Re: Tacheonomicon
Name: Camilla Arabella deRiveur
Age: Undetermined
Gender: Female
Species: Human, with the wings of a bat.
Hair: Straight black, down to ears
Eye Color: No pupils or coloring, only white
Weight: 112lbs
Height: 6'5" tall, wingspan is, from tip to tip, 24'4".
Weapon: Throwing knives, necromantic sludge (essentially a toxic ooze that can be pulled from the earth), legions of the undead (a bunch of undead minions. There is no limit to the amount that she can summon, but the power is distributed evenly among them. As in, one super-powered minion, two powerful minions, six normally powered minions, etc.). The power level shared by her minions is approximately twice that of Camilla's own strength, enabling the strongest one minion to lift between 200-250 lbs.
Armor: Leather binding around her torso to hide her wings, but also to protect against bruising and minor stab wounds/arrows
Items: Necromantic tome (a book of necromantic spells), bottle of absinthe (super-potent alcohol made from monkshood, for trance purposes), makeup (to look pretty)
Magic: Necromancy, the magic of summoning and communicating with the dead.
Skills: Aside from her adept use of necromantic magic, Camilla Arabella deRiveur can fly. Yes, fly. Her leathery wings-- like those of a bat, enable her to carry her own weight enough to fly. When they're not bound, of course.
Strengths: For a woman, she's rather strong-- but not inhumanly so. She can fly, which is good for getting her out of tight situations. Her necromantic powers can help her to defend herself as well as attack and receive intelligence from beyond the grave. She's rather intelligent, and can think quickly but efficiently.
Weaknesses: Camilla cannot fly very far. Although she was born with those 'Brands of Satan' on her back, she never got much practice with them and, as such, only uses them in emergencies. Her quick thinking tends to backfire from time to time, and she makes rash decisions that can totally screw her over in the long run. She can run quickly, but loses her balance easily when her wings aren't bound. She has no training with any weapons other than her throwing knives. Her wings are also extremely tender and, if hit, can throw off her flight pattern entirely or render her unconscious.
Appearance: Camilla is frighteningly tall. At her full height, she stands at six feet, five inches, and her wingspan is, from tip to tip, twenty-four feet, four inches. She weighs only one hundred twelve pounds, though, not including whatever she happens to be wearing at the time, which can easily add another twenty pounds or so. Camilla is attractive and seductive, but not nearly as gorgeous as her rival, Vanessa Ricardi Tresco. Her hair is nothing special, but it does shine rather nicely in the right light. Her breasts are not large, nor is her posterior, but they are not nonexistent, and actually have a pleasing shape to the eye. Her wings are massive and have a leathery quality to them, like that of a bat. They are black with a slight silvery sheen to them in the right light.
Her eyes cause quite a commotion, being purely white, but her vision is perfect. She blinks just the same as normal people. When she goes out in public once in a blue moon, she likes to dress up so as not to cause a stir. Her wings fold nicely so that when they are bound with leather around her torso, they won't be noticed if no one looks too hard. She wears a long cloak, pitch black, and knee-high boots. She wears nothing under the cloak save for the leather, which doesn't cover much.
Personality: Camilla thinks quickly. She prides herself on this, and despises herself for it as well. While it has saved her skin in many situations, it also makes it impossible for her to control herself. She practically lives from one impulse to the next. Because of this, she also periodically goes through times of self-loathing, during which she is willing to die for something if it seems worthy enough. Otherwise, she would only ever risk her life for one person: Vylanos Dimitrii Black. Her love for him keeps her alive when she isn't busy hating herself. She follows his orders blindly, and would gladly kill or be killed at his command. She has no fear of killing, because she was always raised around the dead. She usually fears dying herself, though.
Her attachment to her undead minions is a strange one. The second that she summons for one, she develops an immediate attachment to it, naming it and caring for it. When they are sent back to the River where they came from, she laments their second passing. Camilla has no strong likes, other than being with Vylanos, and no strong dislikes, other than Vanessa. She does whatever pleases her, which is just about anything. She loves pain, and will take blows purposefully just to feel the stinging radiate throughout her body.
Camilla has, over time, accepted that she and Vylanos are just too far apart. She still lives and breathes for him, but she isn't afraid to start other relationships on the side. Those relationships aren't about love or cuddling, though. More likely just making out in underwear and power. Well, maybe some cuddling.
Bio: When Camilla was born in a small settlement on the bank of the river Plobus, a small riot ensued. Fathers and mothers, concerned for themselves and their family's well-being, insisted that she be drowned in the river immediately. The reason was that Camilla Arabella deRiveur was a freak. Plain and simple. In place of pupils and coloring, Camilla had only more vast whiteness in her eyes. On her back were two small nubs that everyone knew, from the moment they set eyes on them, were wings. Refusing to euthanize her only child, Daniella deRiveur opted instead to travel to an old house on a hill, owned by a man everyone in the settlement knew only as The Hermit.
The Hermit said that he would take care of this poor child of misfortune, and refused any kind of compensation for it.
"If I don't take care of her, who will?" he had said. Thus, Camilla grew up under the tutelage of Vylanos Dimitrii Black. They got along swimmingly, and Vylanos devoted his full attention to her, as there was not much else to care about when one is a reclusive sociopath. He taught her a special trick of his, how to throw knives with dead accuracy, and even fashioned a leather bind for her wings (which had by the time she was seven already grown to be fifteen feet long), so that when the time came and she was ready to deal with others, she would go out on her own.
Her favorite game to play with Vylanos was chess, but she loved any game that would challenge her massive intelligence. She learned very quickly, and thought quickly as well. However, Vylanos would always beat her. She asked him why she always lost, and one day her pulled her aside and said,
"Camilla, you think very quickly, but you do not always think correctly. Instead of making a logical choice, you will instead think of the immediate future, forsaking your long-term moves." She never did manage to change that.
One day, Vylanos bid Camilla farewell and headed off, supposedly into town. When he did not return for several days, she began to worry frantically. She had never been apart from him this long. A few hours before she had promised herself that she would go out and find him, however, he returned. Vylanos urged her to get what she needed in order to move to a new location, and then led her through some strange surroundings. Through mire, through mountain, they seemed to trek forever. Vylanos reached the top of a hill and said, "We're here." When Camilla reached the top, she saw what he meant: a massive fortress crowned the next hilltop.
Many years had since passed, and Camilla and Vylanos lived contentedly in Fort Tiberius. When Camilla finally learned that she was not, indeed, Vylanos' true daughter, she nearly lept for joy. Vylanos did not understand why, but Camilla knew, in her heart, that she did not think of him as a father anymore. She was in love with him. She even made the mistake of telling him once. Ever since, Vylanos has become cold and detached, still trying to seem as father-like as possible without betraying any emotion toward her. He was prone to wild outbreaks and would even lash out at her sometimes, without realizing it. He was always sincerely sorry afterward, though.
Camilla has been quieter and reserved ever since... but is still willing to follow him to the ends of the earth.