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A sidhe of the First Resurgence, Muirgen has ruled her demesne for longer than many kithain have been alive. Forced by the weight of Banality to seek shelter in physical form, she was drawn to the innate Glamour of a painter who happened to have set up her easel close to where Muirgen emerged from the Mists. Thus the newly arrived sidhe found herself inhabiting the body of a mature adult, albeit one with less Banality than most. Now in her late fifties, Countess Muirgen is quite old by the reckoning of kithain, and although her spirit is formidable, she knows that she cannot hold off Banality for much longer. Although burdened with the weight of years, Countess Muirgen maintains a vibrant interest in others which is her hallmark as a hostess. Gracious and pleasant, she has a knack for seeing both sides of a dispute, and has a marked ability to impart her insights to others. This has served her well through her long tenure as the ruler of the County of Whitethorn, enabling her to resolve many disputes through fostering understanding rather than issuing draconian decrees. Countess Muirgen harbors a deep love of tradtion, and while she understands that commoners often have worthwhile ideas to share, she is a firm believer that the sidhe nobility are natural leaders, intended by the Dreaming to guide and rule the kithain. While decidedly Traditionalist in her political leanings, she is however not reactionary by nature, and rather sees her role as to set an example of what nobility should be through fair and thoughtful rulership. She has seen that bestowing titles on exceptional commoners has served to bring a certain degree of unity to Concordian affairs, and is saddened to see that unity imperilled by recent troubles. While often puzzled and disappointed by the modern world, Muirgen has taken comfort in those things which time has not changed. Natural beauty especially delights her, and she is a talented landscape painter. She teaches this subject two days a week during the academic year at the Kansas City Art Institute. While her classes have grown smaller over the years as her subject has declined in popularity, she herself remains a favorite instructor of art students fortunate enough to benefit from her teaching. She is a noted patroness of the arts as well, and is a trustee of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, although her active participation has diminished considerably in recent years. Although she maintains a town house in the historic Southmoreland district, Muirgen spend most of her time in her country freehold, Caer Adeg-y-Lleuad. Her city home is used only when her obligations to the Art Institute or to the Duchess require her to stay in town. She frequently allows kithain with business in the city to make use of the town house even when she is not in residence. Although there were once plans to convert this residence into a freehold, the countess no longer feels she can sacrifice the Glamour which such a venture would require. Court: Seelie Legacies: Courtier / Riddler Romantic Legacies: Friend / Cynic House: Eiluned Seeming: Grandame Kith: Sidhe Physical: Strength 2, Dexterity 2, Stamina 2 Social: Charisma (diplomatic) 4, Manipulation 2, Appearance (fragile) 4 Mental: Perception (empathic) 4, Intelligence (discerning) 4, Wits 2 Talents: Artistic Expression (landscape painting) 4, Empathy 3, Instruction 2, Kenning 2, Persuasion 3, Subterfuge 2 Skills Etiquette 3, Leadership 2 Knowledges Academics 2, Gremayre 2, Law (Seelie Court) 2, Linguistics (French) 1, Lore (Changeling) 3, Politics 2 Backgrounds: Dreamers 2, Holding 4, Rememberance 1, Resources 3, Title (countess) 4 Arts: Soothsay 2, Sovereign 2 Realms: Actor 1, Fae 4 Glamour: 4 Willpower: 5 Banality: 5
Image:Seen in her mortal seeming, Maureen MacCarthy is a slender woman of late middle-age and unremarkable apperance, dressed with simple elegance. She has silver-grey hair and blue eyes creased at the corners with smile-lines. Her faerie mien is far more imposing, preserving the traces of a fragile, fading beauty. Her hair is palest silver, gathered atop her head in a regal coil. Muirgen often has a distant air, as if revisiting in memory a time long gone. When recalled to the present, her usual expression is a smile of polite interest that brightens her deep violet eyes. In manner and bearing the very epitome of a lady of quality, she dresses in elegant voile, most usually flowing, robe-like gowns of deepest indigo. She is tasteful and understated in her choice of jewelry, preferring to choose a few pieces to wear at any one time and favoring diamonds or the deepest sapphires set in white gold. On formal occasions she wears a countly coronet made from these. |
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