Tiptoe
Merytre-Iset Gilgeira (a.k.a. Tiptoe, Godsdaughter of Isis)
Merytre-Iset "Tiptoe" Gilgeira, Godsdaughter of Iset emigrated to the realm of Mortelle in 5172 RF/ED following an unusually violent storm that carried her to the realm of Anima by way of the Offing of Lumieres Morte.
Physical Description
Physical quirks
When she's annoyed, Tiptoe tends to whip her hair to one side as if she's whipping a tail back and forth.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Born in approximately 5150 RF/ED, Merytre-Iset began her life in the far east of the realm of Mortelle in a land called Oceanum Harenae (Common trans. "Ocean of Sand") in the Loquela language spoken by the Nix, Oceanum Harenae also being called Egypt in the foreign tongue of their people. The almost-murdered elder sister of a jealous brother with no hope for succession, as she lay dying 22 years later (5172) she prayed to the goddess Iset (Common trans. "Isis, Ishtar, Astari") for the strength to make good on the venom in her heart and avenge the future she might've had. Iset turned her granted her wish and awoke in her the natural Bestiare power passed through the Gilgeira line matrilineally - the power to change her face and shape entirely and pose as Mortelle and Anima alike.
Plucked from the very brink of death, she found herself transformed: in her second life she had become the dreaded arahnida (Common trans. "Manticore"). Fearing a second attempt and for the life of her beloved mother, the great sphinx Anemonella Andronica Gilgeira, Merytre-Iset appeared to hear in the dead of night and convinced her to board a ship promising the realms far beyond Oceanum Harenae and the great people of Godsblood, which the Mortelle call Greece. Where the great river bisecting Oceanum Harenae flowed into the seas to the west Merytre-Iset and Anemonella found themselves caught in a storm unlike any they had known in all their days, losing all sight of land and nearly being swept away by the gale themselves. When they awoke in the battered remains of their ship they found themselves grey-skinned and stalled somewhere between living and death. A charm of glittering blue lights guided the mother and daughter to to a nearby ship whose helm read Noyade An Bhrídeog, and the Drowned Bride herself Pèlerine Lemesre Silouane Serous welcomed them to their second life as both Bestiare Imortui.
Tiptoe and Anemonella were encouraged to settle in the wilds of Foraoise de Venin and lived there quite happily from Natale of 5172 to Darklis of 7098, integrating into Animist society with surprising ease and finding their place amongst fellow Bestiare, some of whom also found themselves far, far from any home they had ever known. During this time Tiptoe took an interest in the natural mechanics of Anima and joined the Memoriam Inanimatam in 5346, her admission to The Reminiscentia following shortly thereafter in 5349. She also took this time, along with her mother, to try and seriously understand her new unlife and the path of Le Pèlerinage, taking a particular liking to the philosophical works of Sonneillonne of Carcassonne and becoming devotees of first Ecclesia Cridhe and then Ecclesia Organica.
Then on the eve of the 200th anniversary of her rebirth in Anima, she learned her studies would carry her to yet another new land beckoning with the promise of in-depth study - this time, the land of Burgess, its strange roiling shores home to the children of the Racine and Pèlerine, the Nix and the Pitic. Tiptoe oversaw the founding of the Tillian Renitentia in Tilly's Revenge, where she remains to this day in her role as Vivus Reminiscentia/enne.
Plucked from the very brink of death, she found herself transformed: in her second life she had become the dreaded arahnida (Common trans. "Manticore"). Fearing a second attempt and for the life of her beloved mother, the great sphinx Anemonella Andronica Gilgeira, Merytre-Iset appeared to hear in the dead of night and convinced her to board a ship promising the realms far beyond Oceanum Harenae and the great people of Godsblood, which the Mortelle call Greece. Where the great river bisecting Oceanum Harenae flowed into the seas to the west Merytre-Iset and Anemonella found themselves caught in a storm unlike any they had known in all their days, losing all sight of land and nearly being swept away by the gale themselves. When they awoke in the battered remains of their ship they found themselves grey-skinned and stalled somewhere between living and death. A charm of glittering blue lights guided the mother and daughter to to a nearby ship whose helm read Noyade An Bhrídeog, and the Drowned Bride herself Pèlerine Lemesre Silouane Serous welcomed them to their second life as both Bestiare Imortui.
Tiptoe and Anemonella were encouraged to settle in the wilds of Foraoise de Venin and lived there quite happily from Natale of 5172 to Darklis of 7098, integrating into Animist society with surprising ease and finding their place amongst fellow Bestiare, some of whom also found themselves far, far from any home they had ever known. During this time Tiptoe took an interest in the natural mechanics of Anima and joined the Memoriam Inanimatam in 5346, her admission to The Reminiscentia following shortly thereafter in 5349. She also took this time, along with her mother, to try and seriously understand her new unlife and the path of Le Pèlerinage, taking a particular liking to the philosophical works of Sonneillonne of Carcassonne and becoming devotees of first Ecclesia Cridhe and then Ecclesia Organica.
Then on the eve of the 200th anniversary of her rebirth in Anima, she learned her studies would carry her to yet another new land beckoning with the promise of in-depth study - this time, the land of Burgess, its strange roiling shores home to the children of the Racine and Pèlerine, the Nix and the Pitic. Tiptoe oversaw the founding of the Tillian Renitentia in Tilly's Revenge, where she remains to this day in her role as Vivus Reminiscentia/enne.
Personality Characteristics
Motivation
Being from Oceanum Harenae originally, Tiptoe places great ceremonial importance on names and memories, her own and her mother's likely having been erased from the line of kings dating 3,000 years before her time. She's dedicated to the preservation of all information. Her specialty is the unraveling of secrets long lost to time through forensic archaeology.
Realm
Church/Cult
Honorary & Occupational Titles
- Godsdaughter of Iset (Oceanum Harenae)
- Tiptoe (Tilly's Revenge, Burgess)
Age
5370
Date of Birth
17 Voulgaris, 5150 RF/ED
Date of Death
5 Siorai 5172 RF/ED
Life
5150 AA
5172 AA
22 years old
Circumstances of Birth
Desired
Birthplace
Oceanum Harenae
Children
Current Residence
Pronouns
She/Her
Sex
Female
Gender
Non-binary
Presentation
Androgynous/Feminine
Eyes
Chartreuse, large, narrow; pupilless when transformed
Hair
Cinnabar red, elbow-length, undercut with high braid
Skin Tone/Pigmentation
Deep olive; bronze chiton when transformed
Height
5'8"
Belief/Deity
Lemesre Silouane Serous, Cridhe Loch Fae,
Aligned Organization
Other Affiliations
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