Shadow Charm
From Unofficial Handbook of the Virtue Universe
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| I'll make trophies out of their spines. | |
| Shadow Charm | |
| Player: @TaylaEwa | |
| Origin: | Magic |
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| Archetype: | Stalker |
| Threat Level: | 1 |
| Personal Data | |
| Real Name: | Desari Myrdin |
| Known Aliases: | Desi, Dara, Charm |
| Species: | Human |
| Age: | 18 |
| Height: | ' |
| Weight: | ' |
| Eye Color: | blue |
| Hair Color: | blonde |
| Biographical Data | |
| Nationality: | American |
| Occupation: | artist |
| Place of Birth: | Founder's Falls |
| Base of Operations: | The Rogue Isles |
| Marital Status: | single |
| Known Relatives: | mother (deceased), father (deceased), and brother, Zeek (deceased/revived) |
| Known Powers | |
| Ninja Blade and Ninjutsu | |
| Known Abilities | |
| Blending in to the shadows, Assassination | |
| Equipment | |
| Magical Katana, gold soul chain | |
| none | |
Contents |
Allies
Personality
Shadow Charm is girl with few morals. She loves killing people and turning their bones into works of her own macabre art. While outwardly quiet and sweet, she is usually just looking for an opening to kill. She rarely attacks from behind, preferring to see the eyes of her victim as they fall on her blade. She considers battle to be beautiful and death to show the ultimate expression of who one is. Shadow Charm loves to live life "on the edge" and truly only feels alive when fighting her for life. She doesn't really desire money, having been born into a grand inheritance, but seeks to create her final masterpiece.
She is prone to mood-swings and tends to act almost spoiled. Desari is also very sadistic in her treatment of the brother she revived and enslaved. If she acts sweet and endearing, its because she's planning something.
Abilites
Ninja Blade
The blade she uses, nicknamed "Tomo", was an ancient heirloom in her family. She stumbled across it one night while exploring the basement of the family mansion when she was four. She will often talk to the sword as if it answers, and it is suspected that her personality is due to its influence. When her parents took it to an art dealer, they were told of a legend behind the sword that it had once been owned by a ninja who had gone rouge from his clan and killed everyone he came across. No matter what her parents tried, they could not get rid of the sword. They tried to melt, trash, sell, and throw away the weapon, but somehow, it always reappeared, leaning against Shadow Charm's, then called Desari, bed.
Ninjutsu
Once she had found the haunted sword, Desari took to playing with only it outside of her academic studies. It taught her the many facets of ninjutsu, but made it appear to all be a game. Being so young and intelligent, she was a quick study in learning all the sword taught her.
Invisibility
One of the last lessons the sword taught her was how to avoid being seen. At a glance, Shadow Charm can measure her surroundings and vanish almost completely into them, reappearing only at will.
Golden Soul Chain
Desari wears a golden chain in loops around her neck. The chains emenate a dark aura and cannot be removed. They serve as a physical link between Desari and the chains her brother wears. By touching her own chain and concentrating, Desari can make the chains on her brother constrict and cause him agony.
Background
Childhood
Desari was born into a wealthy family and never lacked for anything growing up. Her parents pushed her brother towards exceling in sports while they pushed her to excel in the arts. She could play any instrument, and paint incredible pieces, but found her true calling in creating sculptures. Any material could be turned into a masterpiece with her touch. Her parents were incredibly proud of their children and oblivious to their misdeeds. They never cared when the brother tormented his sister with endless pranks. A snake in her bed, a frog in her bead box, and other disgusting things. One day when she was three, instead of screaming, she crushed a frog under a book. Lifting it and seeing the smashed flesh that was left showed her that she didn't need to be afraid of them.
During the freetime that she often spent dreaming she was a fairy princess in a castle, she also expored the enormous mansion that served as their home. One day when she was 4, she opened a bunch of old chests in the basement, finding a large assortment of oddments... including one slim and elegant katana. Upon touching it, she was filled with a sense of campanionship and a feeling of never being alone. She spirited the sword up to her room and kept it against the corner of her bed. Whenever she was angry or upset, simply touching the sword was enough to make her feel better. The first changes in her personality showed in the changes of her art. From sculpting likenesses of the wild creatures and even of the heroes of Paragon, she began crafting scenes of agony and torment. Her parents were disturbed and took her to a psychologist. During that meeting, Desari spoke with much more maturity and depth that should be apparent at her tender years. She was entered into therapy that did nothing for her. It took another few years before her parents realized that the sword was the focus of the changes in their daughter.
Desari had taken to sleeping with the sheathed sword in her bed, talking to seemingly no one long into the night. For a year or so after that, her parents tried everything they could to destroy or get rid of the weapon. No matter what they tried, the sword would reappear leaning next to Desari's bed at exactly sunset every night. It was then that the sword began to make even darker suggestions to the then 12 year old Desari.
Innocence Lost
It began with Desari's attitude abruptly changing. She seemed to turn back into the sweet, charming daughter they had raised. Her parents were delighted when the sword seemingly disappeared and their daughter returned to normal. However, she began showing the uncanny ability appear silently out of no where right behind, beside, or even infront of them. However, she always appeared with a bright smile and contagious laugh. Her parents relaxed and felt that the small fortune spent on therapy had been worth it. However, it was all an act and a final test of the sword of its new wielder.
In truth, the sword had changed into a small charm that desari wore as a necklace under her shirt, keeping it out of sight of her parents. One night, during a heavy storm, the sword administered Desari's final test. Retaking its normal shape, Desari used the sword to, quickly and cleanly, kill her entire family. As she looked into their eyes as each surcumbed to the sword, Desari truly understood the power she held... and wanted more. However, as she killed her brother, he begged her not to let him die. The sword then showed her how to bind his body in chains and using a spell of forbidden magic, Tomo guided Desari into enslaving her brother's soul in his body. Going to the her closet to create an outfit for herself, she left the mansion with a sadistic smile twisting her lips and her brother following on her heels. <<more coming soon>>
Current Life
<<Coming soon...>>
Theme Song(s)
- None Yet
