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 [Image credit to ![[deviantart.com profile]](https://i.deviantart.net/icons/favicon.png){kind=icon} helloimtea]A GAME YOU WON'T EVER WIN IT'S YOUR GRAVE, HEAR IT BECKONING | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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WHAT SURVIVED MAY NOT BE KIND BUT IT'S ME BACKGROUND✦ Anastasia was born in a small French village, to a woman named Eloise who worked as a Hunter for the church - her Father is a nameless angel, who had 'blessed' the woman to have his child. In doing so, he decreed that Eloise would raise the girl to become a Hunter and deal with demons as the church decrees. ✦ Due to her heritage, Anastasia was born a nephilim - something only mentioned in myths and rumours. However, she was able to pass as a winged human, due to the lack of angelic qualities. It's only in dangerous situations that she lets her angelic blood come to the forefront, letting her become an angel as seen in stories. ✦ Under the tutelage of her mother Eloise, Anastasia learned a number of ways to fight and handle her abilities - as well as a trade to act as a public front. The only time Father appeared during this time was to 'bless' Anastasia with her weapon, Rosarium, which would allow her to attack those considered unholy by their God. Once she was 18, she finally became a Hunter of the church and was sent out to hunt demons as appointed by her superiors and messages sent by Father - something she did happily, feeling as though what she's doing is right. ✦ One day, through self-flogging over being unable to track her targets and starvation from not eating while so focused on her tasks, Anastasia ended up collapsing. She was taken in by a small village within the French alpines - the residents being descendants of "malicious entities" that she was tasked with hunting. For the first few days, too stunned by their aid and unwilling to face anything that went against her teachings, Anastasia lashed out and staunchly refused their help. ✦ After some time passed, a man named Arthur eventually confronted Anastasia over her attitude and beliefs, resulting in a fierce argument that ended up with the nephilim crumbling under her despair and guilt, when she realised those she killed before may have been completely innocent. From there, she put herself together and decided to do her best to atone for what she had done, now throwing herself into helping around the village as much as possible. Days turned into weeks turned into months, and it's around this time that feelings start to grow between Arthur and Anastasia. ✦ But after running errands outside the village, Anastasia comes back to carnage - and another nephilim that had decided to finish what Anastasia was supposed to have started. Despaired over how there's others like her killing innocent people, and outraged over how those under her protection had been hurt, Anastasia lashes out at the other nephilim. Seeing them too far gone, she decides to kill them - gaining the edge over them by using her fully angelic form and weapon, where they refused to. In doing so, she becomes tainted - now becoming a fallen half-angel, over the tainting of her faith and how she attacked another holy being. And while not everyone is killed, she decides to leave the village, ending her relationship with Arterius, and return home. Now discarding her church mantle, to ask her parents why she and others like her are killing innocents. ✦ Her journey back is wrought with attacks by titanspawn, the influence of the titans escaping their prison spreading. It's in dealing with these titanspawn that she meets Sonali Vyas and Ran Xing Lian, two figures who become greatly important to her. Together, they return to Anastasia's home village - only to find her mother dead. Yet she has no time to mourn, as her Father is quick to appear before her, scolding Anastasia for being a failure and that her mother was useless if she couldn't raise an ideal child. ✦ It's here when her Father reveals the truth - that the birth of the nephilim has two purposes; to remove any obstacles in their Lord YHWH's way, innocent or not - and to act as a vessel for their weakened, dying god. Decreeing that he can just birth more like her, her Father vanishes - with Anastasia outraged, deciding that she will kill her father and YHWH, so that no more nephilim like her will be born and other villages like the one that saved her won't be destroyed. Sonali, being a demigod, advises they can journey to the 'overworld' where gods retreat to. This brings the first hint that not all seems to be as myths and stories says, as the angels YHWH created are placed into a pocket dimension of their own creation. There is no heaven or hell, just realms where entities are trapped or where they go back to. ✦ The journey to the 'overworld' is wrought by attacks from titanspawn, as the titans soon wage war once more on the various gods. During their travels they have a chance encounter with one of Anastasia's siblings who has sealed his abilities, Lewis ( ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small} recite), who opts to travel with them rather than reign in his wayward sibling as ordered by the church. Anastasia is simply glad to be with a sibling who doesn't become warped due to their heritage.✦ In trying to make their way to the 'overworld', they encounter one of the Grigori Avatars. They force it into giving them information, by making it so a titanspawn attacks them and they have to defend themselves, breaking their rule of neutrality. From here, they learn the origin of Ran's spear, and that there is far more to their world and universe that they ever knew. PERSONALITYViolent, impulsive and living solely for spite. Can be charming, playful and outgoing, but also as likely to be a menace and sadistic, with a penchant for messing with others. Morality is a suggestion and one she doesn't consider often, and violence is always the answer - preferring to resolve disputes with blood rather than words. Luckily the targets of any violent outbursts are towards those that can fight back, seeing little worth in messing with those she considers weak. More content to follow her own whims, and is only likely to listen to those she sees value in, which are few and far between. Also possesses a strong sense of curiosity, with an interest in science and medicine; to the point of tearing things apart and peering at their insides to see how they work. Capable of being deeply loyal and loving towards those she cares about, and has a soft spot for those in similar circumstances. Surprisingly hardworking and reliable when she puts her mind into something, and actually has strong domestic skills. Under all that is a very broken woman who struggles with a variety of trauma, suffering with her identity as both an abomination and an experiment, something meant to be a vessel and nothing more, combined with her growing desperation to save her siblings from fates worse than death. Her hold on her own humanity is fragile, and she very much considers embracing the monster that she is. Lives only to kill her father and god, with no cares about what happens to her in the process - and if her friends require the end of the world in the meantime, she's only too happy to help. ABILITIESAnastasia is a half-angel, known in her world as a 'nephilim'. This grants her a number of abilities that a normal human wouldn't possess, such as; ✦ Enhanced Physiology: Far, far strong and faster than a normal human. Her wings are able to grant her bursts of speed, and a punch from Anastasia can easily shatter and splinter solid rock, or crumple steel and iron. Also takes her longer to get tired, and is able to take hits that would usually kill humans with little issue. Also has some regeneration, though more serious wounds will take time to recover from. Her regen also means she can't be poisoned, drugged or get drunkHer training under her mother also means that Anastasia is a very skilled fighter, proficient in a number of weapons and knows how to defend herself against a variety of entities. Anastasia is very much the tank of the trio, and has little issue with fighting dirty if it grants her the upper-hand. EXTRA✦ Was taught how to play the violin by her mother, and still continues to practice. Has been known to break strings when she get agitated, no matter how gentle she tries to be. ✦ Her love of roses are due to them being her mothers favourite flower, so she tries to incorporate them into most of her outfits. ✦ Has very little book smarts, as she was only raised on her parents teachings. Now she's incredibly curious about a vast majority of subjects, especially science and engineering - even if she's still trying to wrap her mind around it. ✦ Possesses scarring on her upper thighs and back, which have mostly faded - these are due to self-flagellation when she was younger. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
