- Aug 6, 2014
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Eleanor Wu + + +
- Nickname: Elle
Age: 19
Birthday: March 7
Gender: Female
Preference: ??
Species: Voodoo Doll (formerly Human)
Category: NPC
Career: Business Owner, House of Spirits
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Appearance + + +
- Eleanor is a petite girl, standing at a height of 5'2ft and a small build. She has long black hair that has a full volume that reaches down to her elbow which she often keeps it in twin tails or with a headband, and adorned with a huge bow or a cute hat. Her eyes are unusually red and if one looks closely, it looks like she lacks pupils. But what's most striking about her appearance is that she is unusually pretty, almost doll-like especially with her usual deadpan expression.
She dresses in a way that makes her look like a mannequin or a ball-jointed doll — dress and make-up and all. She's almost always covered up and she never shows too much skin except that of her hands. Her neck area is covered with a choker. Underneath all the frills and cloth are numerous scars and stitches left by using her ability over the years.
During work, the doll-like arrangement is set aside for a light-weight, black tunic, long-sleeved and comes with a cowl that she can pull up to hide her head. Her face is painted with a skull pattern; when performing spells and incantations, it reveals a pattern that looks like sugar skulls.
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Personality + + +
- Eleanor is that girl who people would assume to be completely listless; the sort that you can drag around by the hand and never complain. Her gaze seems empty and lifeless like she has no business to even be moving around. The truth is that she's quite the opossite. If you think looking like a doll means getting to have an actual doll around, then you're gravely mistaken. Though she greatly lacks the ability for facial expression, she certainly knows how to say it. Eloquently.
Eleanor isn't really different from people of her age. All she really wants is to be able to do something on her own as an independent person, to meet people, fall in love, go drinking, make a mess of her life, stay out late going clubbing with friends or something. But her parents had a different idea which is why we find her in her current predicament. Her parents denied her any sort of freedom to chose so guess what parents? Suck it.
While it may seem out of her character, she' rebellious, impulsive, and boredering reckless to a point of danger. She certianly doesn't always keep it together, bursting into a fit of laughter or rage at moment she could find. Her humor is something she's made to tone down but she has slips when she says her thoughts out loud unintentionally. She seems rather apathetic and passive of everything most of the time, like there's no shred of enthusiasm in her system but it's there. You just sort of need to dig a little deeper. In all honesty, Eleanor hates what she is now and she just wanted things to end but we all have to live sometimes.
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Powers + + +
- Eleanor is a solitary practitioner of the folk magic of Hoodoo. Essentially self-taught, her ways are not entirely accurate to others but she still does share many of the known qualities and practices. Eleanor does have knowledge on Voodoo but she prefers not to use it unless asked of her. Eleanor's craft includes oils, home-made powders, and potions as well as charms and amulets of her own design; each having a different effects. Any of her craft is inneffective for her own personal use.
- Oils and Powders : Eleanor can brew oils and powers that can act as healing agents, repellants or even as catalysts for magic and spellcasting. (1) As a healing agent, it can heal any flesh wound with barely any trace of scarring, ease pain and swelling, but broken bones are out of the question. The healing can be instantaneous for small cuts but larger injuries will take longer to cure. Depending on severity the damage, it may be needed to be applied in larger amounts. (2) Repellant types are either applied or burned, using different mixes for what should be repelled which could range from insects to flesheaters. Effectivity is dependent on the amount and how possibly immune the intended are. The effect wears off when traces of the mix have faded from the body or the room it is used in. (3) Certain mixes can be used to stimulate magical ability when burned, acting as catalysts to rituals, meditation and spellcasting. The effects of which often lasts within the time of exposure and 6 hours after it.
- Charms : "Lucky Charms" as some may call it, are small totems Eleanor carved out from bones, with an inscriptions on it's pole. They're used to increase chances for specific things to happen such as passing a test, finding a job, recovering from an illness, finding love,
getting noticed by senpai, and others. These are often the details written into the inscription (though written vaguely i.e. "money", "employment", and others). Once the magic has been fulfilled, the charm loses its effect. It still safe to keep it after the magic has worn off and can be used as keychains, accessories, and decorations.
- Mojo : Mojos are amulets that come in small bags that contain can herbs, petals, spices, bone fragments, small personal accessories, and sometimes little jars of oils or powders. Mojos are often different per user and requires to be activated with an incantation upon receiving it from the conjurer. Their effects are intended to work for the long run like attracting specific luck, keeping safe from danger, security in life aspects such as work, family, and love, and many others. Unlike the charms, they are made to last longer as long as the mojo is "fed", often with a few drops of liquid such as liquor or water. The user also needs to have faith in the mojo as it feeds on the positivity as well, or it will not work as intended.
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Species Abilities + + +
- Ritual Catalyst - As a doll, Eleanor has the capacity to conjure spells using her own body as catalyst in her magic such as using herself as a voodoo doll when inflicting curses. This ritual often leaves her body damanged which is why it requires her to stand over an invocation circle that can preserve her and heal whatever damage she does on herself. She cannot conjure things for herself for her own personal gain — the magic she can cast must always be from the will of others.
- Conditional Immortality - Eleanor is immortal on the condition that her body retains it's form and will remain functional. She does not possess any sort of increased healing but she can survive most injuries. Her wounds although, will not truly heal as she must conduct a spell for her to repair any damages done to her body. Cuts will leave wounds that appear unhealed. She can live even after the removal of her limbs but it will not grow back. Any removed limbs will not be functional unless it is stitched back and reattached using the spell. She will not bleed to death as any wounds will be appear cauterized in the instant. Removing her head will result to her death.
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Biography + + +
- Eleanor grew up in a typical Chinese-American family in Washington. Her parents were unironically the sort of parents who expected a lot from their child. Because of this, Eleanor grew up with a lot of pressure on her shoulders. She always thought this as normal and never put much thought into it. Her parents were strict and always made her do "what they deemed was best". She never really argued.
She wished she did. It wasn't a good life, after all. Growing up with parents who barely heard her out and practically controlled her life, bullying was not a good side dish. She always had a lot of unwanted attention from her school. Eleanor was pretty, smart, undeniably talented, and not to mention a diligent student. She had admirers here and there but the thing about being an honor student and being a foreigner didn't always call for admirers. And just as every other child, she never called for help. Eleanor shouldered everything. Even when her closest friends tried to reach out, she rarely ever complained.
She really wished she did. It was a continuous downward spiral for Eleanor: from her bullies at school, and her parents needlessly controlling her every move. Things only got worse when her family finally forced her into the family's darkest secret. Her family never let her have a word on it. Against her better judgement, they had turned her into a doll. She wouldn't ever want to talk about that stage of her life.
So, just completely done with it all, Eleanor Wu, at the age of 15 left home. She ran away leaving no trace behind for her family to find her. She ran as far as she could and restarted from scratch but never really feeling freed of the shadow of her life. She tried many things in her life, trying to make sense of it but always reaching a point of failure and she has to start again.
She was found by a scout from the academy about three years later and moved to Manta Carlos at the earliest moment she got. But who really said she wanted to be back in school?
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Additional Information + + +
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