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The Red Hand within the Facility planned to use that information for their project concerning Anima and Anti-Anima. If they had managed to, Desdemona did not know. There was a terrible accident that rid her of consciousness. Instead of remaining shackled in a secret facility by the Red Hand, she found herself in the grip of The Templars. | The Red Hand within the Facility planned to use that information for their project concerning Anima and Anti-Anima. If they had managed to, Desdemona did not know. There was a terrible accident that rid her of consciousness. Instead of remaining shackled in a secret facility by the Red Hand, she found herself in the grip of The Templars. | ||
− | = | + | ==Present Day== |
− | + | The Templars knew very well who and what she was. While she had little faith in her previous allegiances, she had figured that her previous partners would have at least been capable of keeping her identity a secret. Ultimately, it seemed that putting faith in a 4th Ager was a fool's errand. Nonetheless, there were things that attracted to her to the Templars. | |
+ | To Desdemona, they are the epitome of military might and order. Within them, she sees passion, discipline and a respect for customs that had been lacking in her other benefactors. It was clear why the Templars had survived for so long, (though she had regarded them as little more that nuisances when she had come across them before): they were so tenacious that if they could not win through civility, they did so with brutality. That brutality came so thunderous and swift that there was often no fear of revenge. | ||
+ | The Templars regarded Desdemona with suspicion and worry, however. They immediately could tell that she was infected by the Filth, but they found no way to get rid of her. If she were to be left by herself, it was entirely possible that one of the other factions would pick her up. They had to find a way to keep her in their midst somehow, for a tool's natural instinct is to find a way to be used. After intense discussion, Desdemona found that they were of similar goals: the keep the 4th Age safe and Desdemona was proud to know that the Templars would do anything to make sure that happened. | ||
− | + | She quickly found her place as an interrogator among the Inquisitors. Often kept underground London, she has utilized her connection with the Filth to wrench secrets from her victims. While the Templars aren't proud of the way the Desdemona handles their business, nor of the fact that they have a Filth-infected within their ranks, they are willing to overlook as long as the job gets done and she keeps herself well in their sights. Still, not even the Templars are willing to let Desdemona's other abilities go to waste. A fine combatant herself, she is often sent on missions where the presence of Filth is or has been. | |
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+ | After all, it's best to let a monster fight monsters. | ||
− | =• | + | =• Beyond the Viel •= |
− | + | There are things that not even Desdemona can hide about herself from those that have the ability to see through the surface to what lies beneath. What follows are examples of those traits. | |
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+ | ==3rd Age Resonance== | ||
+ | Having come from an Age where technology was so advanced and well-integrated with Anima, the Anima signature that radiates from her body has an ancient feel to it. The taste of mysticism is mostly absent from this Anima-Aura and in its place, a mechanical resonance lives. It's still a gentle feeling, but rather than the warmth of a sun that many others may be used to, it has a strange firmness. | ||
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+ | ==Filth Whispers== | ||
+ | Unfortunately, Desdemona is Filth-Infected. Depending on how close a person is to Desdemona physically, the level of Filth interference can range from a general uneasiness to ghostly whispers in their head. At most times, the Filth just suggests for people to get closer to Desdemona, but once they get close enough, the suggestions become darker. Insults have been documented as being heard, but without previous knowledge about a person on Desdemona's or the Filth's part, the insults are rather impersonal. | ||
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+ | Out of the three 'oddities' that can be felt from Desdemona, this one is likely the most dangerous, yet the easiest to avoid in most situations. The only way to see the Filth's presence coming through her would be to look directly into her ghjeyes. At that point, the Filth takes the form of thin wisps of smoke only view-able to Desdemona and the person she's looking at. Unfortunately, it's also at the point that the attacks and suggestions become much more personal and the whispers more feverish. | ||
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+ | ==Seething Rage== | ||
+ | Empaths will be able to tell how Desdemona always seems angry. No matter what emotion that she's showing or feeling, there is an underlying aura of rage from it. | ||
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+ | =• Atlantean Heritage •= | ||
+ | It's rumored that remnants of 3rd Age tech can be found in the world and in working condition. So, it's no surprise that Desdemona's Atlantean implants are still operational. These 3rd Age implants work by augmenting her already enhanced physical traits by means of nanomachines attached to every living cell in her body. | ||
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+ | ==Positives== | ||
+ | '''Heightened Physical Attributes:''' While the nanomachines work at keeping her alive (though not always stable), they can actively power Desdemona's physical attributes further. While the limit isn't well-known, there is a direct causation between how much Filth exhaust is put out and how much the nanomachines power her physical abilities. It should be known that she usually isn’t seen to do anymore than what the average Bee is capable of with their magic when it comes to the amount of force she puts out, which results in a Filth miasma of medium thickness and toxicity. Medium toxicity has been noted as being as extreme as a Bee standing in a common pool of Filth. | ||
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+ | ==Negatives== | ||
+ | '''Anima Leech:''' All machines need a fuel source and for the nanomachines, it is Anima. Like the Bees, Desdemona can be a conduit for Anima Energy, but instead of manifesting it as magic, the nanomachines immediately consume any Anima that comes through her and uses it to supplement her physical attributes. This is also the only method of using Anima that Desdemona can ever indulge in. Desdemona can control how much Anima the nanomachines consume, but she can't use any Anima that she channels into herself that isn't being used by the Nanomachines, nor can she store it later for future use. | ||
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+ | '''Filth Exhaust:''' Normally, the nanomachines would only produce oxygen as their waste product, however they were corrupted when she became infected with the Filth. Now, the nanomachines expunge Filth into the air. It looks like a black miasma that rises out of Desdemona's body and the intensity of it varies from almost invisible to as thick as fog depending on how heavily she's using the nanomachines. Because the nanomachines keep her ageless, there is always a haze around her that, while it can't be seen, can be just barely detected and often leaves weaker people with a slight headache. | ||
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+ | '''Mask Necessity:''' Because the nanomachines no longer produce pure oxygen for her, Desdemona has been forced to wear a breathing apparatus that cleanses the air for her. It also helps to protect her from the Filth that she exhumes from her body. Without this mask, not only would she not be able to breathe fully, but her Filth infection rate would sky-rocket and her nanomachines' abilities would be reduced dramatically. | ||
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+ | =• The Filth •= | ||
+ | Though she had not known it before The Red Hand's study on her, Desdemona had been 'infected' with the Filth from the very moment that she had seen the start of the 3rd Age's collapse. Unfortunately, the Time Tomb did not fully protect her from the Filth and instead, it trapped her with just a tiny bit of it for countless years. Mutation has almost definitely occurred, but despite the presence of the Filth being detected, it is unknown exactly how far or how quickly mutation has progressed. | ||
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+ | Ultimately, it is easist to think of the Filth inside of Desdemona as an entirely separate entity that has the Atlantean wire-tapped. It can make suggestions and, with Desdemona's permission, can even act in small amounts, but it is mostly there to listen and influence rather than attempt to gain direct control. | ||
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+ | ==Positives== | ||
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+ | ==Negatives== | ||
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