Teagan Bruce

[Teagan Bruce]

Face Claim: Bree Kish
OOC Name: Magpie

CHARACTER NAME: Teagan Marie Horne

AGE: 24

CURRENT RESIDENCE: Aralore

APPEARANCE: Teagan is a curvy young woman of average height, with a head of the wild red curls that run in the Bruce family. She feels no shame over her figure being larger than the other girls--in fact she often jokes that her body had to match her big personality.

MARITAL STATUS: Single
FAMILY MEMBERS:
father - Viscount Ian Bruce
mother - Viscountess Jeanna Bruce
older brother - Gavin Bruce
younger sister - Georgia Bruce

POSITION/OCCUPATION:
Lady in Waiting to Alexandria
GRAMARYE GIFT (if any): N/A

PERSONALITY:
Teagan is a confident and sassy person who refuses to let anyone speak down to her and hates taking orders. She would do anything that Queen Alexandria asked of her, but that is where her loyalty ends. She hates being told what to do by her parents or older siblings, and she hates the way society has dictated whom she can and cannot speak to. She says exactly what she thinks, and this has earned her both friends and enemies. She sees no point in being false with anyone; she would rather live her life as purely herself. 

This radical honesty stops when it comes to romance, however--she is quite irritated with herself for having a crush on a certain farm boy, and insults him at every opportunity. She is in such complete denial that she has convinced herself she hates him, but the smile on her face says otherwise. 

LIKES: Queen Alexandria, parties, raspberry pies, summer days, the apple orchard in spring
DISLIKES: sea travel (she gets extremely seasick, being ignored, people who don't take her seriously)

HISTORY:
Teagan is the daughter of nobles who were originally from Aralore but fled to Terrona after the country went to shambles. As soon as they heard rumors of the queen's return, however, they moved home. On all three islands (both places where Alexandria has reigned as well as Terrona) the family have had fruit orchards: apples for the fall, blueberries and raspberries for the summer. They hire as many farm hands as they can afford and never overwork them--their goal is to contribute to the restoration of Aralore as much as they can by building up its population and business. 

As she is the eldest daughter, her family hopes for her to marry well and continue to grow Aralore's noble class. This is partially how she wound up meeting the queen, because her parents wanted her to spend as much time around her and other nobles as possible, but rather than finding an eligible man, Teagan's attention was drawn by the queen herself. Teagan admires her honesty and strength despite all of the insanity that has plagued her--and she appreciates that the queen puts on no airs as other royalty do. She sees Queen Alexandria as both her ruler and a friend, and would not hesitate to do anything she asked of her. 

Recent events made Teagan very suspicious of Aric, and he likely felt her glares more than once prior to his wedding with Alexandria, but he has since earned her respect. She will grudgingly follow him as well.