Asteria Vivian Blackthorn
Ardent Bibliophile ✦ Scholar
❈ Dossier ❈
NAME: Asteria Vivian Blackthorn
RACE: Imperial | Reachman
GENDER: Female
PRONOUNS: She/They
OCCUPATION: Scholar
BIRTH: 2E 571 (23 Yrs Old)
BIRTHSIGN: The Apprentice
HEIGHT: 5'3''
BUILD: Slender, litheAPPEARANCE: Short and more lithe, she bears the similar Karth beauty to her twin sister. Both born from their Imperial mother, they are short of stature, bearing the traditional hallmarks while holding a certain wildness to their dark curls.LIKES: TBA
DISLIKES: TBA
ORIENTATION: Queer
STATUS: SingleLANGUAGES SPOKEN:
◈ Common Cyrodilic
◈ Reach-Tongue
◈ Dunmeris
TAROT:
◈ The Fool
◈ The Hermit
◈ King of Wands
◈ Ace of Cups
◈ Six of Cups
ALIGNMENT: Chaotic Neutral
AFFILIATION:
◈ University of Gwylim
◈ House DecentiusVOICE CLAIM:
To Be Added
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"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."
Raised under the careful, guided hand of Erys Ossaine she has grown into a capable woman, scholar and clerical menace. Her story began in a long, cold winter of Skyrim, south of Solitude when her mother's carriage was attacked by maurauders. Unknown assassins had slain her family and seemingly her until Erys discovered the grim scene with locals as she was on her way to make trade into the great city.Nursing the child alongside her elder sister to health, she adopted her when no one else wanted to them in. She honed her skills magically and technically and learnt every part of the trade, just like the rest raised under the woman's care. In particular, she learnt of skills similar to that of a Vateshran, the art of storytelling and verbal historical accounts beneath the watchful gaze of the Raven-Seer clan. Beautiful, fair and good with a quill as well as she was with her words, she researched her way throughout the lands as the trio traveled.Now that Treasa has liquidated the business and it's assets, she's found her calling formally as an ally and manager to her elder sister.
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strengths
↠ Educational Skill: Excellent research skills, including compiling, organizing and collecting information. Her studies with the University of Gwylim have showed a lot of promise. Capable and all too ready to extensively pour over tomes and records, she is best suited for clerical duties or sourcing materials for study.
↠ Oral Historian: Journeyman | Acquired this skill with the Raven-Seer clan. After having spent a long time in the Reach as a child alongside her sister and her mother Erys, she learnt the value in oral history and studied for as long as she reasonably could to preserve her culture and heritage.
↠ Restoration Magic: Though she may still be an adept, she works tirelessly to act as the best support for her allies and like her sister, serves to heal behind the lines.
weaknesses
↠ Arcane Deficiency: Daedric | Dark Magic. Unlike her mother, Asteria and Treasa never personally practices the hedge witchery they had learnt. It was a skill they were not always adept at. It has cost them a lot of time and patience to try to mimic these skills but even then they were not able. Her specialties best laid in sociability, education and restorative arts.
↠ Combat Deficiencies: Hand-to-Hand Combat. Unable to properly defend herself despite her training, she finds herself fumbling with weapons and direct, personal encounters.
↠ Personal Deficiencies: As per usual of this particular lineage, their women show traits of instability. This has not passed Asteria over either. Though she keeps herself all too stable on the surface, therein lies a kind of trouble that has yet to be spoken of or seen yet.
❈ Connections ❈
Treasa E. Blackthorn
Bonded by Blood | Elder Twin Sister, Complex
"You do not understand the weight I have carried. I am unable to be a warrior in arms, but I am one of the pens instead. You may be the force of honor, but I am the backbone deciding whether or not we fail."
Erys Ossaine
The Dark Savior | Mother Figure, Complex
"You abandoned us for your own whims. I should kill you for it, the same way you taught us to kill traitors before you. Whatever the reason may be, I hope that the ends justify the means. It is all we know."
Elena & Eltrys Blackthorn
The Twins Siblings, Adored
"You are both a season old, bearing the looks of Father. Though he is gone and so did Mother follow, I still see why she loved us. We all look like her, blood or no. I can see why she wanted to raise us--as I know want to raise you, too."
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The Blackthorn Company
Defunct
"We will endure. I will do whatever I must to ensure our name is remembered for time immemorial. I will die trying if I must. We will endure by any means necessary."
House Decentius
Current
"Lord Decentius sees our mother as a traitor as I do, but I will not let her actions distract us. We have a shared goal. An Empire. A desire. I will do as he bids if it means we are both satisfied."
❈ Hooks ❈
common
↠ Blackthorn Family | Blood of The Covenant
After their mother Erys Ossaine, formerly Eris Blackthorn decided to hand over all business and land to Treasa Blackthorn she returned from her scholarly pursuits with the University of Gwylim to take to her sibling's side. After reconciling from a spat ages past, they now work together in Cyrodiil to make use of what remains.
↠ Knowledge is Power | Scholastic Pursuits
Unlike her mercenary and mercantile oriented siblings, she pursued all avenues of knowledge. While good with a dagger, she herself is not the sort to engage in much combat. Better left to duties regarding paperwork, organization and documentation, she is the backbone of the duo.
uncommon
↠ Stranger Beginnings | The Path That Started It All
Treasa and Asteria were found nearly dead, alongside the corpse of their birth mother in Skyrim on a dark, snowy day sixteen years ago. She was taken in and given a choice. Die alongside her helpless matron or join her sister in their quest for more. She chose revenge. But once she was established, her pursuits lent her elsewhere once they took matters into their own hands. The two siblings do not speak of what happened, instead simply vowing to one another to remain silent on the matter.
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❈ Locations ❈
↠ Cyrodiil | The Empire's Ashes
Asteria can be found traveling throughout Cyrodiil on work, business or pleasure whenever the desire strikes. Find her in places as far as Anvil all the way to Leyawiin when it comes to work regarding the University or the Antiquarian Circle.