MATHIESON, Ruth

[Ruth Mathieson]

†RUTH VITTORIA MATHIESON†

W H A T I F I S A Y I ' M N O T L I K E T H E O T H E R S ?

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what if i say i'm not just another one of your plays?

full name: Ruth Vittoria Mathieson

nicknames: Ruthless

birthday: March 16th

age: 22

gender: Femme

sexuality: Straight

human or vampire: Human

social status: Upper Class

Y O U ' R E T H E P R E T E N D E R .

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what if i say i will never surrender?

birth place: Dorchester, Maryland

parents: Samuel James Mathieson : Elizabeth Victoria Mathieson (deceased)

siblings: James Alexander Mathieson (20) : Emily Augusta Mathieson (17) : Edwin Samuel Mathieson (16)

pets: N/A

other: Robert Tanner, 32 (Coachman); Beth Thatcher, 37 (personal maid to Ruth); Patrick Williamson, 24 (footman)

I ' M T H E V O I C E I N S I D E Y O U R H E A D Y O U R E F U S E T O H E A R .

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i'm the face you have to face, mirroring your stare.

eyes: Periwinkle

hair: Dark Brown

build: Lithe

other features Voice Clip : clickie

I ' M W H A T ' S L E F T . I ' M W H A T ' S R I G H T . I ' M T H E E N E M Y.

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i'm the hand that'll bring you down, bring you to your knees.

likes:
Roses
Plays
The respect she's earned in the merchant trade
Foolish men
Showing up foolish women
Children
Reading
Singing
Dancing
Music

dislikes:
Foolish women
Stereotypes of her gender
Filth
Having to venture out alone at night
Crows
Rats
Beggars
Carelessness
Disrespect
Storms


personality:

Assuming the role as woman of the household when her mother died, Ruthless is exactly what her namesake implies. Shrewd, domineering, and fiercely independent, Ruth is very much a force to be reckoned with. She doesn't give her trust lightly and often fakes friendships as a means of finding out who is most useful to her and her family. She isn't completely callous as she does have a soft spot for her family, but it does take much to breech her walls. Some might attribute Ruth's hard demeanour to the fact that her father crumbled when her mother died. At the age of 14 Ruth was forced to grow up and take responsibility for herself and her siblings, with the added task of managing her family's estate. She's a no-nonsense type of girl, obviously.

But just because Ruth appears heartless doesn't mean that she is, her heart is warm though savagely protected. Alone with her family, you'd swear she was a different person. She laughs, sings, and is much more playful than anyone will see outside the walls of their home. She enjoys strolling through the family gardens in the early morning hours to see the sunrise. Ruth cherishes these quiet moments of the day when it seems as though the rest of the world doesn't exist. She can forget her worries and burdens for just a little while, finding peace. Her soul is on the breaking point most of the time, having to constantly play games, but love of her family keeps her going.

She has never been in love, she hasn't allowed herself to be as she sees romance as a distraction. Ruth has a duty to her brothers and sister, to see that they start their lives off successfully. She dare not get close to anyone while trying to find suitable significant others for her siblings, as she wants their potential partners to be her choice alone. She knows that by allowing a man into her life means giving up her right to protect her family and she is not yet ready for that. When she becomes her sole responsibility, that is when she will allow herself to love.

She comes off as haughty to most people in the community, as she is quite sarcastic and has a hard time relating to other women. She doesn't exactly care for things that women her age do, as head of household she relates more to men. Sadly, because she is a woman, they don't take her all that seriously. But Ruthless doesn't let something that trifling stand in her way, she knows what she is capable of and what she has accomplished.

strengths:
Strong willed
Clever
Beautiful (In a world ruled by men, this has become a useful weapon for Ruth)
Wisdom
Patient

weaknesses:
Her father
Feeling of being alone in the world
Her habit of mistrusting everyone outside her family
Wanting to be in love

fears:
Strangers wanting to take advantage of her and her family
Being seen as merely a weak woman
Her family not prospering
She'll never marry
Her father never recovering or killing himself

secrets:
Her father's insanity

aspiration:
To become a revered family in the community, and marry her siblings off safely.

S O W H O A R E Y O U ? Y E A H , W H O A R E Y O U ?

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yeah, who are you? yeah, who are you?

history:

Ruth's family had come from a long line of money. But they unlike other families of old money, the Mathiesons continued to work. Her father came from a long line of trading merchants, while her mother's family still provided services to the royal family. The young Mathiesons had started their life off in Dorchester, Maryland on a beautiful peace of land their mother had picked out. Growing up had been relatively easy for the newest generation of Mathiesons; they attended school, and excelled in many extracurricular activities that their mother considered very important for children their age. Life for them ran rather smoothly and happily until Elizabeth, their mother, had died.

After Elizabeth had died, Samuel retreated in on himself and let his estate be managed by the his right hand servants and left the care of his children to their nanny. As to be expected the servants began stealing and the value of the family company started to plummet. Luckily for Ruth, she had spent much time with her father while he still actively ran his trading route. When she and her siblings realised what was going on, they took matters into their own hands. Some say Samuel had lost his mind when Elizabeth had left him. Ruth had begun to think so as well, as he never left the study. He barely ate, spoke in fragmented half-crazed sentences and often talked as if the children's mother was still alive. Other times he was blind with rage at his loss, blaming the children for bringing about Elizabeth's early death. But when confronted by his children, would sob his apologies and not speak a word, not moving from a particular spot for days. Ruth knew that if this information had leaked out, competitor companies would swoop down upon them. Many unflattering and cold men began to actively seek out to marry into her family, as no one had seen Samuel Mathieson for years, save the children and only a few of the most trusted servants. To protect her family, Ruth fired over half of their hired staff and relocated to Devil's Hollow to start anew. She had hoped this relocation would stir their father to life again. But this was only half-heartedly so, Samuel was content to let Ruth manage their lives.

While the town didn't know what to make of this new strange family, Ruth didn't let that stand in her way. She pushed her siblings to make a place for themselves in their new home. It hasn't been easy for them, but they are a determined sort.

K E E P Y O U I N T H E D A R K

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you know they all pretend.

experience: 4 years and counting.


rp sample:

AS FELICIEN BRYCE MCLACHLAN OF BLOOD AND LACE



Felix, who had been walking over to her at the lass's sudden turn of attention, abruptly halted in the middle of the street. To anyone else it would sound like odd rambling, but from putting two and two together, it would seem that he had coincidentally found Willow. He stood gaping at her, speechless, when she had finished speaking. But he gave a sudden start, jumping in the air when a car that was trying to make it's way through honked loudly, only a foot from him. He had forgotten himself for a moment. Flipping off the car, Felix made his way up the drive with a suspicious look upon his face, slightly irritated from having been scared shitless by a car horn. He didn't speak, but studied her, his face was closed now that he had calmed down a bit. Approaching slowly, he ran his hand over her truck and began peeling long strips of tape from it never taking his eyes from her. Her flushed face and slightly swollen eyes were very alert in the way she regarded him. No doubt from the menacing way Felix was prowling around her truck, not speaking, watching. Was she telling the truth? And if she wasn't, what did she hope to gain by telling people He had impregnated her?

Surely nothing as she didn't feel strong. A ploy from bigger fish perhaps? And if she was telling the truth, who would want to hurt her like that? Slandering her name by claiming she was sleeping with the enemy. No; whomever had claimed that Felix had slept with this lass was out to get him. And it didn't look like this Willow girl had wanted a part of it. But how did she know him? He had never seen this lass a day in his life. That was the most unsettling part, Felix didn't like anyone knowing him that he wasn't already aware of. With that though crossing his mind, he could see no way that this girl wasn't hiding something, and by god he was going to find out what. His reputation was at stake here. He could lose everything over something he didn't even do for once.

When he had made a complete circle around the truck, he came to a halt barely an arms length apart in front of her. He thought carefully on how to begin his interrogation; If she was in fact teamed up with someone to get him in to trouble, he didn't want to be too rash in anything he said, so starting with the basics, he kept his face an voice neutral as he inquired; "So you're Willow, are ye? And how is it that ye know who I am, but I have no idea who ye are? Ye understand my curiosity, yeah? I don't know many Cruentus, so that makes it all the more curious doesn't it?"

He continued to peel tape as he watched her, she had after all asked for his help. But this lass would have to start talking if she didn't want Felix to drag her off for a more thorough questioning from his whole pack. That, he was sure, wouldn't be too pleasant of an experience. But Felix was known to get that intense, that was why no one fucked with him. He preferred to keep others on their toes when it came to how Felix would deal with them, he didn't fuck around, Just because he had to face this upset young lassie, didn't mean he would start going soft now.

secret phrase: REMOVED

[Tara Calder]