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[virtuose]

Player: Mart
Contact: riyuji on discord, PM, riyuji
Age: 37
Pronoun: they/them/any
Timezone: GMT+8
Current Characters: N/A
Invited By: Kat | Invite Link

Character Name: Maelle
Character Canon: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Canon Point: Mid-Act 2, after defeating Renoir on the Monolith but before facing the Paintress
Age: 16

Crime: All characters are accused of a crime on arrival, tattooed on their bodies at the place of your choosing. This is an important part of the way that characters will react to the game, so please choose carefully! In addition to this, provide a brief explanation on why this crime was picked.

Background:

Game Plot from the wiki
Maelle specific biography

Personality:

For the longest time, Maelle didn't have anyone that she could rely on. Since her parents' gommage, in which they die upon reaching a certain age, she had been bouncing around the orphanage and families since the age of three. As such, it was hard for her to form any real bonds, or even feel the need to rely on people, learning to look out for herself instead. Her caretakers during this time said that she was a difficult to deal with, which explains why she hopped around from family to family. That is likely one of the factors to why Maelle felt like she didn't belong in Lumière.

While that feeling never really went away, she eventually found a stable home with Gustave and Emma, siblings who took her in as their ward. Little is known about her full relationship with Emma, but there is an obvious, strong bond forged between Gustave and Maelle.

Acting like both a father, in the need to parent her, and a brother, by always being on her side, Gustave gave Maelle the room to grow into her own person, not by stifling her behavior, but instead by providing her with some guidance and wisdom and letting her make her own decisions. He is the first adult who really showed her care, which Maelle never had much of in the past. Despite the teasing and banter between them, there is a trust there that Maelle doesn't really show to many people. Around him, there wasn't any need to put up a brave face, allowing herself to show a little bit of vulnerability as well.

Without Gustave in her life, Maelle might not have joined the Expedition, and would have remained aimless in Lumière. In more ways than one, Maelle and Gustave both needed each other to keep on going, and to help Expedition 33 to get to the Monolith and discover the truth about the Paintress.

Detached/distrustful, lack of belonging, snarky, rebellious/difficult child, wants to find identity/freedom, independent

Abilities:

Stats. With the game being friendly with how you distribute character's stats, I will have Maelle's stats focusing on agility, might, and vitality. She will be quick on her toes and pack a decent punch that most people might not expect from someone who looks like her, and have her be a little hardier than most.

Rapier Prowess. Her weapon will also cause small burns on contact when she is able to land a hard, solid blow on those who might attempt to attack or provoke her.

Pictos.

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