Sarriette Bellamy

{|style="-moz-border-radius: 10px;width=100%;padding:5px" “ Tramuta in lazzi lo spasmo ed il pianto, in una smorfia il singhiozzo e 'l dolor. ”

-- Pagliacci, "Vesti la Giubba"

History Note: The following is an account of information easily found through rumour posts and logs and may be treated as common in character knowledge.

Years ago, Sarriette belonged to Orchis House. Truth be told, she was both bane and boon to her Dowayne. Not defiant, exactly, but inclined to do as she pleased regardless of expectation, she spent the years prior to her Debut wherever she oughtn't have been. There was a time when her overseers genuinely feared for her maidenhead, so overtly flirtatious was she as a Novice. Still, she proved herself again and again to be an adequate student, a quick wit and a natural talent at the arts of tumbling and juggling. More importantly, she was a good friend, and is still spoken of well when her name is mentioned at Mont Nuit.

Her mother was an Adept of House Camellia.

Perhaps a year before she turned sixteen, her marque was purchased by Lady Amaline l'Envers. A highly sought-after Servant of Namaah working outside of the Court of Night Blooming Flowers, Amaline accepted Sarriette as her apprentice, and began to train her away from the restrictions and protections of Mont Nuit.

Upon her Debut, the Duchess of Kusheth lent her home and resources to the purpose of the party thrown in Sarriette's honour. The Debutante appeared before her guests in nothing but an intricate armband of pure crystal, which was a gift from the Duchess herself. Sarriette maintains strong ties to the house of Shahrizai.

Besought with engagements after her coming out, Sarriette continued to attend events all over Elua while taking assignations nearly every night. Only when she was left in such a way as made it physically impossible to continue did she pause, and her voracious appetite was, for a time, a popular subject of rumour.

There is a bawdy tune sung sometimes in the dockside taverns, popular after her debut, and still heard occasionally even now:

''Clothed in naught but laughter, the whore swung from the rafters. Her Debut night, her thighs were white, and scarlet ever after.

This carried on for some time and then came to an abrupt halt. Sarriette disappeared without a trace, overnight, and did not return to Elua for nearly a year. It is said that she was invited to attend a group of young nobles intent of traveling Europa and had accepted a last minute assignation as their long term companion. However, that group returned to Elua months before Sarriette was seen again.

She arrived just as she left, without fanfare or explanation. Notable, however, is that she was able to complete her Marque in full upon her return - a vastly uncommon feat for one in the service for so little time - and that she promptly opened her own private salon in East Bourgeois Place.

Since her return, she has attended public functions only rarely.

Appearance Although this young woman stands no more than five feet and a hand, she carries herself with an overwhelming air of genuine dignity that makes her seem not only more statuesque, but more mature than the delicacy of her skin and features would suggest. Blossoming womanhood is evident in the full, rounded curves of her robust form.

Her eyes, cat-grey and lucid, are enormous in her angular face. Her other features are regular: nose aquiline, cheekbones prominent, lips full, teeth fine. The brightness of her eyes and the clarity of her skin indicate her as a pinnacle of health and youth. Expertly cut to frame her face and neck, her glossy abundance of black hair falls in perpetually unkempt waves and curls to her elbows.

Her choice of dress may change from day to day, but always present (and sometimes visible) is the completed marque covering her entire back. It depicts three stylized spears of white savory blossoms woven through with a curling aubergine ribbon.

Roleplay Hooks If you have any of the following affiliations, we may well have something to talk about:


 * Mont Nuit - Sarriette was a Novice of House Orchis.
 * Assignation - Chances are, Sarriette has probably slept with you or at least some of your immediate family, including perhaps your mother.
 * House Shahrizai - Sarriette has fond affiliations with the Shahrizais and has long histories with many of its individuals.
 * Caerdicca Unitas - Please contact me in-game.
 * House Nantes or the Eisande Ducal Estate - Please contact me in-game.