Thourne Vaolfial

A portrait of Thourne Vaolfial displayed at a safe house.

Fearmonger

Azrael

Night Vision

Enhanced Hearing

## **Introduction**

Thourne Vaolfial is a Darkbane in Neo-New York City, and is currently an enforcer in the Saint Valentines Gang, enjoying the high life whilst appealing to her baneish instincts through gang business.

## **Story**

Thourne, once being revived in the Draught of Lifeblood in the Deep Caverns, left baneish society. Thourne is a very mysterious character, with next to nothing known about her, other than the fact that she has been resurrected and has a grudge against the world that brought her down: the criminal underworld. Of the few things she discloses, Thourne discloses that she was slain for being debted to loan sharks who were affiliated with a large syndicate presence in NNYC. These loan sharks are "now hanging from rafters in a building no one will remember, entrails tied together like spider webs." It is unsure as to where these bodies are, or if these claims are valid at all.

Thourne's entry into the Saint Valentines occurred-at least according to her-shortly after these murders, when she was found viciously beating a mugger's teeth in. Apollyon found her, specifically, and recruited her after witnessing her ferocity. Thourne, once finally inducted back into society, gained back one of her human qualities: an enjoyment of lavishness. A portion of the Saint Valentines budget goes to funding their enforcer with lavish housing, cars, and other things. However, this is balanced out by Thourne's fealty to the gang, and her prowess.

## **Abilities**

* **Baroness Bane:** Thourne is a Darkbane, a race of demons from the Deep Caverns of Hellas, and thus has all the abilities of a Darkbane.
	+ **Fearful Sight:** Thourne has the ability to sense a person's fear, as well as instill her own by being in the vicinity. However, this effect isn't as powerful as when she is in direct view of the person, and furthermore when she makes direct eye contact with them.
		- **Aura of Terror:** Anyone caught in a decently sized area-about the size of a bedroom or a bit more-around Thourne will experience varying degrees of fear, depending on their tolerance of stress and their ability to handle their own fears. This can be as small as tenseness, or as much as fearfulness.
		- **Walking Nightmare:** If Thourne is in the direct line of sight of a person, the aura of terror is magnified, causing mild to moderate fear simply due to her presence.
		- **A Visual Connection:** To those who make direct eye contact with Thourne, terror doesn't begin to describe what they will experience. Thourne is able to cause fear-induced illusions, tunnel vision, and utterly debilitating dread if someone makes direct eye contact.
	+ **Baneish Physique:** A Darkbane is a demon formed from the blood of slain foes, and is made strong depending on the blood drawn in during creation. Thourne was made a Vileblood Witch, meaning naturally strong blood was used in her creation, giving her extra strength and speed, as well as a pair of fangs and large horns, however she has cut the horns off to preserve her humanoid appearance.
		- **Eyes Of The Dark:** Darkbane live in extremely dark areas, inhibiting them should they not be able to navigate these caverns of unimaginable abominations. However, this is not a problem for them, as they are naturally born with night vision, able to see color and objects vividly in almost pitch dark conditions.
		- **Deep Hearing:** Threats can lie just out of view in the Deep Caverns, able to eviscerate them in a few attacks without even being heard. This, however, isn't an issue for the Darkbane as they have a heavily enhanced hearing that allows them to detect things beyond that of normal humans and even most other demons.