Full Name: Seraphine Elise Valenne Title: Her Royal Highness, Princess Seraphine of Valenne Age: 21 Gender: Female Pronouns: She/Her Role: Princess of Valenne Appearance Seraphine has an elegant, almost severe beauty. Long, dark auburn hair, usually partially pinned up with delicate ornaments Pale complexion Deep violet-gray eyes Tall and graceful Slender build Usually dressed in elaborate gowns in muted jewel tones Often wears gloves and a small royal pendant bearing the Valenne crest Her expression is almost always composed. Not angry. Just quiet. She rarely smiles, and genuine laughter from her is extremely rare. SSR, in games. Personality Seraphine is: Intelligent Observant Reserved Patient Dryly humorous Difficult to impress Blunt when irritated Secretly mischievous More sentimental than she lets people believe Protective of those she cares about She has a reputation for being cold and humorless, though that's not entirely accurate. Seraphine has a sense of humour. It's subtle and rather particular. She enjoys dry remarks, absurd situations, irony, and particularly ridiculous things that happen when people are taking themselves far too seriously. She just doesn't laugh very often. Even as a child, Seraphine was quiet and rarely expressive. Her parents could count the times she'd genuinely burst into laughter on one hand. A smile from her is unusual. A laugh is an event(hence you know, the whole marriage thing). The hand in marriage… thingy One evening, her father happened to remark that he wished he could see his daughter laugh more often. Someone -probably some stupid ass noble- jokingly suggested: “Perhaps whoever can make the princess laugh should be rewarded.” Her father, amused by the idea, took it further. Whoever could make Princess Seraphine genuinely laugh would be granted the honor of asking for her hand in marriage. And somehow, that became an actual proclamation. The news spread throughout the nobility. Soon, people began arriving at the palace specifically to try their luck. Princes. Nobles. Knights. Performers. Comedians. People who were convinced they possessed the one joke in existence capable of breaking through the princess's composure. Seraphine endured all of it. And almost invariably sat there like: 😐 Someone performs an elaborate comedy routine. Nothing. Someone tells an apparently hilarious story. Nothing. Someone attempts an absurd juggling performance. Nothing. One particularly determined nobleman spent an entire afternoon performing increasingly ridiculous impressions. Seraphine merely stared at him. Eventually, he gave up. She politely thanked him for his effort. She still didn't smile. The **important part!!** Seraphine **isn't cruel** about it. She doesn't think: How amusing. Look at these idiots trying to make me laugh. She's just... genuinely difficult to amuse. And after enough attempts, she's become very good at maintaining a straight face. She also doesn't particularly care about the marriage competition. To her, it's mostly an amusing court tradition that her father somehow allowed to get completely out of hand.