Hilla Diarn

Name: Hilla Diarn
Born: April 26, 1159, Armion, Naroni
Parents: Halford Diarn (deceased) and Arydath Fedurin
Siblings: Lyraina Diarn, Cordieth Diarn, Medur Diarn, Celina Diarn, Feoda Diarn, Riona Sadiel (half-sister), Searle Sadiel (half-brother), Koradril Sadiel (half-brother)
Spouse: Bernardo de Cervantes (married July 12, 1176, Tetran, Naroni)
Children: Gualtiero de Cervantes
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Hair: Brown
Eyes: Black
Height: 5'9"

First appearance: "In Which Lyraina Is Alerted to Something Special" (March 1171)
First POV: "In Which Hilla Needs Another Name" (May 1175)
Total appearances: 12 (unranked)
Total POVs: 3 (unranked)
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Facts:

1. Before meeting Bernardo, Hilla never really had her eye on one particular boy. She always figured she was better off getting the best of her youth, dancing and flirting and kissing with all of them.

2. Despite her size, she has considerable upper arm strength.

3. She secretly enjoys archery... and is rather good at it.

4. Unlike her sister Lyraina, she never particularly missed farm life after their mother remarried.

5. She likes snakes. She thinks they're both interesting and misunderstood.

6. Hilla has a certain distaste for sudden noises.

7. Bernardo gave her a pet squirrel as a wedding gift. His name is Nutmeg.

8. She believes in ghosts.

9. She takes a private delight in the fact that her friends Rona and Riona only have daughters, because she secretly hopes that her son will marry one of her friends' daughters.


Notable Quotes:


DNA/Custom Content:

Hair: Brown -- "Girl Next Door" by Nouk
Recessive hair: Red
Formal hair: Brown -- "Donna Ponytail" by Nouk (Light brown; link leads to bluesoup's backups)
Eyes: Dazzling Eyes by LaPink (Black; site seems to have vanished)
Recessive eyes: Default dark blue -- Yumedust's "Eye Love" on Anva's sclera by Pooklet ("Starry")
Skin: Default S3 -- "Improved" Modified Louis skins with hair by Jwilson5 ("Dark tan")

Previously worn hairs:

"White Wedding" by nymphy (textures and mesh by Nouk) -- Hilla's formal hair prior to January 1176
Peggy #4852 (also found at PMBD) -- Hilla's formal hair prior to December 1179

Outfit: Kaitshi dress recolors by Meshy (Pink; textures and mesh by Kaitshi)
Formal: "Project Rainbowsleeves" by Morgaine ("Rose-Green"; textures by Sherahbim; mesh by iamliz13)
Pajamas:
Underwear:
Swimwear:
Athletic:
Outerwear:

Maternity: Sherahbim's Mourning Gown in Aelia's Actions by Meshy (Pink; colors by Aelia, textures by Sherahbim; mesh by iamliz13)
Formal maternity: My own recolor of Sherahbim's Juliette gown, run through BodyShop and put up for download by Wawa (textures by Sherahbim; mesh by iamliz13)

Previously worn outfits:

Alpha-Editable Medieval Gown by iamliz13 (Style 2; Pink) -- Hilla's outfit as a teen

Medieval Feast Day Dresses by sunni9676 (Pink; mesh by tiggerypum) -- Hilla's formal outfit as a teen prior to January 1173

Kirtle by Lothere (Burgundy; textures by sherahbim; mesh by kalynn06) -- Hilla's formal outfit as a teen

Master Cordieth Diarn

Name: Cordieth "Cord" Diarn
Born: August 26, 1157, Armion, Naroni
Parents: Halford Diarn (deceased) and Arydath Fedurin
Siblings: Lyraina Diarn, Hilla Diarn, Medur Diarn, Celina Diarn, Feoda Diarn, Riona Sadiel (half-sister), Searle Sadiel (half-brother), Koradril Sadiel (half-brother)
Spouse: Riala Wythleit (married April 16, 1176, Armion, Naroni)

Children: Falidor Diarn, Halford Diarn

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Occupation: Pig farmer
Employer: Self

Hair: Auburn
Eyes: Black
Height: 6'2"

First appearance: "In Which Asalaye Hears the Hated Hypocorism" (August 1169)
First POV: "In Which Cord Aims for Punctuality" (February 1172)
Total appearances: 12 (unranked)
Total POVs: 7 (ranked 31st)
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Ten Facts:

1. Cord is an exceptionally hard worker. He takes care of all his duties without being prompted and never complains.

2. He loves sitting in front of a fire with loved ones. Whenever he thinks of the future, he sees his wife and kids huddled in front of a hearth.

3. Cord doesn't really have many friends, particularly male friends--not because he's unlikeable, but because he doesn't have the time.

4. He has many fond memories of his father. His greatest sorrow is the knowledge that his children will never meet their grandfather.

5. Cord loves a good meat pie.

6. He is secretly pleased that his nephew Hal looks so much like him.

7. He grew up hoping that he wouldn't inherit his father's nose. Now, he wishes he had.

8. Though he strives to be honorable, he is not immune to bribery.

9. He's a horrible chess player.

10. Cord has an old ankle injury from a tree climbing accident that acts up on occasion. He usually keeps quiet about it.


Notable Quotes:

Mistress Lyraina Indruion

Name: Lyraina Diarn
Born: December 25, 1155, Armion, Naroni
Parents: Halford Diarn (deceased) and Arydath Fedurin
Siblings: Cordieth Diarn, Hilla Diarn, Medur Diarn, Celina Diarn, Feoda Diarn, Riona Sadiel (half-sister), Searle Sadiel (half-brother), Koradril Sadiel (half-brother)
Spouse: Hadrinian Indruion (married July 28, 1172, Veldora, Naroni)

Children: Halford Indruion, Honora Indruion

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Hair: Auburn
Eyes: Black
Height: 5'9"

First appearance: "In Which Arydath Meets a Gypsy and a Nun" (January 1156)
First POV: "In Which Lyraina Plays a Different Game" (March 1163)
Total appearances: 11 (unranked)
Total POVs: 5 (ranked 44th)
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Facts:

1. Lyraina's favorite color is teal green. She also loves purple, although she believes it to be impractical.

2. She has always hated the fact that her birthday falls on Christmas Day, because she gets fewer presents. Had, however, gives her two presents every year.

3. Following her father's death, Lyraina fears that she or one of her siblings might have inherited his heart condition. She wears a brave face, however.

4. Although it is a "silly little shame" of hers, Lyraina is very attached to every pig born on the family farm. She sometimes thinks about how she might like to keep one as a house pet.

5. Lyraina's one vanity is her coppery hair. Her siblings Hilla, Medur and Feoda just have run-of-the-mill brown hair, and she secretly pities them.

6. She doesn't wish on shooting stars, but she does like watching them.

7. Lyraina didn't go to her wedding bed a virgin. She and Had went for a couple "practice runs" during their betrothal, but they were careful about it.

8. Whenever she calls at her stepfather's castle, she makes a point to goad the steward about her sister Hilla.

9. She enjoys fishing.

10. Lyraina hates sewing, particularly embroidery. However, she doesn't mind weaving from time to time.


Notable Quotes:

Had: You're not that much taller than me, you know. See?
Lyraina: Not really. The view must be different from down there.
--from "In Which Lyraina Plays a Different Game" (March 1163)

DNA/Custom Content:

Hair: Brown -- Rose Donation 64 Pooklet'd by Quinctia ("Brisance"; colors and textures by Pooklet; mesh by Rose)

Recessive hair: Red
Formal hair: Brown -- Peggy #5069 (also found at PMBD)
Pajama hair: Rose donation 0070 (also found at PMBD)

Eyes: Dazzling Eyes by LaPink (Black; site seems to have vanished)

Recessive eyes: Default dark blue -- Yumedust's "Eye Love" on Anva's sclera by Pooklet ("Starry")

Skin: Default S3 -- "Improved" Modified Louis skins with hair by Jwilson5 ("Dark tan")

Previously worn hairs:
Rose donation 0064 (Brown; also found at PMBD) -- Lyraina's hair prior to February 1180

Outfit: Medieval Maternity Replacements (Non-replacement version) by Sunni (Blue; mesh by tiggerypum)

Formal:

Pajamas: Female Medieval Sleepwear by zoej (mesh by Kate)

Underwear:

Swimwear:

Athletic:

Outerwear:

Previously worn outfits:

Girls' Medieval Collection by zoej (Outfit 5; mesh by tiggerypum) -- Lyraina's everyday outfit as a child
Alpha-Editable Medieval Gown by iamliz13 (Style 2; Pink) -- Lyraina's everyday outfit as a teen prior to April 1172

Teen Gowns Set 2 by helaene (Blue tapestry; mesh by Kate; "A Midsimmer Night's Dream" -- Magick Modders) -- Lyraina's everyday outfit as a teen

Medieval Feast Day Dresses by sunni9676 (Blue; mesh by tiggerypum) -- Lyraina's formal outfit as a teen

Goodman Halford Diarn

Name: Halford Diarn
Born: April 23, 1129, Sarona, Dovia
Died: November 9, 1168, Armion, Naroni
Parents: Medur Diarn and Lyraina Hibalt (both deceased)
Siblings: None
Spouse: Arydath Fedurin (married July 16, 1154, Sarona, Dovia)
Children: Lyraina Diarn, Cordieth Diarn, Hilla Diarn, Medur Diarn, Celina Diarn, Feoda Diarn
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Occupation: Pig farmer
Employer: Self

Hair: Red
Eyes: Blue
Height: 6'3"

First appearance: "In Which Halford Names and Is Named a Pig" (March 1155)
First POV: "In Which Halford Names and Is Named a Pig" (March 1155)
Total appearances: 13 (unranked)

Total POVs: 5 (ranked 44th)
All appearances

Halford, born in 1129, is a pig farmer currently living in Armion, Naroni. In addition to earning a living by selling pigs to the local butchers--which he claims to do so that they can kill them in whichever way they deem best for preserving to meat, though it is secretly because he doesn't have the heart to kill them himself--he often runs errands for his wife, Arydath, resident midwife and amateur healer.

Halford grew up on a farm in Sarona, Dovia. Arydath, six years his junior, grew up on the neighboring farm. From a young age, the two enjoyed humiliating each other with whatever pranks they could cook up, likely as a means of concealing their romantic feelings for one another. One day in the spring of 1154, Arydath stole away to the loft of Halford's barn, where she seduced him. The next month, she told him untruthfully that she was pregnant, hoping to get a rise out of him. However, her prank backfired when her mother overheard and marched the pair to the church that very hour.

After the wedding, Halford learned that Arydath was not actually pregnant, but he found himself unaffected by the joke as he realized then that there was no one else he would rather have married and that he truly did love her. The pair then decided to run off and leave the kingdom, which led to their accompaniment of Prince Roderick's party to Naroni in 1155.

Their firstborn, a daughter named Lyraina, was born in December of 1155. A son, Cordieth, was then born in August of 1157, and another daughter, Hilla, followed in April of 1159. Their second son, Medur, was born in July of 1165. Lastly, they had twin daughters, Celina and Feoda, in November of 1166.

Halford died as a result of cardiomyopathy in 1168.


Notable Quotes:

Arydath (upon finding Halford warming his backside by the fire): Halford, you great dolt! What in the blazes are you doing there, sticking your ass in the fire? Were you walking around outside without your pants?
Halford: Don't be stupid, Arydath, you know I only walk around inside without my pants.
--from "In Which Halford Names and Is Named a Pig" (March 1155)

"Oh radiant maiden, I have come to liberate you from the confines of your cloth prison!"
--flirting with Arydath, from "In Which Halford Names and Is Named a Pig" (March 1155)

"Well, now we're just two people standing around naked in our own kitchen."
--after undressing himself, from "In Which Halford Names and Is Named a Pig" (March 1155)

DNA/Custom Content:

Hair: Red

Recessive hair: Red

Eyes: Default dark blue -- Yumedust's "Eye Love" on Anva's sclera by Pooklet ("Starry")

Recessive eyes: Same as dominant

Skin: Default S3 -- "Improved" Modified Louis skins with hair by Jwilson5 ("Dark tan")

Outfit: Peasant Tunic by zoej (mesh by tiggerypum; "The Dark Project" -- The Guild Masters)

Formal: Tunic by Alex (mesh by tiggerypum; "The Dark Project" -- The Guild Masters)

Pajamas: Male Swimwear/Underwear by tiggerypum ("A Midsimmer Night's Dream" -- The Guild Masters)

Underwear: Same as pajamas

Swimwear: Same as pajamas

Athletic: Same as everyday

Outerwear: Robe by Lothere (mesh by Besen)