Name: Briar Rose
Nickname: Sleeping Beauty
Species: Fable
Gender: Female
Appearance: A young woman who puts barely any effort into her physical appearance. Her dirty blonde hair is choppy and her bangs come in front of her eyes. Her clothing is at least professional, as she only wears button-up shirts and cardigans, and pencil skirts. She sports a pair of half-frame glasses that are wrapped around her neck with a fancy gold chain.
Occupation: Fabletown Secretary
Personality: Briar is rather pessimistic. Over many centuries she has become cynical and misanthropic, and deeply distrustful of others. In her younger years, she was bubbly and sweet.
Origin Story: Her mother and father, king and queen of a lost kingdom, had prayed for a baby for many years. One day, a speaking frog came from a pond to tell them they would be blessed with a beautiful baby girl. And so they were! Their baby was born and the king was so overjoyed that he held a feast and invited most of the kingdom, along with three wise fairies. They blessed baby Briar Rose with virtuosity, beauty, and riches. The one nasty witch lady they decided to specifically not invite showed up and said that Briar was going to drop dead at age 15 from poking her finger with a spindle. She then decided this was too harsh and instead, said she would fall into a deep sleep.
The king panicked and decided to keep his daughter in isolation for 15 years, but alas, her finger was pricked anyway. The whole kingdom fell into a deep sleep for 100 years. Some prince from another kingdom snuck his way into the rotting, overgrown kingdom and found Briar, asleep in her bed, with an insane case of bedhead. He kissed her and she woke up, and so did the rest of the kingdom, but the kiss really freaked her out. The prince proposed to her within minutes of waking her, and she obviously refused; her fable did go on to leave this part out and say they got married and lived happily ever after.
Briar went on to live her life but found that she had stopped aging. She attempted to live a normal life but it turned out that every 100 years, she would fall asleep, and 100 years later would wake up again. This damaged many relationships of hers and damaged her mental health.
Powers: Briar has the ability to make people fall asleep for at least 100 minutes (an hour and forty minutes). She does this by breathing out a toxic gas, that smells of roses. If someone inhales the gas, they fall asleep. Her nails also have a similar function, as if she scratches someone, it has the same effect as the gas.
Other: Briar really enjoys crocheting and sewing as a pastime! Her hair is also naturally curly but she doesn't take care of it, so it's gotten really flat.