Laura Valentina [Neuvo Vitae NC] -WIP-

Subject: Laura Valentina [Neuvo Vitae NC] -WIP- Wed Sep 25, 2019 6:54 pm

Laura Valentina
"To find the truth behind every mask is my purpose. Simply hope that your mask isn't the next one to shatter."

The Biography

Birth Name: Laura Valentina
Aliases: The Thief of Knowledge
Gender: Female
Age: 26
Birth Day: October 1st
Arcana: The Temperance - Portrayed as a woman with angel wings mixing up the water of two cups, one blue, the other red, the Temperance Arcana is a symbol of synthesis, prudence, harmony, and the merging of opposites.
Place of Residence:
Alliance: Masked Circle

Part/Full Time Job: Thief-in-hiding

Appearance: Laura is a tall woman, standing at 5'10" total and giving off a cold, imperious air about her. Her features are sharp and womanly, though her usually stoic face and style of dressing usually give her an androgynous look so she could pass for a young man with some effort. As for her distinctive features, she has dark blue eyes, light purple hair, thin eyes and a pale complexion.

As for her style of clothing, she tends to dress differently on the job compared to when she's simply walking around, making a point of hiding her long hair underneath her cap to avoid recognition out on the streets. Her preferred style is a more masculine attire with a long overcoat and steel-toed boots. When acting as a thief, however, she usually dresses in a shadow garb or bodysuit that lets her easily move around while keeping her camouflaged in the shadows, though naturally not pitch black but instead more of a dark blue to blend in more easily.

Personality: Laura's only interest is the gathering of knowledge, to record all that is, was and ever will be in her own personal collection and to pass it down to her eventual descendants simply for the sake of keeping a record of all the truths of this world.

That said, though, she's an incredibly smart and sharp woman, and realizes that acting alone makes this kind of job simply unfeasible. She doesn't like expanding her net too wide or forming close relationships with others, but she does find that making alliances is both necessary and useful for her goals, so she bears no distaste towards doing so. To further this, she paints a picture of herself as a noble thief, getting the masses to support her escapades by targeting mainly corrupt individuals, even though her true target is the dirt they have buried deep in their libraries and contact lists.

Just like those she robs from, Laura herself keeps a detailed list of her contacts and what dirt she has on them, using this shifting web of alliances to carefully judge her options and either cut out the weakest link or find a way to reconcile opposing sides to play into her hand. Her general attitude towards this is little more than nonchalant, as she bears no joy or hatred towards manipulating others and sees it solely as a necessity to living in the way she has chosen to live.

Regardless, Laura still does enjoy some things about life. Having been raised on the run from the law, she gets some excitement off of the thrill of stealing from right under people's noses or acting as an ironically karmic punishment to those who commit atrocities in the public eye. Albeit, she's at heart a cautious woman who plans her heists carefully and takes care to build safety nets and gather all the information she can before attempting anything with too high of a risk.

The Potential

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Strengths:

—Strength Name: The Heroic Thief
—Description: Laura's exploits have earned her Favor with those that belong to the general population, with her actions making her seem like a hero who's out for protecting the little ones from big corrupt people who only want to take advantage of them. Though that wasn't her intention in the least, she carefully makes use of this reputation to earn herself Favor with the Last Bastion, even having an insider who used to work with her during heists feeding her information...

—Strength Name: All for Knowledge
—Description: As a user of Supernatural powers, Laura judged her options and decided that being cooperative with RISE was the best one she could make in the long run. She gains Favor with them due to agreeing to participate in their research and experiments, though her conditions were for them to share their own knowledge with her for easy access to a supernatural test subject. The researcher she has signed the contract with acts as her contact in RISE, as well as the usual mediator between her and the rest of the faction.

—Strength Name: Escape Artist
—Description: Being a thief, Laura knows more than just a thing or two about escaping from sticky situations. She's nimble, fast and flexible, allowing her to quickly run and squeeze past security in order to flee from a situation if she finds it going downhill. In terms of mechanics, this adds 15% to her usual odds of successfully running away from combat.

—Strength Name: Spinstress
—Description: Maintaining a web of lies is only possible if you're a skilled manipulator, knowing those you interact with on a personal and often deeper basis means knowing how best to wrap them around your finger to work for you. Laura is capable of this, noticing details about people's behavior that would often fly under the radar. With this knowledge she's able to appease people more easily and convince them to her side.

—Strength Name: Tempered Flame
—Description: The Potential is strong in Laura, and it becomes more noticeable once one recognizes her weapons, twin swords that extend out to become far-reaching whips. The weapons work as an extension of her Persona and symbolize their undeniable compatibility as partners. In PvS combat, she may attack twice using Dexterity, and in PvP she wields two identical weapons with which she can perform actions in a single turn.

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Weaknesses:

—Weakness Name: International Criminal
—Description: Though the masses may praise her for her seemingly righteous actions, those in power judge her based solely on the law. Laura has accumulated several cases of Grand Larceny on her record, easily earning her the Ire of the United Nations who surely wouldn't pass up the chance to capture and arrest a big name target like her.

—Weakness Name: Driven to Act
—Description: While the time loop caused by the anomalies are the ideal situation for Laura's world to be in, the groups that arise wanting to stop it are certainly her enemies, and especially those that want to put an end to the world as a whole. With how dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge she is, Laura is directly and openly against those who seek to end the world, which has earned her their Ire in turn.

—Weakness Name: Half as Long, Twice as Bright
—Description: Though Laura's internal flame burns hot and true, when she exerts its full might it eats through her power faster than usual, consuming her until it exhausts all that there is. Her Tainted and Mutated Soul forms last only 2 turns as opposed to 3.

—Weakness Name: Agent of Chaos
—Description: To breed and sow discord is to forcefully bring out the truths that exist deep in the bowels of the world. Laura will not put appeasing people above her goal in life, and will readily cause a rift between parties if that is the surest way that the truth will come to light. Causing arguments where angrier people stop filtering their words, inciting enough desperation in someone to the point that they tell her whatever she wants to know-- this attitude may make her unable to compromise between accomplishing her goals and making genuine connections, as long as it's not simply delaying her goals in the long run.

—Weakness Name: Workaholic
—Description: Being up all night planning your next move brings with it various issues. Though Laura does try to get some rest, becoming fatigued usually leads to her falling asleep rather quickly... or, well, she's more susceptible to the Sleep Ailment, is what it really means. 15% more to be exact.

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Soul Bound Weapon:

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Weapon Name: Blue Rose
Weapon Description: A pair of mirrored Swords that extend out into chain whips, crackling with fire particles as they slash through the air. Not extended, the blades are around 90cm long with 20cm-long handles, but extended they shoot up to around 7 meters in length, longer than most whips for sure. The hand guard on each blade's handle has a large ornate blue rose sitting atop it, though touching it reveals it feels like solid metal.
Weapon Image: See GIF above.
Weapon Attack Type: Slash

Side-Arm Weapon:

Side-Arm Name: Blue Rose (again)
Side-Arm Description: Much in the same way as the blades extend, they can also move down to reveal a barrel into which Laura can load bullets and fire them like any regular gun.
Side-Arm Image: N/A
Side-Arm Attack Type: Gun
Side-Arm Style: Revolver - Single Shot - Accuracy is increased by 20%. Consumes only one type of ammo per use. Can shoot only one enemy at a time.

The Background

History: WIP

» Alessandro Colpevolé [Nuevo Vitae Rogue] =WIP=
» Vera Valentina [Complete]
» Vera Valentina Social Links
» Ivan Tabakov[Nuevo Vitae NC, WIP]
» Neuvo Vitea [Main Plot Pitch]