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Aeterna Staroux was born into a cultist group that studied the dark arts. They stayed hidden the best to their abilities from the otherwise celestial kingdom that they had decided to turn against. The fear of being found was taught to children at a young age, stressing how their practice could not be exposed, unless they wished to die. Taking this to heart, Aeterna never had the urge to leave their underground sanctuary unless absolutely needed and instead excelled in her studies, quickly advancing in her classes against her siblings and the other adolescents. She loved learning offensive magic in particular, and became one of the best at manipulating lightning in particular.

The cult being inbred, Aeterna was more or less related to everyone there, but she was by far the closest to her siblings, shutting herself out to most of the others. She became exceptionally close to her younger brother. She had been youngest for quite some time, and she took the job of having someone to watch over very seriously, vowing that he wouldn't get hurt under any circumstance if she could help it. She was much like a bodyguard to him, despite her petite appearance.

When Aeterna was thirteen, her brother had managed to accidentally expose the group on one of his first trips to the surface. The kingdom immediately fought against them. With a lack of fighting experience and no weaponry, the cult quickly began to lose members. Her family were some of the last survivors as they ran from the battle, hoping to escape and travel. While running, her brother managed to stumble. The rest of her family kept going, evidently eager to leave the one behind that exposed them, but she went back to try and help. The panic from seeing the guards approach her brother seized her in that moment, and she almost seemed to black out as she tried to will them away somehow.

Power. That's all Aeterna remembers from that day. Unbelievable, wonderful, power. And death. The bloodied streets and lifeless bodies often echos in her mind to this day. She was banished from the cult after the amount she exhibited, the cult fearing for their own lives. Death sentence was debated, but decided against as they feared she would excel such power again. She was left to die by her own people, and a hatred stirred in her heart as she struggled to survive, the initial blow from all that power hitting her at once taking its toll and making her incredibly weak.

Aeterna eventually took up petty jobs for money, primarily killing, as people often had dirty deeds readily available that they didn't dare go through with themselves. However, due to her excess traveling, she never had enough to support herself properly. She became known in some criminal circles as Nox Aeterna - Latin for eternal darkness due to her magic capabilities. But as she continued to use her magic to try and support herself, the weaker she became.

She eventually learned of a place called America and decided to travel there, hoping to start a new life. Not thinking her plan through, it didn't take long for the elf to get lost, going back to her roots and killing to try and get by. She eventually stumbled across a city called Millennium City and was recruited by law enforcers to help clear out some of the gang problems. She learned how to use a gun here, refusing to keep using her magic as she felt it drain her every time at this point. At this point, her magic and traveling took a large toll on her body, and she became malnourished without proper care.

She had an unlikely friendship with an UNTIL agent named Python. The two briefly dated, but his old VIPER affiliations caused the two to drift. Due to affiliation with Python, she lived in the UNTIL headquarters long enough to become tolerated with them. Her and Python had made a short trip back to Amarath, where she had checked on her family. She found herself still hated by most and nearly attacked. Angered by this, she holds a poor view on her family, and no longer speaks about them willingly.

Upon coming back to America, VIPER attacked the UNTIL base in search of Python. She eventually found herself at the hospital from the attacks, staying with Python upon the first attack on him. Much to her dismay, she quickly found this to be a trap when one of the VIPER higher ups rigged the hospital with draysha. She hid in an alley way, terrified of the monsters coming from the hospital, when Phantom made his approach on her.

That night in the alleyway is something she refuses to talk about, and still haunts her mind. The monster that approached her placed in her mind that Python had been planning to kill her all along, making the girl distraught and extremely distressed, terrified of the only person she knew here. After the illusion took place, Aeterna became a ruthless and careless being. She never had time to confirm if this illusion was real or fake, because, while shriveled up in fear and unable to defend herself, a group of men had decided to take her.

She was taken away from one bad situation and put in another. Drugged up to render her magic unusable, the men attempted to sell her as a slave, but her personality drove every potential customer away. With her acting unruly and apparently something they could not tame, they knocked her out with the plan to kill her. While on their way to their body dump location for the few that prove to be impossible to sell, a man approached them to negotiate taking her off their hands. Wary, they offered him a multitude of other women, but a few snapped bones later, he had managed to convince them.

Aeterna currently lives a semi normal life thanks to this random act of kindness saving her. Currently residing in an apartment complex, she had recently decided to attempt to genetically splice her DNA to change her appearance, the idea of Phantom ever finding her again haunting her mind. Anyone from her past would be unable to recognize her at this point...unless she spoke to them, that is.

Aeterna was never meant to be cold hearted, but from her past events, she slowly grew ill tempered with people. They were either targets or giving her money; she didn't think much aside from that. Despite her natural cold personality, she's flirtatious and extremely clingy to the people she cares for. She's not a brave person; she'd rather make herself look terrifying and scare people off instead of actually fight. If someone came after a loved one, however, she would have difficulty trying not to interfere. She's stubborn as well, convinced what she says should go most of the time. She'll admit to being wrong as a last resort if anything, making her an easy target to argue with, and quick to dislike. She'll back down fast if it's a loved one, though, terrified of losing someone over an argument.

Due to her past, it's extremely hard to earn her trust. She's quick to judge, and quick to fake an attack and leave before someone could harm her. Few people have had a chance to speak to her outside of business, and most conversations ended poorly due to her guarded nature. She doesn't believe in needing friends, always putting herself ahead of others. Kage loosened up her initial shell enough that she had managed to make a few friends, though she still tends to stay guarded around new faces.

Aeterna has a natural honing to sorcery. She uses lightning arcs as a signature power, being more of an elementalist dark arts user than anything else. She also uses wind to her will when needed to take out multiple enemies. Aside from her magic, she doesn't have any other powers; she's as vulnerable as anyone else, just powerful.

Lightning - Aeterna has aquired a powerful usage of lightning. She summons this from her palm, or occasionally uses it as a ward on her hands; almost as if she was trying to make herself look threatening; something animals often do in the wild. This lightning has the ability to stun foes, as well as singe their hair. This consumes her energy quickly, and she can't prolong the uses, so she has a few defense mechanisms set up.

Wind - Aeterna has the ability to summon storms equivalent to that of a hurricane. This is one of her strongest spells, and it devastates most around her. She's skilled at controlling it, taking the storm with her at her own will. It knocks backs opponents with the wind forces, rendering their attacks useless most of the time. However, this has a massive downside to her energy. This is used in scenarios with multiple targets mainly because of the toll it takes on her. She's gotten better at managing her energy with it, but still has the occasional issue of draining herself with it. She doesn't use this unless it's absolutely needed due to the toll it takes on her body.

Defense Mechanism - Aeterna's defense mechanism is a simple circle. This, however, packs a punch; it regenerates her energy for her, as well as adds resistance to attacks she'd never be able to take on all by herself. The circle itself is used by her whenever attacking a stronger opponent, since she normally needs to be mobile in combat. It's a vital important to surviving against things that would, in any other circumstance, destroy the elf. The circle has arcana symbols engraved into it that regenerates her health and energy. She relies strongly on this when stuck in tough situations. This makes her incredibly hard to kill in a normal situation, unless the opponent manages to lure her outside of the circle. In such a case, they'd have an advantage over her, being able to use brute force to knock her around.

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Aeterna's theme after destroying Amarath.

Speaks fluent Latin.
Has a failsafe that can explode a building. It's not recommended to startle her.
Has a major obsession with America's fast food.
Is quite rude and blunt most of the times, though it's not intended.
In her current state, she is incredibly weak. Overuse of magic can result in death.