Gentry/The Diva
The Diva
The Diva is the epitome of the pampered, spoiled, self-important performer. He is a star in his own mind, and so has ordered his world to reflect this.
Description
Beautiful. He is always beautiful. It is simply that it is an ever-changing sort of beauty, for he reshapes himself to fit whatever role he is currently playing, and this Gentry is always playing a role, whether he is treading the boards or dazzling other Gentry at one of his frequently thrown parties. He keeps his origins a secret, causing some to speculate that they are rooted in obscurity.
Realm
The Grand Stage The glittering stage, the ballrooms that surround it and the endless, endless maze of back halls, The Grand Theatre seems like it should be small, and yet it is the whole world when it needs to be.
Methodology
The theatre tends to be his stomping grounds for capture, but that doesn't always mean the actors. It can be the stage hands, the writers, even the patrons. Often, he simply snatches without resorting to beguilement, but seduction and trickery is certainly not beyond him, either. Because he so commonly takes somewhat high profile captives, he always leaves a Fetch behind.
Suggested Themes for Escapees
All his world is a stage, and we but players. Bit players. Those drawn into The Grand Theatre will never be the star, but they will be cast in less desirous roles, where there's no such thing as stage blood, where stories twist in horrifying ways, and where everyone's job is to make The Diva look good, or function as arm candy, stagehands or bodyguards. Never, ever outshine him or he will spare no effort to make sure no one can look upon you without shuddering again.
By Seeming
- Beast - Uncommon, but not impossible, there's plenty of shows about animals, or at least featuring one.
- Darkling - Most commonly seen when he wishes spies to place amidst his captives, or to send out to carry back tales and gossip on the other Gentry.
- Elemental - Uncommon, but possible. Someone has to help create special effects, he's not above making an Air Touched to serve as a wind machine.
- Fairest - The most commonly seen seeming. The Diva likes to surround himself with beauty. So long as it is never greater than his own.
- Ogre - Oddly, this is the second most common Seeming, and the fate of those who upstage and outshine him, however briefly. Also handy to have around for doing the grunt work or enforcing his mercurial edicts.
- Wizened - Fairly common, the Wisened scurry about the maze of the backstage area. Organizing, creating things, this is a common enough fate for those taken for talents other than those seen onstage.
