The International
05-10-09, 10:54 PM
This is a continuation of the registration for The Villeneuve Family (http://www.althanas.com/world/showthread.php?t=19097).Maelle Villeneuve
Broker of Nations
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Age: 26
Height: 5'9
Weight: 120 lbs
Appearance
Maelle's appearance is disarming to say the least. Her eyes are pure and looking into them is almost like falling into an amber abyss. Her mahogany hair falls straight past her shoulders where they end in large locks, and her skin is a glowing creme that compliments her strawberry lips. Her passive nature shows in her body language. Since a face like hers is hard to forget, she does her best to decide who notices it in the first place.
Personality
It's difficult to see her as a spy, which makes her job all the easier. Maelle an upbeat woman that doesn't deny her feminine nature like her mother or sister. She likes wearing makeup, dressing in beautiful gowns, and attending balls, which makes her best suited for espionage among nobles. She's a very optimistic and calm woman, never one to raise her voice, and ready to use her mesmerizing smile liberally. Her heart is always on her shoulder, even when she must lie about it. When she's happy, she's happy. When she's angry, she's angry. When in the field she has used this to her advantage by applying her emotion to a fact in the situation. She has become the best liar in the family because of this.
Skills & Abilities
Note: A spy is required to play many roles at the same time; assassin, actor, detective, thief and more. While the Villeneuve parents are good overall spies, the Villeneuve children have fallen into niches. Maelle excels in negotiation, and her skills and abilities reflect that.
Psychology
Behavior has always been an interest to Maelle. Long before her spy days she met a housewife in Corone who studied the mental functions and behavior of Humans and other intelligent races. She studied under this woman whenever she was in Corone, and applied it to all areas of her life including espionage. Because of her advances in Cognitive Psychology she is able to make subtle changes in her body language and verbal language alike to win the favor of even the most abrasive of persons. In battle she is able to scan an opponent and predict their actions, and she is able to perfectly predict one move per battle. After that the fast paced battle may be too fast for her to make such perfect predictions.
Ethereal Aura
Maelle is able to generate a powerful aura that is at her every command. She can manipulate its color, visibility, luminosity and state of matter (liquid, solid, gas). She can manipulate its temperature from boiling hot to ice cold. She can reshape it into any form (like a blade [steel strength]...), add (120 lb max) and take away (weightless) from its mass. Her restrictions are that she can only use an amount corresponding to her own size. The only tell she has for this aura is her corresponding hand gestures. She'll wiggle her fingers to create heat, shape her hands to create a ball, or clench a fish to add mass.
Scribe
On a mission in Luthmor Maelle had to use the cover of a student in Eolas Braoin, where she learned how to scribe Glyphs, Wards, and Sigils. She can use them to create various effects on items locations and people. However these magical inscriptions are not something she can create in mere seconds. Her simplest inscriptions take at least ten minutes, and they may create a weak effect that only lasts as long as it took to make them. If she is to create a long lasting, powerful, or permanent effect that is accurate to her intentions she needs time and lots of it. Maelle has great talent in this field. Some say she is to take after her mother in the Villeneuve Transformation.
Villeneuve Transformation
The races in Maelle's sketchbook include the following...
Raiaeran Elf, Dark Elf, Dwarf, Fae
Equipment
Pen
Veil of Ink
Sketchbook
History
The first born of the Villeneuve children was brought into this world not on board The International, but in the Capital Building in Radasanth. Esme and Alix used Alix's pregnancy as a way into a mission, which they had to abort because Maelle decided to abort her mother's womb. She was sixteen when her parents revealed their true professions and offered her entry into the spy trade. They gave her all their contacts. Her first missions were made easy by her parents, but as she found her niche for negotiation and intelligence gathering she began to build her own network. She soon boasted a worldwide network larger than her parents, and attempted to use it to better the international community. When Alerar and Salvar forged a friendship, she was there. When Fallien reluctantly opened its doors to trade, she was there. When secret negotiations were initiated between the Coronian Empire and the Rangers, she was there.
Lately, however, she has shown a slight distaste for the spy trade.
Ludivine Villeneuve
The Little Scandal
http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-thing?.out=jpg&size=l&tid=1713766
Age: 25
Height: 5'5
Weight: 118 lbs
Appearance
Ludivine has a deceptively innocent image to her name. Even though she is one year older than Vespasian, she looks much younger than him. Her face is a smooth pale with perfectly placed beauty marks, her nose is like a button fit for an infant, and her orchard hair falls straight to her lithe frame like flowing silk. Her eyes are the only indication, if any, of her true nature. The jade irises are dark hooks for one’s soul, and no one can deny their predatory gaze. She often wears navy or midnight blue (never black) just in case her stealth skills are in need.
Personality
Ludivine is confident and calm, border lining on being stuck up. She doesn't like many people, which her fellow Villeneuves believe to be her way of justifying the deception that comes with her line of work. She says it's just because "some people suck while others swallow". Beware her quiet streaks, for she is the stealthy assassin of the family. When she gets quiet she's moving in for the kill, either with her blade or with her mouth. Unlike her family members she is quick to anger although she would never show it. Instead she plots her revenge, and only after the offender's demise will they know that they angered her.
Skills & Abilities
Note: The majority of Ludivine's skills are closely connected to her large array of items, so I'll be listing them alongside each other.
Shinobi-iri
This is Akashiman for the study of stealth, techniques for silent movement and climbing, combined with a range of specialized tools stood the agents in good stead when the time came for them to effect entry into the enemy location. Ludivine is able to significantly quiet her footsteps without the use of her ashairo(soft pads attached to the footwear shaped like an animal paw), but she can completely silence her steps with them. This also refers to correct use of timing, discovering tactical and psychological weaknesses in the security's defenses, using distractions, and taking advantage of light (or lack thereof) and sound.
Taijutsu
Like her mother, Ludivine is above average in the art of unarmed combat, but she favors breaking bones in addition to striking nerve points. She has two rings which she wears on varying fingers called sunsetu, small oval shaped pieces of wood affixed to the finger by a small strap. The suntetsu would be held against a finger on the palm-side and when the hand was thrust at an opponent using the longer piece of wood to target pressure points such as the solar plexus. She's quick and evasive, but also takes some acrobatics from Esme.
Kendo
The art of sword fighting. Ludivine, taking after her mother, is above average in this skill. She carries with her a Steel Wakizashi strapped across the small of her back, the scabbard of which is several inches longer than the actual blade which allows for a lightning fast draw and simultaneous strike.
Illusion
Some say this is a manifestation of her personality. Ludivine is able to temporarily (30 seconds) engulf herself in a fog of midnight blue hue. This fog hampers some of Ludivine's vision, but others cannot see her through it. She can also shape it to match the shadows around her.
Villeneuve Transformation
Ludivine's sketchbook contains drawings of the following races...
Raiaeran Elf, Dark Elf, Haidian, Akashiman Human
Equipment
Sketchbook
History
The second child in the Villeneuve family has had a turbulent origin to say the least. Her exploits in the spy trade began quite early when she unintentionally placed herself in the middle of one of her mother's assassination plots at the age of eight. Strange circumstances led Ludivine to witness Alix kill a an Akashiman noble and two of his mistresses in cold blood thus making her the first of the Villeneuve children to know the family secret. In order to preserve the order of the family, Esme and Alix took the family off the ship and settled in Etheria Port for three months. While Vespasian and Maelle lived in naivety, playing on the docks, Esme and Alix did their best to explain and justify who they really were and what they really did. It was difficult for an eight year old girl to wrap her mind around such concepts, but eventually she showed understanding, and agreed to keep their secret until they were ready to reveal themselves to their other children.
At the age of ten she looked back at the incident and remembered how her mother killed that nobleman. As he charged at her in rage she simply bowed, and he fell dead upon the floor. Like a savage panther she subdued the mistresses, muffling their screams and ending their lives with vice grips and bone snapping strikes. At the time, it traumatized her, but now it enticed her. She asked Alix to teach her, but Alix did her one better by sending her to Akashima on her first cover as an orphan sent to a dojo for half a year. She came back a skilled little ninja, but she wasn't allowed to enter the business of espionage until after Maelle did. While Maelle excelled at negotiations and information brokering, in which diplomacy was the crux, Ludivine excelled in two things, violence and seduction. She wasn't sent by her clients to make peace and preserve life. She was sent to make scandal and death, and her parents had issues with that.
When Vespasian was brought into espionage, the Villeneuve parents went to great lengths to keep Ludivine from influencing his tactical development. To some extent they like to think they succeeded, but they constantly fear for Vespasian when he works alongside her.
Broker of Nations
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Rdy28V3bN80/SYI_bS7CLkI/AAAAAAAAAd8/l08SvZcbS5M/s320/Sarah-Lancaster-Sexy-Hot.jpg
Age: 26
Height: 5'9
Weight: 120 lbs
Appearance
Maelle's appearance is disarming to say the least. Her eyes are pure and looking into them is almost like falling into an amber abyss. Her mahogany hair falls straight past her shoulders where they end in large locks, and her skin is a glowing creme that compliments her strawberry lips. Her passive nature shows in her body language. Since a face like hers is hard to forget, she does her best to decide who notices it in the first place.
Personality
It's difficult to see her as a spy, which makes her job all the easier. Maelle an upbeat woman that doesn't deny her feminine nature like her mother or sister. She likes wearing makeup, dressing in beautiful gowns, and attending balls, which makes her best suited for espionage among nobles. She's a very optimistic and calm woman, never one to raise her voice, and ready to use her mesmerizing smile liberally. Her heart is always on her shoulder, even when she must lie about it. When she's happy, she's happy. When she's angry, she's angry. When in the field she has used this to her advantage by applying her emotion to a fact in the situation. She has become the best liar in the family because of this.
Skills & Abilities
Note: A spy is required to play many roles at the same time; assassin, actor, detective, thief and more. While the Villeneuve parents are good overall spies, the Villeneuve children have fallen into niches. Maelle excels in negotiation, and her skills and abilities reflect that.
Psychology
Behavior has always been an interest to Maelle. Long before her spy days she met a housewife in Corone who studied the mental functions and behavior of Humans and other intelligent races. She studied under this woman whenever she was in Corone, and applied it to all areas of her life including espionage. Because of her advances in Cognitive Psychology she is able to make subtle changes in her body language and verbal language alike to win the favor of even the most abrasive of persons. In battle she is able to scan an opponent and predict their actions, and she is able to perfectly predict one move per battle. After that the fast paced battle may be too fast for her to make such perfect predictions.
Ethereal Aura
Maelle is able to generate a powerful aura that is at her every command. She can manipulate its color, visibility, luminosity and state of matter (liquid, solid, gas). She can manipulate its temperature from boiling hot to ice cold. She can reshape it into any form (like a blade [steel strength]...), add (120 lb max) and take away (weightless) from its mass. Her restrictions are that she can only use an amount corresponding to her own size. The only tell she has for this aura is her corresponding hand gestures. She'll wiggle her fingers to create heat, shape her hands to create a ball, or clench a fish to add mass.
Scribe
On a mission in Luthmor Maelle had to use the cover of a student in Eolas Braoin, where she learned how to scribe Glyphs, Wards, and Sigils. She can use them to create various effects on items locations and people. However these magical inscriptions are not something she can create in mere seconds. Her simplest inscriptions take at least ten minutes, and they may create a weak effect that only lasts as long as it took to make them. If she is to create a long lasting, powerful, or permanent effect that is accurate to her intentions she needs time and lots of it. Maelle has great talent in this field. Some say she is to take after her mother in the Villeneuve Transformation.
Villeneuve Transformation
The races in Maelle's sketchbook include the following...
Raiaeran Elf, Dark Elf, Dwarf, Fae
Equipment
Pen
Veil of Ink
Sketchbook
History
The first born of the Villeneuve children was brought into this world not on board The International, but in the Capital Building in Radasanth. Esme and Alix used Alix's pregnancy as a way into a mission, which they had to abort because Maelle decided to abort her mother's womb. She was sixteen when her parents revealed their true professions and offered her entry into the spy trade. They gave her all their contacts. Her first missions were made easy by her parents, but as she found her niche for negotiation and intelligence gathering she began to build her own network. She soon boasted a worldwide network larger than her parents, and attempted to use it to better the international community. When Alerar and Salvar forged a friendship, she was there. When Fallien reluctantly opened its doors to trade, she was there. When secret negotiations were initiated between the Coronian Empire and the Rangers, she was there.
Lately, however, she has shown a slight distaste for the spy trade.
Ludivine Villeneuve
The Little Scandal
http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-thing?.out=jpg&size=l&tid=1713766
Age: 25
Height: 5'5
Weight: 118 lbs
Appearance
Ludivine has a deceptively innocent image to her name. Even though she is one year older than Vespasian, she looks much younger than him. Her face is a smooth pale with perfectly placed beauty marks, her nose is like a button fit for an infant, and her orchard hair falls straight to her lithe frame like flowing silk. Her eyes are the only indication, if any, of her true nature. The jade irises are dark hooks for one’s soul, and no one can deny their predatory gaze. She often wears navy or midnight blue (never black) just in case her stealth skills are in need.
Personality
Ludivine is confident and calm, border lining on being stuck up. She doesn't like many people, which her fellow Villeneuves believe to be her way of justifying the deception that comes with her line of work. She says it's just because "some people suck while others swallow". Beware her quiet streaks, for she is the stealthy assassin of the family. When she gets quiet she's moving in for the kill, either with her blade or with her mouth. Unlike her family members she is quick to anger although she would never show it. Instead she plots her revenge, and only after the offender's demise will they know that they angered her.
Skills & Abilities
Note: The majority of Ludivine's skills are closely connected to her large array of items, so I'll be listing them alongside each other.
Shinobi-iri
This is Akashiman for the study of stealth, techniques for silent movement and climbing, combined with a range of specialized tools stood the agents in good stead when the time came for them to effect entry into the enemy location. Ludivine is able to significantly quiet her footsteps without the use of her ashairo(soft pads attached to the footwear shaped like an animal paw), but she can completely silence her steps with them. This also refers to correct use of timing, discovering tactical and psychological weaknesses in the security's defenses, using distractions, and taking advantage of light (or lack thereof) and sound.
Taijutsu
Like her mother, Ludivine is above average in the art of unarmed combat, but she favors breaking bones in addition to striking nerve points. She has two rings which she wears on varying fingers called sunsetu, small oval shaped pieces of wood affixed to the finger by a small strap. The suntetsu would be held against a finger on the palm-side and when the hand was thrust at an opponent using the longer piece of wood to target pressure points such as the solar plexus. She's quick and evasive, but also takes some acrobatics from Esme.
Kendo
The art of sword fighting. Ludivine, taking after her mother, is above average in this skill. She carries with her a Steel Wakizashi strapped across the small of her back, the scabbard of which is several inches longer than the actual blade which allows for a lightning fast draw and simultaneous strike.
Illusion
Some say this is a manifestation of her personality. Ludivine is able to temporarily (30 seconds) engulf herself in a fog of midnight blue hue. This fog hampers some of Ludivine's vision, but others cannot see her through it. She can also shape it to match the shadows around her.
Villeneuve Transformation
Ludivine's sketchbook contains drawings of the following races...
Raiaeran Elf, Dark Elf, Haidian, Akashiman Human
Equipment
Sketchbook
History
The second child in the Villeneuve family has had a turbulent origin to say the least. Her exploits in the spy trade began quite early when she unintentionally placed herself in the middle of one of her mother's assassination plots at the age of eight. Strange circumstances led Ludivine to witness Alix kill a an Akashiman noble and two of his mistresses in cold blood thus making her the first of the Villeneuve children to know the family secret. In order to preserve the order of the family, Esme and Alix took the family off the ship and settled in Etheria Port for three months. While Vespasian and Maelle lived in naivety, playing on the docks, Esme and Alix did their best to explain and justify who they really were and what they really did. It was difficult for an eight year old girl to wrap her mind around such concepts, but eventually she showed understanding, and agreed to keep their secret until they were ready to reveal themselves to their other children.
At the age of ten she looked back at the incident and remembered how her mother killed that nobleman. As he charged at her in rage she simply bowed, and he fell dead upon the floor. Like a savage panther she subdued the mistresses, muffling their screams and ending their lives with vice grips and bone snapping strikes. At the time, it traumatized her, but now it enticed her. She asked Alix to teach her, but Alix did her one better by sending her to Akashima on her first cover as an orphan sent to a dojo for half a year. She came back a skilled little ninja, but she wasn't allowed to enter the business of espionage until after Maelle did. While Maelle excelled at negotiations and information brokering, in which diplomacy was the crux, Ludivine excelled in two things, violence and seduction. She wasn't sent by her clients to make peace and preserve life. She was sent to make scandal and death, and her parents had issues with that.
When Vespasian was brought into espionage, the Villeneuve parents went to great lengths to keep Ludivine from influencing his tactical development. To some extent they like to think they succeeded, but they constantly fear for Vespasian when he works alongside her.