manuela is a former opera diva turned teacher/physician turned assassin. once noted for her beauty and outstanding singing voice, she retired while she was at the top of her game in order to head off the inevitability of her beauty and skills fading with time. she sought to teach and to heal at the local officer's academy, but then got embroiled in the war that originated there. smashcut to five years later and manuela is even older, even more jaded, and longing even more for the spotlight she left behind.

tldr; manuela is a Hot Mess who has learned to be insecure over getting older. she is everything a woman is looked down upon for: outspoken, informal, sexual, sloppy, old. with a flair for the dramatics, she will sooner lament her sorry state of a love life than make any changes to improve it — but she is also supportive, empathetic, and made of tougher stuff than it might initially look.

▶ BACKTAGGING.
▷ yes
▶ THREADJACKING.
▷ sure
▶ FOURTHWALLING.
▷ no
▶ OFF-LIMITS.
▷ child/animal abuse
▶ SHIPPING.
▷ yes
▶ TAG STYLE.
▷ present-tense, brackets but can match
▶ OTHER.
▷ n/a

▶ HUGGING.
▷ yes
▶ KISSING.
▷ yes
▶ FLIRTING.
▷ yes, she'll probably initiate first
▶ ROMANCE.
▷ god yes
▶ FIGHTING.
▷ she will throw hands if she must
▶ INJURY.
▷ sure
▶ DEATH.
▷ no
▶ PHYSICAL MANIPULATION.
▷ please ask
▶ MENTAL MANIPULATION.
▷ please ask

▶ Manuela's measurements are 40-27-38. Her cup size is 32H (US/UK)/70I (EU).
▶ She has a number of beauty marks/moles on her body. The most prominent is the one under her left eye. Other areas include her right inner wrist, to the bottom right of her belly button, on the side of her left knee, and behind her right ear.
▶ As a former prima donna, Manuela is a fairly well-rounded soprano but her areas of expertise are as a lyric and a spinto.
▶ She is a natural dirty blonde. Her eyes are honey brown.