Post by Lucy Pevensie on Jun 29, 2009 17:57:51 GMT -5
Lucy Pevensie
Name: Lucy Pevensie
Nickname: Lu, Queen Lucy the Valiant, queen of old
Age: 12
Race: Human/Daughter of Eve
World: Earth, though has also been a resident of Narnia
Alliance: Aslan!
Celebrity Claim: Georgie Henley
Looks:
Lucy stands about 4’9” with soft brown hair reaching just past her shoulders and a slight frame. Her face is rounded and set with chocolate brown eyes that show both innocence and strength. She still has a very youthful appearance, though her years of being queen have made her mentally grow up faster than normal. Her clothing, when situation allows her to pick it, is usually reflective of her time in the Golden Age of Narnia and status as a queen of old, very Narnian and formal in style, usually consisting of long dresses with added detailing. However, she is not opposed to dressing down either should situation call for it.
Personality:
Growing up the youngest of four siblings during war and other trials, Lucy learned to count a great deal on her siblings and those she counts at friends. She looks up to her brothers and sisters as examples and role models and prefers the company of others, especially her family, than being alone. However, even with her inclination towards close relationships and trust, she is very strong-willed and not afraid to stand up for what she believes is right. She is a firm believer in Aslan and that good will ultimately triumph. This is where she got her title of “valiant”.
In addition to her strong faith and love for her family and friends, Lucy is very dependable, determined, and tries to look for the good in people. Her past, though, has had a profound effect on her: spending her younger years in a war-torn world, her brother’s betrayal, witnessing Aslan’s death, and being given the responsibility of a queen at the age of ten. While she has learned many ways to be more mature, she has also picked up the habit of taking things very personally and getting emotional easily. Many times, she will blame herself when she can’t find or figure out the real root of the problem. She does try not to let this get in the way of her searching for the positive side of things and, most importantly, staying faithful to Aslan. She believes it to be her job many times to keep her brothers and sister, and those around her who might need it, on the right track when it comes to counting on the help of the Great Lion.
Family:
Peter Pevensie – oldest brother
Susan Pevensie – older sister
Edmund Pevensie – older brother
History:
Lucy was born the fourth and youngest child of the Pevensie family in 1930 London. She grew up in a world that was struggling for normalcy, but showing hints of war. In 1939, when she was just 9 years old, the second World War broke out and her father joined the military, leaving only her, her mother, and her brothers and sisters. It wasn’t long before the bombs started coming in the form of the German Blitz. For fear for her children’s lives, Mrs. Pevensie sent the four to the countryside to live with an old professor until everything was safe.
It was here where Lucy first found Narnia during a game of hide-and-seek. She hid in an old wardrobe, but soon found that there was a snowy wood and a kind faun inside. Upon her return, her siblings didn’t believe her. However, when all four were running from the threat of being caught for smashing an expensive window, they hid again in the wardrobe and all found themselves in Narnia. Immediately, they were swept up in the oncoming war there against the White Witch. Led by the oldest, Peter, they discovered they had no choice but to help when one brother, Edmund, was found to have been there shortly after Lucy’s first trip and had betrayed them to the White Witch. Even after this, Lucy was the only one who truly wanted to stay with the desire to help the Narnians.
Upon making it to Aslan’s camp and meeting the Great Lion, Edmund was rescued, though it was not long before the White Witch returned to claim that his betrayal make his life her property. In his place, Aslan went to die at the Stone Table, Lucy following with her sister, Susan, to watch from afar. It was a shocking and heartbreaking experience for the young girl and, as soon as the White Witch’s forces left, she went with Susan and stayed at the Stone Table until morning while her brothers went off to war against Jadis. When they went to leave the Table, though, Lucy and Susan were stopped by the commotion of the Stone Table cracking and turned to find that Aslan was alive. He explained to them the idea that he had done nothing wrong, but had died in Edmund’s place, so the Deep Magic of the Stone Table had caused the Stone Table to break and death itself to turn back.
At Aslan’s arrival back, Lucy and Susan went with him to the White Witch’s castle, where Aslan freed all of the stone creatures that had been trapped there, including the faun that Lucy had befriended when she first arrived, Mr. Tumnus. Along with the new army of freed creatures, Lucy and Susan went with Aslan to help Peter and Edmund and the army against the White Witch at Beruna. Lucy got there to find Edmund mortally wounded and Peter in an intense battle with the Witch herself, stopped only by Aslan killing the Witch before she could deal the final blow. She used the Fireflower juice – a powerful healing cordial – given to her by Father Christmas during their travel to Aslan’s camp to heal Edmund, while Aslan revived the creatures who had been turned to stone by the White Witch’s magic.
The Battle of Beruna finished, Lucy and her three siblings were crowned the rulers of Narnia at Cair Paravel by Aslan himself. The years that followed came to be known as the Golden Age of Narnia, during which there was peace and prosperity. Queen Lucy joined her siblings in handling various political topics and other such things for fifteen years until the siblings went out to catch the silver stag, rumored to grant a wish to whomever captured it. They were chasing it on horseback in Lantern Waste when they paused for a break and came across a lit lamppost in the middle of the woods. Lucy, then 25 years old, recognized the lamppost, though could not remember from where, and left her horse to follow a path that seemed familiar to her, her siblings following. After a short walk, they came through a patch of thick growth and when they came out, they were on the other side of the wardrobe back in the old professor’s house, hardly five minutes after they had gone through it the first time, just as they had been when they originally went through.
The once again ten year old Lucy was shaken by the loss of her home and made several attempts to find Narnia again, all fruitless. During one attempt late at night, she was caught by the professor, during which time she learned that he too had once been to Narnia and had also been trying to get back there when he learned that they had been there. This opened up a new relationship between the children and the previously aloof professor. They shared their stories from Narnia, and he shared his, and when the time came for them to return to London, they kept in contact with him via letters.
Upon getting back to London, Lucy resumed school and daily life with her family and friends, though the memory of Narnia never left her. She kept the idea that maybe someday they would go back, but accepted after some re-acquainting, that earth was their home now. Her oldest brother, Peter, however, took the change much harder, and frequently got into fights and arguments. Though she didn’t take the same approach as her other brother Edmund – getting Peter out of scuffs by force – or sister Susan – more skepticism - Lucy took it upon herself to try and help her brother adapt by reasoning and consoling.
Lucy was preparing to return with her siblings to school when Peter got into another fight at the train station. It was during the time that the four of them were sitting together waiting for the train to their respective school and attempting to calm the growing argument between themselves that they first felt the tug. Lucy was the only one who recognized it for what it was: magic. From their own perspective, the world around them started to tear apart until all that was left was the cold stone of a cave leading to a beach in Narnia. Lucy couldn’t have been more thrilled to be back, along with her siblings, their quarrel forgotten, until Edmund discovered that they were at the base of a familiar cliff topped with ruins that had not been in Narnia when they had left. Calming her excitement to explore the ruins with her siblings, it wasn’t long before Lucy recognized them as Cair Paravel. They found a vault holding their old things – including Lucy’s old Fireflower cordial and dagger from Father Christmas – and set out to find out what was going on. While out they found the dwarf Trumpkin, who filled them in on what had been happening since they left. It was from him that they learned that it had been nearly 1300 years in Narnia (exact: 1288) during the single earth year that they had been gone and that the Telmarines had invaded Narnia and forced all talking animals and other creatures into hiding. They also learned of Prince Caspian, who had called for them using Susan’s horn – Susan’s gift from Father Christmas – and that he was seeking their help in overthrowing his uncle, the Telmarine king, Miraz.
The journey to find Caspian and the Narnians he had gathered to his side was long and hard, especially with the Telmarine army attempting to reach Caspian as well. Once Lucy spotted the Great Lion, Aslan, but no one else in the group believed her and Peter instead led them in another direction. When that direction ended in a dead end, they were forced to accept that perhaps Aslan really had been showing Lucy the way and returned to the original spot to find that it in fact did offer a clear path. It was during the night that Lucy woke from a dream, thinking she heard Aslan nearby, and went out to seek him. Instead, she ran into the Narnian army of Prince Caspian, where Peter, who had followed her, mistook friend for an old foe and attacked one of the minotaurs in an attempt to defend his sister. Instead, he found himself in combat with Caspian himself, not knowing who he was. The commotion brought Susan and Edmund as well and Peter nearly ended the battle violently until Lucy stepped in and stopped it. It was then that they discovered who one another was and joined forces.
Lucy followed her siblings and Caspian to Aslan’s How where they were stationed and was taken aback to find that they had built camp around none other than the Stone Table itself, unknowing what they had found. She did what she could to help around the How, but it wasn’t long before Peter took charge and insisted they take immediate action in the form of attacking Miraz’s castle at night. Though there was great opposition, Lucy included, the plan was adopted and Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Caspian led the army out in a direct assault while Lucy stayed back at the How with less able fighters and those designated to keep watch over their base there. The hours they were gone were agonizing and slow, filled with many trips between the Stone Table and to the terrace overlooking the main entrance to the How, hoping to see her siblings returning. When they finally did return, it was not a pretty sight and Lucy was met with not the joy of seeing her siblings again, but the sheer vastness of the losses and Peter and Caspian literally at one another’s throats.
The mood around the How was much more somber after the failed attack and desperation was evident in nearly every person present. Lucy did what she could to help pick people up, but even she was starting to wonder what they could possibly do. It was while she was attempting a light conversation with several of the fauns that the news came: Caspian had been tricked and had let free the White Witch before any could stop him. The events that followed were a blur of confusion and rush as the Narnians fled the How, doing their best to avoid the Telmarines and the Witch alike. It took every ounce of Lucy’s courage and knowledge and training from her fifteen years as a queen of Narnia to keep her cool in the chaos.
The Narnians that made it out of the mess fled to Archenland to regroup and get away from the terror quickly taking over Narnia as the White Witch took control and claimed Miraz’s old castle as her own. Now she stays with the Narnians in hiding, offering what help she can and keeping the hope that Aslan will come to help them once again.
Your Name/Nickname: AB or Lucy
Roleplaying Experience: 8+ years
Sample Roleplay:
Lucy wasn’t a fan of the zoo since her trip to Narnia, but her friends back in London had insisted they take a trip there together to escape the stress of the latest barrage of air raid drills the day before. They’d all known people from school who had lost their lives in real air raids, so the sound of the sirens was a terrifying way to spend an afternoon. Her two friends, Amanda and Caroline, had thought that London’s grand zoo would be a fun way to get away for a few hours. Lucy thought otherwise.
Leaning over the railing of one of the exhibits, Lucy watched the bears wander around their tiny enclosure with a frown. Her friends were behind her discussing if they should get cotton candy or popcorn, but she really had no interest in the topic. The bear looked so sad. It reminded her of one of the bears she had befriended in Narnia, with nearly the same colored fur and everything. “I’m sorry, my friend,” she said under her breath. Seeing the animals caged like this after spending fifteen years talking and laughing with them was awful. The bear, however, was not a Talking Beast, and did nothing in response to her except lean up to scratch at a tall stump in the enclosure. Her friends looked over and came to either side of her, exclaimed at how tall the bear looked and at how it was a wonder they didn’t declaw it. Wonder indeed. Poor creature.
After a few minutes, Caroline decided it was enough watching the bear and, with enthusiastic agreement from Amanda, took Lucy’s hand and set off for the popcorn stand a ways off. As they walked, Lucy looked off to the side and paused when she saw a lion in one of the exhibits. In the moment she looked over at it, she would have sworn it looked up, directly at her. It didn’t have the same intelligent eyes as Aslan, but the memories came rushing back until she found herself being pulled back to reality by her friend’s anxious tug. No, she wasn’t in Narnia anymore. But that didn’t mean it wasn’t in her.