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Revision as of 09:40, 31 August 2020
Guardian Of The Veil
- Character sheet: PDF
- Character Sheet Helper file (LibreOffice)
Quotation | "Gods say a lot of things. Not all of them are true." |
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First Appearance | Tops Comics #0, 1944 |
Real Name | Soraya Morgan |
Identity | Secret ID |
Player | NPC |
Origin | Zenith |
Archetype | Mirror |
Team Affiliation | Westguard |
Base Of Operations | Boston, MA, USA |
Range Of Operations | Interplanetary |
Description
Age | 29 | Nationality | American | |
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Height | 168 cm (5' 6") | Hair | Brown | |
Weight | 58 kg (128 lbs) | Eyes | Brown | |
Gender | Cis Female | Sexuality | Bisexual |
Soraya is an attractive Italian American woman with wavy brown hair, brown eyes, and olive skin. She typically dresses fairly simply, but appropriately for the local weather. In Boston, she often wears jeans and cable knit sweaters, while she tends toward jeans and t-shirts in Los Angeles, or possibly shorts and a halter top if the weather is particularly warm. While acting as Black Orchid, she wears a black bodysuit complemented with purple boots, gloves, corset, and a thigh-length cape.
Attributes
Agility 3 |
Brawn 2 |
Endurance 4 |
Presence 5 |
Reason 3 |
Power Level 9 |
- Normal Lift: 55 kg (pony keg of beer)
- Max Lift: 120 kg (heavy adult)
- Throws (25 kg): 2 m
- Max Range: 1 km
- Max Area: 100 m radius
Skills
- Athletics
- Culture
- Diplomacy
- Mental Combat
- Perception
- Ranged Combat
- Social Sciences
Gifts
- Elusive
- Headquarters
- Pro From Dover: Occultism
Powers
- Blast
- Standard action, Ranged, Normal
- Eldtritch Blast
- Dazzle
- Standard action, Ranged, Alteration
- Gaze Of Helios
- Dimensional Travel
- Move action, Self-only
- Odin's Gate
- Flight
- Move action, Self-only
- Gift Of Aeolus
- Force Field
- Quick action, Self-only
- Dee's Defensive Veil
- Healing
- Standard action, Hand-to-hand, Alteration
- Grace Of Ixtlilton
- Mental Resistance
- Constant, Self-only
- Tower Of Iron Will
- Power Drain
- Standard action, Hand-to-hand, Alteration
- Erlik's Touch
- Power Drain Ray
- Standard action, Ranged, Alteration
- Erlik's Gaze
- Super-teleportation
- Move action, Self-only
- Teleportation
- Move action, Self-only
- Eye Of Ptah
- Ultra-power
- Varies, Self-only
Ultra-power: Interdimensional Manipulation
- Astral Travel
- Move action, Self-only
- Area Blast
- Standard action, Ranged, Area, Normal
- Clairvoyance
- Standard action, Self-only
- Mass Dazzle
- Standard action, Ranged, Area, Alteration
- Detect Occult Influence
- Standard action, Self-only
- Mass Dimensional Travel
- Move action, Self-only, Area
- Mass Flight
- Move action, Self-only, Area
- Hold
- Standard action, Ranged, Special
- Power Suppression
- Standard action, Ranged, Area, Alteration
- Mass Teleportation
- Move action, Self-only, Area
Equipment
- Light Ballistic Vest (PL 1)
- Versatex bodysuit; concealable
- Cell Phone (PL 1)
Movement
Base Move | Double Move | All-out Move | |
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Run | 7 m | 14 m | 42 m (25 km/h) |
Swim | 3 m | 6 m | 18 m (11 km/h) |
Jump | 1 m | ||
Fly | 7 m | 14 m | 42 m (25 km/h) |
Teleport | 130 km | 260 km | 470,000 km |
Personality
Soraya is curious and relentlessly upbeat. She has seen the horrors lurking beyond our world, but she persists in the belief that honor, hope, and courage will prevail against them. This can make Soraya seem flighty, or vacuous, but that's a false impression. She works hard to be worthy of the trust which has been placed in her. Her lighthearted manner is evidence of her inexperience: she is still somewhat in awe of the powers at her command, the limits of which she has yet to truly test. She has supreme confidence that she will be able to deal with anything that comes her way, and she never fails to find hope and optimism in even the most dire circumstances. This relentless optimism is part of why Christine Somerset selected Soraya.
Motivations
- Curiosity
- The character lives and breathes to solve the world's mysteries.
- Responsibility
- The character is burdened by the responsibility of their powers.
Complications
- Enemy
- The legacy of the Black Orchid has made many enemies over the centuries.
History
Soraya Morgan had always been a little different. While other young girls were reading Cosmopolitan and Judy Blume, Soraya was reading Drawing Down The Moon and Mary Stuart. Soraya worked her way through college by working part-time at Umbra Solis, an occult book store in historic downtown Boston. It was while working at the book store that Soraya met Christine Somerset, one of the more popular authors of occult non-fiction, and, in Soraya's opinion, one of the few who weren't completely full of hot air. Ms. Somerset and Soraya took a liking to each other, and over the next few years Ms. Somerset took Soraya under her wing, teaching her aspects of the Arts which she would never feel safe putting into a popular book. It was under Christine Somerset's tutelage that Soraya was able to work her first real magick, drawing power from one of the many universes which border our own. Soraya's world would never be the same. And yet, the greatest revelation was yet to come.
Thirteen months after Soraya's first "working", Christine revealed that she was more than an author of pop-culture occult books, more than a solitary practitioner of charms and illusions. She was a sorceress who had spent much of her adult life in the endless battle against the dark forces lurking at the edge of the mortal world. She was not only Christine Somerset: she was Black Orchid, the most recent in a line of guardians against the endless gnawing darkness which will eventually claim all. But while Christine's power was at its height, her body was near the end of its life. Soraya became her heir. Christine passed on much of her knowledge and tools to Soraya, and the role of Black Orchid passed on to a new generation, just as Judy Allen had passed it to Christine many years earlier.
A minor side effect of her powers is that Soraya's material needs -- food, clothing, shelter -- are no longer a significant concern. Through judicious use of magic, Soraya can obtain nearly any material good she requires. Her desires are modest, however: the only significant expenditure she has made since being granted the role of Black Orchid has been to purchase Umbra Solis from the previous owner, who wished to retire to Miami but could not afford to do so. Umbra Solis now serves as Black Orchid's sanctum. Few would suspect that upstairs from the book store selling New Age twaddle is one of the most complete occult libraries in the world.
Black Orchid is an associate member of WestGuard, the well known Los Angeles posthuman team. In this capacity, she is generally consulted when the team encounters what appears to be an arcane or supernatural menace. However, Soraya is not always available, having both a "real job" at the book store and other less mundane obligations. Black Orchid is also a member of the New York Institute For Parapsychological Research, a privately funded consulting firm located on the island of Manhattan in New York, New York.
Powers and Abilities
Soraya has the strength and stamina of a young woman who regularly engages in moderate exercise. Black Orchid is capable of doing nearly anything she can imagine, but her inexperience prevents her from making full use of her abilities. In combat, she tends to focus on the occult formulas and arcane artifacts which are most familiar to her. With time and preparation, both the variety and the sheer power of her abilities is greatly improved. The more time she has to consider her options, the more dangerous she becomes.
Summary
Character Points Spent: 60
Unspent Experience: 0
Attributes 38 + Skills 7 + Gifts 3 + Powers 12 + Modifiers 0 = 60 / 60