The Assassin's Blade - Audiodrama: The Assassin and the Underworld
Sun for Lysandra - RC
Described as almost feline, Lysandra is the best courtesan in Adarlan, so much so that the king of the assassins personally invested in her rise from street orphan to “the most anticipated courtesan in Rifthold History”. She is excellent in her trade and understands human nature to the nth degree, she is sultry sweet almost 90% of the time however this is a facade, this is her courtesan character, at her core, she is one of many victims of the fall of magic in Erilea, (Spoilers! Will inform whoever’s cast) She despises the position she has found herself in, she did not choose this life, she had to do whatever she could to survive in a world that despises her in return, only giving her any though for what she can provide… physically.
At this point in the story, she and Celaena are childhood enemies, vying for whatever power they can each claw in a world not meant for them.
Lysandra's voice is mid-high range and speaks with a BRITSH/ENGLISH accent and is confident, decadent and wilful.
Her speech is impeccably clear but not overly RP, and she does not need to “Put out” to gain the attention she needs, though this doesn't mean she doesn't overdo it sometimes.
Her vocal range is mostly mid but will require a lot of dynamic range through the series as she grows and develops.
IMPORTANT: Lysandra is a pivotal character throughout the series and has her shining moments in the 4th, 5th and 7th books so whoever is cast will need to stay on the project for prospective years. I will not be wanting to recast her so please; ensure you can commit long term when you apply.
(She is also one my favorite characters x3)
IMPORTANT: Please know, that there are NO scenes in which a VA would be required to produce NSFW content, while her being a courtesan is her background and while it is a part of who she is, this audio drama is completely SFW. She does find love and enters into a lovely relationship with a character FAR later in the books, but to my knowledge, no NSFW scenes are explicitly described in the books. If there is a scene that is more spicy later on in the series that I've forgotten about, I will likely edit parts to make it more SFW.
Vocal example:
Something similar to Angelina Jolies English voice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTmrlm0Ta3Y
- You do not need to sound exactly like this, this is just an idea.
- Mid - High
- british
- female young adult
(Distain for Celaena, changing to sultry) - "I thought you'd been packed off to the desert. Is it possible the summer has passed THAT quickly? I guess when you're having so much fun ...
(Leaned in, speaking quietly in a theatre, mockingly) – “Celaena, I didn’t know you had a shred of human emotion in you, and I didn’t think the performance was THAT good.”
*A terrified set of screams after Celaena just threw a dagger at you that nearly pierced your head*
I'm more than happy to wait to consider your audion proper once you have your standard Mic ^^ I would much rather hear what your audio quality is up front. As long as it can be submitted before the deadline, you 100% fine. One note, your American accent is still quite pronounced in this, I am looking for a British/English accent but I can hear your passion! I encourage you to give this another go and practice the accent as much as you can!