Semilla, Angel Mother

Semilla, Mother Angel (Chiara Harrison-Lambe)
Once, the angels were perfect immortal beings, the offspring of the Gods. Then the Emperor smashed down the gates of Heaven. The angels fought, of course—and lost. The Emperor forced them to cut off their wings and halos, which forcibly turned them mortal.
You had been a warrior of heaven, but after the fall were just lost. The Emperor gave you the option of joining him rather than being forced down, but you chose to live as a mortal rather than to serve under a dark master. So you were stripped of everything that made you what you were—
—and found yourself freed, on some strange level. Free to feel emotion, free to laugh, free to love. It took you a long time to adjust to life as a mortal, but on many levels it was a beautiful thing. When you could experience it, at any rate. You wandered for years, but eventually met and fell in love with another fallen angel, named Zariah (Will Duffield).
Fifteen years ago, you had a child, a beautiful daughter named Sera (Ruby Lavin). She was born mortal, but that was fine. To be honest, you would rather her not be constrained to the standards you were born to. Besides, the Emperor would have simply cut her wings and halo off.
It wasn’t enough for Zariah, though. He had wanted a little Angel—not just a little angel. It created a rift between you, and when Sera was five the two of you separated. You are civil with each other around town, but it is mostly just awkward. Most of the duty of raising Sera has fallen to you.
For the most part it went well, but… she has entered her rebellious teen phase. She’s surly with you, hangs out too late, and you’ve heard her whispering to her friends about the Guild of Silence. Worst of all, you’re starting to worry she might be doing Sight, that awful drug. You’ve never caught her with it, but she has all the signs of an addict—twitchy, bags under her eyes, and so on.
To relieve some of the stress, last year you started sleeping with Leor, one of the pit fighters (Reed Peck-Kriss). There isn’t supposed to be any emotional component to the relationship—you just go to his house at night every so often, and have a wordless night of intensity. You know almost nothing about him, and yet… in spite of what you keep telling yourself, you’re starting to love him. You don’t want to, though. You don’t want another Zariah. But… you see so much of Zariah in him. That same warrior intensity…
These days, your closest friend is Briget Scordata (Eleni), so you’re very happy that her daughter Elizabeta is getting married. It should be a lovely time. You and Briget often get together and commiserate over the troubles of raising children in times like these.