Lady Zephyr
From Changeling Venue
| Seeming | Beast Truefriend |
|---|---|
| Court | Spring Court ••••• |
| Freehold | The Lilac Bower |
| Player | Jillian Christensen jmbrown@rochester.rr.com |
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Overview
Alias(es): 'The Ice-Breaker'; Isabel Carter; The Resplendent Lady of Blossoming Twilight, Baroness of Evening
Real Name: Isabel Brooks
Location: New York City
Age: While the Lady will never reveal her age, most consider her to be about 30.
Seeming: Beast
Kith:
Court: Spring
Virtue: Charity
Vice: Lust
Concept: Lady Zephyr is true to her name, the sacred West Wind which breaks up the ice and snow of Winter and brings the Spring. She is the courtesan, the forbidden fruit, the dark lady who lures her partners in with promises of untold desires. What her partners do not know is that they will leave having found some desire of their own strengthened. Having lost so much of her will in Arcadia, she uses her reclaimed power to help her fellow Escapees adjust to their free will - even if it means taking it for a few nights a week. As Mistress of Elysia, a social club in Rochester catering to the idle, rich, and kinky, she enjoys her position as the guardian of desires physical, emotional, and spiritual.
Physical description: An exotic-looking woman, mistaken sometimes for a Fairest. Long, dark brown hair is always held curled and away from the face by ornate hairsticks. An angular face set with two vividly blue eyes and a small, beakish nose. Lady Zephyr's lips are always dark and almost always upturned in a coy, casual smile. She favors dark colors, and her Hedgespun reminds people of the bright blues and greens of her form in Arcadia. A long, full tail of peacock eyes and swords swishes behind her.
Relevant Mechanics:
Zephyr is possessed of the Striking Looks Merit, is a consummate Barfly, and has a fairly strong Spring Mantle
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History
Basic Timeline:
Current Activities:
Merit Details:
Background: There are times when fighting men are stressed, troubled, when they wake in the middle of the night having nightmares, need someone to talk to, or of course, need a woman - Zephyr is there to help. She's an interesting mix of Lover, Mother, and Wise Woman.
Arcadian Life: Kept in gardens and endless seas of grass, she remembers soft hands that turn to stinging slaps, adoring eyes that turn cruel and unyielding, and the pain of being plucked when lasting reminders of her beauty were wanted more than her presence.
Escape: Standing in pose on a bridge over a large creek, she caught a glimpse of herself, transformed into a woman/bird hybrid, and the shock of it brought back memories of her life pre-Faerie. In despair she threw herself from the bridge, only to have her survival instinct and strong desire for life overthrow her grief. She surfaced in a park near Rochester, NY.
Now: Her clients are people that, for a myriad of reasons, can't express themselves. Tight-laced jobs require tight-laced corsets. The corporate ladder demands people be tied to it. In the rat race, sometimes you feel like the cheese, sometimes you need the shock. Social pressure sometimes must be relieved with physical force. The Mistress has an unparalleled reputation for helping people reveal their hidden desires. However, her delight is in finding young, apathetic nihilists and coaxing feelings out of them, whether or not it's just the simple desire for survival. The late nineties and early oughts have been good times for her, as more young men and women find it cool to be 'aloof' and 'detached.' A night with the "ice-breaking breeze" finds these children coming back to their senses, both literally and figuratively.
Associations & Associates
Lady Zephyr is the Hetaera of Gaius Arctorus' The Praesidium. Most often described in polite company as the 'Morale Officer.'
Character Inspirations
Lisa Kelly, Exit to Eden
Lady Heather, CSI
Lwaxana Troi, Star Trek: The Next Generation
Inarra, Firefly
Soundtrack
Little Bird - Annie Lennox
Ivory Tower - Blackmore's Night
Rain - Vivaldi
The La La La Song - Lynda Kavy and Empty Hats
Prologue/Marco Polo - Lorenna McKennitt
Trovommi Amor - Medieval Baebes
All For Love of One - Medieval Baebes
Pearl - Medieval Baebes
Blood of Eden - Peter Gabriel
Quotes
"The warm breeze that takes the scent of blood from me. She is a boon to the world she has returned to, and a comfort to men who need comfort greatly. In her, we find a reminder as to why we are fighting." - James Daniels
"The sun enriches; it shines; it lights the way. It also burns, but we accept that risk happily for without it we would die, nay, we would never be." - Marcus Antonius
"I should say that if you harm her, I will end you. However... to be fair... I am far more worried of -her- harming -you-." - Gaius Arctorus
"I would meet Zephyr on the field of battle, only I wouldn't want to damage her pretty little tailfeathers... and to be perfectly fair I don't much feel like getting myself forcibly declawed either."- Kalen Blazenheart
(long, stony look) "....The Lady sees the truth of things when others do not. Where others saw the Brute, she saw me. I only wish... I hope that someday I can repay her."- Gwalchavad
"The phrase self-righteous, cold-hearted bitch comes to mind. To those she cares for, a balm, to those that offend her sensibilities, I'd rather deal with a wet cat in a sack than her temperment. Someday she might realize it isn't her faith or her duty that bothers me, but the way she scorns my own." - Edria Meredith
"Lady Zephyr keeps me on an even keel. There's a place I go that only she can bring me to." - Bandabras Pelinor
"Eight pounds of bitch stuffed in a six pound bag." - Durendal, the not-so-swift.
