Lurid Dawn
From Unofficial Handbook of the Virtue Universe
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| Lurid Dawn | |
| Player: @Fallina | |
| Origin: | Magic |
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| Archetype: | Mastermind/Stalker |
| Threat Level: | 50/22 |
| Personal Data | |
| Real Name: | Abigail |
| Known Aliases: | None |
| Species: | Presumed Human |
| Age: | Approx. 640/Appears to be 29 |
| Height: | 178cm |
| Weight: | 54 kg |
| Eye Color: | Brown |
| Hair Color: | Black |
| Biographical Data | |
| Nationality: | None |
| Occupation: | ' |
| Place of Birth: | England |
| Base of Operations: | ' |
| Marital Status: | Single |
| Known Relatives: | None living |
| Known Powers | |
| Necromancy, Dark Miasma
Training as a stalker in Dual Blades and Dark Armor | |
| Known Abilities | |
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| Equipment | |
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Lurid Dawn is the name given to Abigail Tanner during her rise to notariety in the late 1800's. Enamored by anything mystical, Dawn's true interest is in Necromancy and Nether magicks.
[edit] History
Dawn, Abigail, was born in a small town north of Holmes Chapel in the Bucklow hundred of Cheshire some time in the early 14th Century of England. The daughter of a tanner, Abigail was the elder sister to Lilly and had two older brothers, Marcus, the eldest child, and James.
[edit] The Early Years
The family lead a relatively simple life until Abigail was five years old, at which time a man in a black cloak stopped by their cottage to call on Abigail. He claimed to her parents that Abigail had been born as a blessed child, with a special gift and great power. Glenn, Abigail's father, turned the man away immediately and told him to never return. Undeterred the cloaked man, who claimed to be from a distant monastery far to the north, returned to visit the family several more times over the next two years. Her parents began to worry for the safety of the child and the local villagers began to speak rumors that one of the tanner children was cursed by the devil.
These rumors would come to a head when a shepherd heard the cries of Abigail's parents one evening in early spring. The child, now seven, had gone missing and as he crossed the meadow he saw her emerge from the forest. Rushing to her, he called the parents to him, but found the child wounded, apparently stabbed in the chest, her dress soaked in blood. When the parents reached her, they found no wound, only the blood and a sobbing, terror stricken little girl. The shepherd ran from the scene shouting "demon" and the village rumors began to find a solid voice. Her parents charged the older brothers to keep watch over their sister from that day forward.
Six years later, Abigail would face brutal persecution by the village during a simple trip to the market. Abigail had gotten used to the stares and whispers and took no notice of the malice in their eyes on that day when a mob formed around her and dragged her to the outskirts of town, where they tired her down and unanimously declared her a witch. Kicking and screaming, Abigail fought in vain as a fire was lit beneath her and a cheer went up from the crowd. James was the first to her rescue, he pushed his way through the crowd and braved the flames to free his younger sister, Marcus arrived shortly after to push back those in the crowd that would try to stop them. James received severe burns to his arms for his valiant rescue and Abigail locked herself away, never straying further from home than the garden.
The man in the cloak returned the following year, claiming that he could protect the girl. Abigail listened to what the man had to say, then broke down into tears, finally understanding that the village was right and that she was cursed. Lena, Abigail's mother, responded violently and chased the man from their home with a knife. Lilly watched in sadness as her beautiful older sister began to waste away inside of the home, her skin began to pale, her long, black hair was never again done up with flowers as she used to. Lilly took measures to try and bring out the beauty she once admired in Abigail.
One day, when Abigail was sixteen, Lilly proposed that they go for a walk along the brooke. Abigail refused at first, but Lilly insisted that the day was more beautiful than she had ever seen and wanted to see her lovely sister once more brought to life. They spent the day laughing and playing as they had done when they were girls, making flowered necklaces and hair pieces; the two sisters forgot all of their troubles. Their joy would be short lived. During their return home they were set upon by a group of men who had heard the rumors that a raven haired witch lived in the area. They beat Abigail, flailing her with whips and stones as her younger sister watched in horror. Their punishment of Abigail did not end with her beating, when they were done, she and Lilly were bound; both girls were raped and murdered.
Abigail woke from death for the second time in her life, only to find her sister's body lying next to her. It was the final thread to snap. Abigail was driven to the very heart of despair, and her family lashed out violently against the village. Her brothers took matters into their own hands and began a crusade to punish the village, burning barns and killing livestock. The back lash from the village saw the arrest and execution of Marcus and James was murdered during a fight in the tavern. The man in the cloak returned to the family once again, and Abigail willingly left with him to study at the monastery. That night, the villagers, unaware that she had left, burned her house to the ground, killing her mother and father. Abigail cursed the village and never returned. Three months after she left, the Black Death swept through the area and desimated the village.
[edit] The Monastery
((To cover the years Abigail spent studying necromancy and black magic at the monastery))
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