in mind that for player privacy reasons, we will not personally respond to you for this report, but it will be sent to us for review.

0/1000

Click or tap a food type to individually feed this dragon only. The other dragons in your lair will not have their energy replenished.

Exalting Eve to the service of the Earthshaker will remove them from your lair forever. They will leave behind a small sum of riches that they have accumulated. This action is irreversible.

Do you wish to continue?

Name

Names must be longer than 2 characters.
Names must be no longer than 16 characters.
Names can only contain letters.

Name

Names must be no longer than 16 characters.
Names can only contain letters.