POWER WON ;

delilah vanderbuilt. ancient. original witch. headmistress.

[mothcrwitch]

      “what’s one word you’d associate with a coven?” delilah prompted from her spot behind her desk, glass of wine in hand despite the school hours. with the three deaths this past week, she deserved it. “first thing to come to your mind.” 

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               A  MEMBER  OF  his  pack  was  dead  ,  paraded  through  town  like  some  sick  twisted  joke  .   and   that  was  on  him  .   he  couldn’t  help  but  think  that  if  he  were  a  better  alpha  he  could’ve  avoided  this  .   maybe  he  was  being  too  hard  on  himself  ,  or  just  hard  enough  ,  but  either  way  he  couldn’t  shake  the  guilt  he  felt  for  not  being  there  to  protect  one  of  his  own  .   then  again  ,  he  was  also  unable  to  shake  the  gratitude  and  ease  of  mind  he  had  felt  knowing  that  it  wasn’t  his  children  who  had  fallen  victim  to  whoever  killed  those  three  innocent  creatures  that  night  .

          the  pack  meeting  that  occurred  in  the  crescent  territory  of   wickery  forest  was  less  than  desirable  for  the  alpha  .   sure  ,  he  wasn’t  at  all  surprised  by  the  angered  reactions  from  his  peers  ,  but  he’d  certainly  wished  that  things  could’ve  gone  smoother  than  they  had  .   his  senses  detect  movement  just  outside  ,  the  sound  of  footsteps  approaching  from  a  mile  away  ,  closer  ,  closer  ,  until :   ‘   i’m  not  taking  visitors  .   ‘   the  alpha  groans  ,  a  bit  of  an  annoyed  ,  almost  defensive  growl  hooking  to  the  end  of  his  words  .

[mothcrwitch]

      she understood. responsibility - a headache. it was enough to drive the sane insane, and then some. and oh, did she have a lot of it. being the high priestess of the grand coven, and the headmistress of solis academy, and the matriarch of the vanderbuilts, and ... well, the list never ceased. nor did her want for power and control. a necessary pursuit, she told herself, whenever she thought of her dear creation. the marquez family still reigned supreme, as much as she loathed the fact. 

      “now you are,” the witch decided, slipping into the room like she owned the place. delilah liked to believe she did. every square inch. “relax.” the raven-haired woman sat opposite of him, lifting her hands as if to declare innocence. of the murderous act? yes. in general? no. “i come in peace.” exhaling, the vanderbuilt leaned back in her chair, surveying him. an alpha, but one of many. and not the golden crest’s. she’d see to them later. “just here to have a little chat.” she plucked a piece of lint off of her pencil skirt, watching it fall to the ground, “make sure the dogs aren’t barking too loudly.” while her words were unsavory, her tone refrained from being cruel. 

[mothcrwitch]

the  character  .

      𝚒'𝚍  𝚋𝚎  𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚢  𝚘𝚏  𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖  ,  𝚖𝚢  𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍  ;   that  there  is  DELILAH  VANDERBUILT  ,  notorious  for  being  (  vengeful  )  and  (  ruthless  )  ,  but  there  are  times  when  she  can  be  (  reliable  )  and  (  decisive  )  .   i've  heard  that  she  could  pass  as  a  LANA PARRILLA  doppelganger  ,  but  i  don't  see  it  .   the  (  unknown  )  year - old  cisfemale  (  original  witch  )  has  been  in  town  for  (  over  a  thousand  years  )  and  they  are  a  (  headmistress  of  solis  academy  )  affiliated  with  (  the  vanderbuilts  first  /  lucifer  second  )  .   they  tend  to  spark  images  of  shamelessly  selling  your  soul  to  the  devil  for  everything  you  so  clearly  deserved  ,  venom  in  her  veins  and  hellfire  in  her  eyes  ,  high  heels  clicking  down  academy  halls  sounds  a  lot  like  power  to  me  .

additional  information  .  (  tw  :  death  ,  poverty  ,  murder  )

there’s a saying: chaos doesn’t come without cause. in this case, delilah’s chaos brewed from pitiful days, ill weeks, and sorrowful years. she had so much potential, and she was spending it wasting away. simple lives led to simple deaths, and she wanted to avoid her family’s downfall. they left her ALONE. they ceased. and no one mourned them. no one but her. and she promised herself, with each burial, she’d refuse death the minute he came to claim her. she’d barter anything to do it. 

so when death came in the visage of a beautiful angel, of LUCIFER themself, delilah said fuck it. sure, she had become a wife, a mother, and she found some things enjoyable. but that could all be taken away, couldn’t it? and delilah always wanted more. so she signed the contract in blood, and she did so without hesitation.

delilah doesn’t believe she sacrificed anything to get what she has now. she had a shitty, impoverished life before and it just wasn’t cutting it for the greedy, power-hungry woman. if one could cheat death and despair, one simply should. 

naturally, she was the one to ask lucifer for everything the vanderbuilts have now. her husband was more hesitant and 'logical' about these matters. delilah, with the rage of a woman who has lost and felt like nothing, swore it off to fear and stupidity. she got what she wanted, in the end, never considering what it meant for the family as a whole. they'd thank her later, anyways. she had given them LIFE, she had given them ALL a mother could possibly give. and if it hurt? it hurt fucking less than dying a poor man’s death. 

as for her powers - oh lucifer did treat her. they are terrifying and powerful and darker than one could ever expect. she can turn the room into a PRISON with the simple snap of her fingers, and she feeds off of that power / control. and the fear / respect. that little, insignificant girl is gone. in her place, a true born witch. 

and the witch, she takes. she takes, takes, takes. but everything requires something in return; magic especially. delilah has done her sacrifices, blood magic, and her damning spells / curses before. 

oh, but she's a bit less 'extra' and more 'refined' about all that now. modern times predict progression. but if someone pushes her buttons? delilah can return to her old ways.

it's not wise to cross the woman. she's revenge in the flesh. she'll make your life a living hell, or at least she will try. cursing the marquez family had its BACKFIRE and her pride burns hot and fierce because of it. one day, she'll fix that mistake. when it hurts them the most. when it guts them like her child’s death had. how could she have let that happen? hadn’t she traded it all for their lives to live on, at the mercy of none? apparently, only at the mercy of her own damn creation. guilt resides somewhere in her heart. 

despite being selfish, she loves her family. she wants them to grow and become GODS in their own right. after all, they are like gods, aren't they? where god made man, she made vampire. or so her line of thought exists. and like god once, she wants to see her creation extinct. 

she is dedicated to serving lucifer. she doesn't bite the hand that feeds her, after all. but she isn't some PAWN and she makes this known in their relationship. theirs is a mutual benefit. with lucifer granting her power, and delilah wielding it to do the damage. but should lucifer cross her family, delilah will redirect the blow. no one crosses her family. 

her and her husband have a 'unique' version of love. when you've been together with someone for so long, that tends to happen. they've an open marriage, but at the end of the day, delilah will choose him over anyone else. call it familiarity or understanding or the fact that her husband puts up with her shit. she enjoys giving him hell, especially since she thinks he's a little softer than her (which balances her madness well, but she'll never admit that).

her and her kids are sometimes at odds because of how she runs the household. but at the end of the day, they can always expect mother dearest to FIX a problem should they need one fixing. she's reliable in that regard. 

miss power, miss control, she finds herself in heaven as headmistress of solis academy. it’s something she’s very adamant about getting right. lest they have a bunch of rebellious supernatural brats running about. 

delilah vanderbuilt inspiration:  zelda spellman / madam satan / regina mills / winifred sanderson / maleficent / mother gothel / narcissa malfoy.

[aenslem]

Am I strict? I suppose. But I do it for his own good. I want Henry to excel in life. Once Upon a Time (2011-2018)