Philyan Family Secrets

@ castiel's vessel @ miki-kat @ fitzpleasure

Apparently it didn't load all the way and I missed half of the thread, but I'm caught up now! I think Henry will be able to speak to people through his mind. I'll update Emmy's bio ASAP! :) And I think it goes without saying that I'm okay with you joining, Daniel! :)

@ castiel's vessel
Adaline born January 09, 1806. She is the youngest of the children, and something of a loner. While Thaddeus and Genevieve had each other, the twins having each other as well, she didn't have a partner. When she was a young toddler, nearly 3 years old, the family's cat, Sebastian, left her a sparrow it had killed. She had thought the bird was asleep, and picked it up, cradling it, and went to find her siblings. One of her siblings (uhh... I don't know who it should be, but I think it should be Thaddeus or Genevieve) tries to take it away from her, and she ends up seeing their death, triggered by the dead bird. She ends up telling them about it, and that's how her ability is unlocked.
Ada has the darker hair of her father, rather than the lighter hair many of her siblings. It's rather curly, and she has dark eyes to match. It isn't very hard to tell she's the youngest by her looks. She enjoys painting and being outdoors, and her horse-riding lessons as well, though her parents don't really care for her going out so much. She's supposed to focus on things that ladies should be learning and doing instead. Other than that, she's fairly calm.

(How's this?)

@ fitzpleasure
Which date in December he was born would be great! Other than that, I think you included everything.

@ Properly Improper

Need Henry's bio and how his was unlocked.

@ miki-kat

Can you guys double check I've included everything in the first post? I know I still need to add in Genevieve's appearance but that's easy enough to do once I've finalised it. If everything's fine, we can then start on the King and Queen's bio.

@ castiel's vessel
Nope, I see everything for Adaline there! Except for her picture link ^-^

@ miki-kat
I completely missed that! I'll substitute the description you provided for the image but we'll always refer to the written one most.

@ castiel's vessel
Yeah. I figured we would use the written more than a picture. And I'm glad I pointed it out! I put up a picture for Sebastian, just to have something for everyone to reference if the cat's still around... XD

@ miki-kat
Yes, I saw the cat one but figured that maybe it wouldn't be around because at least ten years would have passed since Ada unlocked her curse so there chance is that he's dead.

Also, I want to start discussing the Queen a bit. I was thinking that she was the only child to the previous King and Queen which is why they are still in the same castle. The King would have been from another family and married her as he was maybe the third oldest son and therefore would not have taken the throne. As said initially, the Queen believes it to be the castle that's got the curse because it all occurred within the same castle all that time ago. However, I was thinking that one of the siblings have to leave the castle for a small period of time during the story (they would not have left the grounds of the castle while growing up because of shielding them and their curses from the outside world) and still experiencing their curse at the other place, removing the thought of it being the castle. I was thinking this could be Genevive because as said, the King will now be trying to marry off his daughter and sending his sons away for training or something to remove them from the castle because of believing the curse to be on it, so as she's the oldest daughter she could be sent to another kingdom to meet the prince/soon to be king that she's due to marry and maybe when she touches him, she doesn't expect the rush of his thoughts and is therefore unprepared. But this was what I was thinking so it can be change to someone else if required.

@ castiel's vessel

I think it should be Genevive, seeing as she is the eldest.

And here are the updated bios!
Emmeline -- Born January 29th, 1805. She's known as the more social princess and enjoys being out and about exploring and having fun. She's extremely friendly and very compassionate, but sometimes she's a little naive. She's very close to her family in the way that she has a special bond with each sibling. She has the power to control how the people around her are feeling, as well as make them see what she wants, all using only her mind. She discovered it at age 4, when she tried to comfort Henry after having a bad dream, and found out that not only she could contort emotions, but also that she could influence what people saw and thought. She is 5'7 with curly blonde hair and big blue eyes. Around family and friends, she goes by Emmy.

Henry -- Born January 29th, 1805. Henry is 17 minutes older than Emmy. Like his twin, Henry is fairly social and happy. He tends to never be too far from his sister, which is how it's always been. He has the power to speak to people with his mind. He can do it at anytime after he's made contact with them at least once. He unlocked it at the age of 6, when one of the stable boys brought his son. Henry became friends with the boy, and they were playing hide and seek in the garden. He'd already touched the boy once, and found that he could speak to the boy without the boy's consent, making it easy to find where his friend was hiding. Henry is 5'7, and has dirty blonde hair. Like his sister, he has blue eyes.

I actually got SO excited when I found the guy I wanted to play Henry, because he has the SAME EXACT birthday as the girl playing Emmy, and they are also the SAME EXACT HEIGHT, and I was just like "MEANT TO BEEEEE" lol

@ Properly Improper
Yeah, that's what I was thinking too. Thaddeus is the heir so she's the next to have to have a future secured.

And I've updated the first post with your updated bios. They all seem good! Although I have a question about Henry's curse. Does it mean he can read minds or is it that his voice appears in someone's mind and he talks to them like that?

@ fitzpleasure
@ miki-kat
@ Properly Improper

Anyone got any ideas to put forward in regards to the King and Queen? We need their bios done before we can discuss plot and such.

@ castiel's vessel

Is it the king or queen who was born into the kingdom?

@ castiel's vessel
Hmm, I can imagine the queen being very worrying, since she has to worry about other people discovering about her childrens' curses. Maybe she wasn't really before, not believing in the curse or some such... so yeah, a big worrier I think... as for the king... I don't really know... he wouldn't have known about the curse before he married the queen... does he know about it in present time?

@ Properly Improper
The queen. She was the first female after centuries of males.

@ miki-kat
Yeah, i can see her as being a worrier about them. And what if her parents/father didn't take the curse serious either? Could explain why she doesn't. And yes, the King would know and would have known since the two eldest discovered their curse. It's also why they wouldn't be married at their ages (like said previously, they are the right ages to be engaged/married but their curses hold their parents back) but then the King tries the whole sending them away from the castle route to see whether that takes away the curse but Genevieve discovers it doesn't.

@ Properly Improper
Yeah, the Queen. So the curse would be something either to harm the males with cursing their women or against women through an action one committed.

@ castiel's vessel
Okay, yeah, I can see where that all makes sense. They want to try and keep their kids close as long as possible to protect them. Do you have any ideas about the king's personality by the way? I don't really have very many ideas...

@ castiel's vessel
Okay, yeah, I can see where that all makes sense. They want to try and keep their kids close as long as possible to protect them. Do you have any ideas about the king's personality by the way? I don't really have very many ideas...

@ miki-kat
I think along with being protective over his children the king would be really hard on them and push them to like be the best at everything because he wants to see them all succeed despite the curse and everything. But his aspirations for them can come off as harsh sometimes even though its not his intentions whereas the queen would be more nuturing and fussy over them.

@ castiel's vessel

Above as well

@ miki-kat
@ fitzpleasure

Yeah, that's what I was thinking too. They would be very protective of the five for longer than they normally should be. And I agree with how the King would be. He'd push them to be good in everything because not only are they royal, but they're cursed and therefore must make up for that in what they're good at. I think the King would be loving as well but not as open with it as the Queen would be.

@ fitzpleasure @ castiel's vessel
Yeah, I can see the king being kind of closed off seeming to his kids, maybe portrayed as overly harsh. I think most dads seem like that to their kids though honestly xD I think he should act a little tougher on Genevieve and Thaddeus, since their the oldest, though they're special to him to because they are his first. Maybe he's softer on Ada since she's youngest, and the real tension is between him and Emmy and Henry. It would kind of make sense if you thought about it...