𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 — shanaya ; meaning enlightenment or ray of light, shanaya is a name that usually alludes to a person who is beautiful both inside and out. — mila ; with russian origins, or ravkan origins in the case of the grishaverse, the name means gracious dear one and is quite a popular name. — lantsov / nazyalensky / whatever their last name is
𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒔 — aya ; with her family, shanaya is mostly referred to as aya. her siblings and parents started calling her such when she was younger and it stuck throughout her life. she doesn't mind it whatsoever from her family, as she is used to them calling her such, but she hates when other people call her this name. — shani ; that being said, occasionally her siblings do tend to call her shan or shani ( usually the latter ). when her youngest sister was a child, she couldn't pronounce shanaya and the name shani stuck, especially with her. most of her other family members don't call her this, but occasionally one of her siblings does. she doesn't mind it much, but she prefers aya. by quite a lot. — anaya ; anaya is probably shanaya's favourite nickname. all in all, she prefers her name as a whole but her friends or people she's significantly close too refer to her as anaya. — your majesty / princess ; as expected, people treat shanaya like a princess, and most people refer to the girl as princess shanaya, your majesty or something along those lines. princess and princess shanaya are the most popular but the others are said occasionally.
𝒂𝒈𝒆 — seventeen or eighteen? bestie i don't know, what should her age be.
𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 — cisgender female
𝒔𝒆𝒙𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 — bisexual & biromantic ; although she finds both men and women attractive, shanaya does have a lean towards women.
𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒚 — half suli & half ravkan ( though subject to change if the others are very different )
𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒔 — none ; shanaya is not a grisha, meaning she doesn't have any special abilities. sometimes she wishes she did but that is quite rarely, since she doesn't think that being grisha makes them more.
𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒎 — medalion rahimi ; with luscious, thick, curly brown hair and light brown skin, shanaya is considered as one of the most beautiful people and envied for her beauty. even if her status wasn't as a princess, eyes would still fall on her constantly, her looks making eyes fall on her. in the past, some people have compared her looks to former queens, especially one from a while ago, zoya nazyalensky
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𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 — shanaya can be considered arrogant from people who first meet her. she won't deny that she is somewhat arrogant. she does know her beauty and she does know her strength and if that makes her arrogant, so it be. if someone compliments her, she can and will confidently answer with 'i know'. and she won't give them a 'you too', an untrue, unnecessary compliment back. she's not one for sugarcoating and she will make what she thinks of you clear. she can definitely be sarcastic, a little too much sometimes and many doubt her princess 'abilities' per say, because she doesn't necessarily come off as a pretty pink princess. that doesn't mean she doesn't care about the country and the people. she just doesn't care about everyone, especially not the rich advisors with rich problems. besides that, she hates small talk with passion. probably not the best quality for a princess who needs to make small talk to advisors constantly. that being said, she doesn't mind the fancy balls. shanaya is an extremely curious person and she likes to know things. especially the drama. balls do have a lot of drama, if nothing else. and the gossip is fun, if nothing else. anaya can also be a little bit reckless at times, doing things that don't make sense to others. she does agree that she's reckless and has done certain things she shouldn't have but... oh well. she is still extremely hardworking because she does know her position and she does know the change she can do. and finally, shanaya is very independent. it's not that she doesn't like working with others, it's more that she prefers working alone. and that she firmly believes she doesn't need a partner, whether it be a man or woman — so it is clear she doesn't love the idea of the selection, despite the benefits. she would much prefer to find another way.
