Name: Elvina Ignatia Kirkland
Representative of: Yorkshire
Gender: Female
Age:
human-22
historical- About 10,000 (from 8000BC)
Brief personality:
*Mothering
*Childish/Mature attitude (really depends on who shes talking too)
*You can never really tell when shes joking or being serous at times
* Occasionally oblivious
*Will hug anyone in attempt to get what she wants. (There might be magic in her hugs but you'll never know for sure~)
Brief physical description:
*A bit taller then England
*Medium length pigtails-slightly curly dark blond hair
*Dark blue-ish green eyes
*Skin not as pale as England's
*Has thin rimmed glasses
*Freckles
Brief history:
Yorkshire is named after York and York is a shortened form of the Viking name Jorvik, which was in turn an interpretation of the Anglo-Saxon name Eoforwic. The region was first occupied after the retreat of the ice age around 8000 BC. During the first millennium AD it was occupied by Romans, Angles and Vikings. Yorkshire is a county in Northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. It covers just under 6,000 square miles. Yorkshire was historically split up into three parts known as the East, North, and West Ridings. Following the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, Yorkshire was subject to the punitive harrying of the North, which caused great hardship. The area proved to be notable for uprisings and rebellions through to the Tudor period. During the industrial revolution, the West Riding became the second most important manufacturing area in the United Kingdom, while the predominant industries of the East and North Ridings remained fishing and agriculture. In 1889, as part of the Local Government Act 1888, Yorkshire was divided into administrative counties (each with a county council) and county boroughs. The administrative counties closely followed the ancient ridings. Local government in England was reformed in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972.Under the act, the ridings lost their lieutenancies and shrievalties and the administrative counties, county boroughs and their councils were abolished.The area of Yorkshire was divided between a number of metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties. In modern times, the Yorkshire economy suffered from a decline in manufacturing which affected its traditional coal, steel, wool and shipping industries.
Religious affiliation:
N/A
Any special powers or abilities:
*Magic
*Shape shifting
*Sometimes talking to ghosts