Cordelia Marlowe

[Cordelia Marlowe]

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Cordelia Marlowe
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"The arms of the ocean so sweet and so cold
And all this devotion I never knew at all
And the crashes are heaven for a sinner released
And the arms of the ocean delivered me."

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full name- Cordelia Marlowe
nicknames- None.
gender- Female
age-25
sexual orientation- Lesbian
occupation- She upholds the magical nets that protect the coast from those who dwell in the sea, she also acts as Lighthouse keeper.
origin Based on a character in The Witch Sea by Sarah Diemer
Race Witch
height- 5”7
build-Tall and thin, with angular features.
hair- Dark Red
eyes- Green
distinguishing marks- She has a bird cage tattooed on her right hand, to remind her that no matter how homely her lighthouse is – it is and will always be a prison.

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family-Mother – Genevieve. Father – Wilson. Both deceased.
marital status-Single.
history-Cordelia’s family, long ago, fled the bloodshed of the 1621 CE uprising and claimed a small island off the coast of Sylthanus – the family of witches built and maintained the lighthouse to avoid suspicion and lived quite peacefully. The net was the result of negotiation with the royals of both Vampire and Human realms, agreeing that the witches could live peacefully and well-fed in exchange for protection of the mainland’s coastlines against the malicious creatures of the deep. So it was for many years, until Cordelia’s great-grandmother declared the King of the Merfolk a selfish and terrible man and forced him to remain far from the coast, adjusting the ties of the nets to keep both him and all of his people far from the mainland. Generations later, Cordelia’s mother lived alone on the island, tending the nets, until a sailor misread his map and came ashore hoping to have reached Mythregal. Wilson Marlowe was an excellent sailor on deck, but would remain for his entire life an utterly dreadful navigator. They married a year later, with Genevieve tending the nets and Wilson earning what keep he could at the docks of the mainland. Their daughter, Cordelia – named for her grandmother – was ten when a sail mast collapsed at the docks of Mythregal after a storm, killing four men. One of those men was her father.

She was a solemn child after that, learning her mother’s duties – one day to be her own – with quiet acceptance. Her mother was much changed after Wilson’s death and midway through Cordelia’s sixteenth year she contracted a sickness from a rare visit to the coast. Her daughter set sail to the harbour in search of treatment, but on her way back to the island she knew it. Feeling the transfer of duties from one to another and the familiar empty ache in her chest she knew. Her mother was gone.

Cordelia lived alone from then on, earning a reputation with those who delivered food and messages as a stern-faced young woman with no tolerance for chit-chat. One day, as she tended to nets both magical and practical, she saw a siren swimming towards the net, peering over rocks at the little island where the witch stood. She was beautiful, Cordelia noted, but no threat. She continued tending the nets until the woman began to sing. She didn’t even notice herself moving until she was chest-deep in the ocean, the billowing material of her skirt floating around her like a lily pad. The siren’s voice was so soft, and her face was so kind, and when she begged for Cordelia to open her nets – just for a moment – the young witch agreed willingly. Before swimming through the gap, the siren pressed a single, salty kiss to her lips – and then disappeared beneath the water.

When Cordelia awoke from her trance, the taste of saltwater on her lips, she was furious. Centuries of work and the first willing failure was for a merwoman’s kiss. She crafted charms and elixirs to protect her from siren’s spells, swearing that she would not be made a fool of again. Since then she has continued her solitary life, draped in charms and quietly hating the deceitful creatures that lurked beneath the waves.

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ooc name-Lottie
age-20
role playing experience-Almost two years now!
contact info-I’m on the Facebook group, or available via PM.

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