Milah

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| ~ • ~ | Character Basics | ~ • ~ |

.:Name:.
Milah
.:Nick Name:.
None
.:Affiliation:.
Neutral
.:Status:.
Nomad

| ~ • ~ | Appearance | ~ • ~ |

.:Physical Appearance:.
Milah has long, curly, dark brown hair, and gray eyes.. a rarity where she is from. Before she met Hook, she wore long dresses, and had a bit of an angelic look about her. She looked the part of a wife, and a mother..  However, once she delved in to a life of piracy, Her look changed drastically when she took on a much darker appearance, donning black leather and gold jewelery.
.:Height:.
5'6"
.:Portrayed by:.
Rachel Shelley

| ~ • ~ | Personality | ~ • ~ |

.:Personality:.
There are two sides to Milah's personality: The side she shows to everyone else, and the one that she feels inside that she never lets anyone see...Or, at least, she didn't before she met Killian Hook. She's kind to everyone, but she has a threshold of what she can take and what she can't. Milah has a way of bottling things up and stewing in them until she explodes or does something reckless. Once she became a pirate, she was able to let it out more.. she felt free, and able to be herself. Truly herself.

She has a problem with cowards..which is why she left her husband who left the war. His intentions, no matter how honorable he thought they were, had been cowardly in her eyes, and selfish. Milah also has an eye for adventure.. which is another reason she was so drawn to a life of piracy.
.:Strengths:.
Bravery
Independence
A strong will
.:Weaknesses:.
Recklessness
The constant need for something more
Her heart

| ~ • ~ | History | ~ • ~ |

.:Birthplace:.
The Enchanted Forest - Snow White's Kingdom
.:Family:.
Rumplestiltskin - Ex Husband
Baelfire/Neal - Son
Henry Mills - Grandson
.:Occupation:.
Former Tavern Waitress/Current Pirate
.:History:.
When Milah was younger, she always had an interest in going on adventures. While other little girls were playing 'Princess', she was playing 'Outlaw' with the boys. Of course that all ended when she and her peers grew to be teenagers and she was expected to be feminine. It took her awhile..but she finally realized that she did want to make an attempt at settling down and having a family. When she was in her early twenties, she had met and married Rumplestiltskin. The two of them had a son together named Baelfire.

During a time of war, Rumplestiltskin had gone off to fight. She had been proud to call him her husband, and Baelfire was proud of his father. She had taken up a job as a waitress at a local tavern while he was gone. She would often get praise from people in the village about how her husband was so brave for fighting...and deep down, she wished that she could have gone to fight as well instead of staying at home to be a mere housewife. She loved Baelfire, and wouldn't give him up for the world.. but she wanted so much to be out of the little village when there was a whole world out there to be explored.

Much to Milah's surprise and dismay, Rumplestiltskin had come home from the war..He abandoned his post. Although he tried to explain his reasoning for it, Milah was livid. Far too angry to see past his cowardice. If it were only her doing the fighting..she would have stuck through the entire thing..whether that meant that she lost her life or not. In fact, Milah made it known that she would have rather had a dead husband than a coward for a husband. The townspeople who once filled Milah's ears with praises were now laughing at her snidely behind her back thanks to Rumplestiltskin. The truth was, the love had fizzled out...she was now tied to a man whom her heart no longer beat for.

It was during this difficult time that she started spending most of her time working. She couldn't bare to be home, sharing space and sharing a bed with her husband. It was also during this time that she met a pirate named Killian Hook and his crew. He frequented the tavern while he was in the village, and regaled her with tales of adventure and danger. Something that she had a passion for ever since she could remember. And so.. Milah did something that she felt she had to do. Although it broke her heart to leave Baelfire, she left Rumplestiltskin. She left her family, and ran away with Hook and his crew.

Years later, she met her husband once more.. only he was no longer himself. He was something different.. a creature of darkness. The Dark One, to be exact. He wanted revenge on her, and on Killian for her leaving.. so he did the one thing he knew how to do. Tear her heart from her chest. Only this time it was quite literal. To seek absolute vengeance, he crushed her heart and there and she died.. her last memory being in the arms of Killian.

| ~ • ~ | Sample Post | ~ • ~ |

Milah had no regrets in her life. She had a beautiful son, love in her heart - when it was still in her chest -, and several years filled with adventure. So why did she feel so empty now? It wasn't empty so much as.. nothingness. She felt peaceful.. at ease. As though nothing had ever been wrong or could be wrong again. Was this what death was? Complete and absolute... nirvana. She had thought she had felt it before, but no. There was nothing quite like this feeling. It was intense, and it filled her with warmth.

It felt this way for the longest time. Well, to be honest she had no sense of time anymore. Not really. However, this feeling of pure bliss was pulled away from her just as her life had been. She took in a sharp breath, and her eyes opened wide. She could breathe! And she could feel her heart beating in her chest! But how? She started moving her arms and legs as fast as she could, suddenly realizing she was in water. She didn't have time to think, so she quickly swam to shore. It was a pier of a place she didn't recognize. The water was cold, and she was freezing. When she climbed on to the dock, she allowed herself to kneel, cough, and try her best to catch her breath and get her thoughts together. Where was she? And more importantly..how did she get here?

[Storybrooke]