Donna Beneviento
Game Canon (Pulled from Wiki):
Donna's Medical Report
Subject Name: Donna Beneviento
Cadou Affinity: Favorable
Brain Function: Normal, although severe mental illness.
Physically she is no different from a regular human, however, she can secrete a signal producing substance which controls plants infected by the mutamycete.
When humans absorb the pollen from a particular flower she can cause them to have hallucinations.
However, she is mentally underdeveloped and has divided her Cadou among her dolls in order to control them from a distance.
An unfit vessel for Eva.
Gardener's Diary:
November 10th
Mistress Donna is now Mother Miranda's adopted daughter. In all my years, I've never been this overjoyed.
Ever since childhood she has always feared others, due to the scar across her face.
After her parents' death she locked herself away and would only talk to Angie, the doll her father made her.
I am forever thankful to Mother Miranda's infinite compassion.
November 27th
Mistress Donna seems happy. It might be my imagination, but I feel like her doll Angie is even more lively than before.
She came to me in the garden today and used Angie to talk with me. We had a mighty fine conversation.
Something about receiving a gift of power from Mother?
November 29th
Mistress Donna gave me yellow flowers and told me to plant them in the garden.
I planted them in front of Miss Claudia's grave. I don't know if it was the scent of the flowers, but I felt light headed. Then, like a dream, I saw my departed wife.
I mentioned this to Donna and she seemed thrilled by it. She told me to go to the house tomorrow and see her. She said I could see my family once more.
I'm not sure what she meant by that, but she's so kind.
Biography:
"Donna Beneviento was born into gentry sometime in the 20th century. The family of House Beneviento had ancestral links to Berengario, an ancient mutant in folklore said to have settled the region with three others, of whom the Dimitrescu, Moreau and Heisenberg families are descended from. Whether this feudal rule over the region was continually maintained or had disappeared by the Great War is uncertain, though Miranda - a prophet serving the Black God - sought to establish their descendants as a council controlling the region under her oversight.
During Donna's lifetime, the Beneviento family slowly fell apart; Bernadette was lost to Miranda's experiments in the 1950s, and her parents committed suicide when she was still a child. Due to an undiagnosed mental health problem, Beneviento developed deep-seated interpersonal anxieties which kept her largely isolated and preferring to talk to people through Angie, a doll made by her father. Donna's adulthood was mostly focused on her hobby of doll-making, effectively replacing her deceased family. Whether Claudia was a sister or her only daughter is uncertain. (For my version of Donna Claudia was her sister)
At some point in adulthood, Donna was implanted with the Cadou like Bernadette before her. She survived the experimentation with little change in physical appearance or cognitive development, gaining the ability to secrete a psychoactive chemical which could induce extreme, even violent hallucinations in people. She was, however, judged to be a failure by Miranda, who saw her as mentally ill and underdeveloped. In spite of this, Donna was welcomed as an adopted daughter, and given a council seat at the Cave Church as one of the Four Lords. This had a positive effect on her and she would talk about it to her gardener, though was still not able to express it without Angie. "
Verses:
Intact Glass:
This is set before Ethan arrives. Donna still has Angie and uses her to talk. She will often explore the town at night, taking Angie everywhere she goes. Upon being approached she is likely to retreat back to her home. While she doesn't tend to experiment with Cadou on humans, she does divide it among her dolls to control them. She has also tested the possibility of transferring souls to her dolls. Currently the only victim she's been successful with is her Gardner, who she intends to keep forever. She desires family ties, but anxiety keeps her from communicating without Angie.
Shattered Glass:
Set after the events of the game, Donna didn't die, but instead transferred herself to a mannequin she'd made long ago in the event of her death. She's devastated that Ethan took Angie and has more trouble communicating as a result. There is a possibility that she'll somehow get Angie back, maybe through the Duke. But that's thread dependent.
In the main lore for this verse she's made dolls of the other lords, Mother Miranda, and the daughters and keeps them locked away in her home, believing that with them under her control she can have the family she's always wanted. Details including whether or not the dollified characters still have their abilities or not can be discussed while plotting. If you are playing a character that's typically become dollified we can also discuss whether it worked or not, as well as any other concerns. With enough trust she may even transfer characters to mannequins, which is what she's currently in. She is actively searching for a way to recreate her body.
Mannequin Donna, Broken Glass verse
