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The Moth and the Lizard are married actually

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I. ( Basic Information. ) 

Full Name: Maryam Radmila Mahler

Nickname(s): Yam, Yams

Age: 1,340, physically early 20’s

Date of Birth: March 3, 670 AD

Hometown: Palermo, Sicily

Species: Chiropteran Queen

Current Location: Venice, Italy

Ethnicity: ½ Nubian, ¼ Venetian, ¼ Serbian

Nationality: Italian

Gender: Genderfluid (mainly femme-presenting]

Pronouns: She/Her & they/them

Orientation: Demiromantic, Demisexual (female/femme preference]

Political Affiliation: Moderate

Religion: Shia Muslim

Occupation: Doctor employed at the New Mestre Hospital, collaborative vampire huntress that collaborates with Red Shield on occasion, opera singer at Teatro La Fenice who tours globally during the Autumn-Winter season

Living Arrangements: Resides in Ca’ Dario palazzo on the Grand Canal

Language(s) Spoken: Nubian, Arabic, Greek, Hebrew, Turkish, English, Japanese, Chinese, Italian, Venetian, Serbian, German, some Romanian

Voice: Sibel Kekilli ( ENG. ] ( x. ]

 2. ( Physical. )

Hair Colour: Dark Chestnut 

Complexion: Medium bronze with cool undertones

Eye Colour: Dark amethyst

Height: 5'5"

Weight: 165 lbs

Build: Full-figured

Tattoos: Wrap-around dual tattoos on her right bicep that are word art of her daughters’ and granddaughters’ names

Piercings: Two piercings on each ear (one on the lobe and another on the cartilage] 

Clothing Style: Conservative Muslim, but she tends to pair her hijab with contemporary ensembles such as trousers with long, flattering tops, gowns, high heels( x ]

Scent: Spices, especially those you’d encounter in a Turkish bazaar

 3. ( Health. ) 

Physical Ailments: None

Neurological Conditions: None, likely neurotypical or undiagnosed as of yet

Allergies: None

Addictions: None

Drug Use: None

Alcohol Use: None

Personality: Outwardly, Maryam’s personality can best be described as tomboyish. She’s outspoken, extroverted, charismatic, loves being around other guys, loves taking risks, and is generous and kind. She’s known to be fairly forward and direct, but not unkind. Highly adventurous and energetic, she’s a prime lover of street dancing. Athletic, she despises being inert for too long or similarly restricted. However, this doesn’t mean she doesn’t know how to act at a gala, for she can became elegant and bear an eye-turning presence when she wants to. But after the show is over, she’d rather hang out with her friends.

 4. ( Powers & Abilities. ) 

Skills:

Singing: Like her daughter Diva, Maryam bears an exquisite, operatic voice that is able to awaken the Chiropteran metamorphosis of those who have ingested her blood, its potency total. Her singing voiceclaim is Kimmy Skota.

Sword-fighting: Maryam wields dual kilij, the left in a reverse grip while the right normally. It tends to double the damage she can deal on enemies.

Unamity: Due to Maryam being the first Chiropteran and the first Queen, she has immunity to the blood of both blue & red queens; her Chevalier have the ability to blend among either Red or Blue Chevalier almost seamlessly; unlike her descendants, she doesn’t have to hibernate

Abilities:

Strength: The strength of the Queens is enormous. From being able to hurl opponents dozens of feet and forceful in damaging strength, to cleaving through impregnible Chiropteran flesh cleanly, to dealing mortal wounds, a Queen’s strength is prodigial.

Enhanced speed: Maryam is extremely agile to the point that it seems like she’s teleporting, speeding between points faster than the blink of an eye. This makes her evasion extremely difficult to ontend with.

Enhanced senses: The queens all bear enhanced sight, scent, and smell that excels beyond that of even ordinary vampires

Flight: Or rather, extreme, long distance leaping that mimics flight

Telepathy: The Queens bare a telepathic connection between them, their sister, their child and other descendents, and chevaliers.

Telekinesis: Blue Queens possess limited telekinetic abilities, able to do minor feats such as shattering glass windows

Shape-shifting: Chiropteran Queens, while they don’t possess the ability to shift into a chiropteran form, are able to change their physical appearance into almost anyone

Psychological overpowering: Blue queens possess an overbearing, psychologically damaging presence that can critically engender enemies to feel great fear if they choose, though rarely does Maryam rxude it in herself

Blood attributes:

Regeneration: With a high regeneration factor, wounds heal with extreme swiftness and rarely are truly fatal

Anti-aging: Maryam physically stopped aging when she reached the human age of 20

Producing chevaliers: When directly ingested, a Queen’s blood in the body of a human who has experienced drastic blood loss will turn into a Chevalier

Power drainage: Upon producing chevalier, a Queen must enter a hibernation cycle lasting 30 years with intervals of a few years of consciousness before hibernating again. Because Maryam has never produced Chevalier of her own, she has never hibernated before

Conceiving: When a Queen becomes pregnant, her blood loses its potency for a time. This is so that that the opposite twin–a red and blue one conceived every generation–doesn’t perish while in the mother’s womb

 5. ( Quirks and Aspirations. ) 

Goals: Predominantly she aspires most to be as good a mother and grandmother she can be, and to continue pushing boundaries singing; to fight and battle evil, injustice, 

Fears: The supernatural, losing herself to her monstrosity, harm and/or death befalling her family, becoming a monster, grievously sinning enough to be unable to return to her faith should it be too severe

Hobbies: Baking, knitting, sewing, swordsmanship, dance (bellydancing, street, samba], singing (operatic or casual], reading, needlework, travel, exploring, hanging with her clique in Rio’s streets, personal study, studying the Qu'ran

Habits: Playing with the fringes of her hijab or clothing

 6. ( Favorites. ) 

Weather: Sunny and warm

Colour: Blue, white, blue pastels

Music: Indie, traditional, classical, pop, punk, Spanish pop, hip hop, rap

Movies: Bollywood, old MGM era ones, 40’s-50’s- and early sixties-era ones, Old Hollywood, old Italian movies

Sport: Badmitton, volleyball, tennis, soccer, jareed

Beverage: Turkish black coffee, light teas, fruit juices and smoothies

Food: Mediterranean

Animal: Jackrabbit

Flower: Tuberose

Season: Summer

Scent: Lilac and honeysuckle

 7. ( Relationships. ) 

Father: Stefan Bellini, Proto-Chavelier

Mother: Amanirenas, Proto-Queen 

Sibling(s): None

Children: Alphonsa and Petra Mahler, Saya Otonashi and Diva Goldsmith

Mate: Nathan Mahler, Red Chevalier (deceased], Takashi Hinori, Red Chevalier (deceased]

Pet(s): None

8. ( Personality and Astrological. )

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

MBTI: ENFJ, Warm, empathetic, responsive, and responsible. Highly attuned to the emotions, needs, and motivations of others. Find potential in everyone, want to help others fulfill their potential. May act as catalysts for individual and group growth. Loyal, responsive to praise and criticism. Sociable, facilitate others in a group, and provide inspiring leadership.

Enneagram: Type 9w1, the Peacemaker (the Dreamer], Nines are accepting, trusting, and stable. They are usually creative, optimistic, and supportive, but can also be too willing to go along with others to keep the peace. They want everything to go smoothly and be without conflict, but they can also tend to be complacent, simplifying problems and minimizing anything upsetting. They typically have problems with inertia and stubbornness. At Their Best: indomitable and all-embracing, they are able to bring people together and heal conflicts.

Temperament: Sanguine, The sanguine temperament is traditionally associated with air. People with this temperament tend to be lively, sociable, carefree, talkative, and pleasure-seeking. They may be warm-hearted and optimistic. They can make new friends easily, be imaginative and artistic, and often have many ideas. They can be flighty and changeable; thus sanguine personalities may struggle with following tasks all the way through and be chronically late or forgetful. Pedagogically, they can be best reached through awakening their love for a subject and admiration of people

Moral Alignment: True Neutral, A neutral character does what seems to be a good idea. She doesn’t feel strongly one way or the other when it comes to good vs. evil or law vs. chaos. Most neutral characters exhibit a lack of conviction or bias rather than a commitment to neutrality. Such a character thinks of good as better than evil-after all, she would rather have good neighbors and rulers than evil ones. Still, she’s not personally committed to upholding good in any abstract or universal way. Some neutral characters, on the other hand, commit themselves philosophically to neutrality. They see good, evil, law, and chaos as prejudices and dangerous extremes. They advocate the middle way of neutrality as the best, most balanced road in the long run. Neutral is the best alignment you can be because it means you act naturally, without prejudice or compulsion. Neutral can be a dangerous alignment when it represents apathy, indifference, and a lack of conviction.

Primary Vice: Wrath also known as “rage”, may be described as inordinate and uncontrolled feelings of hatred and anger. Wrath, in its purest form, presents with self-destructiveness, violence, and hate that may provoke feuds that can go on for centuries. Wrath may persist long after the person who did another a grievous wrong is dead. Feelings of anger can manifest in different ways, including impatience, revenge, and self-destructive behavior, such as drug abuse or suicide.

Primary Virtue: Temperance, restraint, temperance, justice. Constant mindfulness of others and one’s surroundings; practicing self-control, abstention, moderation and deferred gratification. Prudence to judge between actions with regard to appropriate actions at a given time. Proper moderation between self-interest, versus public-interest, and against the rights and needs of others.

Element: Water, Water people are emotional, intuitive, deeply creative, empathetic, spiritual and psychic. Water allows people to emotionally connect with others. And yet, water people are so sensitive that they often have a hard time unplugging from life’s chaos. Consequently, many water people suffer from addiction as they grapple for distraction from life’s pain. Thus, water people tend to be secretive and private.

TIMELINE

1.     Maryam born to her mother, Amanirenas, & Stefan in Palermo, Sicily near the beginning of Arab rule of the island in 670 AD.

2.     From a young age, Stefan took his family to the Veneto region of Italy for mercantile reasons around 680 AD

3.     Around 695 AD, due to her brightness & proficiency with languages, a Roman-born Algerian scholar named Cassius took her on as his student

4.     Due to Maryam being the first Chiropteran, when Cassius learned of her status he voluntarily decided to become her first Chevalier

5.     In the spring of 702 AD did both, with her parents’ blessing, sojourn to Alexandria, Egypt to further her studies in an internship to the Library of Alexandria where both became novice scholars; they converted to Islam at their mentors’ behest later that year

6.     Not wanting to arouse suspicion, in 705 AD Cassius & Maryam left and decided to travel throughout the Maghreb and Levant, staying at various schools to study for a few years before moving on again

7.     By the 800’s AD, Cassius remained in Algeria while Maryam journeyed on alone to Byzantium where she impressed Empress Theodora and became her son’s, Michael II, private tutor for several years

8.     There, she became a close confidant of the Empress and was granted permission to study at various Orthodox monasteries throughout Constantinople when not tutoring her son

9.     By 860, Maryam was forced to leave the city as Varangians were plundering it and other monastaries

10.  From there, she fled to Macedonian Greece where, in 940 AD, she opened up a healing practice in collaboration with Greek Orthodox nuns in Athens, Greece

11.  The practice was successful for a good decade before Maryam vanished and left Greece for Cyprus in 1050 AD

12.  However, while she was able to live in relative anonymity for decades as an acclaimed herbalist who used various pseudonyms, in 1191 she was forced to defend herself and various people from the invading Crusaders under Richard I on England and was subsequently captured

13.  From there, when it was discovered she was immortal, she fooled them into believing she was an angel of the lord, and in 1200 she was taken to England

14.  Allowed to fight in wars, she became a ward of King John who hired her as a glorified soldier, predominantly fighting in wars against the French

15.  After the signing of the Magna Carta, she disappeared for a time before fighting anonymously during the First Barons’ War & the Second, until she reappeared some time later as a loyal vassal of Henry III and dubbed Lady Miriam

16.  In 1233, a Bavarian diplomat of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II named Lord Nathan Mahler came to England. To Maryam’s surprise, he was a chevalier of her mother’s

17.  In the winter of 1235, after nearly two years of courtship she married Mahler, Maryam was allowed to move to Sicily, in Palermo, with Nathan and they had two daughters: Alphonsa & Petra Mahler

18.  In 1244, when they believed Alphonsa & Petra were old enough, they moved to the Emirate of Granada, settling down in Granada where Maryam became a tutor at a university & Nathan feigning being a descendant of himself to work for the Holy Roman Emperor once more

19.  This was continued until 1450 when Maryam was abducted and taken by men who mistook her as a vassal of the Sultan due to her learnedness

20.  Sailed from Granada to Bulgaria, they were stopped by Turkish Akinici on their way to market and, once Maryam explained herself, she was taken to Sultan Mehmed II’s court in Edirne

21.  There, he heard her out, and upon learning her relationship with Nathan Mahler, was permitted to remain in his city under his jurisdiction and protection

22.  By 1453, she volunteered to fight along side him in the conquest of Constantinople, being one of the infantry that entered the city

23.  In the winter of 1455, after taking up temporary residence in the now Istanbul, she wrote a letter to Nathan and learned her daughters and he were fine & planned to sojourn to Venice to hopefully meet with her again

24.  In spring 1456, Maryam made it to Venice and there they settled down. Maryam occasionally went with Mehmed II at his behest on campaigns throughout the Balkans, proving herself an invaluable warrior and even tutor to his children when the occasions arose

25.  Mehmed II was one of the few who learned of she and her family’s immortality, they believing it a boon of Allah instead of curse, this affirmed when she was at his deathbed in 1481

26.  In the mid-1500’s Maryam left Constantinople for the isle of Burano in the Veneto where she decided to settle down & make lace while Alphonsa & Petra moved to Bavaria where they settled down with their husbands and took up careers as a teacher and nurse, respectively

27.  Sometime in the 1500’s, Maryam heard word of the Dutch journeying to Japan and decided to join them, disguised as a sailor. Once there, she met Takashi Hinori, a chevalier of her mothers she hadn’t met before; they fell in love and she conceived shortly after

28.  Driven by panic, over having twins again, Maryam left Japan at night and after several months, realized she couldn’t raise them—afraid of what Nathan would think. Using a female Chiropteran with a pouch, the Chiropteran flew away to deliver them to her parents but wound up getting frozen solid and were found by Joel Goldschmidt centuries later intact

29.  By the mid-1500’s, she would sojourn around southern Asia before returning to Europe by the early 1600’s

30.  In the early 1600’s, things began to look up when Maryam, acquiring a German printing press through her contacts in the Holy Roman Empire, opened up a print shop in Murano, Italy

31.  This continued for a good few decades until the Italian plague swept over Venice in 1629 & Maryam worked as a nurse at nearby hospices, all through its 3 years

32.  Deciding to leave once the plague had concluded, by the mid-1700’s Maryam had come to Austria to begin being taught classical instruments & composition under the tutelage of classics masters

33.  She oft traveled between Austria, Hungary, Romania, and her native Serbia and did throughout the 1700’s, sometimes conscripting herself in native wars to help fund her education

34. TBA

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The Moth and the Lizard are married actually