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Nym was born Gabriella Campagna to a mother of Italian descent and a father from the states. Raised in Rhode Island, New England, she grew up assimiliating American cultural values and views on life. When she was still young, her mother successfully campaigned to have her raised according to her cultural heritage and returned to Italy to complete middle school. Instead of attending university, she held down a quiet yet successful job as a hairdresser in Florence before she met a man (also from the states) and ended up marrying him and mothering three daughters and one son (in order of descending age): Isabella, Lucretzia, Fluoro and Leonardo. She was content running her hairdressing business while her husband was often away in the states on business. Marrying into wealth, her family was well provided for and Nym believed (errantly) that she was happy. Despite this she was wracked by recurring nightmares and a niggling sense that she was missing something, something important. This would cause strains on her social relationships with others among her friends and family and cause many to remark on 'what's wrong with her'. Viewed objectively, Nym had it all; beautiful children, a 'loving' husband, good friends and enough wealth that she would never worry about finances. Yet despite all this Nym was still deeply unhappy. It was as if her heart was broken, nothing seemed to satisfy her and she fell into a deep melancholy for several years. Tired of hearing about her misery, her friends and family turned against her and her marriage grew turbulent. Nym did the best that she could, tried to be as loving a mother for her children as they could want, but her efforts were inexplicably thwarted time and time again because despite her best intentions, mothering four children was not her true calling. Nym's children loved her despite this and protecting them and keeping them safe would become her raison detre (reason for living) and guiding principle in a world filled with darkness. | Nym was born Gabriella Campagna to a mother of Italian descent and a father from the states. Raised in Rhode Island, New England, she grew up assimiliating American cultural values and views on life. When she was still young, her mother successfully campaigned to have her raised according to her cultural heritage and returned to Italy to complete middle school. Instead of attending university, she held down a quiet yet successful job as a hairdresser in Florence before she met a man (also from the states) and ended up marrying him and mothering three daughters and one son (in order of descending age): Isabella, Lucretzia, Fluoro and Leonardo. She was content running her hairdressing business while her husband was often away in the states on business. Marrying into wealth, her family was well provided for and Nym believed (errantly) that she was happy. Despite this she was wracked by recurring nightmares and a niggling sense that she was missing something, something important. This would cause strains on her social relationships with others among her friends and family and cause many to remark on 'what's wrong with her'. Viewed objectively, Nym had it all; beautiful children, a 'loving' husband, good friends and enough wealth that she would never worry about finances. Yet despite all this Nym was still deeply unhappy. It was as if her heart was broken, nothing seemed to satisfy her and she fell into a deep melancholy for several years. Tired of hearing about her misery, her friends and family turned against her and her marriage grew turbulent. Nym did the best that she could, tried to be as loving a mother for her children as they could want, but her efforts were inexplicably thwarted time and time again because despite her best intentions, mothering four children was not her true calling. Nym's children loved her despite this and protecting them and keeping them safe would become her raison detre (reason for living) and guiding principle in a world filled with darkness. | ||
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With the advent of the secret war, Nym ended up swallowing a Bee, but far from changing her into a servant of Gaia, she remembered that she already was one. This further strengthened the schism in her heart and having always played the role of the dutiful, submissive housewife - and truly thinking that this was all she could aspire to in life - Nym found her newly reawakened powers and innate sense of power to clash with her husbands expectations of her as a wife. This caused an irreconcilable riftin their relationship. With the advent of her 'powers' only further isolating her from all the muggles around her, Nym fled into the night, abandoning her husband and four children without warning. | With the advent of the secret war, Nym ended up swallowing a Bee, but far from changing her into a servant of Gaia, she remembered that she already was one. This further strengthened the schism in her heart and having always played the role of the dutiful, submissive housewife - and truly thinking that this was all she could aspire to in life - Nym found her newly reawakened powers and innate sense of power to clash with her husbands expectations of her as a wife. This caused an irreconcilable riftin their relationship. With the advent of her 'powers' only further isolating her from all the muggles around her, Nym fled into the night, abandoning her husband and four children without warning. | ||
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+ | This section is just for flavour and a little insight into Nym's hardbitten personality. Consider it like when you click an NPC in the game and they have that 'about them' section where they detail their worldview and thoughts on the Secret World. | ||
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+ | (on modern Bees) ''She sighed and gently rubbed her temples, the young ones truly did like to cause problems for her kind, "It wasn't a 'choice, darlin', but an act of desperation. Gaia was losing, so she created your kind. Kids with dynamite. What could possibly go wrong?'' | ||
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+ | (on the Filth) ''"I can see it." she admitted, sighing, "What the young ones refuse to see. How vital the Filth is. You hate it. It hurts you. And yet without it Anima would find no balance and you would have no purpose in life. You would still be a banker, or a sales clark, or a mechanic or whatever. Saddled with debt or depression or a boyfriend that doesn't love you. It's a package deal."'' | ||
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+ | (on Cucuvea) ''She's .... I dunno ... I guess she's like the mother I never had... Don't get all misty on me."'' | ||
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+ | (on her fighting style) ''These new kids, they like shooting things and blowing things up with flashy magick." she snorted, "But bottom line, we are all agents of Gaia and our powers exist to serve it. Hammer or sword, laser rifle or occult book, we are all protectors in one way or another. I'm just more obvious about it."'' | ||
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+ | (on what it means to be a Bee): "Yeah, I know darlin', the Factions and a lotta older agents like to make it seem mystical, like you're special. Sure, you're special. Special like a white blood cell surrounded by cancer, because that's what it is. What we are. A planetary auto-immune response."'' | ||
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+ | (On her clothing style): ''"I like comfy clothes. You can wear your fancy stuff, I like a nice pair of jeans and a snug top."'' | ||
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+ | (after teleporting a terrified secret worlder crying out for help): "Don't look at me like that. You called ME not the other way around. Next time don't shout so loud. It hurts my temples." | ||
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+ | (on her death): "Worried that I was gone? Where else am I gonna go?" | ||
Revision as of 14:07, 10 November 2020
'Nym (the Emerald Lady)'
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