Juanita
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Ice Queen of Vibora
Bitch Queen of Narnia (To Viboran Gangbangers)
Snowsage (Amongst the elves of Faerie)
J (To her friends and loved ones)
Aunt J (To the Parker Family)
Background/History:
Juanita Valerio's history dates back to the early 16th century or perhaps even farther, few people know about the eccentric woman's past, but what is certain is that her earliest know memory dates back to the spring of 1528, when a teenage Juanita woke up, naked, on the bank of the Ebro river, in Spain.
Soon after waking up, she began wandering aimlessly though the woods for the rest of the day before collapsing on the steps of a monastery shortly before nightfall. The monks, taking pitty on her, dragged her inside and gave her food, water, and clothing. When inquired who she was and being unable to recall, one of the older monks, a man named Miguel, named her Juana, after a local folk tale.
The monks however, were not ordinary monks, but a reclusive group of hermetic mystics, in hiding from the Inquisition. This meant that not only were they not following the Catholic Church, but that they knew of the Sephiroths and of the existence of multiple gods, demons and angels.
The men, having nowhere to take the girl, decided it would be best to hide her amongst them, ending up training her in hermetic mysticism; over time Miguel becoming like a father to the girl.
As the mystics grew older and closer to their ends, young Juana grew older, wiser, and more skilled, and by 1560, she was as good as any of her teachers. By 1570 all of them had died of old age, leaving Juana alone in the world. Having been taught by the mystics everything they knew about geography, philosophy, politics and mathematics, she set out for Barcelona to see if she could make something with her life.
Over the centuries she came to fight in several Russo-Turkish conflicts, the American Civil war and both World Wars. She became a guardian angel of sorts to the Parker Family, and a member of the Trismegistus Council.
Today she resides in Vibora Bay, being one of the many denizens of Duval Street in Easton, the richest and more high class side of Vibora, being one of the neighborhoods many homosexual residents, unlike most residents of Duval Street however, she is not in the entertainment business, instead owning a lavish souvenir shop which doubles as an apothecary and magical supply shop for the city's mystics.
This shop is built into her mansion and it is manned by PRIMUS agent Autumn@LordWisp and the alien being known as Zol-kacto@krikitt.
Personality/Motivation:
Thanks to her advanced age, Juanita is rather hard to shock, having seen and done many things that would horrify or disgust most people over the centuries and having grown jaded because of it. She is not emotionless, but when one has seen as many battlefields filled with blood and excrement covered corpses as she has, one tends to stop flinching when they see someone mutilated in a ditch.
Juanita is adamant and rigid in her views and ways, slow to change and adapt to the world around her advancing as fast as it does.
Due to her long life, she has seen many spunky artists, courageous heroes, struggling students, ambitious entrepreneurs, charming coquettes, bashful bookworms, and just about every other type of person you can imagine passing by; because of this, she has become quite difficult to impress, seeming even cynical at times. She has also learned long ago what she likes or doesn't in a person, leading to her being able to easily form an opinion on someone.
However, she is not unpleasant -unless you annoy or grate her-, in fact, she is quite friendly and a conversationalist; though the subjects of her conversations can become philosophical in nature at times, which tends to push away some people.
Despite being an accomplished heroine, Juanita's motivations remain a mistery.
Powers/Tactics:
Juanita is a skilled fighter, smith, enchanter, and alchemist and quite a powerful thaumaturge -transformation magic, either of self, of others, or of objects, assuming animal forms, turning copper into gold, etc- and warrior-sorcerer, specializing in frost and defensive magics.
Most of her skills come from centuries of training, obviously, but others come from more... unorthodox means. As some of you might know, there are only two certain ways of killing an imaginal being, one is a very complex and dangerous ritual... and the other is devouring them; devouring an imaginal will grant whomever ate it a portion of their power -and I imagine their weaknesses as well-, but this power is only temporary, unless you are a mystic, which Juanita is. The latter is certainly a lot easier, especially for a thaumaturge.
Over the centuries she has encountered and eaten her share of imaginal beings, mostly demons, exactly one angel and several fae. Whilst granting her exotic powers and characteristics, such as a collapsible ribcage, this has also lead her to becoming allergic to cold iron (iron forced into shape instead of melted and forged), causing it to burn her skin rather easily, and share an extreme aversion to holy objects just as a demon would.
Juanita is rather versatile, whilst she can't change her spell loadout on a whim, she could easily fill any roll in combat if she has time to prepare beforehand (8 hours before the battle) from front line fighter or field healer to magical artillery or infiltrator; she is also a decent tactician and leader, though she really shouldn't be your first choice of squad leader. When not prepared for a specific scenario, she uses a mix loadout of defensive and offensive spells.
Unlike most modern mystics, Juanita still uses chants, motions, and foci for most of her spells, still following the traditions and rituals she was taught in her early days.
