To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act
is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer
-Gandhi
Many people live in the palace, even more than usual lately. Never does a dull moment go by, but then when you stuff the royal family into one place, who could hope for a dull moment? ::winks:: To make this easier, the ones below are those not from Earth. The following links go to different groups of Earth people.
Calthas is the most powerful mage in the realms and he's often working on magical items to help the good guys get through their struggles. He's a very sweet man though not all of what he shows himself to be. He's aged somewhere between three and four thousand years old. He's also the grandfather of Danielle and Patrick. He's more like his grandson than he'd like to admit as well. There's no such thing as a quiet entrance with him around.
Ralinda is an ex-avatar of Hecate's who turned when my other self turned her into a greater vampire. She has a great love for children and is often found taking care of the nursery at night. Chris, Jeremy's brother, has grown extremely attached to her and can often be found with her when his mother is absent.
Serilia is another sweet woman and a sea elven mage. She's married to K'Sith and has a son named Ladrin. Delgeres seems to like having her as a servant when he can get his hands on her. She's also just about the most mysterious among us. I don't think she's told anyone about her past yet.
Andrea is a young 16 year old who was found roaming the area and acting like the average 16 year old. She really comes from another realm and is an orphan. Now she lives in the palace and spends almost all of her time in training with Jes. She has a friend, a puppy that she named Jes and the puppy likes Luris. Enough to be bugging him all the time. Andrea's really smart for her age too and is best at hiding and spying which is why she is in training with Jes. Patrick is fond of her too so it's really dangerous to mess with her. Though the sisters are stupid enough to do just that.
This is my other self and she's much like me. Which makes her near perfect. She, however, has four children. She's not engaged to Andrew Swade anymore since he seemed to just disappear and is one of those scary people of the palace. Not many have the guts to pick on her because they know she'll bite back, and more often than not her bite is worse than her bark. She's a pure bred wolf who has the power to shapechange into a human. She's also an expert matchmaker and has yet to be wrong about any of her matches.
Robin Ferla is another Malkavian who can see into the future through her "teddy". Robin always seems to be in the state of a sleep walker and rarely makes sense with her words. She has a close friend named Friend who protects her almost completely helpless form. Friend is a phoenix that Robin found.
Yet another Malkavian, Cleo Moon is another vampire who can see into the future. Jeremy ended up becoming her first friend after he returned to her the children and husband she had lost about two hundred years ago. She now spends her time within the palace with her children and husband and giving the good guys her help. Before she had helped all but one side.
Madison is the first woman the good guys met on their journey to Earth. She used to be a dancer and married to Miguel. Thanks to the Setites and Angelique, that marriage was broken up. She's now alone and spends quite a bit of time with Emily who got connected to her after her fortune with the bad guys fell through.
Lani is one of the newer members to the group. She's another Malkavian and has taken a great interest in playing as many tricks on Gary as she possibly can. I'll have to get to know her a little better. Hell, maybe she'll let me help with some of those pranks.
Sheila Jessup is, or was a model on Earth. She also used to work as a spy for Connolly Enterprises. She's black and was one of the first people the good guys met when they had to go to earth to get Jes healed of his coma before he died. She was married to Keith Halsted, but unfortunately, Miller forced her to break it off and marry him. I will not acknowledge the "marriage" between them and therefore, if she treads in the realms of my protection, she is not married to him.
Keith Halsted is a very calm man and used to be a police officer for the Los Angeles Police Department. He's black as well. He no longer works for Martinique, Keisha having used his vampiric weakness to get him back over to the good guys. He's not one to piss off and the easiest way to do that is to mess with Sheila or Keisha.
Sarah used to work for the New Orleans Police Department as a Lieutenant. She ended up being captured by the Setites and turned evil for a time, but that was later fixed. She has two children and is with Joshua Hagen, though they have yet to get engaged. I don't think my other self will put up with that for long however.
Joshua Hagen is really a sweet guy who tried to catch Sarah's attention for a long time. He didn't succeed, however, until after she was turned back to the good side and captured yet again. After she was rescued, and him getting about six hours of sleep in one week because of it, she ended up letting him buy her dinner which sparked off the whole thing.
Carmellina is another woman who is around because of Amanda. She died a long while back because Miguel accidentally shot her. The same blow paralyzed her son, José. I have my own opinion about her constant pounding of this, but she is really a sweet woman who is just upset over what happened to her child. However, as José says, "Everything happens for a reason," and Miguel would never be where he is now if that hadn't happened and José wouldn't be able to get through to people as he does now.
I am no Homer's Hero, you all know, To mortals change is certainty
I profess not Generosity to a Foe.
My Generosity Is to my Friends,
That for their Friendship I may make amends.
The Generous to Enemies promotes their Ends
And becomes the Enemy & Betrayer of his Friends.
-William Blake
As moon must rise and change the sea
But to immortals such as we
There is no change eternally
The moon returns from whence it came
The cycling tides remain the same
The heavens circle endlessly
And tree makes seed which grows to tree
-Cecilia Eng
