✦ verona

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Yours is a story of faith.

You've always been a faithful servant to the Capulet rule and to the church, guarding many secrets during your time as cardinal. You've always felt the need to protect, guide; even as a young child, you always thought that it was your duty to protect your home from the darkness that threatens to overwhelm. Even as a child, you always knew, always felt, that tremendous disaster would strike, something that would shake Verona to its very core; it had happened before, and history would always repeat itself.

And what better place to watch over Verona than the very heart and soul of the city? Although the cathedral is one of a few landmarks that has survived throughout the centuries, it only seemed right to anoint yourself as guardian.

Now, after all these years, the signs of tremendous change are falling into place, and all you can do is prepare yourself for the unknown.

SUGGESTED CONNECTIONS

• The Disruptor • The Imperator • The Imperatrice • The Godfather • The Regent

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Yours is a story of determination.

You've never let anybody stand in your way, even as a young child. Yet, from a young age, you've had to deal with others putting you down just because you're a woman. You knew you were destined for great things, but rather than use your intellect, charm, and wit, you wanted to set an example for selfish reasons. You'd been underestimated your whole life, but no more.

Nothing ever comes with slacking off; you worked countless dead-end jobs just to put yourself through medical school, just so that you could turn around and give those who ever doubted you the finger. 

Your hard work paid off, you've become a leading figure in the medical industry, and along the way, you've picked up a sweet little nurse who tugs at your heartstrings.

Nobody will ever look down upon you again, not if you have anything to say about it.

SUGGESTED CONNECTIONS

• The Noble • The Pure • The Father

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Yours is a story of kindness.

Some call you a saintess; you would just call yourself decent. You were raised with the values of empathy, charity and kindness ingrained in your very soul. As a future Duchess to Verona, you're well aware of your role in looking after the people of your country to the best of your ability. 

For now, you've been granted the opportunity to live a little before taking on your destined role and what other way than to do what you do best? Studying to be a nurse, no matter how brief your career stint maybe, is the best way to understand people better. If you can help heal even just one person, then isn't the world a better place?

But you still have some growing up to do, even if you don't realise it yet.

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• The Spitfire • The Father • The Mother • The Callow

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Yours is a story of family.

It's all you've ever wanted. You were privy to the stress it took to help run a kingdom as a young child; you watched your mother work herself to the bone, taking on anything and everything without so much as a helping hand, whether it was from a partner or her subjects. It was then that you knew that you never wanted to rule alone.

And for a moment, you thought you'd found it: a fiery young woman who knew what she wanted and got it. A year or two after courting, she bore you a beautiful daughter, only to disappear into the night.

Heartbroken as you were, you were joyous that you had at least one piece of love left. You love your daughter, and you want only what's best for her; you've dedicated your life to giving her the best possible future. But you've felt the heavy storm forming over Verona for years now.

And by god, you just hope that you can keep her out of the line of fire.

SUGGESTED CONNECTIONS

• The Pure • The Mother • The Spitfire • The Capulets

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Yours is a story of legacy.

Glorious, honourable, determinable, these are the attributes that best define your family and represent you by extension. You belong to a family that has faithfully carried out their duty of protection, whether it be as the righthand men and women who guide their charges along the right path or as noble soldiers sworn to protect by their own blood. You always had an inkling of what your duty was to be when you came of age, and you were willing to fulfil the legacy of generations before you.

But you never anticipated that the mantle would be granted so soon.

The discovery of their bodies was traumatising; however, the way their deaths were simply swept aside hurt even worse. Your trauma did not cause you to falter. No, it strengthened your resolve, spurred you forward into honouring their memory, and just like so many before you, you thrived under the intense regime of warfare preparation. And for a time, fulfilling your purposes as a knight in shining armour was enough.

But you would never forget your parents.

And you would never forget the wrongs done by them.

SUGGESTED CONNECTIONS

• The Callow • The White Prince • The Black Knight • The Spitfire

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Yours is a story about self-worth.

You've always been lacking.

This idea, this knowledge, it has always been ingrained in your bones. Worthless. Stupid. Undesirable. It mattered not that you lived the life of riches with parents and siblings who adored you, who you wrapped around your slight finger with charming smiles and syrup-dripping tongue because it hid an ugly beast. After all, all you had was your smile; you certainly weren't as smart as your older brother, you had no outstanding talents like your younger sister, you had nothing to prove, nothing to call your own.

And because of it, you felt inadequate.

All you ever desired was for others to see how great you really were. Your journey for recognition took you down the path of conflict, you enlisted into the army and connived your way to a respectable position, but it wasn't enough. It would never be enough. Because while your companions had earned their place through legitimate means, you'd taken shortcuts. Your feelings may be earnest on the surface, but below is an ocean of roiling anger, ready to drown those who dare to cross your path to glory.

SUGGESTED CONNECTIONS

• The Noble • The White Prince • The Black Knight • The Pure

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Yours is a story of status.

And you've never understood why. But then again, you've never really had to understand the why in the first place. Not when you were born with a golden spoon between your lips and a title that enabled you to bend others to your whim. Your childhood was a cherished one; you were the pride and joy of your parents, of your nation; you could never do wrong; never be wrong. Even though you had every opportunity to, you never grew up spoiled or ungrateful. You were as kind and charismatic as they came.

The golden child, they'd say in the palace. It wasn't always intended kindly by some, but you took no notice.

However, everybody has their faults, and yours came in the form of indifference; while you loved your country, you loved your status, you couldn't care less about ruling. Even though eventually, you would have to pick up the mantle, you much preferred spending your days out under the sun, training with your soldiers and best friends. Your preference for the more exciting things in life hasn't come without its consequences, however, and some think it's time for somebody new to take your place.

SUGGESTED CONNECTIONS

• The Black Knight • The Noble • The Callow • The Heiress • The Philosopher

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Yours is a story of rejection.

The world has never given you a solid break. From day one, you've struggled against every obstacle life has thrown at your, barely breaking even, barely given a chance to succeed.

From the beginning, you've never had much luck with anything, and it's a disturbing pattern that has consisted into your adult life. But you've done your best to remain positive, you've refused to let yourself give up on the chance that you might catch a break sooner or later(and by the gods, do you hope that it's sooner). You know you have the passion, the drive, the intent to triumph and yet all of the hard work you put into making yourself somebody, seems for naught.

As of late, you've been wondering, wondering why life is treating you this way. Your fire is slowly dimming, and your attitude grows uglier by the day; why did the other actress get the part? Why is it always her apartment that's broken into? Why can't anybody see how talented she is?

All you want is a chance, but nobody seems to want to give you one.

SUGGESTED CONNECTIONS

• The Hubris • The Belle • The Heiress • The Heir

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Yours is a story about hidden truth.

You've well established yourself as one of the brightest minds in Verona, dedicating yourself to the world of undercover work and journalism.You would describe yourself as somewhat of a detective, even at a young age, you were always the one to solve petty schoolyard mysteries.

But now you've moved on to bigger, better things. Hard-hitting stories, major embezzlement, fraudulent schemes, there isn't anything that you haven't covered in your career.

The drawback being a less-than-stellar reputation amongst the more savoury characters of the city.

Verona has always been a somewhat passive city to live in, no major crimes of note, but over the last decade or so, you've noticed a steady rise of crime in a pattern that seems to be to odd to be random. Something is brewing on the horizon, and you're going to write the exposé of an lifetime.

SUGGESTED CONNECTIONS

• The Storm • The Idealist • The Faith

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Yours is a story about heart.

The circus is what you've always known. You grew up without knowing your parents but then again, it was never really an issue. Why would you need them when you had an entire village to raise you?

You've grown up as a carefree individual, a nomad in the truest sense, travelling around the globe and honing your skills as one of the best acrobats in the world. You prefer the simpler things in life, living with the circus has taught you that freedom is the greatest thing there is.

Although it does have its downsides. You can admit that you're a bit of a rapscallion, you do what you want when you want and it has landed you into hot water in the past. Usually it's been alright, since you've had your two best friends to bail you out

Since coming to Verona, however, things have changed. You've lost one of your best friends to a seedy organisation and the other doesn't seem to want to accept that fact.

It's up to you to figure how to bring the retribute back but you may have bitten off far more than you can chew in this endeavour.

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• The Arrogant • The Retaliate

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Yours is a story about acceptance.

You've always felt that you were better than this life, living with a circus. Ever since you were young, you breathed life into fabrics, weaved magic with your fingers, created costumes that stun and masks that leave others in awe. You've always dreamed of taking your fashion to the next level but there's just one little problem.

Fear.

For all that cockiness, that bravado, you've alway sbeen afraid to step outside of your comfort zone on the chance that you may fail. At least with the circus, you get to showcase your work across the world but do you really want to be known as just a costume designer? an aficionado of masks? Your fear isn't entirely unfounded.. You weren't always a part of the circus, having joined only a few years ago after a disastrous debut runway.

At least in the circus, in this ancient city, nobody knows who you are.

SUGGESTED CONNECTIONS

• The Nomad • The Retaliate

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Yours is a story about struggle.

From a young age, you've displayed a strong aptitude for justice and what's right. Your strong morals have distinguished yourself from your peers, causing you to be a protector of sorts to the weak. You were always rather good at protecting others, and it was a life-long dream of yours to be able to make the world just a little less scary.  It's what led you down the path of becoming a respected sergeant in the VPD.

But the world is not as black and white as it once seemed. It is a brutal, cold place, that has no integrity.

The everyday injustices weigh you down, and you're at your breaking point. The department can longer keep up with the rampant crime that plagues the city, for every criminal you lock up, three more take their place. You've seen things, heard things, that everything will get worse before it gets better and you're just not sure if you can keep up anymore.

A personal crossroads, they call it; are you strong enough to stick to your innate sense of justice or will you slink into submission and let your entire world be razed to the ground?

SUGGESTED CONNECTIONS

• The Catalyst • The Plague • The Storm

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Yours is a story about freedom.

A miracle child, they called you, for you were an unexpected surprise. For so many years, your parents hopes of having a family had been dashed, that there was little to no chance of having a baby to call their own. You were never meant to exist but one morn, after hundreds, no, thousands, of failed of attempts, your mother felt a flutter and knew.

Your birth was celebrated and your parents swore to do everything within their power to keep you safe from the dangers of the real world but that meant sacrifice.

From a young age, you've lived in a golden cage, on display for friends and family, but never given the chance to experience the real world. You grew up loved and warm, but lonely and wanting.

Even now you're kept on a tight leash but you've observed the world from afar for too long, and your desire to break free is overwhelming.

SUGGESTED CONNECTIONS

• The Just • The Idealist

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Yours is a story of duty.

Or rather, your obsessien with avoiding duty.

Running a kingdom turned out to not be quite what you had anticipated and, frankly, you need out. You need it now. You're too young to be weighed down by all these responsbilities, by these expectations, why should a man of your looks, your calibre, subject yourself to an early grave over needless stress?

And so you ran. You didn't exactly run far but it was still enough that nobody recognised you; though, let's be real, you have no issue in lording around your status if it meant a round of free drinks at whatever establishment you found yourself in that night.

It hasn't stopped others from coming after you, to drag you back to your home, but you refuse to go down without a fight.

SUGGESTED CONNECTIONS

• The Mother • The Heir • The Hedonist • The Black Knight

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Yours is a story of power.

And what you would do to get it.

You came from humble beginnings, a situation where those older than you would laugh if you dared to even dream about rising above your station in life, but their mockery never stopped you. You fought and clawed your way to the top, earning a place amongst the respected and noble, you even managed to snag the heart of a young duke-to-be.

Being duchess seemed as good as it would get, and you did the one thing that would forever secure your place by his side: bore him a child.

But sometime before you gave birth, you met an even more powerful man who seduced you with promises of power over all. With memories of your childhood in mind, you followed him to the ends of the earth, becoming a queen and giving birth to a future king.

You husband has long since past and your son has run off in an attempt to shirk his duties, right back to the very place that you swore you'd never go back too.

Life can be funny sometimes, can't it?

SUGGESTED CONNECTIONS

• The Avarice • The Father • The Pure

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Yours is a story of self-worth.

Love has always been a foreign concept to you. You grew up in a home that valued image over love, and as such, you were denied that integral emotional connection from both of your parents. Friends were hard to come by when you had no clue how to socialise and so you turned to the things that you knew would bring attention to yourself.

You were twelve when you committed your first act of petty thievery, thirteen when you smoked your first cigarette, and seventeen when you finally dropped out of school. As you grew older, you found that no longer needed to rely on your parents love(or so you told yourself), as others, men and women, were all to keen to shower you with their desire and affection for a night or two.

You weren't stupid, you were well aware that the only reason you received attention was because of your looks but who were you deny the affection that you'd been craving since you were a babe?

As a young woman, you've landed yourself a spot as a singer at the elusive black arcana, crooning soft seductions to greedy patrons.

All in the hope that somebody out there would show you the love that you craved. 

SUGGESTED CONNECTIONS

• The Temptress • The Venom • The Hedonist • The Black Knight

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Yours is a story of excess.

Originally hailing from New York City, you're a wealthy young socialite visiting Verona for a.. breather, let's say. It's certainly not an attempt to escape the paparazzi after the, ahem, nevermind.

You've needed a holiday for a while now, to get away from the big city into somewhere that's a little more quaint, a little more cultural. Sometimes a life of glitz and glamour can be too demanding. Verona ended up being your city of choice, and you've found yourself falling in love with the character of the place. But while you can take the girl from the party, you can't take the party from the girl.

Your socialite ways have introduced a little bit of flavour into an otherwise simple city, making a name for yourself by hosting glorious banquets and parties that leave lasting impressions.

SUGGESTED CONNECTIONS

• The Heiress • The Idealist • The Indecent • The Siren • The Heir

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Yours is a story of knowledge.

And what you'll do to get it. You've always been a bright, curious girl, certainly too smart for your own good at the best of times but it's only because you're desperate to understand how the world works.

You're currently set to become cumma sum laude at Verona University, with a double major in law and ancient history, but your time scouring the backstreets of Verona for your thesis has exposed you to dangerous happenings in the underground.

And you're not the only one who knows it.

SUGGESTED CONNECTIONS

• The Arete • The Belle • The Resolute • The Disruptor