Olimpia Mano

Olimpia Mano is the daughter of Penta from Penta of the Chopped-Off Hands, an Italian fairy tale appearing in Giambattista Basile's Pentamerone.

Info
Name: Olimpia Mano

Age: 14

Parent's Story: Penta of the Chopped-Off Hands

Appearance: Below average height, with red hair and green eyes. Wears a red shirt, pink capris, red shoes, and red gloves.

Roommate: Verdiana Buffone

Alignment: Rebel

Secret Heart's Desire: To be able to keep my hands for useful things.

My "Magic" Touch: I am good with my hands.

Storybook Romance Status: Me and Eugene Serpentin are going out. I help him with his eye contact.

"Oh Curses!" Moment: Some people find my hands really attractive and insist on seeing them.

Favorite Subject: Cooking Class-ic. I'm a skilled cook.

Least Favorite Subject: Hexonomics. It's really boring.

Best Friend Forever After: Fatima Mkono, since she's got a similar story, as well as my boyfriend Eugene.

Biography
Hello! I'm Olimpia Mano, the daughter of Penta from Penta of the Chopped-Off Hands.

My mother's story is pretty disturbing. It started with her widowed brother (who was a king) wanting to marry her. He found her hands very attractive. She tricked a slave into cutting off her hands to get away from her brother, so he threw her into the sea. A fisherman saved her, but his wife Nuccia was jealous of her and threw her back in the sea. Mom later came to the home of the king of Terraverde, and became his wife's lady-in-waiting. After the queen died, the king married her. Later, Mom gave birth to a son, but Nuccia tricked the king into thinking that his wife had given birth to a puppy, and Mom and her son were sent away. She found shelter in a magician's kingdom. The king found that Nuccia had caused the problems, and had her burned. The magician heard Mom's brother's tale, and then her husband related his. Afterwards, it was declared that Penta and her husband would inherit her brother's kingdom.

Several years afterwards, my mom gave birth to me. I am close with my brother, who is five years older than me. He's very nice and I know he'd never try to fall in love with me. At Ever After High, I'm definitely a Rebel. I don't want to have my hands cut off - I am very skilled with my hands. I'm good at sewing, building things, and cooking. I can think of many other uses for my hands.

I'm pretty shy here, and I don't have too many friends. I prefer to keep to myself. It's because I'm autistic - people can also tell because I bite my hands occasionally. People find it to be pretty awkward.

I'm friendly with Fatima Mkono since she also has a destiny involving a hand getting cut off, but she only has to lose one hand. I have to lose both my hands! I've also got a wonderful boyfriend named Eugene Serpentin. He's such a sweet guy, though he has problems with eye contact. I help point him in the right direction.

Trivia
Olimpia's surname means "hand" in Italian.