HDwip SNEAKPEEK: GYPSY queen

Name: Cyrille Dufort (French; literally means "Lord of the Fort")
Nickname: Cy (pronounced "sigh")
Age: 24

Weapon: The sash on her person is primarily used with her Special Feature to create illusions and the like as well as work as a distraction. She also works and adapts with her environment.

World: Hunchback of Notre Dame

Special Feature: Gypsy magic – because of her life as a Gypsy and a thief, Cyrille knows the use of sleight of hand, to the point where – even from the usual angles where said "sleight of hand" can be betrayed – you see nothing. She's also an expert in Gypsy magic and enchantment and knows how to steal like the best of them. It's not just her physical prowess that can trick either, the girl is very witty and knows how to tip the scales in her favour when the going-gets-tough. However, because she's never actually entered into true Heartless-on-Defender battle, who knows just how much pressure the girl can take.

Personality: Witty, intelligent, outgoing, fun-loving and affectionate to those she knows, can be a little bit brash in highly strung situations

Back History:
Growing up as an orphan on the streets, Cyrille was taken under the wing of a gypsy and taught the art of gypsy magic, including how to disappear, reappear, and enchant the crowd. Dubbed "Cyrille" by her gypsy father, they lived a good life, moving from one place to another, hopping through towns with the band to entertain and charm people. Cyrille was happy, extremely so, until they reached the centre of Paris and met the iron rule of Claude Frollo. Her "family" was killed, and those that weren't, fled.

Cyrille was alone once more.

She got by through busking on the streets and after that didn't make enough money, stealing. After a few months of this, Cyrille stole from the wrong man. Thinking she had gotten away with it, she fled, an impish grin across her face. Before long however, the man had caught up to her, jumping down from the rooftops.

That man was Zaki.

Seeing a bit of himself in the young girl, Zaki took her under his wing and taught her how to travel like he did: through the rooftops. Further, he taught her how to steal "expertly". For several months, Zaki and Cyrille remained close, Cyrille calling him by the title "grande frere", meaning "big brother". He taught her about the world, including the acknowledgement of Heartless and how they were "black Shadows" that would steal your heart. His stories gave her a sense of awe and wonder as she listened, hanging onto every word.

She was then left alone once more when Zaki was caught by Frollo. Terrified that her only "family" would be killed, Cyrille watched – misty-eyed – as the rope was placed around Zaki's head, the man sentenced to hang by the neck for his crime of "ungodly magic". However, with a chuckle and an "Abracadabra", the man glowed before disappearing into thin air.

She hasn't seen him since.