The Bride

The Bride is one of the Ghosts that emerged along with the T1-G1 Virus on Cinder Island in the comic series "Cinder Isle". She was a male sorcerer who had been born with the Gender Curse in life but after her death Alistair Huntington found her body and removed the curse postmortem, unknowingly taking a few of her lingering soul fragments with it and sealing it in his vault. Years later when the vault was breached, and her decayed curse mixed with spring water that would flow through a fault line cave leading to Cinder Island she would emerge as a ghost along with several others and wander the Island's forests for over a year. She was at first delusional like most of the other ghosts but after a short time became clear headed and realized what she truly was. She was first encountered wondering the forest alone by Zoey. While she had become aware of what she was at this point she remained rather depressed and sad due to the cruel circumstances of her life. She dis however prove to help Zoey by showing her the deep desires of her heart and talk her into embracing her feelings for Gavin despite what may or may not happen as a result. Eventually she joins the other ghosts in helping the Quad discover the source of the Virus and after Alistair Huntington is restored enough to cast the spell she is laid to rest and pass into the afterlife with most of the others presumably to finally see the man she loved again. 
== Design/Appearance ==
The Bride is depicted as a young woman dressed in a white wedding gown with long blonde hair and grey eyes. While her dress is not to extravagant like other wedding dresses this may be because in life she would have lived as man due to the gender curse and thus was less enticed by a long flowing and elaborate wedding dress. She also tends to appear to express a rather depressing tone and mood due to the tragedy she faced in life being her most prominent memory as a ghost. 
== History ==
While the exact back story is not known what is mentioned about the Bride is that she lived a man in life due to her being one of the victims of the Gender Curse. At one point she (he at the time) was slated to be married to a young man whom he loved very much. However, that man was killed in an accident on his way to their wedding and this news devastated the Bride to the point he committed Suicide. At some point after his death his body was found by Alistair Huntington who proceeded to remove her Gender Curse Postmortem. Unknown to him however, her own struggles in life had left her with enough unfinished business for portions of her soul to latch onto the curse orb and left her dormant ghost self-sealed in the vault for several years. 
When the Vault was breached and created the Red River and then the Red Lake on Cinder Isle she was among the ghost to eventually awaken and manifest on the island and was left wandering the forests there for several months. She was eventually encountered by Zoey alone in the woods when she had gotten separated form the other three of her group. At first Zoey was afraid of her due t her past experiences with ghosts but the bride was much more interested in helping Zoey with the internal conflict she could sense in her. The Bride began to conjure illusions around them of both her own memories, wanting to share her pain with another, and then showing her internal dreams and desire Zoey had recently had about her and Gavin. While Zoey continued to deny her feelings she was at least forced to admit the Bride was right but then asked her if she would have made the same decisions in life to fall in love even with the risk of the pain she had experienced when she lost it. The Bride tells her to follow her heart and pushes Zoey to at last embrace her feelings for Gavin as more than a friend before she vanishes into the dark. 
Months later the Bride has joined the other ghosts and has been made a part of their plan to help the Quad reach the source of the virus. She is assigned to use her illusion powers to make Sandra, Natalie, and Zoey invisible to the guards around the lake and get them into the compound. In the forest she greets Zoey again and is pleased to see she had embraced her feelings and both she and Gavin seem happy together but at the same time she senses Gavin's own internal struggles and hardships and mentions how she can feel his deep dark secret that he's never told anyone. While Zoey is curious, Gavin defends himself saying how that is private matter only for him. Zoey accept his answer but worries what his secret could be. She then helps the three girls both enter and then exit the compound around the red lake several hours later. She joins the other ghosts and mentions how she too can sense the power within the shards of blue crystal they recovered but is left without much help to give in that situation. 
She is seen one last time gathered with most of the other ghosts to say goodbye and be sent to the afterlife by Alistair after he is restored enough to cast the spell. She bids the Quad farewell and tells them how she now remembers dyeing by suicide due to her depression but now hope she can reunite with the man she loves in the afterlife. 
== Traits/Personality ==
The Bride is kind and very enticing towards others embracing the desires in their hearts but on a more personal stance she is rather depressed and grim due to the tragic circumstances of her life and marriage (or lack there of). She does use her abilities to help others and conjures illusions not only to help the group reach the Red Lake without any resistance but also to help show Zoey what truly lies in her heart and how happy she could be if she embraced her feelings and took the risk. While she does sympathize with Zoey's concern of losing the one that she loves and going through all that pain, she also tells her how the true happiness she could experience is worth the risk. 
== Relationships ==
==== The Quad ====
The Bride is one of the ghosts who helps the group of Natalie, Sandra, Zoey, and Gavin find the source of the virus and eventually find the solution through Alistair Huntington but her relationship is strongest with Zoey whom she relates too the most. She is able to detect Zoey's conflicted heart regarding Gavin and expressing her feelings for him even if she is still hopeful, she could live a Zack again one day. As such she helps Zoey come out of her shell and is happy when she sees how doing so has brought both her and Gavin true love and happiness together. She is also able to sense a dark secret in Gavin's heart and while she does not reveal what she sees based on his wishes she does relate to it a bit likely stemming from her own life being forced to live with the curse and as the wrong gender. 
== Abilities/Powers ==
The Bride seems to have been a Silver Blooded Sorcerer in life and thus her powers as a ghost are focused on Illusions. While she manifests the common ghost abilities like invisibility, intangibility, limited flight, and invulnerability her more focused power seems to be based on conjuring illusions and projections in her surroundings but all of them remain mere projects and nothing she shows is solid. She is also able to conjure a kind of reverse illusion and help the three girls walk through the woods and into the compound unseen by conjuring a kind of invisibility shell around them. 
== Gallery ==
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== Trivia ==
* The exact time period the bride is from is unclear. While the flashback to her wedding scene seems to depict a relatively modern wedding, since she would have lived as a male sorcerer its possible this wedding was a long time ago due to sorcerer kind being highly advanced and having electricity as early as the 1400s. 
*As she would have lived as a male sorcerer the fact, she was due to marry a man shows that same sex marriage was accepted in Sorcerer society to at least some degree long before the masses in Non-Blood Society did. 
== See also ==
Category:Females
Category:Cinder Isle characters