Adra
From Changeling Venue
| Seeming | Darkling Gravewight |
|---|---|
| Court | Autumn Court ••• |
| Freehold | Bangor, Maine |
| Player | Stacey Robinson |
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Basics
Alias(es): Adra
Real Name: Miranda
Freehold: Bangor, Maine
Apparent Age: Late 20s to mid 30s
Seeming: Darkling
Kith: Gravewight
Concept: Balance Keeper, Agent of Vengeful Spirits, Distributer of Poetic Justice
Group: Fury of the Agents of Fortune
Entitlement: Unknown
Live Journal: Adra's travels (Real posts are Friends only, email to be added)
Quote:
“And so it is written on the doorway to paradise that those who falter and those who fall must pay the price.” - Javert in Les Miserables
Mien
In her pure form Adra seems rather like an animated corpse. She doesn't rot, but her face is shrunken in, the skin seeming to barley stretch over the bone on hald of her face. The other half is covered by the jet black hair, obscuring all features save her bright blue eye gazing through.
When she fully stands, which is rare, she is unusually tall for a woman, coming to over six feet in all. Her hair extends nearly to her knees, and where formerly light shone around her, autumn leaves now cling to her hair. She is deathly pale and skinny, her finger little more than skin over bone.
Mask
Coming Soon
History
Basic Time line
Born: Mid 1980s location unknown (looking for extended family BG ties) Only child to a suburban family. Mother dies before she reaches the age of 10.
- BG ties sought: family members, neighbors, etc.
Abduction: 1996. In her early teen/preteen years she is dared at a slumber party to spend the night on top of a supposedly haunted grave site in the woods. Being somewhat of a daredevil she accepts and heads out alone. At midnight she is captured by a fae for trespassing and taken to the realm.
- BG ties sought: Maybe another girl who ventured out to do the date on that night..
Time is Acadia: For her trespass on the dead she is tasked with acting as the disposer of used toys. From cleaning the gladiator ring after a fight to personally slaying a fellow changeling who's Keeper has tired of them, she takes care of all types of death and the dead. Her keeper had little use with having her constantly around, she often was loaned to other fae to clean up their activities. Gladiatorial Rings, scientific experiments, she's seen and taken care of them all.
- BG ties sought: Anyone involved in entertainment whose enemies’ remains I would have cleaned up. Perhaps I spoke to you in your cage while I removed a dead cellmate.
- Anyone who would have witnessed me killing a fellow worker who had become useless.
- Fellow ‘janitors’ who assisted in the disposal of old toy.
The Escape:She will never know how, or why she was released. Only her time had come due. Ten years to the day, she was free.
The Aftermath: For her over a decade had passed since she was captured, upon her return she found that only three days had gone by. Unable to return home she struck out her own, adopting the name Adra and traveling all over in her role as a Fury until settling in Bangor, Maine in 2005. She became a member of the Summer Court after her escape, serving them loyally as a brining of vengeance and an incarnation of Wrath until her clarity began to slip too far and she began to spiral into insanity.
She has made her way in the mortal realm as an eccentric but effective private investigator. Most of her clients find that not only are crimes discovered by Adra, but that punishment of the criminal is included in her fee as well.
- BG ties sought: Summer Court allies, anyone I would have met in travels, those she trained to be Furies, other investigators she worked with or police/criminals contacts she would have delt with in her business.
Past 2 years: On the advice of her Seer friend she leaves the Summer Court for the Autumn, regaining her sense and learning to channel her anger into fear rather than destruction.
- Allies in Autumn Court, anyone else interested.
*Possible other ties:
I am looking for Adra to have a very odd relationship with her fetch. She is obsessed with the concept of fair trade, and as she spent almost two decades of her time in the Fae world, she believes her fetch should get the same amount of time in the mortal realm, and then Adra plans to kill her. Until then she has promise to keep the fetch safe from all harm, going out of her way to protect the fetch for all dangers to insure she gets the full time promised. This leads to an oddly close but dangerous relationship between the two, as Adra has told the fetch her plans. If fetches are playable I’d be interested in finding a PC to play her.
Her Story
Adra emerged from the hedge after what felt likes years, only to find that only a handful of days had past on the mortal side. She escaped the Fae realm with four other changelings, one of which the Oracle who had predicted that this escape attempt would be successful. These five went on to found the Agents of Fortune.
She assumed her new name in the honor of the goddess Nemesis, shortening the true name to show she was not a goddess, only a mortal agent of a greater cause.
Since returning to the real world Adra has gone through a series of personalities, but all had one thing in common: she is not sane. Her departure from the Summer to the Autumn court has helped her channel her energies and madness into a calmer, more controlled method of action.
Friends & Associates
Seeking background ties of any kind.
Dahlia Mask - Fellow Founder and first Oracle of the Agents of Fortune.
Cato Septimus Tag - A beast from the arena.
Gaea - Former friendly rival in the Summer Court.
Old Hob - Sometimes enemies become allies, at least until opportunity presents itself.
Fortunato - Fellow Founder and Fury of the Agents of Fortune.
Nothing - A friend from Acadia, now a kindred spirit in madness.
Uriel de Lenormand - One who gives insight into that which I see, but cannot understand.
Tobias Soultongue - A Mentor into the ways of the Autumn Court
James Cornoa - A figure from the lost time, a daring and a method other than mine, but perhaps the ends are the same.
Charlie "Kia" Case- One who appreciates that you are most alive when on the brink of death.
Tanis - The keeper of the Garden in California. A guide and a mystery. How can one person be so good
Little Lucy Black - They say good Doctors can make you sane. She helps with the eternal work in progress.
Rigger -
Cerannen - A fellow hunter in the night.
Enemies, Rivals, and People on the List
Quotes
Feel free to add.
“The crisp scent of rotting blood, the sightless gaze of the fallen, these are of great comfort to me. Perhaps the greatest comfort I have left.” - Adra
"The World is teeming with unnecessary people." Adra
“Adra changed? Do not mistake “calm” for “discipline.” If anything she has become more adept at suppressing the fury that rages in her…” – Fortunato
"She shouldn't have left the Summer court. Her wrath shall be missed." -Gaea
"Adrasteia? She knows intimately of fear. It is a great boon to Autumn that she dallied with Summer, for without that strength I fear that the spirits she sees, both within and without, would have consumed her long ago..." - Tobias Soultongue
"No one understands but her, they think they know her - it comforts them." ~ Duma
"She cleaned up from time to time after my master was done with his experiments. I thought nothing of it, except that she like me knew to obediently follow her Keepers' commands. Follow, that is, until opportunity arose." -James Cornoa
"Yea, well, eventually I figure we'll settle up and one of us will be taken a dirt nap. Until then, its all just business alright?" ~Old Hob
"Like the wælcyrige, a chooser of the slain. A huntress, in her own way." - Cerannen
Rumors
Feel free to add.
- It is rumored that Adra, Gravewight that she is, collects various ornate styles of urns that contain the ashes of those she has exacted her retribution on. The exact number is reputed to be quite high...
- Adra carries a small pouch of tea leaves around her neck. When asked about it her only response is 'in case of woogity.'
- Adra believe that tea is only to be had on important or very special events. She carefully considers the motivations of everyone who offers it to her.
Character Inspirations
Javert – Les Miserables
Delirium and Death- The Sandman Series
The League of Shadows (based on the League of Assassins) - Batman Begins
Soundtrack
Good and Evil – Jekyll and Hyde
Suicide is Painless – Marilyn Manson Cover
Crazy On You - Heart
Between the Bars - Elliot Smith
Breaking the Habit - Linkin Park
Shadow on the Sun - The Civilian Project
Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
Rocked By Rape - The Evolution Control Committee
The Seven Deadly Sins - Flogging Molly
Dance With Night Wind - Akira Yamaoka
Paint it Black - Rolling Stones
Dead Souls - Nine Inch Nails
I'm Only Happy When it Rains - Garbage
OOC Info
Name: Stacey Robinson
Region: North East
