APPROVED: BACKGROUND_1 Early Years
(Contains adaptations from Daimon’s background, with permission.)
Around the turn of the century in the Chapel of Dresden, a group of Satanists wanted to breed the ideal high priest and priestess for the being they worshipped. The being called himself ‘Satan’, like so many others throughout history. Victoria Hellstrom’s parents, being friends of the Chapel and demon worshippers as well, sold their daughter to the group as part of a greater plan. Ritually prepared, Victoria was to bear the children of ‘Satan’ and she did so.
Victoria Hellstrom bore her husband a son, Daimon, and three years later a daughter named Satana. Six months after Satana’s birth, a holy hunter named Stephen Loss exterminated the Chapel of Dresden entirely. ‘Satan’ and Victoria continued living together with their children and playing house. Satana grew close to their father while Daimon grew closer to their mother.
Victoria walked in on 6 year old Satana performing a ritual for her father involving a cat, a knife, and a lot of blood. Father revealed his true nature to mother and the whole thing ended badly. Victoria ended up committed to an asylum where she spent the next 12 years. Daimon and Satana are separated and sent to different orphanages. Satana never arrived, and was taken instead to her father’s home plane (affectionately known as ‘Hell’) to be raised by him there.
APPROVED: BACKGROUND_2 Father's House
Once in her father’s realm, Satana is presented with a demonic familiar named Exiter and a demonic companion/slave named Zannarth. She studies under Dansker, an ancient demon. After Satana's 'graduation', she and Zannarth are both banished from Hell. Zannarth is banished to a netherworld, while Satana is banished to Earth.
It’s the roaring 20’s in Manhattan, and Satana discovers how to drain the soul energy from men and feed on it. Following her instincts, she moves to Los Angeles and becomes involved in the Church of the Dark Father.
Satana spends time in pursuit of a group of demons known as The Four, after discovering they were responsible for her banishment to Earth. The pursuit leads to the Netherworld, where she coerces Zannarth to aid her. They kill three and Zannarth perishes as well, but Miles Gomey the leader escapes.
Satana returns to Earth seeking information and perhaps vengeance. She is ambushed by a group of former soldiers led by Monsignor Jimmy Cruz, who beat her and leave her for dead.
APPROVED: BACKGROUND_3 Back in the USA
Exiter brings help (Michael Heron, a former priest). The demon also kills and consumes a soldier who comes back to ensure that Satana is dead. Heron resists her call when she tries to feed from him. Locating Cruz, Satana loses Exiter to the N'Garai, who were summoned by Cruz. Ambushing Cruz, Satana dodges his shots and eats his soul.
Still in pursuit of Miles Gomey, Satana learns from the demon Agathon that Gomey has kidnapped Heron. She kills Agathon and eventually confronts Gomey, who she learns is really her father. Satan admits that the whole elaborate setup was just a test to prove her power and loyalty to him. Satana turns her back on her father, allowing Heron to die without feeding on his soul. Satan banishes her to Earth until she dies.
Satana returns to California, drawn by power use there to Dansker, while he is possessing another mortal. Satana defeats Dansker in this less powerful form. She continues her involvement with the Church of the Dark Father.
APPROVED: BACKGROUND_4 War Years +
In the early 1930’s the Nazis begin their experimentation with occult forces. As a result of their summoning experiments, Satana is whisked away from Los Angeles to Berlin. She joins Himmler’s occult team as a resident demon expert.
Satana participates in quests for both the Holy Grail and the Spear of Destiny with the Nazis. And once both artifacts are obtained, the occult team incorporates her mystical knowledge to cast the spells which banish supernaturals and super heroes from Europe. Being in the proximity to both artifacts, Satana herself is immune from the banishment magic. In 1945 the Spectre pronounces his judgment upon metahumans and Satana is banished from Earth.
Rather than going to her father’s plane of Hell, however, Satana is sent to one of his close rivals. Kept there as his prisoner, Satana spends decades under torment as a hostage. She tries repeatedly to escape, using everything from trickery to seduction to cajoling and outright violence. All for naught. Eventually, however, her patience and persistence paid off. Satana was able to talk her way past one of her guards and slip free of her bonds. Just as she was teleporting away, however, her captor’s parting curse hit her.
She arrived back in New York instead of her father’s plane, her physical appearance that of a teenager and her memories locked away. Having found her way to Xavier's Academy now, Satana (who calls herself Julie for some reason) it trying to figure out who she is and how she got here.
APPROVED: PSY1 Goals
With Satana's arrival in New York, her initial goals are rather simple. She wants to figure out who she is and how she ended up here. She also wants to find out why she lost her memory and, if there was wrongdoing involved, she wants vengeance. Yeah, she does know THAT much about herself at least.
APPROVED: PSY2 Motivation
While she has fully embraced her demonic nature, Satana tries to do the right thing (even if it's for the wrong reasons). Even though in her current, amnesiac state she doesn't remember that she's half demon her infernal nature still gets in the way of being completely heroic.
APPROVED: PSY3 Vengeful
Satana doesn't forget those who have wronged her and she will often go to great lengths to settle old scores. Having lost her long-term memory only means that everybody starts with a clean slate again.
APPROVED: PSY4 Hedonist
While preparing to perform a ritual, Satana doesn't think twice about peeling down naked 'for more freedom of movement'. Likewise, if she needs a soul energy fix, she won't hesitate to pose as a streetwalker to lure in a victim. As a teenager she doesn't concern herself with modesty and even decency sometimes gets a forgetful wink.
APPROVED: PSY5 Playful
Satana likes to flirt and tease, especially if she thinks it will make someone uncomfortable.
APPROVED: PSY6 Reckless
When she's in possession of her full faculties Satana is confident in her strengths and knowledge. She sometimes relies upon them too heavily and dives headlong into trouble. Until her memory is regained this takes on more of an 'impulsive' trait.
APPROVED: PSY7 Sarcastic
Perhaps 'sarcastic' is even too mild a term to describe her. Snarky and caustic might be more appropriate, even. Regardless, Satana has a dry wit and when her patience runs thin she can be almost verbally abusive.
APPROVED: POW1 Magic
Satana learned demonic magic from Dansker, an ancient demon in her father's realm. Her magical knowledge is quite extensive and she can cast a wide variety of spells. Satana's spellcasting takes on one of three forms. Instantaneous, a technique which is fast but also taps into her personal energy reserves. Ritual, which requires little of her personal energy but takes a good deal of time. And lastly, tapping into some ambient mystical energy such as an ancient graveyard. When given the choice, she prefers to perform the appropriate ritual. It should be noted that her magical power increases with the more souls she has consumed.
APPROVED: POW2 Teleport
Satana can teleport up to 25,000 miles in emergencies. She cannot teleport others, just herself. This is not an instinctive ability like Kurt's, but something she accomplishes through magic. She prefers to use burial grounds as gateways to teleport between dimensions; the older the better.
APPROVED: POW3 Astral
Satana is able to project her soul to the Astral Plane and use her powers there. She is also able to astrally project others and bring them along with her. Satana can determine whether someone else is astrally projected, and can detect astral events without projecting herself directly.
APPROVED: POW4 Mind Control
Satana has some ability to control the minds of others through hypnosis and verbal suggestion. This only works on those whose minds are weaker than her own, of course. Stronger minds can resist.
APPROVED: POW5 Levitate
Satana can levitate, but only herself and a modest amount of additional carrying weight. She can only move vertically up and down, and cannot truly fly without growing wings.
APPROVED: POW6 Soul Drain Kiss
Satana can, with a kiss, drain a mortal's soul. This is a deliberate act and doesn't happen 'accidentally' with just 'any' kiss. The soul leaves the shrivelled body in the form of a butterfly, which she crushes to absorb its essence. Once the soul is drained, the spirit passes down to her father's realm of Hell. This power does not affect females and cannot affect psychic or psionic vampires.
APPROVED: POW7 Soul Power Absorption
Satana can ritually adorn weapons with her bodily fluids, typically her blood. When someone is slain by such a prepared weapon she absorbs their soul energy. Bullets, knives and arrows all function well in this respect. She can also place her mark upon someone (typically a symbol traced in her blood) and absorb the soul energy of victims slain by them. This is an 'all or nothing' event for her. Satana either feeds and kills someone or she doesn't feed. She can't take partial 'sips' of someone's soul energy.
APPROVED: POW8 Soulfire
Satana can cast bolts of Soulfire, much like her brother Daimon. It is drawn from soul energy, typically of the wielder. The soulfire bolts cause psychic pain, damaging the soul of the target without causing physical harm. The soulfire bolts can feel like physical force or heat by the target if she wishes, hitting with equivalent force to damage reinforced concrete or searing with the heat of a cutting torch. Soulfire can also damage magical constructs.
APPROVED: POW9 Techno-Magic
Satana subscribes to the viewpoint that 'technology is nothing more than debased, artifical magic'. She frequently experiments with combining magic and technology, sometimes even with successful results. An example of this is her using a magnetic energy tracker to locate a specific soul in the Hell. She still hasn't managed to get a good internet connection in Hell when she goes down to visit, however.
APPROVED: POW10 Demonic Visage
Satana can, if she chooses, alter her physical appearance to become more demonic. The shift is gradual and takes a couple of minutes to complete. Scaley skin, demonic eyes, horns, talons instead of fingers, and a fanged maw are all typical changes that she can affect. She can even sprout wings, cloven hooves, and the traditional spade-tipped tail if she chooses. Of course changing back is just as easily accomplished, and she changes back automatically when she becomes unconscious.
While in altered form, she gains animal equivalent attributes. So depending on what she chose to manifest, she could gain the claws and teeth of a big cat, a tail with gross motor skill manipulation, wings with a flight speed of 30 mph for up to 30 minutes, and scaled skin resistance to small arms fire and knives. Cloven hooves would make it easier for her to climb surfaces with little footholds (much like a goat), but would be of no benefit in clogging whatsoever. Demonic eyes would gain night vision equivalent to predators like owls or big cats, and could even see into the ultraviolet or infrared spectrum.
APPROVED: POW11 Immortality
Satana is effectively immortal. When she dies, she goes to Satan's realm and can later return to the world of the living.
APPROVED: POW12 Astral Sight
Satana can see other astral images when she is in her own body.
APPROVED: ADV1 Demon Physique
As a result of her half-demonic heritage, Satana has an enhanced physique compared with full humans. She is strong enough to bench press up to 10 tons even in human form. While this also allows her to leap and jump extraordinary distances, Satana doesn't possess any gymnastic or tumbling training. She is also quite strong enough to fly when she sprouts wings in demonic form. Satana is quick enough to dodge bullets if she can see them and has the freedom to move.
APPROVED: ADV2 Demon Endurance
Due to her half-succubus blood, Satana can operate for days at a time on little to no sleep. She can also expend tremendous amounts energy in spell casting, tapping into physical reserves that would kill a normal human through exhaustion. Satana can quickly recover from an exhausted state by draining soul energy, if necessary. She is also immune to aging, normal diseases and normal toxins than humans. She is succeptible to magical or interdimensional diseases and toxins, however.
APPROVED: SKILL1 Occult Lore
Satana studied magic and the occult while she grew up in her father's realm. Learning both at the feet of an ancient demon gave her not only vast knowledge, but also a unique perspective. Satana has not only learned magic spells, but also about other dimensions, magical forces, and of course demons. Her specialty is demons and infernal magic, and she has a good general knowledge of most other types of spells.
APPROVED: SKILL2 Mystic Background
Satana is a half-human, half-succubus who was taught magic while growing up amongst demons. She knows how to both cast spells as well as perform witchcraft rituals.
APPROVED: SKILL3 Persuasion
Satana has a way with people, putting it quite simply. Part charisma and part succubus sex-appeal, she can be quite good at convincing people to do what she wants. At least until she loses her temper.
APPROVED: SKILL4 Seduction
When she was first exiled to Earth, Satana needed to feed on souls in order to survive. She quickly learned the art of seducing men in order to get what she wanted (their soul energy). And being half succubus, she became quite good at it.
APPROVED: SKILL5 Languages
Even though she grew up in her father's plane of Hell, Satana speaks a couple of languages besides English. The first is Latin, the language of the Church. The second is Hyperborean, the language of ancient magic. And the third is German, which she learned while working with the Nazis.
APPROVED: SKILL6 Military Training
Satana spent about ten years with the Nazis as an occult advisor, but she wasn't exactly a shrinking violet during that time. While she remained technically a 'civilian', she learned a lot about how military organizations function from her 'handlers'. Satana isn't a master strategist, but she's seen enough battlefield maps to understand how a campaign is run and effective tactical deployment.
APPROVED: SKILL7 Combat
Satana also learned basic combat from the Nazis. Everything from simple hand combat to throwing grenades to firing and maintaining guns. At least the guns of the time period. She's no expert, but combined with her natural abilities Satana is a tough combatant.
APPROVED: FLAW1 Enemies
Satana has a host of enemies that she's made throughout the years. They include the Four (Karath, Raga, Ellin, Trachos/Miles Gorney), a group of animal-headed demons aligned to banish Satana to Earth. There are also many unnamed demons, worshippers of her father, and others who carry a grudge against her for various reasons.
APPROVED: FLAW2 Temper
To put it politely, Satana has a temper. While she can keep her composure for a while, once she loses her temper all diplomacy and rational thought goes out the window. She's likely to react impulsively, if not rashly without thinking through long-term consequences.
APPROVED: FLAW3 Reputation
While Satana isn't exactly a household name, those in mystical circles know her for what she is: a soul-sucking half-succubus. And it comes as no surprise that those in the know are often reluctant to trust her.
APPROVED: FLAW4 Appearance
Even in human form Satana retains small tell-tale signs of her demonic heritage that are present to those who know where to look. After all, not many people have vestigal horns concealed under the shock of red hair or black eyes flecked with red.
APPROVED: FLAW5 Need to Feed
During her initial exile on Earth, Satana required continual feedings of soul energy in order to survive. This can come from a soul-draining kiss or even from a weapon or person she has marked to transfer soul energy of slain victims to her. It is also a quick way to recharge her energy after particularly draining spell casting.
In her current situation things are more complicated. She wasn't exiled to Earth, but escaped to it. Her need to feed is driven by power use, which means that she doesn't need soul energy unless she actually uses her powers. As she begins to experiment with magic and her other powers she will feel the drain and require the soul energy as a recharge, likely to the point where the need triggers a feeding reflex.
APPROVED: FLAW6 Memory
When Satana fought her way free of imprisonment the escape came with a price: her memory. As a result of her captor's mystical parting shot, she's forgotton much of what and who she was just prior to her return to Earth. While she remains technically capable of doing everything she could do before her escape, Satana simply doesn't remember what she can do. Stressful situations may trigger some powers such as teleportation, while other powers are more instinctive like firing a blast of soulfire in anger. Other abilities like her strength and endurance will become known more directly. Magic will have to be learned more gradually, and likely through exposure to spells or manifestations that trigger certain pockets of memory. (Note: This flaw is not long-term in its effects, which will be dependent on RP circumstances.)
APPROVED: FLAW8 Teenager
As another side effect of her escape, Satana now appears to be in her late teens dispite being actually over a century old. This means she is subject to society's laws regarding minors, including drinking age and curfew restrictions. It also means that she'll often be treated like a 'kid'.
APPROVED: FLAW9 Infernal
Being part-succubus doesn't come without its downsides. The biggest one is that, like any other demon, Satana can be summoned by somebody who knows what they're doing. Of course they need to know a bunch of things such as her name, father's name, plane of origin, rituals, protective circles, etc. But it CAN be done, and there's nothing she can do to resist it.
Another negative to her infernal heritage is that Satana is particularly vulnerable to divine magic in most of its forms. While she's handled the Holy Grail and the Spear of Destiny, she was careful to either wear gloves throughout the experience or direct others in the actual manipulation of the artifacts. Divine magic and artifacts will quickly cut through even HER mystical defenses.
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