PLAYER Name: Charli Personal Journal: N/A E-mail: raela_brandybuck@yahoo.com AIM/MSN/etc: AIM: MamaAustria
CHARACTER Name: Roderich Edelstein / Austria Canon: Axis Powers Hetalia Timeline: In the late 19th century, during the reign of Emperor Franz Joseph I and Elisabeth of Austria. The cultural height of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: N/A
Personality:
As stated by Himaruya, Austria was born in 976 AD. This was the year that the Babenburgs came into power and unified the territories under the name that would eventually be Austria. As a child, he was close friends with Switzerland, and often harassed by Hungary and Prussia. Despite always being weak and easily defeated in his youth, he was tenacious and brave, and eventually was able to conquer Hungary and take his place as a growing empire. The great and beautiful Danube River flows through his veins, and the famed Austrian Alps are his backbone. His heart is Vienna, and his soul is the music of the centuries.
Throughout his history, Austria has been a world power of sorts, up into the 20th century when the Austro-Hungarian Empire finally fell. As an Empire, Austria was married to first Spain, by the marriage of Philip and Joanna in 1496, which brought the Spanish Empire under Hapsburg rule. This marriage proved lasting and powerful, and was not dissolved until 1700 when the War of Spanish Succession took place.
This was a political alliance at first, as most of Austria's marriages were, but he and Spain eventually were able to come to an agreement, and were quite a close couple during their long marriage. It would be France that dissolved their marriage, with the French Bourbon dynasty taking over in Spain. This divorce was painful for Austria as a person, and the fighting would eventually lead to the War of Austrian Succession as well, in which Austria lost territory to Prussia, and it would eventually lead itself to the Seven Years' War in which he would lose the Holy Roman Empire as well.
His marriage to Hungary began in 1867, and was tumultuous from the start. Revolts, dissent, and other unpleasant political struggles made the empire weak and unstable. However, it was during the 18th and 19th century that Austria's musical dynasty began. Vienna was the heart of the musical world, and the height of culture. Grand balls, sparkling waltzes by Strauss, the great Viennese Romantics, all soothed Austria's artistic soul. Music was his first mistress before all others, and his greatest love.
[CANON] Austria/Roderich Edelstein | Axis Powers Hetalia | Reserved | 1 of ??
Name: Charli
Personal Journal: N/A
E-mail: raela_brandybuck@yahoo.com
AIM/MSN/etc: AIM: MamaAustria
CHARACTER
Name: Roderich Edelstein / Austria
Canon: Axis Powers Hetalia
Timeline: In the late 19th century, during the reign of Emperor Franz Joseph I and Elisabeth of Austria. The cultural height of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: N/A
Personality:
As stated by Himaruya, Austria was born in 976 AD. This was the year that the Babenburgs came into power and unified the territories under the name that would eventually be Austria. As a child, he was close friends with Switzerland, and often harassed by Hungary and Prussia. Despite always being weak and easily defeated in his youth, he was tenacious and brave, and eventually was able to conquer Hungary and take his place as a growing empire. The great and beautiful Danube River flows through his veins, and the famed Austrian Alps are his backbone. His heart is Vienna, and his soul is the music of the centuries.
Throughout his history, Austria has been a world power of sorts, up into the 20th century when the Austro-Hungarian Empire finally fell. As an Empire, Austria was married to first Spain, by the marriage of Philip and Joanna in 1496, which brought the Spanish Empire under Hapsburg rule. This marriage proved lasting and powerful, and was not dissolved until 1700 when the War of Spanish Succession took place.
This was a political alliance at first, as most of Austria's marriages were, but he and Spain eventually were able to come to an agreement, and were quite a close couple during their long marriage. It would be France that dissolved their marriage, with the French Bourbon dynasty taking over in Spain. This divorce was painful for Austria as a person, and the fighting would eventually lead to the War of Austrian Succession as well, in which Austria lost territory to Prussia, and it would eventually lead itself to the Seven Years' War in which he would lose the Holy Roman Empire as well.
His marriage to Hungary began in 1867, and was tumultuous from the start. Revolts, dissent, and other unpleasant political struggles made the empire weak and unstable. However, it was during the 18th and 19th century that Austria's musical dynasty began. Vienna was the heart of the musical world, and the height of culture. Grand balls, sparkling waltzes by Strauss, the great Viennese Romantics, all soothed Austria's artistic soul. Music was his first mistress before all others, and his greatest love.