Eleonore E. Splenda

Summary
Eleonore E. Splenda (or Elly for short) wasn’t much different from any girl you would find living in the day and age where this story takes place… However, one notorious trait of her life was the habit of reading books.

Having grown in a rather sheltered manner, she wasn’t allowed to leave her house often during her childhood, which made the fantastical stories that she would read in her room – or the library of her house – from time to time her only actual friends. That, and the occasional spiders who made webs around the windows through which she would observe the streets from.

Perhaps this is what led her to develop a rather detached view of others and the usual ways of the world. Finding the little she knew about life to be rather boring, the passing of the years only seemed to make this impression of hers intensify.

…And not only that. Her own experiences in life led her to start questioning why she was born and, further still, for ways to escape reality in fantasies about extraordinary worlds and situations. She knew her existence was not any different from the one average people would conduct: Be born, grow up, search for money, marry, grow old and simply die, in a routine that seemed more and more devoid of meaning.

Thus she trained herself to try and excel in some fields of academics in the future, as well as in the arts – but her own experience with how long it took to acquire a single skill led her to despise even her own limitations as a person, slowly growing to look down not only upon others but also to this reality that seemed so lacking of proper flavor.

Her days grew grey, as nothing in life brought her joy. Just like anyone would, she won and she lost. Her losses were something she came to expect as the normal result, and her wins were never seen as too much of an achievement in her own eyes. Ultimately, she grew wishing she could be perfect and superior to others – but fully admitting to herself it was a dream she would never be capable enough to achieve. Disregarding herself as mediocre just like the world she was confined to, Eleonore kept living more out of fear of death than actual motivation.

…Until that War happened. The city of Philadelphia, that she had come to call home for so long, was one of the many ravaged by the flames of strife that spread across the city for the duration of those “Three Hours” - the war’s namesake - that seemed to last an eternity. Several lives who were a part of it met the same end. With the reality she had come to find monotonous torn apart in the most brutal ways, she was close to suffering the same fate... Before she knew it. There was no time to escape, for devastation came in less of a time than it would take for a day to pass - the terror reached for her own home as, before she could try and evacuate for another area, a Rouge Spirit’s clutches reached for her.

Cornered by what looked like a man, but didn’t seem to really be one, she was made to experience how much that boring reality she despised had protected her from the more cruel sides to the world – though the being would have easily been able to end her life, it took its time and revelled in using its powers to evoke sights and speak of atrocities it had committed to others – atrocities it would soon subject her to – that made the notion of everything she wanted the world to be break down inside her.

Though indirectly, this “torture” caused a powerful impact on her psyche, which nearly made her fall like a doll devoid of life – a doll whose life was ripe to become the plaything of her captor, and meet her end.

When she had nearly accepted the idea of death however, a savior she could not quite see behind her nearly broken will came to her rescue. Losing her senses just as the battle with that Rouge Spirit ensued, she eventually woke up to find herself in a bed, of a place more safe and removed from the warzones.

Apparently she had remained in a coma after that experience, and by the time she woke up the conflict had come to its end. As for Elly… Something about her had changed. For the first time in her whole life, she actually felt alive. While the memories were fresh in her mind… In face of what she got in exchange for them, there was half of her that actually was thankful.

Though the experience took its toll on her mind, the meeting she had with the consequences of war left Elly with more than just bad memories.

Now capable of the power called Magic, she worked on refining it to the best of her capabilities – which given her own mindset, she assumes is far less than what a true master should be capable of.

Splenda used this very thought as a reason to try and push herself to learn further and gain power.

A desire that is perhaps more pronounced on her personality than it is healthy for her: The want to stray further and further from the normalcy of other people - from humanity - is something deeply engraved into her mind.

Taking the newfound powers of an Ether-Scarred as some sort of sign, she finally felt “superior” to others in the way she desired to be, and in no uncertain terms decided these powers were a gift like no other – and should be used to live her life to the fullest. To confront a stale fate and meet her true destiny.

As the aftermath of the war urged most people to go West, Splenda came to the natural conclusion that this migration would be the best lead she could ever ask for to find more about these powers, their nature, as well as the nature of what had attacked… And just what saved her.

…Having reached the age of 19, even she had the feeling that this journey would be where her story truly begins.

Appearance
Same as the drawing above.

Personality
To be expanded over the course of the story.

Personal Statistics
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral

Name: Eleonore E. Splenda (Eleonore meaning "Shining Light", E. being Edea).

Origin: Jack of All Trades

Gender: Female

Age: 19

Classification: Human, Ether Scarred

Date of Birth:


 * Zodiac/Horoscope: Gemini

Birthplace: Philadelphia

Likes: Reading, spiders (only the kinds that stay in their own webs and don't walk around), the fantasy genre, rainy weather. Has a taste for Lady Baltimore cake, lettuce salad, and fillet of flounder. Last but not least, likes coffee and maple syrup.

Dislikes: Several things about the way reality and life are. To an extent, seems to keep some levels of self-hatred to herself.

Eye Color: Green

Hair Color: Black

Hobbies: Reading. Used to enjoy dreaming and making projects about things she "could or would one day accomplish", but it became less and less of a habit over time.

Values: Nothing in particular (to an extent, not even herself).

Marital Status: Single

Status: Alive and Active

Affiliation: Herself.

Themes:

Combat Statistics
Tier: 9-B

Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Enhanced Senses (Ether Scarred have slightly higher senses than the average human, and can also see into the Ethereal Plane to a minor degree), Immortality (Type 3), Magic (As elaborated here), Regeneration (Low-Mid, able to regenerate from lethal wounds, assuming she can heal them before she passes out.), Soul Manipulation with magic (Conversely to resistance, if an opponent's soul isn't somehow defended against attack, they can easily destroy it.), Body Control (Has full Authority over her body, and can oppose those who wish to manipulate it), Soul Reading (Can read the opponent's souls, which contain all of their memories, even those they may have lost due to head trama. This also allows her to access their current thoughts as they have them. Resistance to Soul Manipulation (In Jack of All Trades, it is nearly impossible to destroy the soul without first severing it's connection to the body, which means that her Soul is only vulnerable to standard attack after her body is killed in a conventional fashion. Not only that, but the attack must be strong enough to overpower her durability, which she shares with her physical body.), conventional Mind Manipulation (Her mind is one in the same as her soul, making it impossible to use psychic attacks without removing her soul), Soul Reading (Has a natural barrier around her soul that conceals it from attempts to read it), Life Manipulation (Rouge Spirits have difficulty draining her life, allowing her to fight through it), Disease and Poison Manipulation (Ether Scarred have enhanced immune systems that allows them to mostly fight off infection or poison), Thread Manipulation, Electricity Manipulation

Attack Potency: Wall level (Can fight enemies who can harm her.)

Speed: Transonic (Able to dodge bullets from firearms of the time)

Lifting Strength: Class 5

Striking Strength: Wall Class

Durability: Wall level (Comparable/Superior to Dufresne, who survived being blasted by 4 sticks of dynamite, though he was heavily damaged)

Stamina: High (Ether Scarred have enhanced physical abilities, allowing them to go on longer then a normal human)

Range: Tens of meters with threads or electricity.

Standard Equipment: To be added.

Intelligence: To be added.

Weaknesses: Healing, and magic in general, requires mana, which can easily run out and force the user to take a rest for a few moments before they regain the capacity to use magic.

Notable Attacks/Techniques: To be added.

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