CALISTA
the immortal.
species : lamia/daimon, daughter of the goddess of magic Hecate
name : Sun Joseon
goes by : Calista
titles : The Witch killer, traitor of the night
date of birth : February 9th, 1424
sign : aquarius sun, scorpio rising
age: 599 years old
appears: 32 years old
place of birth: the joseon dinasty
current location: seoul, korea, in a spacious apartment on the last floor of a luxurious building.
occupation: shareholder of the RLC company
sexual orientation: demiromantic.
r/s status: multiship.inspired by: Kiss shot (kizumonogatari)
personality
alignement : chaotic evil
TRAITS : stoic, cold, strategic, secretive, calculative, pragmatical, analytical, suicidal, obsessive, vulnerable, narcissistic
interests: history and litterature, classical music, the art of war.
likes: the night, the forest under and after the rain, wide open spaces above her head, skyscrapers and watching the city asleep, sirens blood in her chalices to taste, small crowds and silent places to isolate in.
dislikes: the olympian gods, being submitted to a higher force than herself, the witches, overly talkative creatures especially humans
she's a lamia.
species&lore
The lamias are afearsome female daimones which assume the form of beautiful women to lure their victims and feast on their flesh and blood. They are vampiric companions and daughters of the goddess Hecate (the goddess of magic and night) and are supposed to follow Hecate to earth from the depths of the underworld. Calista however rejects her identify as a companion of Hecate and refuses to serve and associate to the goddess.
powers
- Immortality and regeneration : Gifted by the goddess Hecate herself, Calista is immortal. She does get hurt, she does bleed, her members can dislocate, however she regenerates, fast, and stronger.
- Superhuman Strength, Speed, Durability and Sense : During Combat, Calista is a beast due to her enhanced physical abilities.
- Blood empowerment : Calista drinks blood as a way to sustain herself, she can gain strength from specific types of blood.
- Blood manipulation: She can manipulate blood outside and inside any body.
- Fangs : She has sharp, pointed teeth that emerge from her gums. She uses her fangs to feed herself or to rip flesh out during combat.
she's a warrior.
weapons&fighting style
In the great war against the Wichrs and against the Moonlake Order of the Knights in the 19th century, Calista was leading an army of vampires and ghouls. She was on the field, fighting with her golden sword named in the legends : Acerola. It is a sword made of gold and darkness that she pulls out of her own shadow. Her fighting style is aggressive and unpredictable, she's fast, brutal and shows no mercy, it's a bloody spectacle. She takes all the hits and dodges none in a manic masochism, each one of her wounds is received with a sick pleasure as her laughter echoes on the battle field which caused great terror to her opponents.
TALES
chapter one : the curse.
from the 14h century to the 18th century
Princess Sun of the Joseon Royal Family, daughter of Hyojong of Joseon and Queen Inseon. Sun's beauty was famous throughout the entire realm and beyond. Countless people would line up outside her castle just to see her. Anyone encountering her for the first time was shocked that her beauty exceeded any expectation, and they would bring her countless gifts everyday. Despite the many suitors, it was the chinese prince of the Qing Dynasty she married. However, Sun was miserable, lonely, living a life only known for her beauty, like a painting. She quickly became depressed and marked with suicidal thoughts.She decided to escape on a night, in order to visit the famous Bukhansan Mountains Witch, known for greeting any wish for the right price. Sun asked for her inner beauty to finally be "seen and appreciated" instead of simply being admired for her looks. However, the witch did not such thing, fully knowing the reason behind Sun's inhuman charms. The blood of the goddess Hecate was running down Sun's veins from a dormant blood line of lamiae. The goddess Hecate, goddess of Magic and goddess of the night. The witch was faithful to Hecate, therefore lied to Sun, pretending to greet her wish when instead, she performed an exorcistic ritual to kill the mortal side of Sun, only leaving the Lamia side of her alive, for her to serve their one and only goddess, Hecate. Sun was now fully a lamia, an immortal daughter of the goddess Hecate, a vampiristic daimon feeding on blood and flesh.Sun only realized something was wrong when she returned to the castle. As a reborn lamia, unable to control her hypnotic power and charms, her beauty was even more powerful, something that would drive everyone around her insane. It did. After seeing Sun again, her husband, father and mother felt irrational guilt for being unworthy of such a beautiful ethereal being and killed themselves out of this guilt. People were so astounded by Sun's new aura that instead of giving her material gifts they gave her their most valuable possessions: their lives. Corpses of those who committed suicide for the princess piled up outside her castle. Sun was devastated, to everywhere she would go, only suicide and death would follow her. She wanted this "curse" to be lifted however, it was not reversible and in any case, the witch was nowhere to be found. Her journey started : revenge.Crossing countries hopeless, began a path marked with rage for Sun. She was discovering her power through madness, her inhuman strength, her speed that she was using to make the creatures of the night talk, with one and only question at her lips : where is the witch. Not knowing the answer to that question would only lead Sun to kill and kill generations of creatures of the night, also in hate of what she has become : one of them, refusing to bow to Hecate, refusing to accept she became this immortal beast and that it cost her everything she had.
chapter one : the great war against the witches
from the 19th to the 20th century
The urban legend of the vampiric lamia she became, daughter of Hecate, started being written. Her many adventures of the 19th century were the bloodiest and gave her countless nicknames, with one that survived the centuries : Calixtus Orion. Calixtus meaning " The most beautiful " as her beauty remained unchanged. Orion being the most perceptible constellation in the summer sky when her rage is known to be the most destructive, it's the constellation of the hunter.She raised armies and fought in the legendary War she started in the said 19th century : the great war against the witches. Her goal was too keep looking for the power the witches used to change her while of course, exterminating all of them out of this dark passion for watching the species suffer, animated, roughless. The Moonlake Order of the knights joined the war : they were a powerful order of immortal knights who were in charge of maintaining peace on earth, with the purpose of taking Calista down due to the chaos she has brought down. After many won battles on her side, Calista however looses the war at the eve of the 20th century and gets arrested by the Order. With help, she manages to escape before the trial.In the 20th century, she gave up, gave up on the fight and instead only wanted to die. Her quest was pointless. Sadly, her immortality was still in the way. Her suicide attempts were also, pointless. More and more helpless, she has tried to kill herself in many ways but her power of regeneration wouldn't go away - or on the contrary, become even stronger. She even sacrificied herself to hunters - as generations of these either tremble before her name or make it a life mission to haunt her down. Even that, did not work.Nothing truly animated her anymore. Her reputation remained among the night community : as an unbeatable psychotic vampiristic blood sucking flesh eating killer traitor of the Night, she took pride in it, however nobody would ever associate with her any longer. Humans seemed to be the only thing she could possibly have left if only she didn't despise them.
chapter two : to bring death upon
the 21st century
In the 21st century, a new page opens for Calista. In the world of humans where she hides for now, new powers are rising. Powers related to time manipulation that seemed to come directly from the gods. Calista is intrigued, wondering if these powers could be grand enough to help her end her immortality. A company shields that power, RLC : the revolving lantern corportation, a secretive business that welcomes humans right before their death in order to re-evaluate their lives with them. As a powerful entity of the night, Calista is invited to become a shareholder of the company. The woman accepts, eager to discover what type of time manipulation powers are hidding behind this factory of redemption and memories. Her objective is simple : to discover any power that may be worth it, and perhaps, finally, fulfill her ultimate goal : to undo her immortality. It goes beyond that however, why stopping at her Own immortality if she gets her hands on a power SO grand it could end ALL immortalities? The ultimate revenge to her.
chapter final : the apocalypse
it's coming.
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finish me off. i can't bear to watch you suffer
In 19th century, they meet. Sarang was a Knight for the Order -* A collective of immortals fighting against supernatural beings* - Calista, at the head of an army of ghouls, vampires and wolves become the Order's enemy in the Great War against the Witches. Sarang is in charge of taking Calista down - which she failed to. Calista is too strong. Sarang is strong, too. The two engage in hours of passionate sword fight through the war, fascinated with each other. Once the war ended, the two meet again, in secret, and decide on a truce. And they meet again, and again and again, seek each other's presences; away from the Order, becoming each other's lighthouse through immortality, loving each other.
the king and the queen
After Calista destroyed her father's Kingdom in the 18th century, her only chance to survive was to marry, to become queen. Dimitri is one of the oldest pure blood vampire, a man who takes Calista as his Queen. Her being a Lamia, together, they will own and rule on the underworld with an iron fist. It isn't so easy for Calista at first, as the princess now queen was still despising being the daughter of Nyx. Dimitri teaches her how to rule, how to own a kingdom and how to make the world tremble to their mere name. Calista keeps Dimitri in her heart - even though love wasn't the reason behind their union, they grew close, tight.
i love your rage. taste it too.
Vine and Calista fought side by side, together during the Great War of the Witches. An alliance that went south as Vine betrayed her, helping the Witches behind Calista's back. After the grand defeat, Calista begged Vine to use his powers as the ruler of Hell and kill her, end her misery. He accepted her request. It however did not work as expected, her soul was taken by him indeed, without killing her, simply owning her soul instead. Calista hates the man and dreams to one day be the one to kill him, in revenge of all the many betrayals he pulled on her. Their bond however, along the centuries however, link them as friends and instead of enemies. There is understanding between them, fascination even. And care, perhaps. Truth is, they've never been apart.
QUINN
the vengeress.
species: human
name : Ara Jung
goes by : Quinn
date of birth : may 15th, 1994
age: 28 years old
sign: gemini sun, scorpio rising
place of birth : seoul, korea.
current location: seoul, korea, in a spacious two bedroom apartment with her significant other.
occupation : leader of the black fang gang, vigilante, ex-psychiatrist in training
disorders : undiagnosed schizophrenia, mania, psychotic breaks
sexual orientation: bisexual, biromantic
r/s status: singleship. in a 10 years relationship with her partner in crime, ride or side and soulmate Taiyang Theodore tsenginspired by: Harleen Quinzel (DC universe) with a dash of Selina Kyle (DC universe)
personality
alignement : chaotic neutral
TRAITS : strongheaded, bossy, know-it-all, sarcastic, sassy, vengeful, passionnate, back stabbing, focused, driven, vengeful, impulsive, arrogant, protective, territorial
interests: motocycles, mechanics,
likes: psycho analyzing her enemies in order to own them, all nighters with the gang at the garage, smoking a cigarette on the roof in silence, going for long drives with her significant other, studying the field and the underground scene to fill her knowledge, witnessing the birth of changes for a better world, being challenged intellectually
dislikes : the rich and the system feeding them, injustice in all existing forms, lazy people and sloath, oppression, being told "no"
she's a viligante.
fighting style&weapons
Quinn believes in justice. A justice she does not find within the authorities. She is at the head of the gang Black Fang, along with her partner in crime and lover Taiyang. Quinn believes in self made justice and carries to gang towards one goal : eat the rich, redistribute their wealth, punish them.
Quinn used to be a ballet dancer, classes she received gracefully at the forest house she grew up in. Therefore she is flexible and uses that when fighing. Her combat style is smart. Knowing she is a light weight, she dodges, fast, efficiently, like a cat, quick on her feet, flexible, elegant. The only hits she takes on purpose are the ones that will give her proximity with her enemy, enough for her to strike back. She uses knives and daggers the most, sharp and silent as she touches strategically into her opponant to neutralize them : wrists, neck, behind the knees. She slices and stabs. She also uses guns when she has no choice and has to deal with distance even though it isn't her strong suit.
Her ride is a Kawasaki Ninja 400 of the color red. Even though the Black Fang gang mainly deals with cars, hers is always a motorcycle . She is fast, sharp and agile on the road.
TALES
chapter one : the world can be ours.
Life hasn't been tender to Ara. Raised by a single mother, her childhood has been marked by a severe money struggle. A mother that was diagnosed schizophrenic when Ara was around the age of 5. The woman being in denial, she did not accept any treatment and kept on raising her daughter the way she wanted to. However due to that unstability, it was Ara who ended up being responsible of her mother : lying for her to social services in order not for them to be separated, covering for her mother mental multiple crisis that would always put them in debts and in danger. At the age of 10, the mother was placed in a mental institute and Ara, moved to a foster house. The little girl was brillant, down to earth, keen for her young age. She could benefit of an aid to gracefully attend ballet classes, which was close to her only highlight in life. Ara managed to go through school with remarkable marks despite her situation and even came to the conclusion that later : she wanted to become a psychiatrist, to help her mother and women like her.The said mother got out of psych yard eventually, and it was on and off between the clinic and "home". Ara was growing up however and was less and less feeling sorry for her mother, less and less willing to help her, realizing her mother was taking and taking from her without never giving back. It was of Ara's duty to pay for everything, leading the young girl to have to work for it. Crappy waitress part times she was cumulating to put herself through high school first and then medical school in college. Ara had to give up on ballet classes as her free time was dedicated to earn money to survive. Ara was sometimes even working events by night in the rich neighborhoods, as a waitress of receptionnist. The young woman was always treated like dirt by both the clients she was serving and her pairs at medical school, due to her social status. She wasn't the type to take it however, feisty and angry, she would always defend herself, fighting even, if she had to. More and more violent, she lost many jobs due to her insubordination.By the age of 21, she meets Taiyang, the love of her life. He was just a rascal from the other side of the town - the snobby students she was evolving with would look down on him whenever he would pick her up after class and drive her away in his brand new car. She couldn't care less of what people would say, she loved him. Taiyang was the only one who looked at her the way he did, who treated her the way he did. She stayed madly in love, knowing she would do anything for him and for him. Together, they dreamed of the life they never had, a life where this injustice, this gap between social classes would be defeated. Many of the girls Ara was truly friends with were younger girls from the orphanage and foster families, girls who suffered on the daily, girls she wanted to help. It was her motivation to start stealing, smartly, from rich clients from the restaurants and events she was waitressing in.
chapter two : in the south of the city.
Taiyang and her were at the top of the world. By working this justice all by themselves, Ara felt alive, she felt like finally, she found meaning by managing to help. A new life philosophy and power unlocked to her, a power that came with greed too. The more their schemes and strategies paid off to get some money, the bigger they wanted that money to be. That day arrived where it was her turn to need that help : in order to pay for the last year of her medical training, she needed a bigger amount, bigger than anything they even stole before. The couple planned a heist, targetting a rich politician in the south of the city. The heist, however, went wrong. Not only did they get caught, the man happened to be involved with powerful mobsters who put a price of Ara and her partner's head. In order to survive, they had to accept the help of Black Fang, Taiyang's dad gang. A gang that was notorious on the underground scene, a gang that Taiyang was supposed to be heir of yet always refused to. It signed the beginning of a new life for them : a path of crime. Ara's dream to become a doctor had to seize, unable to carry her studies which saddened her, she was about to commit to become something else, an outlaw.Ara was smart, smart enough to be useful in various heists and plan executions, smart enough to know exactly what she was doing, all the time. She figured Black Fang could be useful after all, if Taiyang accepted his leadership, they could turn things around and have the gang serve their interests for justice. Naturally, she became his Queen, second in charge of the gang and earned respect thanks to her intellect. Ara trained as well, for combat, for fight, with determination knowing she had to know how to defend herself in the street. Did she enjoy it? The violence of the new world she had fallen into? She did. Little by little her mind was twisting. Nobody was calling her Ara anymore in the underground scene, she was nicknamed Quinn.You haven't changed, daughter, you've always been like this, craving violence even through your glorious speeches about Justice. You simply don't remember yourself the way I do - I have raised you. It's not justice you want, it's punishment. You haven't unlocked your head like the way I did, don't you hear them, louder and louder in your head, these other versions of you who crave blood? Would say her own mother.
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