Calluna Brooker

Calluna Erica Brooker is a Westrian character, belonging to the Heirs of Westria role-play. She joined the competition at the insistence of her single mother, Alexa Brooker, despite not wanting to go herself.

Before the Competition
Calluna is the oldest daughter to Alexa and Reed Brooker and has three younger siblings, Castor, Nicholas, and Emelia. Her father, Reed, died when she was six. He was a talented musician, but he gave up his dream to take care of his family. He was her role model and often who she thinks about when she needs advice. Calluna followed in his footsteps, taking the majority of the work to keep her family fed while her mother focused on keeping Gremadine, the small farming village they lived in, running smoothly.

This was a task easier said than done, as the village was ruled over by a tyrannical noble family, the Damons. Lord Claudius kept a tight hold on the village along with his wife, Lady Penelope, and son, Bufbil. Lord Claudius is very strict, with harsh punishments for those who disobey. His unfairness was never dealt with by the council because he always had a reason for treating the villagers as such. Calluna was whipped frequently due to her habit of taking others' punishments.

During this time she also learned of her love to care for others, quickly picking up on different home remedies and plants which helped different maladies, and she treated everyone in the the area. In addition to her work as village doctor, she also worked triple hours so that her siblings could receive the education she never got.

When she was 11, her best friend, Aaron Dogwood, was killed by an assassin hired by Bufbil Damon because of his jealously for Aaron's skill in carving. However, Bufbil was never convicted for the crime.

The Competition
She was accepted into the competition after her mother sent in a song her father wrote about her. However, she has never told anyone this.

During the competition, Calluna assigned herself head of the Med Bay, which distracted her from how much she hated the castle and the nobles living in it. She constantly mouthed off to the councilors and other heirs, in an attempt to get herself kicked out. Instead, to her confusion, they just treated her with kindness. She began making some of her first friends, and met the love of her life, Lucas Pawn. However, due to their differing statuses (She was a commoner and he was a noble), their relationship never took off to its full extent, leaving both sad and dissatisfied.

After the Competition
In an attempt to be helpful and considerate, the councilors awarded each participator who did not win the competition with a cash prize. They also sent several representatives to her village, in order to try and fix the problems Calluna repeatedly mentioned, despite her arguments that it would make the situation worse, not better. They told Lord Claudius of their arrival and mission, and the consequences if they found him mistreating his serfs.

As an act of goodwill, Lord Claudius betrothed his son, Bufbil and Calluna, in order to show his willingness to change and help his people. This was all an act, but it convinced the representatives, since if a commoner entered the nobility there, the mistreatment would cease. Bufbil agreed to the marriage, while Calluna did not. She was forced to marry him anyway, and had four children with him, all of whom she loved very much. She named her only son after Lucas Pawn.

Lord Claudius died soon after the wedding from pneumonia, and his wife soon after him, and Lord Bufbil took over the village. He proved to be a worse leader that Lord Claudius, despite his marriage to Calluna. While Lord Claudius enforced harsh punishments, those punished usually had been disobedient. Lord Bufbil was an alcoholic and did not show this same restraint, and had the commoners whipped and beat whenever he felt like it, as well as Calluna and their children.

Because of this, Calluna orchestrated an 'accident' for her husband while he was out of town, and he died when their youngest daughter was two. They were married for 13 years.

Nina Tresfer
Calluna first met Nina at the competition, when Nina was trying to make friends. She was not the friendliest, just wanting to get in and get out of the competition. Eventually though, Calluna gave into the sweet girl and the two became very very close friends, almost like sisters.