Meet SABINE MARLOT. They are ONE HUNDRED and TWENTY years old and hail from LONDON, ENGLAND. Sabine embodies the constellation, PEGASUS. They use she/they pronouns. Their faceclaim is SOPHIE TURNER.
Pegasus reminds me of cozy sweaters in the middle of June, drawing hearts to dot every “I,” long hair tangled at the ends, fingertips brushing over Braille lettering, the empty space between “I love” and “you.” .
When you grow up alongside Winnifred Clarke, everyone expects you to be the same. Their commune definitely did. Sabine was always the afterthought to Winnie’s destruction, the anxious sidekick who stood at Winnie’s shoulder, but never did anything. Though Sabine would like to say that she never partook out of some moral superiority, the truth was that her magic never quite manifested the way everyone else’s did. She couldn’t hex people, the way she saw her parents doing, nor could she feed off of them, the way everyone else did. Sabine was a quiet observer, not because she was better, but because she was incapable.
It wasn’t until Sabine’s 25th birthday that things took a turn. As a “birthday present,” a group of kids from the commune decided to take her out and let her lead a charge against another witch from the commune –– the only good witch from the commune. A man not much older than they were, who’d been speaking out against the evil breeding for years now laid on the group, gagged and terrified. When everyone stood around Sabine, eagerly waiting for her to harm the man, something within her fractured, and she saw white.
Judgement was divine punishment. Later, Sabine would hardly remember the words she spoke; she could only remember the feeling that rushed through her as she ripped their powers away from them. Scars appeared in place of their marks and they were still writhing in pain by the time Sabine realized what she’d done. Given that everyone knew who she was and what she’d done, she quickly freed the captive wizard and she ran away from the commune.
She spent the better half of a century steering clear of London, so as to never run into the commune again. She used her magic sparingly ––– once the dust settled, she realized that her eyesight was fading. Soon, she learned that it was the price of her magnificent power; for all that she could judge people, she would stand on trial herself.
In spite of her declining vision, Sabine is infinitely happier. She is still unsure of her powers, but she is grateful for every day that she can be herself and explore a life of light. She is genuinely kind and compassionate and always sets out to help others. Unfortunately, her heart is a little dumb; she falls in love all too easily, though she knows better than to believe everyone is good. She loves against her better judgement, but at least knows how to take care of herself in the aftermath. She is often the voice of reason amongst her friends; she’s not too optimistic or pessimistic, so she tries to keep everyone’s heads on straight. That said, she is known to play the martyr card.
She recently came to Polaris and was surprised to find Winnie here, but doesn’t hide from her. Sabine isn’t ashamed of what she’s become and she is no longer afraid of the commune. (Especially now that she knows they’ve been disbanded.)
Pegasus chooses those who draw their magic from light energy, and Pegasus only selects those who are of high moral caliber. Over time, the witch chosen as the Pegasus constellation has served as a sort of judge of morality, and has used their negation magic to take away abilities from those who they feel are undeserving or unwilling of them. These powers, while immense, would be the kind that are very difficult to control and can very easily backfire on Pegasus themself.
Filling Naomi Walker’s In My Dream.
Filling Winnie Clarke’s Raised as Siblings.
Ex-Something: Someone that Sabine once fell for. They weren’t exactly lovers –– this person may not have even been interested in her. But she fell wholeheartedly for them and was crushed when things didn’t work out. Now she tries to avoid them, because she’s a bit of a baby, but they know her better than anyone, so she often has to call on them for help.
