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==Background==
==Background==
Born Flora Gentile, a citizen of the Italian Confederation, her upbringing was rather normal for a lower-middle-class Catholic family there. An Awakening on the cusp of puberty upended this stability, an event just as normal in its own way. Fearing powers that none of them - not even Flora herself - could properly understand, her parents sought aid from a priest whose church they attended. He in turn swiftly led a Sylvestrine scout to her before her Awakening could be noticed by the government or corporations.
Flora's conservative parents, unnerved at the thought that their child might have something they cannot control, were happy to entrust her to the Church. They were just as happy to accept the Church's charity - a practice that certainly isn't selling children into servitude, as that would be frowned on. Nonetheless, Flora was assessed for where her talents laid. What was discovered was a natural aptitude for embedding mana into objects; she had already been imprinting possessions of hers with emotion to try to understand the power, in a sort of proto-form of enchantment.
This in turn led to being shuffled around to hide her destination like a shell game, losing her trail in anonymity and delivering her to the Vigilia Evangelica. She was raised the rest of the way in a monastery, indoctrinated and taught the ways of magic under them. This was not limited to sanitized Christian teachings - the clerics of the Vigilia Evangelica must learn of many faiths and understand their workings, that they can properly judge and contain that which mankind must not be allowed to have. It is there that she worked, examining artifacts and reverse-engineering the formation of legends, and it is there that she died.
Her monastery was subject to a sudden, planned raid by


== Narrative Significant Qualities ==
== Narrative Significant Qualities ==

Revision as of 22:27, 21 February 2024

Priestess
Priestess habit.jpeg
Priestess token.png
Modern Dame-Errant
Deprived, Yet Devoted
Discord@ezene
Redditonomatopus
MetatypeHuman
Street Cred0
Notoriety0
Public Awareness0
D.O.B.December 17th, 2061
Age23
Folder[Drive URL Link]
PriorityMetatype - E
Attributes - B
Magic/Resonance - A
Skills - B
Resources - E
#Max IGs/Ascension1


Character Information

Summary

Priestess is a female Italian human who can be most commonly found in an armored Catholic habit. Short and with soft features, she looks like someone who has done little work with her own hands. What stands out after the initial impression is her speech: Priestess speaks quietly and carefully as though unused to doing so, and rather than raise her voice, she relies on gestures, sign language, or text chat.

The apparent nun's expressions are cold and blank. Though, to those who can discern it, her attitude is far less the stone-hard criminal and far more simply stunted in feelings, whether through birth or trauma. She is known to insist on acting morally good despite this, at least by her metrics. Much of this is shrouded in her pursuit of the Catholic faith - a worldview she makes openly clear to anyone.

Despite her appearance, Priestess advertises her role as a direct fighter. Her weapon is a form of magical telekinesis which she wields to strike at a distance, often sending weapons normally wielded in close combat to fight at range.

Goals

  • Extol the word of the Lᴏʀᴅ to those who will listen.
  • Secure justice for the poor, and uphold the cause of the needy.
  • Feed the hungry, cast out unclean spirits, and heal the sick.
  • Further learn the mysteries of faith and the ways of the Lᴏʀᴅ.
  • Prepare this Earth for the coming of the Kingdom of Heaven.

Background

Born Flora Gentile, a citizen of the Italian Confederation, her upbringing was rather normal for a lower-middle-class Catholic family there. An Awakening on the cusp of puberty upended this stability, an event just as normal in its own way. Fearing powers that none of them - not even Flora herself - could properly understand, her parents sought aid from a priest whose church they attended. He in turn swiftly led a Sylvestrine scout to her before her Awakening could be noticed by the government or corporations.

Flora's conservative parents, unnerved at the thought that their child might have something they cannot control, were happy to entrust her to the Church. They were just as happy to accept the Church's charity - a practice that certainly isn't selling children into servitude, as that would be frowned on. Nonetheless, Flora was assessed for where her talents laid. What was discovered was a natural aptitude for embedding mana into objects; she had already been imprinting possessions of hers with emotion to try to understand the power, in a sort of proto-form of enchantment.

This in turn led to being shuffled around to hide her destination like a shell game, losing her trail in anonymity and delivering her to the Vigilia Evangelica. She was raised the rest of the way in a monastery, indoctrinated and taught the ways of magic under them. This was not limited to sanitized Christian teachings - the clerics of the Vigilia Evangelica must learn of many faiths and understand their workings, that they can properly judge and contain that which mankind must not be allowed to have. It is there that she worked, examining artifacts and reverse-engineering the formation of legends, and it is there that she died.

Her monastery was subject to a sudden, planned raid by

Narrative Significant Qualities

Positive

  • Infected (Vampire): "Except ye that eat the flesh of the Son of Man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you."
  • History Is Not As Certain As We Are Taught: "Blessed are they that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand."

Negative

  • Big Regret (Elder God Cultist): "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lᴏʀᴅ."
  • Wanted (Vigilia Evangelica; ¥30,000): "Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written: 'This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.'"

Run History

NameGMMetaplotThreatDate of Run
Clever Pun About DocksDawnfireHigh14 April 2085
Dimensionless Numbers in Everyday LifeJohnMedium28 February 2085

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