Princess
Herself
Her full name is Rina Marine Black.
She is the princess, a bastard child whose father is unknown until she finds an old journal, and with that one many others, detailing her own mother's life, and the man she was in love with but never married.
She was named after her mother's sister, and her mother's dog; nobody was sure what to make of that.
She has the surname of the Archons of old; a fitting surname for one of his descendants and the apparent saviour of Albion.
Despite the word 'Marine' in her name, there is nothing of the sea in her. She gets easily seasick; she loves the land and the only water she likes is Bower Lake. Even then, she doesn't go out on rowboats and doesn't swim too far. She hates diving.
She has good posture, the eyes of a father she thought she'd never met, her mother's skin and hair like chocolate silk. She wears her queen's clothes in several their normal tones and uses the Swift Irregular and her Hero sword. She calls it Sparrow. Together, mother and father are united on her back.
She constantly worries; remains outwardly strong for her people, but frets continually on the inside and bites her nails when nobody's looking. He's always reprimanding her for that. Jasper.
Years later, when she discovers who her father was, she changes her last name.
To Swift.
She is simply Luna.
Her mother did not hold for fancy titles and pretty names. Princess Luna is all she needs. Besides, 'Blade Black' would have sounded terrible.
And she is Luna, she is lunar. She has become moonlight pale and has hair shot with black, pitch as the night sky. She is cold as the dark side of the moon to those she dislikes, but warmer than the sun to the man she loves.
There is a crescent scar on her shoulder; a gift from mercenaries playing with puns, who later play with fire and feel her wrath.
She likes fire; likes the way it dances and crackles, burning up all in its path. A strange sentiment for a girl with named after the moon, a supposedly peaceful, serene object.
She used to wear light blue, but when the mercenaries shattered her past self, she could not do so any longer, and changed herself. White and dark blue, the ripped, elegant princess' bodice and the torn dark blue skirt that Saker tore.
It attracted a rogue she never thought she'd love, and when she marries him, her name changes also.
To Finn.
Tallusa Louisa Erin Tallulah Black.
As Reaver always said, a big name for a little girl, and later on a strong name for a strong queen.
Black like the Archons, but Tallusa is blonde like her mother, brown-eyed like her father, and mischievous like her friend Reaver. She remains little her entire life, a head shorter than her husband, the little queen who did big things.
Her name was chosen when her mother was giving birth to her, and three names were running through her head. While her father was trying to goad an answer from her, Sparrow went to shout Tallulah and Louisa at the same time. What came out was 'Tallusa', a unique name for Albion's next saviour.
Once Reaver taught her how to swim there was no going back; she was always flailing around in the pond in the castle after that.
She is cheeky; clever; observant and obnoxious when necessary. Hates skirts, loves trousers, yet dolls up like a nightwalker when she feels so inclined. She has a penchant for masks. She wears one for eight months straight while faking another identity and doesn't tire of them.
She prefers Will over her weapons, but takes a pistol over her sword any day. After all, it's a Dragonstomper. 48, and Reaver taught her how to shoot. One very, very precious memory.
Without her dog she's lonely; without Reaver she's bored; without Logan she feels unprotected. Without her husband she's frustrated, in more ways than one.
She has a niece, a beautiful, creamy brown girl called Lizzie, Page's child. She loves her to pieces and Logan catches her trying to teach her how to shoot.
Once, she tried to take the easy way out and paid for it with a guilty conscience that plagued her for months.
Never again, she swore.
Especially after they married.
Valkyrie Krieger.
One means a being that chooses the fate of the warrior in battle. The other means warrior. She has chosen who will die in battle, and it will not be her.
The name 'Krieger' would not spark interest with anyone who had no interest in the Heroes Guild of old. But mention the name to an avid scholar of said subject and there will much brow raising and speculation. Valkyrie has potentially the oddest ancestry in the whole of Albion:
A father whose family stamped out the Heroes' Guild using whatever they could find, and a mother whose ancestry dates back to the Archon himself. A Hero-killer and a Hero. An assassin and a bird. Roran and Dove.
Her hair is blood-red, and her clothes contrast – a deep Lincolnshire green, though nobody is quite sure where Lincolnshire is, and pitch black. They are her queen's clothes, though her trousers are certainly not.
When she fights, it is with ice and fire and a sword call Knightqueen. She only uses her pistols to shoot flitswitches, and the one she prefers is an old gun she found in a chest in the Sanctuary. When Reaver ogles it, he finds it in a parcel on his doorstep, and then she shoots with the Black Dragon.
Her mother had tried to instil a sense of pride and firm, good behaviour in her daughter. To some extent, she succeeded. Valkyrie, in front of people, behaves as a perfect, regal princess. Behind closed doors, however, the princess is a seductress, tempting male servants into her bedchamber for a quick fling.
She meets her match in seduction later on, when she encounters a blonde soldier in Mourningwood.
All of them have one thing in common. They are terrified of Hollow Men.
A/N So, what do you think? If you liked it, or you want to post suggestions as to what I cover next from their point of view, please review!
Ideas I have so far:
Reaver
Elliot
Ben
Children
Life
Lizabetta (who is a review whore, sad to say...)
