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Giselle's Bio

"If only Stella was alive to see how far we've progressed..."

More details about Giselle is under the cut

Name: Giselle Nimuba

Age: 824

Height: 156 cm

Birthday: 21 Vierum 1040 (Laintayra)

Orientation: Cisgender Omnisexual Female

Pronouns: She/Her

Species: Dullahan (formerly elf)

Title: The Fifth Dullahan

Country of Birth: Balwirk

Likes: Pastries, her daughter (as a parent), Stella (in a romantic sense)

Dislikes: Being openly vulnerable, her parents, tea, green (the colour)

Hobbies: Travelling, cloud watching, stargazing, reading (especially heartwarming books about family)

Personality: Usually standoffish especially to those she's not close to, isn't so good with dealing with emotions (especially romantic ones) and tends to repress them. Also possesses terrible communication skills which is made worse by her standoffish nature. Despite all these traits, she actually tries her best to be considerate and cares a lot for other beings' well-beings regardless of her familiarity (unless it's someone she absolutely hates)

Style: Wears loose clothing, with sleeves rolled above the elbow to allow more movement when casting spells. Also wears a thick sleeveless coat with a red to blue gradient to obscure her lower half which comprises of shadows

Status: Dead (DOD: 31 Dia'ae 1864)

Abilities: Shadow manipulation, proficient with lightning magic

Background: As the only child born into the noble Nimuba house, Giselle was expected to marry and raise children in order to continue the lineage. She resisted this for over a century, and eventually was disowned by her parents when she turned 115. During this period, whispers of a radical group of elven researchers who sought ways to preserve life even after their heads had been severed from the neck surfaced and it intensified as the years went by

Initially, Giselle wasn't worried and dismissed it as mere rumours. However, the number of elves that went missing multiplied, which concerned her. What truly sealed the deal was that three nobles from the Ilagorta, Gráste and Domanra houses went missing while investigating this matter, implying that the rumours were much more sinister and real than what Giselle had expected

As such, she made plans to leave Balwirk in Alstas 1163. However before she could leave, she was captured and knocked out. She woke up later on a dissection table, with blood staining the walls around her and the elven researcher that loomed over her. Smiling, she proceeded to carve a number onto the back of Giselle's left hand before being restrained and locked in a room of her own. She immediately deduced that she was the fifth survivor of the experiment and that there was most definitely four others before her

After an unknown length of time passed, a heavily chained Hugh was shoved into the room she was in. When she asked him why was he so heavily restrained, Hugh explained that he didn't know why but he could feel himself extremely drained of magic. Giselle proceeded to ask him what magic was he born with, with the latter responding that he could use teleportation magic. The Fifth Dullahan then understood that the restraints they had was to prevent them from using their magic, which meant that the researchers really didn't want them to escape and shut their experiment down

Soon, Hywel and Danielle were locked in the room with them. After sharing the numbers carved onto the back of their hands as well as their observations of the room outside theirs, Giselle learnt that she had been locked inside for longer than she had thought and that the experiment had an extremely low success rate. Shortly after, they were freed as Addyson had used her sound magic to kill some of the researchers, giving her time to free the other survivors

Apart from Gerald, Cain, and Fiona, the remaining 13 survivors killed the rest of the researchers and ended the experiment. Despite their distaste towards the entire act, they kept the notes and studied it. Aileen was able to identify the flaws in the research notes, which cultivated in the alarmingly high mortality rate. Together with Eva, Hywel as well as Ilias' existing research on arcane magic, the trio was able to create a ritual that tapped onto Ratein's ley lines which made it safer to turn someone into a dullahan. Afterwards, they destroyed the original notes such that no one could ever attempt the cruel methods used to create dullahans again

Brianna and Danielle then pointed out that the very notion of turning someone into a dullahan was unthinkable, and sought to get an unanimous consensus that under no circumstances should the 16 turn others into dullahans unless the individual in question was prepared to bear the curse of being one. Giselle agreed, wanting to leave Balwirk as early as possible. Even so, she maintained contact with Berine and Brianna, only because she wanted to keep up to date with Balwirk's affairs

While travelling, Brianna had informed her that the Nimubas were spreading rumours about Giselle, chiding her bad behaviour and her lack of respect towards her elders in an attempt to save face. Annoyed, she decided to ruin her parents' reputations and have a one night stand with Hywel, who was annoyed with Balwirk's elven society in general and had Bianca. Afterwards, she went back to Balwirk to announce that she had a child with an unknown elf, effectively ruining her parents' reputations

With her daughter, Giselle travelled across Steruleang and did her best to raise Bianca. However as her daughter grew older, Giselle was asked about why she didn't look like the typical elves that they meet. Eventually, she caved and answered honestly, which included an explanation of what dullahans were. Bianca then expressed interest in becoming one, insisting for her mother to turn her into one. Not wanting her daughter to be immortal as she didn't want her to live a life of loneliness as the beings in her life age and pass, she refused

This caused them to argue frequently, with Bianca cutting off all contact with Giselle after a particularly violent argument in Itis 1405. Saddened but deciding to respect her wishes, Giselle continued her travels alone and eventually settled in Relnivon. She wondered if she had made the right decision settling down in Relnivon after witnessing first hand how the Unois Purge wiped out almost all of the dragons, but decided to stay regardless. In 1677, Finbar had visited her to find out more about Charles' secretive nature which led to a particularly violent exchange. Even so, Finbar's words had stuck with her and wondered if she things with Bianca could've been different if she didn't resonate with Charles and Berine more

After the purge, Noah had caught her eye with the uncomfortable way he interacted with the Relnivans despite standing at over 200 cm, which led her to suspect that he was a dragon in hiding. Even with this revelation, she knew better than to out a dragon trying to survive in the ruthless empire and left him alone. In 1744, she had a chance encounter with Stella at a rebel's meeting at an undisclosed location of Relnivon and immediately fell for her willingness to challenge to status quo

Giselle then struck a friendship with the human, who shared with her about someone matching Noah's description passing by her family's bakery and desired to get to know him better. Deciding to make her wish a reality, she monitored Noah's daily schedule and eventually set them up in 1751 by blocking off Noah's usual route which forced him to use the one where Stella usually distributed bread to the needy. This encounter eventually led to Noah and Stella falling in love with each other, something which Giselle didn't regret as while she also loved Stella, she didn't wish to burden the human with a partner that lived almost forever

In the 14 years of knowing Stella, Giselle had noticed that the prince was stalking her and wanted to do something about it. Stella told her not to, for the rebels didn't need any additional attention on them and that what the prince had towards her was merely a crush that would eventually fade once it was clear that she would spend the rest of her life with Noah. Trusting Stella, the Fifth Dullahan decided to not stalk the prince and merely note any concerning events happening in his life. Stella had also shared with her that she had revealed that she was involved in planning a rebellion to Noah as well as of Giselle's existence, something which Giselle didn't mind as Noah reminded her of Berine, both of which would take any secrets they know to their graves

In Alstas 1758, Stella announced that she would be marrying Noah on 29 Dia'ae that same year, with Giselle giving them their blessings despite still harbouring a crush on her. After being invited to their wedding, Stella then shared that the prince knew of Noah's heritage and even shared this information with her. This worried Giselle as Stella had informed him that she felt sorry for dragons, which meant that he would be wary that Stella was a possible rebel no matter how little proof he had

Giselle then spied on the prince, discovering a day before the wedding that he planned to hire an assassin to kill Stella on the day of her wedding. As she didn't have time to warn either Stella or Noah, she decided to take things into her own hands and killed the hired assassin. What she didn't know was that the prince was already tipped off that Giselle was spying on him and as such, kept the actual assassination plans hidden by using only telepathy to communicate with the necessary parties. She only learnt about her mistake when she arrived at the wedding location to see Noah being surrounded by a battalion and Stella dead

Unable to face Noah or the Gavells, she killed the prince on his birthday that same year before going into hiding for six years. During this time, she encountered a merchant who shared with her that centuries ago, they had sold a necklace to a man who had lost his son in an avalanche and his wife to suicide. Giselle wasn't interested and listened out of politeness, but her tune changed when the merchant shared that according to the Hirdiellese, the wife looked almost similar to Giselle apart from the height and hair colour. The Fifth Dullahan pressed the merchant for more information, the latter unable to do so because that was all they knew about the wife

Wanting to confirm her suspicions, she went to Hirdielle in hopes of finding someone who knew about the suicide. In Primna 1764, she had finally learnt that the wife who had committed suicide was indeed her daughter, and proceeded to cry over her regret in respecting her wishes following the fateful argument. Giselle had also learnt that her son-in-law was still alive despite being human, though she was warned by everyone to not approach him out of fears that he was somehow cursed and that he would be too overcome by grief when he saw how similar she looked to his wife

Giselle decided to ignore the Hirdiellese locals' advice and sought Salvatore out. Fortunately for her, he was extremely drunk and saw her as the ghost of her daughter. He then proceeded to ramble about how much he missed her, and that he wished that he could've done more to help what truly mattered. After passing out, Giselle decided to pursue what truly mattered to Stella and returned to Balwirk for Emmet and Addyson. She then persuaded Emmet to spearhead more violent rebellions, something which took her and Addyson eight years to succeed given his reluctance of incurring heavy losses

Giselle then sought out Berine, partially because the former knew that the Sixth Dullahan's spying skills are unrivalled amongst them, and partially because she wanted to learn about Berine more intimately, something which she attributed to the violent exchange she had with the late Thirteenth Dullahan years ago. Much to her surprise, Berine agreed without much persuasion, even going as far as to agree to start an unlabelled monogamous relationship with the Fifth Dullahan. Due to Emmet's influence, the rebel group expanded at a fast rate and was able to remain relatively hidden thanks to Addyson, who was creating destructive chaos within Relnivon to distract the key figures from learning about the actual number of rebels. While visiting the Aocite Cemetery in 1838, she had a chance encounter with Ríonach, who was visiting Brianna's grave then

Ríonach then offered the orphanage to host rebel meetings in, something with threw Giselle off as she didn't expect such an offer. Accepting it, the rebels were able to plan in a relatively safe location. Over the years, the rebels were able to unite East Balwirk, Crex, Lindow and Nantrax together but weren't enough to go against the empire's military. The turning point came in Dia'ae 1863 when Noah suddenly returned to Relnivon in his true form and caused mass destruction within the country

Due to the sight of a free wyvern openly rebelling against the empire, the dragon captives followed suit, which started a domino effect that led to the Relnivians to openly rebel against the empire. West Balwirk had also seized this window of opportunity to launch another rebellion against the empire, forcing the Unois Empire to divide its resources against three fronts. In order to advance, Emmet, Giselle, and Addyson entered Relnivon to provide the Relnivians with support, which meant working alongside Noah

In 31 Dia'ae 1864, Giselle and Noah were leading the rebels against the military per Ríonach's suggestion, though Giselle found it strange that she kept crying and apologising about it. However, due to the crumbling infrastructure around them and loud explosions heard across the country, Noah failed to notice a group of imperialists planning to shoot him with bullets loaded with explosives. Giselle did, and magnetised her neck cage such that all the shots directed towards her instead before using what little time she had before the bullets exploded to fatally electrify the imperialists

Smiling as the bullets exploded instantly after coming into contact with her neck cage, she thought about seeing Bianca once more in the afterlife...

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