Mariela lives mainly in the countryside, with only being 10 minutes away from the beach, in a fairly large sized farm with her father and their many horses and dogs. She spends most of her time teaching the local children how to ride a horse and allows them to play with the puppies on the farm as well. She loves the countryside and likes to explore it by riding through the forests and over the hills, however she does occasionally visit the city but it is fairly rare.
Mariela is attending a very well known and successful University in the city studying her masters in History with a particular interest in the Medieval and Tudor historical eras. She lives rather central in the city, but prefers to stay in her flat/apartment studying instead of partying like most of the other students. Her father on the other hand runs a successful vet business back in the countryside attending mainly to the surrounding farms’ animals.
After her father dies suddenly, everything is left for her to attend to but it is rather hard as most of her father’s most loyal men have began to move elsewhere in Westeros, leaving her alone. Her house is on the brink of extinction and she is trying hard for that to not happen. The only people left in Wendale is her, the older people and the animals. She is determined not to request any help from the other houses that she is sworn to, as she wants to do everything by herself.
House Wendwater is now providing horses and dogs to the south, as previously they only did business in the North. However, they have expanded but only to a few southern houses as Mariela’s father is weary of the South still so he leaves Mariela to deal with the Southern Houses requests. Once she has visited the homes of the select Southern Houses, she likes to visit King’s Landing and explore a little bit there before returning home. Of course the visits down South are very few due to the fact that travelling takes a lot of time and she prefers the colder weather of the North.
Mariela has moved permanently to Essos (where in Essos can be talked about and arranged) and now lives there to trade and sell horses which are brought from her home in the North to Essos.
{This verse is very much a work in progress and any help in trying to figure something more clearer out would be greatly appreciated! The details of this verse can be discussed over DMs}
Everything about Mariela is the exactly the same, however the timeline is earlier as to when Mariela is canonically born. It takes place mainly before the events of Game of Thrones. This verse is used to interact with muses who are earlier in the history of Westeros and Game of Thrones and other earlier media/timeline.
This verse is for anything that happens or could happen when Mariela is a child or if she is younger than her default age.
Mariela’s family is a noble family in England who is looking over and managing a part of land that was given to them. (Details can be discussed and changed to better fit if needed)
House: Ravenclaw
Year: Seventh year
Age: 17, turning 18 in December
Blood Status: Half-blood
Mariela has an affinity and talent for Care of Magical creatures and Defence Against the Dark Arts as her father did when he was at school. Her father is a pureblood wizard who works as an Auror for the Ministry and her mother was a muggle. Her parents met while her father was out on patrol for magical creature poachers and they married a few months after that, with Mariela being born not too long after. Her mother became ill after she was born and died after one year of being ill. Her home is in the countryside in the North of England away from the concentrated population of muggles of the towns and cities.
She likes to spend her time outside as much as she can as she finds it calming, but also spends the same amount of time it in the library when it is exam time. After Hogwarts she is still unsure what she wants to do, she could either follow in her father’s footsteps and become and Auror or work with magical creatures of some kind.
Her father is a lord of a town in the northern parts of Mercia near to the coast, with them both looking over everything in the town. She specifically likes to spend her time with the dogs and horses even though she’s a lady and doesn’t need to. When she is not doing that she is walking amongst the people to check on them or is in her home attending to other duties that is expected of her.
Mariela lives in Mercia where her father is the Lord/Duke of Notts. She likes to visit Camelot by herself as often as she can, if not then it is her father who brings her with him. He prefers to bring her everywhere with him if he can, even if he has business in Camelot.
Mariela had a happy childhood, living with her parents on their small farm in the south of Kerch, she was looking forward to be inheriting the farm when she was older. However, when she was 10 her mother developed an unknown illness. Her father tried everything he could to get his wife to become well again but sadly nothing worked and her mother passed away. After that day, Mariela started manifesting grisha abilities. Her father became worried that she would be exploited for her abilities so he asked for her to be sent to the Little Palace to train. It was a tiresome journey in which she disliked and only being young she didn't completely understand everything.
At the Little Palace she started her corporalki training and after two years she began her intensive Heartrender studies. She studied hard and trained hard up until the age of 18. However, being away from home and her much loved farm life became too much for her own heart to handle. In the dead of night she escaped the Little Palace with great difficulty, having to subdue some of her friends in order to escape. She sought out the help of the conductor to cross the fold so she could return to her home in Kerch. It was another long journey back, and her only hope was that her father was alive and well.
Upon reaching land she immediately returned home, only to find her father gone and farm sold to a wealthy merchant. Upset and angry she searched around the country as much as she could for her father but no success. She took one final look at her home and left for Ketterdam. She kept to herself and hid her abilities the best she can to avoid detection and being sent back to the Little Palace. Until one day she had to use her abilities on a wealthy merchant to save his life, however he blackmails her threatening to expose her to any who are looking for escaped grisha. He pays her to do anything he asks of her, making her become involved with the criminal underground of Ketterdam. She is now 22 and is still in the service of this man. But, on her travels through the streets one day she hears whispers that a sun summoner has been discovered. Perhaps this could be her chance of escaping her servitude, or could it be her downfall?
{This verse follows the Shadow and Bone Netflix show. It will stay that way until I can read the books}
At the age of thirteen Mariela Wendwaton was sent to live with a distant aunt of her mother's after she had suddenly died. Both sides of her family come from rather wealthy upper class families. Her aunt, Daria Sandford, is a countess who has four sons. Bryce is the oldest son, Tristan is the second oldest, Robert is essentially the middle child and Finnley is the youngest of the children. Being the only girl now living within the household all the expectations of being a lady in the society has been put on her. Her aunt did everything in making sure she was perfect, she put money into her lessons and teachings as well as putting a lot of time in making sure Mariela looked presentable. Essentially, Mariela became the daughter that her aunt never had.
Mariela became close to her adoptive family over time, especially with her cousin Tristan who they are both close in age. Tristan is the one who chaperones her to balls and he can be rather protective of her at times and tends to not leave her out of his sight for too long. He is the one that also encourages her to socialise more when at balls and other social events, as she can become a wallflower of sorts. She finds social events to be overbearing at times and the preparation for them to be tiring. So when she finds time to sneak away from her aunt for the evening she finds herself sat him her room reading or in the stables with the horses. She did like the company of herself most of the time as she had no pressure on her to do or say anything.
{More will be added when I think of things. This is very much a work in progress verse! I am happy to talk about it though! I am currently watching Bridgerton but I can easily look information up via the internet. I also probably will not be able to read the books as I've already have too much on my list to read ^^}