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APPLICATION ( SALTBURNT ).
OUT OF CHARACTER
PLAYER NAME: Pax, she/her
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cryptids
CURRENT CHARACTERS: Set (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
redsoil ), Wei Wuxian ( laozu )
TRIGGERS: N/A
CONTACT:
CURRENT CHARACTERS: Set (
redsoil ), Wei Wuxian ( laozu )TRIGGERS: N/A
IN CHARACTER
CHARACTER NAME: Mithra Antonescu
CHARACTER AGE: 30+
CHARACTER CANON: Original.
CANON POINT: Soon after she attempts to flee to London to meet her reclusive publisher and long-distance lover — Mr. Nathaniel Roake, rather than undergo her final Debut into occult society, whereupon she will be formally bid for by her future husband; she manages to escape her family's estate in Vienna, armed with naught but her unfinished manuscript and the remaining money from her first novel. ( In this fantasy, she makes it to Saltburnt, instead. )
ABILITIES:
SUPERNATURAL ABILITIES ;
— Logomancy. One of two core abilities, wherein she alters reality or perception of reality through precise, written language. While under trance, other entities and forces will guide her hand to try and breach the veil, their cages, and leave their stain upon more than just her mind and body.
— Suggestion. The second of her core abilities. As her imagination is empowered by the presence of Elder Gods within her, allowing her to impose upon reality her vision of what she wishes it was to be. Especially when involved in sexual scenarios, she tends to fall into highly cerebral, anticipatory visions of what she thinks will happen, or would like most to happen — with IC permission, she can ( unconsciously ) impose that desire on another, coercing them or influencing them to be more suggestible to fulfilling her wishes.
— Astral Projection. Her favorite. She can project her spirit and leave her physical body behind to travel other realms, remote/spiritual spaces and sometimes dreams.
— Pain Transmutation. The conversion of physical pain/suffering into psychic energy that provides a boost to her powers and connection to her Deities. The more she hurts or is hurt, the stronger her mind is — self-harm does not work, only harm caused by external forces or people. The reverse is true, as well. The less pain caused to her, the weaker she grows.
— Eldritch Manifestation. Her existence is a conduit for numerous Outer Deities/Great Old Ones, who contort her mind and physical form to manifest their power upon a world just beyond their reach. She can manifest properties of these Elder Gods — ranging from physical properties ( such as multiple eyes, or tentacles ) to their metaphysical ones ( dream devouring, madness evoking ). The metaphysical properties would be opt-in only, and perhaps utilized as a player plot / log for all to enjoy.
PRACTICAL & SCHOLARLY SKILLS ;
— Formal education. Knows multiple languages, reading/writing/arithmetic, catechism, music, dancing, needlework, etiquette, domestic skills. Allowed to attend finishing school and university, to acquire knowledge of anatomy, psychology, history, natural sciences and philosophy; folklore, rural history and myth.
— Forensic research, pattern recognition. Able to utilize her educational background to decipher sigils, grimoires and lost/dead languages; dismantle incantations by reversing logic; sensitive to hidden geometries, sigils and synchronicity.
— Occult Knowledge. Bred, raised and educated in numerous topics relating to occultism, including vast knowledge of Hermetic and esoteric traditions, divination and magical systems (e.g. scrying, numerology, somnambulism)? alongside mysticism, mainstream religion and syncretism.
— Spiritualist, ritualist and medium. Knowledge of esoteric psychology and defunct "inner sciences", such transcendental psychology and mystical eroticism. Able to divine meaning, symbol and narrative using dreams, cards, tea, bones, mirrors, and other omens.
OTHER ABILITIES ;
— Mental Resilience & Strong Will. Able to endure pain, hunger and isolation via mantras, focus and a time-tested psyche that resists intrusion and madness. She has a strong mental fortitude from being raised in a hostile environment, as well as from repeated psychic testing by the Outer Gods.
— Eidetic Memory.
— Groveling. <3
CHARACTER AGE: 30+
CHARACTER CANON: Original.
CANON POINT: Soon after she attempts to flee to London to meet her reclusive publisher and long-distance lover — Mr. Nathaniel Roake, rather than undergo her final Debut into occult society, whereupon she will be formally bid for by her future husband; she manages to escape her family's estate in Vienna, armed with naught but her unfinished manuscript and the remaining money from her first novel. ( In this fantasy, she makes it to Saltburnt, instead. )
ABILITIES:
SUPERNATURAL ABILITIES ;
— Logomancy. One of two core abilities, wherein she alters reality or perception of reality through precise, written language. While under trance, other entities and forces will guide her hand to try and breach the veil, their cages, and leave their stain upon more than just her mind and body.
— Suggestion. The second of her core abilities. As her imagination is empowered by the presence of Elder Gods within her, allowing her to impose upon reality her vision of what she wishes it was to be. Especially when involved in sexual scenarios, she tends to fall into highly cerebral, anticipatory visions of what she thinks will happen, or would like most to happen — with IC permission, she can ( unconsciously ) impose that desire on another, coercing them or influencing them to be more suggestible to fulfilling her wishes.
— Astral Projection. Her favorite. She can project her spirit and leave her physical body behind to travel other realms, remote/spiritual spaces and sometimes dreams.
— Pain Transmutation. The conversion of physical pain/suffering into psychic energy that provides a boost to her powers and connection to her Deities. The more she hurts or is hurt, the stronger her mind is — self-harm does not work, only harm caused by external forces or people. The reverse is true, as well. The less pain caused to her, the weaker she grows.
— Eldritch Manifestation. Her existence is a conduit for numerous Outer Deities/Great Old Ones, who contort her mind and physical form to manifest their power upon a world just beyond their reach. She can manifest properties of these Elder Gods — ranging from physical properties ( such as multiple eyes, or tentacles ) to their metaphysical ones ( dream devouring, madness evoking ). The metaphysical properties would be opt-in only, and perhaps utilized as a player plot / log for all to enjoy.
PRACTICAL & SCHOLARLY SKILLS ;
— Formal education. Knows multiple languages, reading/writing/arithmetic, catechism, music, dancing, needlework, etiquette, domestic skills. Allowed to attend finishing school and university, to acquire knowledge of anatomy, psychology, history, natural sciences and philosophy; folklore, rural history and myth.
— Forensic research, pattern recognition. Able to utilize her educational background to decipher sigils, grimoires and lost/dead languages; dismantle incantations by reversing logic; sensitive to hidden geometries, sigils and synchronicity.
— Occult Knowledge. Bred, raised and educated in numerous topics relating to occultism, including vast knowledge of Hermetic and esoteric traditions, divination and magical systems (e.g. scrying, numerology, somnambulism)? alongside mysticism, mainstream religion and syncretism.
— Spiritualist, ritualist and medium. Knowledge of esoteric psychology and defunct "inner sciences", such transcendental psychology and mystical eroticism. Able to divine meaning, symbol and narrative using dreams, cards, tea, bones, mirrors, and other omens.
OTHER ABILITIES ;
— Mental Resilience & Strong Will. Able to endure pain, hunger and isolation via mantras, focus and a time-tested psyche that resists intrusion and madness. She has a strong mental fortitude from being raised in a hostile environment, as well as from repeated psychic testing by the Outer Gods.
— Eidetic Memory.
— Groveling. <3
SURVEY
WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER'S SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUND? WHAT IS THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO WEALTH?:
She was born into wealth and social privilege, although her access to it is tightly restricted. Both function as a cage, rather than a resource for her to utilize; she views tangible wealth with ambivalence, as it represents the luxuries her family's world relies on to further their terrible goals, as well as the trap that enslaves her. Her imagination/writing is the only form of "currency" she controls.
WHAT WOULD/DID YOUR CHARACTER MAJOR IN?:
Comparative philology & linguistics.
WHAT IS THE MOST INTERESTING THING THAT HAS HAPPENED TO YOUR CHARACTER?:
The most extraordinary event in her life was the night she realized that something she had written might have come true. Still confined to her family's estate, she wrote a self-insert story about a woman trapped in a house full of mirrors, watched by invisible guests who whispered her name. A week later, the servants began to hear voices in the corridors. Her mother complained of mirrors misting from the inside. She began to wonder, curious, if her imagination was not a private refuge, but a door.
DESCRIBE YOUR CHARACTER USING ONE SONG FROM THE EARLY 2000S:
“My Immortal” by Evanescence (2003).
NAME 1-3 VICES YOUR CHARACTER INDULGES IN:
1. Opium & laudanum.
2. Writing.
3. Forbidden knowledge.
WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER'S LIQUOR OF CHOICE?:
Absinthe, although she's always wanted to try pálinka.
HOW DOES YOUR CHARACTER LIKE THEIR EGGS?:
Soft‑boiled, served with a sprinkle of fine sea salt.
IF YOUR CHARACTER HAD TO DRINK SOMEONE'S DIRTY BATHWATER, WHO WOULD IT BE AND WHY?:
Her sister, Erzsébet's. She would obsess over the the act of drinking bathwater to be a rite of liberation or symbolic absorption of her sister's suffering: internalizing/swallowing Erzsébet's experiences and suffering in an act of communion.
She was born into wealth and social privilege, although her access to it is tightly restricted. Both function as a cage, rather than a resource for her to utilize; she views tangible wealth with ambivalence, as it represents the luxuries her family's world relies on to further their terrible goals, as well as the trap that enslaves her. Her imagination/writing is the only form of "currency" she controls.
WHAT WOULD/DID YOUR CHARACTER MAJOR IN?:
Comparative philology & linguistics.
WHAT IS THE MOST INTERESTING THING THAT HAS HAPPENED TO YOUR CHARACTER?:
The most extraordinary event in her life was the night she realized that something she had written might have come true. Still confined to her family's estate, she wrote a self-insert story about a woman trapped in a house full of mirrors, watched by invisible guests who whispered her name. A week later, the servants began to hear voices in the corridors. Her mother complained of mirrors misting from the inside. She began to wonder, curious, if her imagination was not a private refuge, but a door.
DESCRIBE YOUR CHARACTER USING ONE SONG FROM THE EARLY 2000S:
“My Immortal” by Evanescence (2003).
NAME 1-3 VICES YOUR CHARACTER INDULGES IN:
1. Opium & laudanum.
2. Writing.
3. Forbidden knowledge.
WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER'S LIQUOR OF CHOICE?:
Absinthe, although she's always wanted to try pálinka.
HOW DOES YOUR CHARACTER LIKE THEIR EGGS?:
Soft‑boiled, served with a sprinkle of fine sea salt.
IF YOUR CHARACTER HAD TO DRINK SOMEONE'S DIRTY BATHWATER, WHO WOULD IT BE AND WHY?:
Her sister, Erzsébet's. She would obsess over the the act of drinking bathwater to be a rite of liberation or symbolic absorption of her sister's suffering: internalizing/swallowing Erzsébet's experiences and suffering in an act of communion.