Theodora était assise dans une salle à manger de l'abbaye de Hohenwart. Son visage était enterré dans les châles de l'atmosphère sombre, étonnamment silencieux avec une prière inhalée. Sa corde de prière était drapée sur ses genoux, perçant ses doigts calmement, collectivement. Ses yeux d'olive regardaient la nourriture devant elle, une soupe de légumes, qu'un plaignant annonça au milieu des prières que c'était tout le nunnery avait offert depuis plusieurs jours. Theodora ne pouvait pas juger les pauvres, chuchotait la femme, cependant. Cette femme était avec un bébé, et le manque de nourriture a causé son lait à sécher. Les religieuses avaient encouragé la femme à boire du vin pour aider à augmenter sa lactation.
Il n'y avait pas beaucoup de bruit, dans la salle à manger, sauf le cliquetage occasionnel d'ustensiles contre les assiettes. Les lumières des bougies clignotaient avec la personnalité du temps qui criait à l'extérieur de l'abri. Le temps a fait le plus de musique dans la salle, et il a dansé avec les bougies, offrant la seule lumière. Le mantra de la prière de Jésus était facile à remplir de répétition dans l'esprit de Théodore parmi ces conditions, qui étaient si naturelles et révélatrices de la condition humaine sombre.
Les sœurs étaient calmes, attendant patiemment que leurs invités les plus honorés finissent de manger. L'abbaye s'attardait près de l'entrée, tête de la table, en regardant les soeurs. Theodora était heureuse de la pluie, les combats étaient calmes malgré la subtile violence du temps. Elle n'a pas aimé les combats, il semblait si inutile et gorieuse et pourtant une partie de la culture humaine. À l'intérieur du monastère, ils avaient été prouvés sains et saufs, protégés par Dieu. Il les avait bénis jusqu'ici et j'espère, malgré les ténèbres qui surgissent au-dessus de la ville, Sa lumière brillerait à travers toutes les icônes et offrirait une protection à travers la Dame Tout-Immaculée et tous ses saints.
Theodora récita un Salut Marie, venant à une perle de porcelaine sur sa corde de prière, avant de continuer son mantra de la prière de Jésus. Elle puisa dans de petits souffles de ses lèvres délicates, écoutant continuellement le silence de la salle à manger. La conversation a été perdue par la météo et les prouesses de Theodora, pour le moment.
Name: Theodora Magdelina Adrianos
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Appearance: Theodora stands above average height for a woman at about five foot six or seven. She has long, uncut, dark, chestnut hair with slight waves braided down her back. A simple, thin, white headpiece scarf is tucked around her head in almost a wimple-like fashion, for attempted modesty purposes despite her single nature.
She has been blessed with olive colored skin. Light freckles are sprinkled over her nose and inner cheek. Her eyes are a dark hazel or olive green color. Her lips are small, and readily pressed together in order to remain penitently silent. She wears a long dress-like garment which is copper or brown in color and flares in the bodice in the guise of an unpretentious woman. Over her chemise is a kirtle, off-white in color. A camel colored cloak is worn over her entire wardrobe, which covered her dark footwear.
Personality: Theodora is pious in character and perpetually trying to ascend the ladder of true divinity. Her mistakes are taken gravely, which is shown in her slightly unforgiving attitude towards herself. She breaks her own heart repeatedly to help those that need help. She has an insistent need to see the Christ-like icon in everyone around her. She is desperate to achieve true wholeness in her mind, body, heart, and spirit. Although, she tries to be as angelic as possible, she unfortunately had her follies. At times she can seem prude and prideful and arrogant. Despite her modest attire, she can appear to be pompous, which is not her true intent, but an unfortunate curse.
Origin: Byzantium
Background: Theodora was born to Artemas and Irene Adrianos in the small Byzantium. Her father was in the Palaiologan military. He was a sailor and often times due to the small number of their militia, he was called to duty to fight off the Turks. She grew to learn the arts taught to her by her mother, the arts of cooking, weaving, and tending to other household chores. At age ten, she started showing signs of an ability, most commonly known as for being a visionary. However, her powers were shown to be of any good. Her visions were numbered by demons and not sent directly by God but interceded through the evil one. She was thought of to be a witch and exorcised.
Unfortunately, due to circumstances of the Byzantine Empire, the economy and wars against the Muslims, or maybe just a lack of faith from the ones conducting and praying the exorcisms, her powers remained with her. Her spiritual powers were considered, "at an unrest." To her mother and father's dismay, she was sent to the nunnery at Saint Mary of Mongols in Constantinople, where she lived amongst the monastery's life for four years, secluded from society.
Alas, at the fall of Thrace, and word of the death of her parents to the plague, the witch left the monastery for Western Europe, seeking escape from the war, the dark disease, and possibly even the plague, which seemed to have no affect on her.
Equipment: Theodora's most prized possession is a white, silk one-hundred knot prayer rope, which is wrapped around her left wrist. A golden Byzantine cross is hung around her neck, as well. She carries a dark brown sack with coins, rope, gloves, a scarf, a blanket, two canisters of water or liquid such as wine, a spare silk prayer rope with elaborate beads and gold, incense in forms of Myrrh, Frankincense, herbs such as Basil, Rose Mary, Thyme, Lavender, Hazelwood, Wormswood, Nutmeg, Dandelion, Mugwort, Cloves, and Allspice, oils in scents such as Thieves, Lemon, Rose Mary, Frankincense, Rose, Saint Katherine of Alexandria, Holy Chrism, and olive.
Miscellaneous: Despite her carrying disposition, she is more concerned with her body's addiction to witchcraft than the Black Plague. She is worried about the entire world dying around her while she reminds alive. She is searching for a spiritual cleanser who will help her with her "possession" or anyone that can help her. She has the tendencies of an out cast, afraid to be excommunicated from the Church.