Adriana Rainard

"' I wish we could be children again, simple in our desires and hidden by the world '""― Adriana to Katherina"Adriana Rainard is the oldest child between Roman Minola and Cleo Rainard, and is the older twin sister to Katherina and is the older sister Bianca. She is also the half-sister to Caius, Junius, Antonia, Marcus and Laura.

Natural Abilities
Witch - Thaumaturge Physiology - Adriana is a Thaumaturge possessing the ability of healing and alleviation.


 * Eye-Color Shifting - The main trait common with Witches is the ability to change their regular eye color to their more true eye color, in Adriana's case her eyes turn a celeste blue color.
 * Healing - Adriana she can heal injuries and wounds simply by just touching them. When Thaumaturges heal a person, warmth radiates through their hands and the person's body.
 * Alleviation - Adriana has the power to alleviate symptoms of illness, allergies, and pain to more endurable levels. This cannot eradicate these symptoms but it makes them bearable for a certain amount of time in order to find the proper treatment.

Possessions

 * Hoogie - Adriana was gifted with a stuffed red fox that was made by Adriana's late mother Cleo who made it matching with Katherina and Bianca; a black rabbit and a white mouse.

Etymology

 * Adriana is the feminine form of Adrian which is derived from the Roman cognomen Hadrianus, which meant "from Hadria" in Latin. Hadria was the name of two Roman settlements. The first (modern Adria) is in northern Italy and was an important Etruscan port town. The second (modern Atri) is in central Italy and was named after the northern town. The Adriatic Sea is also named after the northern town.
 * Nerine is a reference to genus of Lily. The genus name given to it by Herbert in 1820 derives from the Nereids (sea-nymphs) of Greek mythology that protected sailors and their ships. Herbert combined Morison's account of the plant being washed ashore from a shipwreck with Renaissance poetry, alluding to the rescue of Vasco da Gama’s ship by a Nereid in the epic poem of Camões, Os Lusiadas. Although bearing the name "lily" in the vernacular, Nerine is only distantly related to the true lilies (Lilium) of the lily family, Liliaceae, sensu stricto. Instead they are one of many genera placed in the amaryllid lily family, Amaryllidaceae, such as the closely related Amaryllis, and Lycoris.
 * Rainard comes from the Germanic name Raginald, composed of the elements ragin "advice" and wald "rule". The Normans (who used forms like Reinald or Reinold) brought the name to Britain, where it reinforced rare Old English and Norse cognates already in existence. It was common during the Middle Ages, but became more rare after the 15th century.

Trivia

 * Adriana was named after Adriana of Ephesus, one of the characters in the Shakespearean play known as The Comedy of Errors.
 * Her favorite animals is a unicorn.
 * According to (*&*), Adriana smells like orange peels, and plum blossoms.
 * Adriana possesses the traditional feminine graces of her milieu, with a keen interest in music, poetry, singing, dancing, embroidery, and other traditional feminine activities.
 * Her favorite food is rosemary bread and strawberries.
 * She grinds her teeth in her sleep.
 * She has arachnophobia, the fear of arachnids such as spiders and scorpions.