𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃 / 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐘

[eboreus]

"𝑉𝑒𝑛𝑢𝑠, 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑃𝑦𝑔𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑒𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑒, 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑤𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛, 𝐺𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑎..." ~ 𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 ~Galatea was once a statue created by the artist Pygmalion. He fell in love with the statue and after praying to the goddess of love Aphrodite, she granted his wish and brought the statue to life. But their story isn't a romantic one. Pygmalion saw Galatea as a possession and soon his obsession with her grew controlling. Galatea on her part could never bring herself to love him and upon realizing this Pygmalion became abusive. One night Galatea tries to escape her abusive relationship which earns her the ire of Aphrodite who then curses her to immortality and dooms her to never finding true love. And so Galatea lives, even though the gods fall silent and the world changes she still goes on. Over the centuries she has been many things - a wife, a widow, a teacher, a pirate, a duchess, a prostitute, and everything in between. She's been burned at the stake, drowned, tortured, and even worshiped. There were times where she used her beauty to get what she wanted and especially manipulate powerful men. But more often than not she has ended up suffering at the hands of men, especially in times when women didn't have many rights which she attributes to her curse. Currently, she is one of the world's most renowned archeologists even though she never goes to events or gallery openings - preferring to do her work in the dark and never openly take credit for it. Dr. Galatea Jones has become a joke in some circles, with some people doubting she even exists. On the side she tracks down rare and sometimes magical artifacts for private buyers. ~ 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐘 ~ Galatea can often come across as cold to most people. But she's immortal and she's simply just tired and lonely. She has a hard time warming up to people and is often uncomfortable in social situations - preferring to be alone to study or on a dig, trek, etc; While not unkind she can at times be short with people and focuses more on professional relationships vs personal ones. Her main passion is her archeological work. A lot of it comes from the fact that her story has been told for centuries and is so often told wrong. She doesn't wish that fate on anyone else and wants to dig up those that history has forgotten (but she can't) to make sure they are remembered properly. She has an easier time spending time with the dead than she does the living. When she does get to speak to anyone about history or archeology she becomes much more relaxed and lights up. She does long for a deeper human connection. While she has some friends there is no one she's really close to. ~ 𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐄𝐒 ~- she speaks a dozen languages fluently. - started studying archeology in the late 1800s. has since earned several doctorates at universities across the globe. - with few exceptions (the main ones being hades and artemis) she hates the greek pantheon. she has a special hatred for aphrodite and zeus. - for a time she pushed the limits of her immortality and tried to kill herself in various ways but she has since accepted that this is impossible. she's not necessarily suicidal, just weary.