Cordelia Hawthorne
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-- Cordelia's favorite joke
The responsibilities of a funerary witch are such; Mortician, Undertaker, overseer of the graveyard, Funeral home director, exorcist, and, in Cordelia's case, mentor.
Table of ContentsBackstoryCordelia had always been surrounded by Death, it had seemed. From her parent's Funeral home, to them ending up in said funeral home, leaving her to be raised by her sister Abigail. It had never been easy for the two of them. When she was still young, Abigail left her too, leaving a young Cordelia to fend for herself, along with her familiar, a church grim by the name Mr. Beans
Recently, she's picked up an apprentice, a kid given up by his own family, too sick to be taken care of anymore. They begged the witch to do something, to help their child, and if it meant taking him away, so be it.
Presently, Cordelia runs the Hawthorne funeral home in the small out-of-the-way town of Addersfield, while teaching and taking care of her daughter, Doe Hawthorne
(it is to be noted that Cordelia is a notorious unreliable narrator) Physical Appearance + NotesCordelia is a tall woman with lightly tanned skin. Her hair is dark brown, with strands of gray running through it, it's curly, but that cannot be seen usually, as she wears it in a long braid. Her eyes are a bright green, and she wears rectangular glasses with a small wire frame. She always looks at least a little worn down by life, with crows feet beginning to form at her eyes.
Often, Cordelia dresses like she stole the clothes right off of a man from the Victorian era, lots of pinstripes and vests. She owns a lot of tasteful black clothes, fit for funerals, but enjoys her fair share of gaudy, colorful clothes when she can. No matter what she wears, she always keeps her onyx and gold bolo tie on. It's just neat.
Big jackets run in the Hawthorne family, it would seem. Cordelia tends to wear hers as a cape more than she ever puts it on normally, though.
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Personality
Cordelia is a woman obsessed with having everything under control. Even the Goddess of misfortune cannot throw her off if she simply plans things well enough, she believes. She always has a plan, and a backup plan, and then a secret backup for the backup. She is known to be a bit neurotic, and the unpredictability of an impulsive teen really tests her patience at times. Despite this, she loves Doe, of course she does.
She feels as if things have been out of her hands for most of her life, so now, she likes to know what is happening, when and how. In a way, this makes her power over Katara's strings, and the director of a Funeral home perfect for her. Complete say in what happens in her own little domain. She views her job as a Funerary witch in the same way; death is unpredictable, but she helps ease the pain for others, if only a little bit, she gets that control.
Cordelia is also, just, kind of a lame wine mom. She enjoys bad jokes, embarrassing her kid in good fun, and spending time with her Familiar. She can be plenty goofy at times, when she wants to be.
Being a funeral home director, often in close contact with the grieving, Cordelia is very careful with her words, and pretty good at handling the emotions of others. She tends to ignore her own feelings, bottling things up to appear calm and collected all the time, a pillar for people to rely on.
HEAVY. HEAAAAAVVVVYYYYY abandonment issues. Oh my god it's so bad, girl consider therapy.
Likes
- Taxidermy (making and admiring)
- painting
- Piano
- tea
- wine
- collecting tea cups
- when everything goes according to plan
- dad jokes
Dislikes
- Her sister
- being ignored
- unpredictability
- minimalism, makes the maximalist in her heart uncomfortable
Location [if applicable]
Usually Cordelia is only ever at the funeral home, at times she will leave for a week or so, being called to some far off town for an exorcism, but these are not too often.
Abilities
✦ Scholarly
Cordelia has extensive knowledge on the history and current goings-on of Thraelos, if you needed someone to exposition dump, it could probably be her. In close contact with a lot of different cults and religions, very familiar with a lot of their practices and what abilities their gods may have granted them.
✦ Magic
Same style of magic as Doe, simply more practiced, and Cordelia can do it on a larger scale. String based, her spells are created by sets of glowing strings she can create at will from her hands. These are known as the strings of fate, really they are everywhere, already set up by the Goddess of bad luck, she simply has the ability to manipulate existing ones, and have control of some of her own.
From these, she can create a circular string, and make cats cradle patterns to achieve different spells
On their own, the strings can these can be used to bind, or puppet, other people/spirits. Cordelia's strings will not snap under pressure, and can only be broken by deliberately cutting through them.
✦ speed dial
Cordelia is, at the moment, even if she doesn't know it, the main follower of Katara, giving her a direct line to the goddess if she needs. How helpful she will be when she shows up is debatable, but Cordelia only needs to do one thing that is seen as bad luck, and the goddess will manifest.
For example, breaking a mirror, walking under a ladder, or opening an umbrella indoors.
At the very least, Katara can boost the strength of Cordelia's current spell
Skills & Stats
Cordelia is a seasoned Witch, confident in her magic abilities, she knows where her strengths and weaknesses lie, this will often keep her from entering situations too far above her skill level.
If in a fight, or immediate danger, her first instinct is always to stop it by wrapping it in strings until it cannot move, then deciding where to go from there.
Not too athletic, but she's good at handling rough terrain from the traveling she does for work sometimes.
Due to her work as a mortician, Cordelia has a very steady hand, and a good amount of medical knowledge, enough to help in a pinch
Weapons
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✦ General Stats
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✦ Imperative Strengths
Her magic
✧ Imperative Weaknesses
does not take surprises well
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| Patience | ✦✦✦✧✧✧✧✧✧✧ | Intelligence | ✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✧✧✧ |
| Confidence | ✦✦✦✦✦✧✧✧✧✧ | Perception | ✦✦✦✦✦✧✧✧✧✧ |
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NPC Usage Notes
Do whatever you want! I would however prefer she not die, and please do not feature her without Charlie (if they get separated once they were seen travelling together, that is okay)
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Author's Notes
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