Artemisia Minerva Tabbris Blair

Race	Human
Dynasty	House Victoria
Player	Becky Moody

Artemisia

Name: Artemisia Minerva Tabbris Blair

Dynasty: Victoria

Notable Traits: Usually armed with a dataslate, a sketchbook, and an umbrella

Titles and Nicknames: Troublepants, Arty

Information Known by Arkangel Society

Artemisia's first appearance on Arkangel was in attendance at a birthday gathering for Lord Captain Borovich whereupon she horrified her brother, made a great many arrangements for adventures, and refused to leave.

She still refuses to leave.

She has professed herself a xenobotanist, general xenographer, and a pilot. Her mechanical knowledge seems highly specialised towards breaking security systems. Most recently she helped reacquire Regimental Mascot Elizabeth, and so now finds herself with a new creature to learn about now her initial enthusiasm for squigs has passed.

Lineage

The eighth child in the Blair family dynasty, and thus in line to inherit nothing whatsoever. Formerly resident on Halbert-A, of the triptych star system Thricecrown.

Known Associates

• Romeles - her brother, to whom she is a constant thorn in the side of.
• Sterling - Romeles's 1IC, but fortunately he's so lovely Arty wasn't at all upset when Romeles designated him as deputy when he was unable to attend the Captain's Table
• Alexandra Euphemia Blake - Artemisia's extremely long-suffering bodyguard, previously thought deceased.
• Adelaide Mercy Blake - Effie's sister and newly returned.

Rumours

• Had an as-yet unexplained falling out with her eldest sister Cecilia, the Sector Governor of the House Victoria estates of Thricecrown, which precipitated her appearance on Arkangel. She's since gone on to explain, in the broadest possible strokes, that her sister is, in fact, a "bitch who tried to have me killed".
• Turns out, there's a bounty on her head. Is it a couple of million (currency unconfirmed)? Is it a thousand marks? Who knows.
• Her brother Romeles is consistently trying to encourage her to have a proper profession and join the Ecclesiarchy.
• At the most recent gathering hosted by the CHI, her brother capitulated and agreed she could remain with the crew for at least a few months without his insisting she head to a convent.

Quotes from her

• [Hanging from a tree] "It can't get any worse, can it?" [it starts to rain] "Obviously, it can." - Artemisia
• "I bought a squig! This is the best day ever!" - Artemisia, shortly before discovering just how rapidly one squig can turn into many squigs.
• "I got a pile of fossils to excavate! This is the best day ever!" - Artemisia, shortly before engaging in archaeology with a brick.
• "I got an egg to study! This is the best day ever!" - Artemisia, later that same day.
• "I'm going on a whale hunt! ....Wait, why are we hunting whales?" - Enthusiasm meets lack of planning.
• "All right, so we need a nod. But it's going to be dark. What's a good code phrase? Oh! Okay, so if I say, We're All Reasonable People Here, then everyone knows to start a fight?" - Artemisia leads her first mission briefing.

Quotes from others

• "So full of energy with lust for adventure and knowledge all tied together with the casual nobility we have come to expect from her family. All in all I can't wait to have a chance to show her 'my ancient xeno lore'" - Maximillion
• "Full of curiosity and excitement. Trouble, obviously, but our kind of trouble." - Mac
• "A gilded cage is still a cage Krasotka" - Arkady Borovich
• "Brilliant in many ways, but shackled by expectation and propriety." - Rusev
• "So many questions, but I am always partial to bribery. Especially in the knowledge that it aggravates her brother." - Ed'wari
• "Her, I like. Good shot with that rifle of hers and a damned good heart behind it, I pray to the God-Emperor that this company full of reprobates and misfits doesn't twist and jade that heart" * - Cartwright
• "Milady is a true delight, if not a little distracting" - Sterling
• "Wow... umm... she took that kinda... personally... can such capacity for compassion survive out here? Such potential to feel the pain of others..." - Araquiel
• "Still fun and energetic, willing to get stuck in. I like her." - Maximillion
• "I didn't mean to be patronising to her. I didn't realise she was... Unused to the horrors people in our line of work regularly face. I hope she never gets as jaded as I am about it all. She's too good a person for that." Tomas J Rexuz
• "I love to see her passion for adventure where ever we go. To often we forget that life is one great adventure." - Maximillion
• "Seeing her with all her limbs sliced off was one of the most disturbing things to happen to me and given that I once came across a naked, greased up Twigjack in the air vents, that's saying a dammed lot. Id rather not see her in that much pain again" * - Cartwright
• "I mean, I liked her especially after she punched out an ork. But if we're going to keep doing some things together, I should probably actually get to know her." - Friedrich Sternenlicht
• "There will come a day when you come to understand that for every adventure, for every wonder, somewhere out there is a horror and it will come to you. It is what you do when you come to that point that matters. Keep on adventuring or run back to your gilded cage." - Ambrose Cordell Tollman
• "Endlessly insufferable and she makes my job about 50 times harder than it needs to be, but there's something about her that makes loyalty easy. I wouldn't have her any other way." - Alexandra Euphemia Blake
• "A smile like summer, and a scowl like all the storms upon the sea." - Thunder
• "I thought maybe she was a spoiled little noble like so many others when we first met. Now I see there is so much more to her, there is iron in this woman that you do not see often in her people." - Rusev
• "It took me losing an arm to remember the person I had become, but the vastly more painful thing about the situation has to be leaving her alone in such a place. Artemisia may forgive me but I shall never forgive myself." - Cartwright
• "If I tell you to do something, it's not because I'm your big brother and I want to boss you around, it's because I'm terrified you're going to die if you don't." - Romeles Uriel Corinthian Blair
• "Even when faced with with dangers all around, Milady must have her tea and scones. Always bringing a welcome feeling of normalcy when surroundings are unfavourable." - Sterling
• "Even in the worst of situations she always has a ready smile and a childlike sense of adventure. She is a blessing to work beside." - Maximillion
• "Smart. Strong. Kind. I hope she stays kind and this place does not hurt her too much. I wonder why Lyt says we came from the same place." - Skyfall
• "Lady Blair is impulsive and undisciplined. She would have happily run off by herself into the Night after Lord Commander Cartwright when he was being A DAMN FOOL. However it showed her compassion, something a little lacking among the crews. She is also a fine marksman" - Surgeon General Schwarzekappel
• "I am privileged to have borne witness to that core of tempered steel." - Missionary Stenberg
• "I feel kind of bad about shooting her, but life puts us in funny places sometimes." - Lord-Captain Macharius Malvoisin
• "She doesn't understand why, and thankfully she never will" - Cartwright
• "Got more warrior ability in her than I thought. I am impressed. Though her enthusiasm does seem to run away with her sometimes" - Azrael Schwarzekappel
• "I saw the way she looked at me then and realised that no matter how I try, they will always be scared of me."- Ed'wari
• "I would not raise my voice to you, much less my hand. I will not fight you. I yield." - Arkady Borovich
• "In all things well dressed and with impeccable style. We need more like her." - Maximillion
• "You seen her move in a fight, Lenno? Not that that matters under the circumstances, but it doesn't hurt either. So yeh, when I can get her alone, I'll ask her. I mean, you've gotta figure if she really wanted out of that whole weird fucking owned-by-her-brother situation, she'd go to Borovich, but still. Hunter like that shouldn't be caged." - Spider
• "P-01-18.02-12: Artemisia. There's always one who thinks it's a good idea to venture out in search of dangerous heroics. Artemisia is taking a deadly risk by exploring the Maw. I hope she doesn't yet learn how capable she really is. If she does, she may never know a normal life - Something in which we all are owed." - Florentius Sweetwater
• "Sometimes I find it hard to tell who wears the trousers in this dynasty... then an umbrella comes from nowhere and I'm reminded." - Decius Crane
• "Her endless patience and kindness is a blessing. Once upon a time somebody told me I could never become more if I didn't abandon my duty, but Artemisia has proven them wrong over and over. I can become more without abandoning the core of who I am, and serving as her protector is both honour and privilege beyond duty." - Alexandra Euphemia Blake
• " Milady always has a smile, but the smile she was making towards Euphie and I was intense. " - Sterling
• "We are going to make so much mischief together, I can already tell." - Stacy
• "I am apparently going shopping with her. This should be an experience..." - Friedrich Sternenlicht
• "I only saw her briefly this landing and she was obsessing over taking her bodyguard on a "shopping trip" along with a few others. What is a "shopping trip?"" - Azrael Schwarzekappel
• "Don't worry, I've got you. We've got this."Anahita
• "The passion she showed with that brick and her archaeology is an inspiration to us all." - Maximillion
• "She is a fine student, quick to learn and follows instruction well. However her compassion may be a detriment to making the hard decisions should she pursue the role of a field surgeon. That said the way she took Cartwright apart in their duel... I er... ahem" - Azrael Schwarzekappel
• "Told her I was about to shoot her and that's why I turned coward and ran, was surprised how she took that. A better person than I shall ever be, I should not be her friend" - Cartwright
• "She's game, I'll give her that. The pair of us arms deep in a Cromm security system, and she knew what it might do..." - Sgt. Iago Lennon
• "She could still do with some discipline, but she's learning how to be an officer. Now she just needs to learn that leading means sacrifice, and it's the hardest lesson to learn and live with." - Lord-Captain Romeles Uriel Corinthian Blair
• "Milady brings her warmth and care to the medbay, something that the experienced surgeons have lost over the years." - Sterling
• "Saved my life, which goes without saying. But she might be our best chance in another way as well." - Mac
• "There were many things I had not expected on this venture. I had previously seen her fire... now, I have been honoured with a glimpse of a little more of the depths and strength of her heart." - Stenberg
• "Hold firm to your beliefs and compassion, let none drive you from this path you follow and you will become a great leader." - Maximillion
• "It makes sense that life over the line has attraction for some. Artemisia has more in common with Stacy than I thought possible... perhaps we will become friends too. I hope so." - Stenberg
• "I have nothing for you." - Ambrose Cordell Tollman
• "Not a fun thing to go through. But go through it we all must, sooner or later." - Mac
• "The Emperor wants us all to be here. Why else heal everyone? Some great task awaits us in the Maw and it is not the time to go joining a convent. Besides, I know a smashing little cocktail bar on Arkangel" - Cartwright
• "They are doing what they love, nothing else matters." - Maximillion
• "Ppphhhwwwoooaaar. Did you see how she looked at my helmet?!" - Wruturd
• "Everything I have said about Arty before still rings true. No matter how uncertain or complicated things may be, I know I will always do everything in my power to protect her. She is a true friend." - Alexandra Euphemia Blake
• "She's started calling me Nathaniel . . ." - Cartwright
• "When she finally figures out how good she is at things, I'm going to be so happy." - Stacy
• "Sometimes things don't go the way you planned, and that's OK. No one blames you; it is what it is. If she could learn that, I think she could relax more." - Mac
• "When she agreed to sign on under the Lord Captain officially I did not expect that her role on the ship would be wedding planner." - Sterling
• "I wonder, do you see the road opening up before you? Where it is taking you, what paths and choices?" - Missionary Stenberg
• "She's going to be even worse now she has Europa to gang up on me with." - Lord-Captain Romeles Blair
• "She seems to not notice I am present until she says something incriminating. On a more positive note she remains an excellent pupil when being talked through the medicae arts" - Azrael Schwarzekappel
• "I concede that having pre-prepared wedding cake was a good idea. A good, delicious idea" - Alexandra Euphemia Sterling
• "I fear someone so kind suffers more than the rest when some deeds must be done. " - Sterling
• "It takes strength… because it hurts, and you understand the stakes. Strength that you absolutely possess." - Stenberg
• "I am very sorry she had to see that side of me. Violence and war do not come easily to her. I hope they never do." - Tomas J Rexuz
• "That sort of kindness is astonishingly valuable. To all of us." - Stacy
• "She gives a care and compassion that many need, that I am unable to give and no longer fully comprehend" - Azrael Schwarzekappel
• "Good situational awareness and personnel positioning, her timing was impeccable and she had an unwavering courage in the face of a truly despicable foe. Were it not for her compassion she would have made a a dammed good Guard Officer. I believe, in time, she is going to create her own glorious and everlasting legend out here in the Maw " - Cartwright

OOC Information

Player: Becky Moody

Inspirations: Evie (The Mummy), Jane (Disney's Tarzan)

Soundtrack: It's my life - Jon Bon Jovi, Never Enough - Greatest Showman OST, Strangers like me - Disney's Tarzan OST, The Mummy OST, Try Everything - Shakira, ME! - Taylor Swift, Queen of Kings - Alessandra