[ application | vatheon ]
[ Player Name ] Kerry
[ Personal LJ ] boxeddreams
[ Age ] 20
[ Timezone ] GMT
[ Other Characters ] None
[ Character's Name ] Helen Magnus
[ Character's Age ] 160
[ Series ] Sanctuary
[ Canon Point ] 320 Into The Black
[ History ]
Helen Magnus @ wikia
[ Personality ]
One of the first things to know and remember about Helen is that she is first and foremost a Victorian woman. While she may not hold high many of the standards expected of a woman from that time, it doesn't change her upbringing and overall demeanour and whilst she has adapted to integrate herself with the changing times she is still the same woman at heart. She is a particularly private person, a mix from her need for privacy in her work, her experiences but also due to her upbringing. Helen doesn't talk freely about her feelings and will take care of others before herself. If Helen does talk about herself or her past it is usually in brief detail and the conversation is rapidly cut short if it takes a turn into matters that she is unwilling to discuss. Even those that Helen considers herself friends with know very little about her life, barring her long-standing friends.
Etiquette is something that Helen holds to the highest regard and will let you know should something that you do or say cross her boundaries into disrespect or bad etiquette. A testament to this was in an alternate timeframe when, even though the world was ending, Helen requested that the young girl that she was with told her her name - stating that “proper etiquette would be to offer your name in return”. Helen also has a lot of pride for herself and her work and does not take kindly to anyone demeaning that or her authority. She's an intelligent woman and very loyal - if she cares about you or you're a friend she will protect you and will do so regardless of any other influences. Helen employs a strong "do no harm" ethic due to her status as a medical doctor and her wish to protect any abnormal and person. She is unwilling to harm or even kill any individual without a spectacularly good reason, often placing her own life in danger above that of whom she would rather save, an example of this being John Druitt whom she has tried to save for over a century despite his actions towards herself and others.
In her work Helen employs some strict sensibilities which aide in protecting both her work and her patients. While she may not relax often, and only takes a weekend long break every seven years, Helen does know how to relax and enjoy herself. She knows how to make light of a situation and has a distinctive sense of humour, though it's only seen when the time is appropriate. As well as being protective over people’s lives she is also protective over their beliefs or interests. Helen has long understood the personal dangers of the job, the lack of being able to communicate it to others (“dinner parties are hell”) and allows her staff the relaxation and personal time that they so need. Her protective nature is also very compassionate and though it may be hard for Helen to relate to others she does truly try.
Helen is a strong woman both physically and mentally. It takes a lot for Helen to lose control over herself in a situation or to act rashly or without calm. One thing, or rather person, which does alter this is Helen's daughter Ashley. Whenever Ashley is in danger, or even when she was kidnapped by the Cabal, Helen fought for her and even placed her work in danger to rescue her daughter. Another individual who causes Helen to lose clarity in situations is John Druitt. Despite his actions Helen was unable to fully sever her feelings for him or truly hate him due to their past, instead burying them deep. Whilst Helen may have feared John when he first came back into her life, his actions and events that unfolded have shown that he will not hurt her or the Sanctuary. While she may not fully be able to trust him, Helen is able to place enough trust in him to allow him to help. Her own actions of wishing to help him shows that she does still care for him also, whether or not she will admit it.
Due to Helen's extended life she has seen the world change many times and knows that she will again. Though she keeps herself apprised of global affairs, mainly to protect the abnormal community, Helen herself is less involved with them than she was in past years. Political affairs also hold less of an interest to Helen and, unless she is specifically asked, she will keep away from them. When Helen is not researching abnormals she makes time to present lectures on varying abnormal theories, though she has been told that her lectures are rather boring.
[ Strengths/Weaknesses ]
Strengths: Helen is strong willed, smart, proficient in weaponry along with fighting and defence. Her longevity permits her the need to sleep infrequently and she does so only a few hours a night. It also provides her with greater health as she has rarely been ill during the past century.
Weaknesses: As Helen is human she is susceptible to illness, disease and death. She is also a rather emotional person even if she prefers being guarded and will make rash or emotional choices or ones which may not seem in their best judgement if it involves people whom she cares dearly about.
[ Other Important Facts ]
Helen possesses the abnormality of longevity which accounts for her long life. She is also a medical doctor who specialises in xenobiology, cryptozoology and teratology.
[ First Person Sample ]
An old sample thread
[ Third Person Sample ]
Helen felt defeated. It had been a long day - though to her that had extended to the past few months. They had experienced time that no one else had. It was exhausting enough to think about. Even though she had known that minutes weren't even seconds it didn't stop those things from happening. And there hadn't been triumph without the risks, and losses.
Ravi.
Helen closed her eyes, her heart pulsing with a heavy beat. He'd been a good colleague and a dearer friend. Though she had lost many that she'd known over the years - it came not only with her life but her being - it did not become any easier. She would damn herself if, one day, she ever found it easy to lose someone.
So much had happened in her life. One hundred and sixty long years had past but it seemed that these past three years had been the most active of them. So many memories, good and bad. So many troubles, more so than joys. And even more losses. She could recount them all and yet she knew that Ravi was not the last of them, not for a long time. If they hadn't succeeded? There would have been far more.
When Will had asked her if she'd blamed herself the answer had seemed obvious. How could she not? The actions that they had started, everything that they'd been through. There had been so much and they had barely considered the repercussions of it all, especially not then. It had been a different time. They'd been doing their duty, even fixing something that they had started. There was so many things that Helen was now beginning to link to them, to The Five. Had they been wrong? Even in the beginning, when there had been no certainties, when everything had been a simple experiment... they had never considered the risks or the consequences. Then they had only been experimenting on their lives but that had soon changed. They created the notorious Jack the Ripper.
They may have changed the ages, or rather Nikola, but they had created so much turmoil just by their being. Five individuals who should be long dead. And now that Five had dwindled. First Nigel, through age. Whilst each of them had gained a small essence of longevity, none was to last like Helen's. James had been next, though only kept alive by his failing devices. Helen believed that, knowing little about John's whereabouts, that Nikola would be with her till their bitter ends, but even that seemed not to last. Nikola, outdone by his own ingenuity, though finally put right by her own.
And then, for a point, it seemed as if she would be the only one. The last of The Five. The last abnormal. The last being. She had lived and outlived so many and she was to be the only one that would survive when the world was torn apart.
How could she not blame herself? Forcing the fire elemental underground, causing abnormalities in Carenten? That was her idea and their doing. They hadn't checked since, wishing to keep their distance from that moment. Though they may seem wise through their years, Helen still found those foolish traits in them. Those foolish traits that had defied belief and respect for their own lives.
Those foolish traits that had started this.
And she was now the only one left to carry this. John was on the other side and Nikola had little cares. And Helen... she carried it all and would until the end.
[ Questions? Comments? Concerns? ]
I'm excited to app :D
[ Personal LJ ] boxeddreams
[ Age ] 20
[ Timezone ] GMT
[ Other Characters ] None
[ Character's Name ] Helen Magnus
[ Character's Age ] 160
[ Series ] Sanctuary
[ Canon Point ] 320 Into The Black
[ History ]
Helen Magnus @ wikia
[ Personality ]
One of the first things to know and remember about Helen is that she is first and foremost a Victorian woman. While she may not hold high many of the standards expected of a woman from that time, it doesn't change her upbringing and overall demeanour and whilst she has adapted to integrate herself with the changing times she is still the same woman at heart. She is a particularly private person, a mix from her need for privacy in her work, her experiences but also due to her upbringing. Helen doesn't talk freely about her feelings and will take care of others before herself. If Helen does talk about herself or her past it is usually in brief detail and the conversation is rapidly cut short if it takes a turn into matters that she is unwilling to discuss. Even those that Helen considers herself friends with know very little about her life, barring her long-standing friends.
Etiquette is something that Helen holds to the highest regard and will let you know should something that you do or say cross her boundaries into disrespect or bad etiquette. A testament to this was in an alternate timeframe when, even though the world was ending, Helen requested that the young girl that she was with told her her name - stating that “proper etiquette would be to offer your name in return”. Helen also has a lot of pride for herself and her work and does not take kindly to anyone demeaning that or her authority. She's an intelligent woman and very loyal - if she cares about you or you're a friend she will protect you and will do so regardless of any other influences. Helen employs a strong "do no harm" ethic due to her status as a medical doctor and her wish to protect any abnormal and person. She is unwilling to harm or even kill any individual without a spectacularly good reason, often placing her own life in danger above that of whom she would rather save, an example of this being John Druitt whom she has tried to save for over a century despite his actions towards herself and others.
In her work Helen employs some strict sensibilities which aide in protecting both her work and her patients. While she may not relax often, and only takes a weekend long break every seven years, Helen does know how to relax and enjoy herself. She knows how to make light of a situation and has a distinctive sense of humour, though it's only seen when the time is appropriate. As well as being protective over people’s lives she is also protective over their beliefs or interests. Helen has long understood the personal dangers of the job, the lack of being able to communicate it to others (“dinner parties are hell”) and allows her staff the relaxation and personal time that they so need. Her protective nature is also very compassionate and though it may be hard for Helen to relate to others she does truly try.
Helen is a strong woman both physically and mentally. It takes a lot for Helen to lose control over herself in a situation or to act rashly or without calm. One thing, or rather person, which does alter this is Helen's daughter Ashley. Whenever Ashley is in danger, or even when she was kidnapped by the Cabal, Helen fought for her and even placed her work in danger to rescue her daughter. Another individual who causes Helen to lose clarity in situations is John Druitt. Despite his actions Helen was unable to fully sever her feelings for him or truly hate him due to their past, instead burying them deep. Whilst Helen may have feared John when he first came back into her life, his actions and events that unfolded have shown that he will not hurt her or the Sanctuary. While she may not fully be able to trust him, Helen is able to place enough trust in him to allow him to help. Her own actions of wishing to help him shows that she does still care for him also, whether or not she will admit it.
Due to Helen's extended life she has seen the world change many times and knows that she will again. Though she keeps herself apprised of global affairs, mainly to protect the abnormal community, Helen herself is less involved with them than she was in past years. Political affairs also hold less of an interest to Helen and, unless she is specifically asked, she will keep away from them. When Helen is not researching abnormals she makes time to present lectures on varying abnormal theories, though she has been told that her lectures are rather boring.
[ Strengths/Weaknesses ]
Strengths: Helen is strong willed, smart, proficient in weaponry along with fighting and defence. Her longevity permits her the need to sleep infrequently and she does so only a few hours a night. It also provides her with greater health as she has rarely been ill during the past century.
Weaknesses: As Helen is human she is susceptible to illness, disease and death. She is also a rather emotional person even if she prefers being guarded and will make rash or emotional choices or ones which may not seem in their best judgement if it involves people whom she cares dearly about.
[ Other Important Facts ]
Helen possesses the abnormality of longevity which accounts for her long life. She is also a medical doctor who specialises in xenobiology, cryptozoology and teratology.
[ First Person Sample ]
An old sample thread
[ Third Person Sample ]
Helen felt defeated. It had been a long day - though to her that had extended to the past few months. They had experienced time that no one else had. It was exhausting enough to think about. Even though she had known that minutes weren't even seconds it didn't stop those things from happening. And there hadn't been triumph without the risks, and losses.
Ravi.
Helen closed her eyes, her heart pulsing with a heavy beat. He'd been a good colleague and a dearer friend. Though she had lost many that she'd known over the years - it came not only with her life but her being - it did not become any easier. She would damn herself if, one day, she ever found it easy to lose someone.
So much had happened in her life. One hundred and sixty long years had past but it seemed that these past three years had been the most active of them. So many memories, good and bad. So many troubles, more so than joys. And even more losses. She could recount them all and yet she knew that Ravi was not the last of them, not for a long time. If they hadn't succeeded? There would have been far more.
When Will had asked her if she'd blamed herself the answer had seemed obvious. How could she not? The actions that they had started, everything that they'd been through. There had been so much and they had barely considered the repercussions of it all, especially not then. It had been a different time. They'd been doing their duty, even fixing something that they had started. There was so many things that Helen was now beginning to link to them, to The Five. Had they been wrong? Even in the beginning, when there had been no certainties, when everything had been a simple experiment... they had never considered the risks or the consequences. Then they had only been experimenting on their lives but that had soon changed. They created the notorious Jack the Ripper.
They may have changed the ages, or rather Nikola, but they had created so much turmoil just by their being. Five individuals who should be long dead. And now that Five had dwindled. First Nigel, through age. Whilst each of them had gained a small essence of longevity, none was to last like Helen's. James had been next, though only kept alive by his failing devices. Helen believed that, knowing little about John's whereabouts, that Nikola would be with her till their bitter ends, but even that seemed not to last. Nikola, outdone by his own ingenuity, though finally put right by her own.
And then, for a point, it seemed as if she would be the only one. The last of The Five. The last abnormal. The last being. She had lived and outlived so many and she was to be the only one that would survive when the world was torn apart.
How could she not blame herself? Forcing the fire elemental underground, causing abnormalities in Carenten? That was her idea and their doing. They hadn't checked since, wishing to keep their distance from that moment. Though they may seem wise through their years, Helen still found those foolish traits in them. Those foolish traits that had defied belief and respect for their own lives.
Those foolish traits that had started this.
And she was now the only one left to carry this. John was on the other side and Nikola had little cares. And Helen... she carried it all and would until the end.
[ Questions? Comments? Concerns? ]
I'm excited to app :D