Personality: On the surface, Dahlia Hawthorne is the sweetest, nicest person one could ever hope to know. She's shy and demure, easily shocked, and cries at the drop of a hat. And yet she's so very kind and caring and she loves everyone and everything. Butterflies have been known to congregate around her pure and gentle demeanor.
Pff, as if. Naturally, all of that is an act meant to keep Dahlia out of trouble. In reality she is a cruel, heartless person with no regard for anyone but herself. She even considers her own twin sister a nuisance who would be better off dead. If somebody crosses her she'll do whatever it takes to make them pay, all the while making it look like an accident or somebody else's fault. And when she does get her revenge she's meticulous. She plans everything out to the last detail, so that nothing will point to her, and plans her cover story and testimony perfectly. However, when she's put on the spot or called on her lies she can get careless; she's a good forward-thinker, but thinking things up at the spur of the moment is more difficult for Dahlia.
When she was a child, Dahlia's mother wanted nothing to do with her when it turned out she didn't have the Fey family's talent for summoning spirits, and her father cared more about his business than his family. Dahlia grew up alone and unloved. Even her twin sister Iris, frequently her co-conspirator, "betrayed" her by falling in love with a man who was nothing more than a pawn in Dahlia's plot to hide evidence of a murder she committed. However, even if at one point in her past Dahlia was merely lonely and in need of love, that is no longer true. Any capability for empathy or caring is gone, replaced by sheer malice and hatred.
Abilities: Dahlia doesn't have enough spiritual power to channel spirits, but she can summon trick locks (physical locks greatly resembling Psyche-Locks; the canon never explicitly states that they are summoned by nuns, but I believe that they are, as explained here), and sense spiritual anomalies if they're strong enough.
Sample: Some samples from another game I've played her at. She was from an earlier canon point in these, but she's still pretty much the same.
REVISION REQUESTEDrosestoliliesNovember 21 2010, 06:36:15 UTC
♥ The samples look good, but we'd like to see a bit more personality. Dahlia is the primary antagonist of the third game, so we feel her personality can be elaborated on more.
Re: REVISION REQUESTEDcoreopsideaeNovember 21 2010, 06:51:51 UTC
Personality: On the surface, Dahlia Hawthorne is the sweetest, nicest person one could ever hope to know. She's shy and demure, easily shocked, and cries at the drop of a hat. And yet she's so very kind and caring and she loves everyone and everything. Butterflies have been known to congregate around her pure and gentle demeanor. She goes out of her way to be kind and helpful to all who cross her path. She would sooner die than cause trouble for anyone.
Or, that's what she'd like you to think. The real Dahlia is a cruel, heartless person with no regard for anyone but herself. She even considers her own twin sister a nuisance who would be better off dead. Human life is not a consideration for Dahlia. She doesn't go out of her way to kill people; that would be too much hassle and be too likely to backfire on her, and besides, a lot of people are more useful alive. You can't manipulate a dead person into doing your bidding. But when someone does cross her, their days are numbered.
And when Dahlia does get her revenge she's meticulous. She plans everything out to the last detail, including finding a poor sap to pin the crime on, so that nothing will point to her, and plans her cover story and testimony perfectly. Everything has to be planned out in advance. She even went as far as to fabricate her own death at the hands of her boyfriend, and it took five long years for anyone to even question the story. (If it hadn't been for that meddling defense attorney...)
However, when she's put on the spot or called on her lies she can get careless; she's a good forward-thinker, but thinking things up at the spur of the moment is more difficult for Dahlia. Often she'll have a few good lies and fallbacks set up, but if things happen too quickly for her to anticipate she gets careless. She'll do something stupid like depositing incriminating evidence with the first dumb sap she runs across without considering whether she'll ever be able to get it back, for example. And the larger the web of deceit she spins, the more likely she is to mix up details, contradict something she's said earlier, or otherwise falter and give herself away.
Dahlia grew up alone and unloved; when she was a child, her mother wanted nothing to do with her, and her father cared more about his business than his family. Even her twin sister Iris, frequently her co-conspirator, "betrayed" her by falling in love with a man who was nothing more than a pawn in Dahlia's plot to hide evidence of a murder she committed. However, even if at one point in her past Dahlia was merely lonely and in need of love, that is no longer true. Any capability for empathy or caring is gone, replaced by sheer malice and hatred.
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Pff, as if. Naturally, all of that is an act meant to keep Dahlia out of trouble. In reality she is a cruel, heartless person with no regard for anyone but herself. She even considers her own twin sister a nuisance who would be better off dead. If somebody crosses her she'll do whatever it takes to make them pay, all the while making it look like an accident or somebody else's fault. And when she does get her revenge she's meticulous. She plans everything out to the last detail, so that nothing will point to her, and plans her cover story and testimony perfectly. However, when she's put on the spot or called on her lies she can get careless; she's a good forward-thinker, but thinking things up at the spur of the moment is more difficult for Dahlia.
When she was a child, Dahlia's mother wanted nothing to do with her when it turned out she didn't have the Fey family's talent for summoning spirits, and her father cared more about his business than his family. Dahlia grew up alone and unloved. Even her twin sister Iris, frequently her co-conspirator, "betrayed" her by falling in love with a man who was nothing more than a pawn in Dahlia's plot to hide evidence of a murder she committed. However, even if at one point in her past Dahlia was merely lonely and in need of love, that is no longer true. Any capability for empathy or caring is gone, replaced by sheer malice and hatred.
Abilities: Dahlia doesn't have enough spiritual power to channel spirits, but she can summon trick locks (physical locks greatly resembling Psyche-Locks; the canon never explicitly states that they are summoned by nuns, but I believe that they are, as explained here), and sense spiritual anomalies if they're strong enough.
Sample: Some samples from another game I've played her at. She was from an earlier canon point in these, but she's still pretty much the same.
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 (the Dahlia under the mask)
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Or, that's what she'd like you to think. The real Dahlia is a cruel, heartless person with no regard for anyone but herself. She even considers her own twin sister a nuisance who would be better off dead. Human life is not a consideration for Dahlia. She doesn't go out of her way to kill people; that would be too much hassle and be too likely to backfire on her, and besides, a lot of people are more useful alive. You can't manipulate a dead person into doing your bidding. But when someone does cross her, their days are numbered.
And when Dahlia does get her revenge she's meticulous. She plans everything out to the last detail, including finding a poor sap to pin the crime on, so that nothing will point to her, and plans her cover story and testimony perfectly. Everything has to be planned out in advance. She even went as far as to fabricate her own death at the hands of her boyfriend, and it took five long years for anyone to even question the story. (If it hadn't been for that meddling defense attorney...)
However, when she's put on the spot or called on her lies she can get careless; she's a good forward-thinker, but thinking things up at the spur of the moment is more difficult for Dahlia. Often she'll have a few good lies and fallbacks set up, but if things happen too quickly for her to anticipate she gets careless. She'll do something stupid like depositing incriminating evidence with the first dumb sap she runs across without considering whether she'll ever be able to get it back, for example. And the larger the web of deceit she spins, the more likely she is to mix up details, contradict something she's said earlier, or otherwise falter and give herself away.
Dahlia grew up alone and unloved; when she was a child, her mother wanted nothing to do with her, and her father cared more about his business than his family. Even her twin sister Iris, frequently her co-conspirator, "betrayed" her by falling in love with a man who was nothing more than a pawn in Dahlia's plot to hide evidence of a murder she committed. However, even if at one point in her past Dahlia was merely lonely and in need of love, that is no longer true. Any capability for empathy or caring is gone, replaced by sheer malice and hatred.
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