Arthur Markay
Age: 52
Kin: Eleanor Markay (Wife), Joseph Markay (Son)
City-State: Valaire
Occupation: Cloth Merchant, Nobleman
Looks: Arthur is as average height with red-blonde hair and blue eyes.
Personality: He's a proud father, always supportive, but standing on the sidelines to let Seph live. He was hesitant to agree to the arranged marriage because he wanted Seph to have a choice in who his future was to be with, but in the end agreed to it. Arthur is a good businessman, a bit of a charmer, and overall he's a decent guy. He hates it when people try to cheat him and he doesn't like it when people are disrespectful.
Flair: No Flair
*History: He was married at twenty-one to a woman he had been engaged to since he started basic school. At fifteen, she was the youngest of the brides among those getting married into nobility, and that scared Arthur. She was so young, still almost a child to him, how could he marry her? Eleanor was vibrant though, full of life and energy, and he could never bring himself to deny her anything for fear of destroying her light. Arthur did grow to love his wife in time, and when Seph was born Arthur knew he would change none of his family's history. Seph would grow up with parents that loved each other and him and that was the way things were meant to be.
Eleanor Markay
Age: 46
Kin: Arthur Markay (Husband), Joseph Markay (Son)
City-State: Valaire
Occupation: Noblewoman
Looks: She's a little taller than average for a woman, with long black hair and bright hazel eyes.
Personality: Eleanor is sweet and kind and good and loves Seph and her husband dearly. She's the one who pushed for Seph's marriage, It was her way of showing she loved him. To Eleanor, arranging a suitable match for her son was a way of saying, 'I love you, let me take care of you one more time'. It was her way of trying to help Seph have a steady and solid future with a woman who will help take care of him. Eleanor is a gentle soul who doesn't like hurting others, directly or indirectly, and so she avoids confrontation.
Flair: No Flair
History: She was engaged by her first birthday and married before her sixteenth year. Arranged marriages weren't uncommon, but marrying that early for nobility wasn't common. The fact that her husband was six years older then her was intimidating. Tall, with broad shoulders, blonde red curls, bright blue eyes, Eleanor's husband was attractive in a way that made her friends squeal at the announcement and proclaim how lucky Eleanor was. She didn't feel lucky, but Arthur never forced himself on her, never pressured her into anything, and he let her have freedom enough. It was scary, but Eleanor grew to like her husband, grew to love him eventually, and eventually gave him a son.
