[hider=Valeria Carrington | The Matriarch][color=#2e2c2c].
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[sub][color=6E4685][b]V A L E R I A[/b] [color=2e2c2c].[/color] [b]C A R R I N G T O N[/b][/color]
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[color=6E4685]76     [color=808080][b]|[/b][/color]     female     [color=808080][b]|[/b][/color]     bisexual[/color]
[color=807B84][sup]__________________________________________[/sup][/color][/sub][/center][sub][color=2e2c2c]..................[/color][color=6E4685][b]▹ hair color  [/b][/color] [color=808080][b]|[/b][/color] [color=808080]  brunette[/color]
[color=2e2c2c]..................[/color][color=6E4685][b]▹ eye color  [/b][/color] [color=808080][b]|[/b][/color] [color=808080]  brown[/color]
[color=2e2c2c]..................[/color][color=6E4685][b]▹ height  [/b][/color] [color=808080][b]|[/b][/color] [color=808080]  5' 7"[/color]
[color=2e2c2c]..................[/color][color=6E4685][b]▹ build  [/b][/color] [color=808080][b]|[/b][/color] [color=808080]  slender[/color]
[color=2e2c2c]..................[/color][color=6E4685][b]▹ species  [/b][/color] [color=808080][b]|[/b][/color] [color=808080]  vampire[/color]
[color=2e2c2c]..................[/color][color=6E4685][b]▹ faction  [/b][/color] [color=808080][b]|[/b][/color] [color=808080]  the coven[/color]
[color=2e2c2c]..................[/color][color=6E4685][b]▹ role  [/b][/color] [color=808080][b]|[/b][/color] [color=808080]  faction leader / matriarch[/color]
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[color=6E4685][b]S T R E N G T H S[/b][/color]
[color=d6d6d6][b]Composure[/b][/color] [color=808080][i]- A wise leader is one that can keep her cool under pressure. Valeria does not allow emotion to cloud her judgement, instead she channels them into her decision-making. Anger in the hands of a fool makes him brutish and predicable, but in Valeria's it makes her cool and focused.[/i][/color]

[color=d6d6d6][b]Authority[/b][/color] [color=808080][i]- A powerful leader is one that can lead her people without the use of force. Valeria's reputation precedes her, and her regal presence is one that demands those under her dominion heed her beck and call.[/i][/color]

[color=d6d6d6][b]Strategic Thinking[/b][/color] [color=808080][i]- An intelligent leader is one that thinks several moves in advance. Valeria prioritizes long terms goals, even if it leads to rough consequences initially. Under her sovereignty she will lead her people into a golden age, and if her followers disagree they simply haven't thought as far ahead as her.[/i][/color]

[color=6E4685][b]W E A K N E S S E S[/b][/color]
[color=d6d6d6][b]Emotional Detachment[/b][/color] [color=808080][i]- Every leader must make difficult decisions. Valeria's pragmatic and rational mindset has left her emotionally distant from the people around her. It is not easy for her to navigate interpersonal relationships or understand the emotional needs of those around her. So long as she has kept them alive and well-fed, what right do they have to complain?[/i][/color]

[color=d6d6d6][b]Controlling[/b][/color] [color=808080][i]- Sometimes leaders care too much about how things are handled. Valeria feels the need to have every minute detail go according to her design. It is not easy for her to delegate, and while she might believe that there are better ways to do things in theory, it will take someone especially convincing to make her see any way other than her own.[/i][/color]

[color=d6d6d6][b]Possessive[/b][/color] [color=808080][i]- All leaders stake claim to something. When she finds something she likes, Valeria has a particularly difficult time parting with it. The life of an immortal causes the concept of impermanence to be especially terrifying.[/i][/color]

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[color=6E4685][b]P E R S O N A L I T Y[/b][/color]
[color=d6d6d6][b]cut-throat [color=2e2c2c]....[/color] [color=808080]|[/color] [color=2e2c2c]....[/color] methodical [color=2e2c2c]....[/color] [color=808080]|[/color] [color=2e2c2c]....[/color] pragmatic [color=2e2c2c]....[/color] [color=808080]|[/color] [color=2e2c2c]....[/color] manipulative [color=2e2c2c]....[/color] [color=808080]|[/color] [color=2e2c2c]....[/color] vindictive[/b][/color]

[color=6E4685][b]H I S T O R Y[/b][/color]
[color=808080] Valeria had been painfully ordinary once. Born into one of Pine Ridge’s older human families, she grew up unaware of the supernatural world hidden beneath the town despite her family having lived there for generations. They had always been laborers of some sort, miners, stockers, cashiers, factory workers, the kind of people who lived paycheck to paycheck and kept their heads down to survive. Nearly fifty years ago, Valeria was no different. She worked long night shifts at the town’s only grocery store, exhausted herself trying to make rent, and expected very little from life beyond getting through the next week intact.

Then one night, while walking home after closing, she was attacked. The memory remained fractured afterward; teeth, pain, blood, cold pavement. By the time she collapsed in an alleyway, death was already beginning to settle in. Samuel found her there, more corpse than woman. [color=315B70][i]“You’re clinging to life. Do you really have so much to live for?”[/i][/color] he had asked, voice calm with detached curiosity. Valeria, who had been quite occupied with dying at the time, had only managed a weak gurgling noise in response. The reaction amused him enough that he offered her something he rarely granted others... immortality.

It did not take long for Valeria to understand that the gift came with strings attached. Samuel was not simply a vampire, he was a careful manipulator who understood power better than most. By the time she realized the extent of his influence, she was already caught within it. He promised her everything she had lacked as a human, security, influence, control, [i]importance.[/i] He could help others listen to her, help her become someone feared rather than overlooked. All she had to do in return was listen to him. And so, she did.

With Samuel’s financial backing and guidance, Valeria eventually purchased the struggling grocery store she once worked for. Over the years, that modest market expanded into Pine Ridge’s primary source for food, supplies, and medicine. Ownership brought influence far beyond simple wealth. Suddenly, people cared about staying on her good side. Those who crossed her found life becoming quietly difficult in ways that rarely traced back to her directly. Valeria learned quickly that economic pressure could be far more effective than violence ever was.

Vampires, by nature, are fickle creatures drawn toward power wherever it gathers. Though many might have assumed Samuel would lead the coven himself, he instead elevated Valeria publicly and allowed others to follow his example. Under his strict mentorship, she became calculating, composed, and ruthless enough to command the faction in his place. He gifted her one of the rare enchanted rings capable of shielding vampires from sunlight, cementing her position further within the town’s political structure.

Now, Valeria stands as one of Pine Ridge’s most influential figures and the acting head of the vampire faction itself. Yet despite everything Samuel gave her, she understands the truth beneath it all; she was shaped carefully into exactly what he wanted her to become. And while she owes her entire existence to him, part of her still longs for freedom from the strings wrapped so tightly around her throat. She likes being in control, being the leader after so long as nothing but a mere follower, and there are length's she's unexplored but not unwilling to go to if it means keeping her newfound power.

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[center][color=808080][color=6E4685][b]hexcode[/b][/color] [color=2e2c2c].[/color] | [color=2e2c2c].[/color] 6E4685 [color=2e2c2c]........[/color] [color=6E4685][b]faceclaim[/b][/color] [color=2e2c2c].[/color] | [color=2e2c2c].[/color] Keria Knightley [color=2e2c2c]........[/color] [color=6E4685][b]creator[/b][/color] [color=2e2c2c].[/color] | [color=2e2c2c].[/color] BellMerchant[/color][/center][/sup][/justify][/cell]
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[hider=Willow Hyde | The Doctor][color=#2e2c2c].
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[sub][color=2E6F40][b]W I L L O W[/b] [color=2e2c2c].[/color] [b]H Y D E[/b][/color]
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[color=2E6F40]33     [color=808080][b]|[/b][/color]     female     [color=808080][b]|[/b][/color]     bisexual[/color]
[color=807B84][sup]__________________________________________[/sup][/color][/sub][/center][sub][color=2e2c2c]..................[/color][color=2E6F40][b]▹ hair color  [/b][/color] [color=808080][b]|[/b][/color] [color=808080]  dark brown[/color]
[color=2e2c2c]..................[/color][color=2E6F40][b]▹ eye color  [/b][/color] [color=808080][b]|[/b][/color] [color=808080]  green[/color]
[color=2e2c2c]..................[/color][color=2E6F40][b]▹ height  [/b][/color] [color=808080][b]|[/b][/color] [color=808080]  5' 7"[/color]
[color=2e2c2c]..................[/color][color=2E6F40][b]▹ build  [/b][/color] [color=808080][b]|[/b][/color] [color=808080]  average[/color]
[color=2e2c2c]..................[/color][color=2E6F40][b]▹ species  [/b][/color] [color=808080][b]|[/b][/color] [color=808080]  witch[/color]
[color=2e2c2c]..................[/color][color=2E6F40][b]▹ faction  [/b][/color] [color=808080][b]|[/b][/color] [color=808080]  the circle[/color]
[color=2e2c2c]..................[/color][color=2E6F40][b]▹ role  [/b][/color] [color=808080][b]|[/b][/color] [color=808080]  doctor / Doctor Hyde[/color]
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[color=2E6F40][b]S T R E N G T H S[/b][/color]
[color=d6d6d6][b]intelligent[/b][/color] [color=808080][i]- Not just anyone could dedicate so much time to becoming a doctor and study witchcraft on top of that. Years of hard work and dedication has made her into an ideal medical professional and witch, who can combine modern science and magic to create neigh-perfect treatment plans for her patients.[/i][/color]

[color=d6d6d6][b]mediator[/b][/color] [color=808080][i]- Willow is clear-minded in a dispute and is able to quickly identify points of contention and strife between two or more parties. She is not afraid to interject herself into an argument and help them find a middle ground, or reprimand one side if they are clearly in the wrong.[/i][/color]

[color=d6d6d6][b]healing instincts[/b][/color] [color=808080][i]- Willow approaches every problem with an instinct to help, protect, or mend what is hurting. Her compassion makes people trust her easily, and her combined knowledge of medicine and magic allows her to care for others in ways few people can.[/i][/color]

[color=2E6F40][b]W E A K N E S S E S[/b][/color]
[color=d6d6d6][b]self-sacrificing[/b][/color] [color=808080][i]- Willow is almost physically incapable of saying no to someone who asks for her help. Even if they don't truly need it, or it would put her into a worse position than the person she is helping, she will find herself doing it anyway because she isn't able to handle the guilt that would come with denying someone else.[/i][/color]

[color=d6d6d6][b]trusting[/b][/color] [color=808080][i]- For all of her intelligence and empathy, Willow is unable to imagine someone who doesn't have the intentions that they say they do. She is easily manipulated by people who know how to play on her emotions, or has a well put together lie that she wouldn't immediately question the authenticity of.[/i][/color]

[color=d6d6d6][b]perfectionist[/b][/color] [color=808080][i]- When her work isn't perfect, which it almost never is, Willow becomes increasingly frustrated. Good enough is never really [i]enough[/i] for her. She is the type of person to agonize over a minor discrepancy in an otherwise spectacular piece of work, to the point that she will redo it over and over again— often to the detriment of the job and herself.[/i][/color]

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[color=2E6F40][b]P E R S O N A L I T Y[/b][/color]
[color=d6d6d6][b]self-critical [color=2e2c2c]....[/color] [color=808080]|[/color] [color=2e2c2c]....[/color] compassionate [color=2e2c2c]....[/color] [color=808080]|[/color] [color=2e2c2c]....[/color] sociable [color=2e2c2c]....[/color] [color=808080]|[/color] [color=2e2c2c]....[/color] calm [color=2e2c2c]....[/color] [color=808080]|[/color] [color=2e2c2c]....[/color] insecure[/b][/color]

[color=2E6F40][b]H I S T O R Y[/b][/color]
[color=808080]Unlike most children, Willow grew up knowing magic was real. She learned early that certain stones strengthened the power resting quietly beneath her skin, and that the forests surrounding Pine Ridge held herbs capable of far more than simple medicinal use. Dreamcatchers hanging above bedroom doors truly kept nightmares at bay. Small charms crafted carefully enough could alter the course of minor tragedies before they ever occurred. While other children practiced multiplication tables and grammar exercises after school, Willow sat cross-legged beside members of The Circle learning ritual markings, herbal remedies, and the delicate balance required to work magic safely. By the time she was a teenager, she could influence the emotions of animals with carefully drawn circles and whispered incantations, coaxing frightened creatures into calmness with little more than her voice and intention.

For all the unusual things woven into her upbringing, Willow never viewed herself as above the people around her. Magic was simply another responsibility to carry properly. Alongside her studies within The Circle, she pushed herself academically with equal intensity and eventually pursued medicine outside of Pine Ridge entirely. Leaving home proved far more difficult than she expected. Distance from the mountain dulled her connection to magic until spells that once came naturally suddenly demanded far more effort and concentration. Still, she adapted. She buried herself in coursework, survived sleepless nights in university libraries, and eventually returned home with a doctorate determined to serve the same community that raised her.

Willow dedicated herself completely to Pine Ridge afterward. Nearly everyone in town knew her in some capacity, whether through the clinic, volunteer work, or the quiet ways she inserted herself into the lives of people who needed help. She regularly visited the local high school to encourage students toward careers in healthcare and science. On weekends she could just as easily be found helping repair someone’s porch steps or organizing church donation drives as she could tending patients at the clinic. Over time, she developed ways to combine The Circle’s older knowledge with modern medicine, offering herbal alternatives and holistic treatments to those unable to afford expensive prescriptions. In Willow’s hands, remedies gathered from the forest often worked frighteningly well.

From the outside, Willow appeared deeply selfless, almost impossibly compassionate. The truth sat somewhere more complicated beneath the surface. Willow carried her abilities with an almost crushing sense of responsibility, and guilt followed closely behind it. Every patient she could not save lingered heavily in her mind long after everyone else had moved on. Every problem she lacked the power to fix felt personal. Magic had always been presented to her as a gift meant to help others, and over the years Willow quietly convinced herself that failing to help when she had the ability to try was something dangerously close to unforgivable.

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[center][color=808080][color=2E6F40][b]hexcode[/b][/color] [color=2e2c2c].[/color] | [color=2e2c2c].[/color] #2E6F40 [color=2e2c2c]........[/color] [color=2E6F40][b]faceclaim[/b][/color] [color=2e2c2c].[/color] | [color=2e2c2c].[/color] Eva Green [color=2e2c2c]........[/color] [color=2E6F40][b]creator[/b][/color] [color=2e2c2c].[/color] | [color=2e2c2c].[/color] BellMerchant[/color][/center][/sup][/justify][/cell]
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