Post by Queen Victoria on Jul 24, 2012 17:53:07 GMT -5
"We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat; They do not exist.
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Age: Physical: Late twenties, early thirties Actual: 193
Gender: Female
Sexuality: Hetereosexual
Race: Vampire
Play By: Emily Blunt[/ul][/left]
Eye Color: Slightly wide and blue
Hair: Brown, waist length and often put up in a tight bun with two parts hanging down on the side.
Build: For a woman, Victoria is slightly broad, but still girlish.
Scars: None
Tattoos: None
Style: In the finest gowns and clothing, mainly ornate gowns, often with bonnets and other headpieces.
Other: N/A[/ul][/left]
Personality:
Strong willed, stubborn, and outgoing are three words that describe Victoria. She'll tell how she feels, when she feels it, and commands respect---however, the command for respect isn't verbal, it's how she holds herself, a mixture of grace and power she's come to master in her years. Not afraid to challenge the social norms she'd helped set, Victoria also has a very strong leadership quality--she takes her job as queen in all seriousness, and expects others to as well. Victoria is also open-minded, finding the cultures of other places fascinating.
The Queen is a woman of paradoxes, in some ways. She's strong willed, independent, and yet leans on the love for her now deceased husband Prince Albert that still remains in her heart. She loves being hailed as the Queen and Empress, but most of the time, prefers her alone time and one on one company.
Victoria almost has two sides to her; the outgoing and strong side, and another side; one that is much less strong looking. This side often throws her into the deep sadnessess she experiences when something overly reminds her of Albert or her oldest daughter--it is only at this time her composure is broken--normally, she holds herself with pride and dignity, but when this happens, she often needs either her servant John Brown to help cheer her up, or isolation.
Strong willed, stubborn, and outgoing are three words that describe Victoria. She'll tell how she feels, when she feels it, and commands respect---however, the command for respect isn't verbal, it's how she holds herself, a mixture of grace and power she's come to master in her years. Not afraid to challenge the social norms she'd helped set, Victoria also has a very strong leadership quality--she takes her job as queen in all seriousness, and expects others to as well. Victoria is also open-minded, finding the cultures of other places fascinating.
The Queen is a woman of paradoxes, in some ways. She's strong willed, independent, and yet leans on the love for her now deceased husband Prince Albert that still remains in her heart. She loves being hailed as the Queen and Empress, but most of the time, prefers her alone time and one on one company.
Victoria almost has two sides to her; the outgoing and strong side, and another side; one that is much less strong looking. This side often throws her into the deep sadnessess she experiences when something overly reminds her of Albert or her oldest daughter--it is only at this time her composure is broken--normally, she holds herself with pride and dignity, but when this happens, she often needs either her servant John Brown to help cheer her up, or isolation.
History:
Victoria was born to Edward, the Duke of Kent and a German princess named Victoire in 1819. Her father died in 1820 and so did her grandfather the king making her uncle, now William IV, King. Under something called the Regency Act 1830, the Duchess of Kent, Victoria's mother, was to act as Regent for her daughter if the King were to die while Victoria was still a minor. She does not look back on her childhood fondly, or, atleast not all parts of it. Victoria grew up under something called the "Kensington System", a set of rules that her mother and Sir John Conroy, her mother's rumoured lover but officially her comptroller, established for her. The Kensington System did not allow Victoria to walk down the stairs without holding the hand of an adult, did not allow her to sleep in a bedroom not shared with her mother, along with taking increased steps to keep her isolated from other children. Her mother was weak-minded and let herself be controlled by Sir John, but Victoria was not. At eleven, she found out how she close she was to the Crown and realized what all of the Kensington System was for. However, she personally hated Sir John and continued to rebel against him, even refusing to sign something that would make the man her Private Secretary while she was sick with a fever.
Her one friend throughout all of this was her nurse Lehzen, who stayed by her side and was one of her most trusted friends. Victoria had a half sister that she adored as well, but she was sent away to Germany when she married. And so, Victoria grew up, knowing one day she'd be free.
That day came on June 20, 1837; her uncle the King died, and Victoria became Queen and moved into the new Buckingham Palace, being the very first sovereign to live there. Of course, it not only marked the very first Queen after a long line of Kings, but she was also the very first fully-plagued monarch, and her people rallied. Though the early years of her reign suffered, Victoria's strong-will remained and she worked to make things better for the working class and others who needed it after Albert, a German vampire prince, showed her his plans on one of their many visits. The two had met before back in Kensington, when Victoria was still a princess. Soon, Victoria fell deeply in love with Albert and the two married in 1840. After that, Prince Albert became her closest friend and best advisor, and she loved him deeply, almost an obsession. Though the people of Britain didn't care much for a German prince marrying their Queen, Victoria and Albert had nine children together, and many of them were married to other royal families of Europe. Together, they championed the arts and sciences, along with the poor, and Britain became culturally diverse. This diversity was helped along when Victoria also became the Empress of India and took a huge interest in the culture of the country.
Victoria reigned over her Empire in relative peace for years, until the year 1937. Groups of humans, who'd been kept in line as civilian workers by the halvies and the government, banded together and rose up in a revolution against Victoria and the other supes. They slaughtered thousands of the Aristocracy in the UK, even going so far as to attack Buckingham Palace. Though she begged him not to, Albert and her eldest daughter Vicky's husband Fritz (the Crown Prince of Prussia) went to fight a fire that had been started on a section of the Palace. Victoria watched as the two men tried before being killed by two humans that'd managed to survive the fire. Overcome with greif, the Queen could do nothing but sink to her knees. Watching as her daughter ran to the two bodies, it wasn't until Victoria finally registered that she cried out, only able to watch as she'd begun to run towards the burning part. Thrashing as the guards held her back, too weak from her now collapsed emotional state, she completely broke down when the roof of the burning part fell and crushed Vicky, along with Albert and Fritz's bodies.
After the punishment of the humans and new laws being put into place under her order, Victoria slowly recovered, in morning for a decades afterwards. A memorial to Albert was erected on the burn site, along with two smaller memorials to Fritz and Vicky, who had been in line to take the throne of Kaiser Wilhelm I. The Kaiser was instead their child, Victoria's grandson, Wilhelm II, who also continue to rule today.
At the present, Victoria is into the 175th year of her reign and going as strong as ever; her Empire is great, and she is trusted and loved by her people. This generation of humans seems content with their civilian jobs, most not even making a stir when news of the human President got around. For now, the future looks bright (as bright as it can be, anyways) for the British Empire and it's Queen.
Victoria was born to Edward, the Duke of Kent and a German princess named Victoire in 1819. Her father died in 1820 and so did her grandfather the king making her uncle, now William IV, King. Under something called the Regency Act 1830, the Duchess of Kent, Victoria's mother, was to act as Regent for her daughter if the King were to die while Victoria was still a minor. She does not look back on her childhood fondly, or, atleast not all parts of it. Victoria grew up under something called the "Kensington System", a set of rules that her mother and Sir John Conroy, her mother's rumoured lover but officially her comptroller, established for her. The Kensington System did not allow Victoria to walk down the stairs without holding the hand of an adult, did not allow her to sleep in a bedroom not shared with her mother, along with taking increased steps to keep her isolated from other children. Her mother was weak-minded and let herself be controlled by Sir John, but Victoria was not. At eleven, she found out how she close she was to the Crown and realized what all of the Kensington System was for. However, she personally hated Sir John and continued to rebel against him, even refusing to sign something that would make the man her Private Secretary while she was sick with a fever.
Her one friend throughout all of this was her nurse Lehzen, who stayed by her side and was one of her most trusted friends. Victoria had a half sister that she adored as well, but she was sent away to Germany when she married. And so, Victoria grew up, knowing one day she'd be free.
That day came on June 20, 1837; her uncle the King died, and Victoria became Queen and moved into the new Buckingham Palace, being the very first sovereign to live there. Of course, it not only marked the very first Queen after a long line of Kings, but she was also the very first fully-plagued monarch, and her people rallied. Though the early years of her reign suffered, Victoria's strong-will remained and she worked to make things better for the working class and others who needed it after Albert, a German vampire prince, showed her his plans on one of their many visits. The two had met before back in Kensington, when Victoria was still a princess. Soon, Victoria fell deeply in love with Albert and the two married in 1840. After that, Prince Albert became her closest friend and best advisor, and she loved him deeply, almost an obsession. Though the people of Britain didn't care much for a German prince marrying their Queen, Victoria and Albert had nine children together, and many of them were married to other royal families of Europe. Together, they championed the arts and sciences, along with the poor, and Britain became culturally diverse. This diversity was helped along when Victoria also became the Empress of India and took a huge interest in the culture of the country.
Victoria reigned over her Empire in relative peace for years, until the year 1937. Groups of humans, who'd been kept in line as civilian workers by the halvies and the government, banded together and rose up in a revolution against Victoria and the other supes. They slaughtered thousands of the Aristocracy in the UK, even going so far as to attack Buckingham Palace. Though she begged him not to, Albert and her eldest daughter Vicky's husband Fritz (the Crown Prince of Prussia) went to fight a fire that had been started on a section of the Palace. Victoria watched as the two men tried before being killed by two humans that'd managed to survive the fire. Overcome with greif, the Queen could do nothing but sink to her knees. Watching as her daughter ran to the two bodies, it wasn't until Victoria finally registered that she cried out, only able to watch as she'd begun to run towards the burning part. Thrashing as the guards held her back, too weak from her now collapsed emotional state, she completely broke down when the roof of the burning part fell and crushed Vicky, along with Albert and Fritz's bodies.
After the punishment of the humans and new laws being put into place under her order, Victoria slowly recovered, in morning for a decades afterwards. A memorial to Albert was erected on the burn site, along with two smaller memorials to Fritz and Vicky, who had been in line to take the throne of Kaiser Wilhelm I. The Kaiser was instead their child, Victoria's grandson, Wilhelm II, who also continue to rule today.
At the present, Victoria is into the 175th year of her reign and going as strong as ever; her Empire is great, and she is trusted and loved by her people. This generation of humans seems content with their civilian jobs, most not even making a stir when news of the human President got around. For now, the future looks bright (as bright as it can be, anyways) for the British Empire and it's Queen.