The Little Book of People

Nikolai Alexei Grigorien

Full Name:Nikolai Alexei Grigorien

Nicknames:
Cole/Lexei - by her 2 younger siblings
My lady / Madame - pretty much everyone else
Lady Riot - called by her unlikely friends, The Lemon Thorns

Age: 18 y/o

Personality:
Being oldest in the family, Cole struggles to juggle her liberty, her mother's lessons and continuous nagging to become a better lady, and taking care of her siblings whenever she has the time to. She is sarcastic yet witty, always has a good comeback although she is a very quiet person. Where girls are off shopping for new corsets, you are more likely to find her in the library, her father's stables, or the mason's where she hones her own sword (against her mother's wishes of course). She has this unapproachable aura the first time anyone gets to know her, but when she opens up, she is more likely to talk philosophically and intelligently that her companion would never fall off track or lose interest in their topic. Cole is very shy, yet the time she spent with her father's guard had given her a commandeering attitude - but with reason of course. She will never make anyone do anything for no reason. On the other side, Cole has severe mood swings and sometimes gets very violent when she feels so trodden-down or depressed. At times like these, she retreats to herself and indulges in art and music, or cools off in the training grounds. 

Likes:
Flexible corsets, trousers, horses, swords, combat skills, books, art, music, apples, strategies, high heels when she's in the mood, being loyal, her two siblings

Dislikes:
When someone questions her commands or requests, tight corsets, dresses that make her movement limited, pink, suitors, when her mother presses her to do this or that

Talents:
- Swordplay
- Horseback riding
- Lettering
- Writing
- Picking locks

Extra:
- When Cole wasn't too bombarded by her mother, she explores the city, knowing locations and the docks, the daily life of the people much lower than her. Her father is one of the elites of the city, going by the title of Lord which inspired much fear from the lower ranked - but for Cole, it is only a title. Throughout her little excursions, she had made friends with a small orphan group named 'The Lemon Thorns' where she got her own little name, 'Lady Riot' - true that she could spark up any crowd with a riot with a few carefully chosen words. This is also where she learned how to pick locks and know which roof she should run on to get away from the authorities. The only ones who know about this part of her is her two siblings, who are 4 year old twins, Teddy and Crystal, who believes that the stories Cole told them about "the secret heroine of the streets" is real. Cole is a little bit of a thief too, but she never stole from the poorer families. She always covers her face with a red cloth mask around her eyes, and a blue necker.

- She is afraid to be in a relationship because she didn't like what she saw in her parents, where her mother always had the upper hand. She believes that the power should be equal in the two people, and not always one. Also scared because of the books she read where Love was a painful thing.

- Her silver rapier sword

- Storm, her black stallion