Personality: Austria embodies refinement, elegance, and grace in all her endeavors, with all the charms a Nation of the fairer sex has to offer. While she tends to be quiet, as she feels a proper lady should be, she is neither frigid nor aloof. Once engaged in conversation, she speaks with eloquence and always chooses her words carefully and with great precision so that the full weight resonates with whomever she is conversing with. Despite her politeness, she has been known for bursts of anger when something does not go to her liking. While she's charming, she abhors public displays of affection and considers them utterly inappropriate and embarrassing.
That being said she is rather reluctant to form deep emotional bonds with others as she ages, and tends to keep her deepest innermost feelings to herself. Even despite her marriage to Spain, Austria is hesitant to share her feelings with her and insists that her marriage was made purely for political reasons and her own preservation. She utilizes music and art as her emotional outlet for her feelings instead. She adores music and art as they satisfy her need for visually pleasing things. Her eye for aesthetic beauty and style is unparalleled in Europe and she has a strong sense of personal style and taste putting great effort into maintaining her personal presentation. Her other form of expression is baking. She has a rather exaggerated penchant for sweets and enjoys creating cakes, tortes, strudels and other confections in her kitchen. She is also talented at sewing.
That being said, she prefers having others do things for her and despite knowing how to bake, sew she chooses to delegate these chores to her subordinates. Partially it's because being a lead figurehead of the Hapsburg Empire requires hours of work to maintain power, but also she does derive some joy from telling those beneath her what to do. Coming from an unstable upbringing and rising to be one of the most powerful Nations in Europe, she understands the importance of having and maintaining her power and when she has it she makes sure she wields it. She also tends to spend money lavishly for show, even if it is not technically hers.
She aims for perfection in all her endeavors she cares deeply about and always makes sure to accomplish things to the best of her ability. She would much rather take her time and spend hours completing one task out of ten well, as opposed to completing ten tasks out of ten having done a poor job.
She has never been good at warfare and grew up getting beat up by the surrounding nations continually. She's not all that combative, even in her youth, which caused her to be over powered often. She would much rather avoid conflict at all costs and relies heavily on her politeness, conversational skills, treaties and alliances. She is trained in combat but she doesn't excel in it and prefers to spend her time on things she is interested in and good at. However, if it can not be avoided and she has no other outlets she is not afraid to fight even despite the fact that the end result may not benefit her in the slightest.
Oh whoops wrong order. Just flip flop this one with the one above it.
That being said she is rather reluctant to form deep emotional bonds with others as she ages, and tends to keep her deepest innermost feelings to herself. Even despite her marriage to Spain, Austria is hesitant to share her feelings with her and insists that her marriage was made purely for political reasons and her own preservation. She utilizes music and art as her emotional outlet for her feelings instead. She adores music and art as they satisfy her need for visually pleasing things. Her eye for aesthetic beauty and style is unparalleled in Europe and she has a strong sense of personal style and taste putting great effort into maintaining her personal presentation. Her other form of expression is baking. She has a rather exaggerated penchant for sweets and enjoys creating cakes, tortes, strudels and other confections in her kitchen. She is also talented at sewing.
That being said, she prefers having others do things for her and despite knowing how to bake, sew she chooses to delegate these chores to her subordinates. Partially it's because being a lead figurehead of the Hapsburg Empire requires hours of work to maintain power, but also she does derive some joy from telling those beneath her what to do. Coming from an unstable upbringing and rising to be one of the most powerful Nations in Europe, she understands the importance of having and maintaining her power and when she has it she makes sure she wields it. She also tends to spend money lavishly for show, even if it is not technically hers.
She aims for perfection in all her endeavors she cares deeply about and always makes sure to accomplish things to the best of her ability. She would much rather take her time and spend hours completing one task out of ten well, as opposed to completing ten tasks out of ten having done a poor job.
She has never been good at warfare and grew up getting beat up by the surrounding nations continually. She's not all that combative, even in her youth, which caused her to be over powered often. She would much rather avoid conflict at all costs and relies heavily on her politeness, conversational skills, treaties and alliances. She is trained in combat but she doesn't excel in it and prefers to spend her time on things she is interested in and good at. However, if it can not be avoided and she has no other outlets she is not afraid to fight even despite the fact that the end result may not benefit her in the slightest.