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Emilia, Tyrant Fallen From Grace

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It's worth noting that this Emilia is, in fact, a clone- the original Emilia is trapped inside a void for all eternity.
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Name: Emilia Black-Hearth, currently calling herself "M" (she thinks it's clever)
Age: 26, but her soul is well over 20,500.
Gender: Female
Species: Human
Ethnicity: Unknown, seems to be mixed
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 143 lbs
Occupation: Outcast
Residence: Homeless
Favorite Food: Egg Salad (used to be people but she can't do that anymore)
Alignment: Chaotic Evil


Art by Asukaziye
Character Theme:
Ain't It Fun

Physical Description:
Emilia is a blonde human woman, slightly taller than average. Her eyes are a deep blue, and her skin is very pale- nearly porcelain in appearance. Her bust size is above average. While she used to wear luxurious robes and form fitting armor in her old life, Emilia has since been reduced to wearing an old wizard robe. It was the only outfit she had at her castle that fit- her new body is a few inches taller than her old one. She has the wizard hat to go with it, but she thinks it looks dumb on her.

Emilia carries a wooden sword, a practice weapon she stole from a child. It's made of teak, and is surprisingly durable.

Personality:
Emilia may well be the personification of bitterness. She was once a proud dragon warlord with the world at her fingertips- but just as the blossoms of a cherry tree must wither, so must the fruits of our labor. In order to return from the dead, she had to pay a steep price- Emilia is now a powerless human woman. This has inspired a lot of self loathing and resentment on her part, as Emilia hates humans with a passion. Unwilling to accept that her winds of fortune have changed, Emilia refuses to adapt to her new body, instead relying on the reputation she had as a dragon to get by. She believes her powers will eventually return someday (she's wrong), so why try learning any new skills or methods of self defense? It's easier to just pretend that she's still an all powerful dragon until she returns to her old, glorious self.  Only time will tell if her facade will hold up.
Update: In a shocking twist, Emilia has cast aside her name- she's come to the conclusion that clinging onto it is a hindrance. Simply going by "M" now, she's attempting to keep her head down while she searches for a way to return to her old life. She's still a belittling, condescending ass to everybody she she deems "lesser" than her, though- some things will never change.

Interestingly enough, Emilia's old life was a facade. Despite her claims of being a masterful voidmancer, she in fact had very little control over her near godlike abilities. This is the reason that, despite her claims of plotting world domination, she never actually did anything in her 20,500 years of life. She constantly struggled to maintain the appearance of being in complete control of her powers, and the toll it took on her mental stability was immense. Paranoia and and pathological lying was common, as was bizarre fixations on seemingly irrelevant things. She used to write all of her fears and insecurities in a journal she kept locked in her bedside table.

Emilia is persistent to a fault, and does not know how to recognize when something is hopeless. She genuinely believes that if she can accomplish anything if she tries enough times. She's also incredibly pushy and demanding, and believes her old reputation as a unstoppable force of nature will scare others into complying with what she wants. Emilia would like to think that she's witty, but she's really not.

If you were to dig into her enough, you'd find a very scared, very angry girl who desires control over others in order to feel good about herself. Even deeper than that is a girl who just wants friendship, love, and admiration, but is too broken to understand that the way she treats others prevents these desires from ever becoming a reality. Chances of her ever seeing any error in her ways is slim to zero.

Relationships:
As Emilia is many thousands of years old, she naturally has many enemies, rivals, and allies. However, her closest relationships- be they good or bad- had always been with her family. In order of oldest to youngest, they are as follows:
Characters nobody remembers/cares about

-Electi Black-Hearth- Older brother. Emilia believed he would attempt to betray her some day, and took extreme precautions to make sure he never could. Electi has since disappeared...
-Eira Black-Hearth- Younger sister. Black sheep of the family, Emilia would prefer to act like she doesn't exist.
-Aeizith Black-Hearth- Younger Brother. Emilia tried to mold him into an obedient servant, but he rebelled. It was during Aeizith's rebellion that Emilia's first body was lost, essentially freeing him from her grasp.
-Kaida Black-Hearth- Youngest sister, and the only member of Emilia's family who she actually likes.
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Magic/Abilities:
Emilia once had extremely potent void magic, but that time has since passed. She's now entirely powerless. She knows swordplay in theory, but she never actually had to use the sword she once carried. Her new body is too frail to use the martial arts she knew, as the style she practiced took full advantage of her old body's super strength.

Having read many books in her attempts to control her own powers, Emilia has a lot of knowledge about void magic and the magical theory behind it. Calling her an authority on the subject would be an understatement. This knowledge is situational at best however, as her powers are gone and voidmancers in general are rare. She's also read quite a bit about nihilism, although she herself does not adhere to the ideology.

As disheartening as it may be, fate seems to... favor Emilia. She's managed to worm her way out of every challenging situation she's found herself in, albeit not without injury. Only time will tell is she truly has luck on her side or not.

History:
While Emilia's full story is tens of thousands of years long, the only really important part is how she became what she is now. Her memories of how it happened are foggy, but she had finally lost control of her powers- and in front of her youngest sister no less, shattering the younger dragon's admiration for her. She remembers getting dragged into her own void, screams for help going unanswered, then darkness.

Most of her soldiers disbanded after that, but there was one man who chose to remain. An absolute zealot, he vowed to bring Emilia back no matter the cost to himself or to others. After months of searching, he finally found a way- a golem with the power to copy a person's personality and memories for a short period of time. After paying the golem's master a large sum of money, the soldier managed to set up a complex ritual to move the copy of Emilia's mind and soul out of the golem and into a new, more permanent body. Unfortunately, the only body he could find that looked like Emilia belonged to a powerless human seamstress. Figuring that it would have to do, he preformed the ritual immediately after putting a pair of Emilia's old boots on the golem, giving the clone no say in the matter. As the ritual called for a human sacrifice, the man overzealously killed himself in a final, pointless act of loyalty. The golem master took his servant and left, and the now powerless Emilia was left alone with nothing but an old pair of her boots and a sense of helplessness- an emotion she had never experienced until that moment.

Now she wanders, looking for a way to return to her old life. She's unable to return to her old fortress, as her new body is ill-suited for climbing up the Kilanthro mountains in order to reach it- she discovered this the hard way. Never mind, she made it back- 18th time's the charm. She left soon afterwards though, there was nothing but memories there. What fate has planned for her is unknown...


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Complete Threads
A Not So Friendly Guest
To Eckhart, From Hildegarde
Water And Vinegar (shows up briefly towards the end)
Supermassive Black Hole (Thread died but she gets her sword in it)
You're Alive?! (Emilia returns to her castle and then leaves again. Make up your mind!)

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