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This is the diary for Ernia, of the Zephirae Angels, and her caretaker Lenore Slytherin. Only Lenore Slytherin is allowed to post here, unless she gives permission for others to also join in the activities and roleplay that goes on in this thread.

What are the Zephirae Angels? You can find more information on them HERE.

Information on Ernia:

Birthdate: August 7th, 2004
Gender: Female
Caretaker: Lenore Slytherin

Powers: Unknown

Favorite Food: Unknown
Likes: Unknown

Personality: Unknown

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(Click the picture above for the full-sized picture.)

This is Emerald Haven. It is unplottable, and has many magical defenses around it. Some include: a charm that, if anyone gets too close to finding the manor, they remember appointments, or important errands that they have forgotten, and a certain charm that, unless the address is given to you, you won't be able to find the manor, or even see the occupants, even if you are peeking right into the window.

If you have gifts for Ernia, do not fret. My love and I have kept our old cottages for recieving mail, or owl post, and for hosting parties and such. Also, for when our eldest daughters move out.

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Ernia is an infant (8-7-04). Isn't she darling! So darling, she has taught me that the old saying is very true: Looks can be decieving. . . .

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(( Taken from "Winter Rose" in a collection of stories - written by Nora Roberts - entitled "A Little Fate" - and extended, with changes to some details, to suit my purposes.

Also, this is all OOC Information. Please, do not have your Angel or Care-taker somehow magically know all of this!

Also, a special thanks to Eirnae for the pictures that are in here. The artist credit goes to Relsh. Also, the castles I found online. The only name given on the site was "Douglas."

Art from bottom to top: Ernia (past) the way she was when the minstrel first came, Rose Castle after the curse, the Palace of Sighs, Ernia (past) the way she looked when she killed her husband, Ernia (past) just before she died.

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There was once, very long ago - when magic was still used publicly - a set of twin girls born to the king of Rose Castle (later to be known as the Isle of Winter in the Sea of Ice). Their mother, the queen and a sorceress herself, died after naming them. One was named Ernia, and the other Fiona.

They were very much the picture of "daddy's girls," and that never changed as they aged.

Over time, their powers began to show. Ernia had control of the sun, the moon, the stars, and all weather, while Fiona was a healer and was friend to the beasts.

The twins were identical in several ways. They both had their mother's beauty and natural grace, and her sweet temperament, while each commanded great respect with the regal aura about them, which they inheritied from their father.

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When they were old enough to be betrothed, they were. Their father had grown ill, and wanted them settled before he passed from the world. Fiona was to marry a neighboring prince and take over the rule of Rose Castle after her father died, and Ernia was to marry a prince from beyond the Elf Hills, and rule with him in the Palace of Sighs. As their father loved them equally, and he was a fair and just king, he divided his wealth equally between his daighters.

Ernia and Fiona, meanwhile, had grown apart. They were constantly trying to see who could get the most attention from their father, as they were very competative with each other. Perhaps because they looked so much alike, they wanted to prove that they were different, that one was better than the other?

One day, a traveling minstrel came through their kindgom. The king, Fiona and Ernia, and court were so enchanted by his beautiful voice, his poetic words, and angelic face that they asked him to stay on. The king provided a room for him in Rose Castle.

The minstrel, being full of ill-intentions despite his angelic appearance, and a womanizer by nature, decided he needed to woo both princesses. And he began to do so, secretly.

His favorite gift to give them was a rose - white as freshly fallen snow.

Ernia and Fiona fell madly in love with the minstrel, And, blissfully ignorant that the charmingly handsome man was playing them both as well as he played his lute, they allowed him to take from them their most precious gift - their purity.

One night, after the treacherous minstrel had bedded them both, they each went out to their favorite place in the castle - the rose garden. They were both humming a song that both thought was written especially for them, and each was carrying a fresh, white rose.

It was only a matter of time that the sisters would bump into each other, for though the garden was big, it wasn't so terribly so that they could easily avoid each other. Especially when both were lost in fantasies and thinking of the next time they would meet their lover.

When they both heard the other humming the same song, and saw the other holding a white rose, they knew then what was going on.

Suprisingly enough, or perhaps not so suprising, they did not hate their lover. They, instead, turned their hatred on each other; each accusing the other in rather loud voices of stealing their love from them. They even started to bring their powers into play: Ernia clouding over the moon with black clouds and calling lightening forth to splinter the trees, while Fiona called forth the beasts of the forests surrounding Rose Castle, ready to attack.

It was then that their father came to the garden, to see what could have caused such a fight.

Both, too angry to stop themselves, told their father everything. The king was shocked beyond words.

But, he had yet to recieve the hardest blow. . . . Fiona was with child - the minstrel's, as she had laid with no other man.

He immediately imprisoned the minstrel. This caused much crying and protests from both Ernia and Fiona. They did not want to see him die. They begged their father to show mercy on their love, all the while bickering over who he truly loved.

Finally, the king relented. He ordered that, to save even a little of their family name, Fiona was to marry the minstrel. And, the ceremony was to be held that very night.

He then ordered that Ernia be sent to live in the Palace of Sighs, until she married the prince. So, she was shipped off just before Fiona was to marry. As the carriage was taking her away from the only home she knew, and the only love she would ever allow herself, her heart slowly turned to ice. It was then that she decided she would get vengeance on her sister for her betrayal. So, she laid a curse on the castle and the surrounding lands. Forever would it be winter. Never would the sun warm the skin of the daughter her sister carried, never would the flowers bloom for her, or the water isolating Rose Castle thaw. All you would see for miles and miles was bitter, unforgiving white. All you would ever feel would be a cold so piercing it would freeze your very blood.

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The only way to break the curse would be to thaw the jagged ice that held a single, white rose captive. For that, there was only one way: the ice around the rose could only melt when one of Fiona's daughters, or granddaughters, or great granddaughters, found pure, true love, and then be able to let it go; just as Ernia could never let go of her false love.

For those curious to know if the curse was ever lifted - the answer is yes. But, this is not the story of Deirdre, Fiona's daughter. The last that I will say of this curse's lifting is that it happened ten years after the day that both Fiona and Ernia died.

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Ernia was sent to marry her prince. But, once he heard of what happened with the minstrel, he was cold to her. The prince did marry her, for her great wealth and the higher station that would come of it, but he treated her as little more than a whore. For, indeed, that is how he saw her. He called her whore every chance he got, and embarassed her in public by telling of her affair, groping her, or sometimes ripping the top of her gown to expose her chest and forcing her to sit out the ball (or whatever was going on) in such a manner of dress.

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After years of enduring his torture, she killed him. It was never proven that it was her, but everyone knew it. She ruled the Palace of Sighs with an iron fist. Any male who was accused of cheating, no matter their station or the proof (or lack there of), was publically castrated and beheaded; naked and bleeding, for the humiliation they caused their wife.

For, in all that time, Ernia had time to think. When her husband would abuse her, she would think of her minstrel. The more she thought about it, the more she grew to hate him, and all of his gender. In her eyes, males were unworthy of female attention, of love. They were all cruel, manipulative bastards who deserved humilation and death.

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But, in the end, it was a man that killed Ernia. One of the men set to be castrated and executed bought his way from his cell. He searched the castle for Ernia. When he found her, he stabbed her in her cold, bitter heart. The last thing she ever saw were dark blue eyes.

That was the morning of the Winter Solstice, and the Palace of Sighs held a great celebration in honor of the man who killed the "Witch Queen of Ice."

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So far, the only pet that Ernia can claim as her own is Amethyst, her Gembird. He should be arriving in about a week. We shall see how she likes him. For now, she is content to snuggle his egg, because she seems to like the amethysts on it . . . sweatdrop

Amethyst:
He seems to like shiny things… a lot.. doesn’t matter what it is. If it shines he wants it. The time he went after the bubbles when you were washing dishes was amusing to say the least. He seemed very disturbed that his shinies he was taking from the water disappeared when he grabbed them. Well.. at the end the kitchen an the bird were quite wet. Also on a random note.. it appears that your bracelet has gone missing… we aren’t sure where it is.

Needless to say . . . Ernia is NOT very happy. She spent all morning trying to pry her pretty bracelett away from Amethyst, to no avail. She somehow managed to lose her ring too . . . when she tried to throw him across the room, I stepped in. Yes, the creature is annoying, but I love animals!



Miranda:
More info to come!

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Virendra, Ernia's cousin, seems to be the only Zephirae that Ernia has warmed up to. She actually seems to enjoy her company. They have their own form of communicating with each other that is very interesting to watch. . . .





Ernia befriending Sitka is a real shock to me. She has shown nothing but hostility toward any of the male species. But, this is not so with Sitka. I think she sees something in him that might be to her advantage. Well, that, and the fact that he is one of the few Zephirae she has met, and out of them, he treats her like the Queen she thinks she should be treated as. . . .





Penelope is one of the few Angels that Ernia seems to like. I suspect this has much to do with the fact that she has recieved two gifts from her. I would also like to think it has to do with the fact that Penelope is a very sweet, and genuine, girl. I adore her myself, and I won't let Ernia be too mean to her. . . .



:::FRIENDS WHO ARE NOT ZEPHIRAE:::

Rayne Winner: Miss Rayne seems to humor Ernia's dislike for males. A lot of what she says makes sense to Ernia. I can't say that I like the idea of her humoring Ernia, but there is no malice behind it, and I greatly admire Rayne.



"Sir" Jing Xue: This is Rayne's Duo. He is the incarnation of the Snake in the Chinese Zodiac. Ernia didn't really like him at first, pretty much just because he is a male. But, after he "defended" her against Thorn, she has come to accept him. She's actually quite sweet around him. I think it is because of the fact that he "defended" her, and the fact that he is going to be getting her a pretty gem soon (I don't know how she talked him into it. . . ), that she has bestowed the title 'Sir' to him. He's her knight, I suppose?



Talica: Ernia and I met Talica in the Emeral Forest while we were talking to Uleme. She wasn't hard to miss, because of her metallic wings and her silver clothing. She and Ernia hit it off almost immediately. Talica also humors Ernia inher dislike for the male species, but I think this has more to do with the fact that Talica might feel the same way. Either that, or she just hates Jethro. Unlike Rayne, though, I think that this drow might have malicious motives. Only time will tell. In the meantime, I shall just keep an eye on her.




Mina: I recently brought home Mina. She is around to help with taking care of Ernia. Ernia seemed pleased that she had a nanny. Apparently, it seems 'high-class' enough for her. The only downside to Mina is that Talica seems to hate her. I really think she might hurt her. . . .

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