Emma Hart
From Changeling Venue
| Seeming | Elemental Di-cang |
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| Court | Spring Court 
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| Freehold | The Freehold of Denver |
| Player | Chrystal Kelly |
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Overview
Alias(es): Em
Real Name: Emma Hart
Age: 20
Concept: Shattered but Still Hopeful and waaaay too friendly.
Entitlement: none
Physical description: Emma is a young woman with brilliant ruby red hair and lips, she appears almost fragile. Light bruises appear frequently on her visible skin, evidence of a distinct lack of grace. She is always smiling, to the extent that it's been known to put people on edge.
Relevant Mechanics:
Character Livejournal: emma_hart
Character Information
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Known History
Basic Timeline: June 21, 1987 Born into abusive family
1990 Sister born
2003 Taken
2006 Returned
Current Activities: Employed at 'The Cold One' as a barwench
Lead Singer of Blacksock
Merit Details:
Background: Emma was an extremely bright and happy child. Even having a bastard of a father and a drunk for a mother, the trailer that they lived in was her private wonder world and haven from a scary world. Her constant singing and cheerfulness drover her parents crazy, perhaps somewhere inside they hated her. Hated the hope that seemed to shine from the small blonde child.
Life was rough, but Emma didn't realize it and when Raina was born she reveled in being the 'big sister.' From very early on, barely three or four weeks after she came home from the hospital, their parents took up her old habits. Drugs and alcohol permeated the trailer. Emma took more and more responsibility for her baby sister, loving every minute of it. She created a small haven for the two girls under the trailer, hidden amongst the trash and old forgotten memorabilia. The two girls were very careful to never let their parents know about the secret hiding place.
It was into that hiding place that Emma sent her sister Raina after their father turned his eyes on the budding teenager. Shortly after her 11th birthday he began to make advances on the young girl. Terrified of her father and what he would do to her sister, she didn't fight him, became anything he wanted her to be as long as it kept his eyes off of Raina. This continued until she turned 17. With Raina just turning 13, her little sister was starting to attract their father's intention. Realizing that she had to do something, she decided to run away, get a job and get her sister out of the trailer, and out of their father's reach.
Unfortunately, it didn't work out quite as planned. A bounty hunter for the gentry named Apollo had been keeping an eye out on the extremely talented and lovely young girl. Her singing voice had only matured and become more hauntingly beautiful as she'd gotten older. They knew exactly the right person to take her to. One of the female gentry had a love of entertaining and had acquired several humans to become part of her musical retinue. Living musical instruments that accompanied her wherever she went, all transformed to be completely inhuman, their talents amplified by her crafters.
On a long dark stretch of old Colfax, east of the city, they captured the frightened teenager who fought them tooth and nail. She had to, she had a little sister to protect. But she was no match for them. Tiring of the fight, they knocked her unconscious and the next thing she knew she was in Arcadia.
In very short order, the Fae transformed Emma into a living creature made of ruby, the very structure of her physical form would reverbrate along with her voice. When she sang she became the perfect image of a singing statue. Sometimes adorning the gardens, sometimes singing at her mistress's entertainments, she spent nearly three years in Arcadia. Unlike many of the Empress' previous toys, she didn't seem to tire of Emma. Another jealous fae decided to take the situation into their own hands. Their choice... to take a silver hammer and fracture the instrument so it would be completely useless. A simple enough task, and done quickly, Emma found herself hurt, broken and being thrown into the rubbish.
Quickly discovered, The Choir Empress had the perpetrator quickly destroyed and sent Vestigere out to retrieve her broken toy. In the meantime, Emma had not remained in the rubbish. By shattering her physical form, the changelin had done more damage than Emma was aware of. Her psyche had shattered as well. Retreating in her mind to somewhat happier moments, she wandered off into Arcadia, eventually making her way to the Hedge. She had no idea where she was going, and in her broken state was completely unaware of the dangers that waited in the Hedge. Deeper and deeper she wandered, and as she wandered, she began once again to sing. Her voice going from hauntingly eerie to shattered and broken at odd moments, she didn't care. Part of her knew that somewhere there was someplace that she needed to be. Deeper, if she'd know to look for it, she'd have recognized the need to belong, to find something like a family.
The Hedge, as expected, reacted to her presence with piercing thorns of ruby stone and clutching vines and she quickly found herself entangled. Bleeding from multiple wounds and punctures, she didn't realize the danger she was in, she wasn't feeling any pain, her ruby form didn't feel the pain, although it could bleed. That is where Raina found her, first frightening her with her wolfish form. After helping Emma escape the thorns, Raina put Emma on her back and began to run. With hunting horns sounding right behind them, they escaped the hedge, tumbling free on the edge of a lake with a storm looming overhead. Vestigere, a step behind them, never managed to catch them. One of his very few failures.
As the storm broke over them, they tried to find shelter, but it took them some time. After wandering, dozing some under a low hanging tree, the storm worsened. Seeking better shelter, they ran for the nearest lights and were surprised when a large car pulled up and a man beckoned them to get in. He said he could help them. With no real choice, they got into the car and thereby met Hans Bruden. He helped them for a while, providing them shelter in his castle, helping them adjust before handing them off to Mavis Thornsby at "The Cold One."
They both work at the bar for Mavis, who puts up well with Emma's incessant cheerfulness, and severe klutziness. Recently approached by the other members of Blacksock, Emma has taken the position of lead singer. Oddly, she seems to get along with everyone and never has a bad word to say of anyone.
Motley
Associates
Enemies
Character Inspirations
Soundtrack
The Impossible- Joe Nichols
Solitude Standing- Suzanne Vega
Iris- Goo Goo Dolls
Fallen- Sara McLaughlin
Butterflies- Sia
Quotes
Oh... you killed a baby... well you must have thought it was sick... no... it wasn't? Oh... um... well it was probably dying anyways... it's a good thing you saved it some pain! *smiles*
He's not scary, he's just whimsy-challenged.
"She is one of the beings in life that propel Evil men into doing good things." Abel
"Few have held on to joy so much as Emma. I only worry what will happen if one day that grip should loosen and she discovers what little else she has." Little Monkey
"She embodies what of our ilk try to deny that they are: Shattered. Reassembled wrong. Missing a few pieces." Vestigere the Usurper
"What's worse then to have loved and lost? I'm not sure she knows the answer yet." Virginia Wolfe
"I won't let her work in my shop or wield one of my weapons. But I could sit and listen to her talk about anything all day." X-Caliber-8
"A beatuiful voice...and I'll have to agree with Abel. She is in the wrong court." Cain
"Great girl, sees good in everything. Always gets my order right. Huh? What do you mean wrong?" Gilded
"She is quite a nice girl. Took me under her wing and we had an enjoyable time 'clubbing' while I visited her fine city. She is more than welcome to visit so I may return the favor sometime." Aklia Grimm
"I'm fairly certain her sweet, infectious charm is the only thing keeping Vestigere alive." Gaea
"So many facets to reflect, but the shattered bit inside skews the image reflected, until a rainbow is reduced to a single bright shade. She wears on the outside what many of us are within. Poor thing." - Mother Rowan
"I really like to sample her...music." D
"I like having her around. They watch her instead of me. And for once, when I say 'it wasn't me!', it really wasn't." - Eau
"Sociopaths... They're attracted to me like flies to dead meat. And yet, this one smiles while she does it. Fascinating, no?" - Paladin
"I adore Emma... Wait... Can she come out and play?" Clara
"She's absolutely insufferable when she's right." - David Burke
"Emma? Any evening with her around is going to be an adventure. There was this one night... oh man, we went clubbing until the cops showed up, and then we all ran off to this burger joint and she shattered all the windows with her fucking voice, it was awesome. Well, not at the time obviously. But yeah, so we ran off before the cops showed up, and then there was an IHOP until....." - Johnathan Prince
"Ah, yessss - Emma Hart. To look upon her is to see the face of joy and innocence, all that is good and right in the springtime of the world. Once, it looked her in the eyes to see her sorrows, to drink deeply of the bitter nectar of her tears - and all it found was an emptiness so profound that it could not bear to look upon it any further. She is a kindred spirit, regardless what Court she clings to. In her heart, Winter rules her. If there is any whom might begin to comprehend what The Empress did to it, it is she." - The Nameless
Rumors
Has anyone EVER heard this chick say something mean? And WHAT is it with that SMILE?
She is a stone cold serial killer hiding behind the mask of anti-depressants.
She will do anything you say if you state the words, "Daddy thinks you're pretty."
There is a hunt for a key that can open her up and reveal her on and off switch. She wants it so she can return to her former life.
She will do whatever it takes to achieve her goals. No matter how disgusting.
Emma is loved by just about everyone, except Ashton. In fact, Ashton is out to get her.
You ever see such a nice person bust a cap in someone's ass? Well i dident see it, but i heard about it! - Marko Bantz
Emma is working on mastery of the secret Contract of Puppies.
You have no idea...you have no idea...what has been unleashed on Earth with Emma's arrival.
Vestigere the Usurper has been reassembling her since he returned. When all of the pieces are complete, she will take her rightful place as one of the True Fae.
The reason Emma doesn't eat around others is quite simple really, the sight of food being squeezed down that pretty ruby esophagus and then digested is generally vomit inducing to the uninitiated. Being made of a partially see-through gemstone is really not all that it's cracked up to be.
