Marquess Dalila Gaddis ni Eiluned
Uchina Tion of Atlantean Mysteries

Sidhe Wilder
Dugiaeth of Caer Llanwedd
Lady of Atlantean Mysteries
Princess of the Shanghaied Ensemble of Royalty

Description


Mortal Seeming
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 130 lb.
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Long simple honey-brown
Clothing: Black and blue casual
Comportment/Cadence: Reserved
Distinctions: A mythically beautiful young woman of clear intent, purpose, and confidence
Supernatural Qualities: She says very little but when she does, she doesn’t seem to ever recoil from explicitly stating the truth about whatever she observes or how she feels
Accoutrements: none
Traits: Appearance 5 (ageless)

Fae Mien
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 131 lb.
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Eyes: Sea-blue
Hair: Long simple pale-blue
Clothing: Light-blue archaic
Comportment/Cadence: Reserved
Distinctions: A mythically beautiful young woman of clear intent, purpose, and confidence
Supernatural Qualities: Her beauty clearly derives from her Sidhe origins: elfin ears, noble features; still, she says very little and when she does, she doesn’t seem to ever recoil from explicitly stating the truth about whatever she observes or how she feels
Accoutrements: Light jewelry, possibly girded for war in coral and shell-based (naturally harvested) arms & armor
Traits: Appearance 7 (ageless)

"I have no interest in what you’re talking about. Just give me the relic or I’ll turn you into a guppy."

History


Date of Birth: July 29th, 1955
Home: Sunken City of Atlantis, Mediterranean Sea
Family: Nicolaus and Althea Gaddis (parents), Antheia (older sister), Themis (older sister)
Chrysalis: Preordainment (daughter of powerful nobles who dwelled in a Near Dreaming realm of Atlantis at the bottom of the sea; they existed there before and beyond the Shattering, quietly sustaining themselves upon ancient grottos of Glamour and forgotten chthonic magic; thus her upbringing was swollen with the supernatural and arcane mysteries, Kinain bloodlines long-established, and methods to predict Chrysalis well-honed; so her change when she viewed a massive school of fish swirl to escape a sudden torrent of water inspired her fae soul to stir in that ancient lost city now protected by magic for those who fae dwell there), 1969
Mentor: Marquis Althea Gaddis ni Eiluned
The Test: Trial by Knowledge (as the youngest sister of three but the only one to become full Sidhe, family obligations as a Seneschal of the realm were ingrained the young fae from the beginning, with the Escheat as a distant echo that hardly seemed relevant so deep underwater in their oxygen-rich, magically-shielded home)
Comrades: Abrianna Cunningham, Rayleigh Dunham
Key Event #1: Awe & Wonder (her father was nowhere near retirement, so she continued to train and master magical arts with all the natural talent her Eiluned line could muster; she dismissed other pursuits and interests, including [especially] romance)
Key Event #2: Personal Tragedy (Atlantis was attacked by unknown forces halfway through her adulthood and growing responsibilities as a protector of sacred relics and treasures of Atlantis with a powerful curse that temporarily forced all Sidhe and Kinain to fall asleep, and the place was thoroughly ransack, with priceless and powerful relics stolen from this lost city)
Key Event #3: War (while a list of suspects was compiled, it remained unclear who was responsible, so her father charged Dalila with the task of seeking out the ten different artifacts taken, and so she began her quest, sweeping the Mediterranean and its coastlines, to no avail)
Transition: Defeat (not defeat so much as failure: having not turned up a single stolen treasure, Dalila began to despair, until Queen Serena appeared before her and invited her into the Ensemble, assuring her she’d gain selfless assistance in her quest and allies to contend with whatever anti-Atlantean forces yet lingered out there; Dalila hesitantly agreed)

Remembrance


Magnitude: Thanks to her forgotten civilization’s supernatural persistence, her own memory of the past extends quite solidly, at least as far back as the Shattering.
Details: Dalila can recall a few past lives quite clearly and in detail, lending her wisdom and advice from ages past. She’s always been a powerful sorceress specialized in the keeping of ancient treasures.

Chimera


Seashell of Lost Treasures
Appearance: A fist-sized conch shell of pink and peach hue.
Origin: Gift
Effects: It works as a dowsing rod but instead of water, it detects and homes in on Atlantean treasures and relics in a one-mile radius.
Activation: She must hold the shell up to her ear and listen closely; instead of hearing “the ocean”, she hears simple whispered directions like “go north”.

Coral Armor
Appearance: A suit of plate mail-like armor but made from carefully harvested dead coral. It provides solid if stiff protection in times of war. Etched into the breastplate is not a House insignia but rather the heraldic device of Atlantic itself.
Origin: Inherent

Corseque
Appearance: A long shaft of abalone topped with a sharpened starfish shortened to three keen tines spread at a wider radius—a corseque rather than trident.
Origin: Inherent

Dagger
Appearance: An aquatic kind of scrimshaw thrusting knife, harvested from the hardened tip of a swordfish’s nose.
Origin: Inherent

Trod


Location: Elephant Rock, Raccoon Strait, Bay Area, California, United States
Structure: Wilderness Den
Traits: This Trod connects to a similar pier off the coast of the island of Makra, Greece

Bunk Styles


Style: High Fantasy
Examples: Arcane chant, etch glyphs, crystal divination, listen to a seashell, blow conch horn

Significant Others


The Shanghaied Ensemble of Royalty is a massive collective of "fairy princesses" to which she blithely and merrily belongs. Visit this link for the full skinny:

Weakness
Curator


Dalila's interest in the Ensemble or, indeed, her fellow fae at all is transitory. She has many relics to collect and would enlist the others' help, but she doesn't intend to stay for very long.

Likelihood of Corruption


Average.

Though she is a good spirit, she is entirely unaccustomed to the "surface world". Backstabbing intrigue has no place in an arcane biodome, and she has no skill in detecting it anymore than using it.

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