*note: any mention of the color red refers to the shade “Poppy Red”,
for obvious reasons.
Name: Zyllah
Age: 20
Hair: Black, short on the sides and in the back, longer on top, which
is normally somewhat spiked up; red hair wrap that serves mostly as a tail
to the middle of her back, two gold beads at the end.
Eyes: left is green, right is gold
Complexion: dark ivory
Height: 5’4”
Weight: 120 pounds
Clothing: Top is made of black velvet like a vest, ending just above
the navel. There are
cut-outs in the fabric on the back in the shape of poppies, lined in
red embroidery floss. The
skirt is more of a crocheted black fringed shawl that hangs to mid-calf
in the back and ties in
the front, shot through with gold and red threads. Black panties are
visible, as the shawl/skirt
ties low around the hips, leaving them to cover necessities. There
are loose gold bangles
around her ankles, a chain belt of gold around her waist that closes
with a poppy-shaped clasp,
a small gold hoop through the right side of the nose, three hoops in
her right ear, five in the left
(four in succession up the ear, one in the cartilage at the top). She
also has a small-grade
barbell through her tongue. There is a tattoo of a yin-yang, half fire,
half water over her navel.
Her makeup is primarily black and is styled around that of the Neil
Gaiman character, Death.
Personality: Zyllah is an intelligent young woman, but tends to be very
sarcastic. She has
little patience for someone who can’t appreciate what she considers
the finer things in life:
art, literature and the Gothic lifestyle. She doesn’t see herself as
a Goth; just someone who
enjoys being able to express her often- pessimistic views. Her music
tastes run from dark
Classical (Shubert and Mozart are her favorites, though) to Industrial/Alternative
Metal (ie:
Gravity Kills, Type O Negative, Nine Inch Nails, White Zombie, Stabbing
Westward, My Life
With the Thrill Kill Kult, etc.) [if you need more bands, let me know,
please!]. She likes to
read, but tends to be terribly critical of the authors, picking apart
writing style, plot, character
development and anything else she can think of. And she loves to debate.
Almost any subject
will do, and if there is one that she hasn’t had much experience with,
she’ll demand to know
about it, then go and research it a bit on her own...and come back
for the raincheck on the
debate she very probably extricated the promise for. And although she
tends to surround
herself with dark images and opinions, she is a practicing Zen Buddhist.
She also studies the
martial art of Tai Chi, as she feels the forms help her center herself.
Because of this, she is in
very good shape. She also tends to dislike clothing and insists on
sleeping naked.
Environment: Zyllah is also in love with antiques and it shows. It doesn’t
matter what era,
dynasty, or century, as long as it’s not “new”. This makes for an interesting
view, but any
trained person with an eye for placement may find themselves cringing
at her eclectic
decorating style. Her room is mostly lit with candelabras, lamps and
lanterns, all styled to
resemble dragons, gargoyles, dark faeries, and the like. The floor
is hardwood, but there are
various Persian rugs scattered over it. The walls are predictably stone,
modestly decorated
with art, many of which are the more erotic works of Luiz Royo, rather
than his Sci-Fi
inspired paintings. There are statues mounted in the corners of the
ceiling, which are described
as “cherubs with bat wings”, looking ready to take flight at any given
moment. The bed is a
replica of a Chinese Concubine Bed, fourteen feet in height, ten feet
in width, and nine feet in
length.
A fireplace is located on the far eastern wall of the main room, the
mantle is carved into a line
of a depiction of the seven deadly sins, and the sides carved into
shapes and forms of
characters described in Dante’s “Inferno”. Above the fireplace is a
portrait of a couple; the
literary description of Dracula from the novel by Bram Stoker and Countess
Elizabeth Bathory
(also known as “The Blood Countess”). No one knows where she got the
painting from, and
she certainly won’t tell where it came from, either, if she knows at
all, herself. The area in
front of the fireplace is furnished with 16th century French chaise
lounges, overstuffed
armchairs, an antique loveseat that is shaped like an S, so that the
occupants are side by side,
but facing away from one another, and a few small, well-placed end
tables. The bases are
various creatures of Arcadia that hold up the tops of the tables. There
is an enormous set of
bookshelves along the northern wall, complete with a rolling ladder
to get to the higher stacks,
which reach up twenty feet from the floor. The western wall contains
two doorways; one a
beaded curtain, the other a heavy oak door with a doorhandle in the
shape of a mermaid. The
south wall is where the door to the outer hallways is located. Most
of the time, it is covered
by a large Medieval Scots tapestry, so she doesn’t have to look at
the door, which she claims
is nothing more than a taunt, meant to break her spirit.
The curtained doorway is actually to her meditation room and shrine.
It is a bare room, with
the exception of the set altar and idol of Buddha. The room is lit
by torches in the forms of
dragons. There is a small mat which she uses for her meditation, but
there is nothing else. It
is a place that any visitor would be wise to stay out of, unless invited
in by Zyllah. She feels
as it a holy place, being walked into without paying proper respect
is a slight she is not easy to
forgive.
The mermaid-handled door is the entrance to the bathroom. It is divided
into two sections; the
front being for a double sink, a small counter and the toilet (which
is also antique in style, with
the pull string lever from the high tank). The back area holds two
good-sized pools; one for
heated, the other for cool water. Each has a small, but serviceable
waterfall at one end. The
pools are deeper at that end, and there are seats molded into the sides
under the water line for
the occupants to relax on.
A warning to the wise: Zyllah also has a pet. Kartush is a five-foot
Burmese Python that loves
to curl himself around his owner’s ankles at night to sleep, where
it’s warm and dark.
Many Owners of the Poppy Chain have voiced their displeasure with the
reptile, but Zyllah
refuses to get rid of it. On a given day, she may simply wrap the snake
around her shoulders
and wear nothing but her skirt, jewelry, and Kartush. Her only complaint
has been the feeding
of her pet, as she can’t stand to drop a live rat into the terrarium
and watch it be devoured.
Sexual Preferences and Views on Masters/Mistresses: Zyllah is a complicated
one when it
comes to the boudoir. Although under the correct circumstances, she
is an excellent slave, she
refuses to give her heart to anyone. She tried first with a Master,
but he left as soon as he
realized his playtoy was getting attached to him. Not ready to give
up just yet, she then fell in
love with a Mistress who wanted nothing to do with her once she’d been
used to her fullest
extent. After that, Zyllah swore she’d never love anyone again, as
it only seemed to cause
her pain. So, instead, she focused herself on learning as many techniques
as possible from
every culture she could read about. If pressed, she can actually quote
passages from the Kama
Sutra on a variety of subjects. So, she may be technically perfect
in bed, but many Master and
Mistresses through the years have commented later that she lacked heart
in what she was
doing, not even seeking her own pleasure from the experience. However,
the way a Master or
Mistress treats her is also a large factor in how she will react. If
the Master or Mistress is
prone to cruelty, she will be very disobedient and sharp-tongued. But
if the Master or Mistress
is kind to her, she will become the most compliant, sweet-natured slave
ever dreamed of by a
dominant partner. In short, anyone possessing the Poppy Chain is sure
to have their hands full.