Overview

Alektô means Endless anger. She punishes, harass and tortures the despicable, the murderer, the traitor, the abuser. She relishes in their pain and panic, dances on their screams of madness and agony, sips their blood like wine in obvious delight. This is how she offers justice and loyalty to the abused souls. This is how she hunts monsters.

Alektô loves to make an impression. With her skull-like face, her twisted horns and arms - among other things - strangers and commoners mostly avoid to cross her path. She doesn't really get why - she can be of very good company after all - but she appreciates the terrified stares nonetheless. Only the bold ones may deserve her time.

She is also very distinguished. Alektô loves fancy jewels, furniture and manners. She is a high femme who adores her feathered pink coat and her split dresses - it compliments her slender build, and who would say no to Extravaganza ? She cannot resist when she falls on beautifully manufactured rings, especially if it's adorned with powerful gemstones like Onyx or Fire Opals, though she also works with Obsidian, Red Garnets and Sunstones. She's also a party goer at heart and regularly enjoys her time in shady bars and cabarets.

She is an eccentric unhinged pyromaniac that loves to blast things on fire for fun and her favorite times are challenging her two sisters, Tisiphone and Megaera. It can be about anything : who will punish more criminals or monsters in a day, who will be the most creative, who will be the fastest to catch a target or who will make a poor kid shit in their pants. They can be so scary sometimes it's indecent.

Alektô also has a deep bound with her familiar. More than just power, she found a real partner in crime and friend in her tiny dragon and even though it sometimes is a struggle to find balance between the two, she wouldn't have it any other way.

All in all, she looks like she's having a lot of fun. Do not be fooled though - she is extremely serious about protecting innocent people and maintaining justice in the country. She just fights fire with fire is all. For her, those who believe that monsters are only corrupted mages are stupid fools. Monsters have many forms, and that includes magicless but still terribly cruel non-mages. This is why she isn't only a monster hunter but also a mercenary. For the ones who seek petty revenge or take part in shady businesses, Alektô may gets her hands dirty, for the right price. If they're ready to call her for stupid shit, it's at their own risks and karma only, she doesn't care.

For those who are desperate enough to call an unhinged witch just like her... She may offer a helping hand. When it happens, she prefers to enhance the victim's abilities so they can free themselves from their abusive situation, but if she has to she won't hesitate to step in and slaughter whatever is needed to help them. Violence is an art, but it should also never be used on souls who never deserved it in the first place.

Personality

● Extravagant - as in excentric and fancy. Her aura takes a lot of space, she is impossible to miss (and she doesn't want you to).
● Bold - as in blunt, sometimes invasive. She exudes confidence and charisma.
● Loud - her high heels clack with determination on the ground, her jewelry clinging in symphony with her hands and hips. She has a high-pitched, assertive voice that turns into a shriek when she laughs. Her screech is bloodcurdling, you never want to be in a situation where you'd hear it.
● Hot headed - literally. And hot, period.
● Calculating - not necessarily the bad kind. She actually thinks things through, everything she says or does has an intent or a purpose.
● Playful - like a cat with a mouse, right before she eats it.
● Unhinged - or maybe that's what she wants you to think.
● Corrupted - aren't we all in some way ?
● Alone - few are those who are not too intimidated, and bold enough to hold actual conversations.
● Lascivious - sensuality and frivolity never hurt, though she loves when it does.
Leans towards women and dramatic beings.
● Vicious - will hunt down her prey mercilessly. She answers to naughtiness in kind.
●Loyal - will go to great length to protect the ones who may need her help.
● Vengeful - Touch her protégés at your own risks. Will crush you under her heel. Never forgives nor forgets.

History

Alektô is the youngest of three sisters, Tisiphone and Megaera. They belong to a family of ancient nobles where their father was a judge and their mom used to be a thief. As such, they inherited their parents' devotion to justice and their mother's unusual methods. Their parents believed strongly in serving the people so, like her sisters, Alektô joined the Order when they discovered she had magical abilities.

She actually had nice times there and is glad she got the opportunity to master her magic thanks to her different mentors and friends. She is really proud of being a Mage Protector. Though as she grows and gains in maturity she realizes the Order may have its flaws and decides to keep an eye on it. Alektô believes there can be a huge difference between law and justice, between a state and its people, and Alektô will always be on the same side as her parents.

She often mentors or teach to younger mages in Namarast, or offers books and precious advices to wild mages she might encounter on her journey. She loves to learn more about people's abilities and even though she might be intrusive about it, she's never one to sell them out to the Order. That is why she despises Miriam with her entire being - fear only comes from ignorance and ignorance cannot be repressed with punishment but education. The Order should not hunt witches to harass and control them or to suppress their magic ; it should be there to help them discover and manage their abilities instead.

This is why she decides to go on the road and serve the people with her actions and not just behind walls. She knows her motives and mentality, her strengths and power and will use everything to protect those who cannot protect themselves, mages or non mages. She will fight fire with fire by becoming an occasional mercenary and a monster hunter.

Design

Alektô has blackbuck horns, a pink blazing fire and a black-to-cotton-candy-pink skull. She also has two glowing pale eyes, plus a third demonic one, black with a pinkish iris - one of the many signs of the bound to her demon.

Her two arms are grey-to-black. She has witchy pointy nails. Her demon consumes her flesh to appear, meaning the more powerful the invocation, the more her arms darken. Small pink flames often burn along her skin as a manifestation of that. At the demon's maximum capacity, Alektô's arms lose all their flesh so that only black bones (and pointy nails !) remain.

In the same way her tummy, normal when the demon's asleep, may disappear little by little when he awakes. It may turn into a dragon's cave and carve itself deeper and deeper depending on the demon's need for flesh to appear (or depending on how comfortable he wants to be, that dramatic binche). At its maximum capacity, only the ribcage remains. This is the result of the balance of power and bound between Alektô and her demon.

Familiar

Alektô made a bargain with a small demon to adopt him as a familiar, when she was younger and eager for more power. In exchange, she gave him part of her soul. His name is Carnage and he has the form of a dark, slender wyvern with shiny scales, two backward horns on the top of his head, a long snake-like tail and large wings. He spits a pink, blazing fire and has two split eyes with dark sclera and pink iris, like Alektô's. He's extremely devoted to her and will do anything to protect her.

Trivia

Relationships

Astrid- Met the kid at an art exposition by pure luck. She noticed fear in the kid's eyes and the bruises on her skin. Having seen too many of them in her life, it took Alektô half a second to recognize a victim of domestic abuse. Alektô decided she would help.

She offered Astrid a book on Waterbending, heavily implied the perks of bloodbending and bought one of her paintings. It was pretty, sure, but it'd mainly be useful to create a bound between the two of them. That way, the day Astrid would need help, Alektô would be there.

And oh, was she there to witness the terrifying potential of Astrid, one she had enhanced. That was as horrific as it was beautiful. Alektô is really fond of the kid and is convinded she could do incredible things in the future - if she's willing to pay the price for it.