Name:
Hilja Talvitie
Age:
Little over 1000, looks bit over 30
Birthday:
Forgotten
Gender:
Female
Species:
Ghost
Category:
Staff
Class:
High school & college psychology/All grades and private grief counseling
Position:
Psychology/Grief counselor
Appearance Description:
-173cm; 5'8"
-Slim and thin, has long limbs and small hands and feet. Decently curvy. Has a very pale skin and burn scars all over her back.
-Simple but beautiful features, straight nose and thin lips and hooded deep blue eyes with dark lashes. Has shadows under her eyes and some wrinkles.
-Long straight hay blonde hair she usually keeps braided.
-Wears simple clothing that has vintage vibe to it, like dresses with lacy hems or thin pants with high waist and boxy tops. Doesn't usually wear shoes since she floats from place to place.
Personality Description:
Melancholy
Understanding
Open-minded
Empathetic
Intelligent
Sees the good in people
Cares about others
Almost always has a gentle smile
Doesn't show negative emotion in public
Attentive to details and people
Thorough
Can be bit nosy but tries to do it in a gentle way
Very private about her own feelings
Puts others first
Fusses over small things
Worrywart
Naive about certain things
Enjoys both company and solitude
Gets anxious when alone for long periods of time
Enjoys reading historical novels
Has pyrophobia
Active Abilities:
Spirit State: Hilja can shift herself into her natural state of being, in which she is simply a spirit without a physical body, has no scent and cannot be seen or heard by people who do not have abilities that allow them to do so. In this firm she can go through both walls and people. Shifting herself into the spirit state doesn't require any effort from Hilja but in order to return to her material state she must concentrate. The longer she spends in the spirit state harder it is to shift back to her material state, and after 48 hours she needs the help of a necromancer to do so.
Poltergeist: Hilja has the ability to use a form of telekinesis, where she can affect and move things using just her willpower. Hilja can, for example, move objects as big as an armchair few inches or disrupt electric devices by touching them and concentrating. The biggest amount of weight Hilja can lift with this ability is 45kg.
Using this ability requires concentration, and heavier the object more Hilja needs to concentrate. She can levitate an object from few minutes to almost half an hour, depending on it's weight. For example Hilja can levitate an eraser for almost half an hour straight but she can only levitate an armchair for a minute or so. Afterwards Hilja may experience a headache depending on the amount of time she used this ability and what she levitated.
Levitation: In both her spirit and material form Hilja is able to levitate herself off the ground. The highest Hilja can levitate herself is few metres off the ground. If she levitates too high up Hilja will fall to the ground.
Passive Abilities:
Immortal: Hilja has already died once so she will live for as long as a reaper or other such entity won't help her pass on.
Physique:
-Invulnerable: If Hilja is wounded lethally in her material form she will revert back into her spirit form and stay in it for couple of days to even a month, depending on how severe the damage was. Afterwards she needs the help of a necromancer to go back to her material state.
-Living Spirit: Hilja was granted some level of existence and a material body by a necromancer and thanks to that she can be seen and touched by other people. Hilja doesn't have a scent and her body is cool to the touch.
-Little Presence: Hilja has a material state but in that state she is still quite feeble. Hilja is weak and cannot lift objects that weigh over 20kg. She herself has little mass and weighs about 40 kilograms.
-Senses: Hilja has sense of touch and she can feel temperatures but not pain. All her other senses are on the same level as a human.
-Dead: Hilja has no need for breathing, eating, sleeping or other such activities that help living beings stay alive. She can, however, eat and go into a sleep-like trance in her material state.
Empathy: Hilja has the ability to sense the emotions of others upon skin to skin contact. This ability is outside Hilja's control and everytime she touches a person she will feel whatever they are feeling as long as there's contact. Hilja's own feelings won't be pushed aside but she feels the other person's feelings alongside her own.
Weaknesses:
I'm A Ghost: Hilja must return to her spirit state and stay in it for at least 12 hours once a week. If she doesn't it will become harder and harder for her to remain in her material state until she is forced to return to her spirit state and stay in it for at least 12 hours.
Salt And Iron: Both of these subtances have the same effects on Hilja. When near them she feels weak and upon touch they drain her energy and, if she's in her material state, force her back to her spirit state. After touching either Hilja cannot use her abilities for a few hours.
Biography:
Resources:
Is renting a small apartment near the woods
Runs a private grief counseling clinic on the side
Receives a generous salary but doesn't use it on much
Hilja Talvitie
Age:
Little over 1000, looks bit over 30
Birthday:
Forgotten
Gender:
Female
Species:
Ghost
Category:
Staff
Class:
High school & college psychology/All grades and private grief counseling
Position:
Psychology/Grief counselor
Appearance Description:
-173cm; 5'8"
-Slim and thin, has long limbs and small hands and feet. Decently curvy. Has a very pale skin and burn scars all over her back.
-Simple but beautiful features, straight nose and thin lips and hooded deep blue eyes with dark lashes. Has shadows under her eyes and some wrinkles.
-Long straight hay blonde hair she usually keeps braided.
-Wears simple clothing that has vintage vibe to it, like dresses with lacy hems or thin pants with high waist and boxy tops. Doesn't usually wear shoes since she floats from place to place.
Personality Description:
Melancholy
Understanding
Open-minded
Empathetic
Intelligent
Sees the good in people
Cares about others
Almost always has a gentle smile
Doesn't show negative emotion in public
Attentive to details and people
Thorough
Can be bit nosy but tries to do it in a gentle way
Very private about her own feelings
Puts others first
Fusses over small things
Worrywart
Naive about certain things
Enjoys both company and solitude
Gets anxious when alone for long periods of time
Enjoys reading historical novels
Has pyrophobia
Active Abilities:
Spirit State: Hilja can shift herself into her natural state of being, in which she is simply a spirit without a physical body, has no scent and cannot be seen or heard by people who do not have abilities that allow them to do so. In this firm she can go through both walls and people. Shifting herself into the spirit state doesn't require any effort from Hilja but in order to return to her material state she must concentrate. The longer she spends in the spirit state harder it is to shift back to her material state, and after 48 hours she needs the help of a necromancer to do so.
Poltergeist: Hilja has the ability to use a form of telekinesis, where she can affect and move things using just her willpower. Hilja can, for example, move objects as big as an armchair few inches or disrupt electric devices by touching them and concentrating. The biggest amount of weight Hilja can lift with this ability is 45kg.
Using this ability requires concentration, and heavier the object more Hilja needs to concentrate. She can levitate an object from few minutes to almost half an hour, depending on it's weight. For example Hilja can levitate an eraser for almost half an hour straight but she can only levitate an armchair for a minute or so. Afterwards Hilja may experience a headache depending on the amount of time she used this ability and what she levitated.
Levitation: In both her spirit and material form Hilja is able to levitate herself off the ground. The highest Hilja can levitate herself is few metres off the ground. If she levitates too high up Hilja will fall to the ground.
Passive Abilities:
Immortal: Hilja has already died once so she will live for as long as a reaper or other such entity won't help her pass on.
Physique:
-Invulnerable: If Hilja is wounded lethally in her material form she will revert back into her spirit form and stay in it for couple of days to even a month, depending on how severe the damage was. Afterwards she needs the help of a necromancer to go back to her material state.
-Living Spirit: Hilja was granted some level of existence and a material body by a necromancer and thanks to that she can be seen and touched by other people. Hilja doesn't have a scent and her body is cool to the touch.
-Little Presence: Hilja has a material state but in that state she is still quite feeble. Hilja is weak and cannot lift objects that weigh over 20kg. She herself has little mass and weighs about 40 kilograms.
-Senses: Hilja has sense of touch and she can feel temperatures but not pain. All her other senses are on the same level as a human.
-Dead: Hilja has no need for breathing, eating, sleeping or other such activities that help living beings stay alive. She can, however, eat and go into a sleep-like trance in her material state.
Empathy: Hilja has the ability to sense the emotions of others upon skin to skin contact. This ability is outside Hilja's control and everytime she touches a person she will feel whatever they are feeling as long as there's contact. Hilja's own feelings won't be pushed aside but she feels the other person's feelings alongside her own.
Weaknesses:
I'm A Ghost: Hilja must return to her spirit state and stay in it for at least 12 hours once a week. If she doesn't it will become harder and harder for her to remain in her material state until she is forced to return to her spirit state and stay in it for at least 12 hours.
Salt And Iron: Both of these subtances have the same effects on Hilja. When near them she feels weak and upon touch they drain her energy and, if she's in her material state, force her back to her spirit state. After touching either Hilja cannot use her abilities for a few hours.
Biography:
Hilja was born to a rather secluded, small village in northern Finland. Her mother died in childbirth, leaving Hilja's father alone with a child. And a girl at that. From the very start Hilja's father didn't think of her as anything else but a nuisance and she was mostly raised by the village as a whole.
Hilja's father was the village butcher and a stoic but rather cruel man. He hated strong showings of emotion and everytime Hilja showed any emotion outside positive or neutral she would get punished. Hilja quickly learned to keep her tears and worries to herself and among people she just smiled. Hilja was a rather calm person from the begin with so this did not require much effort from her.
Hilja enjoyed peace and quiet but helping people was also her passion. She helped the villagers in this and that and was rather liked. Hilja had a natural understanding of human mind and emotion and often listened to people and their sorrows and worries, and helped them find solutions.
When she grew older Hilja started learning about healing and plants and became quite the good medic by the time she was 20. Hilja never married, because the village and ones near it had little suitors and though Hilja was beautiful few men were ready to face her father, who was known for his violence. Even as an adult Hilja was beaten by her father periodically, because he did not approve of her people helping habits. But Hilja, on this one occasion, went against her father because people of the village needed her. Countless nights Hilja spent healing her physical wounds. But there was no one there to help her heal the wounds that could not be seen from the outside.
Hilja's life continued like this for many years, all the way until she was 30. Around those times a strange group of men came to town, people that claimed they were there to spread truth and justice. They had gone across the country ridding the people of demons, pagans and witches, and now was their village's turn. Hilja was unsure of their message and methods, but like many others did not voice her suspiciouns. The strangers were heavily armed and looked ready to accuse any doubters at a moment's notice. Soon the men started their work and talked to people in the town, asking if there was anything, or anyone, strange in their village. And many people pointed towards Hilja, who could heal a person's heart with words and wounds with leaves. She always looked ethereal despite everyone knowing she was beat by her father, and flowers always seemed to bloom around her. The men didn't need to hear anything more. They captured Hilja and accused her of witchcraft.
Hilja was interrogated, or more like tortured, about the sources of her powers, and though nothing came out of her mouth but truth the men did not believe her. They believed Hilja had gained her beauty and abilities through Satan himself and sentemced her to be executed by burning her on a stake.
On the day of her execution Hilja was escorted to the execution site through her village, and though she for the first time in decades raised her voice and begged for anyone to help her, save her, no one listened to her pleads. Hilja was alone, and the villagers looked at her with blind, fearful eyes.
Hilja died a slow and painful death that day, burned by the flames until there were nothing left but charred bones. Her remains were buried in the wilderness, far away from any humans, in an unmarked grave.
Hilja's father was the village butcher and a stoic but rather cruel man. He hated strong showings of emotion and everytime Hilja showed any emotion outside positive or neutral she would get punished. Hilja quickly learned to keep her tears and worries to herself and among people she just smiled. Hilja was a rather calm person from the begin with so this did not require much effort from her.
Hilja enjoyed peace and quiet but helping people was also her passion. She helped the villagers in this and that and was rather liked. Hilja had a natural understanding of human mind and emotion and often listened to people and their sorrows and worries, and helped them find solutions.
When she grew older Hilja started learning about healing and plants and became quite the good medic by the time she was 20. Hilja never married, because the village and ones near it had little suitors and though Hilja was beautiful few men were ready to face her father, who was known for his violence. Even as an adult Hilja was beaten by her father periodically, because he did not approve of her people helping habits. But Hilja, on this one occasion, went against her father because people of the village needed her. Countless nights Hilja spent healing her physical wounds. But there was no one there to help her heal the wounds that could not be seen from the outside.
Hilja's life continued like this for many years, all the way until she was 30. Around those times a strange group of men came to town, people that claimed they were there to spread truth and justice. They had gone across the country ridding the people of demons, pagans and witches, and now was their village's turn. Hilja was unsure of their message and methods, but like many others did not voice her suspiciouns. The strangers were heavily armed and looked ready to accuse any doubters at a moment's notice. Soon the men started their work and talked to people in the town, asking if there was anything, or anyone, strange in their village. And many people pointed towards Hilja, who could heal a person's heart with words and wounds with leaves. She always looked ethereal despite everyone knowing she was beat by her father, and flowers always seemed to bloom around her. The men didn't need to hear anything more. They captured Hilja and accused her of witchcraft.
Hilja was interrogated, or more like tortured, about the sources of her powers, and though nothing came out of her mouth but truth the men did not believe her. They believed Hilja had gained her beauty and abilities through Satan himself and sentemced her to be executed by burning her on a stake.
On the day of her execution Hilja was escorted to the execution site through her village, and though she for the first time in decades raised her voice and begged for anyone to help her, save her, no one listened to her pleads. Hilja was alone, and the villagers looked at her with blind, fearful eyes.
Hilja died a slow and painful death that day, burned by the flames until there were nothing left but charred bones. Her remains were buried in the wilderness, far away from any humans, in an unmarked grave.
Hilja's soul, however, did not move on to the next life but remained on earth. Her first memory is standing midst the trees, on top of a freshly made mound. She had no memories of anything, not who she was or what she was doing here. But she soon learned that she couldn't leave the immediate area around the mound and small wooden cross on top of it.
Hilja also learned she could not touch anything, her hand went through it all. This greatly confused Hilja but she could not do anything. All she could do was sit and wait. And wait she did, for nearly 200 years.
Centuries went by and Hilja almost did not notice their passing. Time was different for her now, without anyone around a decade felt like a minute and her mind was in a stasis. But Hilja felt lonely, so lonely, and she didn't know why. Eventually Hilja saw humans, living humans. They appeared at night, in a large group travelling with horses, carriages and luggage. Hilja, overjoyed for seeing them, waved and tried to yell, only to notice she could not raise her voice over a whisper. One of the older people, however, turned to look in her direction and stopped the group. Hilja, thinking she had finally been found, nearly cried from joy. But as some people separated from the group Hilja noticed they weren't looking at her. They were looking at her grave. They all crossed their fingers and murmured silent prayers, telling Hilja to rest in peace.
That was the moment when Hilja understood she was dead.
After her realization Hilja sunk into silent and deep despair. She was dead, just a shadow of a human being and she couldn't leave the place where her earthly remains lay. Centuries passed, all of them a blur. All Hilja clearly remembered were the living beings she saw, animals and occasionally humans. Sometimes animals could sense her, but any of the humans couldn't. And everytime Hilja saw humans, saw them come and go, she felt great sorrow but was unable to weep.
Over a 1000 years passed before there was a change in Hilja's afterlife. A large group of people came with strange devices and started sticking poles to the ground. Hilja followed them with confusion, none of the humans she had seen before ever stayed for long. But these humans stayed for days. And one day, when they seemed to be finally leaving, a woman walked by Hilja and looked straight at her. Not her grave, at her. And screamed.
It turned out the woman was from a family of witches, that had the ability of spirit sight. Hilja and the woman, after initial shock, talked to each other. Or more like at first Hilja had to help the hysteric, spooked woman to calm down. The woman told Hilja she could help her pass on to the next life. But Hilja refused, she did not want to die. She could feel she still had something to do in this world. So the woman promised to return with a family friend, a necromancer, who could set Hilja free.
After the woman left Hilja was afraid it had all been an illusion or a dream, a cruel vision to give her false hope. But the woman did return with an older man, who cast a spell on Hilja to grant her presence on the mortal plain. Hilja gained mass and was able to feel the plants under her feet, the wind in her hair and the warmth from the sun. And for the first time in lifetimes she was able to cry.
The woman and necromancer took Hilja to Manta Carlos, where she enrolled into cultural classes. Hilja never remembered her past, but she started seeing dreams whenever she "slept" in her material state. They were flashes of violence, pain and fire. So much fire. That was how Hilja developed her pyrophobia.
Hilja, after learning enough, enrolled into the college and studied psychology. She became a grief counselor and started teaching at the academy. Now she had been on the island for about 10 years
Hilja also learned she could not touch anything, her hand went through it all. This greatly confused Hilja but she could not do anything. All she could do was sit and wait. And wait she did, for nearly 200 years.
Centuries went by and Hilja almost did not notice their passing. Time was different for her now, without anyone around a decade felt like a minute and her mind was in a stasis. But Hilja felt lonely, so lonely, and she didn't know why. Eventually Hilja saw humans, living humans. They appeared at night, in a large group travelling with horses, carriages and luggage. Hilja, overjoyed for seeing them, waved and tried to yell, only to notice she could not raise her voice over a whisper. One of the older people, however, turned to look in her direction and stopped the group. Hilja, thinking she had finally been found, nearly cried from joy. But as some people separated from the group Hilja noticed they weren't looking at her. They were looking at her grave. They all crossed their fingers and murmured silent prayers, telling Hilja to rest in peace.
That was the moment when Hilja understood she was dead.
After her realization Hilja sunk into silent and deep despair. She was dead, just a shadow of a human being and she couldn't leave the place where her earthly remains lay. Centuries passed, all of them a blur. All Hilja clearly remembered were the living beings she saw, animals and occasionally humans. Sometimes animals could sense her, but any of the humans couldn't. And everytime Hilja saw humans, saw them come and go, she felt great sorrow but was unable to weep.
Over a 1000 years passed before there was a change in Hilja's afterlife. A large group of people came with strange devices and started sticking poles to the ground. Hilja followed them with confusion, none of the humans she had seen before ever stayed for long. But these humans stayed for days. And one day, when they seemed to be finally leaving, a woman walked by Hilja and looked straight at her. Not her grave, at her. And screamed.
It turned out the woman was from a family of witches, that had the ability of spirit sight. Hilja and the woman, after initial shock, talked to each other. Or more like at first Hilja had to help the hysteric, spooked woman to calm down. The woman told Hilja she could help her pass on to the next life. But Hilja refused, she did not want to die. She could feel she still had something to do in this world. So the woman promised to return with a family friend, a necromancer, who could set Hilja free.
After the woman left Hilja was afraid it had all been an illusion or a dream, a cruel vision to give her false hope. But the woman did return with an older man, who cast a spell on Hilja to grant her presence on the mortal plain. Hilja gained mass and was able to feel the plants under her feet, the wind in her hair and the warmth from the sun. And for the first time in lifetimes she was able to cry.
The woman and necromancer took Hilja to Manta Carlos, where she enrolled into cultural classes. Hilja never remembered her past, but she started seeing dreams whenever she "slept" in her material state. They were flashes of violence, pain and fire. So much fire. That was how Hilja developed her pyrophobia.
Hilja, after learning enough, enrolled into the college and studied psychology. She became a grief counselor and started teaching at the academy. Now she had been on the island for about 10 years
Resources:
Is renting a small apartment near the woods
Runs a private grief counseling clinic on the side
Receives a generous salary but doesn't use it on much
