Theodora's Biography (OOC)

[ydegirl 1757]

The babe emerged on the 8th day of The Grand Harvest, 1769. Born into a life of comfort, the girl would never know what it’d mean to be poor.

 

Her earliest memory was the funeral of her aunt, Arianne Reneé, who had died in the Scyfling wars. She was only 3, or 4, at the time. But she remembered stuffing her face into Lorena’s dress, her eyes dry from how much she cried. She vowed to be like her one day; but she knew that would never be the case. Theodora’s father told her stories of her late aunt, who she’d never meet. She was fierce, brave, and loyal. Theodora was only one of those things.

 

They hid inside the Varoche, Wilhelmina screaming for Theodora to get out of the courtyard; uninvited intruders came, looking to cause a problem- or worse. She strayed away from her cousins and sister. So, with fear she quickly ran into the storage pantry in the kitchen. “Fromm im Gebet”, she murmured to herself. Theodora began to pray, pray for the intruders to leave, for them all to be safe.

 

The news hit her like a rock. She was betrothed. Theodora felt stuck, helpless, and alone. She stayed in Kaedrin for the next few years, until the betrothal was announced by Queen Viktoria. Theodora packed up her stuff, and was shipped off to Haense within a day. She arrived at the walled city, it seemed dull and grey to her, the people seemed to match this description. 

 

She didn’t like the cold of Haense, nor the walled city. She missed the Kaedreni countryside, looking out her window longingly. Theodora remembered catching frogs by the river, and finding Hubert; the rat that lived under her bed. She’d occasionally visit, greeting her sister Lorena, her father, she visited the church, sometimes. 

 

Wilhelmina’s wedding was an extravagant ordeal. A rather unfortunate turn of events (yet, good for her) led to Wilhelmina marrying John Charles, the next Emperor after his mother, Anne Augusta. The wedding was attended by almost everyone in the Empire, including the Barbanovs. She didn’t see her father there, however.

 

Theodora finally met a few friends, Aidevo and Red. They were nice to her; and were from a far away land known as Aeldin. She knew someone else from the land, but thought of it as some story they made up. They made her feel certain in a time of uncertainty, sane in a time of insanity, and felt like the world was going slower in a time where the world felt like every week was a new year. 

 

To be continued. . .

 

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