♦ CIRCE DURNE ♦
Age: 23
Relation to Head of House: Nephew's Daughter aka Great-Niece
Powers: Telekinesis. Can make someone see things in their heads, or distort their reality. Can tell someone to do anything and they'd do it. Can telepathically move objects the size of a car or smaller, however, she is not trained in battle.
Appearance: 5'6, Rich chocolate brown eyes that turn lilac when she uses her gift. Full lips. Long wavy chestnut hair that trails down her entire back in a single braid. Thin build with curves. Tends to dress in men's clothing. Particularly likes brown leathers. Think Assassin's Creed Syndicate.
Family: The Head of House Durne is Orion Durne (82) - the Eldest child of Horace and Lilac Durne
His youngest brother Orlando Durne married Romilda Gaunt
They had a son named Charles Durne
Charles Durne married Isabella DeSantos and had Circe Durne
She has one brother who is 28. He lives with his newly married wife, Galadriel, in the City of Order in the Government District, as the live-in family representative for House Durne. His name is Septimius Durne.
Oridian Durne has 3 sisters and 2 brothers.
The Durne Family rules over
the City of Enlightenment - the 5th and Free City of Oridian Twelve.
Circe isn't particularly important in the family or close to Orion, but she is a Durne and a powerful telekinetic at that. Her father Charles is on alright terms with his Uncle Orion, however, they are not particularly close. She is invited to all family dinners and events, however.
The Durne Family have long been wielders of Psychic Abilities. They control the City of Enlightenment as well as all "Pharmaceuticals" for the country. They've long dabbled in Dark Arts and making others do what they want them to - whether they like it or not. Their abilities at 'persuasion' made them very rich and very powerful.
Personality:
By-the-Book Rule-Loving personality. I think she sticks to the rules so strictly because she's afraid of her powers tempting her away from the Right since they're so addictive and prone to being used for evil things. If she doesn't step a toe out of line then she doesn't have to be tempted. Because if she is she doesn't think she likes who she'll turn out to be. She has a lot of pent-up rage because of this, and she doesn't understand where it all comes from.
She's stubborn and doesn't give up without a fight. Also has a scholarly mind, and wants to know how things work and the mechanics of everything. She will want to be the best. She is also a perfectionist and beats herself up when she doesn't master or get the hang of something quickly. She puts way too much pressure on herself and has a serious case of OCD. She usually
does master things pretty quickly though as she's a literal genius. I think down the road she'll get a bit cocky too, so the characters will have that in common.
She'll also have a cool exterior and a lot of walls. She'll pretend she's unafraid - and succeed - but inside she's petrified. She talks big, but when we first meet her it's all that - talk. She tries to project the kind of person she wishes she was to the world, but that's not who she is. It will be even harder to show off this false bravado though if her voice is stolen from her because she'll have no words to defend herself.
Small Traits:
She swears a lot because of how she was raised, and the gender-norms wanted her to be a lady - fuck that.
When Circe Durne was born in 1850 the gender-roles and the progression of feminism looked a lot like the real world in the late eighties early nineties. In the present day it's more 2010's progressive. The Country of Oridian is a very Patriarchal society and only recently was it considered societally okay for a woman to pursue a career outside of being a mother and a wife. Circe is one of the first generation of career-driven women. (As a note, I feel like gender-roles in Asharia are a lot different when it comes to women, and she’ll find a culture shock.)
Bad traits:
Can be prideful.
Can be self-righteous.
Can be arrogant to the point of undermining her enemies.
She is an elitist.
Has a hero-complex and thinks that anyone who isn't powered needs her help, and they're lucky to get it when she deems them worthy.
CIRCE DURNE - A CHARACTER STUDY LINK
Plot Stuff:
Circe is not only telekinetic, but her day job is actually as a chemist. She works for her family's company - Durne Pharmaceuticals - and helps develop new 'drugs' with a mixture of magic and chemistry. DP (Durne Pharmaceuticals) was working alongside a foreign company and lab in the Border-Land of Asharia* on a new drug that could unlock the potential to (insert thing here) however, there were laws against working with foreign companies and the Durne family would be in trouble with the Main Government if their association was found out. So when the drug was done being created, DP cut all ties with the small under-funded family company in Asharia* and stole the creation as their own, and was first to put it out on market in their country. Afraid of being called out as a copycat or a thief, the small company never put its version to market. Their losses were tremendous, and the person in charge of the project swore revenge.
Enter Circe Durne. The chemist turned political prisoner when she is kidnapped during a trip close to the border. She is close to Orion, and she can be the perfect pawn in their game to get something even
better than the drug that was stolen from them. A weapon that could open a doorway to another world.
Family Backstory:
Circe knows her family's power is extremely addictive and corruptive. As such, let's just say there are a lot of assholes in the family, and not everyone is a very good person. Her father is very controlling. In a literal way. He literally controls his wife a lot to be who he wants her to be. So pretty fucked up. He never uses the power on his children though. I feel like maybe they should all have immunity from one another. At least if you're blood-related. The mother married in and was normal. Anyways, the mother is completely conscious and aware of things and mainly strives to just keep him happy so he doesn't do it in the first place. Because of this her mother projected her issues onto Circe and was controlling in her own non-magical way. This is why Circe has perfectionist issues as well as others TBD.
Circe was a witness to domestic violence and messed up family dynamics. Ultimately she wanted to be as different from her family as possible so as soon as she was able to she got emancipated and went off to the City of Wisdom to learn all she could to become a chemist. While she was qualified for the job as a chemist at Durne Pharmaceuticals, the real reason she was mainly offered it was because she's a Durne. She's always been afraid people will think her position is a result of nepotism, so this just sets off her OCPD, even more, to be perfect and prove her worth to everybody. Being as different from her family as possible as well, that involves a very self-regulated pacifist regime. I imagine she's vacationed to the City of Souls several times for spiritual journeys and guidance on how to control her emotions and Buddhism stuff. You know what I think she buys into all that stuff, even the shammy bits. It can get slightly abnormal for example she's superstitious and believes in demons (to be fair, a lot of people do, but it's a select group).
Important Misc. things or notes about character:
Will be tortured by the same Corporation that experimented and molded Kine (the Yukon Corporation). I think she'll probably develop some pretty quick PTSD that has lasting effects from this as well. Nightmares, triggers, etc. Maybe that's also an unspoken thing they can share. I think when she gets free she'll be angry and blame you for her torture because you're so nonchalant about everything and don't seem to mind working for the people who tortured her. Then for some more unsavory feelings, I think maybe she'll feel jealous that he doesn't seem to care about things. That he can use his powers to do wrong things and not feel guilty about it. That he can take what he wants, even if he's leashed. She'll feel jealous because that dark part of her wants to experience that too. Breaking the rules, and giving into her Desire to use her powers for whatever the hell she wants. If it's cool with you, I feel like this experience and journey through The Dreaming will unlock different things in both of them they never knew. Hers isn't good. Hers is a journey into the darker bits of herself. If we write farther than that, which I hope we do, we can do a journey of healing for her later.
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