Winternight
From Unofficial Handbook of the Virtue Universe
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| Winter Knight | |
| Player: Rocksugar | |
| Origin: | Natural |
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| Archetype: | Brute |
| Security Level: | 33+ |
| Personal Data | |
| Real Name: | Grace Fray |
| Known Aliases: | Gracie, Winter Knight |
| Species: | Human-ish |
| Age: | 28 |
| Height: | 5'11" |
| Weight: | 190 lbs. |
| Eye Color: | Grey |
| Hair Color: | White |
| Biographical Data | |
| Nationality: | Unknown |
| Occupation: | Knight |
| Place of Birth: | Unknown (even to her) |
| Base of Operations: | Unknown |
| Marital Status: | Single |
| Known Relatives: | None living |
| Known Powers | |
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| Known Abilities | |
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| Equipment | |
| An axe made of iron | |
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Stories
Everyone reads faerie tales.
In the alternate Earth where Grace Fray was born, they're real. Terrifyingly real.
Grace has spent the last ten years running from the fey court. She was a changeling child, stolen from her parents.
Her whole life was spent at the feet of Maeve.
And then she found an escape, through one of the knights of the court.
Unfortunately, her escape only occurred after she was knighted.
And Maeve hates losing her knights.
Description
Tall and bulky, Grace has icy hair and bright grey eyes. She is cold to the touch. An axe is slung over her shoulder, looking as if it's part of her.
She has the ability to use glamor, though she uses this sparingly, as fae magic is a telltale to other fae searching for her.
When she fights, she's really dancing.
History
Grace Fray was born (unbeknownst to her) as Grace MacLaren, to a couple in the Southern U.S. in December, 1862. Her parents were thrilled to have a daughter, as they had two sons, one of whom fought and died in the war. Unfortunately, before her first year was up, something about the girlchild caught the fey world's eye.
Maeve had one of her winter knights remove the child, and placed a manikin in her cradle. Her parents horrifyingly watched as the manikin slowly expired, knowing it was not their daughter, unknowing where Grace had gone.
Grace grew up (albeit slowly, as time passes differently there) under the watchful, patient eyes of the winter kights. Her childhood passed unremarkably, as she was trained in battle and in other varied arts, at Maeve's insistence. Grace grew to be a rather wary woman, ever careful of Maeve's moods and cruel streak.
At the age of seventeen, Warren (a winter knight) came to her and mentioned a way to escape, as Grace was usually the one that bore the brunt of the knights' lack of compassion. Grace, trusting Warren the most of any creature in faerie but yet ever fearful, declined at first. Warren kept persuading her gently, and she eventually agreed to flee, as long as he came with her.
The night of their planned escape, Maeve threw a surprise gala, just for Grace, as she promoted her to knighthood. This threw everything into disarray, obviously. Grace and Warren had to postpone their escape a few days.
On the night of their changed plans, they were caught. Grace managed to flee, but Warren was killed, right before her eyes.
She's spent the last ten years dodging fey, assuming new identities as she can. Maeve doesn't seem terribly interested in catching her as of yet, as Grace has only had a few close calls.
Grace is beginning to relax somewhat in Paragon City, and beginning to feel like she belongs.
Which could be dangerous.
Theme song: "Winterborn" by the Cruxshadows
