Loretta Reid
Loretta Reid
Character Name: Loretta Reid
Gender: Female
Age: 30
Class: Paladin
Weapon: The sword Stasis, a great sword forged by the angels themselves, capable of dealing incredible damage, given to her by the archangel Micha-El.
Armor/Clothing: Loose white cotton clothing, shining steel body armor, a beautiful kite shield.
Commands:
ATTACK
DEITY MAGIC
WHITE MAGIC
ITEM
Deity Magic:
Magic Sword: Charges her sword with elemental energy, most often Holy, to do elemental damage.
Telekinesis: A mental power a little bit stronger than Loretta's old Telekinesis; in addition to moving objects, it can also lift slightly larger objects and be focused in a telekinetic blast. It manipulates with about 200 lbs. worth of constant pressure.
Holy: A strong surge of White Magic, focused to a point on the enemy to cause major damage. Holy's strength is directly proportionate to how long the caster had charged it; Loretta can hold it for a while to get a strong blast, or fire them off to get several small bursts.
White Magic:
Cura: A magic spell that heals major wounds of both Loretta and her allies near her. Deals major damage to the undead.
Wall: A spell that has the effect of both Protect and Shell; in essence, it cuts 50% of the damage done by physical and magical attacks.
Haste: A spell that doubles the speed of the castee, making them attack more often, dodge more hits, and lets more hits strike true.
Summon: Within Loretta resides the mechanical angel Alexander, otherwise known as the Archangel Micha-El. Loretta can't summon this creature, nor can he actually help her in fights, but she can see him walking around as an elderly gentleman (although she's the only one who can) and talk to him. He's her mentor, of sorts. All the skills here have been taught by him.
Trance: Also known as the 'immovable object,' Loretta's defense and weight skyrockets. Her attack strength doesn't change, and the fact that gravity has increased so much on her makes it nearly impossible to do many physical maneuvers, but she is near impenetrable when in this state. Sword attacks bounce off her skin, Magic fizzles out when it hits her. Loretta can't do much aside from defend, but her defense is legendary.
Character Element: Light
Strong With: Light
Strong Against: Poison
Weak With: Poison
Weak Against: Light
Clothing: Light, loose, airy clothes; white and off-white. Brown leather work boots, silvery mail.
Eyes: Deep blue.
Hair: Black, with blue highlights, tied in a practical ponytail.
Personality Description:
Loretta is a strong warrior, but she also has a sensitive side. She doesn't fight because she wants to, she fights because she has to. She fights to atone for her sins, for the freedom of her son, and for the well-being of the universe about her. She's soft-spoken, doesn't show off much or make herself noticed, and is very empathetic. She'll help anyone in need, any underdog, or simply any good person. Her mind was poisoned before; now she is cleansed of that influence, and has to deal with the mess she's made.
A BRIEF STORY SYNAPSIS
This story begins on Urth, a world far, far away from the world of Gaia, across a vast sea of stars and endless void, but very similar to our own. Urth is nearly a carbon-copy of Earth, and it is here that most of the characters in my story have come from.
Before Urth came to be, the Creator and his creations had an argument. Leuci-El, one of the Creator's most trusted servants, wanted to rule the Heaven-Realm where they all resided. He believed that he had the power, strength, and wisdom to be the new Creator, and behind him rallied several other angels. The Creator and his followers fought Leuci-El and his followers, and ultimately, Leuci-El was defeated. The Creator banished him to a world of torment, named Hel, where Leuci-El changed his name to Leuci-Fer, which means not Bringer of Light, like Leuci-El, but Bearer of Darkness.
After Leuci-El (or Leuci-Fer) was banished, the Creator made his Grand Weaving-- a beautiful world known as Urth. This world was inhabited by many creatures, but none as beautiful as the human. Leuci-Fer saw this creation, and desired to corrupt it. And so began the second war between Leuci-Fer and the Creator-- not a quick, swift battle for the Heaven-Relm, but a slow war, thousands upon thousands of years, where it was not Heaven that was fought for, but Urth. Leuci-Fer devoted all of his time to corrupting the people of Urth, and bringing them to him.
Just when Leuci-Fer had almost won, had almost gained control, the Creator decided that enough was enough, and begun the rite of Armageddon, to end Urth and Hel at once. And Leuci-Fer, being caught between Hel and Urth, fought to enter the Heaven-Realm and claim it for himself once again. He himself began a rite, where he slept with a pure young woman, a virgin, and produced a son, one which would have the powers to travel from world to world. It was with this child that Leuci-Fer wished to cross into the Heaven-Realm with. And his plan would have worked, if not the Archangel Micha-El, who had taken Leuci-Fer's place as head servant, had fought Leuci-Fer as the child was being birthed. Micha-El drove back Leuci-Fer and carried the woman and her child to a safe place. Leuci-Fer, stuck on Urth without any gate into the Heaven-Realm, lost the battle. Urth and Hel were destroyed, the demons of Hel were scattered and killed, and Leuci-Fer was banished by the Creator to another plane of existance, across the great void which separates all world-systems, to the small, backwards world of Gaia.
Leuci-Fer was stripped of most of his powers, but he didn't sit in torment as he was stuck on this horrid plane of existence. He remembered the rite to create a gatekeeper, and he found a young virgin by the name of Loretta, who had just lost her parents and inherited their fortune. He changed his name to Richard Reid, seduced her, married her, stole her money, and used her to begin the ritual. She conceived the first time, and a son was created in her womb-- a son who would have the powers to cross the gap between worlds, so Leuci-Fer would be able to enter the Heaven-Realm once more and claim his throne.
However, something went wrong.
Leuci-Fer usually beat his wife, Loretta, and the last time that he had, he sensed something peculiar. The child in Loretta's womb sensed her anguish, her cry for help, and used its inner ability to send a plea across the great void. That plea found the ears of Micha-El, in paradise, and brought him across the distance to Gaia. And there, Micha-El and Leuci-Fer fought again for a second time, this one very much like the first. Micha-El's powers were stripped, as well, and he was forced into the shape of the deities of this world, but he and Leuci-Fer fought, and Micha-El triumphed again. Leuci-Fer was cast away, and Micha-El took them to safety. Later, Loretta gave birth to her son, named Nicholas.
Leuci-Fer followed them, at a distance, and when they left the spot where Nicholas was born, he found the birth caul and stole it. With that scrap, he used some of Nicholas' powers and sent his own cry across the expanse, one that caught the ear of a certain Lilith, the only demon left in that world. And she followed the call gladly. Leuci-Fer wanted the child to be delivered to him, but that could not happen unless Micha-El was destroyed, the child was trained in his powers, and was totally committed to Leuci-Fer. So he sent Lilith to use someone to get to Nicholas- his mother, Loretta.
Loretta was in a unique position, because she was the one closest to Nicholas. Her blood and his blood formed a direct bond which would help Lilith against the powers of Micha-El, and with her inside of Loretta, the angel wouldn't know that she was there. Loretta fought against Lilith's influence, but crumbled under her weight after a while. But just as Lilith was about ready to fight Nicholas and claim him for her own, Loretta gained control and ran away. When she had come back to her home, Nicholas was gone.
As Nicholas adventured outward, Micha-El revealed himself to Nicholas. Nicholas recognized the form that Micha-El had taken from books, and took to calling him Alexander. And Micha-El began to use that name. The great angel 'Alexander' loved Nicholas, and trained him to be a good child and to know powers to defend himself, but he never told him about Leuci-Fer or the danger he was in. Alexander decided that he was too young to know about that.
Lilith quickly followed Nicholas, using the body of Loretta, but always remained one step behind the angel and his boy. Loretta became almost one with Lilith, and Loretta was in control for much of the time she was searching, totally corrupted by Lilith's influence. With the help of the Airship Duncan, she found Nicholas, fought him enough to draw Alexander out of his body in a summon, and while his body was empty, left Loretta and possessed Nicholas.
Lilith began to corrupt Nicholas, teaching him falsehoods and lying about his friends, teaching him that he and Leuci-Fer were the only ones that he could trust. And Nicholas believed her. She trained him in the dark arts, using his innate ability, being the son of an Angel, and taught him rudimentary hexwork.
Loretta, however, was taken under the wing of Alexander and realized the severity of what she had done in the past years of her life. With his help, she swore to save her son from the influence of Lilith and Leuci-Fer, and not only save their lives, but the lives of all those in every world. Alexander taught her skills using white magic and the innate ability that Alexander had, being an archangel.
