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ㅤㅤㅤㅤ— ❛ true revenge, above all, is seductive. . . MARINA OF THE BLACK SEA — THE LADY OF THE DROWNED TIDE.
ㅤㅤㅤㅤ✦⠀primary muse.⠀⠀original character.⠀⠀based in popular media about sirens, pirates and witches. takes inspiration from pirates of the carribbean, when water sang fire, and the invisible life of addie larue.
name: marina calloway. age: immortal. ( twenty seven at the time of death ) pronouns: she/her. species: siren. sexuality: bisexual. nationality: british, yorkshire rooted. current residence: a fictional stretch of water called 'the black sea'. modern day location would be the north sea. she is tied to it, which means she can move but she always have to return to replenish. occupation: terrorising sailors. ( formerly a healer ). notable info: she is believed locally to be a myth. parents: tba. loyalties: the sea. the water gods. herself. MBTI: INTJ. height: 5'8. eye colour: pitch black irises. hair: black. worn loose, long and appears perpetually damp. build: lithe, lean. has a mermaid's tail if she is underwater. faceclaim: janet montgomery. scent: salt, and like the bottom of a rock pool. occasionally a faint smell of dried herbs. clothing: remnants of 18th century clothing that the sea has slowly altered over centuries. a dark bodice, long skirts that dissolve into water and shadow at the hem. in her siren form, she has a dark emerald that almost looks black tail with iridescent scales.
× traits & abilities.
MAJOR TRAITS: calculating, wrathful, perceptive, vengeful. MINOR TRAITS: flirtatious, seductive, empathetic, love-lorn.
POWERS: ㅤ ✦ the song: her voice used as a weapon. it does not simply attract but it dismantles the very architecture of someone's willpower and draws it towards herself. so she can target her song towards one person specifically, which may make a group around this person think this person is insane because they cannot hear the same song. ✦ form shift: her siren appearance is with sharp vampire-like canines, the whites of her eyes turning pitch black, her skin turning pale with her veins appearing as though night itself has been infused in it. but she can turn this appearance to be as she was when she died, a simple human dressed to fit the part. but there is something unnerving in her appearance, like her skin is almost too thin or her veins are almost a little too dark, that tells you that something ain't right there. ✦ the whisper: used primarily in close-range. it's like adding a thought to someone's head without them realising that they don't realise it was never her own. ✦ tide calling: she does not command the black sea but she negotates with it. marina can call currents, redirect winds, invite fog so thick a ship loses itself entirely within minutes. think making a water body so calm that it feels threatening. ✦ sea glass memory: marina can "read" objects that have drowned in the sea. just by touching it, she can know every piece of memory/history attached to it specifically, such as, holding a drowned man's compass and knowing exactly where he was wanting to go and why. ✦ the drowning dream: she can make someone experience drowning without actually letting them die. it is a mental ability used as a weapon.
WEAKNESSES: ㅤ ✦ iron: iron disrupts her connection to the water. direct contact doesn't kill her but it dulls everything: her song, her perception, her ability to call the tide. ships with iron hulls are genuinely unpleasant for her to be near. ✦ distance from the black sea: the further she gets from her water the less she is. ✦ her own song: at full force it costs her. voice fracture especially. she always needs time in deep water afterwards to recover. ✦ anyone who doesn't fear the sea: her power relies partly on existing fear. Someone who genuinely loves the ocean and feels at home in it is harder to reach than someone who doesn't. ✦ him: she won't name this one more specifically than that. just that he exists and that he is the one variable in three centuries she has not been able to fully calculate. this bothers her considerably more than she lets on.
× verses.
✦ verse one.ㅤ ✦ verse two.
× biography.
marina calloway was born in 1716 on the edge of the north yorkshire moors. a healer in a village small enough that everyone knew her name and kept a respectful distance from her anyway. she delivered children, set bones, pulled people back from fevers that should have killed them. she didn't think of it as anything special but the village thought differently. they came to her door when the priest failed them and left offerings on her step like she was something between a neighbour and a shrine. but she knew some would have loved to burn her at the stake. she lost her father to the sea. no body, no explanation, just a man who went out one morning and didn't come back. her mother died four years later and marina couldn't save her, which is the kind of thing that stays with a person regardless of how many centuries pass. by the time she met him in 1739 she was twenty three, completely alone. he presented himself as a sea captain. he was, in reality, something considerably older and more deliberate than that: a god of mischief and ruin who had existed long enough to know exactly what he was doing at all times. what he was doing, specifically, was neutralising a problem before it could become one, because marina was destined to be his undoing. not through any choice of her own — she didn't know, had no reason to suspect, went about her life in complete ignorance of the fact that her existence was cosmologically inconvenient for a very specific and very powerful entity who had decided the cleanest solution was to simply remove her from the board before destiny could finish its sentence. so he was charming. he was interested. he made her feel chosen. it was a particular and effective weapon against someone who has spent their whole life being useful to people who kept their distance. she married him in 1741. the crew never wanted her on the ship. she endured it because she was accustomed to being tolerated by people who nonetheless needed her eventually. she told herself they would come around. she was still telling herself this when the storm arrived in autumn 1743; total and catastrophic. the crew panicked and made a decision quickly and without much debate. they needed a sacrifice. she looked at her husband across the deck with rain in her eyes waiting for him to intervene, to be the man she had chosen, and saw instead the quiet relief of someone watching a plan arrive at its conclusion. they threw her over before she could find the words for any of it. the sea took her the way it had taken her father, without explanation or apology. but unlike her father, it didn't keep her in its depths, hidden away. rather it kept her differently. it revealed the cosmic intervention of her birth, the history of a god's recklessness, the story of her purpose. and then it killed her. she came back to the surface tied to her gravestone forever, tied to the stretch of water where the ship went down, the black sea. it gave her powers that she would learn to wield over centuries: a voice that could take a ship apart from the inside out, hands that could read a man's guilt like a wound, a song that found whatever a person loved most and used it against them. it gave her curses that she would peel from her skin like something stuck underneath, across decades, each one a reminder that the sea gives nothing cleanly and takes nothing back without cost. but it also gave her something he had not accounted for when he watched her go over the side of that ship with the quiet relief of a finished errand — it gave her time. enough to learn exactly what he was, enough to map the precise shape of his cruelty, enough to become something so far beyond the word dangerous. she had nothing but the black water, the memory of his face, hundred years's worth of patience. and she intended to use all three.
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ㅤ — ❛ you're no longer a myth, you're starting to mean something. ARTHUR — RAISED IN THE GUTTERS, CROWNED BY A SWORD.
ㅤㅤㅤㅤ✦⠀ secondary muse.⠀⠀canon character.⠀⠀from king arthur: the legend of the sword. the king who did not ask for the crown.
name: arthur pendragon. age: late twenties to early thirties. pronouns: he/him. species: human ( magical lineage ). sexuality: heterosexual. nationality: briton. current residence: londinium. occupation: king of england; formerly a street-runner. notable info: raised in a brothel after his parents were murdered; unaware of his royal lineage for most of his life; wielder of excalibur. parents: uther pendragon and elsa. siblings: none. loyalties: his crew, the mages, the people of england. MBTI: ESTP. height: 6'2. eye colour: blue. hair: blonde. build: muscular, street-hardened. posture: relaxed but ready, carries himself like a fighter than a king. faceclaim: charlie hunnam. scent: smoke, steel, leather. clothing: worn leather, open shirts, practical attire.
× traits & abilities.
MAJOR TRAITS: defiant, charismatic, resilient, cunning, fiercely loyal. MINOR TRAITS: stubborn, reckless, cocky. POWERS: ㅤ ✦ excalibur: channels immense magical power through the sword, amplifying his strength and speed to superhuman levels. ✦ combat instinct: highly skilled in street fighting; reacts quickly and fights with brutal efficiency.
× verses.
✦ verse one.ㅤmain verse. pre-canon — art grows up in the backstreets of londinium, far removed from any knowledge of his birthright. raised in a brothel and shaped by those who took him in, he learns quickly that survival depends on wit, speed, and knowing when to fight. he builds a name for himself among thieves, runners, and street gangs — not as a king, but as someone who cannot be easily broken or controlled. coins are earned through grit and loyalty is hard-worn. arthur has already carved out a life with his own two hands: one that answers to no crown, no prophecy, and no one but himself. ✦ verse two. post-canon — arthur rises from the backstreets of londinium to overthrow his uncle vortigern, reclaiming his birthright with excalibur. struggling against the weight of destiny, he learns to wield both power and responsibility as king.
× biography.
born to royalty but raised in the streets, arthur grows up far from camelot, hardened by survival and shaped by the unforgiving world of londinium. after his father is murdered by his uncle vortigern, arthur is forced into anonymity, building a life among thieves, fighters, and outcasts. his destiny finds him when he pulls the legendary sword excalibur from stone, awakening a power he cannot control and a truth he cannot ignore. reluctant and defiant, arthur resists the crown until he understands what it demands of him — acceptance.
ㅤㅤㅤㅤ— ❛ maybe happiness is only the absence of grief. ARI RATHOD — WARM AS BLOOD, SHARPENED BY PRACTICE.
ㅤㅤㅤㅤ✦⠀secondary muse.⠀⠀canon character.⠀⠀based in the new alchemist series, featured in red city by marie lu. the charming bioalchemist.
name: ari rathod. age: twenty eight. pronouns: he/him. species: human / alchemist. sexuality: closeted bisexual. nationality: gujarat, india. naturalised american. current residence: angel city. ( fictionalised los angeles ) occupation: works for the lumines, an alchemy syndicate. notable info: amongst the lumines, he's called shakespeare, for being good with words and instantly charming people. his childhood friend sam may be mentioned in threads. parents: unnamed. siblings: an older sister. loyalties: lumines. sam. MBTI: ISFP. height: 6'2. eye colour: brown. hair: black, tousled curly hair. build: lean. posture: stands tall and confident when conducting business, otherwise not. faceclaim: ishaan khatter. scent: leather and smoke, with a hint of sandalwood. clothing: usually wears shirts and trousers. from being part of the lumines he will have a fox pin attached to his blazer.
× traits & abilities.
MAJOR TRAITS: hard-working, loyal, charming. MINOR TRAITS: shy, nostalgic, risk-averse. POWERS: ㅤ ✦ enhanced charm: ari has a natural ability to draw eyes upon himself, charming anyone near him. people usually want to engage in conversation with him, take him home with them, naturally drawn. ✦ bio-alchemy: ari can manipulate any living thing's biological components by altering their cellular structure. he can tap into your skin and make your blood boil from inside-out, and alternatively he can increase the flow of serotonin in you to calm you down.
× verses.
✦ verse one.ㅤmain verse. set in his canon, ari is working for the lumines who are an alchemy syndicate that makes 'sand' — a drug that can enhance a person's natural abilities, almost by tuning up the volume on them. he usually works as their spokesperson, sent to secure business deals and arrangements due to his natural ability to make people agree with him. ✦ verse two. to be determined.
× biography.
ari rathod grew up in the slums of gujarat, india. blessed with an almost supernatural beauty and an effortlessly commanding presence, ari struggles with his shyness even as he notes that people are always drawn to him. when a wealthy older man spots him at the market, he makes an offer to ari’s parents: he will take ari away — room, board and education covered — and give his family a monthly stipend. mr. rudra is a powerful alchemist within the lumines group, but ari won’t know that until it is much too late. by that point, he already will have been swept away to angel city and sent to public school, where he makes friends with a quiet, almost invisible girl named sam. unbeknownst to sam and ari, each has been scouted by powerful alchemy syndicates: grand central and the lumines. unlike the philosophers of fantasy, these alchemists have turned to science and chemistry to turn alchemy into something real. with the touch of a hand, they can turn water to ice; the more powerful of them can even pull a weapon out of a brush against a wall. but more than that, they have advanced their training to delve deeper: to send a rush of serotonin to a man they are trying to bribe, who instantly feels confident and excited about his choice to accept their conditions; to send rushes of dopamine and oxytocin into the veins of a lover; and, of course, to transform the living into the dead. their goal is certainly power, but even in this alternate america, power is fueled by only one thing: money. trouble has long been brewing among the alchemy syndicates, which began when grand central patented the production of sand, a drug that grants its user a sorcerer's stone-like amplification of their natural talents . . . and flaws. scientists, on sand make earth-shattering breakthroughs, models on sand are angelically, captivatingly beautiful as they strut down the runway , and alchemists on sand can transmute almost anything. but each syndicate takes a different approach to production and sale, and grand central and the lumines have been racing toward an all-out battle for a decade. ari works as the lumines's spokesperson due to his natural ability to draw people to himself, making them agree to the cartel's deals and negotiating with the world's most powerful leaders.
ㅤㅤㅤㅤ— ❛ crushed and broken... just the way women like 'em. RICHARD GANSEY III — THE BOY WHO BELIEVED IN SLEEPING KINGS.
ㅤㅤㅤㅤ✦⠀primary muse.⠀⠀canon character.⠀⠀based in general urban fantasy genre, featured in the raven cycle series by maggie stiefvater. the doomed curiosity.
name: gansey. ( full name: richard campbell gansey III ) age: mid-twenties. pronouns: he/him. species: human. sexuality: bisexual. nationality: english. current residence: henrietta, virginia. occupation: none, student at aglionby academy, amateur historian. born into inheritance. notable info: he is obsessed with the legend of a welsh king who is rumoured to be sleeping where ley lines connect. his entire life has been about finding him. - he has an old orange 1973 camaro, lovingly called 'the pig'. he also carries an epi-pen in this car at all times due to having a fatal allergy to bees, hornets and wasps. - his four best friends: ronan lynch, adam parrish, noah czerny, and blue sargent are expected to be mentioned in threads because they are vital to his story and his perception of himself. - my main canon divergence is that gansey is english. parents: richard gansey II and mrs. gansey ( rich people ) siblings: helen gansey ( older sister ) loyalties: his friends, and the search for glendower. MBTI: ENFJ. height: 6'1. eye colour: hazel. hair: tousled brown hair. build: lean, tall. posture: straight backed and confident. faceclaim: varies. scent: mint, leather and tobacco notes. clothing: sweater vests, linen trousers, boat shoes. dresses like old-money rich guys.
× traits & abilities.
MAJOR TRAITS: charismatic, idealistic, determined, loyal, curious. MINOR TRAITS: stubborn, obsessive, sentimental.
× verses.
✦ verse one.ㅤ main verse. gansey searches the forests and ley lines of henrietta alongside his friends, determined to wake the legendary welsh king glendower. ✦ verse two. modern au / post-canon. the search for glendower comes to an end, gansey continues to study archaeology, history, and other ley lines across the world. he constantly feels a gaping hole inside him now that this obsession is no longer there, trying to figure out who he is and what his purpose in life is.
× biography.
richard campbell gansey iii was destined for great things, but first and foremost, he was destined to die. at age ten, he had walked into a hornets nest at his friend's house and faced death the first time around, not having known that he has a fatal allergy to bee sting. however, the encounter didn't last long but it remained memorable with one line echoing in his ears: you will live because of glendower. someone else on the ley line is dying when they should not, and so you will live when you should not. ever since his life started revolving around this mysterious welsh king named glendower, the reason for him being alive. unbeknownst to him, he is also cursed to die a second time, should he kiss his true love.
ㅤㅤㅤㅤ— ❛ obstinate, head-strong girl! ELIZABETH BENNET — THE BANE OF HER MOTHER'S NERVES.
ㅤㅤㅤㅤ✦⠀primary muse.⠀⠀canon character.⠀⠀based in pride and prejudice, by jane austen. mainly inspired from the 2005 movie. the sharp-tongued girl.
name: elizabeth bennet. age: varies, but mostly mid to late-twenties. pronouns: she/her. species: human. sexuality: closeted bisexual. nationality: english. current residence: longbourn, hertfordshire. occupation: unemployed, gentlewoman. notable info: she is the second oldest of the five bennet sisters. parents: mr. and mrs. bennet. siblings: jane, mary, kitty, lydia. loyalties: family, personal principles. MBTI: ENFP. height: 5'4. eye colour: dark brown. hair: dark brown, often pinned up in a messy bun in regency style. build: slender, average height. posture: upright and confident, with natural grace. faceclaim: daisy edgar jones. scent: light lavender and rose, with a slight hint of garden herbs. clothing: regency-era gowns in soft, muted colors for daily wear; fine muslins and silks for balls and social events, simple slippers, delicate gloves, and modest accessories.
× traits & abilities.
MAJOR TRAITS: witty, observant, independent, intelligent, charming. MINOR TRAITS: curious, stubborn, outspoken, slightly judgmental at times.
× verses.
✦ verse one. main verse. navigating courtship, societal expectation, and family responsibilities. her eldest sister is the diamond of the county and their mother's most prized jewel, flaunting her around at any societal event — all elizabeth does is try to protect her sister's interests. she too harbours hope for love but finds all men of the county to be stupid or entirely shallow, therefore unsuitable for herself. lizzie is most likely to be found with her nose in a book or just out in the open countryside, taking a walk, dreaming on. ✦ verse two. modern verse. to be written.
× biography.
elizabeth bennet is the second eldest of five bennet daughters living in hertfordshire. life at longbourn is defined by family responsibility, social gatherings, and the pressures of marriage in regency-era england. elizabeth observes the hypocrisies and absurdities of her social world with sharp humor and keen judgment, all while navigating her growing feelings for fitzwilliam darcy, the man she had sworn to loathe for all eternity for his behaviour towards her.
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ㅤㅤㅤㅤ— ❛ a dream is a wish your heart makes... CINDERELLA — FROM ASHES TO FAIRYTALE ENDINGS.
ㅤㅤㅤㅤ✦⠀ secondary muse.⠀⠀canon character.⠀⠀based in the cinderella stories. mainly inspired from the original 1950's movie. the ash-ridden girl.
name: ella tremaine. age: mid to late twenties. pronouns: she/her. species: human. sexuality: heterosexual. nationality: french. current residence: an unnamed fictional kingdom. occupation: housemaid. notable info: cinderella will be based mainly in headcanons but because she's been inspired from multiple sources of media, ranging from the original grimm's fairytales to the latest live-action movie. primarily written in regency era. parents: lady tremaine (stepmother), louis tremaine (father - deceased), marie (mother - deceased). siblings: drisella tremaine (stepsister), anastasia tremaine (stepsister). loyalties: her parents' house, her animal friends, fairy godmother. MBTI: ISFJ. height: 5'8. eye colour: blue. hair: wavy blonde hair, usually tied loose in a ribbon or a kerchief. faceclaim: varies, but mostly lily james. scent: soft vanilla and fresh linen, tinged with smoke and tobacco. clothing: simple linen/cotton dresses in muted blues, greys, or creams, apron for chores, worn slippers, hair tied with ribbon or kerchief.
× traits & abilities.
MAJOR TRAITS: kind, patient, optimistic, resilient, graceful. MINOR TRAITS: dreamy, quietly clever, forgiving.
× verses.
✦ verse one.ㅤ main. cinderella grew up in a household that valued kindness and love above all else, until a stepmother arrived one day and she was relegated to endless chores while her stepsisters paraded in finery. gentle and patient, she bears her hardships with quiet grace and her kindness often overlooked or taken for granted. yet beneath the ashes of her daily labor, she has resilient spirit and an innate cleverness that allows her to endure. ✦ verse two. modern verse. cinderella lives in an apartment above her family's once-successful business, one that especially tanks after her father dies on a trip. her stepmother takes over whatever remains of the business, leaving cinderella with the only option to work multiple jobs to keep the household afloat while lady tremaine uses the excuse that she is trying to revive her father's business.
× biography.
to be written.
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ㅤ— ❛ how many funerals can one attend before they turn nineteen? ELENA GILBERT — STUBBORNLY KIND, TRAGEDY-BOUND.
ㅤㅤㅤㅤ✦⠀primary muse.⠀⠀canon character.⠀⠀based in cw's the vampire diaries, primarily headcanon based, extremely canon divergent. the grieving girl.
name: elena gilbert. age: twenty five to twenty nine. pronouns: she/her. species: human / doppleganger. sexuality: closeted bisexual. nationality: american. current residence: mystic falls, virginia. occupation: student in medical school. notable info: - my main canon divergence is that elena dies after season 3's events. the car crash is the last thing that happens and she does not return as a vampire. - also the car crash where her parents die happens when she's seventeen years old, about to turn eighteen. then the rest of the events pan out through her twenties. - i do not ship delena in canon. absolutely not. but i am open to exploring their concept through a divergent lens. parents: miranda and grayson gilbert (adoptive), john gilbert and isobelm flemming (biological). siblings: jeremy gilbert (brother). loyalties: bonnie bennett, caroline forbes, the salvatores. MBTI: INFP. height: 5'6. eye colour: brown. hair: dark brown, pin-straight. build: lean, former athlete build (used to be a cheerleader in school). faceclaim: varies, but mostly nina dobrev from seasons one and two. scent: daisy by marc jacobs. clothing: fitted jackets, simple tops, skinny jeans, and boots in muted tones.
× traits & abilities.
MAJOR TRAITS: compassionate, self-sacrificing, resilient, loyal, empathetic. MINOR TRAITS: stubborn, impulsive, forgiving, protective, idealistic, emotionally driven. POWERS: ㅤ ✦ doppleganger blood: as a petrova doppelgänger, her blood carries mystical significance and can be used in powerful supernatural rituals. ✦ part wheelwalker (nh): can see grays (ghosts) without external aid, but cannot harness their powers. ✦ spirit anchoring & negotiation (nh): she is often able to calm grays down during volatile events. they respond to her emotional openness by sharing emotions and memories. she is most often skilled at persuading or releasing grays instead of having to banish them (which is what helps her earn her place at yale).
× verses.
✦ verse one.ㅤcanon verse. follows the events of tvd canon s1-s3. elena has recently lost her parents and is navigating the knowledge that her existence is what threatens the lives of her loved ones. she is also only starting to unravel how deep her non-apparent power of carrying doppleganger blood runs, often attracting dangerous elements and supernatural species into town. ✦ verse two. ninth house verse. elena came to yale on a scholarship stitched together from tragedy and good grades, the kind of student the alumni brochures love: dead parents. clean record. a girl who learned early how to keep walking after everything fell apart. lethe chose her because she had already seen the dead, and she didn’t look away. elena's wheelwalker ability came from an accident. a car crash drowned her, but she somehow managed to live. some people say she came back wrong, but nobody could understand how, until lethe swept her away into the dark secrets of the ancient societies. she is lethe's anchor, sent into rituals that go sideways or the ones that have the potential of going sideways.
× biography.
elena gilbert begins her story as an ordinary teenager in mystic falls, still grieving the loss of her parents in a tragic car accident, trying to hold together the fragile normalcy of her life with her brother and friends. her world changes when she meets the mysterious stefan salvatore, whose arrival pulls her into a hidden world of vampires, witches, and centuries-old rivalries. as elena learns she is the human petrova doppelgänger, identical to the infamous katherine pierce, she becomes the center of supernatural conflicts that threaten both her life and everyone she loves. despite the violence and loss surrounding her, elena remains defined by her compassion and willingness to sacrifice herself for the people she cares about.
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ㅤㅤㅤㅤ— ❛ she would not quiver like a rabbit in a snare... INEJ GHAFA — SILENT AS A PRAYER, DEADLY AS JUDGMENT.
ㅤㅤㅤㅤ✦⠀primary muse.⠀⠀canon character.⠀⠀based in grishaverse, featured in the six of crows duology by leigh bardugo. the surviving spider.
name: inej ghafa. age: 21+ gender: cis-female. species: human. sexuality: demisexual. nationality: ravkan suli, modern day equivalent of the indian subcontinent. current residence: the seas, on her ship called ' the wraith ' / main verses set in ketterdam, kerch. occupation: spy, assassin ( called 'the wraith' ), later captain of a ship hunting slavers. notable info: former indentured performer sold to the menagerie (a brothel); kaz brekker’s most trusted spy; devoutly religious and can be moral despite her profession; has approximately 14 knives strapped on her body at different places (weapon of choice); has a gift for stealth and acrobatics from having trained as a performer with her family of traveling acrobats. parents: unnamed mother and father. siblings: none. loyalties: kaz brekker & the dregs, later additionally zoya nazyalensky. MBTI: isfj. height: 5'3. eye colour: dark brown. hair: long, dark brown to black; thick, often braided. worn loose rarely. build: lean, wiry; acrobat’s musculature. posture: quiet, balanced, catlike — always poised to move. faceclaim: amita suman. scent: clean air, faint spice, salt, leather, and sometimes incense oil. clothing: dark, fitted practical garments suited for climbing — rubber acrobat slippers that allow grip on walls, similar gloves, layered fabrics, hidden sheaths for knives, hooded cloak; later incorporates a sea-captain attire.
× traits & abilities.
MAJOR TRAITS: observant, devout, disciplined, compassionate, guarded. MINOR TRAITS: patient, self-sacrificing, soft-spoken, relentless. POWERS: ㅤ✦ masterful stealth: moves without sound or trace; excels at surveillance, shadowing targets, and entering secured spaces undetected. ㅤ✦ acrobats: trained as a suli performer, she possesses extraordinary balance, flexibility, and aerial control; capable of scaling walls, traversing rooftops, and navigating vertical terrain with ease. ㅤ✦ knife mastery: favors multiple lightweight blades for speed and precision; throws with lethal accuracy & fights efficiently at close range. each knife is named for a saint (equivalent for gods in grishaverse).
× verses.
✦ verse one.ㅤ main verse. centered in ketterdam, she is working as kaz brekker's most trusted spy. she operates under the moniker of ' the wraith ' and is one of the most feared assassins in the city, though she still operates under a strict moral code. ✦ verse two.ㅤmodern verse. basically mirrors her main verse, except would have grown up performing with her family’s small traveling circus until she was trafficked by a criminal network and sold into debt bondage at an underground nightclub in ketterdam. the dregs would be a street gang in this setting, and in exchange for rescuing her, kaz makes inej his spy. still using knives as her preferred weapon, her primary goal in this verse to gather enough money that she can clear off her debt and return to finding her parents. ✦ verse three.ㅤcyberpunk 2077 verse. inej's parents were acrobats and she was fourteen years old when she got kidnapped by scavs and sold onto tante heleen, a woman who runs a high-end pleasure syndicate called the menagerie disguised as an entertainment corp. she was collared with a neural compliance chip to perform — not acrobatics, but much worse. she had no way out, until one day kaz brekker bought her contract. he trained her to become part of the dregs, a gang that operated in night city under the rule of a man called per haskell. she became the wraith, a valued spy that did not have a thermal nor a digital footprint. she moved through the city like a ghost, collecting secrets without leaving a single mark of her having been there. some important plotting points: ↦ inej does not have any cyberware on her. it is her way of staying true to her faith, but also because she refuses to get chipped. it is very important for her to keep her body as her own. it allows her the one advantage of not being 'hackable'. the only thing she eventually agrees to is a subdermal grip and texture on her palms, fingers and the soles of her feet, only because it barely qualifies as cyberware and is a minor modification that allows her the grip of carbon fibre on any surface: wet or dry, steel or glass. ↦ she has a scar around her neural port site. the compliance chip that she was forced to wear at the menagerie left scar tissue by her neck. she eventually had the whole port removed, paid a back-alley ripperdoc for it. ↦ her faith is tied to an old folklore of 'saints'. it's basically the concept of having gods in an ultra-modern corporate ruled world. some people laugh it off as ignorance and foolishness, but inej's faith is rooted in tradition.
× biography.
inej grew up as a suli acrobat & was kidnapped from her traveling family by slave hunters, sold into indenture at a pleasure house in the crime-ridden city of ketterdam. rescued by the ruthless gang member called kaz brekker ( who is part of the dregs ), she becomes his most trusted spy and assassin, known as the wraith for her near-supernatural stealth. during the infamous ice court heist ( where the dregs are paid a huge amount to rescue something from fjerda ) she serves as the crew’s silent infiltrator, gathering the secrets that make the mission possible. her main verse is centered around her working as a spy for the dregs, though she still longs for freedom and seeing her parents once again.
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ㅤㅤㅤㅤ— ❛ and here you are living... despite it all. THE SOLDIER PRINCE — A THIEF OF TRINKETS AND HEARTS.
ㅤㅤㅤㅤ✦⠀secondary muse.⠀⠀semi-original character.⠀⠀based in grishaverse, featured in the language of thorns. a puppet given life.⠀
name: ? age: appears twenty five. gender: cis-male. species: human. sexuality: bisexual. nationality: kerch. dutch in modern context. current residence: ketterdam, kerch. occupation: explorer, magician, inventor of sorts. usually operates as a thief to get by. zodiac placements: libra sun, sagittarius moon, sagittarius rising. notable info: a nutcracker doll created by droessen, he is brought to life by his own sheer willpower and that lends him the ability to breathe life into inanimate objects, mostly toys. parents: droessen (creator). siblings: none. loyalties: clara stahlbaum, frederik stahlbaum. MBTI: isfp — the adventurer. height: 6'1. eye colour: dark brown. hair: dark brown, wavy texture. build: athletic, lean. posture: tall and straight, hands usually clasped behind his back, like a soldier. faceclaim: varies. scent: freshly cut wood, sawdust, petrichor. clothing: bright blue soldier's uniform, usually carrying a bayonet.
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MAJOR TRAITS: optimistic, charming, reserved, curious, cheeky. MINOR TRAITS: persuasive, stubborn, determined, naive. POWERS: ㅤ✦ life force manipulation / creation: able to create living beings or matter out of inanimate objects, usually toys or miniatures. ㅤ✦ necromancy: (an extension of life force manipulation) to some extent, he can communicate with the dead who have ties to the living, but usually needs a physical connection or source (aka the person the spirit is linked with) to draw power from. ㅤ✦ dream manipulation: can conjure whatever the other person dreams of / wants most, but it is only an illusion visible to him and the person. ㅤ✦ telepathy: can mentally interact with the mind, consciousness, and thoughts of themselves or others through mental power and capacity, thus being able to read & sense another person's thoughts, communicate with them mentally.
× verses.
✦ verse one.ㅤ main verse. recently freed from droessen's grasp, he is currently traveling the world and grabbing every opportunity thrown his way as a chance to explore human life. ✦ verse two.ㅤmodern verse. orphaned at birth, he was found by droessen, a carpenter by trade. not having given him a proper name, he's called 'john doe' in this verse as that's the name he found is given to people without names. he's had a rough childhood, with his father being absent most days and him finding solace in books and stories of all kinds. he grows up to find that his father resents his presence and youth, throwing him out when he turns eighteen. that leads him to becoming a petty thief to get by, then being recruited by bigger gangs and groups. he often operates as a scam artist because of his charm.
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to be written soon. ( in the mean time, I recommend reading the short story called the soldier prince featured in the novel the language of thorns by leigh bardugo. apart from this, if you have any questions regarding his backstory please don't hesitate to hit me up via the IMs or discord! i'll be more than happy to talk about him lol. )
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