_____maybe your light is the seed___
____ _and the darkness, the dirt_____

name
Elena Carrow

age
20

gender
Female

sexuality
Bisexual

romantic orientation
Biromantic

kingdom
Pax

faceclaim (age appropriate)
Lana Condor (with historically accurate clothing lol)

personality ( 5+ lines )
When you want to do something insane and you want someone to do it with, you ask Lena. Her answer 99.9% of the time is yes. Whether it's cliffjumping, partying or anything in between...she's up for it.

The one thing she protests to is opiods, for personal reasons.
She has a desperate wanderlust that follows her wherever she goes.

Owing to her rather sheltered upbringing, Lenas's optimism and enthusiasm can border on recklessness, to the point of endangering the people around her with her madcap antics. Its never intentional, and she'll always try to reverse her fuck-ups. Many believe she is careless about her life, because of her tendency to jump into danger willingly. She is very playful and competitive. She'd jump off a cliff so she could say she survived it.

She feels bad if she hurts someone's feelings, whether intentionally or not. She's not a people pleaser by any stretch of the imagination, because she genuinely struggles to care about how other people see her(like a lot) but she is unbelievably caring towards people until they give her a serious reason not to be.
Don't mistake her kindness for meekness. She has a sharp tongue, a witty rapport to back up her fiesty nature. Generally she is too busy enjoying life to hold grudges or get too worried about things but when you hurt her or one of her friends....take cover.

She's bold! Her voice is often the loudest in a room and the one most listened to. She is known to be determined, headstrong and stubborn as she is set in her morals and will not shift. She is very accepting of everyone and doesnt agree with any sort of bias. Always seen wearing an unapologetic grin, it is very difficult to tell her that can't do something or that she shouldn't do something. She will simply prove you wrong. Lena is the epitome of confidence. On the outside anyways. After a childhood of trying to be the best, she reached a point of not caring. Instead of being what everyone else wanted her to be, She would be what she wanted to be in the most out-there way so everyone knew. She has found herself to be happier than ever like this.

That doesn't mean she doesn't feel insecure though. Hell, she's a teenager! For forever she always pushed herself to make her aunt proud. That way of thinking doesn't go away overnight. She struggles to love herself alot
Another trait of Lena's is her determination. One of her maxims is "work hard, play harder". She works very hard towards her goals, so much so that she will sometimes end up greatly sleep-deprived. She's smart, very smart, due to her curious nature and thirst for knowledge. She is tactical, observant and very good at solving problems and mysteries. A curious soul with wanderlust and a real sense of adventure is what many call her and she doesn't seem to disagree.

While rarely ever angry, she does express annoyance towards people who do not take her seriously or give her the attention she wants. Her true anger is something to behold however. Although she treats her friends kindly and rarely holds grudges against them, she is usually brutal towards her enemies. As she has matured, she has shown a willingness to become stronger and more serious and not run away from her problems.. However she still has a great sense of adventure, and has a tendency to succumb to her recklessness. A heart of gold and a silver tongue.

backstory (5+ lines )
Lena's parents had a whirlwind romance in their late teens which ended in a baby. They decided they were in love and would rather keep and raise the baby. It was just...speeding up the inevitable. This however only played out for a few months before both of them were killed due to their roof collapsing in on them.
Lena was given to her aunt and was raised by her. Violet James swore to do good by the child to honour her sister, allowing her to take up any hobby she wanted regardless of cost(within reason) and pushing her to do her best in everything. She took up fighting and wanted to be a palace guard as soon as she discovered she could, training tirelessly. One of the people at the castle saw her training outside one day and offered her a chance to prove herself. It took vigorous trials and workouts but she made it. She has found additions to her family within the walls of the castle.

______in spite of the uneven odds____
______beauty lifts from the earth____

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