Crystal Giavana Montoya (a.k.a. Crys)
The daughter of a Meranese Senator, Crys Montoya has been sheltered all her life. To the wider world, her mother died when Crys was just a baby - only Crys, her father, and a handful of staff know that Silca Montoya was committed to an institution after a stained glass fortune predicted she would murder her daughter - but even that isn't the whole truth.
Raised in luxury, Crys carefully crafts a narrative of superficiality to mask her loneliness. She puts great effort toward appearance and is considered the height of Meranese fashion. Though she's only 17 1/2, she considers herself her father's advisor. She has a group of friends whose parents hold similar positions of power, but is close to only one man - her bodyguard,
Adan Navabi.
While aware of the prophecy that depicts her death at her mother's hand, Crys is determined to rewrite the future, and takes matters into her own hands when her father seems resigned to the prediction. When this determination leads her to cross paths with Sil, everything changes.
Physical Description
The physical fitness of a swimmer or gymnast, built for stamina but not necessarily strength.
Plain features, not pretty or particularly attractive until she smiles
Has glass magic in her blood
Almost always wears gloves, designed to match her myriad of outfits. Fashion is paramount, but the gloves serve the primary purpose of preventing cuts which might trigger her haemophobia.
Mental characteristics
Crys was raised by governesses and taught by private tutors, sheltered to the extreme. She has mild OCD and hemophobia largely inspired by her father's paranoia. The smallest injuries can send her spiraling, a deficiency she's been working to overcome with the help of her personal guard. She wears gloves most of the time, and managed to make them a fashion statement so that most of Merana does the same.
She's aware that her mother was sent away when she was just a baby, after someone in the house caught Silca Montoya trying to drown her infant daughter. Though she knows exactly where her mother is (or thinks she does) she's never been to visit. Crys considers her father and his husband to be the only parents she needs.
Private tutors, the best the country has to offer
Personality Characteristics
Faced with a ticking clock, Crys wants to travel to Insalum Merano in search of a way to rewrite the prophecy about her death.
Social
Charismatic and confident, Crys gets what she wants and doesn't understand the word, 'no.'
Shared Secrets
Nirav and Crys are two of the only people who know that her mother isn't dead, just exiled.
Daughter (Vital)
Towards Silca Caius Montoya
History
Mother and daughter have not seen each other since Silca attempted to drown Crys as an infant, in the hope of sparing her a worse fate down the road.
Shared Acquaintances
Nirav Montoya
History
Perian was assigned as Crystal Montoya's personal guard when she was only eight-years-old. He thinks of her as a little sister, while she harbors a bodyguard crush.
Shared Acquaintances
Nirav Montoya
Step-Daughter (Important)
History
One of the things that attracted Taj to Nirav Montoya was the man's devotion to his daughter. Taj wanted to formally adopt Crys, giving her some measure of standing in Seres, but Nirav refused to allow it. Nonetheless, Taj is usually the one Crys seeks out when she has a problem, and they are partners in managing Nirav.
Nicknames & Petnames
Crys calls him 'Papataj' when they're in private, and he calls her 'Tally.'
Relationship Reasoning
As she was only three when Taj and Nirav married, Crys considers him to be her second father.
Shared Acquaintances
Nirav Montoya
Extremely affluent, she has taken to handling her father's charitable donations.
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