Arcelia -- The Crowned One

[Queen Beathag Aberdeen I]

Name
Arcelia la Coronado
Arcelia, the crowned one
Arcelia of the Crowned

Date of Birth
May 1300
21st of the month
fraternal twin

Age
33

Height
5'7

Hair
dark
deep brown, almost black

Eyes
green
deep, muddied with brown

Skin
tan

Marks
assorted contact burn scars
not in view

Build
tall & curved
populist image; endowed by wealth

Origins
Segovia
castile and leon, espana
Madrid
madrid , espana

Origins[/color]
spanish

Family
Antonio de la Segovia {father, deceased}
master glazier, works sought after by church & state
Alatea de la Segovia {mother, deceased}
glazier's wife
Luiza de la Segovia {fraternal twin sister, living}
la cortigiana oneste, honored courtesan

Languages
Spanish
main
Italian
preferred secondary
French
English

Religion
Catholic
lapsed/aetheist

Occupation
courtesan
la cortigiana oneste, honored courtesan
trained within the Alcázares Reales de Sevilla

Patrons
various
it is said her last name stems from the penchant to be accepted by people in varied states of noble person, a crowned head. said to have been the only other woman to turn the head of the Castilian King from his Eleanor Guzman long enough to cause trouble between the two, as well as give his wife the Queen cause to worry anew. has been the mistress of many men, and is still desired by all men

Attachments
Sir Peter DeVaraeux
knights templar

Children
Pedro de la Segovia
son of peter devarauex, {deceased, age 3}

History
"Ten thousand stars lived on her head, and made her glow under the light of the candles or the sun. Oh, Arcelia. You and your sister, si. You glow this way. Each of you has a different shine. You will both be the wives of fine men." - forthcoming

Arcelia la Coronado was once de la Segovia, but as time went on a woman's name is often subject to what her husband will have or what she will make of it. If she makes it herself, she is often too independent for her own good. The glacier's daughter was pretty indeed, the first born of the two. Even among twin sets, the first born is supposed to be the best born, but both of them were not as inclined to this meaning. Arcelia grew to be statuesque young girl and a well endowed woman. These two forms of life influenced later choices.

From an early age, her mother often sat weaving fingers or doting a comb through the hair of her children. For Arcelia, who often stayed awake a little longer for the treatment of which Luiza had little patience for after a time, the woman would tell stories of a Madrid hot with scandal. She told her of how she once knew of a woman that counted her patrons as she counted rosary beads, there were so many! God does not approve of such women, but still they astounded her. Women of all walks tried to emulate the way their Spanish was spoken, the fabric of their clothes, or the way they wore there hair. She told Arcelia:

"Ten thousand stars lived on her head, and made her glow under the light of the candles or the sun. Oh, Arcelia. You and your sister, si. You glow this way. Each of you has a different shine. You will both be the wives of fine men."

When she was fifteen years of age, she did become a wife to a man named de Vega. Senor de Vega was a man poised to rise in the world, and at the age of 35 appreciated the succor a young, beautiful bride would bring him. He was not unkind to Arcelia, yet envious the sister became when instead of wife, Luiza became a mistress. Why should the wife envy the mistress? The mistress was free while the wife was duty bound. The mistress was exhaulted while the wife was merely cherished. Yes, there was a difference. Senor de Vega showered his young bride in gifts worthy of a Queen to adorn a splendor he emphasised so well it spread as rapidly through the region. Senora de Vega was a woman of exquisite beauty the nobles began to gravitate around as if to soak it up for themselves. He was a man who traded in what was called the new worlds of possibility. The promise of what they could be was cut short before the first year when de Vega contracted consumption, leaving his young bride alone in their estate in Leon.

She was sixteen years old, one year behind her sister in the business that cast the name of Luiza de la Segovia in enamored disdain. Unlike Luiza, she was possessed of a legitimate basis. Widowhood was a state of freedom, too. She wore the mourning black in earnest for he was a good man to her. She wore the mourning black while concocting her elaborate plans to emerge a butterfly from the cocoon. First it was to entertain her husband's company, then it was to gather all they knew, and learn what they did not. Next it was to open the chamber door. After this, the rest was history.

No one in Leon could speak of beauty without saying Arcelia, and they say that across Castille she glows like the sun, with the potency of the ten thousand stars brushed in to her hair by her mother. So beautiful was she of this glow they called her 'Coronado, the crowned one', and this was how La Coronado was born. She has only ever loved one man, and for a woman of independent means it is strange she should have cared for a warrior-priest of the Templar. Taken to vows of poverty but by no means destitute, the youth of Peter DeVarauex was before the poor vows, when he was a knight of means dangling on God's service. Now, they both are at a loss of how to pass the time.