Sonia Roma

Name: Sonia Roma
Aliases: Iron Nun
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Class: Apostle
Faction: The Church
Division: Exorcist Division
Rank: Apostle



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Appearance:

Sonia is a tall girl, at 6'3" she is what could be considered a powerhouse and paragon of physical strength and fitness. Her skin is a delicate alabaster, unusually gentle for her rough life of hunting the undead and slightly pale after having lived most of her life in the middle of Italy. Her lips are a light pink, almost colourless, her eyes are a pale blue and her hair a deep blonde; all of which betray a strong Germanic heritage. She isn't a particularly beefy character, she has strong compact muscles, having worked for strength rather than bulk, with a willowy strong figure she has narrow shoulders though she is in possession of wide hips and thighs. Her abdomen is almost solid, the only thing stopping it from truly being a hard wall of muscle being a small layer of fat, softening her look and allowing her build to retain some level of delicacy and femininity despite her vigorous training regimen.

She has a strong beauty to her, but she couldn't be considered glamorous, her jawline is what would be considered slightly stronger than in most girls, some teased her when she was young for boyish looks in the face, but over time she has grown into herself with a slightly pointed, upturned nose and long eyelashes. Her clothes are always neat and tidy and she opts for modesty whenever she can, meaning her casual clothes consists mostly of jumpers, and knee length skirts. Her hair is usually kept in a ponytail when her habit or veil isn't being worn, it's one of her bits of vanity that she spends considerable amounts of time brushing it and keeping it as sleek and shiny as she can, even when covered she spends equal time brushing. She has no notable skin blemishes aside from her stigmata located along her spine at the base of her skull.

Her usual outfit for hunting consists of a plain grey tee shirt and MTP trousers, complete with assault boots and a belt. Simple, but effective, in cold environments she goes for a grey jumper on top of this.

Personality:

At first glance Sonia appears very prim and proper and austere, she has an intelligent, dignified demeanour. She takes great pride in herself, and is supremely confident. This almost borders on vanity, and arrogance, but she tempers herself; even to the point of her morning routine consisting of a glance in the mirror and the words: “Thou art but mortal,” she is very self-aware and realises the amount of time and effort goes into looking like the model nun she wants to be. Though she knows that it would be perilously easy to fall into the trap of vanity, and so while she indulges herself and enjoys looking good she is slightly scared of putting in too much effort, though for her nothing is quite too much trouble as long as she retains modesty.

Her patience is legendary, she is calm and serene and is willing to put up with much from others; however this isn't always the case. In battle her patience becomes thin, she doesn't take any savage joy in it, and so she attempts to end it as efficiently and as quickly as possible. As a warrior she isn't flashy, her vanity doesn't extend to combat and so instead she just sees it as a necessity that comes with being a warrior in service to humanity; the work she loves but even then it comes with work that could be considered unsavoury.

Sonia is a devoted nun, she believes firmly in the Church and Pope she fights for; and believes that regardless of anything that the Church is a force for major good in the modern day. This doesn’t mean by any means that she is bigoted, and holds those of other faiths in contempt, she is a firm believer in live and let live; and so as long as someone isn’t hurting others she won’t try and cause them harm if she can avoid conflict and unnecessary violence. But she will always keep tabs on those that could be threats, and will never truly be relaxed around undead and profane creatures; though in the case of one particular half-Incubus she grew up near he is the notable exception. She is a dutiful nun, and will take on missions to help the destitute and protect the defenceless, ultimately she is a servant to mankind and a tool of God’s will in her eyes, thus she wants to help whoever she can in a selfless manner. This all means that she is a happy, bright, smiling visage of joy that can give a reassuring smile in the direst situations and is willing to face the most terrible hardships for her fellow man.

What makes her willing to confront great danger is simple, it’s the fact she’s an Apostle. She is utterly assured as a result that she is doing God’s work, and many a time through the abilities she has been given has she had faith reaffirmed. For even in the most dangerous times, in the most life threatening times and lethal times, the Lord has preserved her. So she must be meant for a higher purpose, and so she serves.

However she is far from perfect, what appears to be a dutiful kind nun on the surface has the demons she struggles with and the shackles she wrestles with on a daily basis to be a good person. It would easily be forgivable were she not a nun, but she has made an oath, and she struggles to keep it. Sonia is a nymphomaniac. She struggles with maintaining her chaste nature, though it’s never a conscious struggle it’s always ticking away at the back of her mind. Prayer doesn't seem to cure her, neither did the councillor she saw for a short time, and so she accepts it unwillingly and with the odd tantrum and spout of anger as her cross to bear.

History:

Sonia Roma has had a rather uneventful life for someone called the Iron Nun, and someone whom is an Apostle for the Church. However that doesn't mean that her life has been uninteresting, merely that growing up lacked excitement. This is because she grew up in Rome, and has lived there all of her life, as have most of her family going back to the days of Italy’s unification when they settled in Rome after migrating from Austria, her family were a fighting sort and like a number of others they worried for the holy Vatican in the middle of the sea of battles. They have lived their throughout the years without complaint, some going into the Church, though all have been devout followers and all have had their loyalty repaid with good fortune when they need it most, in other words even going through trials their faith has led them through it and they believe that God has always been on their side when things were at their most desperate.

Sonia came into the world on a Wednesday, on the 12th March 1986 at roughly 4 in the morning. It had been a difficult home birth, her mother was exhausted and her father had worn a hole in the carpet but she was born healthy with all her fingers and toes. Around seven weeks later she was baptised, it was a big affair with neighbours and even prominent members of the clergy descending to give congratulations to what was indeed one of the most devout, kind, and charitable members of their flock. There was of course another reason for all this, the child had been born with a peculiar birth mark; one that the priesthood assured the parents meant that the child was meant for great things in the name of God Almighty. It was decided after that by her parents that she was most likely meant for the church, but they made the decision to not force it as they were sure that if it was meant to be then she would make that decision on her own. However they were going to share their faith, and make sure that at the very least they made sure she knew that whatever happened there was a worldwide family that had her back as long as she had theirs.

As a child she was a happy sort, she ran around, she played, she got into scrapes, but she was always good natured and honest, sometimes -as children are wont to do- too honest to the point that some took offence. She always apologised however, especially when she upset a man by being too loud about his missing arm. Her parents explained he’d lost it in a big war, which apparently was a fight just with lots more people.

She attended Sunday school diligently, her faith was strong from a very young age; she was fascinated with the stories they told her and soaked up the lessons of morality they told her. It was all exciting, new, fascinating. Plus it made her feel special, her birthmark had a meaning! It was just like what Jesus had been on! For a young child that was doubly exciting, eventually she turned into a teen, at which point she began to notice boys. It was a strange thing, one moment she was content reading and running around, the next she went through a phase of people watching, and by people it mostly meant boys around her age whom she admired from a bit of a distance. Her parents noticed, and from then on they kept a doubly close eye on their blue-eyed little girl.

Her teenage years were otherwise made up of deciding to become a nun eventually however, she still had what she regarded as bad thoughts but she decided it was worth putting up with for the chance to help people, she began talking to every nun she could, and even went on excursions across Europe with her parents serving as her taxi as she discussed what it was like and got an idea for the order. This research seemed for naught however, as the minute she began to seemingly take it seriously she was approached by members of the clergy. They told her of the Stigmata, and were willing to help her become a nun in the Vatican where she would serve, however if she did her life would be bound to the Church while she lived.

That wasn’t the scary part.

The scary part was what they told her after she had been matched with the fake shroud; she was going to be responsible for defending humanity from the horrors that waited in the dark. Not alone of course, but still, it was a big burden they were going to be training her to handle. She took her vows at the age of 18, and ever since has been training to truly make a difference.




Faith: E (20 units)
Strength: E
Endurance: F
Agility: F




Holy Relic

Name: Faux Turin Shroud
Rank: D
Relic Appearance: A black slightly tatty shroud that wraps around Sonia's head like her nun's veil when she's using it, has the impression of a face in it that mimic's that of Christ's which is found on the true one.
Tattoo Appearance: The tattoo appears as a very simple block filled black cross, the tip starting at the very base of the skull and the base ending just as the neck transitions to become the back, it's a slender thing, uninteresting but solid and strong, much like Sonia herself.
Description: It protects the wearer from harm. It protects against almost all things with some exceptions that are of lower rank than the relic, meaning that at the minute while D Rank all E Rank attacks cannot harm the wearer, in addition the first attack of equal rank to hit Sonia in a thread is stopped, after that however anything of equal and up hits her and hurts her as if she was normal. However this effect only applies against magic users, non pure humans, and magic attacks, so she has protection from dhampirs, mages, werewolves or vampires amongst other things. However attacks must affect her directly to be affected in the case of magic. and so while a fireball would need to be D Rank or higher to hurt Sonia, a spell that forced her off a building wouldn't need to as the fall wouldn't be covered by this thing's protection. The rank of an attack is determined by the rank of the weapon and the user in regards to this, and so a melee attack would be the highest of the user's strength and the weapon itself while the rank of a ranged weapon would just be the rank of the weapon. Attacks just seem to bounce off her, also mental effects aren't covered by this, just anything that would cause physical harm if it lands, and when it is protected the attack just seems to fizzle out.

Equipment:

Name: Radio
Rank: E
Description: A personnel radio like police might use, it fits her belt perfectly and packs nicely inside a travel case. It's black, a little worn, and a little heavy on power, it seems to drain batteries rather quickly, though it is reliable and always seems to manage to persevere through a life of being thrown around. It has a range of roughly 10-15km depending on where she is, and how much disruption there is.

Name: Silver plated knuckle dusters.
Rank: E
Description: A set of two silver plated knuckle dusters with a roughly 1" spike coming from each knuckle, simple and brutal in their design it aids in increasing her damage output. They have little sentimental value and little history, instead just being their due to them being of some use.

Uniforms:

Name: Nun's uniform
Description: The full regalia, extremely well maintained and modest she takes great pride in her vestments and wears them whenever she can, though she knows that when hunting it isn't. It is a long tunic, long and black and bound around her hips with a length of straw rope, it's far from flashy, but it's clean and tidy and the meaning behind it swells her with pride, the only thing possibly flashy about it is the brass cross about her neck, the strong metal contrasting with the dark material.



Skills:

Name: All of God's Might
Description: This style is based on Pankration, however it is far more aggressive than the style traditionally was, with the rules of no eye gouging or biting being removed for the purposes of making the user as effective as possible. It's designed to systematically destroy enemies with brutal close quarters combat, and as such it concentrates on adapting to specific enemies and exploiting whatever opportunities are opened. This style uses technique combined with savage force to cause great injury to the enemy, resulting in modified manoeuvres that make chokes and locks far more debilitating and damaging via locking limbs in place and making them twist in ways they shouldn't go. This style requires brute force at lower levels of skill, however the technique makes up for it at higher levels, meaning that while it requires a healthy level of strength the technique behind it is far more important. 
Rank: E

Name: Divine Sacrament of Blessing
Description: The magical system of the Church. Though the organization calls them miracles that are bestowed upon its believers. Sacraments are the categories in which Rites are divided into. This is the skill where a Hunter has access to Rites. The rank of this skill determines how good you are at utilizing said Divine Sacrament and will be a big factor in determining how well advanced you are within your specialized field.
Rank: E


Abilities:

Name: Rise, by the Grace of God
Description: This ability is a manifestation of God's ability to heal and bring back from the very brink. This thing activates upon death, but not true death; in other words once the body stops being able to move from mortal injury after clinical death but before the brain would truly be dead. Its rank is what decides the effect, though the core ability itself never changes merely its effectiveness. However, it never loses certain limits, that being that the head needs to still be attached to the body; and the brain must be more than 50% intact and the body itself must be intact. This means that if burned or turned to ash or cut up enough this ability won’t be able to do anything.
D: The body regenerates the fatal wound and all minor ones as well, including cuts and lacerations and minor blunt force damage, though nothing else that is large is touched. The user also suffers a minus to all base stats barring faith, this can still only be used once a thread.
C: In addition to healing non-fatal minor wounds this ability heals any medium damage such as broken bones; it still causes the minus to all stats
B: All damage is healed, the user rises again with even damage such as the dangling of an arm by mere sinews fixing up or deep cuts to the shoulder that go down to the crotch; the healing ability truly is superb. The user still suffers a minus to all stats.
A: This ability can be used twice in one thread, with the minuses stacking each time.
S: Limbs can be entirely regenerated through this, meaning that even if an arm is cut off and totally destroyed this ability can heal it.
Cost: 50% Maximum amount of Faith
Rank: D

Name: Faith
Description: The point where one's Faith can be realized through the Church's Sacraments, Rites, and other means of combating the supernatural through the Church's way. While not exactly mirroring a member's actual "faith", it is a quality that gives them power that can be harnessed. This is required for every member of the Church in order to use Sacraments/Rites or even Holy Relics.
Rank: E

Name: Bravery
Description: The resolve to function towards an intended goal despite the numerous mental interferences. This can range from fear, pressure, confusion, and so forth.
Rank: E

Name: Environmental Awareness
Description: The ability of heightened keen observation of one's own environment. It is gained from being involved in dangerous situations that may cause death or drastic injury. This capacity for sensing danger relies on increasing the sensitivity of all five senses.
Rank: E

Name: Stigmata
Description: The mark of the Christ. People who gain such a mark are known as the Apostles or the "Blessed". Stigmatas allow Apostles to gain access to the powers of a Holy Relic. The Relic they possess will have their rank always matching this ability. The Stigmata not only allows them to use Holy Relics, but also allows them to commune with old forgotten artifacts of Christian nature and whatever form of constructs that requires its presence.
Rank: D

Techniques/Rites:

Note: Neither "My Shield is Faith," or "Deny the Witch," can be used in conjunction with each other.

Name: My Shield is Faith
Incantation: Deus Vult
Description: This is a reinforcement of the defence that her relic gives to her, it reinforces the protection of God upon her body in regards to physical attacks, specifically her front, any attacks to the rear or to the side would only meet the regular amount of protection. This technique offers no visual signs but to those sensitive to such they will feel the extra grace in her presence. This skill makes her protection count as being a rank higher for attacks aimed for her front, but otherwise it is far from a flashy technique and is more for close up head-on engagements. This has no effect on magical attacks.
Rank: D
Cost:  2 Faith to activate, 1 a post to maintain
Type: Support

Name: Deny the Witch
Incantation: Do not allow a sorceress to live
Description: This is a reinforcement of the defence that her relic gives to her, it reinforces the protection of God upon her body in regards to magical attacks, specifically her front, any attacks to the rear or to the side would only meet the regular amount of protection. This technique offers no visual signs but to those sensitive to such they will feel the extra grace in her presence. This skill makes her protection count as being a rank higher for attacks aimed for her front, but otherwise it is far from a flashy technique and is more for close up head-on engagements.
This has no effect on physical attacks.
Rank: D
Cost: 2 Faith to activate, 1 a post to maintain
Type: Support

Name: Hand of God
Description: This is a technique which allows the user to focus faith in the hand for a specific move or attack on the enemy, it's usually used against profane creatures and has no effect on normal humans, though mages are still affected. The specifics is that it attacks the magical side of magi and the supernatural effects and abilities inherent in the profane. With magi their spells and ongoing effects are stunned for a period of 5 seconds after this hit lands, giving a window to tear apart a mage that would otherwise use magic to overpower Sonia, in the case of supernatural creatures their physical abilities are lowered to the level of a standard human and things such as regeneration are locked for a 5 second window, at which point it all comes back without any kind of drawbacks. This technique requires a solid hit with an open palm, and so if the wrist is caught or it is dodged altogether the hit is wasted.
Rank: E
Cost: 3 Faith
Type: Attack, Technique

Name: The Lord's Blessing
Incantation: Our Father in Heaven, may you bless this, may you give your merciful attention to your servant and allow her to imbue within (insert thing here) your unmatched grace and majesty and might. Please hear my prayer
Description: With this anything can be blessed for an hour, though it has to be small, such as one set of ammunition or a dagger or even a set of gloves or shoes. As long as it's small this rite will bless it, giving it the same standing as a consecrated weapon, though it is only a temporary blessing.
Rank: E
Cost: 5 Faith
Type: Support

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