Character Name: Greta Armino
Age: 33
Race: Human
Best Setting: 1920s, realistic
Appearance: Greta stands 5'8 and is approximately 120 lbs give or take a few pounds. She has bright blue eyes and fair, peaches and cream skin offset by locks hued a soft blonde color that, oft times, are curled becomingly around her face. Those that have met her have said that she has an elegance surrounding her that seems to have come very naturally to her. She walks with a fluid grace with body movements that capture attention. They have also said that there is something wholly angelic about her face, but a wickedness in her eyes. Everything about her is a contradiction - one moment you'd swear that she were so prim and proper while, the next moment that passes, you would swear that she is promising every wicked desire with a single smile.
Abilities:
Flaws:
History:
Greta came from a good family. Her father owned a restaurant and her mother was a housewife. They tried to instill good values in her by being good people themselves. There was certainly a lot of corruption and such that could have occurred because of her father's business in that time period, but he refused to yield to illegal activities and, instead, chose a straight life where his family could be proud of him. Greta, on the other hand, didn't have the same sort of values that her parents had. At fourteen, she was already fascinated by stories she heard about life in clubs, the various women she thought were glamorous, and the men she believed to be the height of magnificent. Such was her fascination that she actually started to sneak away from home at that young age, begging her way into various clubs she had no business being in. She did that until she was sixteen years old. At sixteen, on one evening when she was frequenting a club, a man by the name of Giancarlo promised her the world and brought her to Chicago.
Once in Chicago, he used her for what he wanted, and then went back to his wife, leaving her to fend for herself. At seventeen, she started working in a club serving the patrons and gradually worked her way up the ladder until, when she was nineteen, she was allowed on stage to entertain the crowd. As it turned out, she had a natural gift for singing and, whenever she was on stage, she owned the room. It was as if she were singing for each person in the club individually. It also helped that she had the elegant, angelic way about her that drew attention, a bright light among those that were more seasoned. Even as she grew into her twenties, she still maintained a sense of elegance, still managed to be as fresh as when she started entertaining.
With her popularity in the club, though, came a new job - prostitute. It was one thing to draw in the crowds for a night, it was quite another to have men willing to pay top dollar for a night with her or to use her as a means of blackmail, of obtaining information, or for various other reasons.
She is thirty-three now. While that is certainly not old, there are fresher faces coming into play that have started to push the once favored entertainer to the side. While she is no longer in the spotlight as often as she once was, the gangsters (no better term could describe those who she works for) still see her as property and keep her on a tight leash.
Age: 33
Race: Human
Best Setting: 1920s, realistic
Appearance: Greta stands 5'8 and is approximately 120 lbs give or take a few pounds. She has bright blue eyes and fair, peaches and cream skin offset by locks hued a soft blonde color that, oft times, are curled becomingly around her face. Those that have met her have said that she has an elegance surrounding her that seems to have come very naturally to her. She walks with a fluid grace with body movements that capture attention. They have also said that there is something wholly angelic about her face, but a wickedness in her eyes. Everything about her is a contradiction - one moment you'd swear that she were so prim and proper while, the next moment that passes, you would swear that she is promising every wicked desire with a single smile.
Abilities:
- Vocalist/Singer (and has been since she was 17)
- Serviceable Dancer
- Can make anyone believe anything, especially making men believe they are the only person in the room
- Loyalty knows no bounds (though whether that's because she's afraid of her bosses or not is up for debate)
- Very good liar (as judged by the many times she's lied to the cops about certain activities of those whose company she keeps)
- Survival (you have to in her world)
Flaws:
- Has a tendency to be feisty (especially with the wrong people)
- Because of the nature of her job and what is required of her, she has hurt a lot of nice people particularly of the male persuasion
History:
Greta came from a good family. Her father owned a restaurant and her mother was a housewife. They tried to instill good values in her by being good people themselves. There was certainly a lot of corruption and such that could have occurred because of her father's business in that time period, but he refused to yield to illegal activities and, instead, chose a straight life where his family could be proud of him. Greta, on the other hand, didn't have the same sort of values that her parents had. At fourteen, she was already fascinated by stories she heard about life in clubs, the various women she thought were glamorous, and the men she believed to be the height of magnificent. Such was her fascination that she actually started to sneak away from home at that young age, begging her way into various clubs she had no business being in. She did that until she was sixteen years old. At sixteen, on one evening when she was frequenting a club, a man by the name of Giancarlo promised her the world and brought her to Chicago.
Once in Chicago, he used her for what he wanted, and then went back to his wife, leaving her to fend for herself. At seventeen, she started working in a club serving the patrons and gradually worked her way up the ladder until, when she was nineteen, she was allowed on stage to entertain the crowd. As it turned out, she had a natural gift for singing and, whenever she was on stage, she owned the room. It was as if she were singing for each person in the club individually. It also helped that she had the elegant, angelic way about her that drew attention, a bright light among those that were more seasoned. Even as she grew into her twenties, she still maintained a sense of elegance, still managed to be as fresh as when she started entertaining.
With her popularity in the club, though, came a new job - prostitute. It was one thing to draw in the crowds for a night, it was quite another to have men willing to pay top dollar for a night with her or to use her as a means of blackmail, of obtaining information, or for various other reasons.
She is thirty-three now. While that is certainly not old, there are fresher faces coming into play that have started to push the once favored entertainer to the side. While she is no longer in the spotlight as often as she once was, the gangsters (no better term could describe those who she works for) still see her as property and keep her on a tight leash.