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[matermali]

🦋 OOC Information

Name: Jesse
Contact: cherto | PM | discord: pactoris
Age: 38
Invitation: HERE.
Permissions: HERE.

🦋 IC Information

Character Name: Vanessa Ives (Amunet)
Age: 31 ('other' self Amunet is primordial)
Canon: Penny Dreadful
Canon Point: 2x10, And They Were Enemies. ( mid-rap battle out-Verbis Diablo-ing Satan himself )
Character History: HERE is an old write-up, since the wiki is pretty dodgy. If you'd like a shorter summary, I can do that.
Canon Abilities:

✦ Clairvoyance — divine past, present, and future. acting as a medium for spirits and demons. perceiving supernatural / otherworldly entities, especially darkness/demons. sensing things about someone, something, or even a space with strong energy. reading minds by experiencing their memories.

✦ Astral Projection — she can walk 'between' worlds as it were, and project herself to communicate with others psychically, even if they aren't in the physical realm.

✦ Compulsion — compels with her eyes and/or voice. soothe and mesmerize an individual, even monsters and demons who have gone completely feral. can break another's compulsion if she's aware of it.

✦ Blood Magic — defensive totems to protect a space from her enemies, summoning creatures undead or alive (with verbis diablo), enhancing magic spells.

✦ Verbis Diablo — words of the devil. casts spells for illusions, bedevilment, possession, protection, banishment, psychic attacks, psychic control, death, and various other curses and hexes from the 'poetry of death' book.

Inventory:

✦ A late Victorian dress, coat & boots in black and red (w/ undergarments of course)
✦ Hair pins (look those can be dangerous in the right hands!)
✦ A hidden rosary
✦ A hidden knife

🦋 Personality

1. Has your character always believed in magic? Do they have something influencing their perspective on the supernatural/metaphysical/spiritual from their past? How do they feel about magic?

For Vanessa, the supernatural isn't a matter of belief—it's woven into the fabric of her being. Her connection to magic predates her awareness of it, residing in her body and soul as the reincarnation of the goddess Amunet, the Hidden One. Even as a child raised in the Catholic faith, she sensed something more ancient stirring beneath the surface of her world. Over time, gradual realizations began drawing her toward darker desires that her religious upbringing and Victorian society had tried to suppress.

Her proper lessons in witchcraft came later, under the Cut-Wife Joan Clayton's tutelage. Joan recognized what Vanessa really was—her powers weren't learned, but innate. There was no separating her from that potential. She didn't need to be taught magic, so much as how to control what was already growing within her. Vanessa's knowledge of Verbis Diablo had already surfaced in moments of crisis, long before she was officially tutored.

Existing in the supernatural realm—the demimonde—is as natural to her as breathing. She moves between worlds with a natural grace, and sees beyond the veil that separates life and death. Her abilities to read memories, commune with the dead, and channel otherworldly forces aren't skills she had to acquire, but aspects of Amunet that have finally been brought to the surface. This is also why she is drawn to monstrous and supernatural creatures, as they are likewise drawn to and charmed by her—even the ones who fear her.

But, this innate connection to magic brings torment alongside power. Every spell carries the risk of corruption, and every time she embraces her darker powers, she is supposedly drawn closer to Hell. At first, she fears it. She fears what it could mean for her soul and her identity. Eventually, she twists that fear into a morbid determination.

Vanessa now understands her magic as both sacred and profane, much like herself—she is a force that can fix or destroy, protect or devastate. Though it takes time, once she realizes her own potential, it's not something she questions or doubts, but instead something she must learn to accept as part of her truth, even if it threatens to consume long-dead dreams.



2. If your character could ask for one wish, and it's going to be magically granted without any consequence, what will it be and why?

If granted one consequence-free wish, Vanessa would ask for true acceptance—both from herself and from another. By her current canon-point, her struggle is no longer in understanding what she is, but with reconciling the seemingly contradictory sides of her nature. She yearns for someone who could know her completely, both Vanessa and Amunet, and love her without fear or judgment. From her experience, this seems impossible.

Those who claim to embrace her entirety only desire specific aspects of her character: Lucifer and Amun-Ra covet her darkness, God demands her light, and even Ethan wishes for her to rise above her baser desires for revenge or violence. These forms of love carry a caveat, wanting her to deny a part of herself so as to mold into their ideal.

True acceptance would mean no longer having to maintain the perfect poise that keeps others at a distance, and not having to choose between her humanity or her divine nature. She could embrace her powers while devoid of shame, even while acknowledging the danger they bring. Her desire for touch, for connection, for love...they would no longer be at war with her fear of corruption. If she could be wholly embraced, then she would never truly lose herself, no matter what what path she traveled.

Beyond the freedom to choose her fate, she hopes for the ability to live as she truly is without the seemingly inevitable solitude of the soul. Despite her conscious claims when confronted, the prophecy of becoming the Mother of Evil doesn't confuse her—she subconsciously recognizes its truth and feels its pull. Yes, she carries a primordial evil, she can be selfish and cruel, but that isn't the entirety of her being. She also has the capacity for good—to heal suffering, to nurture and care for others beyond herself. What she needs is for this duality to be embraced—the way in which she can be both sacred and profane, both human and divine, and not tear herself apart in the process. She wants to love deeply without fearing what that love might do to others, to wield her abilities without shame, and to thrive in the shadows without being eternally denied any light.

In the end, her wish would be for the peace of being fully known, and still be worthy of love—not despite what she is, but because of it.



3. If there's one person your character would follow to another realm, who would it be and why? If there's no one, state that and explain why.

Despite her capacity for devotion and loyalty, Vanessa's independence is too fierce for her to be willing to follow anyone solely for their sake. While Ethan Chandler might tempt her the most—having come closest to accepting both her darkness and light—she would only follow him if the path already aligned with her own journey. Her truth lies in understanding herself, in mastering her own power, and she won't abandon that pursuit even for love.

Though, she would be greatly tempted.

Their connection runs deep, marked by prophecy and sealed in moments of both tenderness and violence. Ethan has shown himself capable of giving her either salvation or death, understanding the necessity of both. Yet, even Ethan's acceptance remains incomplete; he condemns her darker impulses while wrestling with his own nature, perhaps seeing in her the redemption he seeks for himself.

She might consider following him between worlds if their destinies truly aligned, but not at the cost of her own path. When she offered to run away with him after defeating Lucifer and his Nightcomers, it wasn't about escape—it was about choosing a direction together. Abandoning one realm for another would be something different, requiring her to leave behind not just a place, but potentially her own growth and power.

Unfortunately, she has never found someone who fully welcomes both Vanessa and Amunet as one, inseparable being. Without that, she would most likely choose to stay or go based on how it would impact her own fate. Her destiny must remain her own, whether that leads her toward or away from those she loves.



4. What is your character's most outstanding personality trait, and why?

Resilience defines Vanessa best. She endures spiritual torment and demonic possession without completely surrendering her will to Hell. When Satan himself offers her peace and power, she chooses instead to suffer through the possession, fighting with a fervor that nearly destroys her. This isn't simple survival—it's a refusal to be taken against her will. Even her eventual plea for death is a tarnished attempt at controlling her own story by dictating how it ends.

This strength manifests most clearly in how she faces her own nature. When offered an exorcism that could make her "normal," she declines, recognizing that her connection to the unholy has marked her as both uniquely sacred and cursed. As a priest tells her that, "If you have been touched by the Demon, it's like being touched by the back hand of God."

The glory of suffering has given her a twisted divinity, and she's not so quick to surrender it. Rather than forever fear what makes her unique, she eventually learns to wield it.

The Nightcomers' attempt to break her through psychological and emotional warfare only sharpens her resolve by her current canon-point. Instead of cowering from their manipulations, she embraces the very power they seek to exploit. She masters Verbis Diablo, commanding death itself, and faces their Master with a fury that proves more terrifying than anything they could conjure. Lucifer is no match for her force of spirit. Her resilience isn't about maintaining goodness—it's about persistence at any cost, even if it means becoming what others fear. This is where it detaches from hope, and becomes its own creature.

She endures not because the pain lessens, but because her capacity for suffering grows alongside her power. In this way, she transforms what others intended as torture into her own source of strength.

🦋 Fae Court

Courts: In order of preference.

• Dusk


• Dark


• Day

Ability: Do you want your character to gain the ability of their court?

• Yes, but they refuse to trade theirs away; they will buy their court's ability on credit.
  
  (This isn't something Vanessa would pursue immediately; it would take time and convincing for her to be willing to make a deal for a power that she doesn't perceive as already being within her but OOCly I just want her to get a cool new power.)

🦋 RP Samples

(Two threads since they're a little short, but I can find a longer thread from another game if preferred.)

✦ TDM w/ Tony Stark
✦ TDM w/ Rowena