Beatrice Bailly (Bibi)

Bibi came from a very humble family down south in Mississippi. They lived modestly but comfortably, money was never a big issue especially with her mother's popularity amongst jazz venues and her father briefly getting tangled up in rumrunning during the 20's. They were secretive but far from shifty characters, preferring to keep their private lives away from the public due to belonging to a Coven. They seldom relied on magic within their everyday lives but were intransigent about keeping the practice within their family, and Bibi's parents made sure to implement it into her education more and more as she grew older. If anything they wanted it to be a skill she could pocket in case of emergency, but she found herself taking quite a large liking to it the more she learned.

Bibi's mother was surprised initially at how much her daughter enjoyed their practice, and agreed to teach her more complex spells if she took up performing arts. Much like her mother Bibi was naturally gifted when it came to song and dance, and later on would find out she could hold her own acting too. Initially met with A LOT of opposition due to her timid nature, it was like pulling teeth to get her up on stage and at a piano. But with gentle coaxing and bribery (a lot of bribery) Bibi eventually came out of her shell the more she took to performing. It wasn't long before she was booking solo gigs at venues, clubs, and bars, racking up a reputation as a hidden gem of the south.

Now well versed in magic and music, by 1932 Bibi had parked herself in New Orleans as a local performer. She continued to practice magic and alchemy outside of work using it to help enhance the talent she already had, which seemingly helped her career to grow as much as it could within the area. Things began to run stagnant as the opportunity to hit it big wasn't exactly within reach amidst the depression. Performers weren't in as high of a demand, but Bibi's persistence and ever growing passion for the arts didn't allow her to quit. Fear of fading into irrelevance always gnawed at the back of her mind and initially detesting the thought of playing dirty, she soon came around to the idea of using her magic in slightly more nefarious manners. Very sparingly, Bibi began to use charm spells to help give her career a little extra boost during certain deals with music producers. She was determined to stay afloat one way or the other.

Managing to keep her head above the water till this point, in 1935 Bibi scored a gig with Phil Morley and his Orchestra, hailing from California. There she met band celebutante Tex Matthews, the two were quickly acquainted in a less professional manner after rehearsals. Despite knowing his long history of affairs Bibi couldn't help but give herself over to him completely, his charm had her smitten. Their relations were...passionate...to say the least, and as their engagement drew to a close he offered her a job back in California. Ecstatic, even more so because there was no magic involved, Bibi agreed and was swept out West with the rest of the band. Upon her arrival she was introduced to producers and executives thanks to Tex and begun working, being a favorable pick amongst other girls due to the fact she was a triple threat.

As Bibi blossomed over the next few months Tex began to distance himself as he grew uninterested in their affair, eventually ending things with her altogether. Confused and with nowhere to turn, she demanded an explanation as to why things suddenly died. He continued to blow her off and downplay the situation, eventually stating the whole thing was never serious and didn't mean anything in the long run to overshadow the fact he had been seeing other people. Outraged at how two faced he really was, in the spur of the moment Bibi inflicted him with a curse; one that caused him to turn into a beast on the night of the full moon. Now if he wants it lifted, Tex has to prove himself sorry and truly capable of changing his ways.