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Persona Profile: Mariss (Inactive)

Writer: Yvonne

Name: Mariss
Age: 26
Birthday: m9 d21
Rank: Hold Resident
Location: Amber Hills Hold

Awards
Crayon Awards: Favorite Victim (August 2008)

Physical Description of Persona:
Mariss is a pretty girl with hair so dark it's almost black and bright hazel eyes. She has a ready, friendly smile, a straight nose, and long eyelashes that are the envy of most of the girls in the Hold. She isn't particularly tall or curvy, but she has a lithe figure that suits her well.

Emotional Description of Persona:
Mariss is cheery and willing to lend a hand wherever necessary. Her eclectic education had turned her into a bright, inquisitive young woman with a quick mind and a bit of a romantic streak. She is devoted to her father.

History of Persona:
Mariss' mother died in childbirth, and so it has been her and her father since as far back as she can remember. Cyrek was determined to raise her himself, no matter how impractical or how under prepared he was, and so almost as soon as she was old enough to care for herself she was moved into his apartments. When she wasn't at her father's knee she was at Harper classes (where she excelled) or helping the understewards or Headwoman as she was able.

At around nine or ten turns, Mariss began to care for Cyrek's small household around her lessons; she arranged laundry, mended what she could, and ensured that her father ate when he was supposed to. It was around then, too, that Cyrek began to teach his daughter as he might an understeward. She soon outstripped her classmates who began to cut her out of their social group, either because she had no rank or because she was too smart. Mariss didn't particularly mind, however, as she had always been solitary and preferred the company of adults.

The older Mariss became, the less she fit in with conventional Hold rank. Despite her age and sex, she acts as an understeward, as an assistant to the Headwoman, as an overseer, and can be found doing a drudge's work when there is no one else to fill in. She is a familiar face around Amethyst Cliff Hold and is often conscripted for the jobs that no one else is precisely fit to do, as her undefined place in the Hold makes her uniquely adaptable.

Family and Friends
Cyrek, 50, Hold Resident, Amber Hills Hold (Father)

Approved: August 5th 2005
Last updated: June 17th 2013


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