Angel de Lavigne

## **Origin**

### Gullah Girl

Angel de Lavigne was born on Saint Helena Island to Jolie Marie and Samson de Lavigne blessed by her Gullah relatives. Angeline spent a majority of her youth traveling between Saint Helena Islands and New York City. Saint Helena for her indigenous magical education and New York City to socialize and learn the norms of higher society. As the daughter of a wealthy politician and intelligent biotechnician Angeline worked hard to create her own identity at a young age. Her ambition at a young age garnered her rewards as much as tough lessons. A summer trip to India lead to a near death encounter with a powerful sorcerer that introduced himself as Jeirao bin Mashour. Smelling the innate power on the young girl he put her under duress to unlock her more primal powers. Surviving Jeirao's test unlocked a darker side to Angeline's behavior. She returned to her relatives and schoolmates with a cruel sense of amusement.

For years she would injure animals to sharpen her magical abilities. Her grandmother learned of this and placed a vain curse she knew would impact her grandaughter's behavior. If Angeline did not consult her Ifa, Oshun with an offering before casting her body would physically change. Red spikes would grow from her scalp, her nails would turn ruby red and be inconveniently sharp. This scared her for a short time. She pushed her luck until she turned completely into a diamond hard, red creature with tendrils for hair and long claws that slice metal. She found the form a rebellious statement to her parents and peers calculated personalities. She uses the form to terrify her annoyingly pompous classmates to her parents horror.

## **Powers**

### The Grace of Oshun

To some a curse, to the de Lavigne family, the otherworldly connection is a gift and guide. Her grandmother known publicly as the Bruja del Bloque, performed the Crowning ceremony on Angel. The magical gift allows Angel to summon the goddess Oshun as her private scholar via descensum. Learning the cataloged magical techniques of the goddess from the literature of her Odu Ifa. She practices ritual dances, hand movements, herbology and incantations. Oshun teaches Angel her magic at the price of offerings. Clothing, plants, flowers, potions and task that service planet Earth. At a young age she learned white magic to heal, perform exorcisms with divine flames, bless with protection and empower physical ability. Her speed, strength, endurance and durability can be altered from raw magic, enchanted amulets and potions. She can track people places and things in connection to the target within 7 degrees of contact. Once she proved her ability she was taught dark magic. Angeline is capable of completing magical spells without offerings, but it transforms her human form with each spell. If she chooses to do so she can restore her appearance with offerings. Angeline has an innate connection to Esu that empowers her sense death**,** raise the dead, command spiritual energy and ultimately practice necromancy**.** Through her divination abilities and dark magic Essence can create portals to teleport her body from one location to another.

## Abilities

***Education:*** M.S. Psychiatry and Behavioral Science of Columbia University

## Paraphernalia

***Purse** - Holds her personal powders, poisons, antidotes: i.e Ivy, Devil's Breath*

## Laws of Magic

***As Above, So Below -**Angel's power derives from the mathematical laws of the universe and there must be a balance maintained. Visibly Angel makes her magic ability appear simple, but that's only based off years of rigorous training. Every spell she cast is calculated through a universal mathematical formula. A wrong calculation bears the consequence of universal karma on her and possibly the target.*

***Daughter of Oshun -** Oshun serves as Angel's judge and jury when she performs powerful spells. i.e. Ressurection spells are automatically put up for Oshun's judgment by default.*