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Many have remarked that the first thing they notice about her is her eyes, which a poetically inclined ex-colleague once likened to ''"Uncut sapphires long left / To mercy of wind and sand".'' They peer out at the world from behind plain square glasses: tired, unfocused, as if she is perpetually distracted by something only she can see. | Many have remarked that the first thing they notice about her is her eyes, which a poetically inclined ex-colleague once likened to ''"Uncut sapphires long left / To mercy of wind and sand".'' They peer out at the world from behind plain square glasses: tired, unfocused, as if she is perpetually distracted by something only she can see. | ||
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+ | She is never seen without a pair of long, black, fingerless metallic gloves on. Anima channels carve thin, glowing lines along the metal, leading to a honeycomb shape on each palm. | ||
== Personality == | == Personality == | ||
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* '''Guns.''' Cordelia is an amateur gun enthusiast, and was formerly an active member of several London-based shooting clubs. This hobby is what earned her her nickname, 'Cordite', from teasing co-workers. | * '''Guns.''' Cordelia is an amateur gun enthusiast, and was formerly an active member of several London-based shooting clubs. This hobby is what earned her her nickname, 'Cordite', from teasing co-workers. | ||
* '''Mundane life.''' She is very attached to her pre-Bee life - it's an anchor to sanity for her - and still struggles to hold down a mundane office job when not on Templar duty. Her work experience includes five years as an admin assistant at a small London-based web firm called Mag-314 Solutions, and, currently, Admin & Exhibits at the British Museum of the Occult. | * '''Mundane life.''' She is very attached to her pre-Bee life - it's an anchor to sanity for her - and still struggles to hold down a mundane office job when not on Templar duty. Her work experience includes five years as an admin assistant at a small London-based web firm called Mag-314 Solutions, and, currently, Admin & Exhibits at the British Museum of the Occult. | ||
− | * '''Religion.''' She was raised a very devout Catholic. | + | * '''Religion.''' She was raised a very devout Catholic. (Caution: she will not react well to this subject.) |
* '''Inter-Society collaboration.''' She resents the Secret War between the factions, and strongly believes that, in the fight against cosmic evil, everyone is on the same side. | * '''Inter-Society collaboration.''' She resents the Secret War between the factions, and strongly believes that, in the fight against cosmic evil, everyone is on the same side. | ||
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− | ''' | + | '''Her story so far...''' |
Cordelia's life and worldview was upended at the close of Season 1, after [https://twitter.com/i/moments/922392790218113024 a fateful encounter] in Orochi Tower. The revelation of her past deaths, and of the true nature of angels, left her lost and embittered - and shattered the religious beliefs she had lived by since childhood. | Cordelia's life and worldview was upended at the close of Season 1, after [https://twitter.com/i/moments/922392790218113024 a fateful encounter] in Orochi Tower. The revelation of her past deaths, and of the true nature of angels, left her lost and embittered - and shattered the religious beliefs she had lived by since childhood. | ||
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In the wake of the encounter, she made [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CT9LUdRaOtWSFQKKhnF7AVzHQ8NtVD8d/view a suicidal trip] to the Hell Dimensions, which was ended only through [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hmDXLT3napDrqYoWB0swTHgvIfICiVYj/view a friend's intervention]. | In the wake of the encounter, she made [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CT9LUdRaOtWSFQKKhnF7AVzHQ8NtVD8d/view a suicidal trip] to the Hell Dimensions, which was ended only through [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hmDXLT3napDrqYoWB0swTHgvIfICiVYj/view a friend's intervention]. | ||
− | What happened to her in the Tower has yet to be fully revealed, but the changes it wrought on her are far more than behavioral | + | What happened to her in the Tower has yet to be fully revealed, but the changes it wrought on her are far more than behavioral. Formerly an arcanophobe and lacking in any magical ability whatsoever, she now possesses a strange form of blood magic that she cannot fully control: a direct manifestation of her anima, appearing as stigmata from her hands in response to as-yet-unknown subconscious triggers. Fearing and detesting it, she keeps her hands covered constantly with a special pair of [https://twitter.com/lilcordite/status/986813826069741568 anima-regulating gloves]. |
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