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PLAYER

Name: Lana
Age: old enough
Contact: coughdrop01 on plurk
Other Characters: Edgard
Interests: having a character that both contrasts and compliments what i have to make things more interesting for me

CHARACTER

Name: Cornelia "Lia" Fromme
Canon/OC: OC
Journal: https://amaizing.dreamwidth.org/
Race: Human
Nationality: Free Marcher
Occupation: Formerly professional con man's girlfriend
Division: Scouting
Mage or Not: no
Age: 25

History

Cornelia Fromme is the only child of two learned professors in Markham who dedicated their entire life to the study of the propagation of corn. (Big Corn) Their precious daughter was expected to follow in her parent's footsteps, so she spent much of her childhood and early adulthood in study and education. Her parents believed that if they fed her the soil of books and the water of science, she would grow tall towards the sun.

What a joke! Lia, who will quickly correct you if you call her *Cornelia*, has been terribly bored her whole life. While forced to look through microscopes, she dreamed of the adventures she would have. She was born for greatness, not for corn or her silly simple parents! She found her escape in the form of a gentleman who sold her parents a rare and previously thought extinct variant of corn. Her parents paid a fortune for it. Lia, sharp as a tack, recognized that it was a fake before her parents did and packed up her bags. She tracked him down, told him she would turn him in unless he let her join him. He let her join.

This power couple spent some time in Antiva "serving" the locals with a blessing scam. It went well and for awhile, life was exciting! But, the shine on Lia's new man wore off and she, as she always does, got bored. Drunk with power, she ditched him and ran off by herself to another town where she attempted the scam on her own. She was immediately caught.

Personality

Lia is the greatest person who ever lived and is constantly astonished that people don't seem to already know that. She is arrogant, but not in a way where she ever feels the need to prove it, she doesn't need to prove it! Why don't you know?

She was raised by scientists and thus has an insatiable curiosity about everything. She interacts with the world like a small child would: asking endless questions, watching quietly to draw conclusions, and sometimes putting her mouth on it. :) This can be seen sometimes as caring and even charming, but that would be a misunderstanding. She's all about finding what's interesting. Objectively, she can be very sharp and calculated but only about others. She has no sense that she could be wrong about her inflated opinion of herself.

Lia likes to try on other people's opinions and personalities as her own. It's not that she's trying to fit in, it's just fun to see what it's like! She doesn't have a lot of morals. She is not the sort of person who's going do a murder or anything, but she is mostly only out for herself. But what she is out for is excitement alone. If someone were to wrong her, she would probably attempt some kind of petty revenge. She can be cunning and is smart, but not nearly as cunning or smart as she believes herself to be. (A genius, one of the great minds of her time, criminal mastermind). In truth, the only thing she is qualified for is science (specifically corn science). She will talk loudly about how much she hates science. Despite herself, she spends a lot of free time compulsively reading and learning things. Old habits die hard.

Her upbringing was very sheltered and until her recent adventure, has always been stuck inside a lab with her parents. She's extremely ready to have as many adventures as possible. Think freshman year of college party time vibes.

Opinions & Affiliations

Tevinter: They’re the bad ones, right?
The Chantry: Church is boring, but she knows enough to pretend to be a Chantry Sister
Race relations: Definitely never seen anyone who looked like that before!
Mages: Can you really do magic? Is it dangerous? How does it feel? How does it make YOU feel? Can you show me?
Mage/Templar War: Opinion on this will change depending on who’s asking. The truth is a big ole shrug.

Strengths & Weaknesses

Strengths:
-curiosity
-ability to talk people into things
-ability to find things out
-ability to see things as they are (if it's not herself)
-generally charming
-sneaky like a fox
-can run very fast
-incredibly knowledgeable about specifically corn

Weaknesses:
-not particularly loyal
-no self awareness
-arrogance
-absolutely no fighting ability (just running)
-kind of annoying
-hates corn

Inventory

Lia is dressed as a Chantry sister and is carrying a large bag of marbles. Under her robe, there's some coins, an expensive looking bracelet, a pocketwatch, and several jewels.

Motivation

She gets caught in a scam by Desiderio and he literally chases her into a rift. She gets an anchor shard as a result.

SAMPLES

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