Oenone Vidal

> “Her love was like lavender, delicate and melancholy.”
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> ― Laura Chouette
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**Oenone Juliya Vidal** is a Magi from Nuit, her mother was Helice Vidal and her father is Julius Polychronakis, the current Grand Admiral of the Alpheratz Union.

## Appearance

In her Magi true form, Oenone gains vivid violet-light cyan skin with white dots, intense moonstone eyes, light pink hair and curled horns on her temple. Like other Magi's Oenone has a birthmark of a M underneath her tongue.

## Abilities and Skills

* **Magi Physiology** - Oenone is halfblooded hereditary Magi who has the abilities of cartomancy, potion making and her own personal magic being
	+ **Enhanced Dexterity** - During the fight at the (\*&\*-\*&\*), Oenone showed great agility easily dodging her enemies' attacks while luring him into a trap laid by her threads. She also shows split second reaction time when controlling (\*&\*) with her threads.
	+ **Enhanced Strength** - Oenone seems to possess deceptively high physical strength, being shown lifting large barrels full of alcohol above her head with just her hands without apparent effort.
	+ **Cartomancy** - Oenone can employ cartomancy, via the use of tarot cards to gain insight into the past, current and possible future situations of the subject.
	+ **Potion Making** - She can create potions: substances with magical properties such as enhancing physical and mental abilities, healing, granting powers, changing shape, or bewitching someone depending on the kind of potion that is made.
	+ **Thread Manipulation** - Oenone can create, shape and manipulate threads and string, long, thin and flexible form of material. Most commonly, users can generate them and use them to control the movements of people and manipulate their movements akin to how a puppeteer controls puppets. She can also move threads telekinetically or use them to move other objects. Depending on their tensile strength and durability, thread manipulation can be used as a thin and stealthy weapon to slice up enemies or cut through objects with ease. Moreover, they can shape string into weapons, such as whips and swords, or use them to form shields or traps to bind their opponents and immobilize them.
		- **Destiny Manipulation** - Through her threads, Oenone can manipulate the threads of fate. She can prevent the destiny from effecting the people or places she comes into contact with. This ability takes the form of a red cat that Oenone named Rojo that resembles a Forest Cat.
* **Alcohol Tolerance** - Oenone is known for possessing immense alcohol tolerance: she is shown remaining sober after drinking entire barrels of alcohol by herself, and she's also responsible for 30% of the 13th Division yearly alcohol consumption. So far, the only instances in which she actually got drunk was during the (\*&\*-\*&\*), in which depression, together with several bottles of alcohol, led to her collapsing in an alleyway and almost dying, had it not been for Eight and Nui's intervention, and when she entered a drinking contest with (\*&\*) during the (\*&\*-\*&\*-\*&\*).

### Possessions

* **Helenius** - Oenone's wand is Helenius, which is made up of mahogany with the core being the spine of the Albus Ripa.

## Etymology

* Oenone is the latinized form of the Greek *Οἰνώνη (Oinone)*, derived from *οἶνος (oinos)* meaning "wine". In Greek mythology Oenone was a mountain nymph who was married to Paris before he went after Helen.
* Juliya is the feminine Slavic form of Julius is from a Roman family name that was possibly derived from Greek *ἴουλος (ioulos)* meaning "downy-bearded". Alternatively, it could be related to the name of the Roman god Jupiter. This was a prominent patrician family of Rome, who claimed descent from the mythological Julus, son of Aeneas. Its most notable member was Gaius Julius Caesar, who gained renown as a military leader for his clever conquest of Gaul. After a civil war he became the dictator of the Roman Republic but was eventually stabbed to death in the senate.
* Vidal is the latinized form of Vitale the Italian form of the Late Latin name *Vitalis*, which was derived from Latin *vitalis* meaning "of life, vital". Vitalis was the name of several early saints and martyrs.

## Trivia

* Oenone is associated with the number "3" which is in reference to the tarot card the Empress.
	+ She is also associated with the Queen of Rings.
* She is pansexual.
* Oenone's favorite meal is cheesy garlic mash potatoes with freshly smoked sausage.
	+ Her second favorite meal is paneer tikka masala with garlic roti.
* Oenone's favorite things are alcohol and snacks, like cheese.
* Before Oenone was imprisoned by the Nuit Queen, she had a pet dog that accompanied her on her early journey to find her father.