#🦢 profile : madame lebedeva

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𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐅𝐈𝐋𝐄 : madame lebedeva, deathless & slavic folklore

name. madame lebedeva (full name is hers to give at her discretion) diminutives. lebed (intimate friends) super secret diminutives. inna, inulya, innushka pronouns. she/her titles. head magician of buyan, advisor & possestrima of the tsar of life age. immortal origin. slavic folklore etymology. chyerti (vila), magician sexuality. pansexual alignment. chaotic neutral / good, the army of life, the army of death

relations. koschei (vilenik), marya morevna (her vilenik at heart)

height. 5'2" build. petite and sylphic hair. light brown (white in vila form) eyes. brown (silver or black in vila form) scars. none (too many missing feathers in vila form) scents. honeysuckle and cherry blossoms

abilities / skillset .

vila/swan physiology . prefers to glamor & present herself as a colorful magician, but in her true vila form, lebed appears as a nymph clad in all white with swan wings, or becomes a full fledged swan. in either iteration of her vila form, a feather from her wing can grant health and strength but it comes with restrictions (see further below)

sorcery / alchemy .  after becoming a posestrima (vila blood sister) to koschei, she took an interest in the arcane and now has extensive knowledge and capabilities for casting curses and spells; she uses colors to draw mana; often fuses her potions and enchantments into her creams, perfumes and cosmetics.

revival / healing magic . as a vila, originally tied to lakes and springs, she has a natural proclivity for magic related to water and healing. before buyan's ocean desiccated, she had the ability to use dead water and live water for resuscitation rituals so long as soldiers were found not too long after death. now she can only rely on her arcane abilities and/or her limited swan feathers to attempt resuscitation, which works only on lucky occasions.

horseback riding / archery . she has a deep love for horseback riding and her white mare named biserka. also is an excellent archer who inherited a mystical bow from a legendary vila named ravijojla.

other vila abilities/skillsets . hypnotic dancing, luck manipulation (good luck to a vilenik; bad luck to someone who intrudes on a dance circle); precognition (random & not controllable), animal communication (mountain dogs, deer & horses favored), enhanced speed, durability & strength.

restrictions .

vilenik blood oath . after a favored one presents their offering to a vila and completes trials to prove themselves worthy, a vila can make them her chosen vilenik. in doing so, they undergo a blood oath which binds them together indefinitely. this represents a sacred promise to aid and protect a vilenik in their times of need, and also prevents a vila from directly harming her vilenik and vice versa. this is (unfortunately) her case with koschei.

vila weaknesses . her life force is tied to her hair, particularly in her vila form. cutting it is fine, but to take a strand of her hair from the root would severely deplete her physical strength. to take a second depletes her magic. and to take a third would kill her; her swan feathers are limited and grow back very slowly if at all once used; the use of her feathers for magic depletes her strength significantly and cannot be used more than three times in a given day without killing her

counterspells: all her spells have counter spells, and while she is a powerful magician in her own right, there are a few others who are more experienced than she is despite her position as the head magician. however, her hypnotic enchantments, expertise in alchemy, and health poultices are unrivaled.

theme. nymphology , melanie martinez

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