stheno.

for beauty is nothing but the beginning of terror which we are barely able to endure, and it amazes us so, because it serenely disdains to destroy us. EVERY ANGEL IS TERRIBLE. — rainer maria rilke serafina lariviere. STHENO. priestess of the waywyn.

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i. a little dove is naive and beautiful in the way innocent things are beautiful wide eyed and wondering, unaware of the horrors the world holds ii. a little sparrow is cautious and beautiful in the way caged things are beautiful head bowed and eyes lowered, but snarling inside iii. a little hawk is dangerous and beautiful in the way deadly things are beautiful eyes glinting and head held high, confronting a cruel world

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Confess. You are something greater that they could know. Confess. You are a speck to the planets, a collection of bone and blood that the earth will turn to dust one day soon. Confess. You are nothing, nothing, nothing. She had never cared for the form of confession; it was sticky with falsehoods, yet how the people of the Keep loved their confessions to a priestess they could not understand. ( It made them feel holy, she knew, but they only came to her in times of fear. Pathetic. ) When she heard footsteps approach, she assumed it was more of the same, and she bit her tongue to stop herself from spitting out cruel words. Now was not the time --- not yet. “Shall I prepare an offering?” 

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                This was the closest she had gotten to the edge of the woods ever since the whispers started, ever since people disappeared. Ever since monsters had come to terrify them all. She stared, as if she could will these monsters to pop up with pure intent, but nothing, save for anything affected by the soft breeze coming from the East, stirred. Her fingers tightened around the pommel of her sword, and, without turning, she greeted the newcomer grimly.

                “Do you believe evil calls upon evil? That the deeds committed these past few weeks will receive a more horrendous answer than any of us could have imagined?” They weren’t the ramblings of a mad woman ; they were speculations—she was searching for some kind of way to have it all make sense.

The woods had become the realm of beasts --- a place to hide from, a place to revere from afar. Even the old titans had fled from its grasp. Serafina heeded the warning; she stepped close nonetheless. Beneath her feet, she felt the very earth tremble, and in the air, there was a scent of something ancient. Monsters sought monsters. What she hadn’t expected was to find another at the scene, to speak to her, to weave an idea so tantalizingly close to Serafina’s own truth.

“I believe that something calls,” she answered. She carried no weapon of her own, but eyed the woman’s sword --- a warrior? A monster in her own right? “The gods have little imagination for something worse. The deeds committed these weeks have been the same deeds always committed. Does it frighten you?”

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BASIC INFORMATION

Full Name: Serafina Lariviere  Heritage: Daughter of Garamond and Ihrene Lariviere  Past Self: Stheno 

Age: 26 Position: High Priestess  House: Lariviere  Alliance: Cronus 

This character is portrayed by EIZA GONZALEZ and is currently TAKEN.

BIOGRAPHY

Before Serafina was in mortal form and known as a Lariviere, she was an immortal creature born beneath the caverns of Mount Olympus. Strong, ferocious, and entirely unforgiving, men quaked in fear at the sight of her. She considered herself more beautiful than Aphrodite and more battle-savvy than Ares himself. She longed to join them on top of the Mountain, to prove herself to gods and men, but her vanity was her downfall. When her sister Medusa was seduced in the Temple of Artemis by Poseidon and punished for her actions, her sisters stood beside her. Stheno believed she knew better than the Fates, and the three beautiful women were cursed, transformed into horrific monsters. The Gorgons had brass hands, sharp fangs, venomous snakes for hair, and a glare that could turn any living thing to stone. Of the sisters, Stheno was the cruelest, unafraid to take her torment out upon the throngs of men constantly attempting to slay her.

When Cronus offered the three sisters the chance at a new life, Stheno was the first to agree. As a Lariviere, she was destined from birth to become a High Priestess of the Waywyn. She is merciless, unafraid to give sacrifices of any kind to the gods she merely pretends to worship to her own ends. She is independent, refusing to submit to any ideologies not her own. Above all else, she is proud, holding herself like a queen even in unlikely circumstances. She still views herself as a Gorgon of Olympus, and even now, her glare can halt a man in his step. She demands nothing less than equality in a world so determined to keep her low. In many ways than one, Serafina is the most ruthless of her sisters. She demands the respect and attention of any room she walks into and reprimands those who do not comply.

The woman hides her vain pride behind the guise of love for her sisters. She’s wrapped herself in a layer of self-righteousness that she’s beginning to believe is true, so it came as no surprise to any of her family when she suggested they pack their bags and head for the last remaining safe place in the Realm. She travels there to finally prove herself to those who turned her into a monster. She was just a simple girl once, beautiful and naïve as her sisters were… but the Gods took it upon themselves to once again play with the lives of those below and damned her to a life in darkness. Her hatred runs deep for the old Gods; if they wanted a monster, she would give them one.

PAST SELF

Of the three Gorgons, she was known to be the most independent and ferocious, having killed more men than both of her sisters combined. In Greek mythology, she was transformed into a Gorgon because of standing with her sister Medusa, who was either raped or seduced by the sea god Poseidon in the Temple of Athena. 

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CONNECTIONS

Mina Lariviere: She feels a deep rooted loyalty and kinship with both of her sisters, and despite all the horror standing up for Mina caused, she regrets none of it.

Estelle Lariviere: Serafina still views Estelle as a young, innocent child, but she knows there is no innocence left in them.

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