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 _______________________________________________ Aileen Maeve Vanburen She/Her | 19 | Irish-American | 5'1" | 118 lbs _______________________________________________ Hope _______________________________________________ Skills & Talents "I'm just an ordinary girl thrust into an extra-ordinary world." ___________________________________ [Drawing and Writing] ⫻Aileen keeps a private journal about everything Extra-Normal, with notes and drawings about things she has read or encountered. [Reading] ⫻ A bit of a bookworm. Aileen reads every book about the Extra-normal she can get her hands on. [Basic sewing, cooking, and gardening] ⫻ Basic life skills that her mother taught her while growing up in poverty. [Omen Awareness] ⫻ Aileen has an eye for spotting omens of good or bad luck, such as black cats or four-leaf clovers. | Appearance ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ "A face without freckles is like a sky without stars." Aileen takes primarily after her mother. She has a small, delicate frame, icy-blue eyes, and vibrant red hair. Her cheeks are covered in faint freckles, or "sun kisses" as her mother called them. She usually wears plain and simple clothing in white, cream, pale yellow, or pastel colors, often handmade. She had a fondness for loose-fit clothing such as dresses, tunics, and peasant shirts often tied with a simple rope or leather belt. She always wears her golden locket, but rarely accessorizes beyond that. Having spent most of her life in Ireland, Aileen has an Irish accent and dialect. She also has many typical Irish mannerisms. Because she is Awakened, she has a Sigil located on her right shoulder. It glows white and resembles a rainbow. |
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"I will follow my heart to the end of the rainbow."
MAIN GOAL ⫻ Aileen desperately wants to be a part of the Extra-normal world. She's always felt out of place in normal life among normal people, and she feels that the extra-normal world is where she belongs.
PHILOSOPHY ⫻ She believes in fate and destiny, but also believes that it doesn't just come your way. You have to fight for it and take it.
SEXUALITY ⫻ Heterosexual virgin who does not actively seek out attention. It's not that she isn't interested in romance, quite the contrary, but she would rather focus on other things for now.
FEARS ⫻ The Extra-normal is her love, but it's also her fear. She fears creatures from the shadows such as ghosts, demons, monsters, and is even a little afraid of the dark itself.
REPUTATION ⫻ Many of her siblings see Aileen as a crackpot or at the very least, annoying. She is rather gullible, excitable, cheery, and a bit of a coward. She is often at the butt of her siblings' jokes.
THOUGHTS ABOUT FATHER ⫻ For most of her life, she didn't even know who her father was because her mother kept him a secret, and kept her a secret from him. It wasn't until her death that her mother told her who her father was. While she doesn't agree with him lying about his marital status to her mother, she wished she had the chance to get to know the man while he was alive.
FLAWS ⫻ Aileen is highly superstitious and gullible. She'll believe just about anything she reads on the internet about aliens and the supernatural. It was only just recently she got introduced to the world of the Extra-normal, and she struggles to separate facts from fiction. She is also highly sensitive and tends to cry if people question her beliefs.
PHILOSOPHY ⫻ She believes in fate and destiny, but also believes that it doesn't just come your way. You have to fight for it and take it.
SEXUALITY ⫻ Heterosexual virgin who does not actively seek out attention. It's not that she isn't interested in romance, quite the contrary, but she would rather focus on other things for now.
FEARS ⫻ The Extra-normal is her love, but it's also her fear. She fears creatures from the shadows such as ghosts, demons, monsters, and is even a little afraid of the dark itself.
REPUTATION ⫻ Many of her siblings see Aileen as a crackpot or at the very least, annoying. She is rather gullible, excitable, cheery, and a bit of a coward. She is often at the butt of her siblings' jokes.
THOUGHTS ABOUT FATHER ⫻ For most of her life, she didn't even know who her father was because her mother kept him a secret, and kept her a secret from him. It wasn't until her death that her mother told her who her father was. While she doesn't agree with him lying about his marital status to her mother, she wished she had the chance to get to know the man while he was alive.
FLAWS ⫻ Aileen is highly superstitious and gullible. She'll believe just about anything she reads on the internet about aliens and the supernatural. It was only just recently she got introduced to the world of the Extra-normal, and she struggles to separate facts from fiction. She is also highly sensitive and tends to cry if people question her beliefs.
Backstory
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"You can't have rainbows without the rain."
Aileen was born of one of Father's many affairs. He and her mother, Aine Orla, met at an Irish pub while he was traveling. Her mother was the barmaid. They hit it right off and the two stayed together every night while he was in town. But when he was done with his business, he returned home to Araminta. Nine months later, Aileen was born.
Aine was a good, kind mother, but they were poor. She taught Aileen how to garden, sew, cook, clean and be frugal. She made sure that Aileen was fed and that she made it to school and had clean clothes every day. They both worked hard and saved money to one day move to America.
But Aine was a highly superstitious woman and she passed those beliefs on to Aileen. Her mother often claimed to see fairies, sprites, and leprechauns. While Aileen couldn't see them, she believed her mother. Especially because strange, unexplainable things happened around the both of them. She always told Aileen to be happy with what she had, because if she wasn't, the fae would take it away.
Because of her old fashioned upbringing, many of her fellow classmates branded her and her mother as "crazy" for their beliefs. Aileen was often excluded from social events and didn't manage to develop any real friendships because of it. She tried desperately to fit in and was kind and bubbly and cheerful, never showing the pain inside. But as her efforts went to waste, unable to undo the damage done to her reputation, she grew to resent her mother and the father who abandoned her daughter.
Just as Aileen turned 18 and finished school, her mother came down with a mysterious illness. She grew tired, weak, and devoped a bloody cough. As time went on she only got worse. One day, her mother explained that she saw her doppelganger and her time was running out. She confessed the story of her daughter's conception, then handed her a golden locket. She closed her daughter's hand around it, urging her to find her father before something like this happened to her--Aileen-- as well. Only moments later she passed away.
Heartbroken by her mother's death and angered by her lies, Aileen ran from home into a raging storm for miles in the pouring rain. When she could run no more, she fell onto her hands and knees in the mud and sobbed, clinging to the golden locket and cried her heart out.
But then the storm began to clear, and a beam of light fell onto Aileen and it grew and grew until Aileen found herself gazing into the most beautiful rainbow she had ever seen, that seemed to take up the entire sky. A mysterious power surged through her she clenched her new necklace in her palm. She looked into the locket at the picture of her father, knowing she had to find him. She looked into the locket, finding her parents' pictures and a tiny piece of paper: "Araminta."
With the help of their entire life's savings, Aileen found herself following her only clue to a place called Araminta, Pennsylvania. A little research lead her to find news articles about James Vanburen, a man who shared her last name. Taking a leap of faith, she took the next year preparing to immigrate to her new home. As the end of her journey and the end of the year approached, Aileen began to notice something strange happening to her--her body was turning to stone, just as her Mother forwarned her.
By the time she arrived at the front door of the Vanburen Mansion, there was no doubt that she was one of them, as she had the Vanburen curse and half of her skin had turned grey and hard as stone. They took her in, and she's been staying with them ever since.
Aine was a good, kind mother, but they were poor. She taught Aileen how to garden, sew, cook, clean and be frugal. She made sure that Aileen was fed and that she made it to school and had clean clothes every day. They both worked hard and saved money to one day move to America.
But Aine was a highly superstitious woman and she passed those beliefs on to Aileen. Her mother often claimed to see fairies, sprites, and leprechauns. While Aileen couldn't see them, she believed her mother. Especially because strange, unexplainable things happened around the both of them. She always told Aileen to be happy with what she had, because if she wasn't, the fae would take it away.
Because of her old fashioned upbringing, many of her fellow classmates branded her and her mother as "crazy" for their beliefs. Aileen was often excluded from social events and didn't manage to develop any real friendships because of it. She tried desperately to fit in and was kind and bubbly and cheerful, never showing the pain inside. But as her efforts went to waste, unable to undo the damage done to her reputation, she grew to resent her mother and the father who abandoned her daughter.
Just as Aileen turned 18 and finished school, her mother came down with a mysterious illness. She grew tired, weak, and devoped a bloody cough. As time went on she only got worse. One day, her mother explained that she saw her doppelganger and her time was running out. She confessed the story of her daughter's conception, then handed her a golden locket. She closed her daughter's hand around it, urging her to find her father before something like this happened to her--Aileen-- as well. Only moments later she passed away.
Heartbroken by her mother's death and angered by her lies, Aileen ran from home into a raging storm for miles in the pouring rain. When she could run no more, she fell onto her hands and knees in the mud and sobbed, clinging to the golden locket and cried her heart out.
But then the storm began to clear, and a beam of light fell onto Aileen and it grew and grew until Aileen found herself gazing into the most beautiful rainbow she had ever seen, that seemed to take up the entire sky. A mysterious power surged through her she clenched her new necklace in her palm. She looked into the locket at the picture of her father, knowing she had to find him. She looked into the locket, finding her parents' pictures and a tiny piece of paper: "Araminta."
With the help of their entire life's savings, Aileen found herself following her only clue to a place called Araminta, Pennsylvania. A little research lead her to find news articles about James Vanburen, a man who shared her last name. Taking a leap of faith, she took the next year preparing to immigrate to her new home. As the end of her journey and the end of the year approached, Aileen began to notice something strange happening to her--her body was turning to stone, just as her Mother forwarned her.
By the time she arrived at the front door of the Vanburen Mansion, there was no doubt that she was one of them, as she had the Vanburen curse and half of her skin had turned grey and hard as stone. They took her in, and she's been staying with them ever since.
Abstraction
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"My power gives me hope and my hope gives me power."
TYPE ⫻ Awakened
ABSTRACTION ⫻ Rainbow Light Manipulation: The user manipulates a beautiful but deadly rainbow with surfaces and cutting edges potentially as strong as bulletproof glass, yet can become as flexible and fragile as mica.
ABSTRACTION DESCRIPTION ⫻
Aileen can absorb light energy from the sun and her environment, growing stronger the longer she goes without use. When her abstraction is activated, her eyes and Sigil glow bright white. When she reaches her capacity, she starts to glow in all colors of the rainbow. As her stores are diminished her body becomes pale and sickly looking. Her stores are usually depleted in 20 minutes of use or less. If she gets sick or injured, her abilities can be severely impacted.
She can create either soft or hard light but usually uses hard light. The rainbows can vary in width from less than an inch to her arm span (about 5') and are less than a centimeter thin. The abtraction is initiated by using one or both hands to focus light between her two hands or thumb and index finger, determining the height. She then motions with her hands or both arms for the direction and speed of travel. It can be as long as 20ft.
Hard-light ribbons have comparable durability, sharpness, and traction to that of bulletproof glass when flat, but grows weaker the more twists and turns there are. fades to soft light at the end. The rainbow can be manipulated to form a slow moving elevator, small wall or shield, staircase or path, or used offensively as sharp blades. Its poor traction does not lend itself to use as a vehicle, and it gets very slippery when wet.
Alternatively, Aileen can form soft-light ribbons for show or practice. These ribbons pass harmlessly through anything. If something were touched by it, it would feel a slightly warm and tingly sensation.
ABSTRACTION ⫻ Light Sacrifice: The user gives up her energy in part or whole for the benefit of another person, usually an Adept.
ABSTRACTION DESCRIPTION ⫻ Aileen can sacrifice her light energy to an Adept, powering any Lux except for black. When Aileen lends her power to an Adept, she loses the ability to use her power for herself. This instead allows others to go beyond their limits, or essentially replenishes their magic if they ran out. The use of this ability typically renders her out of commission for at least a day.
AURA SENSING ⫻ Aileen has a weak sense of empathy and can sense auras of those within one body length (5 ft). If they have an affinity for a certain lux, she can detect what kind.
LIMITS ⫻ Aileen's ability has clearly defined ranges and limits (about twenty feet long, arm's length, and a centimeter thick). Emotional-Fields prevent her from creating her rainbows inside of Extra-Normal beings. Aileen's rainbows are the strongest when they are straight, bending them in any way lowers their durability and makes them much easier to be destroyed. She is not capable of switching a solid rainbow into an intangible one, she would have to destroy it and then remake it. Aileen creating her rainbows is dependant on her stamina.
WEAKNESSES ⫻ Aileen's rainbows can be interfered with by reflective surfaces. If they touch a reflective surface, they will be scattered, sent in several different directions, and will be difficult to use and will be much more fragile. Creating the rainbows interferes with her vision as it renders her colorblind and makes it harder for her to see far distances.
ABSTRACTION ⫻ Rainbow Light Manipulation: The user manipulates a beautiful but deadly rainbow with surfaces and cutting edges potentially as strong as bulletproof glass, yet can become as flexible and fragile as mica.
ABSTRACTION DESCRIPTION ⫻
Aileen can absorb light energy from the sun and her environment, growing stronger the longer she goes without use. When her abstraction is activated, her eyes and Sigil glow bright white. When she reaches her capacity, she starts to glow in all colors of the rainbow. As her stores are diminished her body becomes pale and sickly looking. Her stores are usually depleted in 20 minutes of use or less. If she gets sick or injured, her abilities can be severely impacted.
She can create either soft or hard light but usually uses hard light. The rainbows can vary in width from less than an inch to her arm span (about 5') and are less than a centimeter thin. The abtraction is initiated by using one or both hands to focus light between her two hands or thumb and index finger, determining the height. She then motions with her hands or both arms for the direction and speed of travel. It can be as long as 20ft.
Hard-light ribbons have comparable durability, sharpness, and traction to that of bulletproof glass when flat, but grows weaker the more twists and turns there are. fades to soft light at the end. The rainbow can be manipulated to form a slow moving elevator, small wall or shield, staircase or path, or used offensively as sharp blades. Its poor traction does not lend itself to use as a vehicle, and it gets very slippery when wet.
Alternatively, Aileen can form soft-light ribbons for show or practice. These ribbons pass harmlessly through anything. If something were touched by it, it would feel a slightly warm and tingly sensation.
ABSTRACTION ⫻ Light Sacrifice: The user gives up her energy in part or whole for the benefit of another person, usually an Adept.
ABSTRACTION DESCRIPTION ⫻ Aileen can sacrifice her light energy to an Adept, powering any Lux except for black. When Aileen lends her power to an Adept, she loses the ability to use her power for herself. This instead allows others to go beyond their limits, or essentially replenishes their magic if they ran out. The use of this ability typically renders her out of commission for at least a day.
AURA SENSING ⫻ Aileen has a weak sense of empathy and can sense auras of those within one body length (5 ft). If they have an affinity for a certain lux, she can detect what kind.
LIMITS ⫻ Aileen's ability has clearly defined ranges and limits (about twenty feet long, arm's length, and a centimeter thick). Emotional-Fields prevent her from creating her rainbows inside of Extra-Normal beings. Aileen's rainbows are the strongest when they are straight, bending them in any way lowers their durability and makes them much easier to be destroyed. She is not capable of switching a solid rainbow into an intangible one, she would have to destroy it and then remake it. Aileen creating her rainbows is dependant on her stamina.
WEAKNESSES ⫻ Aileen's rainbows can be interfered with by reflective surfaces. If they touch a reflective surface, they will be scattered, sent in several different directions, and will be difficult to use and will be much more fragile. Creating the rainbows interferes with her vision as it renders her colorblind and makes it harder for her to see far distances.
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"May your heart be light and happy, may your smile be big and wide, and may your pockets always have a coin or two inside!"
