ASHFORD, Amelia

[style= text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase;]AMELIA EMMALYN ASHFORD

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NAME: Amelia Emmalyn Ashford
AGE WHEN TURNED: 23
AGE: 391
GENDER: Female
BIRTHDAY: July 5th
STATUS: Queen
PLAYBY: Candice Accola

CREATOR: Victor Ashford
COVEN: Faelben, Lead coven

MOTHER: Cynthia Ashford, née Sunderland
FATHER Edward Ashford
BROTHERS: Jonathan Ashford, Victor Ashford
SISTERS: Victoria Ashford
EXTENDED FAMILY: Emily Ashford (sister-in-law), Gwyneth Ashford (niece)
PETS: ---

Amelia stands five foot eight inches tall with and weighs one hundred and twenty five pounds. She's built pretty lightly, but nevertheless she is strong. Her fair skin is unbelievably smooth, much thanks to her taking care of it with body lotions and regular spa treatments. Amelia's fairy-like looks make her look like a little girl with some roundness in her face. She is often underrated because of her looks but they're quite deceiving. She has green eyes and long, blonde hair which is naturally curly and often set free. Amelia enjoys being in beauty parlours to have different hairstyles and makeups, but mostly does them herself. She likes to wear colourful clothes and even neon colors are not banned from her wardrobe. She has a sense of elegant casual style though – she wouldn't wear anything if they weren't good fit. Amelia enjoys high heels and high heel boots – possibly the fact that she has a whole roomful of shoes gives out the hint of her loving girly shoes and dresses.

Amelia has always been a strong-willed girl with clear ambitions. She is quite determined – what she wants, she usually gets, one way or another. She might strike as a fun-loving girl with little childishness but only the first one of these facts are completely true. Amelia loves to have fun in different ways and she's maybe a bit promiscuous in that matter, but never naive. She is bright and crafty and knows when to use something as her advantage. Amelia is also a good actress, she can play practically any role she wants to – damsel in distress, obnoxious heiress... you name it, she can do it. She is mostly led by her heart, not her head, which might sometimes get her into a bit of trouble – nothing she couldn't handle though. Amelia is smart, not a ”dumb blonde girl” as some might assume. She is often underrated because of her looks, but she's strong and is willing to fight for what she wants. She's not afraid to use violence if it comes to it, but prefers handling things in other ways.

Since 2000 Amelia has been the Queen of Faelben, leading her coven with both heart and head. She's a bit of a diplomat, though doesn't fear to punish those who has done something wrong. She is quite friendly towards humans, using them as her snacks too. Amelia rarely makes anyone her fledgling, mostly because she doesn't really want to be accountable of anyone. She is one to have crush on someone easily, but love doesn't come that easy. She's bit temperamentic and sometimes gets angry pretty easily, but cools off quickly too. She's not one to be challenged though: she has shown her strength and determination in a successful fight towards much older vampire when she became the Queen.

BIRTH PLACE: India
CHANGED: Ages of Discovery, 1644

Amelia was born as the last child and second daughter of the prosperious family of Ashford in 1621. The whole family had moved to India when their father was called there. She was always kept away from harm's way even though she was quite a handful, often wandering off in minutes. It wasn't always safe for her there and therefore everyone kept an eye on her – and of course they kept an eye on their other siblings too. Amelia was so young at the time that she doesn't remember it all. She does, however, remember hearing lot of screams and dreadful noises, which were mostly followed by her fathers order to stay inside.

It was easy for Amelia to fit in – she had enthusiasm to learn new things and to meet new people. She needed people around her – otherwise she would just stick around running in circles, eventually getting frustrated. Her father basically drowned her to gifts and toys and spoiled her so she wouldn't be in his way when he was meeting business partners at their home. She was a pretty temperamentic even as a child, often getting offensed if she was shut out with no specific reason. She was even a bit selfish, but eventually she grew out of it. Amelia was always close to her siblings, hanging out with them too. She was only two years old when she became an aunt to her older brother's child. Amelia did befriend both immigrants and locals while she was raised in India.

Despite some atrocity that was going on in India, Amelia would call her childhood guarded and stable. She was mostly surrounded by ”her kind of people”, those who had moved in India in hope of prosperity. As a teenager she was already bit calmed down but still very prone to get into different kind of trouble, especially with her curiosity. She did even lie to her family sometimes to get them off her back, giving her the space to flee to do something she wouldn't otherwise be allowed to do. She did often spend time with her niece, Gwyneth, who was quite near her age and had the same kind of interests. It felt a bit odd to be an aunt to a girl only two years younger, but Amelia got over it. The age difference between the Ashford siblings did vary a lot, since the parents were quite young themselves when they got their first child – as were Amelias brother, Victor.

Amelia was pretty popular, especially the young gentlemen besieged her often. She did find few of them very attractive and was in a relationship with one of them when she was seventeen – only to find out that he was already engaged to another. Amelia was heartbroken, but got over it. The worst thing about the relationship was that she became pregnant. She was quite lost and didn't know what to do. She turned to her parents and siblings. The former boyfriend swore to love her and that his engagement was nothing but an arrangement and asked Amelia to marry her. She respectfully declined after thinking the whole thing through. She didn't trust him anymore. Amelia stressed so much about the situation and what other people would think of her that she miscarried the baby. In a manner, it was a relief.

She did not learn a thing though – Amelia was a girl who was led by her heart and not her head. At least when it came to men. She was quick to crush on someone, but falling in love took some time. Amelia's curiosity became a real threat to her when she was twenty-three. It was only one day when she took a wrong turn and trusted the wrong people. She was abducted only to get used as a bait to lure out her brother and sister-in-law. Little did she know why. It was only a moment before everything went horribly wrong when Amelia learned that her brother had been turned into a monster she couldn't believe existed. She didn't want to die and her brother wasn't able to cope with the loss of his sister and so she was made into a vampire.

At the beginning Amelia had hard time to learn rules or how to control her urges. She had her brother and sister-in-law to help her adapt with her new self. She got control of herself in time and after she was sure that she would be fine by herself, she packed her bags and moved away from India. She traveled through Europe, using the money she had been given by her father and of course working in different jobs. She went through Italy, Spain, France, Germany and Netherlands before she went to London. For a while she settled down there and she even got engaged to a businessman.

Amelia and George were engaged for two years while Amelia tried to push the wedding even further everytime they had to talk about the matter. Amelia was really unsure if this was what she wanted. Finally she confessed that she didn't feel the love for George anymore – it had faded after two years in relationship. Amelia found George a little too stable person for her, always agreeing to everything and not ever contributing into a quarrel. She thought that she didn't have a future with a man like that. Amelia stayed in London for a century, sometimes moving to another town and getting new identity, much thanks to her appearance always being around twenties, even when she turned fifty.

In 1920's Amelia found herself in America, building a new life there. She met also other vampires on the way and learned the hierarchy in there. In the United Kingdom she had never laid her eyes on other vampires and enjoyed of human company. In America, she found others like her and was welcomed right away. She settled down first in New York, later to move across the country, living here and there. Amelia also found out that her brother was also residing in America and she decided to pay him a visit before moving to Florida. She learned that he was actually the King of Lareth and

In 2000 the King of Faelben was killed by one of the masters. Amelia was nothing but a fledgling, but she engaged to the fight to the ”crown” of Faelben. Her opponent was much older and stronger, but Amelia used her determination and intuition as her strength. Opponent's brute strength didn't quite cover his stupidity. He did underestimate Amelia and gave her lot of chances to cut his head off. After some time he realised that he had been wrong, but it was too late for him then. Amelia finally staked her. After a long and bloody fight she was declared as Queen of Faelben, following her brother's footsteps, only in another area. Automatically they became allies. Amelia's position as a Queen has been questioned a few times, mostly by those who are older and stronger men, but she has been succesfully ruling Faelben since her ”coronation”. She is known to listen to everyone, but also known that she doesn't fear to use stronger means to keep everyone safe and sound – from humans and other vampires.