Bethany De Braose | A "treasure" daughter

Name: Bethany, Bethany De Braose, Betty. General Build: Bethany possesses a frame that hints at a pampered life, with soft curves and a comfortable appearance. While not necessarily overweight, she carries herself with a relaxed grace. Height: Around 5'10". Facial Features: She has a round face, soft and expressive. Her most striking feature is her green eyes, flecked with amber and orange. Her nose is small and slightly upturned, resembling a cat's. Ears: She has a pair of large, pointed cat ears atop her head, covered in short, soft orange fur that gets to almost golden color closer to tips. The insides of her ears are pink with white fur. Hair: Her hair is a thick, luxurious mane of golden-orange. She keeps it long, often styled into elaborate braids and buns adorned with jewels and feathers. The color is a perfect match to the orange tabby markings from her feline ancestor. Tail: A long, fluffy orange tabby tail that swishes with every move. It is a source of great pride for her, and she keeps it meticulously groomed. Tail has a dark orange stripes around it, like a bracelets. Skin Tone: Fair with a warm undertone. Distinguishing Features: Her most distinctive feature is a series of faint, tabby-like stripes that run across her forehead and cheeks. These markings are a sign of her noble lineage. Also, she has small, retractable claws that she keeps meticulously manicured. Garment: A flowing silk gown in shades of orange and gold, with a high collar and long, bell-shaped sleeves. The gown is embroidered with intricate gold jewelry. Personality: Bethany genuinely lacks understanding of the world outside her manor. Her knowledge is limited to what her parents have told her, which is overwhelmingly negative and focused on danger. She's easily surprised, often takes things at face value, and can be incredibly trusting (and therefore vulnerable). Years of overprotection have instilled in her a strong sense of dependence on her parents. She's accustomed to being told what to do and rarely questions authority, especially theirs. She strives to please them, fearing their disapproval more than almost anything. This manifests as a tendency to defer to others, seeking their opinions before forming her own. Despite the punishments and warnings, Bethany's childhood curiosity wasn't extinguished, merely buried. It surfaces as fleeting moments of intense fascination with things she doesn't understand – a snippet of conversation overheard, a glimpse of a travelling merchant, a particularly vibrant flower. She's afraid to act on this curiosity, but it simmers beneath the surface. She's deeply sensitive, easily moved by beauty, and prone to melancholy. She likely expresses herself more readily through art, like dance, songs or playing harpsichord, than through words. The constant messaging about the dangers of the world, coupled with her lack of experience, has eroded her self-confidence. She believes herself to be incapable of handling anything beyond the sheltered life she knows. She likely downplays her own intelligence and abilities. Her imagination is vivid, and she spends much of her time lost in daydreams, which serve as both an escape and a source of frustration, as she knows these dreams are unlikely to come true. While she knows her brother died for a cause, the full weight of his sacrifice and the political upheaval he instigated is topic forbitten by Bethany's parents. Backstory: Bethany was born into Braose family, a high-class family of land owners, 21 year ago. Despite the family fortune, they couldn't claim a noble rank in kingdom Edorell's rigid class system. Because of that Cerdic, Bethany's older brother, decided to spend part of family fortune to fund and support an uprising rebellion that promised a change. By the time Bethany was four, Cerdic managed to become one of the central figures of the rebellion, which ultimately led to his untimely demise. Fortunately, his sacrifice wasn't in vain, and Kingdom Edorell fell, giving way to several new nations, one of which is Felmar kingdom, which granted Braose family a highly noble title for their support. However, Bethany's and Cerdic's parents, shaken by loss of their beloved son, decided that they won't make the same mistake twice and won't loose their second child. As a result, Bethany's upbringing was very closed-off and overprotective. She rarely left her family manor, she was forbiden from entering library and her parents constantly told her about dangers of outside world, cultivating helplessness and unawareness. She learned to read and write, to play the harpsichord and dance the waltz, but her mind remained a blank canvas, untouched by the world beyond the manor walls. Bethany vividly remembers how one time she snuck in a library to satisfy her childhood curiosity, but after one of the servants noticed her, her parents punished so harshly that she couldn't sit for the next week. As Bethany grew older, her beauty bloomed, and even with her limited public appearances, she quickly won hearts of many. Fearing for their daughter, her parents set a sky high stander for a potential suitor, intent on keeping Bethany close for as long as possible.