Nuala
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[edit] suddenly she steps wrapped into the wind
One of the last, Princess Nuala of the Sons of Earth and Bethmoora clan (daughter of Balor and Brighid, granddaughter of the Dagda, high fae and general all around personage of some importance) sacrificed herself and her brother - whether he liked it or not - to prevent said brother from unleashing the Golden Army on humanity and bringing about a war that would leave nothing standing in its awake.
Hiding from Prince Nuada after he (not without regret) killed their father rather than be stopped and executed, Nuala was found by the BPRD and taken into their protection...but, ultimately, Nuada would not stop and it was Nuala who made the choice to uphold her father's decree and keep faith with a treaty thousands of years old. It's wrong to say Nuala doesn't have any prejudice for humans; even in her sacrifice, she is effectively holding their people personally responsible for the represented death of her entire culture with her. Still, she tries to see reason and is unable to condone the genocide that Nuada views as an appropriate fate for mankind.
After their death, the last thing Nuala expected was the nexus.
[edit] brightly into brightness as if singled out
Nuala and Nuada, in many ways, function as effectively one being; unfortunately (from a variety of perspectives), they aren't. It's particularly difficult to deal with when the part of you that you struggle with is another thinking, feeling, separate person. Together, you'd probably have one relatively sane person (for a given value of 'fae'), but as they are - things are a little complicated. (Nuada's incredibly inappropriate feelings for his sister are probably the ultimate in narcissism, note.)
Both twins share a sort of telepathy beyond even their own bond, but while Nuada focused on honing his skill as a warrior and what Nuala refers to as 'tinkering', Nuala focused on honing her mind and the power in it. As her brother is Silverlance, she carries 'Silverthread', for the magic she threads into her needlework.
Of the twins, Nuala is the gentler; the kinder and more compassionate. Courted a succession of times, she's never married, never sworn herself to anyone.
Like all those of Bethmoora, Nuala is barred from the secret places of the ancients where her mother before her withdrew - the shadow of the Golden Army and those mistakes is nothing they'll risk tainting their home, among other related reasons.
[edit] while now the room as though cut to fit behind her fills the door
Needless to say, Nuada is not terribly impressed by this announcement. There may yet be another argument brewing. «Another someone?» He watches her only until the basket is at rest, then closes his eyes and tilts his head this way and that, until there are no more tiny, grinding pops. Next, a roll of his broad shoulders, and a sigh. «Must you bring home every stray you find?»
Nuala regards him for a moment or two and then announces, «Yes,» quite tartly.
[edit] (set forth just a little of herself)
- Lilia Ríos Rosado
"Nuala," she says, smiling, "You're always so hard to find. Is this your brother?" - Pippa Kerr
"Sometimes, there's more room in a broken heart." - Dara Ivarus
"Of course he does. They tend to forget we fragile creatures won't break in half when the wind blows the wrong way." - Wanda Maximoff
"Sometimes, it seems like we are the only ones who see certain family members for who they really are, in completeness, instead of the face they show the rest of the world. It's our luxury. And sometimes our bias." - Leia Organa
"Sometimes it's the understated or smaller things and moments that have more weight in the end." - Lyla Tzigano
She looks up at Nuala- not startling, not quite, but...unlike some people who breeze past unfamiliar-looking beings without batting an eyelash there is a perceptible and unguarded moment where Lyla just kind of goes 'oh. Well.' But Nuala does not seem scary, she has a really good sense for these things.
[edit] (to the heavens to be swayed)
- Prince Nuada
«You have such a way as no one else, my sister.» With words? With him? Probably both, and in general. - Mordred
He looks up -- he's used to that part -- and it takes him a heartbeat to realize what he's seeing. His eyes widen, and then he bows; gracefully, deeply, and for once in his life without irony. - Luke Skywalker
"All things change. Sometimes the passing is mournful, but there's beauty in new things, too." - Tadhg MacEibhir
What is a simple púca to do when faced with a lady of the Tuatha Dé Danann?
He goes down on one knee, is what he does, and answers her question. - Uther Doul
"It's a wonderful and terrible place, built through piracy and governed by a collection of ridings, each leading its people in the way they feel best: the solar queendom of Jhour, the protectorate of Dry Fall, the popular democracy of Curhouse, and more. If I could, I would show you the way there, so you could see it." - The Brucolac
"In another life, I would make you spice tea the way that you like it. I would tell you about the day's events, or a story I remembered or made up about the world outside the palace, until it grew dark and quiet enough for you to tell me what he had done. But I have not even met him yet, in this life. You are well, and perfectly safe, and I, a cold stranger who has shocked you from the shadows, am content with that much." - Remy LeBeau
"You can watch my hand if he ain't inclined." - Ankhenaten
"I have lived among humans for a very long time, and I do not trust anyone." - Mr. Tumnus
"Greetings and salutations, fair Lady of- oh it's you! That is to say dear Lady Nuala of Bethmoora, daughter of the great King Balor and most wise traveller of the Nexus, I would be most honored, being lost all these days without you, to call myself your Tumnus, and serve you here for all the rest of my years." - Lestat de Lioncourt
"...only you can know where we're going. Only you, Nuala."
[edit] darkly like the ground of cameo that lets a glimmer through at the edges
Princess Nuala is a character from Hellboy II: The Golden Army that I do not own and am not making any profit from playing here; I do not own the poetry used for headers here, Rilke's Lady On A Balcony. This wiki is painfully under construction.
