DAISY "GRIMOIRE" Darnell
THE NOVA
HERO NAME: Grimoire
REAL NAME: Daisy Darnell
LOOK: Female, White, Rune Covered Skin, Concealing Clothing, Fantastical Costume
ABILITIES: Sorcery
LABELS
| DANGER | FREAK | SAVIOR | SUPERIOR | MUNDANE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| +2 | +2 | +0 | +0 | -1 |
CONDITIONS
| AFRAID | -2 to Directly Engage a Threat | |
| ANGRY | -2 to Comfort or Support or Pierce the Mask | |
| GUILTY | -2 to Provoke Someone or Assess the Situation | |
| HOPELESS | -2 to Unleash Your Powers | |
| INSECURE | -2 to Defend Someone or Reject Others' Influence |
BACKSTORY
• When did you first use your powers?
Well this might take a second to explain but it started with a baseball. Okay so I live with my Mom, May, and my two sisters Rose and Lily. Rose is older than me, Lily younger, so ya I get to be your classic middle child. Whooo. Don't ask about Dad. We still don't know what happened, just that he never made it home the day the beaks started invading. Far as we know no one ever found a body or anything but... I mean he was just a normal dude working at some boring job he could never explain in a way that wasn't nap-inducing. Anyways yeah, it's still pretty raw even after all this time so just don't ask about him.
Anyways normally Rose is in charge after school until Mom gets home from work but that day Lily wanted to go outside to play with the other kids in our culdesac and Rose had some big important paper she was working on so since I was just reading a book she asked if I'd sit outside and keep an eye out. I said sure, no big deal right? Just gotta make sure they get off the street if a car comes and no one gets like kidnapped or anything. Frankly, it's a safe enough neighborhood so I probably could have sat inside and just glanced out the window from time to time like the parents or sitters of the other kids were. Which is probably why I didn't pay too close attention until I heard the telltale sound of a baseball going through a window.
So yeah turns out it was Lily's turn to bat and she hit a foul, right into the window of the creepy old house on the corner. So of course guess who she runs to with tears in her eyes, begging for help getting the ball back? Being a big sister is tough sometimes.
I headed over and knocked on the door. Never seen anyone go in and out of there though so I half expected to have to go back and tell the brat that her ball was gone. Color me surprised when the door opens and there's this woman around my Mom's age dressed as like a no-shit maid. I mean not like a sexy French maid but a full-on Victorian look. I mean still looked pretty hot, not gonna lie, but it was more like her making the outfit look good than the other way around. Anyways she gave me this polite smile and I babbled like an idiot for a minute before I managed to explain why I was there.
So she invited me in to come find the ball and yeah I know what you're thinking, stranger danger, but seriously this isn't a bad neighborhood and she seemed nice. Plus like Lily and half her friends saw me go in so I wasn't really worried. Anyway I go inside and this place... yeah it was something. Tapestries and display cases filled with the most unreal-looking stuff, just freaking amazing. She led me around the house which just did not seem to follow the rules at all until we got to this massive library where a tea set was pouring itself. Oh yeah, this place was freaking magic central.
So at this point I'm freaking out a bit when I spot this big portrait of someone I recognize from TV and suddenly it all clicks. This is the Archon's house. Or it was, before you died fighting the beaks. Anyways I kind of went into nerd overload at that point and lost track of time chatting with the maid who insisted on being called Mansion but I threw on a Ms. to be polite. Ms. Mansion seemed like she really enjoyed having some company and let me poke around the place a bit, looking at some of honest to god magic tomes. Yeah was awesome. Until the stupid happened.
See I was looking at this book filled with like diagrams of what seemed like really cool tattoos. Ms. Mansion explained that it was the journal of a previous Archon, apparently that's actually like a title or something it's just the last couple who have been public heroes with it. She started telling me about how mages with enough control over their magic will sometimes tattoo one or two runes on their bodies for various reasons, but this guy apparently had trouble with traditional magic so he covered his whole body in these specially designed tattoos that could be used to create just a shit tone of different rune combinations depending on where you focused your magic. Not gonna lie it sounded pretty badass, until I made the mistake of reading trying to read something out of the back of the book.
There was this flash of light and I kind of blacked out. When I came to I was covered in tattoos which of course freaked me the hell out. Next thing I know different ones were lighting up and shit's going just epically wild around me, like lightning shooting out my finger tips and books flying off the shelves, until Ms. Mansion forced something down my throat that made it all stop and calmed me down a bit.
• Who was the first person you accidentally hurt with your powers?
Well that kind of depends on how you define person? Okay so Ms. Mansion it turns out is like some kind of physical embodiment of the house or something. Weird and I don't really understand it but she seems like a person to me but has said she insists she's not. It's weird. Anyways since she's technically the house anything that messes with the house hurts her, and I messed up the library pretty good until she gave me that stuff to stop it. She said it was a mix of calming potion and some kind of anti-magic draught. Tasted nasty as hell.
Now if we're not counting houses though then that would be Alan Parker. He's this stupid jock at my school that thinks he's god's gift to the world. Day after everything happened I was still freaking out a bit but I had calmed down for the most part, still I decided to take a walk down to the park and back after breakfast to clear my head. I found some guy I kind of think I've seen around school, some freshman who looks like a strong wind would carry him away don't know his name though, was out walking a bunch of tiny dogs and not having an easy drop controlling so many. Well Alan was giving the poor guy a hard time, teasing him for the trouble he was having with such small dogs, never mind that there were like a dozen of them, and just being an all-around jerk. I got pretty mad about it, was thinking about going over and telling Alan to shove it, but before I could decide what to say this random thought crossed my mind that he wouldn't be laughing if those dogs weren't so small. Next thing I know part of my upper arm feels warm and the dogs are getting bigger. It didn't last long, not even a full minute, but those dogs turned into freaking monsters and they managed to take a few chunks out of Alan before he ran off and they turned back.
• Who, outside the team, helps you control your powers?
Well there's Ms. Mansion for one. She's been a huge help even though I'm not actually allowed inside anymore. Turns out she can come out as far as her porch so we sit on the porch swing and talk, she gives me books to study and helps me make sense of what the hell is going on. Someday when I've got a handle on things she says I'll be allowed inside again but for now, it's too risky. Something about the potential that I'll damage something important and it goes against her "purpose" to put anything within at risk. She's got a whole bunch of theories on what happened and how I can sometimes just kind of do things on instinct, although it usually doesn't go exactly how I want, but she says that if I can learn it all properly then someday I might just be able to actually control it.
Then there's my best friend Cat. I was kind of debating telling her but it was sort of a moot point after like a day. Turns out if I use the runes they glow. Like a weird glow that sort of shines through whatever I'm wearing but like the exact same amount regardless of how much I try to cover it. Cat said it looks pretty badass but really it's just a glowing "hey magic here" sign if I'm not careful. She's been helping like so much since it happened. Helps cover for me with Mom, Rose, or the teachers and is like the best study buddy ever. Plus she's actually allowed to go inside Ms. Mansion's place to search through the libraries from time to time. She's actually the one who designed my costume and gave the sketches to Ms. Mansion who sewed it. That was just the coolest surprise gift ever btw.
• Why do you continue to use your powers?
Are you saying you wouldn't? Look I mentioned Ms. Mansion has theories about what happened and how things are working but so far she's admitted none of them are perfect. I can't help but think there's a reason behind it, like fate or something. I was meant to have this happen and I'm meant to do something with it. I just hope it's a good thing.
• Why do you care about the team?
So you know I looked up Archon a bit online. I mean I always thought he looked cool but never learned too much about him, or rather them since there's been more than one. Did you know that since the last few Archons started doing the costumed hero thing not one of them actually joined a super team? Yeah, crazy right? Well, I'm not going to be crazy like that. I'm not going to go down in some blaze of glory cause I tried to do everything myself. Plus maybe these guys will be able to help if my magic does anything crazy.
WHEN OUR TEAM FIRST CAME TOGETHER...
We destroyed our surroundings in the fight. Where was it? What did we destroy?
RELATIONSHIPS:
You hang out all the time with __________________ to blow off steam.
You once hurt ________________ when you lost control of your powers.
INFLUENCE:
Choose your demeanor: happy facade or locked down.
If you choose happy facade, give Influence to three teammates.
If you choose locked down, give Influence to one teammate.
MOVES:
Burn
When you charge up your powers, roll + conditions you currently have marked. On a hit, hold 3 burn. On a 7-9, mark a condition. On a miss, hold 2 burn and mark three conditions.
Spend your burn on your flares. You lose all burn at the end of the scene.
Reality Storm
You channel a destructive burst with your powers. Spend 1 burn to directly engage a threat using your powers, rolling + Freak instead of + Danger. If you do, you will cause unwanted collateral damage unless you spend another burn.
Shielding
You call up a fast protective field to stop a danger. Spend 1 burn to defend someone else from an immediate threat, rolling + Freak instead of + Savior.
Constructs
Spend 1 burn to create any object with your powers, up to the size of a person. Spend an additional burn to animate it independently of yourself. The construct dissolves at the end of the scene.
Boost
Spend 1 burn to supercharge a teammate’s efforts with your powers, giving them a +1 bonus to their roll as if you had spent Team from the pool.
MOMENT OF TRUTH:
Your mind’s eye opens, and you can see the world around you like never before. You can control it, at will, with ease. Of course, warping reality tends to have ramifications down the line, but in your moment of godhood...how could you possibly be worried?
TEAM MOVES:
When you share a triumphant celebration with someone, ask them if there is any fear in their eyes when they look at you. If they say no, take +1 forward and mark potential. If they say yes, immediately shift your Danger up and Savior down.
When you share a vulnerability or weakness with someone, tell them how they could stop you, if it came down to it. Give them Influence over you and clear a condition.
PLAYER QUESTIONS
• What kind of player are you?
Patient and easygoing. I love making a story with folks and just having fun, keeping the drama IC and communicating OOC. If everyone comes away with some great anecdotes to share from a game I consider it a success. I also love taking opportunities to expand on things, if asked to throw together a bit about some random npc I'll make sure that would I put some real thought into it and give more than just a barebones answer.
• Why are you excited for this game?
It's been a bit since I've played in a Masks game and even longer since I played in one on Myth. It's easily become my favorite game and I'm really eager to play again. I've never gotten to play through Red Iron Soldiers so also excited to get the chance.
• What are your expectations for this game?
A fun time mainly. We have discord which helps with communication so much so I'm hoping everyone will take advantage of that to help things flow well. I'm also looking forward to seeing personal stories tied in with the wider overarching narrative of the invasion.
• Why do you think you would be a good fit for this game?
I do like to put a bit of myself into every character and bring them to life. For this game specifically, I've wanted to play Red Iron Soldiers for a while so while the character ideas are ones I've come up with since seeing the ad initially I have thought some in the past about the setting and fun ways to explore it. More than that though in general games on myth give you the chance to really put some thought into your posts and fill them out a bit which I love doing.