Edurne Ferrón Arriaga
Age: 32
Origin: Madrid, Spain.
Occupation: Socialite.
Psychological Description:
In terms of her psychology, Edurne is a well-adjusted woman who is generally well-liked by those around her. She communicates wit and charm with each word, but given her upbringing, was primarily only exposed to people of a certain class. With her father being a nobleman from a historic Spanish House, Edurne was expected to act a certain and behave a certain way from a young age. Given the double-speak that most people in the upper echelon of society utilise in conversation, Edurne has a learned talent for ascertaining the true motivations of those around her, and is familiar with and loathes social climbers.
She is very intelligent and well-read, but she is considerably lacking in what could be considered as street smarts. Having earned her degree in linguistics, Edurne is a polyglot, capable of speaking Spanish, English, Portuguese, Russian, and Arabic, the latter two of which she achieved fluency in during her time at university.
Yet even from a young age, Edurne knew that she was different. Often attributing it to luck, it wasn't until she was approached by another woman at the age of twenty that she truly learned what she was. A Channeler. It wasn't luck that was making things happen for her, it was the One Power. After this discovery, everything changed for Edurne. The more she learnt how to embrace the Source the fewer headaches she got, even having been hospitalised when she was fourteen for what she now realises was the sickness.
Highly emotional, Edurne has worked with therapists and psychiatrists to learn how to control her emotions and to wear a mask of serenity at all times. This was also something that came into play with her channeling tutelage at the hands of the nuns in Goa, enabling her to more easily channel.
Physical Description:
Standing at 5'3, what Edurne lacks in stature she more than makes up for in devastating beauty. She has long golden hair that spills down her back and across her shoulders, high cheekbones and blemishless skin, and deep green eyes. Edurne's sense of style could only be described as high-class, preferring quiet designer items in lieu of what she considers to be trashy brands that the nouvelle riche opt for. Despite being in her thirties, Edurne still appears to be in her early twenties, and will likely remain that way for many years to come.
Supernatural Powers: Channeler:
Edurne is a powerful channeler with a natural proclivity for compulsion. When she first began to channel unknowingly, people would find that they would do as she wished without hesitation. Having received tutelage from another Channeler, Edurne has been practising her weaves and abilities for the last twelve years. She can hold one weave at a time for now, and prefers the elements of air and water though is capable of channeling the other elements too.
Current Strength: 30
Potential Strength: 38.
Experience: Adept.
Biography:
Originally born in Madrid, Spain, Edurne's upbringing was one unlike anything that the average person would typically experience. House Arriaga is an ancient bloodline dating back several hundred years, a noble family which still enjoyed its status in the present day. As such, Edurne was raised in an environment where superiority was constantly instilled within her, but that never sat right with her. Besides wealth, there was truly nothing that separated Edurne and her family from the common man, and in her teens she began rebelling against her parents' wishes to be nothing more than a beautiful ornament.
Neglected by her parents who owned various enterprises across the globe, they seemingly cared very little for their daughter's emotional and physical wellbeing. At the age of fourteen Edurne was attacked on the way home from school by a group of students, and during the event she blacked out. When she awoke, so too were the rest of them unconscious. Ten days later Edurne became very sick, and was hospitalised with something that was only called the Sickness, a new communicable disease that was unidentifiable. Neither of her parents visited her in hospital, sending the housekeeper in their stead. Crying alone in her hospital bed after visiting hours, a storm began in the skies above Madrid, called into existence by Edurne's latent ability to channel.
For the next few years Edurne suffered from headaches, frequent nosebleeds, but more strangely, came to realise that people tended to do what she wanted. It was almost a preternatural swaying of others that led to Edurne becoming extremely popular at school, at the expense of her worsening health. Eventually Edurne learned how to control these episodes. She could sway others' opinions, and would then experience the aforementioned side effects.
When she was eighteen Edurne went on a gap year, and decided that she would travel the world. Her parents cared little for where she went, but funded her trip nevertheless. It was in Goa, India, when Edurne was approached by a group of nuns. One of the younger sisters had seen the glow of Saidar when she embraced the source to compel a group of men to leave her alone, and invited her to their convent.
For the next few months Edurne remained there with one of the sisters who, like her, was capable of channeling. The sister was about Edurne's age, but had been practising with the power for much longer than the Spaniard had. She taught Edurne how to meditate, to picture a door in her mind and to open it slowly, feeling the energy suffuse her body as she did so. "It is a gift from the Gods," the sister had told her, but whether Edurne believed that to be true or not, she didn't divulge. The two were practising with their threads one day when Roshni, the nun, couldn't "close her door." She channeled too much too fast, and Edurne watched as the girl burnt herself out. Horrified and reviled by the fact that the power could do that to someone, her experimentation for the next year went cautiously. Open the door slowly, never open it fully.
By the time that Edurne had departed from Goa, she had spent over a year at the convent. While she may not have been inducted into the sisterhood, the convent had made an exception for her tutelage. Now she was able to embrace the One Power on demand, and was beginning to learn weaves, elemental threads united to create a specific result.
After Goa, Edurne was admitted to the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom to study languages, where she ultimately received a first class honours degree with a distinction. She had been away from home for four years, and even though she devoted much of her time to studying, she practised day and night with the threads that she could channel, combining fire and air to make a ball of flame, for example, and learning how to keep the threads from dissipating by essentially tying a not in them.
When she finally got home, neither her mother nor her father had even asked where she had been. No phone call, no text message. It had been a year! In a fit of rage Edurne implanted a compulsion into her parents' minds to transfer a great deal of wealth into a new bank account for Edurne. She wanted nothing to do with them anymore.
With her newfound personal wealth, Edurne bought a home for herself in Argentina, South America, where she was able to practise her weaves in peace. She remained in Buenos Aires for the next ten years, until eventually she decided that she wanted a new experience. Armed with what she now knows to be the One Power and more money than sense, Edurne departed from Madrid and travelled to Moscow, the capital of the CDD Empire.
Age: 32
Origin: Madrid, Spain.
Occupation: Socialite.
Psychological Description:
In terms of her psychology, Edurne is a well-adjusted woman who is generally well-liked by those around her. She communicates wit and charm with each word, but given her upbringing, was primarily only exposed to people of a certain class. With her father being a nobleman from a historic Spanish House, Edurne was expected to act a certain and behave a certain way from a young age. Given the double-speak that most people in the upper echelon of society utilise in conversation, Edurne has a learned talent for ascertaining the true motivations of those around her, and is familiar with and loathes social climbers.
She is very intelligent and well-read, but she is considerably lacking in what could be considered as street smarts. Having earned her degree in linguistics, Edurne is a polyglot, capable of speaking Spanish, English, Portuguese, Russian, and Arabic, the latter two of which she achieved fluency in during her time at university.
Yet even from a young age, Edurne knew that she was different. Often attributing it to luck, it wasn't until she was approached by another woman at the age of twenty that she truly learned what she was. A Channeler. It wasn't luck that was making things happen for her, it was the One Power. After this discovery, everything changed for Edurne. The more she learnt how to embrace the Source the fewer headaches she got, even having been hospitalised when she was fourteen for what she now realises was the sickness.
Highly emotional, Edurne has worked with therapists and psychiatrists to learn how to control her emotions and to wear a mask of serenity at all times. This was also something that came into play with her channeling tutelage at the hands of the nuns in Goa, enabling her to more easily channel.
Physical Description:
Standing at 5'3, what Edurne lacks in stature she more than makes up for in devastating beauty. She has long golden hair that spills down her back and across her shoulders, high cheekbones and blemishless skin, and deep green eyes. Edurne's sense of style could only be described as high-class, preferring quiet designer items in lieu of what she considers to be trashy brands that the nouvelle riche opt for. Despite being in her thirties, Edurne still appears to be in her early twenties, and will likely remain that way for many years to come.
Supernatural Powers: Channeler:
Edurne is a powerful channeler with a natural proclivity for compulsion. When she first began to channel unknowingly, people would find that they would do as she wished without hesitation. Having received tutelage from another Channeler, Edurne has been practising her weaves and abilities for the last twelve years. She can hold one weave at a time for now, and prefers the elements of air and water though is capable of channeling the other elements too.
Current Strength: 30
Potential Strength: 38.
Experience: Adept.
Biography:
Originally born in Madrid, Spain, Edurne's upbringing was one unlike anything that the average person would typically experience. House Arriaga is an ancient bloodline dating back several hundred years, a noble family which still enjoyed its status in the present day. As such, Edurne was raised in an environment where superiority was constantly instilled within her, but that never sat right with her. Besides wealth, there was truly nothing that separated Edurne and her family from the common man, and in her teens she began rebelling against her parents' wishes to be nothing more than a beautiful ornament.
Neglected by her parents who owned various enterprises across the globe, they seemingly cared very little for their daughter's emotional and physical wellbeing. At the age of fourteen Edurne was attacked on the way home from school by a group of students, and during the event she blacked out. When she awoke, so too were the rest of them unconscious. Ten days later Edurne became very sick, and was hospitalised with something that was only called the Sickness, a new communicable disease that was unidentifiable. Neither of her parents visited her in hospital, sending the housekeeper in their stead. Crying alone in her hospital bed after visiting hours, a storm began in the skies above Madrid, called into existence by Edurne's latent ability to channel.
For the next few years Edurne suffered from headaches, frequent nosebleeds, but more strangely, came to realise that people tended to do what she wanted. It was almost a preternatural swaying of others that led to Edurne becoming extremely popular at school, at the expense of her worsening health. Eventually Edurne learned how to control these episodes. She could sway others' opinions, and would then experience the aforementioned side effects.
When she was eighteen Edurne went on a gap year, and decided that she would travel the world. Her parents cared little for where she went, but funded her trip nevertheless. It was in Goa, India, when Edurne was approached by a group of nuns. One of the younger sisters had seen the glow of Saidar when she embraced the source to compel a group of men to leave her alone, and invited her to their convent.
For the next few months Edurne remained there with one of the sisters who, like her, was capable of channeling. The sister was about Edurne's age, but had been practising with the power for much longer than the Spaniard had. She taught Edurne how to meditate, to picture a door in her mind and to open it slowly, feeling the energy suffuse her body as she did so. "It is a gift from the Gods," the sister had told her, but whether Edurne believed that to be true or not, she didn't divulge. The two were practising with their threads one day when Roshni, the nun, couldn't "close her door." She channeled too much too fast, and Edurne watched as the girl burnt herself out. Horrified and reviled by the fact that the power could do that to someone, her experimentation for the next year went cautiously. Open the door slowly, never open it fully.
By the time that Edurne had departed from Goa, she had spent over a year at the convent. While she may not have been inducted into the sisterhood, the convent had made an exception for her tutelage. Now she was able to embrace the One Power on demand, and was beginning to learn weaves, elemental threads united to create a specific result.
After Goa, Edurne was admitted to the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom to study languages, where she ultimately received a first class honours degree with a distinction. She had been away from home for four years, and even though she devoted much of her time to studying, she practised day and night with the threads that she could channel, combining fire and air to make a ball of flame, for example, and learning how to keep the threads from dissipating by essentially tying a not in them.
When she finally got home, neither her mother nor her father had even asked where she had been. No phone call, no text message. It had been a year! In a fit of rage Edurne implanted a compulsion into her parents' minds to transfer a great deal of wealth into a new bank account for Edurne. She wanted nothing to do with them anymore.
With her newfound personal wealth, Edurne bought a home for herself in Argentina, South America, where she was able to practise her weaves in peace. She remained in Buenos Aires for the next ten years, until eventually she decided that she wanted a new experience. Armed with what she now knows to be the One Power and more money than sense, Edurne departed from Madrid and travelled to Moscow, the capital of the CDD Empire.