The State of Virginia

Virginia is the 10th state of America and she is one of America's older children.

Appearance

Virginia has soft gingery strawberry blonde hair that goes past her shoulder blades and bright blue eyes. Her skin is lightly tanned. She is considered to be petite and to have long 'musician's' fingers. The clothes she wears is similar to the ones worn in Victorian-era England, such as high lace collard blouses and tulip skirts. She is considered to be the most attractive out of all of the states.

Personality and Interests

Ophelia is very polite and slightly old fashioned in her way of behaving, she is also very motherly and cares deeply for her siblings. She enjoys literature and music and she is considered the most cultural of all of the states. Despite being part of the Confederacy during the Civil War, Ophelia was completely against war and she is still a hard core pasificist. She enjoys learning and places education as her top priority. Ophelia has been seen smoking from time to time, although she denys having any kind of dependency on tobbacco.

Relationships

Alfred F. Jones (America)-

Pre Civil War: Prior to the Civil War, Ophelia and Alfred had a very loving relationship, but when Abraham Lincoln was elected as president, her Southern Siblings became hard to control. And, even though she didn't want to, she joined the Confederacy, hoping she'll be able to control them. She was wrong.

Post Civil War: After the Civil War Ophelia was the first of her Southern Siblings to patch up her relationship with Alfred. They are still on good times and Alfred is rather protective of Ophelia since she's the most attractive of her siblings.

Matthew Williams (Canada)-Matthew and Ophelia get along well and they have a very good relationship. Ophelia often has to remind people who he is when they forget.

Arthur Kirkland (England)-Out of all of the states, Ophelia has the best relationship with England and her name comes from Hamlet, a play by Shakespear that she particularly liked. Arthur sees Ophelia as a niece and is also rather protective of her.

Francis Bonnefoy (France)-Ophelia enjoys talking to Francis in French whenever she can and it seems like she either doesn't notice or doesn't mind his perverted nature. Ophelia enjoys talking to him about art as she is very partial to Degas's paintings.

Trivia


 * Ophelia's birthday is the same day Virginia became the 10th state of America.


 * Ophelia is also the name of the female character from Hamlet, she too was also considered to be quiet beautiful.


 * Virginia is often called the 'Mother of Presidents', as Virginia is the home of eight U.S. presidents. It is also called the 'Old Dominion', which can explain how old fashioned she is.
 * Ophelia's habit of smoking, which she denys she has, is a reference to the fact that tobacco was grown in Virginia during the early colonial days and it was Virginia's major crop and export.