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  Mirella Rosanna Placida Adessi Aethelberg First Year This Character Belongs to Rabbitty

Mirella Rosanna Placida Adessi is a first year Aethelberg student at the International Academy of Magic. History Most of Mirella's history is unknown, even to her. She was raised by an old woman named Ermelinda, who she calls Nonna. However, she does know know if she's actually related to her or not. It wasn't until Mirella was 9 that she even learned that the word nonna meant grandmother, the mother of a parent, before that she thought it meant something like old woman or caregiver. Mirella was raised in a very, very old house in Basilicata, Italy, full of little towers, old rooms full of chests, old furniture covered with sheets. It's not dark or spooky, but quiet and tranquil, the rooms filled with light from the dusty windows. Outside, it's what was once an organized garden grown over; the grapes reaching out from their slowly collapsing trellis, looking for something new to climb on. The flowerbeds have gone away with time, but seeds from the past sprout up around. Grass, flowers, and weeds grow in the cracks in the stones that once paved paths. Most of the water has evaporated from the little fountain, that hasn't run in who-knows-how-long and what's little left in the bottom is thick with algae.

When Mirella was little, Ermelinda kept her underfoot where should could look after her. She gave lessons, teaching her how to read and write and play the ceterone and chitarra battente. But Mirella grew older and more self-reliant and Ermelinda grew older, those lessons slowly lessened in frequency until they stopped. Mirella spent her days roaming the house and grounds.

She would read. There were lots of books. Books on shelves, books in cases, books in chests. Books of history, books of religion, book written in languages she didn't know, books of magic. She would wander, through the halls and garden.

Mirella's father, Guglielmo came a few times a year. He always brought her gifts, and stayed for a few days, then left again. And then when Mirella was 10, he came in August. He announced that in a few days, Mirella would go to the International Academy of Magic, and place Mirella had never heard of before. But with some help from Guglielmo and Ermelinda, a few days later Mirella was ready to go, and she was sent of to the Academy. Personality Much of Mirella's nature was shaped by her peculiar upbringing. She is very prone to wandering around like a ghost. She's wise beyond her years, and naïve too. She avoids people. Ermelinda was there and Mirella saw two or three times a day usually, but she spent the vast majority of her childhood alone. She isn't comfortable around people, and almost subconsciously shies away from then, leaving when they come. And she's really uncomfortable in new places with new people.

Mirella cannot clearly remember anyone but Guglielmo and Ermelinda. When she was little, until she was 4 or 5, her father would take her places. She has some memories of those times, but none clear. She call pull to mind a scenes of places; of a plaza in Venice, of a room in the house of someone her father knows. Of a street full of people, of a friend of her father's. But she was so little then, it scarcely seems real, like someone else's life, not her own. She has read complex books about theology, but doesn't know what blood status is. Appearance <font face="EucrosiaUPC" size="4" color="#1F150C">Mirella has fair skin, and her bright, grey eyes stand out. Loose brown ringlets fall around her face. She seems small, but in reality isn't really any shorter than most of the other kids her age — but she is skinny and frail.

<div style="font-size:140%; font-family:'EucrosiaUPC'; text-shadow: 2px 2px #24190A; padding:3px; -moz-border-radius:3ex; border-radius:3ex;">Relationships <font face="EucrosiaUPC" size="4" color="#1F150C">Ermelinda — Ermelinda is the old woman who raised Mirella, whom she calls Nonna, the Italian word for Grandma. Mirella trusts her, relies on her, and one of Mirella's worst fears it that Ermelinda will die of age.

<font face="EucrosiaUPC" size="4" color="#1F150C">Guglielmo — Guglielmo is her father, or so she's always been told, and with no alternative, she takes this to be true. He would come and visit at least a few times every year, always bringing Mirella presents and hugs. And when shew as little, he'd take her on trips, but that was so long ago she can't quiet remember, and it was half her life ago. She loves him, but knows he's not constant, and doesn't assume him to be such.