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Name: Doctor Angelicus (Angelica Rosemont)
Fandom: Baroque
Background: Before the Blaze happened on May 14th 2032, Doctor Angelicus was a member of the Order of Malkuth, a religious organization dedicated to saving God. Members of the Order were called False Angels and wore imitation wings as a mark of their status. She spent her time as a False Angel working directly under the head of the Order, the Archangel. He was somebody she looked up to greatly, whose orders she could follow without question.
Unfortunately, the Archangel's orders were in dire need of questioning. He decided that he was going to drive the Absolute God mad and take over in its place to rebuild the world in his own image, and he decided that Angelicus was going to help him with that. While she had her own misgivings about the idea ("hey Angelicus let's remove pain from God and cultivate that pain into beings who exist only to feel pain and then use them as bullets for a gun to shoot God how can this possibly fail!"), she went along with it. Doctor Angelicus created the Littles, an entire race of creatures whose only purpose for living was to suffer in agony until the Archangel felt like using them. She regrets that. Just a little.
She also regrets the fact that removing God's ability to feel pain caused the Blaze in the first place (though in a bit of a roundabout way). It was a cataclysm that changed the face of the world, and those who survived were distorted into twisted versions of themselves, outside warped to match whatever warped persona remained on the inside. This was indirectly her fault, and the creation of a race whose entire existence was pain was directly her fault, and she broke under the strain of her guilt and turned traitor, abandoning the Order of Malkuth and running into hiding.
But hide was all she did; she didn't have the courage to face the gravity of the sins she had committed under the orders of the Archangel. And without facing her sins, she couldn't begin to atone for them.
And then the Archangel's new protegé, Koriel #12, The Protagonist, started descending the Neuro Tower over and over. He found her hiding place, more than once, and eventually she realized that he could help her. Thanks to him, she was finally able to face her sins and sought his help in setting things right by asking him to purify the Littles and grant them salvation. When he next passed by her hiding place, she was informed that the Littles had been purified and with that her sin absolved.
Partly, anyway. She still feels half-responsible for the Blaze, after all.
Personality: Angelicus is a very serious and reserved person. Not exactly stoic, but she's definitely not one for outbursts. She's also not one for humour; not because she's a no-nonsense humourless type, but because she's so painfully serious that humour tends to fly right over her head. She never smiles, never laughs, and never gets jokes (they tend to confuse her as she takes them literally).
She is very level-headed, and difficult to anger, though one of the quick ways to get there is to make her feel extremely uncomfortable - she will respond to that with defensive anger. She's inquisitive by nature, though this is expressed mostly as a habit of repeating the last few words somebody has said in the form of a question (in the form of a question...?). In fact, she does this so frequently that it might just be her form of hesitation ala "um" and "uh".
She's very compassionate, which is where the most outstanding part of her personality comes out: her overwhelming sense of guilt. She's done terrible, unforgivable things under orders from her superior, and she's only recently begun to come to terms with some of it. The rest of her life will be spent trying to make up for these things.
Though she is reclusive, she is very kind, caring, and generally helpful where she can be. She's not very good at bedside manner, however: she's quite blunt and decidedly lacking in tact. This developed because she's not particularly sociable in the first place, and also because she feels that nobody listens to her anyway so she might as well say things as openly as possible.
She's always been a bit self-conscious about her looks, knowing that she isn't pretty and resigning herself to never being noticed because she doesn't stand out. But when she distorted she became very comfortable with herself; she wasn't pretty, but nobody was anymore, and now her looks were actually a perfect fit for who she was. She's gotten so used to her distorted form and the idea that it fit her completely that being back in her ill-fitting undistorted form will make her even more shy and self-conscious about her looks.
Appearance Changes (if applicable): Prior to the Blaze, which distorted her into something monstrous, Angelicus was a fairly normal looking woman. Tall, with bright blue eyes and a plain face framed by waves of long black hair. This former appearance is the one she'll have in Haven. She's 29 now, about 5'9", with an angular figure.
Powers/Abilities: Angelicus has no "powers," really. She has medical degrees in the fields of biochemistry and neurology, and knows how to remove a person's capability to feel pain (but never would, considering this is the entire basis of her guilt complex). Because of the way the world distorted, she too lacked the ability to feel pain, along with every other person who existed after the Blaze (Protagonist aside). Of course, her new body isn't lacking in noradrenaline, so she feels it now, and it's amplified severalfold because of spending so long unable to feel it at all. (She's also almost forgotten what walking is like, because she's spent so long floating everywhere.)
She seems to have been granted some sort of ability upon arrival here, however. Because of her faith in the Absolute God, which remains nonetheless strong even after the Blaze and all that came with it, she has been given the power of miracles through her faith. Not walking on water or anything extravagant like that, just subtle things. When she prays for it, things just sort of seem to go right and fall into place where they should. She might get attacked by a mugger and pray to be saved only to find that a cat three stories up has knocked a flowerpot from the window-ledge, causing it to fall and incapacitate her assailant. That sort of thing. She can't consciously control whether it will happen (or what will happen), it's always vague enough to just be coincidence, and it only works when her faith is strong. It also only works for things she needs, and not for things she wants.
Family Situation: She lives alone in an empty apartment, though her mother lives in town and will occasionally drop by and frequently calls. She also has a younger sister who is still living with their mother, but they don't talk much.
Job: She works as a secretary for one of the local protestant churches (which means that this version of herself never got those medical degrees.)
Fandom: Baroque
Background: Before the Blaze happened on May 14th 2032, Doctor Angelicus was a member of the Order of Malkuth, a religious organization dedicated to saving God. Members of the Order were called False Angels and wore imitation wings as a mark of their status. She spent her time as a False Angel working directly under the head of the Order, the Archangel. He was somebody she looked up to greatly, whose orders she could follow without question.
Unfortunately, the Archangel's orders were in dire need of questioning. He decided that he was going to drive the Absolute God mad and take over in its place to rebuild the world in his own image, and he decided that Angelicus was going to help him with that. While she had her own misgivings about the idea ("hey Angelicus let's remove pain from God and cultivate that pain into beings who exist only to feel pain and then use them as bullets for a gun to shoot God how can this possibly fail!"), she went along with it. Doctor Angelicus created the Littles, an entire race of creatures whose only purpose for living was to suffer in agony until the Archangel felt like using them. She regrets that. Just a little.
She also regrets the fact that removing God's ability to feel pain caused the Blaze in the first place (though in a bit of a roundabout way). It was a cataclysm that changed the face of the world, and those who survived were distorted into twisted versions of themselves, outside warped to match whatever warped persona remained on the inside. This was indirectly her fault, and the creation of a race whose entire existence was pain was directly her fault, and she broke under the strain of her guilt and turned traitor, abandoning the Order of Malkuth and running into hiding.
But hide was all she did; she didn't have the courage to face the gravity of the sins she had committed under the orders of the Archangel. And without facing her sins, she couldn't begin to atone for them.
And then the Archangel's new protegé, Koriel #12, The Protagonist, started descending the Neuro Tower over and over. He found her hiding place, more than once, and eventually she realized that he could help her. Thanks to him, she was finally able to face her sins and sought his help in setting things right by asking him to purify the Littles and grant them salvation. When he next passed by her hiding place, she was informed that the Littles had been purified and with that her sin absolved.
Partly, anyway. She still feels half-responsible for the Blaze, after all.
Personality: Angelicus is a very serious and reserved person. Not exactly stoic, but she's definitely not one for outbursts. She's also not one for humour; not because she's a no-nonsense humourless type, but because she's so painfully serious that humour tends to fly right over her head. She never smiles, never laughs, and never gets jokes (they tend to confuse her as she takes them literally).
She is very level-headed, and difficult to anger, though one of the quick ways to get there is to make her feel extremely uncomfortable - she will respond to that with defensive anger. She's inquisitive by nature, though this is expressed mostly as a habit of repeating the last few words somebody has said in the form of a question (in the form of a question...?). In fact, she does this so frequently that it might just be her form of hesitation ala "um" and "uh".
She's very compassionate, which is where the most outstanding part of her personality comes out: her overwhelming sense of guilt. She's done terrible, unforgivable things under orders from her superior, and she's only recently begun to come to terms with some of it. The rest of her life will be spent trying to make up for these things.
Though she is reclusive, she is very kind, caring, and generally helpful where she can be. She's not very good at bedside manner, however: she's quite blunt and decidedly lacking in tact. This developed because she's not particularly sociable in the first place, and also because she feels that nobody listens to her anyway so she might as well say things as openly as possible.
She's always been a bit self-conscious about her looks, knowing that she isn't pretty and resigning herself to never being noticed because she doesn't stand out. But when she distorted she became very comfortable with herself; she wasn't pretty, but nobody was anymore, and now her looks were actually a perfect fit for who she was. She's gotten so used to her distorted form and the idea that it fit her completely that being back in her ill-fitting undistorted form will make her even more shy and self-conscious about her looks.
Appearance Changes (if applicable): Prior to the Blaze, which distorted her into something monstrous, Angelicus was a fairly normal looking woman. Tall, with bright blue eyes and a plain face framed by waves of long black hair. This former appearance is the one she'll have in Haven. She's 29 now, about 5'9", with an angular figure.
Powers/Abilities: Angelicus has no "powers," really. She has medical degrees in the fields of biochemistry and neurology, and knows how to remove a person's capability to feel pain (but never would, considering this is the entire basis of her guilt complex). Because of the way the world distorted, she too lacked the ability to feel pain, along with every other person who existed after the Blaze (Protagonist aside). Of course, her new body isn't lacking in noradrenaline, so she feels it now, and it's amplified severalfold because of spending so long unable to feel it at all. (She's also almost forgotten what walking is like, because she's spent so long floating everywhere.)
She seems to have been granted some sort of ability upon arrival here, however. Because of her faith in the Absolute God, which remains nonetheless strong even after the Blaze and all that came with it, she has been given the power of miracles through her faith. Not walking on water or anything extravagant like that, just subtle things. When she prays for it, things just sort of seem to go right and fall into place where they should. She might get attacked by a mugger and pray to be saved only to find that a cat three stories up has knocked a flowerpot from the window-ledge, causing it to fall and incapacitate her assailant. That sort of thing. She can't consciously control whether it will happen (or what will happen), it's always vague enough to just be coincidence, and it only works when her faith is strong. It also only works for things she needs, and not for things she wants.
Family Situation: She lives alone in an empty apartment, though her mother lives in town and will occasionally drop by and frequently calls. She also has a younger sister who is still living with their mother, but they don't talk much.
Job: She works as a secretary for one of the local protestant churches (which means that this version of herself never got those medical degrees.)