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PLAYER INFORMATION
Your name: Oozaru
Age: 20
Personal Journal: escaliers
Contact: email: ascaliers@gmail.com
Current Characters: N/A

CHARACTER INFORMATION
Name: England AKA Rosemary Kirkland
Age: Slightly less that two thousand years, looks around twenty three.
Canon: Axis Powers Hetalia (Nyotalia)
Canon Point: January, 1922
Species: Nation
Gender: Female

Background:
England is the anthropomorphic personification of the country of England, thus her history is, more or less, England's. In Hetalia each country (and many not-quite-countries) has a personification or two representing them on the world stage and shenanigans ensue. Rosemary in particular is from an alternate version of the main canon, however, where each country's sex and gender is the switched. Though she is still England at her core, there are significant details between Nyotalia's England and Hetalia's England, due to experiencing history from a different perspective and being influenced by different stereotypes.

APH Wikipedia article
Nyotalia article at the HetaWiki
England Wikipedia article

Appearance: Drawing by Himaruya.
Personality:

One of the things most commonly noted about England is how much of a tsundere she is. She's quite shy and socially awkward and tends to try and compensate for this by getting defensive and forcing herself to act like she doesn't care what anyone else thinks of her. For many centuries she had a rather difficult life, as a child she was often invaded and always fighting with her sisters and neighbours, so she's a little paranoid about other people's intentions towards her. She's distrustful of strangers but also craves social contact and friends as she's always felt rather lonely and isolated. She's also very self-conscious about herself and her looks. Again, she tries to act like she doesn't care and is only trying to be practical, but she adores the idea of being cute and pretty and is easily flattered. England is, however, also very proud of her strength and her culture and likes to brag when she gets the chance.

England actually does have a good heart most of the time and can be very kind. She tries to get along with most people but when they're nice back she gets embarrassed and turns on the tsun. Once she recovers, she can be quite friendly however. This doesn't apply to certain bastards and bitches who need to take a long walk of a short pier, the stupid gits, of course. She can hold a grudge for quite a while, especially if she feels it hasn't been repaid yet. But she has a very maternal nature and loves to take care of people. This is partly why she enjoys working as a nurse so much. She adores children in particular and loved being able to take care of her colonies as they were growing up. Because of how spread out the British Empire was, she didn't get to spend as much time with them as she liked when they were young, however. As they actually did grow up she got thrown off a little but dealt with the issue by being just as mothering as always. Some reacted to this better than others. She isn't just this way with children, though, she's occasionally acts similar with other nations and adults as well. This often involves her being rather nosy and patronising however, and her involvement isn't always welcome. She scolds people a lot, particularly America, and can be rather bossy. Her behaviour can be annoying or, at worst, dangerous but these days she usually means well. This wasn't always the case as her desire for power and revenge could also be considerable motivation.

As a proper English gentlelady, England tries very hard to follow her own definitions of what is proper and polite. She holds being ladylike in very high regard. She messes up quite a bit though and slips into giving into whatever urges she may be feeling at the time. She'll say one thing and do the opposite, casually throw curse words into her speech or say something "unladylike" and pretend nothing happened or that it's perfectly proper because it's her saying it. It does get a bit too much some times and she lets loose with delinquent behaviour and whatever happens to be cool with her people at the time. But it's just a way to let off steam on occasion, if she lived that life constantly, she'd get bored. If she didn't do it on occasion, she'd go mad. It's all about finding that fine balance. She is easily annoyed most of the time, however, and she has a habit of hitting people with her broom if pushed too far or in company where she feels comfortable being utterly out of control (such as with France or the rest of the UK).

At her current time point she is trying to avoid conflict. The Great War was exhausting and has left her in a terrible state, even though she won. It was a very expensive war, both in terms of human life and money, and the warfare itself was so horrific that it's turned her off the idea for a while. During the peace treaty process she both wanted revenge of Germany for (from her point of view) helping to start the whole mess and wanted to make sure this peace settlement would be one that actually lasted. After the whole thing was sorted out she felt mildly guilty for how harsh the settlement had been on Germany and was worried it might cause her to act violently in the future. She has other concerns too. Until very recently she was an incredibly powerful empire but over the past few years/decades her colonies have been gaining independence and the war has weakened her position a lot. In particular, Ireland getting independence and India's attempts at it have lead to her being concerned about how much longer she has in her position of strength. The British Empire is still at it's height, but also wobbling a little.

A few of England's relationships have had a big influence on her and are very important to her, though it embarrasses her to admit it. America's revolution against her hurt her very deeply and she still resents it. She took it as a betrayal and further proof that you just couldn't trust other nations, especially since she saw America as a sister- one she actually loved, even! They weren't very close for a long time following that and England felt very bitter about the whole thing. Eventually, however, she decided it might be best to try and get over it and befriend America again, as she really did need allies and the emotional scars had started to fade just a little. At her current time point she's very fond of America and wants to trust her, but she's also a little unsure because of her trust issues and the fact that America is so strong she's a potential threat. She values their good relations very much and tries to keep them, she's more than a little annoyed about America backing out of the League of Nations and leaving her to deal with Europe's drama. England gets impatient and annoyed with America easily.

There's no one in the world that England hates more than France, though she's probably also her closest friend. It's a little complicated, though England sees it as very simple. They've had a turbulent history, full of wars and invasions and constantly trying to spite the other but they've helped each other out before and England has always secretly looked up to France for her culture and fashion. They live to annoy each other but there's a level of possessiveness there as well. England and France have been working together recently and are quite close by their standards, but things are still difficult. England has been getting exhausted by France's theatrics and their dealings with Germany lately have been causing a bit of tension between them; England has been convincing France to let a lot slide from her neighbour and not going against Germany strongly enough. Though they're on the same side, England is a little torn regarding her loyalty to her neighbour. Still, she's had a huge influence over England over the centuries and their's a bond there that neither of them are particularly openly pleased about but will probably remain there forever.



Powers/Abilities:

Nations tend to be more resilient and slightly stronger than humans to varying degrees. In England's case, she's quite strong for a woman her size but nothing awe inspiring. She does have a level of magical ability, though it tends to go awry more often than not. She can see magical creatures and ghosts, summon monsters and cause transformations in others but it often doesn't turn out how she plans it. She can also fly on her broom, because I say so.

Inventory:

England will be dressed in her usual uniform, carrying her broomstick and with little else in her possession.

Type Affinity: What type of magic do you want your character to have the highest affinity with? Please list two to three types in order of preference. Check here for a list of the 8 magic types you can choose from.

Sound
Water
Wind
Wand:
Her broomstick.


Other:

SAMPLES
First Person:

Dear Mun entry

Third Person:
England carefully laid the teacups and saucers out onto the tablecloth, checking that everything was placed perfectly. The table was positioned in the rose garden with a beautiful spread and England had to admit the arrangement was simply lovely. She just needed to make sure everything was perfect right away. Her fairy friends hadn't arrived yet, but they were sure to soon and they could be an impatient lot when sugar coated biscuits (store bought) were involved. The little creatures would soon be fluttering about and partaking in the treats making pleasant conversation with her and being generally excellent company, their wings glinting in the sun and their laughter tinkling like chimes.

They would certainly be better company than any of those other slags that she could mention. England frowned at the thought. Yes, it was much better if it was just her, the fairies and maybe the flying mint bunny. It wasn't as if she felt a little lonely, sitting at the table by herself with another empty chair opposite her. England bit her lower lip and looked down at the tea pot. It was a brilliant one, a few decades old now, with a lovely pattern. Blue flowers on white porcelain, easily one of England's favourites. Hopefully the fairies would appreciate it.

France probably would have come if England had invited her. But they would have spent the whole time arguing and the tea pot probably would have been broken. America would have called it stupid and wanted to go to Disneyland or something like that. They were both impossible. Everyone was impossible but England, she was quite happy on her own with just her fairies. So what if she didn't really have any of her own kind to keep her company? She didn't need them and certainly didn't want them. England glared at the chair as if it had offended her personally. Lips pursed, she quickly poured herself a cup of tea. Her fairies would forgive her for starting without them, she was sure. Anyway, she was certain she could hear their singing in the distance, they were nearly there.

Despite herself, England continued to glare at the spare chair. She didn't even know why she'd brought it out. This afternoon was only for her and her fairy friends. She spent a few more seconds staring at the chair, listening to the sound of approaching fairies getting close, before standing up and grabbing the chair to carry it back inside , just as the fairies began to descend upon the table spread. They could use the cushions laid out for them.