London (Alexandria Kirkland)

== Work In Progress == London is the personification of Londinium, born when the Romans invaded Britain, and set up a settlement near the  River Thames. Her human name is Alexandria Kirkland. Alexandria as reference to her Roman Roots, while Kirkland came from her original British Roots. While being thousands of years old, her human age is 21. In later years she adopts the name Alexa, as it is shorter and more mordern in her opinoun.

Alexa (Meaning Defender) Th'''is is reference to the fact that Alexa is always trying to keep England safe, and will defend him in battle. Also as long as London is standing, Britain will always be Great.'''

Appearence
 London’s appearance has changed a lot during history, as London fashion has been known to drastically change. Her current appearance however, is thought to have been influenced by her culture and previous years. London has brown hair, which comes from her Father The Roman Empire, while her eyes are green, which is said to have been the same as her older brother England. Her skin is rather pale, and she has a slightly slender physique.



 Cur rently her hair is spiked up, after it was inspired by her punk years, and in the back of it is a white feather, given to her by America years before it became an independent country. Also in her hair is a black bandanna, which has come from her years of being a hippie. Her black demin jacket has the letter A on her right pocket, this stands for America, and that's why she placed a blue corss through it. The LC on the othr side of the pocket, stand for London City, whom she represents.

 London wears a british flag top, revealing a red scar down her stomach, the scar came to be, after America attacked her unknowingly in the war of Independence. She also has a burn on her left thigh, which she got during the Great London Fire. She wears blue ripped up shorts, thought to have come from the 80’s with a song from the Sex Pistols written on it (This is reference to her love of punk, britain and the monarchy) A red scarf, which was originally her older brother's during his pirate era is wappd arund her waiste. She also has a grey strap hanging from her left waist, coming from her 90's era.

 On one hand she has a black fingerless glove, and on the other a blue, red and white bracelet around her wrist. She also has a blue cross necklace, given to hr by the curren queen, in honour of all the work she's done, since anthing and everything to do with the Church Of England and the  Monarchy go through her first. Finally she wears a pair of brown cowboy boots, again inspired from her travelling years in America.

Personality
Much like London itself, her personality has developed and grown as she has, as the city of London is known to be inspired and change due to the people and places. This means her personality is slightly obscure due t it changing.

 London has a great fascination with different cultures, and the arts, music, dances etc. that go with that culture. She is often friendly and kind, and slightly childish. She enjoys nothing more than to explore, and discover new people and new things. There are a few things in this world that London most defiantly does not like though, people who look down on her, or try to intimidate her, people who are incompetent, people who leech of her, and finally people who dare to question and/or argue with her. Now, as nice as London may seem, if you happen to annoy her, she reverts back to her English inspired ways. That includes a lot of yelling, profanities, and a serious scolding.

 In recent years London has become much more mature, where she had been forced to rely less on other, she was forced to emotionally mature. This means a lot of her more childish ways have grown out slightly, though she is still able to understand and lower herself to a child’s level. Being more mature has meant she is a lot more calm around people, and as also become more quite (Unless annoyed).

 Despite all this one thing has and always will be the same with London, and that her pride to British. She is very patriotic, and adores being British. She believes that as long as at least London remains standing, Britain will always be great, and she gets heavily angry at anyone who questions her countries greatness.





 Interests

London’s talents lie in building and inventing, she also has a deep love of architecture, and which can be seen by the incredible religious buildings belonging to the Church of England. London is also very knowledgeable when it comes to religion, and loves the artistry and detailed design work that is involved in the Church of England. When it comes to religion, a lot of things involve London, including Royal Weddings and Monarchy Crowning.

 Another one of London’s love is the arts. While she cannot always recreate the artwork, that doesn’t me she doesn’t take a great interest in it, she loves all forms of creative artwork due to her roman influence. Due to her heightened interest in other cultures, she is very accepting and rather kind towards new people.

The Roman Years


London, or Londinium as she was previously known, was born around the time of 43AD, when the Romans invaded England. She lived under the care of her father, The Roman Empire, whom she called Patrem Rome (Father Rome in Latin). She had a happy childhood under Roman rule, as Patrem Rome kept Londinium safe.



<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"> Patrem Rome inspired Alexandria’s love of different cultures, and she was always interested in the arts, music, and dance. She also found that different cultures would inspire her own talents of building and architecture. During her time with Patrem Rome, he introduced her to Italy, where she was in awe when looking at his art work. At the occasional time the pair met they got along well, Italy would draw, while Londinium sat and watched.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"> However, when Roman Empire disappeared, she too went into hiding. Now with no real person wanting to look after her, she seemed to almost be erased from the map. No one knew what happened to her.

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Anglo-Saxon London


<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">London finally re-emerges in the 11th Century, however she had now grown some, and Alexa herself was a young 10 year old little girl. This century was not good for poor little London though, as she kept being thrown about. First she was under Danish rule, then Normans, only to be controlled by the mean Danes again.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">This did not last long, because in 1014, Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands came to attack England, and in the process took control of his younger sister London, who at this point he still barely knew existed. Luckily in 1017, England made peace with the other countries, leaving London in peace. As London prospered England finally noticed the fact that he had a little sister, and on the crowning of King Harold, England and London official met for the first time.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">A women named Maud befriended London around the 14th Century, Alexa was now a 13 year old teenager. She was a strong, powerful and forceful woman, who wanted to be ruler of England. She promised London that she would be able to get her big brother to notice her more, and while London was not to sure about the idea, she felt so intimidated by the powerful women, she agreed.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">England did take more notice of London, but not for good reasons. Maud had managed to piss off a lot of people, including England himself, and a lot of them wished for a man named Stephen to become ruler. At first London was reluctant to leave Mauds side, because of how scary and forceful Maud was and because she didn’t think herself strong enough to make a difference. Also she was finally receiving England’s attention, and even though it was bad attention, it was more than she was used too.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">It was then that London realised, how much stronger she had truly become, and England realised what an important role in his life London played, upon this realisation, England tried to visit London on occasions. He also helped her with her inventions, as the girl seemed to have a natural flair for mechanics. Constantly trying to build new and improved things.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">In 1477 London and England invented the printing press, and printed the first book. This was a historical moment for the pair of them, as it was one of the first things they did together as a family, and sign of how their bond had grown.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"> <h4 class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> Tudor London  <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">When Alexa was 15, there was an exchange between England and the Netherlands, which involved London. This was the first time England had involved London whe dealing with polotics, and while England took most the credit, Netherlands did take the time to thank her. This was also the first time London got to talk with other countires properly, since she was not in the same league as them (Only being a city.) The only way London is involved in things outside her country, was through her brother. It also proved to England he could trst his youger sibling with more important matters, meaning she was more involved in his day to day life.

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 * A/N I was told about this story from a friend and have yet to check the accuracy of it

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